After figuring out that the two letters sent by Madam Maria to the military camp were the main reason why the legion made such a preferential treatment plan for him, Claude felt a little tangled. This was another favor that was difficult to repay.
Compared with the gift of 300 acres of forest, the dividend of 10% of the company's shares, and the repayment of debts for his younger brother Booker on his own initiative, Claude felt that he could take these things with peace of mind and did not think it was a favor.
If there was no capital worthy of investment and utilization, then Mrs. Maria would not have spent so much effort on Claude. The gift of three hundred acres of mountain forest and forest farm cabin can be seen as Mrs. Maria repaying Claude.
The cost of the four forbidden spells given to her by De was because she didn't have much spare money at the time and couldn't get the spells Claude needed, so she used her own forest farm and wooden house to pay for it. From this point of view,
Madam Maria is a person of consistent conduct and meticulousness. She was not greedy and gave Claude's four forbidden spells to others, but gave a good explanation.
Because of this, Claude will help her butler Mr. Lutheran acquire real estate in the poor West District, set up a real estate development company, plan and build an overall community, use the advantage of information to take the first step, and earn the money she wants for Madam Maria.
Unexpectedly huge wealth.
It was through this series of business operations that Mrs. Maria saw Claude's business talent, so she spent effort and money to win over Claude, instead of just maintaining the relationship between a pharmacy teacher and students.
Fame. But what she didn't expect was that Chief Felidos intervened and a letter of recommendation allowed Claude to receive a recruitment order for the Blue Feather Legion.
Therefore, even if Claude joined the army, he never thought about using Madam Maria's name to gain any benefits for himself in the military camp. After meeting Madam Maria, except for the fact that his deceased father once reminded him and asked him to hug him
Claude held onto Lady Maria's thighs and said a few words that Lady Mary had won the trust of King Stirling X and had a very close relationship with the royal family. Claude had no intention of seeking refuge with Lady Maria.
I respect Madam Maria because of her selflessness and her teachings to Claude in pharmacy. In addition, as a time traveler, Claude has a sense of pride in his heart. When he was reborn in this different world, he never thought of giving him anything.
The rich and powerful act as lackeys. Even if something happened to the family and his father committed suicide, he would only want to rely on his own strength to seek revenge instead of begging for Lady Maria's mercy and care.
This is why Lady Maria later sent him a letter after discovering Claude's business talent, and decided to ask Stirling X for a pardon for him to be exempted from military service. As a result, Claude was very conflicted after receiving the letter, and was exempted from military service.
Military service is a good thing, and there is no need to go to the battlefield to be cannon fodder. But accepting this pardon will tie him to Lady Maria and become a retainer of the Normanry family. This is something he is extremely resistant to in his heart...
Fortunately, the recommendation letter from Chief Felidos saved Claude from the dilemma of choice. He left his hometown and came to the Blue Feather Army. Unexpectedly, even in the army, he was still taken care of by Madam Maria.
In this training retaliation injury incident, the Legion gave a plan that was completely biased in his favor. It must be said that Lady Maria's two letters played an invisible role, which also allowed Claude to see Lady Maria's power in the kingdom.
Huge energy in the upper echelons.
It seems that this favor can only be repaid in the future. Claude smiled bitterly. Originally, he thought that he would face at least five days of confinement, and he had to be careful of Master Fitney's unrelenting revenge in the future. But now these haze has disappeared.
As for Kong, former Master Chief Fitney was ordered to retire and go home. After he recovered from his injuries, he had to take over as Master Chief and command the security team and stretcher team of the independent treatment center. It seemed that no one would dare to provoke him in the military camp in the future.
Already...
Almost everyone he knew was envious of Claude's good luck. Medical soldier Bell said that if he could become a sergeant, he would rather be severely injured and lie in bed for two or three months. As a grassroots soldier, he
I didn't understand the truth of the matter, I just thought that this time the legion was fair and strict, and they made good use of this incident to deal with a group of veterans in the legion who were accustomed to bullying newcomers, and to improve military discipline. Claude was just lucky enough to catch up with this
One trip.
