The Amber Sword

But the management of the wealth that was once left behind by Groudin, while Brando gave Antina, who is now largely his deputy, absolute rights to dispose of it, promised Roman that he could dispose of it to complete the reprogramming of the Tonigle region's commerce and local construction.

Even Charles, the three great captains and the master craftsman, Berru, later had a certain degree of access, and they did not have to go through the hands of others when they called on some of the resources they each needed.

Brando had originally arranged this purely for the sake of convenience, and although he had been the head of a large group for some time in the past, it was done with the aid of a game system that systematically recorded the union's warehouse entries and withdrawals - and even assisted in making some simple budgets.

But he didn't have that arm here, and in fact, it was only when it came to the end that he realized he didn't have much experience in managing his territory.

Soon, therefore, he discovered that his finances had become chaotic and overlapping, which had once led to considerable conflict. In the end, Little Roman himself found Antina, proposing to stabilize this nearly collapsed management system in a way that one person manages and one person records.

For the first time, Brando's financial system had its prototype.

He looked at the accounts —— to a large extent, of course, he didn't get it. Roman had his own method of recording, which, according to her, was taught by her aunt; but according to Charles, those symbols were most likely a cryptic word between witches. But Brando doesn't care who's most reliable around him, so I'm afraid it's Roman and Freya, in addition to summoning creatures.

After a brief glance, Brando looked up at the outside, and at this moment the quarrel was coming from the outside for quite some time. Of these, Utah has the loudest voice, with Kroncia on the sidelines, and the master craftsman, Berru, only occasionally interjects, with Antina speaking the least. Metissa, who persuaded her to fight, sounded like she was going to mute her voice, but it just seemed that no one could persuade anyone.

“What are they arguing about?” He asked.

Little Roman immediately shook his head with joy, imitating Antina's tone and prolonging his voice: “Only the master knows how expensive Chai Mi is, Lord -”

Brando was stunned and had concealed guesses at the heart of the issue in dispute outside.

……

It's been quite a while since the arguments in the courtyard--

Antitina frowned and looked at some of the people in front of her, although the aristocratic girl still seemed to maintain basic politeness, in fact, she was dying in her heart.

She certainly supports the Lord in building an army of his own. She also knew that Brando had given Utah, Vern, Tiger Sparrow and Kronsia the task of selecting a number of people from among the civilian population in Cold Cedar City and of preparing to proceed with the erection of the shelves of the future private army.

But that's not the problem.

With nearly 15,000 people in Cold Cedar City, the autumn harvest has passed. In fact, the city's food reserves are tight enough for the second year of Thunder Moon. In other words, even more rations for these mercenaries cannot be guaranteed and must rely on trade.

Tonigal, on the other hand, is likely to face a great deal of fighting next, with its share of rations almost doubling in wartime, unlike on weekdays. Not to mention reserved for the second spring to cultivate supplementary food, which is needed in large quantities by working men and women alike.

Together, these food shortfalls are quite significant.

Not to mention that cavemen in the forest need food, which was previously provided by Groudin, but Groudin doesn't care how many people starve to death in his territory, and they can't.

This food gap is all the more incredible if the entire Baron of Cold Cedars is to be further controlled. Antitina now knows that in the year of flowering and summer leaves, crops in the south of Eruin have generally failed to harvest.

One is the cause of the climate, and the other is the invasion of Madara.

Therefore, another problem had to be faced in order to procure food, for well-known reasons, the war in the South had passed, the war in the North was on the brink, and the sky of Eruin was cloudy at the moment.

The collateral consequence of the war was that food became more stable as equivalents than precious metals, in other words, the price of food would rise, and I'm afraid it wasn't even a little over half.

As the largest free-trade port in Eruin, the businessmen of Ambethel will not be unaware of the current situation, and these traitors will not slow down their hands and feet just a little out of pity, they will only take the opportunity to raise prices.

Consequently, the prospects for food procurement must not be dim.

Antina has rubbed her forehead so many times for this matter, she still hasn't come up with a good idea for a while. She had considered silver mines far away from Chaffrend, but she could only advise on military matters as deputy. If Brando rejects the offer, she can only consider it from the resources at her disposal.

Besides, she knew that Mintai was close to the army of Pallas, and that her lord might not be able to leave for a moment and a half.

For that matter, even the young Roman lady, who had always been my own, had, in fact, postponed her plan very well.

