Transcendent Noble

Sylvia’s car has gone away.

On the way back to Flatlake Town, Victor began to weigh the gains and losses of these two days.

The biggest benefit is none other than raw sugar. Victor once expected to make a fortune from cane sugar, but didn't expect this kind of nutritious and energy-rich sweets to be unsold for four years before the dawn of dawn came. This is mainly because the information dissemination speed of this world is too slow, and raw sugar is not a necessity. In fact, Victor originally thought that it would take at least 5-10 years for people to get used to eating jaggery. In order to open the market as soon as possible, he even sold jaggery at low prices to give the caravans and vendors the profits.

Raw sugar was suddenly designated as a strategic material in a reasonable and unexpected way. However, Victor still hopes that raw sugar can become a daily consumer product for civilians. After all, the raw sugar production capacity of Randal is extremely large, and the consumption of raw sugar by soldiers is relatively limited, while the civilian market is vast. Victor is also preparing to pack and grade raw sugar to meet the needs of different classes and earn more profits.

In any case, Great Influence will rush to purchase raw sugar. Victor predicts that the annual sales revenue of raw sugar will not be less than 60,000 jinsore, and the financial dilemma of the Randal Family will be solved. Thinking that more than 10 million pounds of raw sugar inventory was swept away, Victor felt as refreshing as eating ice cream on a dog day.

Another gain is the agreement of technology sharing with the York family. In a sense, this is more important than the raw sugar trade.

Due to the changes of the times, there are many techniques of alchemy auxiliary soldiers that cannot be directly applied. For example, the Thorium heavy crossbow manufactured by Buso completely mimics the design of the Dodo military heavy crossbow. His own designed heavy crossbow is two full turns larger than the military heavy crossbow. It does not have a winch and is wound purely by hand. The entire Randal leader only Nelson could pull the kind of giant crossbow. Many of the equipment designs of the alchemy assistants are oversized, which is very useful for humans. Fortunately, the homunculus class has the ability to learn and can easily imitate any device. Most of the weapon armors, ballistas, and trebuchets led by Randal were modeled after the armaments provided by the York family.

Alchemy assistants are all craftsmen of cream of the crop, but not scholar. Although they have the ability to learn and imitate, they have only 15 years of lifespan, their thinking is dull, and there will be no innovation throughout their lives, and they can't even improve the technology. Technology sharing can make up for the shortcomings of alchemy assistants. Victor provided the technology created by civilians, the scholar of the York family put it into practice, and the alchemy assistants copied it. This is currently the most efficient approach, and it can also cultivate technical talents for the Randal Family.

Sylvia's wonderful attitude made Victor puzzled. She didn't care about the benefits of jaggery, and did not show much enthusiasm for technology sharing, but she was angry for a few dogs. When she heard that the Randal Family did not recruit Knight, she was happy again. The reasons for this are intriguing.

X-3's almost machine-like way of thinking allows Victor to see Sylvia's decisiveness under the veil of warmth.

Victor is a gift from Sophia to Sylvia, and all forces recognize this. At the beginning, Sylvia gave Victor over 10,000 square kilometers of territory with a pampering attitude. Although she worked hard to create a relaxed and free environment for Victor to grow up, she would never allow Victor to betray her, let alone allow Randal to escape from the control of the York family.

Draw a territory for you to toss. If you succeed, I will succeed. If you fail, I will catch you.

Sylvia didn't expect that Victor will play so big, so big that other forces will begin to stir, so big that she has a feeling of being unable to catch it. In Sylvia's eyes, raw sugar, coffee, snow sugar, and new technologies are not as important as the current Randal.

No one dares to blatantly compete with Spiritual God Knight for territory, but that doesn't mean that infiltration methods cannot be used. Sylvia only worried that Victor really regarded herself as an independent lord, giving other forces a chance. Therefore, Victor's cultivation of family hounds like an independent lord touched Sylvia's nerves.

The Randal Family refuses to recruit Knight, and the situation is different.

Victor’s command only has civilians. Without Knight, there would be no family. Viscount Randal is a member of the York family. The achievements of the Randal family still belong to the York family.

Assuming that Victor recruits the family Knight, even if the staff of the York family is tight, Sylvia will arrange for the family's children to flood Randal up and down.

The Randal collar must be attached to the York family! This is Sylvia's bottom line. After breaking this limit, the Randal Family will never have a relaxed and free environment. X-3 pushed the worst situation. Victor lived in Rose Manor and became the partner and chief staff of Queen Rose. He had to have many indescribable things with the Dame of the York family.

It is human nature to keep one's own fruits, and there is nothing to blame. Sylvia is the same, Victor is the same. Although Victor hypocritically claimed not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Beria family, if Judy cooperated with other forces, he would definitely adopt more drastic measures than Sylvia.

However, Victor also has a bottom line. He admits that he is a member of the York family, but does not accept the leadership of the York family. Sylvia couldn't imagine his ambitions.

In the future, if you obediently be my woman, I will reluctantly lead the York family to glory!

Victor, who was immersed in fantasy, couldn't help showing a wretched smile.

