Duke of Herrington

At noon three days later, the mission continued as usual.

Ted and Thomas discussed for a long time but failed to come up with a better solution
But the mission has to continue, and the matter of expanding the territory of the Nok Alliance will not be suspended for some reason.

Therefore, we can only send small transport planes to designated locations to deliver industrial parts, as well as professionals, and let them assemble locally
Even if this method is not cost-effective, and quite resource-intensive!You have to continue this money-losing business!
because there's nothing else to do right now
Ted was also very helpless about this. He looked at the forecast report sent by Chris, and couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, with so much investment, when will we see the money back!"

"Dong dong."

There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. When the wallet bottoms out, there will always be good news!

The miraculous Chris knocked lightly on the door of Ted's office, came to the desk with a few documents, and spoke calmly with imperceptible excitement: "My lord, there is good news. Here comes the money."

Ted's eyes lit up, and he said that if you turn back the money, you will have money in your account!Now that he had the money, Ted had to ask, "Oh? How much did you charge?"

Chris opened the first folder, turned to the middle page, pointed to the payment and explained: "8% of the payment has been received, and the profit is six times the cost! At this price, it is still [-]% lower than the empire! And the second A batch of goods shipped out were sold out along the way before reaching their destination! In addition, we also received a large number of orders from all chambers of commerce in the empire!"

After talking about making money, Chris opened the second folder: "We also brought first-hand news! You will definitely want to hear it!"

No matter who Chris is, the news that he wants to think is valuable must be far beyond Ted's expectations!It's just that today's Chris has a weird expression on his face, as if he is preoccupied, trying to figure out what Ted means.

Having been with Chris for so many years, Ted certainly would not miss this small detail. In order not to startle the enemy, and to understand his real purpose, Ted naturally raised his right hand and signaled: "Let's listen!"

"Ahem. The nobles of the empire have already begun to be fooled! There are still a lot of windfalls! All come from Steve's informant-the agent 'Mole' sent information!"

"It mentioned that because a large amount of grain of unknown origin appeared in the market, various nobles sent people to investigate!"

"In addition to routine investigations, they themselves began to suspect each other, accusing each other of not holding their breath and selling grain harvest wealth first"

At first, everyone did not expect that there would be internal strife among the empires. This is indeed unexpected good news: "Oh? This is indeed an unexpected surprise! Very good!"

Seeing this, Chris continued to read the report down: "Yes, my lord, if they start to fight among themselves and sell a lot of food. Our plan may be realized ahead of schedule!"

“How come you see?”

"The price they buy grain is not low, and after such a long period of storage and consumption, there will be losses. When they sell it, even if they sell it at the original price, they will lose half of it! So they will definitely increase the price!"

"And in order to test the wind and avoid arousing suspicion, we sell at the price they bought. In other words, they can only sell at the same price as us, or lower than us."…

"In addition, we have an advantage! That is, the food is fresher, and there are other canned fruits and vegetables! They are all sold together in their own chamber of commerce or other chambers of commerce, and they only have not so fresh wheat and pickled cucumbers. People are not stupid."

"The last point is also the most important point. Before other nobles, there are only three paths!"

"One! They will spend a lot of money to accept our goods! This is the result we want to see most! Because the quantity of our goods is definitely greater than their wealth! So once they have the idea of ​​acquiring a monopoly, this noble will soon Will fall into a trap!"

"Secondly, they will sell at a lower price than us! But we have already prepared! The plan is clearly written! We will also lower the price of flour and fight with them! Due to the blessing of industrial production, our price Even breaking a bone is profitable! But if they also break a bone, they will not be far from bankruptcy."

Ted can probably think of these two, but he doesn't know the third one that Chris said!

"Chris, I know these two, and that... the third."

"The third is a bit trickier if they're smart enough to use up the grain"

"Use it?"

"Yes! Use it! Recruit a large number of civilians to act as militiamen and plunder our caravan in the name of bandits! It is also commonly known as 'O yuan purchase'! After that, sell things for money! This is a profitable business! Steady Make money or lose money!"

The third option is easy to say, but Ted couldn't believe that these nobles really dared to do this: "Dare they do this?"

