Chapter 112 The Debtor Is

Chapter 112 The debtor is...

The trade fair begins.

Walking on the street, the counters are filled with goods. The merchants' shouting is endless.

The prosperous Dadier City of the past seems to have returned.

It can be seen that Baron Sis has done his homework. Apart from other things, it takes a lot of effort to gather so many merchants.

Like the local nobles, Hudson only looks but does not buy. This is what everyone agreed in advance. No matter what goods appear in the city, they will not trade this time.

As for the future, we will talk about it later. The memory of the nobles is also limited. Although emotionally, everyone does not want to see the northern border nobles become bigger, but the southern region does need a trade center.

If Dadier City becomes a trade center, it can bring enough benefits to everyone, and it is estimated that everyone will not refuse this convenience.

If the sponsors do not make a move, the transaction volume will naturally not go up. The contribution of just a few dozen northern nobles is far from enough to support a trade center.

Without any surprise, none of Baron Kately's orc slaves were sold. Not only did the local nobles not buy it, but the northern nobles also did not take care of the business.

Although Baron Sith came out to greet everyone, unfortunately, all the northern nobles had a large number of orc slaves. If they didn't know that they couldn't sell them, they would probably sell some of them to cash in.

There was no way, the orc slaves were really not easy to use. In addition to some simple rough work, they couldn't do anything else.

The most important thing was that they couldn't speak the language, and it was difficult to train them smoothly.

Not every territory has endless hard work. When the number of slaves exceeds the demand, the lords will naturally not continue to buy slaves.

Even though everyone sympathized with Baron Kately's experience, it was only verbal. It was still a little short of asking them to pay real money to support him.

Besides, it wasn't that everyone didn't help. A group of northern nobles also collected several thousand gold coins and lent them to Baron Kately for emergency.

As entrepreneurs, this money was squeezed out of everyone's teeth. Being able to do this is already very generous.

After all, although everyone is a noble from the Northern Frontier, the Northern Frontier is also extremely vast, and most people have never interacted with each other before.

If it weren't for the accidental opportunity, they would not even have the friendship they have now.

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"Baron Kately, it seems that no one wants these slaves. There is no point in keeping them except wasting food. Find a chance to get rid of them!"

Sith suggested sincerely.

Although the reputation of slaughtering slaves is not good, you can always think of ways to cover it up. If you keep supporting these people who eat for free, your reputation will not be damaged, but your wallet can't bear it!

Baron Sith felt the pressure after only helping to support them for two days. If Baron Kately keeps staying here, he can't stand it.

"Respected Baron Sis, this is too cruel. Otherwise, wait and see. No one wants these slaves now because it is the off-season.

After two months, spring plowing will begin, and lords who need labor may buy them.

You can rest assured that the daily expenses of a group of slaves are just like I lend them to you. As long as these slaves are sold, I will return them as soon as possible." Baron Kately said sincerely.

Those who don't know would think that he cares about the lives of these slaves in front of him, but in fact he is just fighting for benefits. Anyway, the slaves are now supported by Baron Sis, and his pressure has been greatly reduced.

If you can delay until spring plowing and sell these slaves, you will make a lot of money.

But this is just a possibility. No one can guarantee whether the local nobles will lack labor during the spring plowing season.

At least during the autumn plowing, they completed the sowing with the help of relatives and friends.

During the spring plowing, it is not impossible to borrow people again. Most nobles will sell this kind of favor without risk and cost.

If these slaves cannot be sold by the time of spring ploughing, not only will Baron Kately be finished, but even Baron Sith will go crazy.

Poor people have no ability to pay back the money. The daily food, drink, defecation and urination of more than 20,000 slaves are a considerable expense.

Even if we calculate the cost of three copper coins per person per day, 25,000 people will have to spend 75,000 copper coins a day, which is equivalent to 50 gold coins.

After two months, at least 3,000 gold coins will be wasted. This is just the most basic expense. The cost of the army guarding the slaves has not been calculated?

In case of an accident, such as a slave riot, it is unknown how much loss will be incurred.

What's more troublesome is that all the money has been paid out, and the big problem of orc slaves has not been solved.

It is impossible to return the goods. Slave traders these days do not have the option of returning the goods.

Perhaps Baron Kately, the unlucky guy, will be chased all over the world by creditors in the future, but Baron Sith, who took the bomb of slaves, will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"Impossible!"

