In the past few days, the entire Ironwood City has been immersed in an atmosphere of joy.
The news that Richard led his army and cooperated with the town's dragon knight Thor to defeat the ogre and be crowned an earl has spread in the city.
Not only the members of the Hunter family are preparing to celebrate this happy event, but thanks to Richard's popularity in the Hunter Territory, the people of the entire Hunter Territory feel proud.
Only Egg, the chief manager of the Hunter family, felt a little complicated. Richard was really able to spend money. Once the territory expanded, according to Richard's nature, road infrastructure, city and castle renovation, and village management were all set.
The territory's finances, which had finally improved slightly through the soap trade, are beginning to be tight again.
Although these investments will eventually yield greater returns, it is obviously a long-term process, but Richard has been taking great steps to expand, always making crazy mistakes on the edge of bullshit.
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"General Manager Egg."
"Urgent message from Lord Richard."
Iger, who was working on the case, tensed up for no reason when he heard Richard's letter.
After reading the letter, Egger's worry turned into actual anxiety.
Not to mention receiving a new army of 20,000 people from the river valley, the letter also requested to continue to expand the army and expand the Flying Bear Army to 20,000 people to form a legion.
He also ordered people to be sent immediately to the river valleys to purchase grain to prepare for a possible famine.
Iger really had the urge to put his money down. He issued a large amount of bonds some time ago and finally had some money on hand, but Richard immediately withdrew most of it for no reason.
Hunter's leadership of the general manager was simply not the work of a human being, or in other words, Richard was just a human being when it came to spending money.
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At this time, Richard didn't know Egger's collapsed mood. He was walking on the way back to Ironwood City with Zebul's newly recruited soldiers from the Rock Castle this week.
Stone Castle is not far from Ironwood City. Since we are already at our doorstep, we naturally have to go back.
At this time, the strength of Richard's troops was
Elite Centaur (140), Halberdier (130), War Dancer (75), Marksman (125), Great Elf Archer (24), Royal Griffin (56), Crusader (53), Diamond Man (2
),Champion Knight(1)
There were originally only six Royal Griffins per week, but because Richard held the God-Eyed Bird Statue, the output was two more.
The troops of the Bulwark (elves) forces are still in Ironwood City.
Most of the army is still staying in the Demon Suppression Castle to prepare for any emergencies in the wilderness.
Only a small portion of this week's production was brought along.
Because they are all system soldiers, they can move quickly, and they have the double bonus of knight gloves and magic boots. Without the drag of turtle soldiers like diamond men, Richard and others quickly returned to the iron from Stone Fortress.
wooden city.
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"Master Richard is back! Master Richard is back!"
"Young Master Richard, now I want to call you Uncle Hirano, Lord Earl!"
Although the Hunter family is a noble family, the rules in the family are actually not as strict as some old nobles. In addition, Viscount Sauter and Richard don't care much about this, so the servants behave more casually when it doesn't matter.
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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
The servants who were reminded along the way did not start to change their words, and Richard also responded slightly,
Until Viscount Sauter also appeared in front of Richard and shouted:
"Our Lord Earl of the Hunter family is back. We didn't say anything in advance, otherwise we would have gone out of town to greet him."
When Richard heard this, he rolled his eyes and ignored his father's joke.
Viscount Sauter asked for trouble, rubbed his head and followed back.
In addition to Viscount Sauter, Richard's two uncles and more than a dozen relatives of the Hunter family also came out to welcome him, surrounding him like stars holding the moon, and entered the banquet hall.
Although Richard did not say hello in advance, the Hunter family has now become a noble family. They started preparing before Richard entered the city, and now they have several tables of good meals.
"Come, come, let our Lord Earl sit on the main seat!"
Richard's second uncle and third uncle pulled him and pushed him to the main seat.
Richard can feel that the joy of these relatives is indeed from the heart. Now the Hunter family is very close. After all, strictly speaking, it only lasts two generations, and it is still different from the long-standing nobles like Lanster.
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To be honest, although Richard didn't make any arrangements in advance, this feeling of returning home in glory was really good.
No wonder people like the Overlord of Western Chu and Liu Bang, the founder of Han Dynasty, like to go back to their hometown to show off after becoming famous. It feels really good.
No matter how warm the atmosphere was, Richard, who didn't like drinking at first, made an exception and drank some.
Everyone looked at Richard with a thick smile when he was drinking. Only when Richard and Butler Egg looked at each other, they saw a pair of resentful eyes.
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The banquet has dispersed. Considering that Richard is currently busy with affairs and Hunter's finances have been almost ruined by Richard, this celebration was not complicated.
Those who should be drunk have been carried away, and those who should not be drunk have always remained sober.
"Master Richard, Lord Earl! Your orders really can't be carried out anymore. The soap business has just begun. There is not so much income. The previous military expansion has already reached its limit."
The original expansion of the Flying Bear Army to 10,000 people was already money dug out from between the teeth. Based on the size of the Hunter family, even with the dozen or so noble families attached to the Hunter family, the population is only a few hundred thousand.
, and the original lords still have to take away most of the tax revenue, and the remaining money is not enough to support more than 10,000 professional soldiers.
Fortunately, the Hunter family had other ways to make money besides land, so they could barely survive. Now Richard not only accepted another 20,000 soldiers, but also continued to expand the army. This would cost Egger his life.
"The army must be maintained, as long as the newly acquired territory recovers,
Send people to the river valley to sell soap, and by the way, sell some Hunter family bonds to the big business owners in the river valley, with an initial payment of 50,000 kinners."
Hearing Richard's operation, Egg was stunned. Let's not talk about why others should subscribe. Last year, Hunter's total income was only more than 10,000 gold naars. This means that he has to borrow money for every year.
Come and spend it.
"It's okay. As long as this period of time passes, when the soap market opens up, the kinnar earned will definitely be more than this. No one knows finance better than me. Listen to me."
This sentence is not that Richard is bragging. Originally, Richard was born in the School of Economics and Management, and the knowledge he has learned is definitely at the pinnacle of this era. In his hometown, this set of operations is all basic.
"You can not issue bonds in the name of the Hunter family, but directly use Ye Bo's name. It is best to mention Lord Saul's name when purchasing food and selling bonds."
"this…"
Richard was planning to use Soldu together, but Egger was a little hesitant.
"It's okay. Just go ahead and do it, Iger. Send people there as soon as possible. Food procurement and army expansion cannot be stopped."
"Yes, Master."
Egger finally opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing Richard's resolute attitude, he had no choice but to comply.
Of course, Richard would not worry about Thor being dissatisfied with him for borrowing his name. Richard could find a way to get money from the nobles in the river valley on his own, and it would be too late for Thor to support him.
Compared with Saul's method of forcing each family to provide money and food with a knife, Richard's behavior of deceiving and selling bonds can be said to be very civilized.
However, after Egger took the order and left, Richard was a little troubled.
With the expansion of the territory, even an old man like Iger is not enough.
If you ask him to manage the Hunter family's basic territory step by step, Iger can still basically do it, but now that the territory has expanded so much, Iger's ability is a bit reluctant.
For no reason, Richard thought of Lin Te's handsome face.
