Transcendent Noble

Barol put down the hatchet in his hand and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his head. He has been working for two hours continuously, and he is really tired.

Barol is very depressed now. After he came to Victor as a free citizen, he was assigned to work in Brick Kiln Village for two months. And Victor gave him the task, but there was no nodded thread.

It's not that Barol is incompetent. As a professional spy, he is familiar with all kinds of spy methods, but he chops firewood for more than ten hours a day and is tired like a dog. How can he investigate?

However, Barol is not without progress. He has discovered an amazing phenomenon.

The brick kiln village, which was originally a wasteland, began to take shape just under his nose. Hundreds of people used to sleep in tents, but now they have all moved to the built shack. The earth kilns on the open space have been demolished and replaced by three brick kilns, and now there is a super-large brick kiln under construction. It is said that as long as a giant chimney tens of meters high is built, it can be put into use. And all this only took more than two months.

Barol did not know why he built a chimney dozens of meters high, or why he built such a huge brick kiln. But he knew that these free people couldn't work hard. Moreover, it is for nothing! The kind that only eats and does not take money. This is simply unimaginable. If free people work for nothing, are they still free people?

Barol soon understood why the freedmen were so crazy, they wanted to join the work-point system. The freedmen led by Victor know that as long as they join the work-point system, half of their feet will enter the vassal class. If you want to join the work points system, you must first become a leader, and you must work hard if you want to become a leader. Last month, 30 people have been promoted to become leaders. The villager group leader has already spoken out. Six villages will be built in the territory soon. Whoever joins first has the hope of joining the work points system. The rest of the people screamed irritatingly, rushing to work like crazy.

As an old spy, Barol learned more things, such as hill camps, small cafeterias, and so on.

Barol judged that those spies are hidden among the members of the work-point system. Only they can know the various movements in the territory, and only they can pass the news. Because the only way to leave the territory is to go to the Black Castle Town fleet.

The scope has been demarcated. What Barol is worried about is how can he enter the hill camp? The members of the current work-point system have formed a class. They are familiar with each other and suddenly join a new face. It is hard not to attract attention, even more how Barol is still a free citizen. Barol couldn't do anything about it.

"Old Denver, come here to get the meat ticket!"

A companion is calling Barrow to receive today's reward.

The meat ticket is a reward! These round wood chips can be exchanged not only for fragrant wild boar, but also for linen shorts, leather boots, gloves, sheepskin felt, and even luscious purple cane wine.

The depressed Barol sighed, got up and walked towards the invoice. A familiar silhouette blocked him again, it was Shak.

"My lord, I want to see you."

Familiar people, if they are familiar, Barol's mood is different. He follows Shak with a sad face and goes See Victor.

Victor is even more depressed than Barol, he has received a call from Nelson. The sales of cane sugar and coffee made Victor sit in the office for a long time like a sap.

Afterwards, Victor was furious. He thought that Sylvia was deliberately embarrassing him.

No wonder, when you gave up coffee, you were already ready to deal with me! what is this? Do you really want me to be your pet? !

After losing his temper, Victor gradually calmed down, and he read the sheepskin letter carefully again. Victor noticed the same sentence: caravan, industry regulations, new products, low prices.

Victor was born in Marquis Mansion. He knew that Marquis Mansion was the largest merchant in the Gambis Kingdom. There were 4 Chamber of Commerce under his name, more than a dozen caravans, and the scope of trade was almost all over the entire human world. But he didn't know the rules of the caravan, and no one had taught him these details.

To solve a problem, you must first understand the problem. Victor thought of Barol, so he ordered Shak to bring Barol.

Barrow boarded Victor's carriage, and saw the stern face of fief lord, his heart beat a drum.

"My lord, good day." Barol said in a panic.

Victor looked sternly at Barol, who was terrified, and asked in a cold voice: "Did you find it?"

"Yes, I have a little eyebrow." Barol brace oneself Said.

