Wolf King

So far, about 11 catties of wool have been processed in the tribe... This output is mainly limited by the outdated production tools and the pitifully few woolen mill workers. The wool produced was still not processed, and by the time Xiao Yun set off, there were still more than half of the semi-finished wool in the warehouse that hadn't been spun.

No matter how you look at it, this is a bit of a miserable amount, but it is enough to serve as a market pathfinder... Carlisle estimated that these woolen yarns can be used to weave at least [-] sets of warm sweaters to solve the problem of keeping the residents of the royal city warm. Look at Xiao Yun The look in his eyes was suddenly more affectionate than that of the Huoyan patriarch back then - he didn't even say that he disliked the small amount or anything.

After talking about the labor achievements of woolen textiles, the next thing is the favorite of the poor: pickles.

Xiao Yun thinks there should be a market for the pickles that the forest elves look down upon in the human kingdom, because they are cheap and can reduce the consumption of salt to a certain extent—even though Saint Bridge is a coastal country, there is no salt. Cheap, less than half of the salt in the salt market comes from the Lamia business group, and most of it comes from various noble families. The cheapest green salt mixed with gravel costs ten copper coins per catty.

It stands to reason that the royal family of St. Bridge should suppress the price of salt in the country. After all, this thing is a commodity for people's livelihood and should not be used for profit. However... Even if Prince Carlisle, who is sitting in front of Xiao Yun, has received targeted guidance from Xiao Yun, This member of the royal family is still not aware of the importance of people's livelihood. When Xiao Yun clearly stated that cheap pickles can supplement the salt needs of common people, this guy was stunned for a long time before he realized it...

The developed countries in the white world on earth would not have thought of paying attention to the bottom if the Soviets hadn’t been here. They were scared by Maozi and didn’t say they treated the people sincerely. The policy of fooling the people has been playing for decades, so it’s hard for Xiao Yun to say that Prince Carlisle can’t do it... After all, there is a gap between dimensions and generations, so the requirements should not be too high. It is okay to implement "benefiting the people" as a driving force to earn popular support with a utilitarian purpose. It is also a kind of progress anyway. .

"I'll charge you a copper coin per catty for processing this batch of pickles. You should first see the reaction in the market. If the public accepts it, then you can arrange people in the country to do this... This is the method of making pickles. I'll leave it all to you. The climate in St. Bridge is much better than that on the grassland. You can grow at least five crops of vegetables a year, and the cost will be lower than ours on the grassland. Even if you sell it to the public for a copper coin a catty You will lose. If you can replace half of your salt consumption with pickles, the people who rely on pickles to supplement their salt will be your loyal supporters.”

Xiao Yun directly gave Carlisle the method of making pickles and the method of increasing the yield of green vegetables summarized by the Snow Wolf Clan. Since he made a fortune from the wool trading, he didn’t plan to make a profit from the pickles... After all, green vegetables are too common The vegetables and pickles are not high-end products, so it is better to make them completely cheap. On the one hand, it can help his disciples and secretly poach the corner of the Lamia Merchant Group. On the other hand, Xiao Yun also I'm very annoyed by those aristocrats who make a lot of money with livelihood necessities.

Prince Carlisle was really moved this time, his lips twitched for a long time and couldn't utter a word--Mr. Ayun pointed out that St. Bridge's livelihood was not enough, and immediately taught him this way to solve the problem of salt price in a roundabout way. He really didn't know how to thank Mr. Ayun for a method that would cause a major domestic conflict.

In a word... Both Xiao Yun and Carlisle knew that the royal family of St. Bridge would not have the confidence to make things difficult for all the nobles in the country!

reform?Zhang Juzheng is as powerful as Zhang Juzheng in Chinese history. He was so wise and close to a monster. He never escaped death, political resignation, liquidation after death, and even covered the Manchu with black mud...Anyway, Xiao Yun is not optimistic about the situation surrounded by powerful enemies Now that Carlisle can carry out drastic reforms in St. Bridge, Xiao Yun thinks that he can burn paper money for Carlisle in a few years if he insists on doing so...

