Lord Harland.

After the Goddess's Birthday, it is already 3263 years in the Dawn Calendar.

Li Cha and his family lived in Heihe Fort for three days, and took a few days of rest to straighten out this year's work.

Margaret will be five years old after the next year, and the little girl's IQ is obviously inherited from her aunt and mother, and she is very smart.Despite being the youngest student at Riverside Primary School, he can easily follow the lessons.

Because she met many new friends at Riverside Elementary School, Margaret's personality became much more cheerful.

After Philip was born, Margaret had a playmate and she was particularly happy during this time. As children grow up and have their own circle of friends, they gradually become less clingy.

After the Goddess's birthday, Li Cha took two squadrons of soldiers and gold coins in cash to go to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to buy slaves.

Rather than going to the royal capital of Nolan, Richard preferred to go to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to buy slaves.

Because the Harland family did not compete with the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, the nobles who controlled the Grand Duchy of Stanik naturally would not place slaves among the slaves.Relatively speaking, Richard also had more trust in the slaves purchased from the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

The caravans in the territory of Harland have been to the Grand Duchy of Stanik many times and are very familiar with this road.

Which lord is more friendly on the road, and where can I get water supplies?Are there any powerful bandits along the way?

The Harland caravan is well aware of these situations.

Because the car is familiar with the road, the road was very smooth when going there.After all, Li Cha's reputation has spread all over the northern border. No matter whether it is a bandit or aristocratic lord, they dare not easily provoke the Harland family and bring hatred to themselves.

Moreover, there are a large number of soldiers escorting the caravan. There are two squadrons in total, and the combat effectiveness of the two elite squadrons has surpassed that of ordinary baronies.

Although the two Dukes of Edward and Fox are far stronger than the Harland family, they have no reason to attack the Harland family caravan.

Although the relationship between the Harland family and the great nobles is not good, there is no hatred either.

There are still many trade exchanges between the two parties every year. The Harland family conducts business with the big nobles through the wholesale agency system, and the territorial caravan basically does not operate in the territory of the big nobles.

There are no land conflicts or commercial conflicts, and the relationship can naturally be maintained.

As long as Dukes Edward and Fox don't send troops to make a sneak attack, this road will be very easy for the Harland family.

After passing through the territories of the two Dukes Edward and Fox, Richard once again came to the Grand Duchy of Stanek.

After entering Linus Castle, Richard found the Fender family, an old customer. Through the Fanta family's relationship in Linus, he exchanged part of the foreign exchange and began to buy a large number of slaves at Linus Castle.

Richard's generosity immediately caused a sensation in Venus Castle and attracted an unexpected guest.

This person is the priest of the Goddess of Wealth, and Vera Watson, the fourth heir to a great nobleman in the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

The Watson family is the fourth-ranked duke family in the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and they are also aristocrats with strong commercial power. They have been believers of the Goddess of Wealth for generations.

Because of the Watson family, the Church of Fortune also began to penetrate into the Grand Duchy of Stanik, exerting a very significant influence.

Although the Grand Duchy of Stanik is weak, it has four major churches in the country. In addition to the Church of Dawn and the Church of Royal Power, there are also the Church of Fortune and the Church of Light.

Compared with the Kingdom of Grant, the influence of the Church of the Grand Duchy of Stanik is stronger.

After the meeting, Vera said straight to the point: "Mr. Richard, we can finally meet. In fact, I wanted to visit you in Harland's territory last year. But I felt that it was too presumptuous to come to you rashly. I just planned to go to Grant this year. Kingdom, I just heard that Mr. Richard came to Linus Castle, and came to the door without receiving an invitation, and please don’t blame Mr. Richard.”

"You are too kind. It is an honor for our Harland family to have the priest of the Goddess of Wealth visit."

Seeing the priest of the Goddess of Wealth, although Li Cha didn't know the reason for his visit, he responded very politely.

"I am here to visit this time, hoping to form a commercial alliance with Mr. Richard and the Harland family. I hope to be an agent for the specialty products of the Harland territory. If possible, I hope that Mr. Richard will grant me the Grand Duchy of Stanik. Exclusive agency rights.”

