From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 111 Bold and Resolute (Add more charms for the rudder master Aoyama) (4000 words)
As the saying goes, the price is raised on the ground, and the money is paid back when the land is landed. Chelsea is not only an excellent soldier, but also an excellent nobleman. In his eyes, these terms have room for manipulation.

"Lei, although the market for sugar is very broad, according to your plan, wouldn't my Marton family become errands for your Black family?
Moreover, the contract is not a one-time buyout, but must be renewed every year.Even this is not unique, you can change to a higher bid in the future, you are so dishonest. "

Later, Cheers refuted Ryan's conditions in a clear and well-founded manner one by one, with the potential to overthrow them all.

Moreover, he also said that this kind of cooperation is based on the momentum of the Marton family, and he has every reason to charge a "protection fee".

Naturally, Ryan couldn't agree with such a rogue-like opinion. He immediately argued with Cheers, and in the end the two broke each piece apart, argued for several hours, and finally finalized the final version.

Only a few of them have undergone major changes. First of all, the unit price for Chelsea to pick up goods has changed from seven silver delores to five, and he will be provided with at least [-] pounds per month and at least [-] pounds of finished green sugar every year.

In other words, the average monthly supply is close to [-] pounds, and [-] pounds is only the lowest limit for each month, and [-] pounds is also the lowest limit for a year.

This means that Ryan must immediately increase the scale of production after returning, and the consequences of breaching the contract are still very serious.

The issue of contract renewal has also changed from one year to three years. The price for the first contract is [-] Kindlers, and the price for subsequent contract renewals has remained unchanged. Moreover, Chelsea has the qualifications for permanent contract renewal unless he voluntarily give up.

In this way, even if it only provides the most basic amount, Qingtang can bring Ryan at least [-] Kindlers in three years.

After deducting all the costs, it is also a very large sum, which directly became Ryan's main source of income, and his annual tax/tax is far from reaching this level.

When the final decision was made, both the elder and the younger showed satisfied smiles, and they all accepted the plan.

Moreover, the two families have been entangled in interests since then, and the relationship will naturally become closer in the future, and the more they earn, the stronger they will be!

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After the negotiations were over, Ryan left Chelsea's castle and went to the hotel to wait for Fetrol to meet up.

He didn't make him wait long, and Fetrol and his party returned to the hotel. Ryan looked out the window of the room and found many people with strange movements.

After seeing Fetrol meeting with a nobleman, many people retreated despite the difficulties, leaving only a small number of people, and behind them are often forces that are not afraid of a baron.

The sugar cake is too big, and they want to mix it too...

"Lord Baron, this time I have sold all 6000 pounds of green sugar, a total of more than [-] silver delores, among which the main targets are the nobles and merchants, as well as a small number of citizens.

Their desire to buy is very high, I have fully opened up the market, even if there are a few thousand pounds, I think they will be swept away by them. "

There was a hint of excitement on Fetrol's face. It can be said that he completed the task assigned by Ryan far beyond the requirements, and the pie painted by Ryan was already within reach.

Ryan patted him on the shoulder happily, expressing his affirmation to him, more than 6000 silver deles, that is to say, he sold the sky-high price of [-] silver coins, which is far more than caramel.

"You did a good job, go down and rest, I will reward you a lot when you return to the territory."

It's a pity that the money is far from enough to buy food, so it has to be subsidized.

After the work was done, Ryan suddenly realized that tomorrow is Zhengdan Festival, and the atmosphere in the city has become lively. As the beginning of a year, Zhengdan Festival is as important as the Spring Festival in Ryan's previous life.

Ryan hasn't celebrated Christmas with his family for several years.Thinking of this, he suddenly sighed. All kinds of things happened one after another in these years, but he inadvertently ignored the company of his family.

Asking the maid to bring a pen and paper, Ryan took a pen and wrote the last letter from home this year, although it was probably half a month later when Kailinman received it.

Seal the envelope and send someone to the letter station. At that time, a messenger will deliver the letter to the middle of the kingdom.

Anyway, it was too late to rush back to Zhengdan Festival, so Ryan simply accepted Chelsea's invitation to spend it with them.

