king.

Looking at the hanging map, Hudson shook his head helplessly.Ambitious nobles are everywhere, but there are very few capable ones.

The best positions in the two counties were occupied by the nobles of northern Xinjiang.Although the Governor's Mansion made a wave of enclaves flying all over the sky to make trouble, it still failed to change this fact.

Among the local nobles, the geographical location is slightly better, and they are still a few small nobles who inherited their ancestors.Whether the family business can be preserved is still unknown.

Don't say that it was Hudson who supported them. Even if the local nobles in the two counties supported them together, they would not be able to compete with Baron Sith.

After all, the world of nobles still depends on themselves after all, and the support of outsiders is only support, and cannot fundamentally change the gap in strength between the two sides.

Especially Baron Sith and the father of a grand duke. Although I don't know how much support they have, the [-] elite soldiers who followed southward are enough to dispel many people's minds.

Even Hudson, after falling out with Baron Sith, did not rush to take action, just worried that the Grand Duke who was thousands of miles away would intervene.

There is no way out, the disparity in status and strength between the two parties is too great, they are not at the same level at all.

It's nothing more than fueling the flames secretly, and there is a direct confrontation. What if the old guy doesn't abide by the rules and directly sends someone over to kill him?
Counting on the Dalton family to come out?
If he had accepted Earl Pierce's solicitation before, he might be able to look forward to it.Now, His Excellency the Governor did not retaliate against him, that is generous enough.

Looking back on the smooth sailing of the previous development, Hudson gradually realized that something was wrong.It is the instinct of the big nobles to suppress the rise of the small and medium nobles within their own sphere of influence.

The Mountain Territory is developing so rapidly, and everyone can see its rising trend. It is obviously unreasonable that the Dalton family did not respond in any way.

Thinking of the Sith Baron who was in the limelight, Hudson instantly understood.The smooth development of the relationship before, still delayed the great fortune of this uncle.

Although the Governor's Mansion used many small tricks, it was far from enough to squeeze out the children of the northern nobles.

If the Dalton family could take action against them, then Earl Pierce would not have intervened in the dispute between the two counties so early.You only need to watch the situation escalate, and after ten or eight nobles die, come out to clean up the mess.

As for the tense situation in the mainland before, can those old guys still see that both sides are bluffing?

If there is a turmoil, with the power of the Dalton family, the unstable factors can be eliminated before the chaos breaks out.

Instead of continuing to fuel the flames, he took the opportunity to beat the Northland nobles to death with a stick. It is estimated that the families behind the Northland noble children exerted pressure, or made deals with the Dalton family in other ways.

If it's not convenient to go out in person, and you don't want a group of noble children from the North to take root in your back garden, then you need to let the chess pieces go.

There is no doubt that all the children of the local nobles in the two counties are pawns of the Dalton family, and Hudson is no exception.

When he was in Dardir City last time, Earl Pierce did not shy away from provoking the relationship between Hudson and Baron Sith.

Thinking of this step, Hudson secretly complained.Sure enough, the more you know, the more troubles you will encounter.

If he doesn't know anything, he can fight Baron Sith, mobilize all his connections and slowly get him down.

Are Eight Hundred Elites amazing?
As long as a few more neighborhood disputes are provoked, it will soon become seven hundred, six hundred, five hundred...the victors are constantly being won, but the strength in hand is constantly weakening, until one day the advantage is exhausted.

Unless his grand duke father is willing to invest continuously, Hudson has a way to slowly bleed Baron Sith.

But now that he knows Earl Pierce's calculations, Hudson can't play like that.It is necessary to fight with Baron Sith, and it is necessary for this man to make a movement to attract the attention of the Dalton family and strive for a relaxed development environment for himself.

It is best to let the Dalton family think that the two sides are fighting evenly, and it is difficult to tell the winner for a while, or that they are at a slight disadvantage.

As long as the stalemate persists, the Dalton family will think that everything is under control and will not rush to suppress the development of the mountain territory.

"Tell the person who delivered the letter that I will bring people to attend on time."

Hudson said indifferently.

You want to attend the party, but not to cheer, but to spoil the situation in the past.

Maybe it seems a bit petty, and the means are not clever enough, but as a small nobleman who needs to live, the means don't need to be too clever.

Sometimes the means are too clever, and it is also a sin.

In the world of nobles, if the family strength is weak and the personal ability is too strong, it will often suffer a big loss.

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Maple Leaf collar, with a large number of orc slaves going south, Baron Kettley really picked up a lot of bargains.

"Monopolizing the orc slave trade" and becoming "the largest orc slave trader in the southeastern province"... Baron Kettley has achieved all these grand goals.

Then, things get awkward.It's okay for him to lead soldiers to fight, but it's embarrassing for him to do business.The group of warriors under him are obviously not suitable for business.

Although he also participated in the smuggling trade when he was in the Northland, that kind of business was dominated by the family, and he was only the executor in the middle.

The commodities between the Alpha Kingdom and the Orc Empire are all rare and in short supply in the local area, and they have been booked early, so there is no need to find a market at all.