Now that he could sit down on the bed, Claude asked Medical Corpsman Bell to go to the reception desk at the battalion headquarters and get all the letters sent to him. He sent nine letters, but now he has received only
There were fourteen letters. In addition to the two letters sent by Lady Maria, two letters were written to him by his mother and sister. There were two more letters that surprised him. One was sent by Viricero from the royal capital.
, I don’t know where he could know his address. The other letter was from Kaifani’s brother-in-law, Gerald from the Shark Club, and I don’t know what he would say to me.
Let’s look at Mrs. Maria’s letter first. According to the date, the first letter was a reply she wrote after receiving a letter of greeting from Claude after returning from a vacation at Normanli Forest Farm in White Deer City. The letter told Claude two things,
First, she appointed Claude's mother to take over the position of forestry manager left after Claude left. Second, she discovered the talent of Claude's sister Angelina, and happily accepted her as her disciple.
He also stated in the letter that his sister Anna’s talent in pharmacy was much better than that of Claude, his brother who spent three days fishing and two days drying nets.
What makes Lady Maria regretful is that she originally wanted to bring her sister Anna back to the royal capital and raise her carefully by her side, but unfortunately her sister Anna refused. Because her mother was in poor health and her brother Little Booker was still young, she needed to stay with her.
Fortunately, her sister Anna is still in the first grade of junior high school and is only fifteen years old. She has plenty of time. After careful consideration, Mrs. Maria decided to let her sister Anna finish junior high school in Bailu City and lay a solid foundation in pharmacy through self-study.
After she graduates from junior high school, she will be taken to the royal capital for teaching.
Claude was very happy. His sister Anna could gain the respect of Madam Maria and be accepted as a disciple. It can be said that he has no worries. No matter what happens to him in the future, if something happens to him on the battlefield, or
His identity as a magician was exposed and he had no choice but to wander around the world. As long as his sister Anna and Lady Maria were looking after him, no one could touch his mother and brother Little Booker...
I opened the second letter from Mrs. Maria. This letter was about official business. The main thing was that the entire community had been built and handed over to the naval base, and the balance had been paid. Mrs. Maria was very happy in the letter.
It said that this time the profit was about half. After deducting the costs, the remaining balance profit was also distributed to various shareholders. As for Claude's share, it has been transferred to Claude's mother.
The profits seem a bit low... Claude frowned and thought. Those real estate developers in the previous life were all empty-handed in the beginning. They borrowed money from banks and made huge profits of more than ten times when changing hands. It was not until the country began to plan for rectification.
The real estate development market has introduced a series of regulations and policies, and the real estate development market is on the right track, but those real estate developers still have 30 to 40% profit...
There is no precedent in the world for comprehensive community development like my own in slum areas, so why is the profit only half? It is impossible for Mrs. Maria to hide this. It is likely that the cost of community construction projects has increased since she left.
.The total transaction amount of the entire community is 300,000 gold crowns, and the actual receipt is 280,000 gold crowns. Claude estimated the profit to be around 1670,000 gold crowns, so he received an advance payment of 200,000 gold crowns from the naval base.
Later, it was decided to distribute a dividend of 100,000 to all shareholders to enhance their confidence.
In fact, many people were a little skeptical when the operation first started. They used the Norman Forest Farm as a mortgage and raised a total of 20,000 gold crowns from other small shareholders to acquire houses and real estate in slums, and then used the acquired real estate to go to the bank for another mortgage.
Loans continued to be acquired. When the total amount of bank loans increased to more than 60,000 gold crowns, Claude acquired the entire property and real estate in the Poor West District. At that time, the company only had more than 10,000 gold crowns left on its account.