At this time, Utah came to her to arrange for the recruitment of private forces; however, the recruitment first entailed spending money, especially at a time when it might have cost twice as much, and secondly, the soldiers recruited needed food rations, which would have been even worse if training had been needed.

Antitina can hardly imagine the consequences.

She finally convinced the other party to let the head of the mercenary group put the recruitment of the private army behind her, at least until the people of the territory settled down. But it was at this time that the master craftsman, Berru, arrived, not to mention anything else, just the money.

Originally Brando asked him to build a workshop as soon as possible, but building a workshop, whether or not to make an Enchanted Armor, would require a lot of human and material resources first. And not to mention that Tony Gehl doesn't produce iron, but he also needs a lot of money to train blacksmith apprentices.

Being a master of court craftsman, Burrough never had to think about what was outside of him, so the first thought that arose in the absence of these things was of course -- yes!

The waves are still flat here, and Kroncia is dead in the middle of nowhere, and of course he wants the money. However, he did not come here for recruitment, but for the financing of mercenaries.

It is well known that there will be losses in fighting. At this moment, the mercenary regiment under the heads of the mercenary regiments in Cold Cedar City can be described as attached to the tree of Brando, nominally bearing the name of a mercenary, but actually as an alternative kind of private militia.

Without the normal economic sources of mercenaries, the wear and tear and replenishment of the men's equipment naturally fell on Lord Brando, who, for his own reasons, had implicitly maintained a special employment relationship with these mercenaries, except that everyone was now on a boat, and Kroncia understood that now that the group was short of money, there was no mention of hiring fees.

But the mercenaries were about to wage a succession of wars, and it was urgent to replenish the equipment so that he could not come. And to supplement the loss that includes armor, arrows and weapons, of course, the first thing to mention is a word, money.

Noble gold for a moment was so big, she didn't have enough money. But she hasn't figured out a proper solution yet, and a few people over there are arguing over a few words.

Sometimes what you need to put back, my things are more important, lines like this are flying around, Antina can barely persuade you to fight at first, but the further back you get, the more you can't help joining the regiment. In the end, it turned out to be a passing Madison rushing over to persuade her to fight.

Only the red-haired girl who came here with this little princess of the Silver Elf had nothing to do with it, so I just felt bored watching these people fight their lips and tongues from afar.

The quarrel between several people is at its most critical juncture.

Utah has just heard the cynicism of Buru - as the king party, the master of craftsmanship, Buru Jingwo, and of course, the oral kung fu is quite considerable, and the true essence of the spicy irony - so the head of the female mercenary group was once angry and itchy to try to refute it.

But while she was about to talk, she changed her face and stopped talking.

“Lord. ”

The others turned around in awhile: "My lord! ”

Brando looked at these people in a saggy way and hummed out of his nose: "It's pretty lively? ”

Everyone bowed their heads, and only Berru, who was not part of the system, looked at God with indifference.

But the old man thought about it and bowed his head and said respectfully: "Lord, according to you, we should have had common goals and enemies at this moment. The old man certainly did not come to disrupt you; but it is well known that war is more about spending money, and now it seems that your situation is not very optimistic -”

Brando didn't say a word when he heard it, and of course he understood it; Groudin left a huge amount of wealth, but it just seemed less useful to an ordinary person to actually spread across the entire territory.

For example, building walls is a thousand dollars a day--

In fact, in order to give craftsmen and workers the confidence to work for him, Antitina had to offer double the price. This sounds somewhat daunting, because in fact, in this day and age, a true lord is able to use the labour of the people of his territory entirely free of charge.

But Brando is well aware of the potential dark currents in the territory, and I'm afraid every inhabitant of this place will doubt how long the incorrect Lord himself can stay here until he fights Count Denel.

To appease the hearts and minds of the people, he had to resort to such contingencies to survive the difficult initial period; of course, Kronsia and Vern had also suggested that he use forced recruitment to seize the labour force, but the proposal had met with unanimous opposition from Utah and Antitina.

Moreover, Roman, acting as‘ Minister of Finance ', did not agree with the plan, although she was not a moral but a simple economic consideration, and in the long run self-stigmatization was not conducive to the development of territorial commerce, particularly in the Territory.

After all, Brando doesn't want to degrade himself to something like Groudin.

But the problem cannot just be a problem, but there must be a solution.

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(PS. Disgusting, disgusting.) (To be continued, please go to www.qidian.com for more chapters, support the author, and support authentic reading!)