Chapter 414 Three traveling merchants, two barrels of dinars
Zong Shen stood on the cockpit without saying a word.
Because of the snow, he didn't want to touch the ground at all.
He looked at Mr. Mars with his hands on his hips and pointing at the open space.
The men on the side also nodded.
It seemed that they were very satisfied with Zong Shen's territory.
At least under the first principle of ensuring safety, it has great potential for development.
Based on the current size of the open land, it is completely possible to establish a pasture with a total of more than 1,000 livestock.
Beef cattle such as prairie cattle are ready for slaughter at about 12 to 18 months, and no later than 24 months.
Generally, bulls grow faster than cows, and cows have better meat quality.
Through crossbreeding between different breeds of beef cattle, the meat yield of the next generation can often be increased by 15% to 20%.
These are all knowledge about animal husbandry.
Although Mr. Mars has not officially started investing here.
But in my heart, I am already very optimistic about the development prospects here.
"Lord Zong, there should be no problem with this land, right?"
"If you have no objection, then I will choose this place."
Mr. Mars turned around and checked Zong Shen again.
In just a short time, they had planted flags at the four corners of the delineated area.
The place they chose was close to the current edge of the territory.
It is three to four kilometers away from the central area.
Zong Shen naturally had no objections.
Agricultural and pastoral areas must look like agricultural and pastoral areas.
Mainly for breeding.
As for most of the farmland, Zong Shen still wants to relocate it to the outside as much as possible.
Learn from Bosbon's experience and place most of the orchards and farmland outside the city.
The agricultural and pastoral areas within the city should also retain some farmland.
But it must be the kind of strengthened farmland with a beneficial effect.
For example, the [Elementary Fertile Field] in Zong Shen's hand, or other things with natural magic power that may be obtained in the future.
Several high-yielding farmlands were cultivated in agricultural and pastoral areas.
Moreover, Zong Shen also has the [Vine Box of Vitality] on hand.
Magical breeding and strengthening can be carried out through the vine box, so that seeds whose grade does not exceed the rare level will have characteristics such as high yield, accelerated growth, and resistance to diseases and pests.
Regarding the agricultural and pastoral areas, Zong Shen had already discussed it with Mariel and Howie.
Mr. Mars' request is reasonable and reasonable.
The land required is not outrageous either.
Zong Shen can completely accept it.
"Then use this land as your land to build a pasture."
"In addition, I will reserve some surrounding land for you."
"So that industrial extension and expansion can be carried out in the future."
He nodded slowly and said to Mr. Mars.
Seeing Zong Shen's cooperation, the smile on his face never disappeared.
"Master Zong is so generous!"
"Then let's go into the house and talk in detail now."
"About the annual sharecropping tax and matters about my father's generation..."
"We still have to draw up a contract."
Mars rubbed his hands, his round face flushed slightly.
This is a sign of surging blood and excitement.
Right now, he was very excited inside.
What can excite a man is not only sexy and beautiful women, but also heavy dinars.
In comparison, Zong Shen's mood was very dull.
Anyway, there has been nothing going on in the territory recently, so just let Mr. Mars do whatever he wants.
"Okay, then let's go back to the small building and talk."
"Get in the car, Master Mars."
"Let those traveling businessmen friends come with us."
"As for the big ranch and the cows you brought, your men can start building it."
Zong Shen said calmly.
Naturally, Mr. Mars would have no objection to this.
He ran back again and got on the loader mecha.
In addition, two or three middle-aged people dressed as businessmen also left the convoy.
He took the initiative to climb into the cargo hold of the loader mecha.
This kind of magic mecha is a rare thing.
These traveling merchants touched the cargo hold curiously, mentally estimating its price.
Zong Shen drove the loader mecha through the snow.
With tons of dead weight and five adults sitting on it, all the dry snow was easily crushed into thin ice, while more snow was pushed out to both sides.
The crawler structure is indeed a very practical driving mechanism.
Although it is not as fast as the general wheeled structure, it surpasses the general wheeled structure in terms of overall passability and off-road performance.
With the knowledge of vehicle design on Earth, Zong Shen felt that he could develop some interesting magic vehicles.