This is the most decent Zhengdan Festival that Ryan has spent since traveling. After all, he has been fighting on the battlefield for the past few years. How can he have a chance to celebrate the Zhengdan Festival well?
The Zhengdan Festival in this world is similar to the Christmas in the West in the previous life, except that there is no legend of Santa Claus, and naturally there is no white-bearded grandpa to stuff your socks with gifts.

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When Ryan's team crossed the Barony of Bryce and returned to Karna, a week had passed.

There is no Ryan, so this year's Zhengdan Festival in the castle is a bit deserted, and there is not much lively atmosphere. Only Drey, Allen, Hevian and others held a small banquet.

As for Hans, he is still looking for a needle in a haystack in the Warcraft Mountains.

The first thing Ryan did after he returned to the territory was to inform Sivis, who was in charge of juicing the green cane, and Ham, who was in charge of boiling sugar, to expand the production scale.

The original output has been expanded to nearly [-] pounds a month, and now his goal is to expand to [-] pounds a month.

Then he held the first high-level meeting of the new year. The participants included Allen who was in charge of the military, Delei the political officer, Hevian the deputy, and Wei Dewen, the warden Jack, Xiyue, Canon, and Kewei. Seoul and some high-level military and political officials.

Liman refused to attend the meeting on the pretext of being busy with alchemy preparations, and sent a representative over.Hans was absent, and Fetrol was also left in Hawley City by Ryan, waiting for Chelsea to deploy food and transport it back to Cana.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the new year is here. We should have a summary of last year and set the direction and goals for the new year. First, let's start with the Office of Government Affairs."

Ryan sat in the first place, watching the people below speak slowly.

Hearing this, De Lai stood up and made a summary of the current economic situation and basic situation of the territory. It was very simple, it was lack of money.

Hevian told more about it. During the time Ryan left, he organized refugees to reclaim the wasteland, which had been very effective, and the moat had been dug, and the main road in the city had been repaired and leveled.

And it has accommodated more than 3000 refugees. The total population of Kanna Territory is now close to more than 5000, and more than one-third of them are refugees from various places.

The Cemetery of the Heroes is also about to be completed, and the warriors who died in the battle of Kanna will also have a new home.

After that, officials from the government affairs department got up one after another to report their work. Generally speaking, the situation was not very good. After all, the territory had experienced too much last year, and it was not easy to maintain it to this point.

Then came the army. Allen said that during this period of time, the two battalions originally planned by the "Tuntian Army" have been fully staffed and intensive training has begun.

The original city defense battalion has long existed in name only, and the remaining people were taken to the mine by Hans, and the establishment was directly cancelled.

The militia battalion was originally a temporary unit, and those that were not converted into "Tuntian Army" were also disbanded after the new year.

During this period, the weapons and equipment made by craftsmen finally began to be installed in troops, but the number of people was too small, the time was too short, and the demand was far greater than the supply.

Liman's Alchemy Potion Configuration Center sent an assistant named Tenner, who was one of Liman's apprentices and also the actual person in charge of the configuration center.

Because Liman often couldn't see anyone, he could only be asked to take charge of the usual management. Anyway, there were not many people there.

He is just a head-hunter, so naturally he doesn't have any conclusions.

Xiyue, Keweier and others also only came to observe, because of the little privileges brought about by their status as extraordinary beings.

It is a bit confusing that Canon can come here, so naturally there is no conclusion.

Warden Jack has been in trouble these days, and what he mainly expressed was to send more people to learn interrogation techniques from him.

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Generally speaking, Kanna is currently developing in a good direction. With green sugar as a source of income, the military has also undergone major reforms, the food crisis is about to be resolved, and the population has also grown considerably...

Now the only thing that needs to be changed is the Government Affairs Office, so after they concluded, Ryan directly announced a new round of personnel appointments:

"Appoint De Lai as the leader of the Kanna Army and command the first battalion of the 'Tuntian Army'.

Allen, the knight commander, is the deputy head of the army, commanding the second battalion of the 'Tuntian Army'.

Hans was still serving as the city defense officer, and reorganized the city defense battalion after returning.

Appoint Hevian as Political Officer of the Council of State.

