But the management of the wealth left by Grudin was once quite chaotic. On the one hand, Brando gave Antitina, who has basically become his deputy, the absolute right to dispose of the wealth, but later promised Roman
This wealth can be used to complete the re-planning of business and local construction in the Tonigel area.
Even later, Charles, the three grand leaders, and the master craftsman Beru all had limited rights to use it to a certain extent, and when they used some of the resources they needed, they did not need to go through the hands of others.
Brando's initial arrangement was purely for temporary convenience. Although he served as the leader of the group for a period of time in the past games, this was done with the help of the game system. The game would systematically record the union warehouse.
Deposits and withdrawals - and even assists in formulating some simple budgets.
But he didn't have this help here. In fact, when things came to a head, he realized that he didn't have much experience in managing the territory.
Therefore, he soon found that his finances had become a mess, and many overlapping aspects led to considerable conflicts. In the end, Roman Jr. personally approached Antitina and proposed that one person be responsible for management and another person be responsible for recording.
, to stabilize this nearly collapsed management system.
And Brando's financial system also took shape for the first time.
He took a look at the accounts - of course, he didn't understand them to a large extent. Roman had his own way of recording, which she said was taught by her aunt; but according to Charles, those symbols were probably
The code words between witches. But Brando doesn't care. If there is anyone around him who is the most reliable, then apart from the summoned creatures, they are probably Roman and Freya.
After a brief glance, Brando raised his head and looked outside again. At this moment, the sound of arguments was coming from outside, and it had been going on for a long time. Among them, Juta's voice was the loudest, Kerencia was helping out, and the craftsmen
Master Belu only occasionally interjected, while Antitina spoke the least. Medisa, who was trying to stop the fight, looked like her voice was almost hoarse, but it seemed that no one could convince anyone.
"What are they arguing about?" he asked.
Little Roman immediately shook his head happily, imitating Antitina's tone and said in a long voice: "Only the master knows that firewood and rice are expensive, Lord -"
Brando was stunned and had already vaguely guessed the core of the dispute outside.
…
The dispute in the courtyard has been going on for quite some time——
Antitina frowned and looked at the people in front of her. Although the noble girl maintained basic politeness on the surface, in fact she was almost bored to death.
The lord wants to build an army of his own, which she certainly supports. She also knows that Brando has given Juta, Fern, Tigress and Clenthia a mission to recruit them from among the civilians in Fir City.
Select some people and prepare to start building the future private army.
But that's not the problem.
There are nearly 15,000 people in Fir City, and the autumn harvest has passed. In fact, the city's food reserves are just enough to last until the Thunder Moon of the next year. In other words, the extra mercenaries' rations are not even enough.
Guarantee must rely on trade.
On the other hand, Tony Geer will probably face a lot of wars in the future. During wartime, the soldiers' rations will be different from those on ordinary days, and will almost double. Not to mention that they will have to reserve the next year's spring plowing for replanting.
Food, working men and women need a lot of food.
Added together, these food shortages are quite serious.
Not to mention that the cavemen in the forest also need food. This part of the food was provided by Grudin before, but Grudin doesn't care how many people starve to death in his territory, they can't.
What's more, if we want to further control the entire Fir Barony, this food gap will become even more incredible. Antitina now knows that in the Year of Flowers and Summer Leaves, crops in the south of Eruin generally failed.
One aspect is due to the climate, and the other aspect is due to Madala's invasion.
Therefore, we have to face another problem when purchasing food. This is because as we all know, the war in the south has just ended, and the war in the north is about to break out. The sky in Eruin can be said to be covered with clouds at the moment.
A collateral consequence of the war is that food becomes more stable than precious metals as an equivalent. In other words, the price of food will rise, and I'm afraid not just a little bit.
As the largest foreign trade port in Eruin, the merchants of Ampelser will not be unaware of the current situation. These profiteers will not slow down their hands a little out of mercy. They will only take the opportunity to drive up prices.
Therefore, the prospects for purchasing grain are not bleak.
Antitina has had her forehead massaged many times for this matter, but for a while she still couldn't think of any good solution. She had considered the silver mines far away in Schavlund, but on military issues, as a
The deputy can only make suggestions. If Brando vetoes the proposal, then she can only consider the problem based on the resources she has.
Besides, she knew that Mintai and Pallas's army was close at hand, and her lord might not be able to get away for a while.
For this reason, in fact, even Miss Roman, who always had her own way of doing things, obediently postponed her plans.
