Lord Harland.

Chapter 90 Exchanging Blueprints
The first person who came to exchange the blueprint of the heavy trebuchet was Richard's old acquaintance Baron Les.

During last year's battle, Baron Rice was an important commander under Richard's command.

The two cooperated well, and both made a windfall from Dirham's territory, and finally dealt with the trouble of the higher-ups sending inspections together.

With this relationship, Baron Rice trusts Richard very much.

After receiving the news that Richard was willing to trade the blueprint of the heavy trebuchet, Baron Rice was the first to come to Harland.

Baron Rice was very familiar with Richard, and he cut to the point when he spoke.

"Baron Richard, how do you plan to exchange?"

"The royal family exchanged blueprints for heavy-duty trebuchets, with an estimated value of [-] gold coins. We cannot lower the price. However, the items traded are very flexible and can be exchanged for various materials, and the estimated value can be raised."

The royal family got the heavy-duty trebuchet invented by Richard, and exchanged it with hundreds of nobles at home and abroad, at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins worth of money.

The Harland family is just a small nobleman in northern Xinjiang. Although they have some influence in Gerda province, they are simply unable to compete with the royal family for business.

If low-price competition annoyed the royal family and entered King Charles' blacklist, there would be a hidden danger of ruining the family in the future.

Even if the royal family did not act, and did not send reinforcements when the orcs invaded, no nobleman would be able to hold out for too long.

Even big nobles like Duke Edward and Duke Jonathan need the support of the royal family if they want to gain a foothold in northern Xinjiang.

Even though the heavy trebuchet was invented by Richard, the royal family took hundreds of thousands of gold coins in profit.

Richard can't be jealous either, the territory can't compete with the royal family for business, this is the political correctness of the Grant Kingdom.

Only with the strength of the two Dukes of Jonathan and York, can the royal family compromise.

How big is the platform, how powerful is it, and how big is it going to do.

This is what Li Cha has understood since he was a child.

Harland's territory has a small platform and weak strength. If you get a lot of gold coins and make people jealous, you will be in big trouble.

The Barony of Rice is relatively barren and has little output.

But last year he fought the orcs and got a lot of gold coins.

But Baron Rice was reluctant to give up gold coins and decided to exchange them with orc slaves.

"There are seven tauren, 46 goatmen, and more than 80 kobolds in our territory. How much can you estimate?"

Orc slaves are relatively cheap, far less valuable than human slaves.

Although the tauren are strong and have brute force, they are very difficult to manage. Unless they are professionals, they can hold their ground.

If the tauren is allowed to work in the field, there is a risk of escaping at any time.

Sheepheads and Kobolds are weaker, although they are better in obedience.

But they don't know the language of the orcs, and they don't have good management experience. Their labor efficiency is ridiculously low.

Kobolds in particular have a relatively large appetite, so it is very uneconomical to use kobolds as slaves.

Ten kobold slaves are worth less than one human slave.

"You know, orc slaves are not worth much. If you add thirty households of serfs and these orc slaves, they can be exchanged."

Thirty households of serfs, including the old and the weak, add up to about 150 people, and the purchase price at the slave market is more than [-] gold coins.

The valuation of orc slaves is only about two gold coins on average, which is twice as expensive as the market value.

Baron Rice bargained with Richard, and finally exchanged the orc slaves in his hands, plus 26 serfs, for the blueprint of the heavy trebuchet.

Some lords can't use orc slaves, the key is that they can't understand orc language.

There are a large number of contract slaves who are proficient in orc language in Li Cha's territory. Through these humans who have lived in the orc empire for many years, Li Cha can actually manage the orc slaves.

Kobolds can let them dig mines, goatmen can be used for herding, and tauren are strong, so they can not only dig mines, but also plow fields when cattle are in short supply.

The environment of the mine is closed, and there are troops stationed outside.

Let the kobolds dig mines. A kobold must mine [-] kilograms of iron ore every day in order to have food.

Using this new method, Harland Territory has accumulated some experience in managing orcs.

Because of his gentle temperament, and because he helped Li Cha find the brown sugar wood, the sheep-headed man was treated much better.

Herding life is not too difficult, and the environment at the southern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range is much better than at the northern foot.

The goatmen don't need to be recruited to fight, and they hand in some livestock every year, and their life is better than in the orc empire.

The living conditions have been improved, and the sheep-headed man is very satisfied with the status quo, and even feels reluctant to leave.

Although the tauren resisted desperately, they were small in number and did not cause any trouble.

After the news of the deal between Richard and Baron Rice spread, five or six barons came one after another.

Including Dak and Baron Bazel, whom Richard is familiar with, all used orc slaves, plus some human serfs, to exchange for heavy trebuchet blueprints.

The orc slaves they brought had exceeded a thousand.

Human serfs also increased by 500.

These [-] serfs, Li Cha arranged them in the least important reclamation strongholds to prevent spies from being planted and infiltrating into important departments.

After this wave of people passed, the number of nobles who traded blueprints for heavy trebuchets with Richard suddenly decreased a lot.

The speed of news transmission in the Kingdom of Grant was not fast, and many people did not know that Harland was the first to invent the heavy trebuchet.

Besides, Richard doesn't have the royal seal in his hand, so he can't sign a binding contract with Baron Rice and the others.

These barons got blueprints for heavy trebuchets, which can also be exchanged with nearby territories.

Li Cha thought that was it, but a few days later, the three barons Paul, Harden and Sharp were ushered in.

These three baronial territories are not far from Richard.

The threat posed by counterweight trebuchets was also seen first-hand in warfare.

They originally planned to make a deal with the royal family, but after hearing the news of Baron Rice's deal with Richard, they decided to make a deal with Richard after waiting for a few days.

Trading with Li Cha, you can exchange low-value resources for blueprints for heavy-duty trebuchets with high value.

Baron Harden is stronger, and there are also people who are proficient in orc language in the territory.

Orc slaves are equally valuable to him, and it is a little uneconomical to trade with Richard.

However, there is no shortage of various resources in Baron Harden's territory, and he used [-] tons of old grain in exchange for blueprints for heavy trebuchets.

Although Baron Sharp himself is not strong, his wife, Baron Raphael, is no less powerful than Baron Harden.

Directly used a book of breathing method, and exchanged the blueprint of the heavy trebuchet with Li Cha.

This breathing method is also collected by the Harland family, which is the incomplete copy of the bull breathing method.

It's just that the Baron Rafael's Breath of the Bull brought by the Harland family has a complete collection, and it can be cultivated to the third level of a professional.

The scroll that Baron Paul used to exchange for the blueprint of the heavy trebuchet is more precious. It records some enchanting knowledge, which can be used to make magic bombs.

(End of this chapter)