For example, magic excavator, magic tank, etc.
I heard that goblins and some human kingdoms already have similar things.
This kind of climbing the technological tree cannot be rushed.
It is necessary to slowly accumulate a scientific research team and foundation.
Seven or eight minutes later, Zong Shen piloted the loader mecha and led Mars and the others outside the lord's courtyard.
After stopping the loader mecha, Zong Shen walked on the snow again.
This time he walked directly along the path he took when he came out.
This made his walking posture much more normal.
A layer of broken ice as thick as a cardboard shell was left on the ground.
Fortunately, I had combat boots and rabbit fur overboots to protect me.
Apart from kneeling down and looking, I couldn't tell much difference.
I just feel that Zong Shen is a little taller than usual.
Zong Shen led them into the lord's small building.
The entire lord's building has an elegant appearance, and the floor height is higher than that of ordinary residential buildings.
Although it is the latest upgrade of the Lord system, it has an elegant and simple taste.
Even if this kind of house is placed in a city, it is still a relatively high-end mansion.
Pushing open the door of the small building, Luna had already returned with Mariel.
Two people were sitting on chairs in the living room chatting quietly.
From time to time, laughter like silver bells erupted.
When Zong Shen led Mars and the others into the lobby on the first floor.
Mariel and Luna stopped chatting like frightened deer.
When she saw Master Mars following Zong Shen.
He immediately stood up excitedly and came over to greet him.
I gave Mr. Mars a big hug.
On this occasion, the relationship between father and daughter is still very good.
As long as you don't talk about the degenerate filial piety, and I don't talk about the sexy stepmother, then it is a true father's kindness and son's filial piety.
After some pleasantries, everyone came to the long table next to the sand table in the territory.
After being seated in order of priority.
Luna and Mariel began to take out the exquisite crystal wine glasses that Zong Shen found from the mine from the kitchen.
Bottles of fine wine from the old wine cellar of Mr. Mars’ father’s generation were filled.
In order to show his magnanimity, Zong Shen specially asked Luna to serve them excellent old wine.
The quality of these aged wines is extremely high, and the rich and refreshing aroma alone is extraordinary.
"Lord Zong, let's drink to our cooperation."
Mr. Mars is very skilled in this kind of social interaction.
He took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and liven up the atmosphere.
Everyone picked up their wine glasses and clinked them lightly.
"Cheers to cooperation."
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Dark red wine liquid sloshed in the crystal glass.
Zong Shen took a sip and moistened his lips and teeth with red wine.
The same goes for Mars and others.
It was only after tasting them that they began to be surprised by the quality of these drinks.
They all looked at the wine glasses in their hands with surprised and greedy eyes.
"The quality of this drink is really high."
"Even among the delicacies enjoyed by the masters in those cities, it can be considered top-notch."
Since the three traveling businessmen were guests, they did not ask recklessly about drinks.
But Mr. Mars and Zong Shen were acquaintances, so he raised his glass and marveled.
"This is the aging wine in your old wine cellar..."
"After so many years of storage, can the quality be bad?"
Zong Shen's lips curled up, revealing a faint smile.
He could only think about this in his heart.
Regardless of whether Mr. Mars can think of this matter, he cannot take the initiative to say it.
“The quality of these drinks is really good.”
"I bought them all from Bangcheng."
Zong Shen said in a neutral tone.
After its arrival, it experienced a bleak development.
The first principle that all lords learn is probably egoism.
Mr. Mars smacked his lips with endless aftertaste and nodded while looking at the wine glass.
His mind was not on the drink at all.
Now he only has two things on his mind.
The first thing is the wealth left by our parents.
The second thing is the construction of large ranches.
When Mariel was not around, he didn't have to go to great lengths to have an affair with the young maid.
You can go play with flowers and twist grass openly.
In fact, Mars is already a good father.
At least he would take Mariel's feelings into consideration.
You must know that among the aborigines, those small nobles and businessmen with a little savings have more fun than him.
Mr. Mars put down his wine glass and stood up.
"Master Zong, let me introduce it to you."
