Chapter 104 Special Products

Because they have to go by water, carriages cannot be checked in, so Richard's caravan can only rely on manpower to transport goods.

Going by water is very convenient, and the water and food on the boat can be replenished along the way. After entering Jonathan's territory, they can enter Eastburg after eating dry food for two days.

Richard's caravan of 300 people does not actually need to carry much baggage.

With a small number of iron-horned horses to help with transportation, they can bring back 20 tons of goods.

Twenty tons of salt, saving some is enough for 20,000 people to eat for a year.

After transporting this batch of salt back, the goal of organizing a caravan to come to Jonathan's Dukedom has been achieved.

It only cost 110 gold coins to buy salt, and 12 gold coins are needed to pay for the round-trip water transportation. This trip has saved a lot of costs.

Richard did a little calculation. According to the price specified by Butler Savile this year, the Harland family must invest at least more than a thousand gold coins to buy the salt controlled by Governor Jerram.

More than a thousand gold coins can support an additional squadron of regular troops.

Even though the Harland Territory has a lot of income now, the extra expenses of more than a thousand gold coins are very heavy.

Richard is not going to take back the remaining 600 gold coins from this sale.

The territory now has a good cash flow, and the gold coins taken back are useless except for hiding in the cellar. ׺°”˜˜`”°º×

Spending it recklessly will only cause inflation within the territory. It is better to exchange it for goods from Duke Jonathan's Territory to enhance the foundation of the Harland family.

In addition to producing salt, Duke Jonathan's Territory is also very famous for armor.

However, Harland Territory does not lack steel. Buying armor from Duke Jonathan's Territory will dampen the enthusiasm of blacksmiths in Harland Territory.

Purchasing armor from outside will affect the production of armor in Harland Territory, and the blacksmiths' skills will not be improved for a long time.

Richard wandered around the city of East and found that the productivity of the Duke's Territory was also very low. The goods that can be produced here can also be produced in Black River City.

Although the Harland territory lacks cloth, the goods transported back from the Duke of Jonathan, including the freight along the way, cannot compete with local goods at all.

Just when Richard was a little disappointed and was about to take the gold coins back. Selina came directly to the door.

"Baron Richard, you have been wandering around East City these days, looking for special goods?"

It has not been long since a large caravan like Richard entered East City, and his information was found out by the Sera Chamber of Commerce.

In the environment of the Dawn Continent, every big businessman has the support of nobles.

There is no rule in the major kingdoms that nobles cannot do business. Almost all hereditary nobles will personally go out and run business activities.

Without a strong backer, no matter how big the business is, it will be easily swallowed up by the powerful.

"Yes, but I found that except for salt, Jonathan's territory has no particularly outstanding products. If it is brought back to Black River Castle, it will be difficult to compete with local products."

In the major kingdoms of the Dawn Continent, local protectionism is very serious.

The local business is controlled by hereditary nobles. These people have complex relationships and are relatively strong.

Unless it is a scarce commodity that is not available locally, it is possible to make a profit in this environment.

Ordinary goods cannot compete with local chambers of commerce at all.

The steel trade of the Harland family has now affected the interests of some people.

Some time ago, Baron Franklin of Brena County sent people into the Harland Territory to steal steel manufacturing technology, destroy the mines of the Harland family, and attack the steel production capacity of the territory.

Baron Franklin is the largest steel product manufacturer in the Gedda Province.

This family has made military achievements in the pioneering war. The territory is in Brena County behind the Gedda Province and has hardly been invaded by orcs in recent decades.

Because iron ore was discovered in the territory, Baron Franklin's family is very rich. The territory is very well managed. Although the territory is less than 500 square kilometers, there are already 40,000 slaves and people in the territory.

A rich territory with a large population can support the army. Although Baron Franklin's territory is small, he has six squadrons of soldiers.

Because there is steel production capacity, the number of armored vehicles is not small.

The only thing that is worse than the Harland Territory is that it has less combat experience. Except for the officers of the Franklin family, the soldiers do not practice breathing techniques and are far inferior to the Harland Territory.

The Harland family and the Franklin family have caused a loss of life due to business conflicts.

Richard has asked William to take the people who entered the territory to make trouble and report them to the provincial capital of Wright County.

Because of commercial profits, the relationship has become more and more tense, and there are many nobles who finally broke out in the territory war.

Although Richard is only a baron, the Harland family has a great influence in the Geda Province, and its strength is second only to Viscount Romen. He organized a caravan to come to the Duke of Jonathan to do business, and the upper echelons of the Duke of Jonathan naturally care about him.

Where did Richard go every day?

How long did he stay?

How many people did he meet?

Even the conversations with people were reported in detail to Selena's ears.

"General goods are indeed difficult to compete with local goods, but we have many special goods in the Dukedom of Jonathan.

These goods are not sold in the market. If you want to buy them, you can only go to the Duke's Mansion to find Lady Sera?"

"Miss Selina, can you tell me what special goods there are?"

"For example, enchanted weapons, enchanted armor, magic bombs, Tenghui potions, and some special magic plants. In addition, our Warcraft Horse Farm will also sell some war horses, such as the iron-horned horses that your family needs."

Before Richard became a professional, he followed his uncle Soros to capture a group of iron-horned horses.

Among them, the Harland family was allocated nine horses. In recent years, the population has been slightly expanded. There are already fourteen iron-horned horses, and three have been successfully bred.

The iron-horned horse allocated to Roland was the most valuable, but unfortunately it died in the defense of the Pratos Fortress.

Uncle Soros was allocated three iron-horned horses, and now there are five.

The number of Warcraft war horses is too small, and it is not enough to form a knight group mainly composed of professionals.

Besides, there is a lack of professional officers in the Harland territory. If Richard wants to form a knight group like Baron Harden, according to the normal development speed of the baron territory, he will not be able to do this in his lifetime.

In the past few years, the territory lacked funds and there was no rich gold coins to buy iron-horned horses to expand the population. After listening to Selina's introduction, Richard was immediately tempted.

"Miss Selina, can I take a look at the iron-horned horses for sale?"

"Of course you can."

Under the guidance of Selina, Richard entered the backyard of the Duke's Mansion.

More than a dozen iron-horned horses waiting to be sold were in the yard.

Richard took a closer look and was immediately disappointed. These iron-horned horses waiting to be sold were basically first-class inferior horses, and the few mares probably had some minor problems.