The bright sunlight illuminates the entire study through the windows, and in Bishop Pierot’s eyes, the smile on Viscount Randal’s face is brighter than the sunlight.

"Victor, have you thought of a solution?" Pierot asked eagerly.

The worship system led by Randal is of great significance to the church. After Pierot learned about it, he would receive Supreme Treasure. However, after investigation and research, Pierot found a difficult problem that cannot be avoided. If this problem is not resolved, the worship system will definitely not be promoted, and even the Sunday led by Randal will die. Pierot is like a stomach rumbling with hunger goblin, suddenly found there is a table of feast in the house, as long as you find the key to open the door, you can eat delicious food. In order to find the key, Pierot stayed up all night, still not half-nodded, but he would never give up.

Pierot thought that since Viscount Randal showed him the feast, perhaps the Viscount himself could open the door. Bishop Pierot didn't care about being reserved. As soon as Victor's front foot came back, he caught up with his back foot. After some greetings, Pierot went straight to the subject and placed the difficulty in front of Victor. Afterwards, Victor fell into deep thought. Bishop Pierot was patient and waited for a quarter of an hour until Viscount Randal stretched his brows and smiled confidently.

Pierot is looking forward to Victor's answer. He knows that Victor has been daydreaming about conquering Sylvia, and he doesn't understand that the so-called problem is just a part of Victor's huge plan.

"en." Victor cleared his throat and said sincerely: "Your Excellency Pierot, without your reminder, I will not realize that my respect for the Supreme Lord will be frustrated."

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Hurry up and express your thoughts as the greatest tribute to the Supreme Lord!

Pierot thought in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Victor, the Supreme Lord shows the way for all of us. Your respect to the Supreme Lord is not accidental. I firmly believe that the Lord will guide you to find the answer."

"It's difficult...but also not." Victor shook his head and nodded, making Pierot's heart follow.

Victor continued: "Your Excellency Pierot, the dual-use carriage I designed, you have already seen. It is much larger than the ordinary carriage. It can transport 40 passengers at a time. A strong waning horse must be used. In order to transport the followers of Randal to participate in Flatlake Town worship, I put in 80 carriages and transported them in two parts. The cost of the carriage plus the waning horse is 60 jinsore, which has not been considered for the waning horse. The feed, the depreciation of the carriage and the wages of the driver."

"As you worry, Randal’s population has a breakthrough of 30,000. I need to prepare 200 passenger and cargo carriages to complete the delivery task. The population has a breakthrough of 50,000. , I need 400 cars...I can’t afford such a large amount of funding."

"Actually, I don’t need so many carriages. When the population of Randal reaches 50,000, we will at least build 3 cars here. There is a church with 5 pastors. All believers don’t need to go to the Flatlake Town church to worship. You can choose a church closer. As long as you can insist on public transportation, I think 120 carriages are enough..."

For the church, calling the believers to worship is not a problem at all. Unless it is labor, the lord cannot force the people to work. Pierot's research found that, actually, Sunday is not important, the key is public transportation. Believers are happy to go to church to pray, but they are restricted by travel. If there is public carriage, believers in remote areas can often go to church to pray in their leisure time. This is many times stronger than a week, and it can also reduce the lord’s Capital investment. However, Randal will lead more than 50,000 people in the future. How many carriages will be needed at that time? How many carriages do the lords of the overwhelmingly populated dioceses buy? Not to mention 120 vehicles, even if 20 public carriages are maintained, the lord will not be happy! This contradiction is almost unsolvable, and Pierot's voice has become smaller and smaller.

"You are right, not all believers will be concentrated in one day of worship, 150 carriages are indeed enough. However, I still can't afford such a large transportation cost. So... I have to charge !" Victor nodded said.

Pierot frowned and said, "Charge? Isn't that great? Many believers are poor."

"This is also impossible." Victor shook his head and sighed, "Civilian You can walk up to 40 kilometers in a day and take a carriage for only 3 hours. For every 20 kilometers, I charge each passenger 1 copper sol. Common people pay more than 2 copper sols a day for meals, although they have to eat every day, It saves time on the road, and more time for work."

Pierot thought for a while, and said, "It is true, this is a feasible way."

Victor He smiled, and said: "Even so, I still can't afford it."

"This...why is this? Carriage charges obviously can make money!" Pierot asked in surprise.

"Public carriages depart regularly. Not every carriage can be filled with people." Victor explained.

Pierot suddenly understood that charging public carriages is a business. It is certainly possible to make money, but the investment is large, the profit is small, and the return on the cost is slow. Even Viscount Randal can't look down on it, let alone other lords.

When bishop began to frustrate, Victor said with a smile: "I intend to give this business to the freedmen. I can provide loans to help them buy the carriage. I will also transport the supplies. Entrust the work to them so that they can earn money to support the family, and I can save a lot of investment and the wages of the coachman."

"Good idea! Many freedmen can’t find work. This is a business. Can feed a group of people" Pierot eyes shined, sighed: "Victor, you really are a genius who is favored by my lord!"

Genius? This is a contract!

