Empires Start with Lords

The old butler watched the small barrels of gunpowder made into dynamite being removed from it, and commented that an assault vehicle was equipped with three small barrels of gunpowder, and once ignited, it could instantly turn into a powerful explosive.

Ross stared at these kegs, lost in thought.

Although the gunpowder given by the system is very expensive, in terms of grams, one gold coin can only buy one gram.

And the gunpowder in a barrel of dynamite requires at least 300 grams to achieve the desired effect, and Ross currently only has 50 barrels of dynamite in his warehouse, but it costs 15,000 gold coins...

If a large-scale weapon is really built, even Ross can't afford such expensive gunpowder.

Therefore, it will undoubtedly increase the cost several times.

Ross asked, "Can I buy gunpowder directly from the Kingdom's Military Affairs Office in the future?"

The old housekeeper said: "If these weapons can really be used as a weapon to deter the Roman kingdom in the north, it is not a problem for the old king to send you a carriage of gunpowder directly."

"No, I want to know the specific price."

Ross waved his hand, intending to ask the question to the end.

Because there are very few shops selling gunpowder in Akram Kingdom, and even if there are, they have been suppressed by the kingdom's army and almost disappeared, so Ross will ask him.

The old housekeeper was embarrassed for a while, and said, "If the king really approves and sells it to you, in fact, with the refinement of the palace, it is very expensive to sell, at least 30,000 gold coins can be sold for a pound."

Ross nodded, even at this price, it was 40% cheaper than what the system sold him!

Dogecoin system, profiteers...

Ross cursed the system in his heart, nodded again, and asked, "Ask me when you go back. I'm willing to buy a ton of fine gunpowder."

"A ton?!"

The old housekeeper was instantly frightened by this figure. One ton is one thousand kilograms, which is two thousand catties...

30,000 yuan per catty, could it be possible that Ross could pay 60 million gold coins?

Generally, transactions of this level are at least between kingdoms. An earl, and a lord who has just emerged for less than half a year...

The old butler looked at Ross suspiciously, but did not speak.

Ross smiled and said, "Oh, sorry, I haven't made it clear yet. I want to buy these gunpowders in ten batches. The first time I buy 1% of the total amount of a ton, and then gradually increase."

Although Ross couldn't get 60 million gold coins or 6 million gold coins, he could still get 600,000 coins.

You must know that all of Ross's income is now added up, and the hundreds of thousands of gold coins that Mander handed over to Ross some time ago in order to reserve a share of the pie.

Ross currently has at least one million gold coins in his finances, all of which have been placed in Ross's account.

Ross took only one-third of the money, and the rest of the money had to be given to several cities to operate, and all the expenses were a lot of money.

Most of Ross's money comes from export trade and the sale of things in warehouses. All the 200,000 gold coins earned by Yeveguo belong to Ross alone.

In addition, Ross's military merits have not been used up yet. Currently, he has accumulated nearly 50,000 military merits, which is half a million when converted into gold coins.

Ross' wealth has almost caught up with the wealthiest marquis in the Midwest.

Although they are not as good as the dukes, each duke has at least five million gold coins, and the lords who manage their territories better even have more than one million gold coins per month.

Unfortunately, there are far more places to spend money than money, so being able to have five million in fixed assets is already one of the necessary conditions for becoming a duke.

The old housekeeper wiped his sweat, "I'll go back and tell the king, just wait."

Ross sent off the old butler and his fully packed motorcade, and then took a look at the harvest of these few hours.

Not only did he get 200,000 gold coins for the supply of leaf vein fruit, but also the gold coins for five improved assault vehicles.

Ross got a total of 400,000 gold coins, and intends to use the 200,000 cash here to hand over to his subordinates to buy the materials they need recently. The remaining 200,000 gold coins can only be withdrawn through the bank.

Ross is also a four-hour drive from the nearest bank.

If one day I can open a bank in my own city, it would be not bad.

But Ross quickly dismissed the idea.

To open a bank in one's own home requires at least the title of a duke...

Moreover, there are only three bank headquarters in Aklan, and banks are not ordinary small shops, so they can cast a wide net. At present, more than a dozen banks have entered a state of saturation.

Most of Aklan's civilians have never been to a bank in their entire lives, only vaguely heard of it.

After all, the average monthly salary of a commoner is less than two silver coins, and bank withdrawals are at least fifty gold coins.

Many commoners don't earn fifty gold coins in a lifetime, and it is rare for them to even see what a gold coin looks like.

The materials of the Aklan Kingdom were not richer than those of the Roman Kingdom, and even a piece of bread was sold for a tenth of a copper coin.

In other words, the monthly salary of a common man is between one silver coin and two silver coins, and the purchasing power of this money is only more than one hundred bread.

Bread is still the cheapest food in Aklan~www.readwn.com~ Because the bread eaten by most civilians is made of the most difficult to swallow dough.

It is even mixed with various edible but extremely unpalatable things, but the salaries of the common people are only enough to buy more than 100 breads. Even if they only eat three a day, they can only save ten in a month. A few loaves of money.

That is a copper coin...

Ross was aware of this for a long time, so he immediately changed the taxation of the residents of the territory.

Since the price is not comparable to the salaries of the commoners, Ross adopts the method of lowering the price and raising the salary.

Ross built more than a dozen large factories, divided into three types.

One is for slave work, eleven hours a day.

The other is for civilians to work for nine hours a day, and the last is for people who have immigrated but who have not acquired the status of freedmen and are not considered slaves, ten hours a day.

Although the working hours are different, Ross has set the same salary requirements.

Do more.

Everyone in the civilian factory can get one-tenth of a copper coin every hour, and ten copper coins are one silver coin.

Everyone in the slave factory can get one-tenth of a copper coin every half hour.

The relocated people are paid the same as slaves.

Most people can earn more than three silver coins a month. In addition, Ross's city food can be self-sufficient. After reducing the cost of raw materials, the price of Ross's city is generally lower than that outside. about one-fifth.

Therefore, every civilian can easily save one silver coin a month, and even take a few more days of rest.

And each slave's salary is only one-third less than that of the commoners. There is no better slave in the entire kingdom than here.