Chapter 17 Messenger (Part 1)

8days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
This place is still so broken.As the fortress ambassador Pero stepped out of the cabin, a smell of decay of wood came to his face.

The air around is humid and dull, making people feel uncomfortable all over.

He sniffed and raised his head. The sky was covered in gray and it seemed that a heavy rain was brewing.

The last time you came here, it was a year ago. The assistant drew the ambassador's wool coat with it. There was nothing here except stone.

It was a year and a half ago, Pelo corrected that the Duke would draw different people every season, and the last time I went to Border Town was still in summer.In addition to stones, there are also various excellent furs, as well as...

What?The assistant looked confused.

Pelo shook his head without answering.

He crossed the side of the ship and stepped on the mossy pier, and the wooden boards under his feet made a creaking sound.

It took about a few years to hold on, and the pier would be broken, he thought.

The border town not only has stones, furs, but even...land.

But these words are meaningless. The assistant is just an unknown document in the city hall, and I can't see this at all.

There is a large area of ​​unreclaimed land between Bianfeng Town and Changge Fortress, with the Desperate Mountains on one side and the Chishui River on the other side, just like a narrow corridor.

As the fortress's outpost, if the defense line is assumed, a large area of ​​land in the middle will be included in the fortress's hands.

They are not cultivated and can be planted many times without falling, and with the natural barriers on both sides, they do not take much effort to eat them.

This will just alleviate a series of problems caused by the increasing population of fortresses. The border town will also become one of the fortresses, rather than being separated into two independent territories as it is now.

The only disadvantage is that it requires three to five years of operation and large advance investment.

Unfortunately, when it comes to investment foresight, most nobles are not as good as a poor businessman.

Hey, why is the yard empty?The assistant pointed to an empty tunnel in the distance. Shouldn’t they have all the ores ready?

Pelo sighed softly, and we went to the castle to meet His Highness.

Wait...Mr. Ambassador, aren't you waiting for their reception team?

I don't know if it is there, but he thought so in his heart but didn't say it. Let's go, the stable is right in front.

Now, the trouble of dividing into two independent territories is obviously coming. The king threw the four princes into this remote place with a piece of paper. What would a normal noble or royal disciple do?

Of course, I take everything here for myself.

Let ore and jewelry exchange for grain and bread?

I'm afraid only the golden dragon can be seen in the prince's eyes.

If it were him, he would do the same.

I am afraid no one is willing to accept the output in his territory being exchanged for such a low price.

Moreover, the prince doesn’t have to go to the fortress. Most of the people in the family have forgotten the fact that Chishui River does not only pass through Changge Fortress.

He could sell the ore to Liuye Town, to Zhulongling, to Chishui City at market prices, and then take the people to these places to take refuge in the distance.

Then what can Changge Fortress do?

Block the river and cut off the prince and his party?

That was simply a blatant fight against the Graycastle Royal Family!

Everyone knows that the fourth prince is not liked by the king, but no matter how unfavorable he is, he is also the king's bloodline, and there is no doubt about this.

The two rode their rented horses and walked slowly along the stone road by the river.

The stables were all old horses, with mixed fur and thin bones. Even when they walked slowly, their whole body was trembling when they walked.

And for these two idiots, he had to pay two golden dragons as a deposit.

Look, sir, is that the boat from Liuye Town?

Hearing the assistant shouting, he looked in the direction he pointed at, and saw a single-pole sailboat with green leaves and scimitar flags slowly sailing along the river.

The hull waterline is very high, which means it is full of cargo.

Pelo nodded expressionlessly, but his heart sank, and the other party was acting faster than he thought.

If the prince had already started contacting the towns in the lower reaches of the Chishui River, he would have lost another piece of chips.

He originally planned to lobby his father to agree to buy ore at a price of 30% below the normal price, so that he can still make a profit, not to mention jewelry, a luxury product that can increase its value several times after polishing.

Unfortunately, this monopoly business is not up to him, nor is it up to the Honeysuckle family.

There are six nobles in the mining industry in Bianfeng Town. If the majority agree, they will not be able to form a resolution.

But they were slow to react, thinking that the situation was the same as before...or, the output in the mining area was not worth their attention.

Anyway, the other five families were indifferent, and my father also refused him confidently.

In fact, they are very wrong. The main reason for the small output in the mining area is this model of material exchange. If it becomes normal trade, the more you spend, the more you earn, and the ore production is likely to rise to a higher level next year.

If we talk about it according to the previous monopoly plan, it is probably impossible to achieve it.

Pelo thought to himself that it could be seen from the empty dockyard that the prince did not intend to exchange these stones for inferior wheat again, and he was already contacting other buyers.

If we still want to hold on to this trade line, a 30% discount is his last bargaining chip.

The distance between Liuye Town and Bianfeng Town has increased the cost of ore transportation, and Liuye Town has more than one ore source point, and the price they offer is likely to be half the price lower than the market price.

As for the Dragon Ridge and Chishui Castle, they will only open lower, so that the four princes may agree that the Changge Fortress will still monopolize the gem trade, especially the gem trade.

But the question is, if I make a good decision to sign a contract, will my father agree?What about the other five companies, would they feel that their move is simply surrendering to the border town and giving up their family interests?

After all, in their eyes, the border town is still the pasture controlled by the fortress and is the one who wants to take it.

The two of them slowly crossed to the castle in the southeast corner of the town. This was not the first time Pelo came here, but this time, the owner had been changed here.

When the guards saw the ambassador's certificate, they immediately went in and notified the lord.

The fourth prince Roland Wimbledon quickly summoned Perro, and when the two were introduced into the living room, the prince was already waiting on the main seat.

Sir, please sit down.

Roland clapped his hands and asked the maid to serve a hearty meal.

There are roasted whole chicken, stewed wild boar legs with mushrooms, butter bread and a large pot of vegetable soup.

Obviously, in this border area, the personal enjoyment of the royal family has not been lost at all.

Pelo will naturally not be polite. It will take two days to go from the fortress to the border town even if it is a good wind. If it is a cargo ship with more masts and slurry, it will be slower, which will take three to five days.

There is no kitchen on the boat, so you usually eat your own dried meat strips or wheat cakes.

Seeing the steaming dishes, he felt his saliva surge in his throat.

However, years of aristocratic cultivation have allowed him to maintain perfect dining etiquette. On the contrary, His Highness's eating habits are much different, especially in the use of knife and fork.

Pelo noticed that except for the four princes who used a table knife when cutting meat, the other movements were done with a pair of small wooden sticks.

And it looks like... two wooden sticks are much more convenient than forks.

What do you think?Roland suddenly asked when the meal was about to end.

Uh, what?The ambassador did not come back to his senses.

This, the other party shook the wooden stick in his hand, and before Pelo could answer, he said directly, an iron fork is a luxury for most people, let alone a silver fork.If you grab the food directly with your hands, it is easy to eat the dirty things into your stomach.The disease comes from the mouth, do you know?

The ambassador didn't know how to answer, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of illness from his mouth, but according to the understanding of the previous sentence, it probably means that dirt sticks to food and can easily get sick if eaten.

But everyone came here like this, and no one died of illness.

A pair of oak sticks, which are as clean as possible in the hidden forest, are both clean and easy to obtain.I plan to promote this in the town, and the prince took a sip of wine. Of course, my subordinates now have almost no meat to eat, and they will get better slowly after that.

Pelo breathed a sigh of relief, he still understood how to answer this sentence.

After expressing his approval and blessings routinely, he did not agree.

Let the people have meat to eat?

It's simply whimsical, even Gray Castle is far from doing this, let alone this remote place in the border town.