Chapter 16 (1/2)
Chapter 16 Future route
The fla the chill which penetrated through the doors and s Above the huge fireplace hung the skull of a deer with long horns In the glow of the fire, the shadows reflections of the horns on the back wall appeared to be huge claws and teethcompanions of skull
Opposite of Roland stood a long deep-red wooden table laden with parchnature to the execute the order Usually, Roland would only be here to handle official work, but since he had transforrown to love working here
Through the s at the end of the floor he could see the town spreading out beneath his gaze, and in the horizon were the endless mountains The dom of Graycastle and the wild lands in two The northernpass of the e
At the foot of thehe could see the wood-fenced garden, which Anna used to train In order to provide a convenient place for afternoon tea, the brick pool was already transforo down and lie underneath the sun, orchair
Although it was sarden as well In his former life, if you wanted to sit on the stone steps of a real castle, it would be almost impossible Just to look around, you had to spend money to buy a ticket But now, he not only had his own castle, but a whole town as well
“Your Highness, recently we spent a considerable amount of money from your treasury to recruit tradesmen and handymen If this continues, I’” Barov handed the parchment with the recent reports of the financial situation to Roland
Originally, Border Town had a very simple chart of inco and trade with precious stones This line of incohold The output of the North Slope Mine was directly exchanged for wheat or bread, without any taxes, and the exchange of resources was presided over by the stronghold Described in simpler tersong Stronghold nobility Those nobles stationed in the border town could be seen as the custodians of the shareholders, their fiefs were hold They came here only for a limited time, and there would be different people each year
In fact, Border Town had less than 30 years of history Cohold, it was simply a newborn baby Duke Ryan had only intended to establish an outpost here to get an early warning in case an evil beast invasion began He had never expected that the pioneers who discovered a mine rich with mineral resources in the Northern Mountain Slope would just settle there, practicallya small municipality, named Border Town
In order to prevent stealing, the Duke did not accept manpower sent by the other nobles Instead,he employed the local residents Even criminals became miners, and food was prorated based on the output of ore each home provided
The stronghold would just provide sohout the year The stronghold only paid a fixed a output Of the two thousand inhabitants of Border Town,services
Another line was the town’s other industries – the blacksmith’s shop, tavern, textile shop and so on From them, Border Town usually received a hout the year, but it was quite difficult to have overn Border Town seriously, since Roland was sent there frohold, without returning to Border Town
As a result, when Roland wanted to hire someone to repair the walls, he could only pay them from his own pocket If it was the fourth prince from before, he would have certainly never done it But the current Roland, as long as he gained a firm foothold in this Border Town, even if he had to spend all his property, it would still be worth it Anyway, after the ore trade would no longer be settled with food, the town’s income would still be no more than a drizzle
The only question was if Longsong Stronghold illing to give up their monopoly of trade with Border Town – this would be sier’s den to seize food, but the inventory data provided by Barov indicated that theefficiency was low and the transportation of ore was inefficient and inconvenient In fact, the value of the annual output of ore old royals, but for the entire stronghold that was only a drop of water in the bucket The only ones benefiting fro aristocracy
In consideration of the long-term development of Border Town, this line of income must be recovered Roland’s mind was clear on the fact that even if these people could fully recover their invester, they would still not easily let it go While mosquitoes were s that could be useful toto give the investors certain benefits and co for half the price and such However, the case of selling a full shi+p of ore for only half a shi+p of cereal, this kind of incident was not allowed to happen again