Lord of War

  Blackstone Town.

  This small town located in the southeast of the Black Reef Grassland has a population of more than five thousand. In terms of scale, even if the town is to be built into a city, there is no problem, but the reason why it has not been expanded into a city so far is that the planning of this town is very messy, and every expansion on the scale They are all built in circles around the outermost stone wall.

  If a small town like this is to be expanded into a large-scale city, it is tantamount to tearing down the entire town and rebuilding it. Because this project is too vast, it is absolutely impossible for the mayor of the small town to pay for it out of his own pocket. Probably not possible in the next few years.

   And even after a few years, I don’t know if he can reach this level.

  In front of the small town, Sean and Elsie got off their horses.

  It's not that you can't enter the city on horseback, but that the top of the town gate is too small, and the rider is destined to be unable to enter the city on horseback.

  Before entering the town, Sean already smelled a disgusting rancid smell, which became even worse after entering the town. I can’t tell the specific smell, but in general it should be the smell of excrement, garbage, sewage, etc., all piled together. The ground in the town is not paved with stones, it is still muddy. And because of the long-term intrusion of sewage, the land is not soft but disgusting.

"Just enter the three-ring wall." Elsie didn't look like a nobleman at all. Whether it was the foul air or the muddy ground, it didn't affect his mood in the slightest. Instead, she saw Sean frown. After that, he said with comfort, "The town has been expanded four times. The first two were okay. Stone roads were paved. However, starting from the third expansion, the stone roads were half paved and stopped. It is said that it was due to small The town’s funds are not enough, and there will be no pavement for the fourth expansion."

  "Where is the stone factory?" Sean is naturally unfamiliar with Blackstone Town, but there is Elsie, Lord Modge, who certainly doesn't need to ask anyone.

   "It's in the third ring wall. Almost the entire South Street is a stone factory." Elsie said with a smile, holding the horse in one hand and leading the way in front. "But we can't live in the third ring wall at night."

   "Why?" Sean was a little curious again.

   "The more you stay inside, the more expensive the accommodation fee." Elsie smiled embarrassedly, "I don't have enough money. I used to spend on the investment in the territory."

  While talking, Elsie counted gently with her fingers: "Well, next month’s tax revenue will probably net a hundred gold coins..."

  Shaun gave the lord a sideways glance.

  "...If the trade team is formed smoothly, it should be possible to make a net income of one or two hundred gold coins per trip..."

  Sean sighed, and he was no longer sympathetic to Elsie, but pitiful.

  His short-distance trade caravan only ran two small villages before, and within ten days, they had a net income of nearly four hundred gold coins. If the caravan that has been rearranged this time goes well, at least it can bring him back thousands of gold coins.

  If you calculate the quarterly taxes for the next month, Sean predicts that the territorial income next month will be at least three thousand gold coins.

However, Elsie didn’t seem to think it was shameful that his territory had only such a small income. He was still very happy to calculate: “I heard that the Marquis of Tonys merged Pandaling and Shaoff into one territory, and A jazz was appointed to manage..."

"It's not a delegation, it's a reward." Shaun added to Elsie's mistake, "The identity of the new lord is the pioneer knight, and the title is the jazz.... And the two territories were not merged, just belonged to Black Swan Castle. It’s only integrated with the Panda collar. The Black Reef Grassland still belongs to the Marquis of Tonis. The new territory has not yet been named, but I guess it’s almost the same. You can officially change the name after the documents are available."

  Document, naturally refers to the document that Panda leads. This document has not yet been obtained by Asuna, so although the territory belongs to Asuna in name, it is in fact still owned by the Kingdom of Darbion. This time Asuna has appointed a subordinate of Thunderstrike to go there. In addition to the fact that Panda led the three towns to announce the new lord, he also appointed a soldier of Thunder's Front to act as a messenger, and went directly to the original Pandan Baron to ask for documents.

   Elsie said secretly: "Tsk, pioneering knight, it seems that the Marquis of Tonis is very ambitious.... But how do you know that in detail?"

   "Because I am the lord." Sean said naturally with a face.

"You?" Elsie was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed, "You still really like to joke.... Do you think that lord is as poor as me? But even if I am poor, I can take two followers with me. Well, you lord doesn't even have a follower, haha."

  Sean squinted at Elsie again. Should he pity the lord’s IQ, or should he praise him for his cuteness?

"But you just said that the Black Swan Castle seems to have become the lord's possession, but as far as I know, the Black Swan Castle is completely dilapidated?" Elsie began to wrench and point again, "So to speak. That lord definitely needs to renovate the castle. You say, can I take this opportunity to slaughter him severely?"

