King: Start with tauren plowing

Chapter 62 The Current Situation of Winter Fortress

Winter Fortress, in the study of the Noxus family.

A candle was placed on the square table, and the orange candle flickered slightly, casting Charles' shadow on the wall behind him.

dong dong dong~
A crisp knock sounded on the door.

"Come in." Charles didn't look up, his eyes were still on the parchment on the table.

"Master, Viscount Kate O'Hara and his wife have reunited with Mr. Sherlock, and their rooms have been settled."

It was the old Mark who walked into the study, his voice was somewhat aggrieved, he worked hard, and the carefully selected women were all in vain.Some of them were rewarded by Master Shire to his subordinates, and the rest who were unwilling were sent home with a repatriation fee, but Master Shire did not keep any of them for himself.

However, Charles did not respond. He was reading the recent business development of Winter Fortress at this time.

Since the news of the high grain prices in Winter Fortress, small merchants in other nearby noble territories began to ship grain.The most rampant ones are the small businessmen of the Silver Fox family. In the past, the profits were monopolized by the big businessmen. They had no chance, but now they finally have the chance.

Moreover, the Korimia prairie in the north was swept away by Shire, and the food smuggled from the Silver Fox family was rampant.

There are also merchants who set off from Violet Collar, cross the Blackstone Mountains, and bring grain and salt to Winter Fortress to sell.

In the past ten days or so, Cold Winter Fortress has opened several bakeries and grain stores. Under the competition of peers, the price of food has gradually dropped to a gradually reasonable range, but it is still huge profits for these businessmen. After all, The price of food in Winter Fortress is too exaggerated.

The food price of Cold Winter Fortress is divided into two parts, one part is paid by Cold Winter Fortress, and the other part is the price for civilians.That's what Shire did with the food he bought from the Silver Fox family before.

After all, Winter Fortress is a group of paupers, and there are troublemakers in poor mountains and rivers. If the price of food increases several times, the headache will not be for them who can't afford food, but Baron Shire of Winter Fortress.

Now the merchants are smuggling grain to Cold Winter Fortress, and after dumping it quickly, they exchange the earned kinnar for cattle, sheep, wool and other products, and then return to other noble territories to dump, and then buy grain to Cold Winter Fortress.A closed loop of expanded re-transportation is formed.

For a time, the commercial development of Winter Fortress was very hot, and of course this was inseparable from the old Mark's hosting.But it's more about Shire's previous efforts.

Crack down on the bandit forces around Winter Fortress and the orc tribes in the north to create a safe environment.

In addition, the disabled veterans of Noxus relied on their prestige to practice a kind of police-like duty, which severely cracked down on the sneaky robbery of Winter's troublesome people, and this benefited from Shire's census of population and management of household registration.

When the first batch of merchants first settled in the Cold Winter Fortress, it was not that there were no robberies by the cold winter thieves, but the patrolling veterans quickly determined who did it according to the household registration, and the next thing was very simple. All the things that were left behind were returned to the merchant, and the gaps in the middle were filled by the Noxus family. As for the robbers, their thumbs were cut off and they were disqualified from enlisting in the army.

After dealing with this a few times, the memory of cold winter's tricksters has improved, and the confidence of the merchants in doing business in cold winter fortress has also been greatly improved. In the future, they will pass on this confidence in business again and again.

But until now, no group of big merchants or caravans of other nobles have come to Winter Fortress to do business, and no one has come here to open blacksmith shops or tailor shops.

Of course, this is not the O'Hara family that I met by chance. In short, the business of Winter Fortress still needs further development.

Cold Winter Fortress goes north and is close to the Korimia prairie. There are orc slaves, livestock, and animal skins in the north, which are just complementary to the south's salt, tea, sugar, grain and other commodities. The business of Winter Fortress still has a lot of development. space.

At this time, there was another knock on the door, and Abdekader walked in: "My lord, the Noxus [-]st and [-]nd infantry regiments have been settled."

"How about the food reserves in Winter Fortress now?" Charles looked at Old Mark.

"The Winter Fortress recently purchased 58 carts of grain through business, and the O'Hara family sent another 67 carts of grain, plus the grain bought by the commander of the Abdkad army, and the tens of thousands of sheep recently captured. The food in the fortress can last for six months."

The food in Winter Fortress can only last for six months.Shire knew in his heart that the Winter Fortress was no longer the previous 3000 people. Counting the [-] tauren, the food for the past six months was already millions of catties. , is already a massive amount of food, but it is far from enough.

Charles instructed: "We still need to vigorously develop business, attract more merchants, and buy more grain. Old Mark, the north is not very stable now, and there are still reclamation activities by the tauren. I need to go north in a while. The business development of Winter Fortress still needs you."

"Master, now that Winter Fortress has developed, you don't need to take such risks. You only need to sell those tauren as slaves and buy food, and our Winter Fortress will be stable. You marry another noble lady, The Noxian family can thrive."

"No, Winter Fortress is always at stake. The orcs will soon invade the south. The Kingdom of Sisinoa is gestating a civil war. And me, I replaced the orc priest. If the orc tribe finds out about this, they will not let us go , Maybe the Church of Light in the south will also regard us as heretics. Noxus has only two choices, either become stronger or perish."

"Master, why do you always act like this, why do you always cut off your own way out, don't you really want Noxus to continue?"

The kind faces of the old baron and the old baroness appeared in front of old Mark's eyes, which made him more sad.

Risks and opportunities coexist. With the condition of Winter Fortress, how can it become stronger without making dangerous moves.Considering its geographical location, if Noxus does not become stronger, it will inevitably be destroyed sooner or later.

Charles didn't explain, what old Mark wants is stability, which runs counter to his goal, but old Mark's loyalty can still be guaranteed, if you can see the loyalty value, this childless old man who has dedicated his life to the Noxus family , his loyalty is absolutely diehard.

Ciel patiently explained: "The business of Winter Fortress is booming, the wasteland in the north is being reclaimed, and the Noxus army is getting stronger and stronger. We will eventually win.

Old Mark, what you have to do now is to continue to develop the business of Winter Fortress and obtain sufficient food for Winter Fortress.Once the civil war broke out in the Kingdom of Sisinoa, it would be difficult to buy food so easily. "

After finishing speaking, Charles stood up and patted the old Mark on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Winter Fortress has become stronger. I will marry a princess back to Noxus, and then let the earl's daughter-in-law be my mistress. Children, when the time comes, you will take the next generation of Noxus for a walk in Winterhold."

Although the old Mark knew that Shire was talking nonsense, he couldn't help but imagine the future scene in his mind: under the bright sun and warm, he took the next generation of Noxus for a walk around the Winter Fortress. If this is true, He also had the face to meet the old baron.

Old Mark’s heart couldn’t help beating.

(End of this chapter)