Originally thought that as long as they monopolized the supply of orc slaves, customers would come to them by themselves.Facts have proved that he is completely overthinking.

The northern nobility and the local nobility are completely in two circles. The news that Baron Kettley has a large number of orc slaves is only passed on to their inner circle. The outside world does not even know that he has become the largest slave trader in the southeastern province.

If the news is delivered slowly, it is not unacceptable. As long as a few days pass, other nobles will still receive the news.

The crux of the problem is that he sent someone to notify some nobles nearby, clearly telling them that he has a large number of orc slaves in his hands, but they replied him with three words - "Got it"!
"This gang of damn southern border nobles, for the sake of their pitiful face, they don't even care about their own interests!
Knowing that the labor force in their own territory is insufficient, they don't know how to buy some slaves to supplement.Just wait, there will be times when they will regret it..."

Silently greeting all the local noble families, Baron Kettley found helplessly that the problem still needed to be resolved.

Slaves are not other commodities, and they can be sold for a long time. These guys have to eat.With tens of thousands more mouths, just eating and drinking every day is a lot of money.

What's more, in order to monopolize the slave trade, Baron Kettley has put down all his net worth, and has owed a large amount of foreign debts by relying on the guarantee provided by his family.

Now there are only funds left to maintain the operation of the territory. If these slaves cannot be sold in time, the territory will be declared bankrupt next month.

"How about it, Uncle Holman? Was anyone willing to make an offer?"

Baron Kettley asked expectantly.

In order to find a guy to take the lead in purchasing, he had to send the most trusted Holman knight around him.After all, the threshold for aristocratic gentlemen is very high. It is not the nobles who come to visit, and it is estimated that they will not even see them in person.

"Kately, prepare for the worst!
When everyone heard that there were cheap slaves for sale, everyone was still very excited, but when they learned that we were selling orc slaves, all of them changed their faces.

Even the orc slaves we gifted were returned by them.The reason is: it is possible to frighten the residents of the territory, and they need to be responsible to all the people of the territory.

Of course, it's not completely neglected.Several nobles are interested in fox girl, cat girl, rabbit girl, leopard girl...If the price is cheap, they said they can take over.

Another noble said that his family has connections in the Colosseum. If we have orcs from the five royal families for sale, he can help to contact them. "

After hearing Knight Holman's explanation, Baron Kettley almost vomited blood.No one wants free slaves, how annoying this orc is.

He only has deep feelings for fox girls, cat girls, rabbit girls, leopard girls... Is he the kind of extravagant and lustful nobleman who has no conscience?
Although there were indeed some beauties of other races among the acquired slaves, they were used to build relationships and expand contacts, not to be sold alone.

If it was sold separately, no matter how high the price was, a beauty from a foreign race would only cost a hundred and eighty gold coins at most.

Unless the beauty of the alien race is an aristocrat among the orcs, or a member of the five royal families, it is possible to sell at a higher price.

But the question is, are orc nobles so easy to catch?Even if the slave hunting team's interests are swayed, they must first guarantee their lives before returning.

Contacting the Colosseum is even more nonsense, arresting the orcs of the five royal families as slaves, I really think that the bureaucrats of the orc empire are all dead!
In normal times, when everyone engaged in smuggling or captured a few slaves, there was no big commotion because they had paid protection fees in advance.

As long as you keep your eyes open and don't provoke the big shots of the orc empire, if you happen to meet the orc army, there is a [-]% to [-]% chance of getting out of the way.

If someone in the slave hunting team acted recklessly, offended people who shouldn't be provoked, or did something they shouldn't do, which would trigger a backlash from the orcs, and the slave hunting team that went deep into the orc empire at the same time would suffer heavy losses.

This is not the most serious, even more serious can even set off a military conflict on the border.

"Why, that Baron Hudson is not interested either? His mines require a lot of labor, and these stupid orc slaves are the best consumables."

Baron Kettley asked struggling.

The worst plan is to select beautiful women from all the slaves and sell them to the nobles, and then sell the races with stronger force value to the Colosseum.

From the remaining slaves, select slaves who are easy to manage and good at farming, and keep them for their own territory.

For the remaining garbage slaves, they can only ask for help, and ask the nobles who have made good friends to help digest some for the sake of past friendship.

If you really can't deal with it, then sell it with tears.If it is dealt with at a low price to an unscrupulous mine owner, every penny of the return is worth one penny.

The price of slaves purchased in bulk by Lord Kettley was very low.Theoretically speaking, as long as the operation is done properly, there is a high probability that the cost can still be recovered.

If you succeed, you will earn blood, and if you fail, you will save your capital.Even if there is a loss, it will not be too serious. Such a transaction is naturally worth betting everything.

It's a pity that the plan is beautiful, but the reality is indeed skinny.For a monopoly business to make money, there must be a prerequisite - rigid demand.

Orc slaves are obviously not just-needed products.Even if some aristocrats are interested in beauties from other races, but that is optional consumption, and no one is interested in paying high prices to take over.

Colosseum, there are only three or five in the entire southeastern province.Even if they are willing to open up the acquisition, it is estimated that they will eat a few hundred people at most.