After hearing what Vera said, Richard nodded and said, "Can I take the liberty to ask, Miss Vera, who do you represent, the Watson family or the Church of the God of Wealth?"

Vera smiled and said: "I can only represent myself, but my special identity can borrow the name of the Watson Family and the Church of Fortune, and also represent the Watson Family and the Church of Fortune to a certain extent."

"Miss Vera, you know that the special products produced in our Harland territory are mainly brown sugar, white wine, steel, and woolen cloth. Of course, the territory also has some super-magic specialties, such as hemostatic ointment, flame spider silk mage robe, blood Enchanted weapon made of steel.

Ordinary goods have to travel eight hundred kilometers to transport to the Grand Duchy of Stanik. After arriving in Linus, they will also face competition from similar goods. There is not much benefit in transporting thousands of miles to the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

Could it be that what Miss Vera wants to represent is a super magic product? But although the super magic products from Harland's territory are very unique, they may not be competitive with the super magic products from Venus? "

Li Cha made it very clear that although the price of brown sugar in Harland's territory has dropped to ten copper coins per kilogram, it is equivalent to one-third of honey.

However, when it is transported to Linus Castle, which is miles away, the lord tax and customs duties along the way must be paid, and the price of brown sugar must be at least several times higher.

Lynas can also produce honey locally. Although the output is not as high as that of the southern province of Grant Kingdom, the price of honey is only twenty-six copper coins per kilogram.

The brown sugar transported from Harland's territory may not be able to compete with the local honey.

This is true for brown sugar, and the same is true for white wine, steel, and woolen cloth.

"Mr. Richard, you know, I can use the name of the Goddess of Wealth. Although our Church of the God of Wealth does not require the lords to pay tithes, the caravans of our Church of Wealth will not pay tithes when they pass by the lords' land. taxes, transit taxes and other miscellaneous taxes.

If the goods are shipped from Vickburg and travel upstream along the Black River, they can go directly to the Duke of Edward’s territory. The transportation line on the next road is only kilometers. After careful calculation, bulk materials such as brown sugar, white wine, and woolen cloth, After deducting the transportation cost, there is still a certain profit.

Besides, we wholesale in large quantities, Mr. Li Cha should also give us some discounts. "

After listening to Vera's explanation, Li Cha thought to himself: "Without the messy taxes and fees, the Chamber of Commerce controlled by the Fortune Church will have a huge cost advantage. Relying on the huge cost advantage, the Fortune Church can penetrate into every country through the Chamber of Commerce. Territory. Ordinary noble chambers of commerce, it is difficult to compete with them.

Anyway, temporarily handing over the sole agency right to the priest of the goddess of wealth will not cause any loss to the territory.You can also use her hands to expand your market share. "

Li Cha suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, nodded and said: "Of course the discount is possible, and the exclusive agency rights that Miss Vera wants can also be handed over to you. But if our Harland family wants to buy some special products , can you use the channel of the Fortune Church caravan?"

"As long as it's not a sensitive material, of course."

After the two parties negotiated, they signed a business contract. This contract was stamped with the seal of the goddess of wealth and was very binding.

Li Cha is not at all sorry to hand over the sole agency of the Grand Duchy of Stanik to Vera.After all, the Harland family has no influence in the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

It is impossible for the strength of the Harland family to make the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanik bow their heads.

It is also impossible for the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stanik to give up the market and benefit the Harland family.

By giving Vera the exclusive agency rights and relying on the channels of the Watson family and the Church of Fortune, the goods from the Harland territory can enter the market of the Grand Duchy of Stanik and earn profits from the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

This time, when he came to the Grand Duchy of Stanik, he got a relationship with the Fortune Church by accident, and Li Cha was quite happy in his heart.

After discussing with Vera, Richard decided to start the first transaction after the autumn harvest this year. Richard will provide 30,000 pieces of woolen cloth, 200 tons of brown sugar, and 100 tons of liquor.

The output of brown sugar this year will exceed tons. For a first-tier channel wholesaler like Vera, Li Cha will transport the brown sugar to the Black River Fort Wharf. The wholesale price of brown sugar will be reduced to seven copper coins per kilogram.

