Lord Highlander

  Chapter 643 632. Preparing to build a private army

  After cooking a complete salamander skin, it will be made into high-grade leather that is soft and can be engraved with magic patterns. It takes at least two weeks for the leather shop to process this high-grade leather in the leather shop. The processing cost is also quite expensive.

  Since salamander rawhide is very rare in the magic market, and it is also a top-level magic material for making elementary magic pattern structures, as long as this kind of fire-attributed leather appears on the market, it will be bought by buyers who come after hearing the news.

  Many salamander skins are pre-booked by regular customers when they enter the leather shop, and they never reach the market.

  The price of salamander rawhide in the market is as high as 20 magic crystals. Although the value of magic crystals has been depreciating recently, if it is converted into Grimm Empire gold coins, 20 magic crystals can be exchanged for about 135-150 gold coins at present.

Suldak and Brunei, the manager of the leather shop, agreed that every month, Suldak would sell five high-grade leathers of second-level fire-type monsters to Rossi's leather shop in the name of Wall Trading Company in Hailansa City. At the same time, some first-class monster skins and ordinary animal skins will be sold to Rossi Leather Shop, and the monthly transaction volume is about a hundred magic crystals.

  Although this transaction cannot effectively alleviate the debt pressure of the Gophero family, it can at least relieve the Rossi leather shop from the current embarrassment.

   Rossi Leather Shop takes the high-end leather-making route, and the demand for first-class Warcraft leather is limited.

This time the sale of salamander skins was carried out in Gophero Manor. Surdak directly found four pieces of salamander skins folded into squares. The blood on them had already condensed into brown. They were all incomplete. The manager of Brunei saw that Suldak took out five pieces of salamander leather in one breath. It seemed that there was still stock in the magic pocket.

   I hope that Surdak can provide more sources of high-quality high-grade leather. Suldak proposed to the Brunei manager that the additional second-level Warcraft leather needed to be settled face-to-face with gold coins. The Brunei manager seemed a little embarrassed and said that the first transaction could be completed first, and the follow-up transaction would be discussed next month.

   Throughout the whole process, Earl Gophero sat on the opposite chair with a cold face. Even when Suldak left the Gophero Manor, his face did not turn for the better.

  Although Earl Gophero kept a straight face, it didn't affect Suldak's mood.

  At least he has achieved his purpose of coming here, and now he only hopes that the relationship between Beatrice and the family will not be so rigid.

   It is also a good thing to establish some connections with the Gophero family through the leather business.

  Although the amount of this transaction is not large, Suldak believes that since there are mutual interests, the current relationship between the two parties can be maintained.

   As for whether the Rossi Leather Store will settle the payment on time at the end of each month, Suldak is not worried at all.

  He just glanced at the leather supply and marketing contract provided by the manager of Brunei, and casually put it in the magic pocket.

Saying goodbye to Earl Gophero and walking out of Gophero Manor, the dangerous feeling of being stared at from behind almost disappeared. Standing on the side of the street, Suldak exhaled softly, thinking: It seems Earl of Gophero is not the only one who doesn't like him in the Gophero family.

A magic caravan drove out of the manor and stopped beside Suldak. Brunei, the manager of Rossi Leather Store, poked his head out of the window and said kindly to Suldak: "Baron Suldak, May I have lunch with you, please?"

   "I have already made an appointment with someone, and a carriage will pick me up here." Suldak stood on the side of the road and said to Brunei, the manager of the leather store.

   "Then the follow-up high-end leather business..." Brunei, the manager of the leather store, squeezed out a hypocritical smile and asked Suldak.

Suldak hesitated for a moment, thinking that this matter could be handed over to Shan De, so he said: "At the beginning of every month, someone will deliver the leather to your store, remember to prepare the end of last month in advance. If the delivery cannot be made in time, our transaction will be postponed to the next month, and if the delivery cannot be made for three consecutive months, our leather transaction will be interrupted by itself.”