"My lord, the spies should be in the hill camp. They may be guards or civilians. I can be sure that they are members of the work-point system. They should pass information through the convoy. . So, my lord, please promote me to the hill camp so that I can check it down."

Victor was silent for a while. This was what he expected, but now he is looking for Barol to solve the problem. one question.

"This matter, let's put it aside. You sit down first."

Victor instructed Lilia: "Lilia, make a cup of coffee for Barol and add cane sugar."

Lilia took out a silver cup, skillfully put the brown coffee powder and crystal sugar into the cup, as the boiling hot water poured in, a strong aroma came out, making Barol Energetic.

Balol took a sip carefully, the sweet taste spread on the taste buds, into the heart, he couldn't help but admired.

"It smells good!"

"I have drunk a lot of expensive beverages, none of them can compare to my coffee. But the coffee can't be sold at a high price, the merchant We are only willing to buy at a very low price. Can you tell me the reason?"

Victor knows that Barrol collects money from merchants all the year round. No one knows those merchants better than him. .

Barol was taken aback by the question of fief lord, he thought for a moment, and said to Victor: "My lord, if you sell this drink to a merchant, it really won't sell for a high price. The merchant buys the goods. The money is paid in accordance with the rules of the caravan. If the purchase price is high, they will be sold out of the caravan, which is tantamount to breaking their own jobs. In fact, small merchants are the vassals of the caravan, and they must protect the caravan’s Interest."

Victor understands that the caravan is the merchant’s boss. The caravan will buy it as it says. The merchant does not have the ability to resist. Otherwise, once the goods are out of stock, how can they do business?

"It seems that the problem lies with the caravan." Victor murmured.

"Barol, how much do you know about caravans?" Victor asked again.

Barol feels a little strange. Fief lord is Baron from Wimbledon's family. How come he doesn't know about caravans? The Wimbledon family is now a business nobleman!

"My lord, I don’t know much about caravans. I only know some common sense. Caravans are usually formed by vassals in accordance with the wishes of the lord, mainly for the purpose of trading goods with other territories. The survival of the team is not easy. They are divided into private merchants and official merchants."

"The so-called private merchants are caravans that trade in the territory without the consent of the lord. Such caravans are generally Will be investigated by the lord, the goods will be confiscated, people may be imprisoned or expelled, even if passing by, so the Chamber of Commerce passes through the border of the territory, which is generally mountainous, where there are frequent activities of monsters and orcs, as well as banditry activities. , The risk is very high, maybe the entire caravan will be slaughtered."

"Official merchants are legal caravans. They pay taxes to the lord, and then they can trade in the territory. "Barol explained to Victor.

"How can the caravan become an official business?" Victor solemnly asked.

"My lord, the caravan plays the family banner, and the lord decides whether he is an official business or a private business. Allied or neutral families are both government and business, but they charge different taxes. The hostile family is private. Business. Therefore, the same caravan has different identities in different territories."

"My lord, the Wimbledon family is an unimpeded official business. You can let your family run this coffee. Can sell at a high price!" Barol suggested again.

Victor has understood a lot of things at this time. The relationship between the lords is complicated. There is no problem for the caravan to pass through alliances or neutral territories, but after passing through a hostile family, then you have to take a risk. Either bypass or sneak across the border. This is a blockade.

The Wimbledon family can trade between countries unimpeded, because the family has already collapsed, the family has lost territory, and family members are scattered everywhere. Although there are ties, they don’t buy each other. This is in line with the lord. Our needs. Even rival families have the need to trade with each other, so they need middlemen. Without territory and without military strength, families with loose members became the best choice, and these families became commercial aristocrats.

The biggest characteristic of commercial aristocracy is that they are scattered. Except for the same surname, they are like strangers to each other. For example, Victor’s cheap daddy bears a Baron title but is poor, while the old Marquis of Wimbledon is rich. Oil.

