Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 349 Returning Merchant Ship
After Rhodes arrived at the pier, he saw Baron holding a white cat.

No matter how you look at it, Rhodes feels that this scene is very strange. A strong man is holding a cat outside...

"Your business is quicker than robbery. You may not make as much money as you have from robbing a few caravans." Baron sighed.

I am also robbing, but I robbed the money of those nobles, and I still made them willingly hand over the money.

The shipload of gold coins was the money earned from selling spirits, paper, and cloth. The most valuable porcelain was sold at auction, and it would take weeks to get the money.

Excluding the initial investment in building workshops and docks and some other expenses, at least you can still earn a lot.

When the next batch of goods is produced, except for the salaries of the personnel, it is basically a pure profit, but Rhodes will use the money to build the territory.

"This ship of goods will take about a month to produce, and robbery is a matter of luck. If the plan is well planned and goes well, hundreds of thousands of gold coins can be robbed in one night." Rhodes replied looking at the big ship in front of him.

Baron's eyes lit up and he suddenly thought of something, "In the future, when you build more workshops, you might be able to make so much money in one day."

"I want to do the same, but there is a shortage of people. It is impossible to let everyone in the territory come to work as workers. The land always needs someone to plant it. If you don't plant the land, in case other lords don't sell me food, or If the partners want to cheat me, then I have nothing to do." Rhodes shook his head.

"If they don't sell it to you, you go and rob them. This place is very close to both the Roman Empire and the Fish Kingdom. How good it is to rob the lords of other countries." Baron said.

"You also know that it is very close to the Roman Empire or the Refish Kingdom. If there is a war, it is very likely that my territory will become the main battlefield. Let's stay peaceful for a while longer." Rhodes replied.

The money he can earn for one more year in peacetime is one year's money. Sooner or later, war will break out again. At that time, he will need to use the money earned in these years to form an army. Rhodes still thinks that one day he can Unify the continent.

"Let's get on the boat and have a look." Rhodes walked towards the boat after finishing speaking.

There are soldiers guarding between the ship and the pier. Before the ship departed, Rhodes arranged for Rudolph to take the soldiers over immediately after the ship returned to avoid any situation.

The soldiers stationed near the ship saw Rhodes and saluted him one after another.

Rhodes nodded in response.

Finally, I feel a little like a lord.

As soon as Rhode boarded the ship, he met the head of the merchant ship, Heyman, who was arranging the work on the ship.

"What happened this time?" Rhodes asked.

"Everything is going well, my lord. Prince Joyce has helped us arrange all the relations, and we have not suffered any trouble." Heyman replied respectfully. According to the previous agreement with Rhodes, besides a fixed salary, he Plus, he gets a dividend on every business he does.

This business also made Heyman a lot of money. In order to get the opportunity to be in charge of this kind of business next time, he respected Rhodes a lot today.

The reason why Rhodes distributed part of the money earned from the trade to caravan leaders like Heyman was to let them not only regard the business they were in charge of as Rhodes', but also as their own.

In this way, they will be as conscientious and responsible as possible. If they can only get the same money no matter how hard they bargain and try to make connections, they will definitely not be so serious and responsible for their work before long.

Rhodes nodded, "Have you calculated the money you earned this time?"

"Not yet, according to your instructions, in addition to selling our own products this time, we also bought a lot of seeds from the Fish Kingdom. Few people on board except me can do mathematics, so after returning from these jobs It's just started. When I came back, I only counted the total expenses of the entire ship." Heyman shook his head.

Many economical crops are only available in Fish Kingdom and Roman Empire, such as sugar cane and tobacco. Rhodes does not plan to grow tobacco, he plans to grow sugar cane.

Extracting sugar from sugarcane is another lucrative business. In the afternoon, let's see if Bachelor Eli, who is good at natural magic, can help transform the sugarcane so that it is more suitable for the climate of the territory.

"Take me to see." Rhodes said to Heyman.

"Come with me, my lord." Heyman led Rhodes and Baron towards the interior of the cabin.

He stopped in front of a cabin.

Rhodes stood outside the cabin door and could see that it was full of golden gold coins.

"Did they all pay with gold coins?" Rhodes asked.

"Yes, you also know that gems are more valuable than gold coins, so nobles like to hoard gems." Heyman replied.

Gold is the hard currency on the earth. During the chaotic war, gems and antiques are worthless. Only gold can be used as currency, and people only recognize gold.

And the gems in this world can carry magic power, and the magic cast by a powerful mage coupled with some precious gems is enough to change the outcome of a battle.

Therefore, gems are used as a strategic material, and usually only when nobles have no gold coins available, they will use gems as gold coins to pay.

Rhodes, the champion of the competition, got gems instead of gold. This was because there were several gem mines in Duke Owen's territory, and their family was short of gold coins, but not gems.

"You are still responsible for counting the gold coins, just tell me the result at the end, and if anyone plays some tricks in it, you can also help me keep an eye on it.

Don't alarm them yet, just tell me at the end, and you don't have to worry about offending anyone, they won't have the chance to retaliate against you. Rhodes patted Heyman on the shoulder.

"I understand, my lord." Heyman smiled and nodded.

Although Rhodes can use the space ring to take away all the gold coins directly, and then find a few people who are completely trustworthy to find out the amount in front of him, but Rhodes wonders if any of the officials in the territory can't control themselves The "smart man" of desire.

After saying this, Rhodes left the merchant ship, and Baron was still holding the white cat, watching them work with great interest.

The method of weighing to get the exact number of gold coins will definitely have a large error. Each gold coin has different degrees of wear and tear. Some people will scrape off a little gold when they get a gold coin. The gold coins may be heavier than the three circulating on the market.

Rhodes plans to introduce paper money in the territory to gradually replace the gold coins in the territory after a period of time, so that he can also regulate prices to maintain the stability of the territory. Only he can make paper and printing, and no one can make counterfeit money.

However, there are still many problems to be solved slowly.

Thinking of this, Rhodes rode on his horse and ran towards the castle.

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