This kind of salamander skin is the top-level material for making elementary magic pattern structures, and the supply in the magic market is in short supply. Suldak delivered these high-grade leathers to Rossi's leather shop for cooking and selling, which is completely sending money to the shop. The manager of Brunei knew a little about what kind of transaction was involved. Of course, he couldn't spit out the meat in his mouth, so he quickly agreed: "Okay, I will definitely prepare the payment in advance."

   Seeing that Surdak just nodded, he stopped talking.

  The manager of Brunei patted the carriage with his hands, and said to Suldak with a smile: "Then goodbye, Baron Suldak!"

   "Goodbye, Manager Brunei!"

  Suldak said with a smile.

  …

  A magic caravan stopped on the side of the street, Suerdak boarded the car, and the magic caravan drove away from Gophero Manor without stopping.

Beatrice in the carriage looked at Suldak expectantly. Hathaway saw Suldak leaning on the soft leather sofa after getting into the car to show off deliberately, so she leaned over and pushed his shoulder with her hand. , asked softly: "Dark, what happened?"

  Suldak turned his head and smiled triumphantly at Hathaway, then stretched out his hands to Beatrice who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile, "At least for now, it's a success!"

   "Really?" Beatrice asked with wide-eyed surprise.

   Then he threw himself into Suldak's arms without any scruples and offered a sweet kiss.

She pressed her hands on Suldak's shoulders, and imprinted her petal-like red lips. She struggled to push Suldak away until she was about to suffocate, and retreated to the soft leather sofa opposite her. blurred.

  Suldak reminisces about the ultimate fragrance and softness, and feels that Beatrice is like a hot flame, always positive and enthusiastic about life, and at the same time so reckless.

   "Of course! I successfully persuaded Earl Gophero."

  He originally wanted to go into more detail, but considering that Beatrice might find it embarrassing, he just briefly mentioned it.

   Hathaway cheered and exclaimed excitedly: "That's great, Duck." It was as if she was the one who broke free from the shackles of the family.

  Surdak leaned on the sofa, touched his growling stomach, looked out the window, and said, "We can have a little celebration at noon. Are there any restaurants nearby?"

  Hathaway poked her head over, stared at Suldak and said:

   "Eh, my dad asked me about you this morning, and asked me if you left the city of Bena...he wants to see you!"

  Suldak immediately sat upright, and then asked with some surprise: "Does Marquis Luther want to see me?"

  Hathaway nodded, revealed some inside information, and said, "He seems to be looking for you to ask about setting up a cavalry battalion."

Suldak recently wanted to lift the Dragon Blood Curse, but also raised a dragon, and also wanted to impress Earl Gophero. He had no time to raise a cavalry battalion. Seeing that Marquis Luther was so concerned about this matter, he said: "Oh, it just so happens that I also have something I want to ask him for help!"

  He touched his magic pocket, thinking that he currently has a lot of magic crystals and gold coins. If he wants to build a cavalry battalion, he needs to find some suitable manpower, weapons, armor and horses are essential.

  Hathaway asked curiously, "What do you want from him?"

  Suldak replied truthfully: "If you want to form a cavalry battalion, you need to buy some war horses. I want to know where I can buy some high-quality war horses."

  Hathaway shrugged her shoulders, sat next to Suldak, and said, "I don't know this. When you meet him later, you can ask him face to face!"

  …

"There are no large-scale pastures in Bena Province. The largest pastures in the Green Empire are located in the two provinces of Durva and Salta in the west of the empire. Some surrounding provinces also have pastures, but they are not as large as these two provinces. Our Bena Province High-quality war horses basically come from there, but with the frequent occurrence of plane wars in the past few years, the war horses of the provincial lords have increased day by day, and now it is difficult to buy war horses and male war slaves in the market."

  Marquis Luther sat in his study in a fine attire, giving instructions to Suldak face to face.

"It's just hard to buy, but it's not impossible. Now the price of war horses is being pushed up by the lords who are actively preparing to build private armies. At present, the commodities that are in short supply in the market are not only magic herbs, but all war-related materials are on the rise .”

   There was no one else in the room, even Mrs. Marianne and Hathaway were kicked out by him.

