Lord Harland.

Chapter 104 Special Commodities
Because they have to travel by water, horse-drawn carriages cannot be consigned, so Li Cha's caravan can only rely on manpower to transport goods.

It is very convenient to travel by water, and the water on board can be replenished along the way. After entering Jonathan's territory, he can enter Eastburg after eating dry food for two days.

Li Cha and his caravan consisted of 300 people, and they didn't actually need to carry much luggage.

Together with a small amount of iron wildebeest to help transport, they can bring back twenty tons of goods.

2 tons of salt, saving some enough to feed [-] people for a year.

Transport this batch of salt back, organize a caravan this time, and the goal of coming to the Duke of Jonathan will be achieved.

It only cost 110 gold coins to buy salt, and 12 gold coins were required to pay for the round-trip transportation by water. This trip saved a lot of cost.

Richard made some calculations. According to the price specified by the Savile steward this year, the Harland family would have to invest at least 1000 gold coins,

More than 1000 gold coins can support an extra squadron of regular troops.

Even if Harland Territory has a lot of income now, the additional expenditure of more than 1000 gold coins is very heavy.

Li Cha didn't plan to bring back the remaining [-] gold coins from this sale.

The territory now has a good cash flow, and taking back the gold coins is useless except for hiding them in the cellar.

Spending indiscriminately will only cause inflation within the territory. It is better to replace it with goods from the Duke of Jonathan to strengthen the heritage of the Harland family.

In addition to producing salt, the Duke of Jonathan is also famous for its armor.

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

The purchase of iron armor will affect the production of armor in Harland's territory, which will prevent the blacksmith's technology from being improved for a long time.

Richard wandered around East City and found that the productivity of the duchy was also very low, and the goods that could be produced here could be produced in Heihe City.

Although the territory of Harland is short of cloth, transporting it back from the Duke of Jonathan, including the freight along the way, cannot compete with local goods at all.

Just when Li Cha was a little disappointed and was about to take the gold coins back.Serena went straight to the door.

"Baron Richard, you've been wandering around East City for the past few days, but are you looking for special products?"

Not long after a large caravan like Richard entered East City, his information was found out by the Sierra Chamber of Commerce.

In the environment of Chenxi 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 end up in person and run commercial activities.

Without a strong backing, no matter how big the business is, it will be easily annexed by the powerful.

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

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

The local businesses are all controlled by hereditary nobles. These people are deeply connected and relatively powerful.

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 the local chamber 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 Brenner County sent people into the territory of Harland, intending to steal steel manufacturing technology, destroy the mines of the Harland family, and attack the territory's steel production capacity.

Baron Franklin is the largest producer of steel products in the province of Gerda.

This family has made military achievements in the pioneering war, and its territory is in Brenner County behind the Gerda Province. In recent decades, it has hardly been invaded by orcs.

Baron Franklin's family was very rich because of the discovery of iron ore in the territory.The management of the territory is very good. Although the area of ​​the territory is less than 4 square kilometers, there are already [-] slaves and citizens in the territory.

A rich territory and a large population can support an army. Although Baron Franklin's territory is small, there are six squadrons of soldiers.

Because of the steel production capacity, there are still a lot of iron armor.

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

The Harland family and the Franklin family have already lost their lives due to business conflicts.

After catching the person who entered the territory to make trouble, Richard had ordered William to take him away and report him to Wright County, the provincial capital.

Because of commercial profits, the relationship became more and more tense, and there were not a few nobles who finally broke out in territorial wars.

Although Richard is only a baron, the Harland family already has great influence in the province of Gerda, second only to Viscount Roman in strength.He organized a caravan to do business in the Duke of Jonathan, and the upper echelon of the Duke of Jonathan naturally cared about him.

Where does Li Cha go every day?

How long did you stay?

How many people have you met?
Even the conversations with people were reported in detail to Serena's ears.

"It is indeed difficult for ordinary products to compete with local products, but we, the Duke of Jonathan, still have a lot of special products.

These commodities will not be sold in the market. If you want to buy them, you can only go to the Duke's Mansion to find Madam Serra? "

"Miss Serena, can you tell me what special merchandise is available?"

"Such as enchanted weapons, enchanted armor, magic bombs, Tenghui Potion, and some special magic plants. In addition, our Warcraft Racecourse will also sell some war horses, such as the iron wildebeest that our family needs."

Before Li Cha became a professional, he followed his uncle Soros to capture a group of wildebeests.

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

The iron wildebeest assigned to Roland was the most valuable, but it was a pity that he died in the defense of the Platos fortress.

Uncle Soros was allocated three iron wildebeests, and now he has grown to five.

The number of Warcraft horses is too small, and it is not enough to organize a professional knight order.

Moreover, there is a shortage of professional officers in Harland's territory. If he wants to form a knight order like Baron Harden, according to the normal development speed of the barony, Richard will not be able to do such a thing in his lifetime.

In the past few years, the territory lacked funds, and there was no rich gold coin to buy iron wildebeests to expand the population.After hearing Serena's introduction, Li Cha was a little moved.

"Miss Serena, can I have a look at the iron wildebeest for sale?"

"Of course it is possible."

Led by Serena, Richard entered the backyard of the Duke's Mansion.

A dozen or so wildebeests awaiting sale are in the yard.

Li Cha took a closer look and was immediately disappointed.These iron horned horses waiting to be sold are basically first-class inferior horses, and the few mares probably have a little problem.

(End of this chapter)