Price of Management

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Upon completion of the Southern Expansion Road connecting the Northern Highway to the Baden River basin, the commercial industry commended it.

Originally, the northern part of the Kingdom of Leaden was not as good as the Horn Empire, but the road conditions and security were poor, making it difficult for a merchant to carry a wagon around. The merchants were not particularly attracted to the northern region.

However, the Southern Expansion Road was rebuilt and the northern highway was repaired, making it easier for wagons to travel. In addition, each Royal Army was protecting the Northern Highway, and the Southern Expansion Road was busy with a unique swift maneuver to maintain security.

Moreover, Kondol Cavalry had a very good reputation among the traders on the Southern Expansion Road.

At first, there was a fear that all of them were made up of nomadic people and that their old habits might change and become robbers from time to time.

However, they asked the passers-by patrolling the roads if there were any monsters or bandits nearby, and Captain Patrick even showed kindness by handing two or three of his men over to the merchants without mercenaries to lead them safely to their neighboring territory.

Traders who were fascinated by Patrick's generosity complimented the Condol Cavalry everywhere.

It was natural that the reputation of his master, Carroc, was also greatly appreciated. Again, I often praised Leaden Wise Man for saying that everything he did was different.

Though not such a reputation, Caroc had gained a great deal. The Southern Expansion Road crosses Kunt territory and Ligand territory. Since Kunt territory was the home of the Caroc Merchant Guild, the ease of road entry was beneficial in terms of distribution.

In addition, the ligand territory was just beginning to set up shipyards and lumber yards, so the flow of external populations or the passage of merchants through the Southern Expansion Road had a good effect.

Through such favors, the new Lord's Vale devoted all its capabilities to the establishment of shipyards and lumber yards.

The supply of manpower was sufficient. Along with the Vale Bandits, there were thousands of people who became Ligand territories.

Once they built the shipyard and the lumber yard, they built the place where the workers and their families would live. Baron Paoni has been specially designed to build a residence for many furniture to live in. It was planned to gradually migrate the population of the territory to the Tex River basin.

“The problem is procuring necessities. There aren't many merchants visiting the territory, so the territory must be transported by itself. ”

At Vale's words, Dean nods.

“I will. We'll just have to transport more munitions for the troops stationed there anyway. ”

Dean thinks for a moment and says again.

“But are we supposed to provide supplies to the workers' families for free? Our infantry transporters can't do business. ”

“Then it's a good idea to set up shop. They gather extra supplies and assign a manager to sell necessities to the families of the workers. ”

Baron Paoni shrugs.

“Things are gonna get big again. There's a lot of manpower to do the work, but there's not enough management skills to read and write! What management do you intend to have run the store? ”

The veil replies cautiously.

“If I leave it to John the Custodian……. ”

“You don't mean the John who's been following me around on errands, do you? If John's gone, I'm gonna have to do what I asked him to do for me in the future. Are you serious?"

Baron Paoni is annoyed. If not, he didn't have the talent to leave and work, so he had to do a lot of work alone.

Since it was a small territory in the original village, there couldn't have been anyone who studied writing and numbers.

“Hnng, I didn't think this would be a problem for the elite labor force. So you don't have any other good rooms? ”

Baron Paoni asked me what I wanted to ask him.

“Ask the Lord for help. All you have to do is tell me. ”

“I can't ask the Lord in charge of the State for help on such a small matter. We ourselves……. ”

Instead of saying that, the veil opens wide.

“Ah! There's the Caroc Merchant Guild. If you ask the Caroc Merchants Guild about supplies, they'll do it for you. ”

At that, Dean bursts into laughter.

“You've been worrying about a simple matter. The Lord runs the biggest Merchant Guild in this country. ”

The meeting went on. Several agendas have been issued throughout the territory, and decisions have generally been made smoothly.

A three-person system that was not at the pinnacle of power was at risk of being divided by dissension from one another. But the three of them came to the meeting cooperatively without such a conflict. It was based on consideration for respecting each other.

It was because there was no one who was greedy for power among them, but because he knew that they were also being made, he placed three people in the head of the territory.

“Last but not least, I want to establish a thorough line of defense using mountainous terrain surrounding the territory. ”

The veil reveals its opinion.

So Dean did not hide his curiosity.

“I know security is important, of course, but our territory has no known threats. To the south is the land climate and to the north is Kunt territory. There are no rough roads to the west, and there aren't that many threats to the east. ”

The most important foreign factors in the geography of the ligand territory were the Siege and Kunt territories to the south and north.

The landscape cooperates with the royal family and cannot attack Caroc, the merchant's territory. They even made a joint venture between the shipyard and the lumber yard.

Kunt Youngji didn't have to say anything. Kunt Youngji, Caroc's relative, was also the stronghold of the Caroc Merchant Guild, making it the most powerful ally in ligand territory. If the ligand territory is in danger, Earl Basque Kunt will come running to help.

To the east lies the Royal Special Forces.

Royal Special.

Once a Royal Troop of 3, the commander is Earl Ric Fernando, renowned as the Master of New Orders! In other words, he was Caroc's second brother.

There can be no security threats in territory surrounded by friendlies.

So Dean had to be skeptical about Vale's opinion of building a strong defense system.

“There's no problem with security, if you look at it from the ground up. The Lord who oversees the National Ambassador doesn't have time to care about ligand territory, so he wants us to take care of him. That's exactly what the Lord expects us to do. ”

Vale continues to speak.

“Then why don't you show me more than you expected? ”

“What does that mean? ”

The veil explains Dean's question.

“Your biggest concern is the invasion of the Horn Empire. The invasion route of the Horn Empire is guarded in the north by Duke Meutt, with two directions to the Baden River. When we invaded the Baden River basin, we must pass through our territory, right here, to attack the Kingdom of Leaden. ”

The faces of the barons Dean and Paoni surprise me.

“Then Lord Vale's idea……. ”

“Yes. We want to stop one of the Horn Empire's invasion routes." Harnessing the harsh landscape and surrounding conditions of our territory is not impossible. ”

“The Horn Empire is too powerful an enemy for us to face. ”

“I know. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are elite together, and Emperor Kars has just demonstrated his ability to carry out war through the uprising. And now that we have the nomadic warriors, there's no need to explain why it's so powerful. ”

“And you want us to stop it? ”

“Yes.”

The veil smiles.

“Perhaps my experience with the Punitive Force and monsters in the Vallard Mountains when I was a Bandit will help. ”

“Oh, that's funny. I'd love to hear it. ”

Baron Paoni revealed his interest.

Vale explained.

“If you fight in the field, you will not be the enemy of Emperor Kars. But using the geography of our rugged territory to defend our major tactical points, we can stop the invasion from happening. ”

“With all our geographical advantages, there are only 2,000 of us left to handle a large army. ”

“Of course. But what if we connect with Kunt territory to the north and Royal Special Forces to the east? And if we can get the Kondol cavalry to handle the Southern Expansion Road now, we'll have enough to fight for. Then you'll have enough troops, and only two error masters. If I had those conditions, I wouldn't dare compare my skills with Emperor Kars, but I would stand up for myself. ”

Baron Dean and Paoni cannot help but wonder at the magnificent conception of the veil.

Beyond the territory, the talents of Vale in planning a countermeasure to the invasion of the Horn Empire were not unusual.

Dean chuckles.

“All right, let's do it! The Lord will be very pleased if we have a secret to defend the Horn Empire. ”

“You must feel like you've received a big gift you didn't expect. Phew!”

Baron Paoni laughs as well.

The three of them became fully motivated.

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