Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 72 Markets
Stannis spent two anxious days like an ant on the heat, but there was no letter from Sean Bean, and it seemed that the plan to put him on the throne of duke had been delayed and forgotten for a while.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, because these days he always felt that someone from the royal capital would suddenly come in and arrest him for treason and then execute him on the spot. reason.

But now he has relaxed a little bit, and can finally devote his energy to handling affairs.

Continue to complete the main task - [Road to the Duke]!
Although his goal was the same as Xiao Enbin's, he didn't want to be controlled by others, and wanted to rely on his own strength to obtain the title of duke.

First of all, he wants to get the place back.

"Do you still remember that I was robbed by goblins a month ago! It's really embarrassing, especially your performance, even resisting and buying peace with money, why are you so much like the empire!" Stannis backed Started to scold.

The remaining three people were completely confused about the situation. They didn't expect the lord to still be worried about this matter after such a long time.

Robert whispered, "There were so many of them at that time, didn't we have an army that couldn't defeat them..."

"That's right!" Stannis pointed at him, "but now we have an army, we can fight against those damned green-skinned monsters, I calculated, if one soldier beats 1 goblins, how many people will be left Be a cheerleader."

"..." None of the three spoke. The lord had overestimated the combat effectiveness of his army.

It was still Bachelor Romon who reminded in a low voice: "Your Excellency, those goblins are hiding in the depths of the Black Forest on the east bank. There has never been a human being set foot there. It is very dangerous and dangerous. If it is not for a well-prepared army to go deep into it I'm afraid……"

It turned out that he had been wandering around the edge of the forest. Stannis remembered the last time he accompanied Evelyn to hunt down the black mage quintuplets. He thought he had gone deep into the forest, but in fact that was just the tip of the iceberg.

"It's so exaggerated, wouldn't it be enough to find a guide who is familiar with the road?"

"I wish it was that simple!" Robert made a dejected expression, "I heard that those cunning little greenskins have hired a group of ogres as their backing, so listen to me, boss, it's best not to provoke them. "

[Ogre] All these middle and high-level units have come out?Stannis knew that his first-class soldiers were only archers, and he would definitely not be able to fight, so he gave up his revenge plan.

Since there is no progress in the military, it can only find a breakthrough in the economy.

"How are the businessmen in my square doing now?" he asked casually.

Bachelor Romon took out his large notebook to search again, "According to my statistics and observations in half a month, on average, about [-] businessmen pass by our territory every day, half of them purchase grain from the peasants under our rule, and The other half passed through the territory simply because there was no toll charged.”

"What about rainy days?" He didn't forget the weather factor.

"There are basically no merchants." Bachelor Romon spread his hands.

Stannis did a quick mental calculation. Each cart of goods was calculated at 40 gold coins, and about 800 gold coins worth of running water passed through his territory every day.

It was time to close the net. Of course, Stannis didn't mean robbery, but a bigger plan conceived in his mind.

"Old man, how much money is left in the treasury now?"

"Let me see." Bachelor Romon quickly rummaged, then he raised his head and looked at the lord seriously, "As of last night, there are a total of [-] gold coins and [-] silver coins in your treasury .”

In Westland, one gold coin can be exchanged for twenty silver coins, that is to say, Stannis' current total wealth is 230 gold coins, and this is still in the case of his refusal to pay taxes.

However, he still had no clear idea of ​​what he could do with the money. He pointed to Robert and ordered, "You, go and call that engineer in for me."

Robert ran down Pidianpidian, and after a while he brought Speer, the chief architect of this territory, into the room. back.

"Mr. Speer," Stannis still used the honorific, he was a little afraid of this guy who never took the initiative to speak, "I came to you to discuss the establishment of a market."

The middle-aged engineer with a golden head still looked at him and said nothing as usual.

Stannis wasn't sure he heard clearly, and repeated, "A marketplace is a place where merchants trade."

Speer looked at him contemptuously.

The lord knew that the other party had already understood what he was talking about, but why didn't he respond at all?

"Site selection, materials, and labor are all your responsibility. As long as the budget is reasonable, I will provide it no matter how much it is." Stannis promised, patted his chest.

Speer finally spoke, and a few words popped out, "Large, medium, small."

Stannis knew he was talking about the size of the market. "A lord like me who claims to have dragon's blood must use the best! How much does a small market cost to build?"

He is still very guilty.

"No need to buy land, one hundred gold coins." It was still a short answer.

Stannis rubbed his chin. As a lord, of course he can expropriate land without paying any money, but the small size seems a bit imposing.

"What about the medium size?"

"Seven."

"That's it." Stannis snapped his fingers and made a decision. If it's a big one, we'll upgrade it later when we have money.

But other people don't understand why they have to build a market. Isn't it good to trade in the open mud?
"Boss, I heard you right, you want to spend 150 golden coins to build houses for those black-hearted businessmen? If you really have no money to spend, why not donate to me." Robert jumped out first.

Stannis gave him a blank look, and he looked like a guy with no economic sense.

If there is no frequent economic activities, how can it be prosperous here?

"I am the lord, this is my money, I can spend it however I want!" Stannis still directly vetoed their opinions as before.

He continued: "Mr. Speer, I can pay you half of the 150 gold coins. As long as you build the market within a week, I will pay you an extra bonus."

Speer's eyes lit up, and it looked like something could move him.

Bachelor Romon reluctantly brought out a box of gold and handed it to him. The engineer took it and bowed before preparing to leave.

But Stannis asked the question he had always wanted to ask, "Mr. Speer, wait a minute."

The engineer stopped and still didn't speak.

"Why do you never speak a complete sentence when you speak? Is this to keep you cool? Does engineering now require temperament?"

Unexpectedly, Speer blushed, and he finally spoke with some coercion.

"I, Erathian, don't know much."

(End of this chapter)