Even if Carlisle is a prince, if he stands up and advocates lowering the price of salt, the nobles who rely on salt to make money will definitely attack him. Carlisle dare not take this risk at all, and Xiao Yun will not mind watching the excitement across the sea Let him take the big risk; bypass the salt problem, and use pickles that are not expensive and can be sold at the lowest price to solve part of the salt demand, which will be much more relaxed, and the conflict will not explode too much. There is also a cost. Don't go too far with the royal family. The nobles can hold their noses and bear it.

After talking about the pickles that are purely free, the next step is canned fruit, vinegar, and pickled vegetables that are added to vinegar to make money.

A long-term and stable business is a real good business, and if you earn a ticket, you can finish this kind of thing. Smart people can’t do it. In terms of non-immediate needs of the people’s livelihood, Xiao Yun specified that it is not necessary to use the “special supply” for the fleet during the shipping period. Consumed fruit cans cost five copper coins a can, and the prices of vinegar and sauerkraut are compared with those sold to the forest elves. As a teacher, Xiao Yun won't open his mouth to his disciple Lion, so he can take advantage of it, but we can't take advantage...

Naturally, Prince Carlisle would not bargain with Xiao Yun. In terms of the demand for vinegar, he would also like Mr. Ayun to raise the price a little bit and increase the supply. The summer in St. Bridge is hot, and the sour vinegar is very appetizing. , there must be a market in the country.

It's a pity that there are not many stocks in stock, Xiao Yun can't deal with this matter...

Deals are negotiated, and education follows.

Calling the aborigines casually, others can complete it as beautifully as NPC, Xiao Yun does not expect this at all... If he hadn't been forgiving, those snow werewolves would have pissed him off countless times.So given the method, we also need to give the idea of ​​implementing the method.

Xiao Yun, who used to be a building material dealer, knows the truth that the more goods change hands, the higher the "cost" and the less cost-effective it is in the hands of consumers (so physical stores are no better than e-commerce), so he carefully put together the idea of ​​building his own sales channels. The truth was broken, and I told Prince Carlisle in detail—a poor manufacturer like him couldn’t extend the channel to the end of sales, but Prince Carlisle, who is rich and has people, has sufficient conditions in this regard, the most important thing Yes, Prince Carlisle can take this opportunity to cultivate a lot of human resources that can be used by him, which will be of great benefit to him in actually controlling St. Bridge.

Not to mention that Carlisle's expression became serious the more he listened, and Darren and Tim, who were listening, also held their breath...

"... To make the plan come true, you need people who will assist you in the actual implementation of the plan. You have experienced this year's experience in the selection of personnel in this area, and you should have a clear understanding. I can teach you, as long as It may be to advise you to settle accounts carefully before employing people, and to calculate clearly the accounts between you and your vassals."

"If you give money to someone who already has resources, the other party may not necessarily accept your favor, and his gratitude will be limited; and the kind of person who is more embarrassed or even unable to survive, if you give him a bite, he will remember you. Thanks to your kindness, you not only feed him, you also give him a stable job, so that he has the opportunity to support himself and his family, then unless someone else offers him a higher price, he will not easily betray you."

"Anyone will consider the price and whether it is cost-effective when doing things. It doesn't matter if you have kindness to you or you have kindness to him. It's not a person who eats his last meal with bare feet and never leaves his next meal. The more savvy you will be in calculating the cost and benefits of betrayal, because who is full of food and still has food in hand, who would be willing to gamble with his life before eating all the food? On the other hand, If the people who follow you have to think about where to find their next meal, then it is completely normal for them to betray you."

Carlisle couldn't help nodding. A year ago, he might not be able to listen to such words, but now he can understand what Teacher Ayun means: he has dealt with those kingdom knights with the lowest titles and a small village with only a few dozen families as their territory. Later, he also heard rural rumors that some servants killed their masters due to excessive hunger. This opened the eyes of His Royal Highness, who never knew that there were servants of nobles in the countryside who were so embarrassed that they were on the verge of starving to death... Before the proposition, the so-called loyalty and morality must give way.

