Chapter 758: Reselling military supplies

After receiving the news, the Qianshou Chamber of Commerce led by Bede immediately submitted a joining application to the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce, but what puzzled Bede was that they were rejected.

The Conqueror Chamber of Commerce couldn't get in touch with them. Now that they have caught the financial backers behind them, Bede will not let go. He rubbed his generous hands, licked his face and asked, "Lord, can you ask me a question?"

Gavin withdrew his gaze from the huge Cormyr fleet and the grain-loading fleet, and asked with a smile, "Uncle Bede, I have already said that you don't need to be so reserved in private. If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

They are now located at the port of Susar, the capital of King Cormyr, and are loading the first batch of military supplies.

Gavin had already begun planning the purchase of weapons, equipment, food and other military supplies from the valley before reaching an agreement with King Asan.

Naturally, he did not need to take action personally on this matter, not even the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce. Veron, the president of the Thousand Heads Chamber of Commerce and Gavin's initial partner in Rockland, could do it for him.

After all, food is in short supply, but not hard to buy. The key depends on whether you have money and the overall environment.

In the case of life singing and dancing, as long as you have money, it is not difficult to eat on a large scale. This was the case in the previous valley.

But if it were changed now, when the entire Faerûn continent would be shrouded in the flames of war, everyone would be reluctant to sell. Even with a lot of money, it would be difficult to buy.

Gavin and the others bought enough in advance, even before King Asan, so they naturally ate the cheapest and the quantity was large enough.

When eating meat, Gavin has never been stingy about letting people who are willing to follow him and do things for him drink soup.

With just a hint, the merchants of the Qianshou Chamber of Commerce headed by Veron naturally followed suit and exchanged all their spare money for food.

The price Gavin offered them was the same as the equipment of the Iron Clan. The benefits were divided into four. The Kingdom of Cormyr got two shares, these merchants got one share, and the last share was naturally provided by Gavin. of hard-earned money.

No one complained about Gavin's greed. Instead, they were grateful to him. After all, without him, they would have had no chance of making this money. It was only natural that they would give up the bulk of it.

"Can I ask why the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce rejected our application to join? We really want to join it." Bede chuckled, he had learned to automatically ignore Gavin's humility.

No matter whether the other party is sincere or polite.

His identity is no longer what it used to be.

If he still dares to pat the other party on the shoulder and affectionately call him "little friend", even if the other party doesn't care, the other party's vicious subordinates will still be emotional.

There has always been a difference between superiority and inferiority. If Bede couldn't even grasp this point of propriety, all his years of business would have been in vain, and he wouldn't be able to follow the opponent to become bigger and stronger.

From the beginning, what bound the two parties together was not the so-called feelings, it was just a dispensable seasoning. What really worked was interests.

But as the situation develops, this interest appeal is also changing.

When the other party was only in the rocky area, he needed them. In exchange for them helping him transport the goods there on time and on demand, the other party had to make a lot of concessions.

When the opponent reached the valley, the two sides began to be on an equal footing. Bede and the others even had to start playing the emotional card to gain some benefits from the opponent.

When the other person walks out on a conqueror's road in the wilderness, he becomes a being that they can only look up to. He can remember and be willing to support them because he is thinking of old feelings.

But things like feelings will be exhausted sooner or later. If you want to hold on to this thick thigh, you have to make yourself useful to him, at least comfortable and convenient, otherwise others will have more and better things. choice, casually throwing them away.

"This matter." The Conqueror Chamber of Commerce's franchise policy was formulated by Gavin. Naturally, he knew it clearly. He explained with a smile, "Uncle Bede, don't worry too much. This is not just for you, but for everyone with the ability." We will refuse to join any chamber of commerce of a certain size.

Because our franchise policy has been targeting local small and medium-sized chambers of commerce or shops from the beginning.

First, they are relatively malleable and can shape and change according to our will without raising too many objections.