Chris opened the chair, sat down slowly, and pushed several kinds of predictions in front of Ted: "Of course! The hypocritical nobles dare not and cannot rob shops, but it is the tradition of our country to play tricks behind the scenes! As long as you throw the blame to the non-existent robbers, you can sit back and relax.”

This familiar scene made Ted feel 'kind'!
It's just that this time it was me who was unlucky!

In order to prevent being prostituted and the caravan to be destroyed, Ted plans to re-plan the armed forces of the escort troops
"Do you have military records?"

"Yes, my lord"

"What are our cheapest submachine guns and cheapest bullets?"

"This. According to the latest production data, it is an M3 submachine gun, and the .45ac it comes with is also very cheap!"

"Let the mole gather retired veterans or bounty hunters who want to make money in the underground black market, and pull them to Baron Tomato's territory for a week of training, and then they will all be incorporated into the guards! Of iron?"

At the moment, there is indeed no best way, and the only way to deal with it is to improve the quality of the guards!
The cost will indeed increase, but the transportation route will be more stable, and the safety factor will also increase!

Without the interference of external factors, Ted can better compete with those nobles in terms of strength and productivity!

In the Dark Ages, a dozen angry peasants could sculpt a master knight in plate armor, but now let alone a dozen peasants, even a dozen knights have to face a fully armed submachine gunner. Kneel down and call Daddy!
As for the problem of weapons being lost among the people, Ted is not worried. …

Because this group can't make precise bullets, even if they hold weapons, they are just burning fire sticks, and at most they are left to make iron.

But there will always be a day when the bullets are exhausted, and if they are exhausted, they will return to the era of wielding a big sword.
That's it, Chris's preoccupied expression eased slightly, and Ted just caught it: "My lord, you said you hired retired veterans and bounty hunters, I have another idea."

"Say!"

"The number of these two types of people you mentioned may not be enough. My idea is to expand the scope of recruitment again! For example... those desperadoes!"

If other people say this, Ted will definitely scold him, and let him go as far as he can.
But it was his vassal, the mayor of Valentine, who made this suggestion!
Unless Chris's brain is flooded, he certainly wouldn't make such outrageous suggestions
So, driven by curiosity, Ted tried to ask: "Huh? Chris, are you serious? Hiring those desperadoes?"

"Yes, you heard me right, my lord."

"This"

"Listen to my explanation first. If you think it's inappropriate, you can veto it, and I'm just giving a proposal."

"Say"

"Soldiers' tasks are generally under the command. Wearing armor and charging, without it, they will only be passive. Bounty hunters are only good at hunting. They are not suitable for teamwork!"

"But the desperadoes are different! They need to be on guard against the waves all the time, and by the way, they also have to do things like looting houses! They even fish for sustainable depletion. Not only will they not cause fearless killings, but they will even leave some food behind. , Hanging the victims to prevent them from starving to death! Even the seeds of the spring, as well as the hens and roosters are distributed by them! Wait until the end of the year to harvest them back.”

"Based on this alone, they are a hundred times stronger than the group of nobles who only know one wave of plunder!"

What he said made sense, but Ted still couldn't figure out what Chris was going to say: "But Chris, you said so much, and you didn't make sense at all? Why did you drag them into the guard?"

"There are two points! I guess that group of nobles will also spend money to hire this group of people to attack us! Let's attack first, so that they have no one to hire!"

"Second point, these desperadoes are really desperate to do their jobs! They have rich experience, not only can help us prevent problems before they happen, but also help us guard them! This deal is very good deal, a piece of money , hired someone who can do two jobs! Why not do it?"

It seems reasonable, but Ted doesn't intend to hire these 'Zhang San': "Although that is said, they are gangsters! Robbers! They are even more criminals!"

"Yes! That's true, but my lord, according to the statistics of the special agent 'Mole', all the robbers in the empire add up to at least 400 million! According to the laws of our northern border, they will be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison. If the circumstances are bad Yes, they will be tortured, made into pigs and hung on the street lamps, but I don’t think we have 400 million street lamps”

The criminal law is too cruel, and it is really inappropriate when you are sitting in the world, but now you are fighting the world, and discipline is needed, so!Ted took out the legal document signed by Chris from the safe and said: "We said this at the beginning of the legislation, and the law does not hold the public accountable here! I don't mind losing 400 million. Scumbag! Besides, it has your signature on it.”…

When discussing the proposal, Chris didn't expect that there would be so many people!