Including some packaging fees, transportation fees, and a slight discount, the price of 200 tons of brown sugar is about 3,800 gold coins.

The wholesale price of liquor is two copper coins per kilogram, and one hundred tons of liquor sells for five hundred and fifty gold coins. However, when the liquor is transported to the Grand Duchy of Stanik, the retail price may skyrocket to six to eight copper coins per kilogram.

The wholesale price of woolen cloth is two silver coins a piece, and thirty thousand pieces of woolen cloth are worth five thousand gold coins.

Although it was only the first year, and in the period of market development, Vera ordered more than nine thousand gold coins.

Richard earned the nine thousand gold coins very easily. He just transported the goods to Black River Fort for trading. He didn't need to worry about the market or fight with other nobles.

The only drawback is that the sales channels will be controlled by the Watson family and the Church of Wealth. Very passive in transactions between the two parties.

After negotiating with Vera, Richard returned to Harland with slaves.

This time, because Vera provided help, most of the way back was by water transport. It was much easier to travel by boat than to walk with a wheelbarrow.

In just twelve days, Richard returned to Harland with slaves.

After returning to the territory, Richard met with the important officials of the territory in Fort Vic one by one, explained the opening of new sales channels, and then returned to Fort William.

Entering February, He'an Primary School started school again. This year, Li Cha lowered the tuition again, and the annual tuition fee was reduced to four silver coins.

There are 300 new students enrolled this year, including six new apprentices with magic qualifications.

Now He'an Primary School has more than a thousand students, and the original classrooms and dormitories are no longer enough.

Li Cha has always attached great importance to education. After receiving Flora's application, he immediately allocated a sum of money to build new classrooms and expand the scale of He'an Primary School.

Many new students come from other castles and need to live on campus every day. If Riverside Primary School continues to expand, it will become very troublesome to manage.

Richard decided to limit the size of He'an Primary School to 1,500 students.

This year, a second elementary school will be built, and the address will be in the Fort of the Military Station.

There are few outsiders in the Fort, and its location is in the center of Harland's territory. There are castles on all sides, so security is guaranteed.

In addition, the military station is far away from the territories of other nobles, so building a school here will not make much noise.

It has been five years since Li Cha established the school, and He'an Primary School has cultivated many talents in the five years.

Especially the smarter ones can finish the basic knowledge taught in primary school in one or two years and graduate from He'an Primary School.

These elementary school students who have mastered the basic knowledge either become teachers, or become low-level officials in the territory, or join the army.It has played a positive role and made certain contributions to the development of the territory.

At least they learned discipline in primary school, learned commonly used words, learned numerical symbols, were able to do simple statistical work, and understood some new concepts.

After a period of training, these people who are proficient in writing and ink can already serve as grassroots officials.

Because the Riverbank Elementary School was established in Fort William, there was little contact with outsiders, and because the territory prohibited free movement, the lords outside did not know the details of Harland's territory.

The neighboring lords only vaguely heard some rumors.

Although these rumors are contrary to noble traditions, the nearby lords were not very happy to hear it, and even complained in their hearts.

But now that the Harland family has a strong army, when the nearby nobles face the orc invasion, they need the support of the Harland family's army.

Under normal circumstances, although the nearby noble lords don't like the policies formulated by Richard, they will not offend the powerful Harland family because of such insignificant matters.

Unless Richard directly touched their fundamental interests, or put everyone in the neighborhood at risk, they might come forward and join hands to deal with the Harland family.

Now the strength of the Harland family can intimidate some nobles and prevent them from having any objections.

The tragic situation of the Xisai family is enough to warn the noble lords nearby.

The Cisse family has a great business, and they can rely on huge compensation to make the Haaland family stop making peace and save their noble title and the lives of their clan members.

If the ordinary baron family offends the Harland family, and a war breaks out between the lords, a catastrophe will happen immediately and the whole family will die.

Even if the Harland family didn't come forward, and deliberately didn't come to rescue when the orcs invaded, they could still easily kill people with a knife.

Although the current Harland family has not yet become a great nobleman, it is already the most powerful viscount family in the Grant Kingdom in terms of strength.Especially the nobles in Gerda Province, they dare not provoke them easily.