"So I suggest, Carlisle, you should try your best to arrange a way out for the people you think are available. If others follow you to see if they have a stutter and can see a future, then no matter whether he agrees with your ideas or not, at least In the short term he has no other choice."

"If you settle other people's accounts, you have to settle your own. A person who doesn't agree with your ideas, or someone who you dislike or despise in a certain way, just follow you because of stuttering, So can you dislike him or even not want him? Of course it is not necessary - you use this person because you need this person to do things for you, as long as this person is doing things for you in action, do you care about him or not? Do you agree or not? Do you care what his status is and whether his thoughts conform to your ideas?"

"A person who intends to do bad things is still a good person before he has the opportunity to do bad things. In the same way, a person who you look down on, and you think he has more than enough achievements and failures, before he does bad things, he will always follow you. If you do things according to your orders and make no mistakes, you can’t think that such a person is not qualified to follow you.”

"We prairie people shepherd sheep, the leader of the flock, where the leading sheep go, in the final analysis depends on which way the shepherd drives the flock. The shepherd yells at the leading sheep to jump off the cliff, or when the leading sheep walks on the edge of the cliff If the shepherd doesn’t drive the sheep out of the danger zone quickly, can we say that the flock’s accident is the fault of the leader? If the shepherd knows that there is a dangerous cliff near the shepherd, then he goes to the edge of the cliff in advance. The next row of fences, or the flocks are not allowed to pass by, so the danger still exists?"

The more Tim listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. He couldn't help but sneak a look at the faces of Darren and Carlisle, only to find that they were just listening carefully, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Did I misunderstand Teacher Ayun's words?" This thought flashed in Tim's mind, and the hands on his knees subconsciously clenched into fists, and then slowly released them.

Xiao Yun noticed Tim's gaze, smiled at him lightly, and continued to use the example of the incident on the prairie; Tim noticed his hint, and held the hand he had just loosened again, looking at Xiao Yun with bright eyes .

"Although he didn't accept me as a student, Teacher Ayun thought about me!" Tim suppressed the excitement in his chest, and beads of sweat oozed from the tip of his nose due to excessive excitement.

Hmm... Tim didn't misunderstand too deeply, Xiao Yun really meant to build a ladder for Tim and Darren.

First of all, it is impossible for Xiao Yun to talk about class and people's war to a prince who himself symbolizes feudal power. This is no different from talking about private oligarchy destroying national interests in front of Trump...

He also can't simply talk about "reducing talents regardless of style", because if Carlisle is brought to the road of Xiongxiong, then he will make a big crime... Xiao Yun himself is from the bottom, so he doesn't know the problems of the bottom, kind Being tied to poverty is just a fairy tale. Although it is not in line with political correctness to make troublesome people out of poor mountains and rivers, it is true; the ass must sit in the right place, but it cannot ignore the actual situation. It is no less destructive than the current batch of nobles, and it might be even more destructive.

So he can only go round and round to instruct His Royal Highness to know how to employ people, dare to employ people, and at the same time to impose restrictions; Make sure Carlyle understands this.

After all, it is not easy to be a prince's teacher. If you think that Carlisle is licking you well now and doesn't pay attention to the way you get along, don't respect Carlisle's self-esteem as a prince, and don't consider other people's acceptance, then wait for the future Flip and liquidate.

I specially asked Tim and Darren to listen in... It's obvious to sell: the person who persuaded your prince to jump out of the aristocratic framework to employ people is his teacher~!

I am also the one who persuades your prince to value the interests of those who follow him~!

It's a foolish way to just do it without talking about it, and to do a good thing without selling it well, what can Xiao Yun do with such a stupid thing!

Tim realized that Darren hadn't caught up with his train of thought, but Xiao Yun believed that with Darren's intelligence, he could understand his deep meaning, and then he would have one more pair of licking dogs... cough cough cough cough!

It's not that he doesn't trust Carlisle and secretly influences people around him, but that he should think more deeply about this kind of power holder who holds power without restriction; Don't forget who dug Zhang Juzheng's grave!

