What does it mean to do bad things with good intentions? Mrs. Maria's letter made Claude understand the meaning of this sentence. Indeed, Madam Maria got 70% of the dividend of 100,000 gold crowns, so she was really crazy about it.
Unexpectedly, in such a short period of two or three months, she could actually obtain a profit of 70,000 gold crowns. You know, she originally collected more than 300 gold crowns and asked Butler Lu to come to Bailu Town to buy real estate.
I would be satisfied if I could earn a thousand gold crowns.
As a result, once Claude intervened, the matter got bigger. First, he mortgaged the forest farm, and then established a Normanli real estate development company to aggressively expand land in the slums. A set of properties acquired for twenty or thirty gold crowns was integrated into one.
It began to be planned into a large community, the dilapidated bungalows were bulldozed, and large four-story buildings were built. Based on the calculation of 12 to 16 large suites in one building, only more than 40 buildings were needed to meet the needs of five people.
Hundreds of families live in peace.
Madam Maria was not simply happy. She recalculated and tested, confirming that the entire incident and the community real estate transaction with the Admiralty were legal and legal. Seriously speaking, her Normandy Real Estate Development Company also suffered a little loss.
, sold a little cheaper. It was also because of this that Madam Maria discovered that Claude had an extraordinary economic acumen. He simply found a way to make money for himself out of thin air that had never been discovered before...
Lutheran Butler and the other small shareholders of Normanli Real Estate Development Company only focused on the construction projects of the White Deer City Naval Base, but Madam Maria was different. She had already thought about whether this real estate development model could be transplanted to
Go to the royal capital, or other cities in the kingdom. If possible, the Norman family will become the top family in the kingdom and have their own family's source of wealth.
It was precisely because she realized the importance of Claude that Lady Maria took it upon herself to instruct Butler Lutheran to find Sir Fox and repurchase the five hundred gold crown IOU in his hand and return it to Claude.
, she never thought about whether Claude needed it or not. What she hoped was to strengthen the human relationship with Claude, and it would be better if she could get Claude's gratitude.
After all, Claude also owns 10% of the shares of Normanli Real Estate Development Company, and he also received 10,000 gold crowns in dividends, which is more than enough to repay the 500 gold crowns. But Claude did not pay back but had other plans.
, it is a pity that his idea was ruined by Madam Maria. Not only could he not blame Madam Maria for this, but he also had to accept the favor she forced on him, which really made Claude dumbfounded.
Regarding what Lady Maria said in the letter, she was going to obtain a pardon for Claude from military service. Generally speaking, most of the pardons granted by His Majesty the King to exempt him from military service were granted to those who were recognized as such.
Talented people, such as young talents such as great painters, writers, and artists.
Claude thought that he was just giving Madam Maria an idea to make a fortune, and Madam Maria gave him 10% of the shares so that his family could be taken care of by the Normanry family. He was very satisfied.
But now Mrs. Maria said she wanted a pardon for herself from Sterling X, which exempted her from military service. This made Claude really don't know what to do. Exemption from military service was a good thing, and Claude didn't want to do it.
What kind of cannon fodder. But this pardon order also has a bad effect, that is, after being exempted from military service, he can only be a civilian, without the freedom of national identity. And in that way, he will only be tied to the big tree of Madam Maria for the rest of his life.
It's up the tree. Although it doesn't seem to be doing any harm now, Claude is a little reluctant in his heart.
The Kingdom of Orvelas has always been martial. Even the children of nobles are citizens from birth, but they will basically join the army when they reach adulthood. Although they will not become cannon fodder and be wasted in vain like the civilian soldiers on the battlefield,
But after all, they are risking their lives. The long list of casualties of noble officers after each war can prove their bravery and fearlessness. This is also the reason why the territory of the Kingdom of Ovilas has been expanding over the years.
main factors.
For young aristocratic children, joining the army is a necessary journey in life. No matter which aristocratic social circle, aristocratic children who do not join the army or even become civil servants are the objects of ridicule, because they do not have the courage to face the threat of death.
They are cowards. In the Kingdom's Council of Nobles, it is impossible for nobles who have not served in the military to become one of them. Those who can sit there are basically military nobles who have made great contributions to the kingdom on the battlefield.
Claude did not think that Mrs. Maria's claim that she had an extraordinary economic acumen could get Sterling X to issue a pardon for her exemption from military service. The kingdom had always been very strict and cautious about exemptions from military service.
Just like the young painter I saw in the "White Deer Morning News", his name was Vickers. He won the first prize in the Kingdom Young Painter Competition. Didn't his teacher praise him as if he was a painting god?
, because he could not get recognition from ten famous artists, he finally received the conscription order and went to the Guards Corps to paint military paintings with a painting folder on his back.
Forget it, I am lucky to have gained it, but I have lost my life. There is no use worrying about it now. There will be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Let’s talk about it then.
When I got home in the evening, my mother was very happy. After asking, she learned that Lutheran's housekeeper had sent someone back to bring back the five hundred gold kronor IOU and the two certification documents from the town office. This meant that Little Booker owed Fox
The Jazz's massive debt is gone.
"You have to serve Mrs. Maria well. She has taken great care of our family. She is such a kindness. Little Booker will no longer have to worry about this debt in the future. However, if your father is still alive,
That would be great..." Mother said and became sad again.
Claude sighed, this was not what he wanted! But he still had to comfort his mother first, otherwise no one would have peace during this dinner...
Many things are involved together and are changing all the time. As Uncle Thomas said, if we did not engage in new routes and merchant fleets, but directly engaged in real estate development, we would have made the fortune long ago, and there would not be so much mess.
