Chapter 163 Wang Ting Butler

Coors is indeed a very good and sensible steward.

If the master was dissolute, he would not dissuade her like a critic, but would only find beautiful women for Lothar and create a perfect environment for enjoyment. Fortunately, Lothar did not indulge in enjoyment.

He didn't even bother with the three Persian slave girls, he just asked them to wash the clothes and clean the castle.

Coors had just been summoned and quickly threw himself into helping Lothar sort out the property at hand.

Compared to newcomers like Andreas who have talent but still need to be tempered.

An old antique like Coors who has rich experience and was able to take charge of the royal court in his place when Lord Vlad was asleep in the past is really very reliable.

For many things, Lothar only needs to mention a little bit, and Coors can immediately understand Lothar's intentions, without him having to bother to explain.

It only took just an hour for Coors to inventory Lothar's properties, manors, approximate output, and required investments.

He closed the account book with a serious expression:

"Sir, your industrial deficit is very serious. If your private treasury did not receive the property subsidies obtained from the house raids, you would have declared bankruptcy now."

Not really.

I could also borrow large sums of money from the Church and the Templars using my title and territory as collateral.

Lothar muttered in her heart, but said: "It will get better after this period of time."

Coors said sternly: "I think so too. You have a very good vision. It is foreseeable that you will get a lot of profits from the several negative assets you currently hold."

"But among them, New Habsburg requires the longest period of time to reap benefits. Your investment in this place is really too early."

The New Habsburg could not be built in one day. Even with the most important exterior wall, it would still take nearly half a year to complete.

Even if it is completed, without the villages established attached to the New Habsburg and the Tree of Life, the castle is still a negative asset.

Lothar originally believed that as the hub of Hebron radiating to the earldom of Transjordan, even if the New Habsburg was not built, it could still maintain a balance of payments simply by collecting taxes paid by passing merchants and pilgrims.

But the speed of recovery of the trade routes was slower than Lothar imagined.

One of the crucial reasons is that the Port of Ella has not been taken back. The new lord there is a fool. He imposes excessive taxes on passing merchants and charges them with heavy taxes, which makes merchants coming from the Red Sea prefer to go far away rather than go back. Take this trade route.

Lothar nodded and said: "At this point, I admit that it is a bit too hasty, what else?"

"Currently, the blacksmith shop you built on the banks of the Jordan River has the largest deficit among all industries. You seem to have no doubt that the new armor will sell well."

Lothar nodded and said: "I am indeed very confident. To say the least, even if strategic materials such as armor are unsaleable, I can still use them to arm my own soldiers."

In Lothar's view, no one can refuse a new armor that is more beautiful, more flexible, and less expensive than chain armor.

Knights who are obsessed with improving their personal prowess and appearance, hoping to be favored by ladies and receive funding, will never be stingy about emptying every dinar in their pockets.

Coors was a little confused and said: "May I ask, Sir, where does your confidence come from?"

Lothar told about the private goods contained in the "Song of Winter and Fire" he wrote, and Coulston suddenly looked enlightened.

"Sir, this is definitely a genius move."

"It's just that I'm still not optimistic that grape purple clothes will become popular. Your understanding of human nature is limited and you don't understand that people would rather choose the best and most expensive mule purple than the cheaper but inferior First-class grape purple.”

Lothar was a little confused: "But not everyone can afford Murex Purple clothes."

The production of Murex Purple dye is very rare, which means it is impossible for this dye to occupy the entire market.

Coors nodded and said: "That's true, so people would rather choose not to wear it - this can also convince others by being in line with the church's atmosphere of frugality."

"If some poor nobles wear grape purple clothes, wouldn't they naturally be inferior to those rich nobles wearing mussel purple clothes?"

"And the people at the bottom won't be willing to pay for it."

Lothar was slightly startled: "Is that so?"

Coors said sternly: "Your promotion method is wrong. You should not render Grape Purple as a lower-end clothing than Murex Purple. Instead, you should describe it in the book as a kind of clothing dyed with rare dyes, which is lower than Murex Purple." Murex Purple is even rarer and a precious piece of clothing that only the royal family of 'Westeros' is qualified to wear."

"As long as you control the output of the dye shop and only sell a few pieces every month, you will definitely make a lot of money."

Lothar was a little stunned: "But this, isn't this a lie?"

Coors smiled and said: "Sir, there is a popular proverb in our world - a successful businessman must be better at sucking blood than a vampire."

Lothar sighed softly: "Indeed, in this regard, my thinking direction is wrong."

He didn't think it was his fault, but because of his personality, he couldn't sell cloth dyed from grape skins at such a high price, which was obviously not as precious as Murex Purple.

Coors also had a look of pity on his face: "With your new book becoming popular in Jerusalem, there is no way to remedy this."

“However, we can change our thinking and package grape-purple clothes as ‘clothing that every decent gentleman should have in his cupboard’ or ‘clothing that should be worn every time you fast’.

If there is no demand, we can create it. As long as we guide it well, grape purple clothes, which are already high-quality and low-priced, can also make a lot of money. "

Lothar suddenly realized.

He recalled his past life, the first cup of milk tea in autumn; diamonds are forever; and melatonin was given as a gift.

…

At noon, the butler came to Lothar again with a copy of "The Witcher".

"Sir, I have a suggestion."

Lothar teased: "Coors, haven't you been given full authority to do the dye workshop? Why do you still have time to read novels?"

Coors looked normal and said with a smile: "Sir, there are not many matters that need to be dealt with urgently in the territory. Many of them can only be started when your palace dressmaker comes back."

Dividing fields is not that easy.

Jeanne, the hands-off shopkeeper, realized that Andreas had gradually figured out the key, so she simply threw it all to him, and she and Fringilla lazily ran back to the castle.

This is where Jeanne is not as kind as Hans.

Lothar smiled and said: "Heh, Kors, I didn't mean to blame you, I was just joking."

"Next, please tell me your suggestions."

Kors pointed at the book and said: "You want to use the Song of Winter and Fire to sell the idea of ​​plate armor. It is very smart, but why did you ignore the treasures in this book of The Witcher?"

"What do you mean?"

"Gwent."

Coors said seriously: "Since you have explained the gameplay in detail in the book, why not just make it?"

Lothar frowned: "I have had this thought, but I just feel that the mechanism of this kind of card is too complicated for people of this era?"

Coors smiled and said: "No, sir, you will never imagine how strong people's learning ability is at the card table."

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, Coors. I will tell Andreas and ask him to allocate a sum of money to you. In addition, the printing workshop will also be put in your charge."

Lothar patted Coors on the shoulder.

Coors frowned subconsciously, because of the neat dress, there were wrinkles on the shoulders from Lothar's photo.

"Sorry, I'm used to it."

Lothar was not an idiot who couldn't even observe words and emotions. As soon as he made his move, he realized something was wrong.

Coors said in a deep voice: "Sir, you are serious. I do have some small obsessive-compulsive disorder, but there is no need to take it to heart."

Lothar sighed: "Okay... Anyway, I'll leave this matter to you. If you fail, don't blame yourself. I believe in your talent, but you may not know much about this era."

He's still not optimistic that Gwent will catch on.

The rules of Gwent are naturally far from complicated for people like Lothar who have played card games such as Hearthstone in later generations.

But for many illiterate people who have difficulty counting numbers on more than ten fingers, it is very difficult to figure out the numbers on Gwent cards.