"This is Sherwood, and his traveling merchant team has six carriages."
"Mr. Sherwood's traveling caravan often travels between Bosbon and Citano."
"Mainly selling food and meat."
He pointed to the man next to him with a mustache and introduced him formally.
The traveling businessman named Sherwood quickly stood up.
With a smile on his face, he extended his right hand to Zong Shen.
Out of courtesy, Zong Shen also stood up.
"Hello, Mr. Sherwood."
"Hello, Master Zong."
After the two shook hands, Sherwood nodded slightly and sat down.
At this time, Mars began to introduce two other traveling businessmen to him.
The strengths of these traveling merchants are similar.
Some have eight transport carriages, while some have five transport carriages.
The items and types they operate are similar, and they are basically the most basic food.
They purchase relatively low-cost food and meat from villages along the way.
Transported to Bossbonne for sale.
All kinds of pubs, restaurants, including domestic market merchants are their customers.
Then they purchase exquisite textiles, iron farm tools, and handicrafts from the city and sell them along the way.
There are many caravans of this size throughout Bosspont.
They are like the blood of the city, bringing together the basic resources of each village in the city.
By the way, it solves some of the sales problems of those handmade products.
It forms a circulation between the state city and the village.
Zong Shen simply greeted the three people.
It is dozens of kilometers away from the village of Citano.
All three of them promised that the caravan would include this place as a stopover in the future.
It's just a piece of cake for them.
When they arrived, they saw that they had already assessed the approximate population level of Zong Shen's territory.
From the number of folk houses and stone houses, they could infer that the population here was at least several hundred.
Staying here can be regarded as catching a potential stock.
Maybe we can also dump some unsold goods.
A few dozen kilometers more would be a good deal.
After Zong Shen got to know these traveling merchants briefly.
Next it was time to communicate with Mr. Mars alone.
This kind of profit distribution situation is not suitable for outsiders.
Because Zong Shen left behind all the magic items
So in the wealth left by Mars’ fathers.
Mars could get nearly 600,000 dinars alone.
This amount of money is not a small amount.
There is no guarantee whether they will be jealous.
Once this news spreads, some powerful gangsters may even take the risk and enter the village to kidnap Mr. Mars.
So Zong Shen gave Mars a hint in his eyes.
The latter suddenly realized it and took the initiative to take a tour of the territory as an excuse.
He led the three traveling merchants out of the lord's small building.
Ten minutes later, Mars came back on his own.
There were beads of sweat on his forehead, and he was very tired from such a good walk.
"Lord Zong, I have sent them all away."
"Now we can get down to business."
Mr. Mars wiped the sweat with the sweat towel in his pocket.
He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then sat down.
There was a slightly flattering and exaggerated smile on his face.
“Let’s talk about the ranch first before we split the money.”
Zong Shen always had a smile on his face and spoke concisely.
When Mr. Mars heard this, his eyes rolled around.
"First…"
"Master Zong, let's divide the money first."
"It just so happens that money is a little tight recently..."
Mr. Mars rubbed his three fingers in embarrassment.
Zong Shen looked at him with a half-smile.
He reached out and took out several large wooden barrels.
With a wave of his hand, dinars were poured into the barrel.
Countless dinars fell into the bucket like running water.
It made a crisp sound of "ding-dong-dang-dang".
Most of the dinars withdrawn from the storage compartment are in large denominations of 100.
More than 600,000 dinars, which is almost enough for two barrels.
Mr. Mars was not surprised or strange about Zong Shen's method of withdrawing money.
He had long known that Zong Shen had space magic items that could store items.
At this time, Mr. Mars was staring at the two barrels of dinars.
The tears are almost streaming down my face.
He is not a stingy person, but as a businessman.
The love for money is almost engraved in his bones.
"Master Mars, how are you going to take these two barrels of dinars back?"
Zong Shen suddenly spoke, diverting his attention away from those bright dinars.
This is indeed a problem.
Two barrels of dinars, not to mention the weight, just being exposed like this is not appropriate.
Even this time he brought many close men with him.
But with so much money ahead of him, he didn't even dare to fully trust his subordinates.