Game of Thrones: Holy Flame King

Chapter 65 Meeting
Yingzui Island, the lord's cabin.

"All sit down."

Samwell sat down at the round table first, and then invited everyone to sit around the table.

However, everyone hesitated, after all, they were not used to sitting at the same table with the lord.

Only Cheeman sat down on the first seat to the left of Samwell.

With the leader, the rest of the people all took their seats.

For this meeting, Samwell summoned the village chiefs of the 18 villages under his command, plus the domain steward Gavin, the craftsman leader Vido, the blacksmith leader Busso, and Bachelor Qyburn, a total of [-] people.

These people are the main managers in his territory.

Originally, Todd Flowers was also counted as one, but this guy went to Highgarden to collect the refugees and has not returned, so he was absent.

After sitting down, Natalie, wearing a floral dress with slender legs, offered scented tea to everyone.

After pouring the tea, although there was no place for her here, Natalie did not leave, but stood behind Samwell, looking like a well-behaved maid.

Samwell didn't drive her away either, but just coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention away from the energetic and beautiful girl:

"Although the castle has not been built yet, and I am not yet an official lord, it will be a matter of time. Therefore, in order to better manage the territory, I decided to officially accept you as my retainers."

Hearing this, everyone quickly stood up, some bent down to salute, some loudly swore allegiance, and some were so excited that they didn't know what to do, so they just smirked...

Although the lord's retainers didn't even touch the threshold of nobility, this still couldn't stop everyone from being proud of it, as if with this title, he was a superior person from now on.

Samwell waved his hand and signaled everyone to sit down: "You don't have to be so serious, everyone sit down, everyone sit down. This meeting, I also want to tell you about the obligations of the retainers to the lord.

First and foremost, you are responsible for maintaining my authority and supporting every resolution I make;
Secondly, you have the responsibility to advise me and help me manage the people and govern the territory.This kind of meeting will become a routine in the future, and it will be held once a month. At the meeting, you will report to me about your work, and I will also give instructions;

Finally, when I launch the war order, you must answer the call, join my army, or provide logistical support for the army. If I am captured, you must find a way to raise a ransom to save me. "

After Samwell finished speaking, everyone quickly responded.

"Okay." Samwell pressed his hands down, stopped everyone's loyalty, and then turned to look at his butler, "Gavin, I will let you introduce the current basic situation of the territory."

"Yes, my lord." Gavin got up and saluted Samwell, then sat down again, and said, "Currently, there are more than 1 people in the territory, including 300 soldiers, and a newly recruited Hundreds of recruits.

In addition, there are 35 dairy cows, 27 rough horses, 54 meat pigs, more than 40 yellow sheep, and more than 100 chickens and ducks.

Counting the food supplies shipped from Yangwu City yesterday, the territory has 130 million pounds of flour, 70 pounds of oats, and 50 pounds of beans. In addition, we have also stockpiled [-] pounds of dried meat and more than Three thousand pounds of table salt..."

While listening, Samwell calculated silently in his heart.

Although it seems that there is a lot of food, it is not too much to share more than 1 people.

Not to mention the soldiers, they are full and have meat every day, and the other laborers, after all, do physical work and eat a lot. In order to speed up the construction of the castle and win people's hearts, Samwell never skimps on food. , so the food consumed by the entire territory in a day is really amazing.

The current reserve is enough to last for more than a month.

This is the disadvantage of not being able to be self-sufficient in food. No wonder no one has been exploring such a strategically important place.

It's a bottomless pit.

Fortunately, he has already signed food and material supply contracts with Yangwu City, Qingting Island, and Jiuzhen, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of food for the time being.

However, these contracts only have a "free period" of three months. If the subsequent supply is to continue, Samwell must spend real money to buy it.

This is not a small amount.

Fortunately, last time on Qingting Island, Samwell played the role with all his heart, and got a lot of golden dragons from the Lannister family, otherwise he must be panicking now.

But this is only a one-off, and it is impossible to have such a good thing every day.

The sustainable development of the territory still depends on the two cash cows of brandy and silver mines.

At this time, Gavin also began to introduce the brewing of brandy.

"...organized [-] female savages to pick wild grapes in the nearby mountains and forests. In addition, they opened up [-] acres of open space near the mouth of the valley and planted grapes. It is expected that the first batch will be harvested in half a year..."

Hearing this, Samwell interrupted:

"The planting area of ​​mountain grapes will be doubled, to [-] mu. And after this batch of planting is over, you will have to open up another piece of similar size to use it as a fallow crop. Don't worry about sales, our wine As long as it is brewed, there is no need to worry about selling it. And even if there is surplus, it can be kept for storage.”

"Okay, my lord." Gavin quickly responded, and then continued, "Currently, due to the limited raw materials, the production of brandy cannot be increased for the time being. There are only twelve gallons per day..."

Hearing this number, Samwell frowned, but felt a little helpless.

It is really difficult to increase the output by picking wild mountain grapes alone. We can only wait for the grapes planted in half a year to mature before expanding the production scale.

The brewing and distillation of brandy and other steps involved secrecy, so Gavin did not go into details.

Samwell turned to Bachelor Coburn again, saying:
"Qyburn, tell me about the silver mining situation."

"Yes, my lord." Cobain nodded, and said in a nonchalant tone, "The mining and refining of silver mines are on the right track, and the daily output of silver is about 140 ounces. If more people can join in later , the output can be further increased..."

Samwell made a rough estimate based on the weight of the silver deer, which is equivalent to producing about 350 silver deer every day.

Of course, there will be losses during the casting process, so the actual output will be lower than this.

Moreover, this has to be shared with the royal family... Of course, because of the treasury minister with bad intentions, the royal family will not be paid too much tax.

So, it's definitely a pretty decent income.

With the output of this silver mine alone, more than 1 people in the current territory can live comfortably.

Sure enough, mining is still making money!
And it's just a silver mine, if it's a gold mine...

No wonder the Lannisters are so deep-pocketed, willing to pay so much money to drive off matchmaking rivals.

Damn big dog!

Jealousy changed Samwell's face beyond recognition, and he felt that his last asking price was still low.

(End of this chapter)