He pointed to the stables by the wall of the castle courtyard, and said: "In the past, a high-quality war horse could be bought for only ten gold coins, but now you can't even buy a male war slave in the market. The usual war horses also need 20 gold coins. I don’t know if your current financial resources can afford it. If you are in short supply, you can take 500 horses from my manor outside the city. Of course, the premise is that you must find enough cavalry."

Suldak did not expect that Marquis Luther would be so generous. According to Marquis Luther, a horse is worth 20 gold coins, so 500 horses would cost at least 10,000 gold coins. For the current Suldak, it is definitely a huge sum of money, but it is not a burden to Suldak now.

Although the income from the sulfur mine cannot bear the expenses of a cavalry battalion, he now has more than one sulfur mine in his hands. Compared to this sulfur mine, the salamander group hidden deep in the lava cave is considered Su Erdak has a large amount of assets, as well as the gold coins piled up in the treasure room, and now there are three more boxes of magic crystals.

  So he is going to buy a batch of war horses first through the channel of Marquis Luther, and then customize some weapons and armors. After confirming these things, he will return to Hailansa City.

   "Marquis Luther, I want to pay the cost of buying the horse myself, I can afford it!" Suldak stood opposite Marquis Luther.

  Marquis Luther didn't hear clearly at first, but then he reacted, looked at Suldak in surprise and asked:

"Hey, is the sulfur mine under your volcano actually a rich mine? You're lucky, but you have to figure it out, the cost of raising a private army is far more than five hundred horses. In addition, armor, weapons and some logistics materials, including marching tents, rations and other materials, and if you are not going to recruit new recruits, you also need to pay a considerable amount of salary for the veterans."

  Suldak put on an expression of being able to pay, and continued to ask Marquis Luther: "Marquis Luther, if I want to buy weapons and armor, where should I go to buy them?"

Marquis Luther thought for a while before saying: "If it is an ordinary armor, if the number exceeds 5,000, I would suggest going to San Carlos City, which has the largest blacksmith workshop in the Grimm Empire. It was built there, but if there are only five hundred, you can buy them in Constantinople in the province of Pena!"

   "Actually, the military supply department in Bena City also has a large amount of inventory, but it is slightly more expensive than the blacksmith workshop. This is the fastest way to obtain military supplies." Marquis Luther added.

   "I want to visit Constantinople." Suldak said.

"I don't care how you plan. Now your cavalry battalion number has been reviewed by the House of Representatives. You can officially change the name after you finish building the cavalry battalion. You can still do some basic training during the winter to catch up with me. Let's go to the Bailin plane together." Marquis Luther said to Suldak.

  Suldak heard Marquis Luther talk about the Bailin plane for the first time, so he asked: "The plane for switching defenses is determined?"

  Marquis Luther nodded, and said: "If there are no accidents, it will be the Bailin plane, but this is not absolute. Once there is a problem with any plane, the destination of the legion's defense will be changed at any time."

   There was a knock on the door, and Marquis Luther said casually, "Come in!"

  Mrs. Marian brought two maids into the room with some tea, and said to Marquis Luther, "You guys have been talking for so long, don't you plan to drink tea?"

  Marquis Luther laughed and said, "Don't tell me I didn't really feel thirsty. Now that I smell the tea, my mouth feels dry..."

   "What are you guys talking about?" Mrs. Marianne asked curiously, placing the almost on the tea table in the study with her own hands.

  Marquis Luther said: "About forming a new army..."

  Feifei outside the window was sprinkling light snow, and some fine snow particles fell on the glass outside the window, making a series of light noises.

  Mrs. Marianne had a trace of worry on her face. Looking at the fine snow outside the window, she sighed and said, "I really hope that the plane war will end soon!"

"How could it be so easy..." Marquis Luther stood behind Madam Marianne and said, "I don't need to go to the Warsaw plane this time, it's just a small plane to garrison, the task should be easy, you don't need to worry, if the situation over there If it's stable, I might take you and Hathaway to take a look at the scenery there."

  When Mrs. Marianne smiled softly, her eyes looked exactly like Hathaway's.

  Suldak heard someone calling him in a low voice at the door, and turned around to find Hathaway hiding outside the door and waving to him.

  (end of this chapter)