Lord Harland.

Li Cha looks very young. The young man is full of talent and extraordinary talent, and his thoughts are shown on his face.

In fact, Richard has experienced two lives, and his mental age is over fifty years old. He usually keeps his emotions and anger indistinct.

In recent years, he has been farming in the territory and has little contact with outsiders.

Outsiders don't understand his character at all.

Seeing that the price could not be lowered, Saville finally nodded and agreed to pay a sum of money in three days.

Jerram sent people to carry the first down payment and came to Vicksburg.

The first down payment was twelve thousand gold coins.

After the money was received, Richard immediately paid pensions to the casualties of the Sixth Squadron.

All the soldiers who participated in the battle were rewarded with a gold coin, and even the civilian husbands who followed received kilograms of grain.

Grant kingdom gold coins, about fifty grams each, in addition to gold, some magic crystal powder was also mixed into the gold coins.

At normal market prices, the price of gold is half that of gold coins.

In the Grant Kingdom, only the royal family has the right to mint gold coins.

No matter how big a noble he is, as long as he dares to mint gold coins privately, the royal family will definitely send troops to attack him.

It is clearly recorded in the Grant Kingdom code that the right to mint money is equivalent to royal power.

Duke-level nobles can establish mints in their territories to mint silver and copper coins, but they cannot mint gold coins.

Earls and marquises could mint copper coins, but not silver or gold coins.

In terms of coinage rights, the nobles are clearly divided into ranks.

Unless the system can be broken, even the great nobles dare not go beyond and challenge the royal power.

Richard received the first ransom, allowing Savile to meet Howard.

Hearing that Jerram had redeemed him with gold coins, Howard directly swore to be loyal to Jerram.

As for his real thoughts, who knows what?

Anyway, through observation, Li Cha found that this person's city is not shallow, and he probably figured out the cause and effect, so he was deliberately captured in the battle.

As long as Howard is captured, the Holland family must pay a ransom to rescue him, especially Jerram. This matter is closely related to his future.

If Howard had the will to die in that battle, Richard and the others might not be able to capture him alive.

Shortly after the first payment was delivered, the second payment of gold coins arrived.

This time, Savile's butler told Richard that the final payment needed to be raised.

It would take at least until after the autumn harvest for Archon Jerram to receive a final payment before he could pay it off.

"Jerram has a monopoly on the salt trade in Gedda Province, and the price of salt is nine times higher than that of the Duke of Jonathan. With a population of 1.2 million in Gedda Province supporting this borer, can't he still get 30,000 gold coins in cash?"

Seeing Li Cha's sarcasm, even swearing and insulting his master.Saville was still neither humble nor overbearing, and calmly explained: "Baron Richard, you don't think that my master Jerram alone can monopolize the salt trade in a province.

There are also many big names in the capital who share the profits from this business.Mr. Li Cha should weigh the weight carefully, and don't sell the salt to other territories. "

Richard knew in his heart that Jerram used the hugely profitable salt monopoly income to create an interest group for Prince Felix to support him.

This interest group is mainly composed of royal nobles, many of whom are branches of the royal family.

Although the political influence is not particularly large, the total cannot be underestimated.

With more people, this interest group will be quite well-informed.

The huge profits from salt in Geda Province are a very important source of income for Prince Felix.

Li Cha's purchase of salt has actually touched this interest group.

It's just that Li Cha held Jerram's handle so that they didn't dare to act rashly.

Having a conflict of interest with Prince Felix behind Jerram is very detrimental to the Harland family politically.

Especially when someone is promoting titles and acquiring territory, if someone causes trouble in the capital, it will be difficult to guarantee the interests of the Harland family.

If Richard continues to buy salt from Jonathan’s territory and sell it in Gedda Province.

The conflict of interests between the two parties will also become more serious.

Although the Harland family is not weak, it may not be able to withstand the attack of this interest group.

Even Viscount Roman, the most powerful in Gerda Province, chose to give in to this interest group.

