Chapter 23: Homeward (2) (2/2)

Funds - 7,550 gold

Main products - wheat, barley, oats

Military power - 4 Knights 50 Probationary Knights 10 Calvary 100 Infantry 50 Archers

Disregarding the Knights and probationary knights from the mercenaries, there were less than 200 soldiers To be honest, he could increase the size of the troops if he wanted to Soldiers were a very popular profession for commoners, so a recruitment announcement would attractsoldiers They have to be fed, trained, arh they didn’t cost as hts, soldiers still costan ar off his loan from Charlotte Merchant Company, Milton still had quite a lot of old was the most amount of money Forrest Manor had since its creation Even so, he couldn’t spend it willy nilly The first priority when increasing the number of soldiers was to create conditions that could sustain that increase

“Should I earn more money? But we have a buffer this year, so it won’t be as bad as before”

Since the early tis won’t get as bad In fact, while Milton had been operating the supply units at the Western Front, he had frequent contacts with the merchants of the prosperous Forrest City Because of this, he had gained experience in coreat investment opportunities’</e how to spend thehow Max had already reported in thehad happened

“What is it?”

“So to buy the excess food from our territory, My Lord”

“Food? Ah now that I think about it, the overall harvest wasn’t great this year”

“Yes, My Lord Due to the poor harvest, food prices have risen considerably And because you went to the battlefield, ere exempted from taxes this year, so we have quite a bit of extra food”

“Is that so? Then if we sold the extra food, we’d earn more money” Milton was ecstatic

He kneas darkest under the candlelight but to think the ability to earnto think up ways to invest the ht So then, whichthe anticipatory look on Milton’s face, Max read out from the list in his hands

“Cornell, Charlotte, Bemerick, Romania Merchant Companies, and…”

“Wait, wait a minute… Just how many merchants reached out?”

At Milton’s question, Max looked at the list

“Nineto buy the extra food, My Lord”

“Nine?”

Milton was shocked Forrest Manor was a secluded country ion of the country At most, merchants would visit once a year, but to have ninethem? Since he was born, this had never happened before

“Food prices have gone up that much?”

“Yes, My Lord Not only was it a poor harvest, but the Strabus Kingdoe quantities So the prices went up and the merchants are desperate to secure the stock”

“Strabus Kingdo food…? Ahhh I see”

Milton understood as going on Strabus Kingdoh winter in the Grey Mountains was long, the snoouldthat the Hildes Republic was in theitsthee are nudo food, then they’re preparing for a large-scale attack

countries, like this one, are skyrocketing Which is great for me’

Milton couldn’t miss this opportunity

“How much surplus food is there in our estate now?”

“800 bags of wheat, 1,100 bags of barley, and 600 bags of oats, My Lord”

“And there won’t be any issues if we didn’t have that surplus?”

“Yes, My Lord After multiple calculations, the surplus is the aency stockpile”

“Good In that case, tell theoff the surplus food”

“Yes, My Lord”

“And quietly inform the other merchants of the auction as well”

“The other ht smile

“Got to make this a competition”

Milton had decided to earn a lot of money with this opportunity