Uh... Although Xiao Yun doesn't think that Carlisle can reach out to the grassland or live longer than himself, after all, if the Snow Werewolf doesn't waste his body, he will be as strong as anyone at the age of six or seventy...

When one of the masters and apprentices was full of reverence and the other was secretly cautious, another pair of masters and apprentices was sitting opposite each other in the city of Anas in the forest, meeting and having a deep talk.

"So, the two chiefs of this Snow Wolf tribe are different?"

In the gazebo surrounded by flowers, on the square coffee table made of logs with bark, there are several plates of green leafy vegetables mixed with vinegar, soy sauce, a little chili powder, and pepper powder. Elder Gwendolyn tried a few mouthfuls of snow The hot and sour sauerkraut produced by the wolf clan, put down the silver fork, and looked up at the disciple sitting opposite.

"Yes, teacher, I only met one of the patriarchs. How does this patriarch make me feel..." Evelyn thought for a while before saying, "This patriarch of the Snow Wolf Clan named 'Grassroots', after a short meeting So I entrusted a cub to be in charge of the tribal transaction. Her relaxation made me feel... It's not so much that she trusts the cub Ayun, but that she is in control of everything. She seems to have guessed what will happen to us. Response, don't think this deal requires her to come forward."

Hmm... a very subtle misunderstanding.

"Where's the other patriarch?" Elder Gwendolyn asked.

Evelyn shook her head: "The other leader of the Huoyan clan never showed up. I also asked about it, but the cub Ayun said that the leader of the Huoyan clan was carrying out a very important task for the Snow Wolf clan and could not get out. Receive guests."

"It's so..." Elder Gwendoline frowned, and tapped her fingers on the log coffee table, "These two patriarchs think that the transaction with our forest elves is not as important as the affairs they are doing? This tribe of the Snow Wolf Clan, Did you really find the inheritance?"

"Teacher, is the inheritance of the Snow Wolf clan great?" Evelyn asked curiously.

Gwendolyn nodded, then shook her head again: "When the last Beast Emperor was alive, the Snow Wolf Clan was indeed the strongest ground corps in Bloomfield, but that's all... The structure of the Far East is complicated. The clan is involved too much, and the previous Beast Emperor died, at least no one in the Far East will rest assured that the Snow Wolf Clan will continue to be strong."

Regardless of whether the Snow Wolf Clan took on the post-break mission when they retreated, all the tribes in the Far East would not let go of this opportunity to weaken the Snow Wolf Clan.

Evelyn was a little surprised: "Is that so? Then why did the Tiger Clan become separated from the Snow Wolf Clan after the remnants of the old royal family moved into the cursed land?"

"That's because the Tiger Clan at that time couldn't protect themselves, and they didn't have the energy to take care of the Snow Wolf Clan who suffered heavy losses and had only a few thousand cubs left. When the Tiger Clan recovered, the Snow Wolf Clan no longer needed the protection of the Tiger Clan. Elder Gwendolyn sneered, "After all, after the death of the previous Beast Emperor, the Tiger Clan also lost their ambition to be strong, and even their once close allies became suspicious."

"Hmm...if that's the case, without the intervention of the Tiger Clan, it seems that we don't need to pay too much attention to the deal with the Snow Wolf Clan, is that right, Teacher?" Evelyn said.

Gwendolyn nodded, and said again: "Just to confirm...Evelyn, you arrange for someone to go to the King's Court of the Tiger Clan."

Evelyn's expression changed, and she hurriedly said: "If there are porcelains produced by the Snow Wolf clan in the market of the King of the Tiger Clan, it means that the Huoyan Tribe has lied. Maybe it's trying to hide it, just to stabilize us?"

"No, you're thinking in the wrong direction." Elder Gwendoline couldn't help smiling, "Even the patriarch of the Huoyan tribe has to take care of the affairs, which shows that they are short of manpower and have not united with other snow wolf tribes. They are still a loose snow wolf." The Huoyan tribe is eager to cooperate with the Tiger tribe? With the wisdom shown by the two chiefs of the Huoyan tribe, this is not realistic."