"Baron Kately, if you insist on keeping these slaves, then take them home and raise them yourself!

Slave traders are not welcome in Dadiel City. I will immediately formulate a set of laws to prohibit slave trading here."

Sith said coldly.

As a lord, he has the right to legislate in his own territory.

If the creditors were not so powerful, Baron Kately could have made his own laws to keep all the creditors out.

"Respected Baron Sis, I don't want this either. But there is no way. If I deal with this batch of slaves now, all my investment will be lost.

According to the agreement, my debt period is only half a year. If I cannot repay the debt within half a year, you can imagine the consequences.

If you can come forward and let the creditors agree to postpone the debt repayment, I will do it according to your will immediately!

If you can't do it, then there is no way, the people can only be put on your side first. You can do whatever you want, anyway, I will not take them away."

Baron Kately said with a broken jar.

Even if Baron Sis is offended to death, it is better than being hunted by the creditors. Now in the two counties of Wright and Whiteton, Baron Sis has the most abundant family assets.

Baron Kately can't find a better way except to rely on him.

"That's impossible! You have too many debts, I don't have the face to give you that. If you have the time, you might as well ask your father for help.

If Viscount Hank Cage is willing to come forward, maybe everyone will give you another chance.

The Maple Leaf Territory is fertile. As long as you manage it carefully, there is still hope that the debt will be paid off within five years."

The voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke. Obviously, Baron Sis himself did not believe this nonsense. No matter how fertile the land of Maple Leaf Territory is, the territory still has expenses!

The wealth accumulation model that only calculates income without considering expenditure is purely a hooligan.

There are many territories with an annual income of tens of thousands of gold coins, or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but there are very few territories that can still have a surplus of tens of thousands of gold coins after spending.

Not to mention Maple Leaf Territory, even if Dadier City is managed, Baron Sis dare not guarantee that there will be a surplus of tens of thousands of gold coins every year.

If we simply calculate the territory income, the five great families in the northern border each occupy more than one province, and their annual income is as high as millions of gold coins, but in the end, they still can't make ends meet?

They can maintain it because the great nobles have other industries.

Including Baron Sis who wants to build Dadier City into a commercial center in the south. On the surface, it is for taxation, but in fact it is to gather popularity and develop his own industry.

Relying solely on that little tax, I am afraid it is not enough for daily expenses.

The real money is to rent/sell shops and houses in the city, as well as sell food, vegetables, meat and some daily necessities produced in the territory.

Maple Leaf Territory cannot copy similar gameplay. It is okay to live a peaceful life with just the income from farming, but it is impossible to get rich overnight.

Perhaps because he thought the idea was too bad, after a pause, Baron Sis added again: "Perhaps you can go and talk to the mountain baron.

If we talk about who has the greatest demand for labor in the two counties, it's that guy.

With his appetite, even if the population of the territory exceeds 20,000, it still can't meet his needs.

Anyway, you have dealt with him before, just sell the slaves to him at a discount. As long as the price is cheap enough, he won't be disgusted.

At most, you will lose some money, which is better than dragging it on. You must know that every day of delay will increase your loss by nearly 100 gold coins."

This is the truth, although Sis doesn't want to help the enemy. But compared to the hot potato falling into his own hands, it is better to let the enemy off.

After this period of contact, he found that Hudson's strengths lie in military and territory development, and he really doesn't see how strong his political skills are.

At least if they change positions, he will not support his competitors.

Since the political means can't keep up, the degree of danger is reduced. There is nothing wrong with developing a territory, but if you focus on developing a territory, that is a big failure.

"It's useless. That guy is now in debt. For the development of the territory, that idiot invested all his money.

Now that the situation is stable, the junk produced by that guy can't be sold now, and he can only sell some farm tools and daily necessities.

If he can't use the iron products he produced to pay off his debts, his situation is not much better than mine.

I invested more than 60,000 gold coins in the cost of this batch of slaves. Even if I sell it at a loss, do you think that bastard can afford to buy it?"

Baron Kately said helplessly.

In front of Baron Sith, he would not say good things about Hudson. Besides, he didn't have a good impression of Hudson, and what he said now was what he really thought.

Baron Sith got an unexpected answer, and he was mixed. It is undoubtedly a good thing that the competitor has financial problems, but the tragedy is that the trouble seems to be irreversible.

"Kateley, what do you want?

If you want me to help you solve your debt, that's stupid, then don't say it.