Now, he was a little anxious: "My lord, that's 400 million! It's not their original intention to turn grass into bandits."

Ted directly raised his hand to interrupt Chris' words, still holding the legal document signed by Chris, with a serious face, reminding: "Don't say 400 million, even if it's 4000 million, my eyes won't Blink! The law is the law! Speaking of which, wasn’t it about the outlaws just now? How did it involve ordinary people who fell into the grass now?”

"Could it be that your real intention is to intercede for those people?"

"Yes, my lord"

Ted has long been used to the fact that Chris has something in his words. He will always express his intentions inadvertently, and take advantage of special opportunities and Ted's mood to make some impossible things possible.
"Master Coco, what they have is just snatching a piece of bread from others. That's it, should we arrest them too?"

"Of course! Misdemeanors are punished lightly, and serious crimes are punished heavily. Such a law will not prevent crime, but will increase the crime rate! Everyone will think that grabbing a little bread is no big deal, and they will be released after two days in prison! As everyone knows, the Bread may be someone else's only ration. If you take it away, you will starve to death!"

"This"

Hearing this, Chris hesitated, Ted keenly grasped this point, and continued to output: "As the strong, we must protect the weak and let them create value under our protection, instead of helping the strong and making them resist Us, understand?"

"So! A person who robs a loaf of bread will also have to spend 50 years in prison and work in a quarry for 50 years. In addition, he must let his immediate family members suffer along with him! Let their descendants only do Some basic work! Can't touch the core of the country, and don't engage in business."

After listening to Ted's words, a lot of cold sweat broke out behind Chris, and even soaked his vest!
These words are completely different from the "great kind man" who was wholeheartedly thinking about the people half a year ago!
"My lord, I remember you said, to help"

"Help the deserving people! Rescue the deserving people. 2000 million refugees deserve to be rescued. I'm not in the mood to help the 400 million criminals with previous convictions. Even if there are one or two outstanding elites, it's not worth my time! Because I don't want to pick gold in dung! I prefer to pick gold mines"

This kind of practice seems cruel, but the ancestors on the earth have done it countless times. The originator who believed in heavy punishment for crimes was Shang Yang. Not only did he have to engrave his face, but he also chopped off his hands and feet.
In contrast, Ted is already very merciful, just sentenced to prison, plus quarry labor
This kind of artificial screening is not only common in the ancient earth, but also in the modern earth. Even in some familiar games, "screening" will appear.

For example, Tadalin's "Lakshir Ceremony" removes weak chickens, and the rest are strong fighters.

"My lord." Chris held the document and rubbed his chin at a loss, he could only falter and wait for the lord's reprimand.

It is not easy to make up your mind to govern something, and it takes an ruthless angry youth to promote it!
Ted happens to be! "Chris, you have to remember! They are criminals! It is impossible for us to cooperate with criminals! If you are afraid that criminals will be ordered to attack us, then wipe them out in advance! Our bombers are continuously conducting raids on the bandit lair. Air strikes, within a few days, those bandits will scatter and flee. The trade routes will naturally be safe."

After some guidance from Ted, Chris suddenly realized, raised his hand and gave himself a slap, and blamed himself: "I see, my lord, I was too holy just now! You should be punished for showing mercy to criminals! I will follow the rules." Suspend one month's salary and review you."

"Excuse me, we are all the ones who make the rules. It is not uncommon for some accidents to happen at certain times. Just figure it out."

"Thank you sir"

"By the way, Chris, I heard that tomorrow Steve will be able to get part of the crown to participate in the succession, and will also have part of the imperial power. By then, I will change from an earl to a marquess, and then a duke, and you want what position?"

"My lord, I don't need a position, it's just a title in the future! As long as I can continue my current job, I'm very satisfied!"

"Then I'll figure it out! According to the records of the vassals, the highest is only the viscount. I'll ask Steve to give you the title of earl!"

"Then. Thank you, my lord."

These titles will only become an honor in the end, without any real power.

But if the 'honor' is higher, you will feel more face when you say it, and you can wear more gorgeous clothes.