"This... Teacher, what do you need to confirm?" Evelyn was confused.

"Of course it is to confirm whether the childish ambitions of the Tiger Clan have changed." Gwendolyn said with some disdain, "Everyone knows that the Tiger Clan wants to return to the Far East. Whether we or the northerners have different opinions on this. It's consistent...it doesn't matter whether the Tiger Clan stays or leaves, as long as it doesn't affect the cursed land. But if the Tiger Clan wants to cause a bloodbath before leaving, it's not in line with our point of view."

Gwendolyn looked at her disciples kindly, and taught softly: "Since the two patriarchs of the Huoyan tribe can see through the signs of turmoil in the cursed land and show us their goodwill in advance, then although we don't need to promise anything to them, we are also willing to accept it." We cannot sit back and watch the situation worsen.”

"Huh... ah!" Evelyn turned around and said in amazement, "I see—is it because of this reason?"

"The military generals in the Far East have frequently appeared in the cursed land since two years ago. In this matter, the queen in the north passed through the snow before the snow melted. Although I don't know where the Huoyan tribe got the news from, But since they worked so hard to save themselves, it is always commendable." Elder Gwendolyn was very satisfied with the intelligence of the disciples, and nodded with a smile.

"I understand, teacher, thank you for your guidance... The purpose of trading is often outside of trading, and I understand what you mean." Evelyn said excitedly.

Watching his beloved disciple run out of the courtyard with his skirt in his hands, Elder Gwendolyn smiled and shook his head: "This little guy...is still so unsteady."

After enjoying afternoon tea comfortably in the courtyard of her home, Elder Gwendolyn got up and walked back to the study.After thinking about his attitude towards the Snow Wolf Clan with his hands behind his back, Elder Gwendoline walked to the bookshelf, manipulated the wind element to take out a pair of scrolls, and spread them out lightly.

The forest elves have also recorded the inheritance of the snow wolf clan, but it is not comprehensive, only the part that has been publicly circulated. In the snow wolf clan information collected by the forest elves, the legend of the strongest army on the ground is always related to a pair of snow wolf clan heroes. They are closely related; the scroll in Gwendoline's hand, the first painting that appeared after unfolding it, is the statue painting of the heroic companions of the Snow Wolf Clan - a huge silver-white war wolf with a majestic snow wolf on its back. The wolf warriors are heroic and arrogant.

After appreciating it for a while, Gwendolyn closed the scroll and sighed softly: "If you can't even protect your own race, so what if you step into the power of a demigod. Heroes...are just heroes."

The wind element picked up the scroll and put it back in place.Gwendolyn walked to the desk, her eyes downcast, to the faded, 500-year-old cut-out page from the bard's travels to the Continent pressed under the crystal top.

On the pages is the image left by a human man, the Necromancer Melville J. Bancroft.

Fingers caressed the thin face of the human man in the black and white image, and Gwendolyn sighed softly again.

"The only human being who successfully transformed himself into a lich, the demigod of the human race, has affected the entire southern continent of Bloomfield, and made all the human race royal families promulgate the human race heroes who must not affect the cultivation of the land and must provide food and grass. It’s nothing more than a notoriety that even the name is not allowed to be mentioned.”

Withdrew her hands and put her back on her back, Gwendolyn, the elder of Ananas, looked up at the sky outside the window with calm and indifferent eyes.

"History has proved countless times that 'heroes' can't protect anything, but the moment of glory when they become heroes always attracts countless powerful people to follow them." In the fog of revival, what about the Snow Wolf Clan..."

Elder Gwendolyn does not believe that one or two heroes can lead the tribe out of the downturn. The Huoyan tribe, a snow wolf tribe that shows transaction value, makes her a little undecided; the elves value long-term development Races, their concept of time is different from other races. When other races are complacent about winning ten or twenty years of peace, their sights have already turned to the downstream time.

So... Elder Gwendoline is hesitating whether it is necessary for her to contact the two chiefs of the Huoyan Tribe in person. After all, Elder Gwendoline does not want to see things like "investment" being in vain.