We are all smart people, you should know how big a mess you have made.

With an investment of more than 60,000 gold coins, you have collected a bunch of garbage. Even if you can sell some of the high-quality slaves, the loss this time will not be less than 50,000 gold coins.

No one can bear such a huge loss of funds for you. Even if it causes the plan to fail, I can't agree.

For your sake, I have tried my best. All my colleagues in the Northern Frontier have a large backlog of slaves, and it is impossible for them to take over your business."

Baron Sith said coldly.

If the occasion was not wrong, he would have wanted to kill this annoying guy right away. Compared with this guy, he suddenly felt that "Hudson", who was hostile to him, was as cute as a little white rabbit.

"Among these more than 60,000 gold coins, there are more than 50,000 in arrears, which must be resolved.

The high-quality slaves among this batch of slaves that can be sold can probably recover 10,000 gold coins, and there is still a huge funding gap of 40,000.

I can probably borrow 10,000 gold coins from my relatives and friends in the North, and my family can also lend me 10,000 gold coins.

A group of colleagues also lent me a few thousand gold coins, and the weapons and equipment and war horses in my hands can also cash in a few thousand gold coins. Now I only need 10,000 gold coins to get through this difficult time.

So I hope that you can be generous and lend me 10,000 gold coins to help me get through this difficult time."

Baron Kately said earnestly.

The amount of the hole has dropped from 50,000 to 10,000, and Baron Sith's face looks much better. But he is still worried about whether to lend the money.

His intuition told him that things would not be so simple. If Baron Kately asked for money in normal times, he would most likely be able to borrow from relatives and friends.

But it is different now. Everyone knows that he has lost a large sum of money. Before borrowing money, you have to consider his ability to repay.

What if he knows that he can't fill the hole and runs away with the money?

Similar things have happened in the continent of Aslant. If you encounter it, you can only think of yourself as unlucky, and you can only think about collecting debts across borders.

"If I don't agree, you don't want to lead people to rob the caravan, right?"

Baron Sis asked uncertainly.

Going out to rob when you don't have money is normal for the nobles of the North. At other times, Baron Sis would not meddle in other people's business.

But it's not possible now. The reputation of Dadier City has not been established yet, and the news of merchants being robbed has spread, and the rest of the story can't be told.

"If it really comes to that, I can't do anything."

Baron Kately spread his hands and directly admitted that he had that plan.

...

Holding the extorted gold coins, Kately knew that he had offended Baron Sith so much that it would be difficult for them to maintain even superficial friendship in the future.

"Prepare the car, we're going to visit Baron Hudson."

"Kately, it's not a good idea to go there now?"

Knight Holman said worriedly.

It was really unethical to visit Baron Sith's enemy right after receiving his money, and on his territory.

"If I don't find him, what should I do with the slaves in my hands? Do I really have to get rid of them and bear the reputation of being cruel?

Baron Siss is very kind to lend me 10,000 gold coins. I can't force him.

But even with these 10,000 gold coins, what should I use to fill the remaining big hole?

Uncle Holman, you don't think that at this time, there will be people willing to lend me money, right?

Even if the family knows this news, I'm afraid there will be complaints.

Instead of making everyone embarrassed, it's better not to ask for it, so as not to hurt feelings."

Baron Kately said self-deprecatingly.

If you don't ask for money, you will never know how bad your popularity is. The nobles who originally had a good relationship only took out two or three hundred gold coins this time.

In the future, everyone will have to support each other, and now they are only willing to lend this little money. Then it will be even more difficult to ask relatives and friends who are far away in the north and will be difficult to communicate with in the future to pay money.

After all, nobles are about mutual benefit and reciprocity. You can't let others pay unilaterally without seeing any return!

Baron Kately, who saw through all this, did not complain, but chose to respond positively.

At least in the last conversation, he was sure that Hudson was interested in these orc slaves. Although this buyer may not be rich, he is still a buyer after all.

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After going around in circles and pitting Baron Sis, the two appeared at the negotiation table again.

Hudson has not changed much, but Baron Kately's mind has undergone a transformation. The cruel reality told him that the personal connections he had previously built were not reliable.

In the last negotiation, he still had some confidence. I thought the worst result was nothing more than a loss, and with the help of relatives and friends, at the very least, he could keep the territory.

Reality is very embarrassing. If it weren't for the strict fiefdom system of the kingdom, there might be people who would rather he go bankrupt so that they could come and take over the fiefdom.

