Chapter 147: Various Tickets for Transportation Business)
Only Gareth and Belmode remained silent. Gareth had seen Cruze's swordsmanship, and had to admit that the human swordsmanship was no longer inferior to the elven swordsmanship. As for the development of weapons and armor of the human race, it was no worse than the dwarves, even in
In terms of mass production, it is far ahead of the dwarves by more than a dozen streets.
As Aslan said, with the development of the past thousand years, the human race has not only firmly held the dominant position as the overlord, but the development of culture, art, swords and magic has surpassed the alien races by a lot.
Milly was silent for a while. It was obvious that Aslan's words had greatly touched her.
"Mr. Aslan! I sincerely admire your knowledge." After a long time, Milly said.
Aslan smiled slightly.
"If you can ensure your own safety, if you have the opportunity to visit human society, it may bring you great inspiration."
Milly nodded.
Gareth and Belmode also became thoughtful.
"Mr. Aslan! In order to celebrate the success of our first cooperation, I invite you to attend a banquet at the City Lord's Mansion."
After the business was over, Milly said very generously.
In this transaction, Aslan provided at least 200,000 tons of grain and tens of thousands of gold coins.
It can be said that the Windy City has been the largest trade in the past ten years. If they can become a strategic partner with Aslan, then they will not need to worry about the economic blockade of the Ottoman Kingdom at all.
In the early morning of the next day, Aslan left in a hurry with his people. Even Dorut and the others' enthusiastic efforts to stay could not stop Aslan's determination to leave.
Aslan did not intend to go to the North Wind Prairie during this trip, because his initial goal had been achieved, and what he needed now was to transport the first batch of traded grain.
As long as the number of transactions increases, you will gain the trust of the centaurs and prairie elves over time.
When the time comes, Aslan won't be suspected so quickly when he proposes to buy war horses.
Moreover, Aslan initially judged that the locust plague in the North Wind Prairie should have just begun. The centaurs and elves did not pay much attention to it. The large amount of food exchanged was just a habit of preparing food reserves for war because of the war with the Ottoman Kingdom.
Aslan walked around the Windy City again and successfully obtained information about the locust plague in the North Wind Prairie.
At present, the locust plague is mainly in the area of the Ottoman Kingdom, and has not spread to the areas ruled by the centaurs and steppe elves.
"As expected!" Aslan muttered lightly.
"Gareth! Belmod! I have a business, do you want to do it?" Aslan suddenly slowed down his horse and said.
"what business?"
Belmode said decisively.
Gareth glared at Belmode in annoyance.
"Transporting supplies, you are responsible for transporting supplies between Fengcheng and Changfeng Town."
Gareth's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately saw the business opportunities and asked quickly.
"Then how are the hiring costs calculated?"
"If you transport one ton of goods, I will give you four hundred kilograms of grain or materials of equivalent price." Aslan spoke very decisively.
Belmode did not agree immediately. In terms of arithmetic, he was really simple-minded, so he was waiting for Gareth to make a judgment.
As for Gareth monopolizing this business, Belmode is not worried.
He's not good at arithmetic, but that doesn't mean he's not good at thinking. Aslan has already called him for this kind of business, so he naturally won't let Gareth monopolize it, because only by having competitors can we ensure maximum benefits and at the same time supervise each other.
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The horses in Xinuo Continent are not only faster than those on Earth, but also more powerful. A carriage can easily pull four or five tons of cargo, and it takes half a month to travel back and forth.
"A draft horse consumes three kilograms of grain and more than twenty kilograms of fodder every day. With three grooms and guards, a carriage consumes about twenty kilograms of grain a day, which is three hundred kilograms of grain in fifteen days. As
Lord Lan, don't you think this share is too low? After all, we still have to bear the risk of being attacked by other alien races."
After making some calculations, Gareth said with a solemn expression.
Belmod immediately agreed, although he still didn't quite understand. Since Gareth said this, he just agreed.
"That's your problem. You must know that you have goods every time you go back and forth. In addition, as the scale increases, the number of guards can be reduced. Moreover, you and your two tribes are big tribes on the Changfeng Plain. I don't think anyone dares to pull out the teeth.
." Aslan said calmly.
One-fifth of a ton of grain is lost in one trip. If it were not for the fact that the roads in Changfeng Plain were difficult to travel and there were too many foreign races, Aslan would have wanted to transport it himself. Moreover, he had also estimated that this transportation business would have a huge potential.
Profits, if the scale and quantity are large enough, can definitely become a stable source of income.
"You don't have to do it. I think there will be many people in Changfeng Plain who are willing to do it." Aslan said slowly and logically.
Gareth said after a moment of silence.
"Yes, this business can only be left to our two tribes, and other tribes are absolutely not allowed to interfere."
Aslan agreed without thinking.
He wished Gareth and Belmode would do this.
Everyone in the Changfeng Plain used to be equally poor. Now that your two tribes are getting better and better, you won't let them live a good life together.
Over a long period of time, trouble will inevitably occur. Even if Merlin is extremely wise, he cannot control this situation.
As the saying goes, we don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.
Civil war is bound to break out in the Changfeng Plain for a long time, and the only thing Aslan has to do is to let things ferment as quickly as possible.
On their way back, rumors began to spread on the Changfeng Plain that the Gareth tribe and the Belmod tribe had hooked up with Lord Mero and obtained a large amount of food. In particular, they revealed the dwarf tribe's iron ore.
When the dwarves found out about this, they were very angry. Especially after receiving the compensation of 400,000 kilograms of grain from Aslan, they were not happy, but even more angry, because they didn't know how they learned about it.
Reis and Belmod each received 500,000 catties of grain.
Obviously, the two of them sold out their dwarves in exchange for their long-term interests, and also asked their dwarves to work for Lord Mero.
This matter finally reached Master Merlin. After receiving the news, he also felt that the matter had become difficult.
He had already guessed what might happen in the future.
"That young Lord Merlo actually has such a method." Merlin thought about it and was horrified, but he was powerless.
He is a recognized wise man on the Changfeng Plain, but he is not a ruler. He can mediate among them, but cannot command any of the tribes.
If there is a king on the Changfeng Plain.
In order to stabilize the people's hearts in the Changfeng Plain, the king would definitely let part of the food obtained by the two tribes be used to stabilize the people's hearts.