Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 163 The Dock
Seeing the twinkle in the merchant's eyes, Stannis knew they had taken the bait.

"Actually, I originally wanted to build the pier by myself, and all the money I earned would belong to me. But when I thought about it, would everyone earn money! So I asked Albert to call you here, and I hope you will donate money. No, it should be called a shareholding! I calculated that it will take 4000 gold coins to restore the dock. I will pay for the land and workers, which will be half of my shares. You can discuss the remaining half of the shares. Anyway, you have to get together 4000. Me. Of course, as a shareholder, I will definitely get benefits from this newly built pier, such as allowing my own ships to dock first, giving priority to hiring sailors to supplement supplies, and distributing dividends according to shares at the end of the year. In short, you can discuss these trivial matters yourself!"

Stannis pretended not to care and waved his hands. In fact, his heart was about to die of nervousness. The real situation is that he is going to be poor now, so he can only use this method to try to raise funds for rebuilding. Terminal funding.Originally, I thought I would rely on my gang of murderous guys wielding swords to scare me, but I didn't expect that as soon as I finished speaking, those businessmen rushed towards me, and everyone rushed to buy shares.

Of course, these businessmen are not stupid. Although they know that this may be an excuse for the lord to extort money, they only need to pay a few hundred gold coins to continue doing business in the largest market in this area. 'A few times, it's considered a protection fee.As for the dock, it would be even better if it could be put into use as he said!

Stannis found that power is really a good thing. The merchants in front of him expressed their loyalty one after another. Everyone wanted to pay more in order to make a good impression on the lord. They didn't even need a paper contract. Finally, the shares of the port Stannis takes half, and each other businessman contributes 10% and takes 5% of the shares.

In this way, Stannis collected all the 4000 gold coins needed to build the port without paying a penny.

Bachelor Romon had never seen so much money in the treasury, and crates of gold and silver were carried into it. The Justin family hadn't been so rich for a long time.

However, before the official start of the construction of the pier, there is one more thing that the lord urgently needs to attend.

That was the completion of the largest project in the territory so far.

Standing at the end of the newly repaired road, Stannis let Robert and Korodolf draw a red ribbon again, while he happily took his sword and cut it off.

Then there were a few sparse applause from the onlookers.

Today is the day when the north-south road that runs through Qi Weini is finally open to traffic. Although it is a road, it is actually just a two-horse-width country road paved with gravel and slightly passable by people. The muddy road is simply a difference between cloud and mud.

After investing thousands of gold coins and a one-month construction period, Stannis looked at the greatest achievement in his life so far, and felt that if he died immediately, he could also leave a title in history: Stan the Roadmaker of the East Nice.

Just as he was still immersed in the great sense of accomplishment and couldn't extricate himself, a disappointing voice came from beside him.

"I said this master, have you played enough! We still have to wait to transport the goods to the market!"

Because Stannis insisted on holding a completion ceremony before the new road was opened, he also blocked the old road next to the new road as an auxiliary road. As a result, no car was able to pass since the morning, and the blocked carriages and pedestrians were enough to stretch for several miles. , and the people on the road complained and praised.

Stannis gave them a blank look, "A bunch of bumpkins really don't know the importance of rituals!"

After saying that, he stepped aside, and the first carriage slowly walked onto the new road. The iron tires pressed against the gravel made a pleasant crackling sound, and the lord who heard it was overjoyed and had goose bumps all over his body.

After today, Qiwei Ni's road transportation speed has been increased by +100%. Many business travelers who do not need to go here will also deliberately detour. Of course, they will be attracted by the market to stay and do business. Traffic is the same in this era. It is the best thing to promote yourself.

After solving the land transportation problem, Stannis turned his attention to the port, because the Combe River freezes every winter, so he hopes to repair the pier before the river freezes, and after the lake melts next spring , can be put into use directly.

The ten largest merchants in the market have already delivered the gold coins required for the construction of the port one by one after the last summons. Although it is only half of the first payment, there are enough [-] gold coins. Stannis deliberately asked people to send these gold coins I fell into the bathtub and took a good swim in the sea of ​​gold.

The construction of the port was carried out step by step, and Stannis did not foolishly put all the money in the treasury for ashes.It takes a lot of money to settle the newly moved farmers. Just three new villages have been built. They are all next to the Sancha River of the Dill family. Stannis has inspected it. Both sides of the Nile River are equally fertile, and the food grown can get a huge bonus, and the warm river banks can grow some potatoes and beets even in winter.

After putting all the army into the construction and rushing to work day and night, the three villages gradually took shape. Stannis asked Robert to use his brain to choose a name. He really hated the complicated and convoluted names of Westland.

Soon, more than 2000 people he brought back lived in the village, and at the same time, he was hurrying to store enough firewood before winter came.

Before the first snowfall in winter in the Westland, all the peasants in Qiweini had their own houses to withstand the wind and cold.

"It's so cold!" Stannis shivered as he sat in front of the fireplace wrapped in a sheet. He was used to the air-conditioned room, how could he bear the low temperature similar to the northeast of the motherland, because there were no glass or curtains on the windows of the castle. The occluded things caused the north wind to drill in without any scruples, and Stannis had woken up from his sleep more than once, which also caused his journey of memories to be interrupted.

Now Stannis couldn't stay far from the hearth and the warm fire, but even so he felt cold in his extremities.

"Can someone make a hot water bottle for me to cover my hands with? A hot water bottle is also fine!" Stannis, who was too cold to stand it, asked his subordinates for help.

But no one responded to him, because everyone had something to do now.

"Damn, it's a shame that I still pay you guys, and I can't even solve a small problem!" Stannis complained and wrapped the quilt around him even tighter.

(End of this chapter)