   This time, Sean rolled his eyes directly: "How are you going to blackmail?"

"Well, under normal circumstances, it takes at least a thousand stones to renovate a castle." Hearing Sean's words, the poorest lord that Sean has seen so far finally began to calculate with a serious face, "However, from the Black Swan Castle The scale is quite special. I once ran to see it secretly. Although the castle has only three floors, it has hollowed out more than half of the mountain wall. There are more than 800 rooms in total. The trend and corridors are extremely long. There is no back court but there is a vestibule and a high wall.... Well, I estimated at the time that if it is really going to be repaired, it will take at least two thousand four hundred stones, but that was the situation two years ago. According to my It is estimated that about three thousand five hundred stones are needed now."

  This time, Xiao En's face finally showed a look of surprise.

When installing the gate of the Black Swan Castle, he had already invited those architects to inspect and evaluate. After five days of exploration and inspection and three days of discussion and research, he considered the most stone-saving repair plan. It also needs three thousand four hundred and seventy-one. If it is necessary to renovate in full accordance with the architectural blueprint of the Black Swan Castle regardless of the cost, at least more than four thousand one hundred stones will be required.

  However, the latter method of construction requires obtaining the original architectural blueprint of the Black Swan Castle. And this kind of stone refers to the standard cut stone of one foot square.

"The cost price of Black Steel Stone is three gold coins. Of course it is impossible to sell it for this money." Elsie did not notice the different color on Sean's face, and was still calculating, "At the current market price, Black Steel Stone It’s about ten gold pieces, and it’s 35,000 gold coins based on three thousand five hundred shi. If you add in the cost of manpower transportation... how about I charge him 40,000 pan-continental gold coins?"

"You're really dark." This time, it was finally Sean's turn to smack his tongue. "The gold coins used by the Principality of Lane are the pure gold of the Millennium Covenant Empire, and there are Pan-Continent gold coins that are exchanged for one to one. Darbion Kingdom gold coins Only 70% gold, 35,000 Darbion gold coins are only equivalent to 24,500 Lion gold coins. Even if the most worthless labor of transportation costs is five thousand gold, it is only 28,000 Lion gold coins. That's it."

"Speaking of which, I am indeed a little bit black-hearted." Elsie nodded, looking self-reflection, "but every year I send 100,000 black reef stubborn rock mining rights to the Marquis of Tonis, this But Lion's gold coins... If I don't ask for some money from the people in the Principality of Lion, how can this work."

"Even if you can get it, this money can still go into your pocket?" Sean gave Elsie a white look. Profitability... As the largest source of funds in your territory, you did not manage it yourself, and I don’t know what you are thinking.” At this point, Sean changed his words and added: “If it’s black If the Swan Castle is really going to be renovated, at least more than 4,000 stones will be needed. If you add the reserves, the lord will probably purchase 5,000 stones from you at once."

   "This is really a good deal." Elsie said with a shocked face, "So that means fifty thousand lane gold coins have been credited..."

   Before Elsie could finish speaking, Sean slapped him up: "It's only thirty-five thousand Lane gold coins."

"Oh, why do you always speak for that lord?" Elsie exclaimed dissatisfiedly, "I am the lord but not you. What are you nervous about. Could it be that the lord is your lover?... Oh , No,... Could it be that you are the lover of that lord?"

  Elsie took back what Shaun had said just now and greeted Shaun, which can really be regarded as a living study and application.

  It’s a pity, it’s useless to play such a rogue in front of Sean. This guy has a thicker skin than anything else: "I have already told you, I am the lord."

   "Who believe it." Elsie curled her lips, "Except for a shabby lord like me, which lord will travel alone?"

"Do you also know you are shabby?" Xiao En sneered, "It's no wonder that your territory doesn't go bankrupt if you manage it like this.... Change me to be you, the first thing I inherited this territory is to control If the stone factory is taken, how can it be managed by others. The money earned is not yours. You have to pay so much for this stone factory. If you have a pit in your brain, you have a pit."

  Elsie shouted angrily: "Hey! Let's talk about turning over again!"

   "Will you turn it over and show me?" Sean raised his eyebrows.

  Elsie vented. He has tried this along the way. In terms of force, he is not Sean’s opponent at all, so it’s better not to humiliate yourself in this kind of thing. At the same time, he is also very self-comforting with the spirit of Q: "I am an unassuming person. Lord, I treat people sincerely and kindly!"

   But this kind of muttering noise soon greeted Sean’s slap again: "Shut up!"

  So, the lord who was probably the poorest and most hard-pressed in history, finally quietly closed his mouth and stopped talking.