Barol suggested that Victor contact the family caravan, but how is this possible? Now, Victor just wants to stay away from Sophia, not to have anything to do with her again.

"I see, you go down first, after a while, I will arrange you again." Victor lightly instructed.

After Barol left, Victor said to Lilia: "Lilia, let's go back to the hill camp."

"en!"

Lilia step in Victor hugged him, lightly hugged him, and asked with some worry; "Victor, are you okay!"

Victor got a temper in the office and frightened Lilia. She had never seen Victor like this. Light fire.

"It's okay." Victor shook his head and said: "Lilia, tell me a story."

"Huh?!" Lilia was dumbfounded. What does it mean to tell a story? She can't!

"Tell me about your experience of being hired to protect the caravan." Victor squeezed Lilia's pretty nose affectionately.

"Oh, we usually pick up missions in the tavern. Once we picked up a mission to escort the caravan. At the beginning, we still passed through in a safe place. After leaving the territory, the caravan started to be rugged. Moving forward in the mountain roads, we mainly guard against the attacks of thieves, and we also need to clean up the monsters that stand in the way. In the end we encountered a group of well-equipped thieves, and then there was a hard fight. Among them, there were even 3 trainee Knights. Okay. There were also trainee Knight guards in the caravan. In the end, we repelled the band of thieves and sacrificed 4 partners." Lilia whispered.

"Ha, is there a band of thieves that trainee Knight? Isn't that installed by the lord?" Victor sneered.

"Yes, so my big brother did not kill those trainee Knights, but killed a lot of ordinary bandits. We all know that those are the people of the lord. In fact, many bands of thieves have something to do with the lord. , They specifically intercept and kill some caravans." Lilia nodded said.

Victor was silent for a while, and then he asked: "How is the caravan's own strength?"

"Very strong, some caravans even have Knight guards. There was a Knight who came to the tavern to hire mercenaries. He hired three mercenary groups at a time, and the price was very high, but we didn’t dare to take it. Later, I heard that the caravan was offered by a group of bandits. The mercenaries also suffered heavy casualties, and only a few people escaped. Everyone knows that they belonged to the lords."

The lords of the same kingdom cannot attack each other at will, but they can block rival families. Caravans may refuse to enter the caravans, or they may draw high taxes, and use these methods to force the caravans to go to the border. At this time, the lord can send people to pretend to be robbers, intercept the caravans, snatch goods, and weaken the opponent's strength. In fact, Victor has a similar experience.

"Will the caravan choose a particularly remote road?" Victor asked.

"Yes, but that requires a lot of escorts, because the jackals will track the caravan all the way. At night, they will continuously attack the caravan. They don’t want goods, they just want to take people. That’s it. The distance must not be long, otherwise the jackals will gather more and more, and no one can escape in the end. Generally, such a task, without the participation of four mercenary groups, we will not pick up."

"Victor, Let's form a caravan by ourselves! So we don't have to be depressed." Lilia suggested, she is very sure that cane sugar is worth a lot of money, because it was invented by Victor.

"We will build the caravan, but it is not the time yet." Victor shook his head to say with a smile.

The caravan is easy to build. The question is who will pick up the goods? Isn’t the person receiving the goods lowering the price? At the same time, he will also face the problem of high taxes. Victor does not have any allies now because of the unequal power. Victor needs money if he wants to improve his strength. This is an endless loop.

"What should I do?" Lilia asked worriedly.

Victor said with a slight smile: "We don't sell cane sugar anymore, we give cane sugar!"

"Send it?!"

Lilia quickly reached out and stroked it Stroking Victor's forehead, she was worried whether Victor had a fever. Victor didn't know whether to cry or laugh and grabbed the little hand that touched his face.

"Notify Nelson that there is no need to bargain. For every pound of coffee sold, half a pound of sucrose is given, and the remaining sucrose is destroyed. Another point is that coffee cannot be sold to Wimbledon's caravan. In the future. , We only sell raw sugar and coffee!"