It's annoying, your father will be fine...
This sentence is actually very ridiculous. If my father and Uncle Thomas did not plan to open a new route, then Bailu Town would not get the opportunity for large-scale development. It would still be the same as before, only the three southwest counties leading to the outside world.
It's just a gateway town.
After the new route is opened, unless everyone can be persuaded to give up their greed, face the unknown risk of piracy, and hand over the new route to the Navy, then everyone can have a good outcome. But is this possible? No one realizes
Before the threat of pirate attacks, everyone was irritated by the trade profits of monopolizing this new route.
This is a newly opened secret route between the two continents. The profit is almost ten times. Who can give up? The failure of the merchant fleet is not so much bad luck and being targeted by the pirate gang. It is better to say that it is
An inevitable fate. Without understanding the other side, they rashly organized a merchant fleet to go there, which was like delivering goods to their doorstep.
It was precisely because the failure of the merchant fleet attracted pirates that it attracted the attention of the Navy Ministry. In the end, the kingdom also revised the strategic plan that had been formulated and invested funds in Bailu Town for a large-scale opening. And because of the large-scale development, there was
With the help of the Norman Real Estate Development Company, they packaged the entire community and sold it to the naval base, and everyone finally made a huge profit.
Everything evolved step by step, leading to the current development and changes of Bailu Town. Otherwise, if you go to slum areas to open up real estate, you will do such a stupid thing because your brain has been kicked by a donkey. Don't
Not to mention, who are you going to sell the houses to after you build the community? Can the poor people afford it?
After sorting out the working relationships between various management departments, General Manager Felidos issued the first administrative order, nothing more than conscription. This time the conscription was to recruit soldiers for the expanded White Deer City Guard Battalion. The original garrison brigade was
There are 224 people, and the full strength of the garrison battalion is 864 people. Therefore, more than 600 new soldiers need to be recruited.
However, the conscription order issued by Chief Felidos was neither a voluntary registration for the army when recruiting soldiers for the garrison, nor a compulsory enlistment implemented by the Marine Corps in slums, but a distribution system. In other words, a civilian household
As long as there are two young adult men in the family who meet the conscription regulations, one of them must go to the garrison camp to serve as a soldier, regardless of whether he has a legitimate job or not.
But as a result, Uncle Thomas felt a little headache. His construction brigade of 1,000 people was suddenly recruited by more than 200 people. These were all candidates who met the recruitment regulations, and all of them had already received the invitations to experience it.
Notice. If they pass the experience, they will enter the guard camp for recruit training. This will be a huge loss of labor for the Normandy Real Estate Development Company, which is working overtime for construction.
Claude had nothing to do. He could not influence the decision made by General Manager Felidos, so he asked Butler Lutheran to ask if he could relax some measures and recruit fewer people from the construction brigade. Things were very serious now.
Busy, everyone is rushing to meet deadlines...
But Butler Lutheran shook his head and said bluntly that even if he interceded, he would not be able to change the decision of Chief Felidos. Originally, Chief Felidos was a soldier and had always been the most focused on military affairs, and he was appointed as the general manager of White Deer Town.
The first administrative order after taking office was to expand the guard camp and recruit new soldiers. Under such circumstances, let alone him, even Mrs. Maria would not have the face to come in person. The first fire after taking office, no matter how Felidos
Even the manager will burn it. This is related to his prestige and dignity.
"Forget it, let's prepare to recruit some workers again..." Claude could only say this to Uncle Thomas: "This time we can recruit some older people. After the Marine Corps forced enlistment in the slums last time,
Aren’t there a lot of people who want to join our company’s construction team? Let’s recruit more this time, as long as they can do the job well. There will be more people, so that a large number of people will not be recruited by the army in a while..."
The forced enlistment incident in the slums had a great impact on the Normandy Real Estate Company. Among the young men arrested by the Marine Corps in the slums, as long as they showed the worker registration card of the Normandy Real Estate Development Company, they were immediately arrested.
He was released unconditionally and did not even have to wait for the company to send someone to claim him. Those who were waiting for their boss to claim him were so envious that the recruitment center of Normanly Real Estate Company was packed to the rafters soon after.
At that time, Uncle Thomas was really high-spirited. When recruiting, he would choose one of three or four employees. He should be honest and capable, young and strong, and obedient and smart. Who would have thought that now they are all making wedding dresses for the guard camp, and suddenly there are fewer of them.
More than 200 young and strong laborers have indeed had a very bad impact and delay on the construction progress of the project.
It was unclear whether General Felidos would recruit Claude in the future, but what he didn't expect was that General Felidos would have an idea for him.
A few days later, Chief Felidos sent his adjutant to recruit Claude to the administrative center. In the general manager's office, Chief Felidos took out a document and handed it to Claude, with three large black characters written on it.
:Conscription order.
"Claude, this is an opportunity I got only after I wrote you a letter of recommendation. The Blue Feather Army is going to hold a non-commissioned officer training. The candidates are veterans who have been in the army for more than five years and have outstanding performance. After the training, they will
Officially become the sergeant major of the army. This is the most important starting point for you to become an officer from a soldier. It only takes three years for you to become an excellent second lieutenant officer. I believe you will not let me down. I am very happy.
I am optimistic about your future. As long as you can make great contributions to the kingdom, then the opportunity I have been asking for for you will not be in vain. You have to work hard!"
Manager Felidos enthusiastically slapped Claude on the shoulder with his only right hand, with a look of surprise on his face, why don't you thank me quickly...