The second is to make full use of their influence in the local area and let our chamber of commerce drive a nail there. They are using our resources to make money. Why aren’t we using them to integrate into the local area and use their resources to do what we want? This is a typical win-win cooperation.

Those large chambers of commerce are different. Most of them have their own industrial layout and mature operating models.

If you join the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce, there will be a lot of contradictions and conflicts, many of which are difficult to reconcile. Rather than doing this, it is better to avoid them in the first place.

This does not mean that there are no opportunities for cooperation between the two of you. It is not that the products of the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce are not sold to you, but there is not much advantage in price. But if you set your sights further and avoid competition with those local franchisees, You are still profitable. "

Gavin spoke openly about the current development model of the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce, without the slightest worry that Bede and the others would plagiarize.

Because this model is based on unique monopoly products, if they want to imitate it, they must first come up with enough unique products and be willing to share profits with those low-level merchants.

In addition, there is another crucial point, they have sufficient production capacity.

No matter how big the stall is, if there are not enough products to supply these franchisees, they will leave you in a short time.

This development model will certainly give up a large part of the profits, but it can open up the situation in the shortest time, and time is what Gavin lacks the most.

"So that's it." Bed has been doing business for many years and understands it at once. He said in amazement, "Lord, you are really an all-rounder. With your way of doing things that is willing to share profits with others, it is difficult for anyone to refuse to cooperate with you."

"Exclusive monopoly can easily make you a lonely person." Gavin waved his hand, and a figure dressed in black leather and leather armor, wrapped in a black ghost cloak, walked up with light steps.

This person exudes a cold aura, like a shadow hidden in the shadows. If Gavin hadn't called him, Bed would not have noticed his existence. He only knew that he was a man, and his face could not be seen clearly because he covered his chin with a face towel commonly used by thieves and wore a shadow eye towel on his eyes.

Gavin pointed at him and said, "He will board the ship as the uncle's guard. He is only responsible for coordinated supervision and is not responsible for other work. He has the ability to contact me directly. If you find anything wrong during the transportation, you can ask me for help through him."

This is naturally a shadow wing carrying a ghost messenger.

Another benefit of dragging third parties like Bed into the game is to obtain a large amount of free labor for themselves.

Such a large amount of military supplies, Gavin certainly cannot safely hand it over to outsiders, and will inevitably send his own supervisors.

But even if those supervisors are dedicated and conscientious, they will not be more concerned than direct participants like Bed, because this is their entire fortune, and they will definitely keep a close eye on the whole process and dare not relax at all.

"Okay." Bed naturally would not refuse. This was like carrying a talisman with him, which could save his life at a critical moment.

"The destination of this first batch of military supplies is Usmer in the Giant Valley, not Tevram in Cesk. Don't make a mistake." Gavin emphasized again.

Bed asked in confusion: "Isn't Cesk sending a request for help? Will the Feren coalition land in Cesk? Why are we going to the Giant Valley? The two are hundreds of kilometers apart, and there is a Lesir Forest in the middle. I'm afraid it will be extremely inconvenient to supply them at that time."

"It takes time for the main force of the Feren coalition to assemble. It will take at least one or two months. Before that, it can only rely on the support of the Kingdom of Leatherman and the surrounding nearby kingdoms.

It can be seen from the main direction of the retreat of the residents of the Kingdom of Leatherman , they focus on the Giant Valley. Once the Tukan army successfully crosses the lake, they will give priority to defending the Great Valley's Grand Road, rather than the Golden Road of Cesk.

After all, their troops are limited, and they can only defend the dangerous areas, rather than the open and unobstructed plains. What's more, the Red Robe Wizard of Sel is on the south side. If they defend Cesk, they will be easily attacked by the two armies and lose faster.

Where do you think our military supplies should be stored in this situation? "

Gavin patiently analyzed the war situation thousands of kilometers away for Bede.

"Needless to say, of course, it should be placed in a safer place." Bede answered without hesitation, "I know what to do. Lord, don't worry, my eyes will be on our supplies all the time, and they will not let them have any mistakes. "

"Uncle Bede, you should board the ship, I won't see you off."