Fetrol is the financial officer, Jack's position remains unchanged, and Canon is the logistics support officer..."

As soon as this appointment came out, there was a huge wave immediately. Among other things, the most surprising thing was that Hevian became the head of the Khanna Government Affairs Department. This is a very crucial position change.

The most confusing thing is that Kanon actually became a logistics support officer. Logistics support is a newly created position by Ryan. It is a combination of logistics and quartermaster. It can be said to hold real power.

This enviable position made Kanon look bitter. This position is good, but it is not suitable for him.

Because Ryan stipulated that, except for the financial officer, all officials in the territory cannot engage in commercial activities, and Canon, as the largest businessman, is no exception.

In other words, he now needs to pass on the position of Patriarch to his son, and draw a clear line with the merchant group, at least on the bright side.

There has never been a precedent for this before, and I didn't expect it to start with him.

Kanon only thinks that Ryan is so ruthless. Now Kanna, the merchant group is headed by him, so Ryan will not touch him easily, because if he moves, he will be in chaos.

But now, he is leaving this group. Although his identity has changed, this also means that he will be caught in various material dispatches in the future, and he has no energy at all, and he will no longer be able to maintain the business group.

As time goes on, he will be marginalized, and he will never be able to blend in again.

And his son is still too young...

The meeting was proceeding in an orderly manner, except for Xiyue who was staring at the ceiling in a daze, everyone was very busy.

Ryan proposed the general development direction for this year at the meeting. The main keynote is to develop the handicraft industry, reclaim wasteland to encourage farming, and increase the population of the territory at the same time.

In terms of territorial population, in addition to absorbing refugees, it will also include encouraging childbirth, buying slaves, and attracting residents from other territories to settle down. This will be one of the basic policies in the future.

One more important point is that regarding the reform of the military, it mainly focuses on several aspects such as military system, armaments, and military status.

Although the new "Tuntian Army" has been formed, in Ryan's view, the military system is still a bit too crude.

The structure of a ten-man team, a hundred-man brigade, and a thousand-man battalion is too simple. It should be more compact and easy to command.

Armament is very simple, that is, to equip heavy weapons and upgrade individual equipment. Heavy weapons are currently in the shape of trebuchets. When follow-up assistance arrives, bed crossbows and ballistas can be considered.

In terms of individual equipment, it is mainly to replace all the one-handed swords and big swords in the army with combat knives. The blacksmith workshop has already made a re-enactment of the Tang knives, and they will be installed in the army after they can be mass-produced.

Don't look at this small change. On the battlefield, the sword is much easier to use than the sword, and the manufacturing process of the sword is much more complicated than the sword, which is not a small improvement.

In terms of military status, he had initially raised it before, and now version 2.0 is going to be launched. He proposed that as long as he is selected to join the army, his family information needs to be registered separately.

Then, during his service, his immediate family will enjoy privileges, such as exemption from corvee, most of the taxes, and so on.

At the same time, if he becomes a deserter or defectes, his immediate family members will also be affected, at least they will be deported.

After the benefits of being a soldier, more and more people will naturally join the army, and the status of soldiers will also subtly improve.

The meeting went on for a whole day, and at the end, Xiyue was already waiting impatiently. She was a bit of a jumper, and couldn't bear restraint the most.

In Ryan's words, an elf like her belongs to nature, and every place that restrains her is a cage, and she will eventually break free.

After the meeting ended, she muttered: "Don't call me this kind of thing next time, it's a waste of life, obviously sometimes you have to argue over and over again about simple things."

Ryan smiled and didn't reply to her words. No matter where it is, human beings hold meetings like this. It is very efficient that the meeting can end in more than half a day. refute.

As far as he knew, each meeting of Tistan's noble council was counted in months, so it would be crazy to include Xiyue in it.

Just when they were about to enjoy the afternoon tea, the dragon crystal in Ryan's mind suddenly trembled violently. His complexion changed greatly, but he found that the purple mist absorbed by the dragon crystal was gradually decreasing.

He looked horrified, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Xiyue's complexion had also become extremely serious. They looked at each other, and couldn't help saying in unison: "You also found out?"

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(End of this chapter)