Victor was secretly funny, but said with a sad face: "I provide a loan, and I must charge interest. I am worried that some freedmen will defraud my carriage. Therefore, I must see their sincerity... …Those who want to do this have to spend at least 20 goldsouls! I roughly calculate it, pulling freight passengers, can earn about 10 goldsalls a year, and pay back in 6 years. If nothing else, save the horse. I can work for 20 years. That’s good. I will start collecting my principal and interest from the third year. They pay me 5 Kinsoul every year, and pay it off in ten years."

"This is what it should be." Pierot Nodded and said with satisfaction.

"The problem is..." Victor stared into Bishop Pierot's eyes and slowly said: "The Randal collar is a pioneering collar, and will be attacked by Ant-Man at any time. Twenty Kinsouls are not for the freedmen. A small amount, will anyone be willing to invest in public carriage business?"

Bishop Pierot suck in a breath of cold air, here is the problem of pioneering, all territories have the same problem, the lord doesn’t Trust the free people, and the free people don't trust the lord.

The time is ripe, Victor said, "His Excellency Bishop, I once asked for a notarization before the gods to ensure that the property of free people is not violated, but I haven’t read it for a long time. This makes me very embarrassed. "

Pierot was silent for a long time before opening the mouth and said: "The Code of Radiance clarifies our responsibilities. Lord protection, church salvation, and public dedication. You have violated the Code of Radiance by recruiting soldiers from the free people. Unless you change the content notarized by God, the church will not agree to it!"

"I am compelled by circumstances." Victor raised his voice and said: "Your Excellency, you should know, Randal Family The clan has just been established, there are not enough vassals and people, but I need the army to protect the territory. The cloud of Ant-Man has never cleared, if here is lost, the people will be the biggest victims!"

"That Not to let the civilians die! Know that the civilians do not have the ability to fight monsters! They are the lambs of our lord, not the victims of the lord! Such a tragedy only happened thousands of years ago!" Pierot also became violent.

Victor was agitated. This was the source of his conflict with the church. The church regards freed people as their own property. Even if mercenaries are voluntarily enlisted in the army, the church will still shelter them in the event of a war. How can soldiers fight desperately if they have a retreat.

Pierot earnest and well-meant advised: "Victor, Centaur Hills is guarded by His Royal Highness Sylvia. You don't need too many troops. A wise monarch will not easily start a war."

"But he needs to be ready to fight!" Victor coldly said: "I can't take shelter under a woman's skirt, right?"

"His Royal Highness is Spiritual God Knight, a contemporary cream of the crop Character. It's an honor to stand behind her. Don't demean yourself from the point of view of a commoner." Pierot secretly shook his head, Victor and the commoner have been together for too long, it is simply wrong.

"..." Victor was dumbfounded. He just remembered that the aristocratic world only has power, and there is no inferiority between men and women.

"What you taught is right, I made a mistake." Victor quickly admitted that he was wrong, and it wouldn't be good if it were passed to Sylvia's ears. Victor took a sip of coffee and said: "You just said that civilians can't fight. This is not true."

"As far as I know, Sasan Empire has gathered thousands of mercenaries in the northern wilderness this time. Many mercenary groups are active at the junction of Suse Kingdom and Dusk Forest. My subordinate Nelson is also a mercenary. Isn’t the mercenary civilians?"

"This...there are indeed some warriors among the civilians willingly. Fighting, they deserve respect, of course... there are some thugs." Pierot stubbornly explained: "In short, mercenaries are free, no one can force them to fight."

"I can recruit mercenary group, right?" Victor pressed harder.

"Yes. They are willing to accept your employment, that is their right." Pierot emphasized: "But you can't persecute them!"

"How could I persecute them "" Victor said contentedly: "I will offer generous rewards and conditions, and there will always be warriors who voluntarily accept my employment. As long as they work for me for 25 years, I can even give them land. The mercenary is not just for Is this?"

"However, I paid a high price. If any mercenaries dared to escape, I will punish them for defrauding the lord. The church can't interfere with my governance, can it?"

Bishop Pierot pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, the church will not shelter criminals."

"In this case, I am willing to delete the notary notarized by God about the recruitment of freemen soldiers. "Victor smiled. Mercenaries and mercenaries are just a word difference, changing the soup and not changing the medicine, but they are of different nature to the church. If I knew this, it would be better not to change the name.

Pierot is also very satisfied. As long as Victor understands that the Glory Code is unshakable, his goal will be achieved, and with the example led by Randal, public carriage can be promoted.

"Your Excellency Bishop, my ability is limited, but I am willing to persuade the Beria family to implement public carriage."

Victor took the initiative to make Pierot happy, "This is really very good, I wish I The Lord protects the Randal Family."

"Unfortunately, my financial resources are limited and my influence is not enough. Other families may not be willing to protect the property of the freedmen. They may not provide loans to the freedmen." Victor regretfully shook the head. Bishop Pierot said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will naturally be devout believers in the public carriage industry. As long as there is no war, the church will supervise the actions of the lords and vassals, and will not let people punish the carriage of free citizens at will. , The promotion process may be very slow."

Victor tried to maintain an elegant smile. If he had a fox tail, he could not hide it now.