"Lord, please stay."

"See you in Cesk."

"Maybe you don't have to wait so long."

Woo woo woo!

A burst of urgent horns came from the dock. The large temporary decks for loading cargo were being folded up, and several three-masted armed transport ships were slowly leaving the dock and joining the fleet not far away.

This time, the Kingdom of Cormier can be said to have sent out all its elite troops. A total of two fleets were assembled, with twelve three-masted warships and forty-eight three-masted armed transport ships.

The military supplies collected by Gavin and his team only accounted for a part of them, and the bulk of them were from the Kingdom of Cormier itself.

The troops did not move before the food and grass went first.

Even the Kingdom of Cormier did not have the ability to transport a large number of troops and food and grass together.

They could only take the food and grass first, and a small number of elites were responsible for protection, and then they could transport troops on a large scale in the second trip.

As for whether they would be targeted by the Tukan army and the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Sel, and steal the home first.

Gavin and his team were not worried, because the food and grass were too heavy and could only be transported on a large scale through this conventional means. Before they arrived at their destination, there would be a vanguard army that went there first to establish corresponding outposts and granaries and be ready for battle.

This huge fleet will have to sail in the Falling Star Sea for at least half a month, and Gavin and his men still have plenty of time to prepare for this matter.

Before that, Gavin still needs to do some cleanup work for the Conqueror Army.

After ten days of arduous march, the Conqueror Army finally crossed the entire Rocky Land and left this rugged plateau and mountainous area. The whole process was uneventful, with only boredom and physical fatigue. The only thing that made the entire Rocky Land difficult for them was the unchanging natural environment.

The monsters have completely disappeared, as if the rocky land is a peaceful and peaceful place, but everyone knows that after the conqueror army passes, they will come out from the mountains, deserts, and dark caves again and fill this place. of mountains and ravines.

Along the way, the soldiers and civilians of the Kingdom of Cormyr had a very friendly attitude towards the Conqueror's Army, not only because of the latest order from the Cormyr Royal Family, but also because the Conqueror's Army could bring them tangible benefits.

The army of conquerors still adheres to the original concept of marching and doing business in parallel. It carries a large number of their unique products and uses discounted and practical products to clear the way. It is really difficult for the soldiers and civilians here to dislike them.

Moreover, the size of the conqueror's army is displayed here. While the march speed is slow, it also allows the elites accompanying the team to have a lot of time to do other things, such as helping the villages and towns along the way solve some problems that are difficult for them to solve. Those who escaped were only the tribe of intelligent monsters. Those low-intelligent beasts and monsters that were causing trouble did not have such good information.

As one can imagine, they were all tracked by the elites of the conquerors' army, and even their lair was found.

Those with unique abilities and values ​​can still save their lives and be controlled by the fairy charm bracelet, becoming the controlling beast in the army of conquerors.

Those who can only kill and have no other abilities can only contribute their final value and enter the stew pot of the conqueror's army, allowing the hard-working immigrants to have a good meal and have more physical strength to fight against the rocky ground.

Under Gavin's influence, the conquerors' army adhered to the concept of eradicating all evil and eradicating its roots. They did not even spare the nests of monsters.

They will help the villagers occupy and develop those valuable places and use them as granaries and wine cellars.

If it is worthless, after searching it, let the kobolds use flutter bombs to directly blast it and bury it.

Another reason why there are so many monsters in the rocky ground is that there are so many caves here, many of which are not simply dug by monsters, but are connected to the Dark Area.

For such a place, the conqueror army will leave a secret guard post to closely monitor the place and collect as much intelligence and information as possible to prepare for the next step of development.

Taking a closer look, it is not that nothing has been done when the conqueror's army crossed the rocky land, but most of it was preparation work, and no substantial gains could be seen in a short period of time.