But at this time, Yuta came to her to arrange the recruitment of private soldiers; but recruiting soldiers first requires money, especially during this season, which may cost double the money. Secondly, the recruited soldiers also need rations. If
If you still need to train, the gap in food rations will be even greater.
Antitina simply couldn't imagine the consequences.
And she finally persuaded the other party to let the female mercenary leader put the matter of recruiting private soldiers for a while, at least until the people in the territory settled down. But at this time, the master craftsman Beilu also came,
Not to mention anything else, I just want money.
It turned out that Brando wanted him to build a workshop as soon as possible, but building a workshop, whether it was to make enchanted armor or not, first required a lot of manpower and material resources. Not to mention that Tonigel did not produce iron, even training blacksmith apprentices required
A lot of money.
As a master craftsman in the palace, Belu has never had to think about these external things, so when he lacks these things, his first thought is of course - want them!
There was an unrest here, and Kerenthia came out of the way again. Of course, he also wanted money. But he didn't come for the recruitment, but for the funds for mercenaries.
As we all know, there will be losses in war. At the moment, the mercenary groups under the mercenary captains in Fir City can be said to be attached to the big tree Brando, nominally in the name of mercenaries, but
In fact, it can be said to be a different kind of private soldier.
Without the normal source of income for mercenaries, the task of wearing out and replenishing the equipment of his men naturally fell on Brando, the lord; and originally Brando defaulted to maintaining a special relationship with these mercenaries out of his own considerations.
It's an employment relationship, but everyone is in the same boat now. Kerencia also understands that the group is short of money now, so she doesn't mention any employment fees.
But the mercenaries were about to start a big battle one after another, and the matter of replenishing equipment seemed urgent, and he couldn't help it. To replenish the losses including armor, arrows and weapons, of course, one word must be mentioned first, money.
.
The noble daughter was suddenly overwhelmed, and the little money she had was simply not enough. But before she could think of a proper solution, a few people over there started quarreling over a few disagreements.
For a while, lines like "Your things need to be put aside, my things are more important" were flying all over the sky. Antitina could barely break up the fight at the beginning, but later on she couldn't help but angrily join the fight.
In the end, Medisa, who was passing by, ran over in a panic to break up the fight.
Only the red-haired girl who came with the little silver elf princess had nothing to do with her. She simply watched these people bickering from a distance, feeling bored.
The dispute between several people is now reaching its most critical moment.
Juta had just finished listening to Belu's sarcasm - as a member of the Royal Party, the master craftsman Belu had been through many storms, and of course his verbal skills were quite good, and he had learned the essence of bitter sarcasm - so the female mercenary leader was once angry.
My teeth itched and I wanted to refute.
But just when she was about to speak, her expression changed and she stopped talking.
"Lord Lord."
The others were stunned and turned around: "Lord!"
Brando looked at these people with a blank expression and snorted from his nose: "It's quite lively?"
Everyone lowered their heads, except for Belu, who was not part of this system, with an indifferent look on his face.
However, the old man thought for a while, then lowered his head and said respectfully: "Lord, according to you, we should have a common goal and enemy at this moment. Naturally, I am not here to cause trouble for you; but as we all know, war is a competition for financial resources.
consumption, now it seems that your situation is not optimistic——"
Brando said nothing after hearing this. Of course he understood this; the wealth Grudin left behind seemed huge, but to an ordinary person, it was actually dispersed into the construction of the entire territory.
Not that useful.
For example, building a city wall costs thousands of gold a day——
In fact, in order to make the craftsmen and workers have the confidence to work for him, Antitina had to offer double the price. This sounds a bit incredible, because in fact, in this era, a real lord can do it for free.
Using the labor force of the people in their own territory.
However, Brando is very aware of the potential undercurrents in the territory. Before the battle with Count Gendenel, I am afraid that every resident here will doubt how long he, the lord with a false name, can stay here.
In order to appease the people, he had to adopt this emergency method to get through the difficult initial period; of course, Kerenthia and Fern also suggested that he use forced recruitment to seize the labor force, but this proposal did not work well with Juta and An
Titina aroused unanimous opposition.
What's more, Roman, who is the acting 'Minister of Finance', does not agree with this plan. However, she does not do it out of moral considerations but simple economic considerations. In the long run, destroying one's reputation is not conducive to the territory, especially the territory's business.
develop.
After all, Brando doesn't want to downgrade himself to someone like Grudin.
But the problem cannot just be a problem, there must be a solution.