This has to be related before it can be sold.After all, they have fixed partners, and they will not change easily.

The most valuable slaves cannot be sold at a high price, and it is impossible to earn money through monopoly blood.Even the difficulty of repayment has increased several times in an instant.On the contrary, the probability of losing money began to rise sharply.

"I haven't seen Baron Hudson in person. However, according to his steward, their orders have dropped sharply recently, and they will gradually reduce production after the beginning of spring.

News should be reliable.Mountain collar has received a lot of big orders this year, and the total number of products sold in just half a year exceeds [-] gold coins.

Now that the situation has stabilized, the junk weapons they produce are worthless except cheap, and they will definitely not be sold in the future.

Just selling farm tools and daily necessities, next year's orders will definitely not compare with this year's.If the Baron of Hudson continues to insist on not selling iron, the reduction of mine production is inevitable. "

Knight Holman replied helplessly.

It wasn't that he was a salesman who didn't work hard, it was precisely because he worked so hard that he even inquired about the production situation of the mountain collar.

There is nothing wrong with knowing yourself and the enemy.It's a pity that he only contacted a housekeeper who was borrowed from abroad, not the real decision-maker in the mountainous territory, and the news he inquired about was naturally only on the surface.

The wrong news directly led Holman Knight to make a misjudgment, thinking that Master Hudson, who had reduced production in the mine, had a sharp drop in demand for labor.

Although the mountainous territory is constantly opening up wasteland, the outside world still does not believe that this situation can continue forever.

Most people believe that Hudson spent all his money on land reclamation just to achieve food self-sufficiency in the territory and reduce the financial expenditure of the territory.

Based on the current population of the mountain territory, the land reclamation operation should be over after a year or two.To continue to invest, even if Hudson is willing, his wallet must be able to bear it.

Serfs who work and serfs who don't work have completely different levels of consumption.Especially for heavy physical work like land reclamation, the body can't sustain it without the supply of nutrition.

The output of the newly opened land is low, and in the past few years it was mainly land cultivation, and the land income must not be counted on in the short term.

Now Hudson can toss his life, that's because he made a lot of money selling weapons this year.But this kind of profiteering business is rare, and the mine's income cannot continue to be so high.

After pondering for a long time, Baron Kettley said slowly after experiencing a fierce ideological struggle: "For the time being, beauties from different races should not be sold, these are cash cows, and it is not worthwhile to sell them all at once.

Arrange for a businessman to open a brothel in his name.The location is placed in the territory, attracting those nobles to come to seek pleasure.

Originally, I wanted to arrange restaurants, casinos, and arenas, but now that the territory is not financially rich, I can only postpone it first.

The remaining slaves can be sold now as much as possible, and the funds should be returned as much as possible.

I'm going to visit Baron Hudson myself. Although orc slaves are not very useful, they can also be used as coolies.

Mountainous areas are not all plains, so much land has been reclaimed, can't they all rely on the sky for food?

It is estimated that our neighbors have already started planning water conservancy projects, which is a bigger project than land reclamation.There are not enough lives to fill it in, I am afraid it will not be completed.

Work hasn't started yet, so I guess he's not yet mentally prepared to take his life to fill it.Although serfs were worthless, excessive wear and tear would damage the reputation of nobles.

From what I understand, that profiteer is a fame-seeking master, and he will never let himself bear the notoriety of cruelty and tyranny.

Under normal circumstances, he will probably construct part of the project every year to extend the construction period and reduce casualties.

But now there are slaves that are cheap and can be tossed at will, and this guy will not refuse.

If it goes well, we still have a chance to keep the principal this time.Even if it is a real loss, it will not lose too much.

Although our neighbor is a profiteer, he has to admit that he still has a bottom line in his work.I have done so many businesses, and I have never pushed people to a dead end.

Before the autumn plowing, he sold a lot of farm tools on credit.Although the price is a bit high, it still solves the urgent needs of many people.

It is estimated that except for me, the unlucky guy, who was tricked more miserably, most of the people who have traded with him are still thinking about him secretly. "

It can be seen that Baron Kettley is very unwilling.But there is no way, the nobles in the southeastern province really have no love for orc slaves.

What is the specific reason? There is a high probability that he was not forced to a corner.As local snakes, it is far easier to obtain serfs than outsiders like them.

Why buy uncertain orc slaves when there are better Terran serfs available?

Among other things, the language barrier is a big problem.Unless Baron Kettley sells slaves, he also equips them with translators.

This is obviously impossible. There are many races of orcs. Apart from those weird shamans, who would dare to speak the languages ​​of all the orcs?

It can't solve the pain points of users, so Baron Kettley is doomed to fail from the very beginning of this business.

The most unacceptable thing for him is to toss a lot of hard work, obviously in the process of capitalizing on the enemy, and in the end he has to expect the competitor to have integrity in order to keep the principal.

After speaking, the resolute Baron Kettley straddled out directly.He couldn't continue to procrastinate. Every extra day of delay would consume tens of thousands of pounds of food. He really couldn't stand it.