Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 162 Reconstruction
Stannis handed over all the earnings of the last two weeks to Speer, and the latter had already planned for him to unlock the cavalry training ground and stables in the barracks.

With the addition of the horses he captured from the water bandits, Stannis began to initially establish a cavalry army, and under Korodov's repeated requests and even pleadings, Stannis reluctantly accepted him as the captain of the cavalry The original ideal candidate in the lord's mind was Zhe Botai, who was excellent in riding and shooting.

Although Korodov became the captain of the cavalry as he wished, the bartender in the entertainment club could not be replaced for a while, so the knight was still in charge.He has to train cavalry during the day and work as a bartender at night. If someone else was exploited in this way, he would have jumped up and quit. But the knight commander is not an ordinary person. His long-cherished wish has finally come true. Possess inexhaustible vitality and invest in army building.

Although there is no protective gear for practice, the knight commander still insists on asking the apprentice cavalry to use green wax poles for training. These strong young men are all horse riders he has carefully selected, and many of them are horse riders from the former Ilysses Empire. Soldier.So Korodov didn't waste time re-teaching them how to control the horses, but started directly from charging with guns.

As a time traveler who started from scratch, Stannis also secretly watched from the sidelines. As a world-famous knight, he was sure that he would have to fight horses frequently in the future, so it would be better to start practicing now.

As for the settlement of the newly joined farmers, Stannis acted as the shopkeeper, and handed over all these matters to Bachelor Romon, and asked Lucia to assist him. Anyway, there are only two of them with management experience in the territory, Stannis Also have fun.

The work of standing guard in the mill was postponed to Robert. Last time, after Speer's transformation, this LV1 hydraulic mill was upgraded to LV2, unlocking a spare engineering slot, and now there are three huge mechanical grinding discs that can simultaneously Work, but still can't meet the needs of the territory. Every morning, farmers from various villages have disputes over the order of grinding grain. In order to maintain order and for the safety of the younger brother, he had to send a team of soldiers to protect Robert. Was surrounded and beaten.

And tonight, Stannis summoned the ten richest merchants in the market to discuss a major event.

In the dark castle, the flickering candles of white candles could only illuminate the lower half of each participant's face, which made these already nervous businessmen feel even more ominous.

"Do you know why the Earl called us here?" A fat businessman looked at Albert. This Lanana man seemed to be Stannis' agent in the business world.

But the same fat little businessman could only shake his head, expressing that he didn't know the purpose of calling them here.

"Stan told me that we just want us to invite you to have a meal to get acquainted with each other." Of course, even Albert didn't believe this kind of words. They all believed that a noble lord could invite a lowly businessman to dinner. The reason is that he is short of money...

The most indispensable thing in the Western Continent is the lords who are heavily in debt due to wars everywhere or extravagance. The fastest way for these people with swords to solve their debt problems is to 'borrow' money from merchants in the territory, especially Lanana merchants. Of course, those nobles will not pay back the money. As for why those merchants are willing to lend the money, because this process is usually accompanied by a sword around the neck.

And when the loan interest rate is so high that people look up to it, the lord will resolutely use the reason that the merchants have defamed the gods, disperse them all, and even confiscate their property. Of course, the money does not have to be repaid. .

And now, although the lord named Stannis has done so many things that are beneficial to the merchants, such as building roads and building markets, the merchants do not think that he is no different from other greedy and unreasonable lords. All these good deeds are just waiting for them to throw themselves into the trap, and then they can catch them all in one go.

And now, it is undoubtedly the time to close the net, everyone is trembling with fear, as if welcoming the coming of the end.

Finally, as the host, Stannis appeared at the dinner.

Appearing with him are his gang of killers, each of them is fully clothed and murderous.

The merchants swallowed a mouthful of saliva, because several of them recalled the painful memories of being held hostage to pay money, and the cold touch of the blade came from their necks.

Stannis didn't exchange pleasantries either, but sat down straight to the point, "Everyone, you also know why I called you here, so I don't know what you're eating."

Hearing what he said, all the merchants felt their hearts skip a beat. On behalf of everyone, the chubby merchant had no choice but to say, "My lord, if you want to borrow money, just say so, as long as you don't steal our property!"

This was also the voice of all the merchants, and they all nodded as if Stannis begged.

Stannis didn't expect that these people would take the initiative to send him money to spend, but this was not his goal, at least not by borrowing money and not repaying it, which everyone hated.

"Borrowing money? Who do you think I am! I have done so many things, do you still confuse me with that group of lords who eat vegetarian meals?"

He pretended to be angry, but Albert smoothed things over knowingly, "Stan, are we also thinking of you? We businessmen are willing to donate money and food, what else are you not happy about?"

During this chorus, borrowing money has become a free donation...

Stannis was secretly pleased, but he still had to maintain his superficial airs, "I am a principled lord, who wants your money! You also know that a few days ago I swept up the downstream and cleared the dam that blocked the river. The reefs and reefs have been cleared away, and I estimate that shipping will resume in a few days. By then, my place will become an important node on the entire waterway, so I want to rebuild the destroyed pier. Do you know what I mean? "

As soon as his words fell, all the businessmen's eyes shone with greed. Of course they knew what this meant, the wealth that came rolling in!
Once the port is built, the raw materials they purchase here can be quickly and safely transported to the south coast by water, and the finished goods purchased from there can also be transported here for resale without hindrance. The huge shipping revenue hidden in it is self-evident. And metaphor.

(End of this chapter)