The strength of the Harland family is less than one-third of Viscount Roman, and of course Richard will not compete with this interest group.

Now that Jerram couldn't afford the money, Howard was imprisoned in a cell. Not only did he need to be looked after by professionals, but he also needed to be provided with exquisite food every day.Raising someone for nothing is of no use to the Harland family.

Richard was going to ask Jerram to write an IOU and then let him go.

After receiving the IOU, Richard immediately fulfilled the agreement and let Howard go.

Nobles signed contracts with each other, and most of the time they could be enforced.

If you want to develop in a region for a long time, credibility is actually very important.

Although the capricious nobles can gain short-term benefits, in the long run, they lose their credibility and actually lose their foundation.

Richard is not afraid of Jerram defaulting on his debts now.

As long as Jeram repudiates his debts, Richard can take the opportunity to make this matter a big deal. Jeram managed to put this matter on Gerda Province. As long as he still has money, he is absolutely unwilling to let himself be involved in a scandal.

Besides, Li Cha was already very happy to get a windfall of gold coins.

Even if you get the gold coins, hiding them in the cellar will be of no use to the development of your territory.

Only by spending the gold coins and converting them into various resources to invest in the construction of the territory can the Harland family's heritage be enhanced.

Now the Harland family has three territories, and the biggest weakness is the lack of people.

In recent years, through purchasing slaves, integrating refugees, rescuing slaves captured by orcs, making money from dead people, etc., the total population of the three territories has only reached 20,000.

In addition, there are currently more than two thousand orc slaves in the territory, which are not included in the household registration statistics.

By tomorrow spring, the first slaves will be freedmen.

Once the indentured slaves were transformed into free citizens, the oppression of the territory would be lessened.

Freemen cultivated farmland and received only 30% tax.

Collect food from contracted slaves, as long as they leave rations for them.

But in the long run, only the free people will have the consumption power. Only when there are more free people can there be a market. Only with the market can productivity be improved.

Even if the short-term benefits are reduced, Richard will still implement the indentured servant law and slowly transform serfs into free citizens.

For the gold coins, Li Cha intends to buy people.

Twenty thousand gold coins in Grant Kingdom can buy about four thousand people.

Such a large quantity can only be provided by Nolan's slave market.

Richard has just offended the interest group behind Jerram, and they have great influence in Nolan.

Going to Nolan at this time, you need to be on guard against these people all the time.

Being watched by many people in secret, he could get involved in trouble at any time.

In the three northern Xinjiang provinces controlled by the royal family, the slave market is located in Heihe Fort.

This slave market was relatively small, with less than a thousand slaves in total.

Besides, there are many people involved behind the slave market, and as the governor of the province, Jerram must have a part in it.

If Jerram took the opportunity to arrange for spies to mix among the slaves, causing the advanced technology of Harland's territory to leak, the loss outweighed the gain.

So Richard did not plan to buy slaves in the Kingdom of Grant this time, but chose to go to the neighboring country, the Grand Duchy of Stanik, to avoid other people's eyes.

Before preparing to leave, Richard was a little worried about the territory and had a talk with Hayden in person.

"Jeram paid the ransom, and we have let Howard go. I am going to use the money to buy people. King Capital and Heihe City are not suitable to go. I am afraid I will have to travel far this time. Others in the territory are fine, counter-espionage Work is the top priority.

In particular, brick kilns, steel plants, breweries, brown sugar tree plantations, and Zitoufeng breeding farms must be patrolled by soldiers, and the arranged garrisons cannot be easily mobilized.

All strangers who appear in the above places must be arrested immediately and sent to the mine for mining.You manage the intelligence work yourself, and you must always be vigilant against such things, and you must not relax your mind. "

After explaining to Hayden, Richard talked with Sophia and asked her to manage the spring plowing work on his behalf.

William, Bernie, and Ron are still in the army, Richard and Soros are preparing to go out, and Powell is staring at the construction of Sophia Castle. The decision-making in the territory can only be made by his wife.

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