If instead of developing the entire community as a whole, the entire property in the Poor West District is sold to the naval base, then the profit will be about twice as much at most, and the company can earn thirty to forty thousand gold crowns. Claude's request for building a community is
In order to obtain more generous profits, for a piece of real estate purchased for 20 or 30 gold crowns, three or four pieces of real estate can be put together to build a four-story building with more than ten suites. One suite can be sold for 40 or 50 gold crowns.
For a family of five to live comfortably, this price is already very cost-effective. But for the company, the profit has almost increased tenfold.
Of course, the price cannot be calculated like this, and the company cannot just build houses to sell. It must also have supporting public service facilities to improve the quality of the community. Streets, gardens and green spaces, fountains, pools, street lights, fences, seats, etc. must be complete. This is also
This community was chosen by the naval base and was the main reason why the deal was struck as a residential community for the families of naval officers.
Obviously, after he left, he must have spent a lot of money to meet the construction deadline and build public service facilities, which increased the cost and resulted in a loss of 20,000 to 30,000 gold crowns. This is what Claude guessed. But this is also
There is no way, with the character of Butler Lutheran, he pays special attention to these facades, thinking that they represent the aristocratic style. If he is still supervising the project in Bailu City, he should just make do with it, especially since the deal with the naval base has been reached
, there is no need to spend your own money on these facades.
Sure enough, Mrs. Maria mentioned in the letter that when she went to the forest farm for vacation, she inspected the community that was about to be completed and made a request to the Lutheran housekeeper, hoping that he could decorate the public environment of the community to be more beautiful and elegant.
The person in charge of the naval base, Viscount Venisko, said that it would be best to build a small square and carve a stone and erect a monument to commemorate the community that Madam Maria invested in building. Madam Maria happily agreed and asked Butler Lutheran to do it.
Poor Mrs. Maria, after making a little money, she immediately swelled up, right? Viscount Venisk said it lightly and didn't need any burden, but the company had to spend so much more money to do what she was told. I don't think Mrs. Maria would do it.
Knowing that her happiness reduced the profit by tens of thousands of gold crowns...
However, Claude didn't want to meddle in other people's business. If he earned less, he would earn less. There was no need to argue for this profit. But at the end of the letter, Mrs. Maria asked whether the house prices in Port Nieru were falling during this period.
Buy some like Bailu City...
Madam Maria should have known that all the letters she sent to the army would be censored, so her question was a little vague. But Claude immediately understood what she meant. She was asking Claude about the construction of White Deer City.
Can a real estate development like this for the entire community be replicated in Port Nieru?
Combined with the news about the decline in housing prices in Port Nieru mentioned in her letter, Claude understood that the kingdom invested in the development of White Deer City, built a naval base, and split the fearless fleet stationed in Port Nieru into two, leaving only one.
Only the squadron was stationed in the eastern waters of the kingdom, and two-thirds of the warships were transferred to Lake Beringa to form a storm fleet to maintain the security of the new route from White Deer City to the Nubisian continent.
Because the Dreadnought Fleet was split up, many people were not optimistic about the prospects of Port Nieru. They believed that the trading center with Nubisia Continent was likely to be transferred from Port Nieru to White Deer City, so many merchants followed suit and evacuated Port Nieru.
As a result, housing prices began to fall. Madam Maria was in the royal court, so she naturally knew some inside information. Splitting the Dreadnought Fleet was a helpless move. The kingdom would soon restart construction and replenish the battleships to reorganize the Dreadnought Fleet, and Port Nerru would be bustling again.
stand up.
However, Claude is not optimistic about Port Nieru. Everyone knows that the war between the Kingdom and the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance is imminent. If the Kingdom wins, it will definitely occupy several eastern seaports. Even if the Dreadnought Fleet is reorganized, the military port stationed there will not be able to do so.
If we then arrange to go to Nieru Port, then Nieru Port can only become a commercial transit port and will never regain its prosperity as the only military port in the kingdom.