"Baron Kately, to be honest. I am indeed interested in this batch of slaves, but the Mountain Territory is short of financial resources now, and the cash that can be mobilized is at most 20,000 gold coins.

If the deal is completed at this price, you will probably lose a lot this time. Such a robbery is not in line with the spirit of chivalry, so I did not make an offer last time."

After hearing Hudson's words, Baron Kately secretly complained.

It is very funny for a profiteer to talk about "chivalry", but now he can't laugh at all.

The only buyer is short of financial resources, and he keeps saying that he will not take advantage of the situation. Isn't that asking him to take the initiative to be robbed!

A typical double-faced person, and he is unwilling to bear moral pressure. If it is spread out in the future, it will not be Master Hudson who took advantage of the situation, but Master Hudson who saved the distress.

As for him, Baron Kately, he is naturally a hopelessly stupid gold medal supporting actor. Who made him now have the title of "the stupidest slave trader"?

"Baron Hudson, thirty thousand gold coins! For only thirty thousand gold coins, these slaves will be sold to you in a package.

Now that things have reached this point, I will no longer hide it. In order to acquire these slaves, I invested 60,000 gold coins in total cost alone.

Now that it is being sold at a 50% discount, I still need to borrow money to settle the final payment. If the price were to drop further, I would have no choice but to go bankrupt. "

Baron Kettle said with a helpless expression.

It is estimated that he should be the most failed businessman in the entire continent. Others bargained for more and less, but he was different, just to avoid going bankrupt.

"Baron Kettle, don't worry. Even if I raise 30,000 gold coins to trade, I'm afraid your life will not be easy in the future.

Territory development is very expensive. No matter how good the foundation of the Maple Leaf League is, it will be difficult to break even in the first two years without sufficient liquidity on hand.

How about we change the way of cooperation and I buy these slaves at the original price. It's just that they don't settle with cash, but trade with iron products produced in the territory.

Take these iron products to talk to the slave traders. They are all farm tools and daily necessities. There will also be a large market in the North, so you don't have to worry about not being able to sell them. "

Hudson encouraged.

Frankly speaking, he really wasn't planning to trick anyone this time. After all, you can’t just keep lugging a sheep while lugging it, otherwise the sheep will become bald and you won’t be able to lull it later.

As a tool man, Baron Keterai overfulfilled his task this time. Not only did he deceive the Sith Baron, but he also divided the Northland nobles.

It would be a pity to abandon such a valuable chess piece.

It just so happened that we needed to expand our market, so we simply took this as an opportunity to test it out. It would be best if we could open up the Northland market, but it doesn't matter if we can't.

As a high value-added product, a product worth 60,000 gold coins costs less than 30,000 gold coins!

As long as it doesn't sell locally and doesn't compete with its own market, Hudson doesn't mind hitting the outside market at all.

"Baron Hudson, this may be a bit difficult, right? Unlike the southeastern provinces, the iron products market in the North is actually monopolized, and foreign goods cannot be squeezed in at all..."

Before Baron Kettle could finish speaking, Hudson interrupted: "Your Excellency, you are thinking too much. You can't sell it, and you are not allowed to use it for yourself?

Even if you can't use it yourself, you can still sell it to the Orc Empire, and you might be able to earn more. As long as it is not sold in the Northland, it can be explained away.

What's more, it was the slave traders who were responsible for the sales. You just put the product in their hands, what happens next has nothing to do with you. "

There is nothing wrong with it, whoever sells it is responsible. Even if the interests of a local snake are really violated, it is impossible for people to go all the way to the southeastern provinces to find a middleman to settle accounts.

"But, cash has become a commodity, can they agree to it?"

Kaitley was really unsure, at least if it came to him, it was unacceptable for cash to be turned into a commodity.

"It's not up to them. Anyway, if you don't have money now, they will either accept goods to pay off the debt, or wait until you have money to come and collect them. At most, they will beat you up and make you angry.

Even if they really want to kill you, for the sake of money, they still have to keep you alive.

Even if one of them is impulsive, others will help stop him. After all, if you do have an accident, the debt will be even harder to collect. "

Hudson said nonchalantly.

The debtor is the one who owes the debt, and the same applies to the continent of Aslant. If creditors are irrational, it means you don't owe enough.

Few creditors can give up like Baron Kettle, who owes more than 50,000 gold coins at a time.