After leaving the rocky land and entering the relatively gentle Hongquan Reclamation Area, the conqueror's army immediately became more energetic and vigorous. They showed off the energy of the previous rush and march, marching and paving as little as 60 kilometers and as much as 80 kilometers every day.

It was indeed a bit slower than the peak speed on the Ivanso side, but don't forget that it was already winter, and they were moving northward, so the days had become much shorter.

The road they paved this time was different from the previous ones.

Previously, they were making a road in the wilderness at best, with only a rough outline, which didn't hinder walking, but the image was very ordinary.

After passing the rocky land, there is a complete trade road. The ones paving the road are no longer the original road-opening team, but the kobold road-building team Gavin has accumulated during this period with paving skills.

"My Gods? What kind of magic is this? It turns a dirt road directly into a brick road? Even those brick roads are not so tight, nor are they such a smooth and regular road. I am still the first Once met.”

"Is this a five-ring spell that turns mud into stone?"

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be more terrifying? Doesn't it mean that all the kobolds who are casting spells are extraordinary spellcasters?"

"No, it shouldn't be about turning mud into stone. Even the mud into stone cast by a legendary caster shouldn't have such a range of light. It's more like a specialized spell, a spell specifically used to pave the way."

"I heard before that the War Mage is researching a road spell that can make newly paved and repaired roads as smooth as brick roads. Isn't it a similar spell?"

"Isn't this how this migration came all the way? If so, wouldn't the entire road of conquerors be like this, and the road to Tethyr would be extremely smooth?"

"Even if it wasn't originally, it will probably be in the future. Look at how fast they are building the road. The speed of the army behind them can't keep up with the speed of their road construction."

"I also heard that they have erected a large number of magical statues of conquerors along the way. If you pray to them and offer sacrifices, you can obtain special magical blessings and your movement speed will be greatly improved."

"Praying and offering sacrifices? Isn't that a special treatment enjoyed by the gods? That conqueror is so bold, isn't he afraid of provoking the wrath of the gods?"

"Which god is angry? There is no one among the gods who specializes in the priesthood of roads. Isn't this great achievement of building thousands of kilometers of roads by oneself worthy of erecting monuments and statues to commemorate it?"

"It seems to make sense."

"Since he dares to do this, he is definitely not afraid of provoking the blame of the gods. Don't forget that he is Ms. Strategy's chosen one and is protected by someone."

"We don't need to worry about this matter anymore. For us, it's a great thing. We no longer have to worry about the carriage getting stuck in the mud after the rain."

"It's true that we don't have to worry about rain, but we do have to worry about snow. Once such a slippery road is covered with heavy snow, especially the snow that has been trampled and started to melt, it will be a disaster. It is easy to fall out with people and horses."

"Haha... you are talking nonsense. Who would travel in such weather? It is the best choice to find a hotel or set up camp directly, warm up by the stove, and wait until the snow melts completely before traveling again."

"Ha, it's true that I worry too much. Overall, this is a good thing that benefits everyone."

"I heard that this conqueror signed a gambling agreement with our Regent Lady and the leader of the Red Crow Mercenary Group to develop the rocky land at the same time. This is already the territory under the charge of the Regent Lady. Isn't it a disguised way to help the Regent Lady by repairing the road on a large scale?"

"Your question shows that you are too narrow-minded. Do you want to give up your own projects just to hinder the development of others? Let's not talk about how convenient it is for their army to move. The connectivity alone is extraordinary. Don't forget that the conqueror's territory is not limited to this one. He needs these roads to connect his territory."

"Yes, the high road is probably just the beginning. Next, they will repair the Moon Sea Highway and the East Road that crosses our Cormier in this way."

"Now that you put it that way, I am looking forward to galloping on these smooth roads."

I have to update again recently. Since Er Yang, my waist has been feeling unwell. After checking, I found that my lumbar disc is a little protruding. I went for physical therapy recently, which is a bit time-consuming. Alas... I haven't made any progress in writing the book yet, but I have an occupational disease!