Chapter 11 Finalizing the development direction
The next day, Weilin slept until three o'clock in the morning, and after eating the food sent by the servant, he couldn't wait to find Brian and Alik to discuss purchasing supplies.
However, before that, Verin asked someone to bring a red phosphorus horse over, intending to give it to Baron Alik as a gift to establish a relationship.
It will be much easier to ask for help from others in the future.
At this moment, Brian and Alik were sitting opposite each other in the castle study.
"Alec, what do you think of Verin?"
"I can't tell. I can't tell based on our interactions last night." After hearing this, Alik thought for a few minutes and finally shook his head and said.
"You can't tell, but my cousin is very good and values family ties, but he's just a little lazy. We haven't seen him for six years, and when he came, he gave me a set of excellent knight-level full-body armor worth twelve thousand gold coins. But I'm troubled. , Don’t know how to return the favor?” At this point, Brian looked at Alik and stared at him piercingly.
"Okay, it's easy for you to return a gift. I saw that the people he brought did not have protective armor. You can use a hundred sets of leather armor as a return gift." Alik covered his forehead and looked at this big fool, not knowing what to say. is good.
"Hahaha, you are smart. It is indeed a wise choice to ask you to come over and re-plan the layout of the villages in the territory."
Brian laughed loudly and said excitedly.
"Sir, Lord Verin invites you and Lord Alik to go to the training ground."
Suddenly, the butler's voice came from outside the door, causing Brian to stop smiling.
"Let's go and see, what does Weilin want from us?"
Brian stood up first and walked towards the door.
Alik followed closely and headed to the training ground. Based on his judgment, Verin invited him there to give him a gift, and he began to predict in his mind how to return the gift just right.
At the training ground, Verin watched the two people arrive and stepped forward and said to Alik: "Cousin, what do you think of this horse?"
"It is fat and strong, with a trace of red dragon blood. It has a lot of room for growth. It is worth 20,000 gold coins on the market." Alik gave a fair evaluation based on the horse's appearance.
"Cousin, you have good vision. This is a gift from my little brother. I hope you like it."
Alik replied calmly: "Since it is from you, I will accept it. In return, I will give you 60 carts of grain and a batch of iron farm tools, plus a detailed map of the Yellowstone area in the northwest of the Gray Mango Wasteland. ”
When Weilin heard this, he was stunned on the spot. How did he know that he had chosen the Yellowstone area in the northwest of the Gray Mist Wasteland as the development direction? He raised his head and met Alik's smiling eyes. He sighed in his heart and said with a smile: "Thank you for your help, cousin."
At the same time, Brian found the right moment and said with a smile: "Weilin, I don't have anything good, and my territory only has a lot of iron ore, so I will give you twenty sets of iron armor and one hundred and fifty sets of leather armor. , plus a hundred iron swords as my return gift, I hope you won’t dislike it.”
"Thank you, cousin."
Not surprisingly, Alik looked at this generous fool again and didn't know what to say.
Brian ignored his look and felt happy when he saw his relatives happy.
That afternoon, Brian delivered twenty sets of iron armor, one hundred and fifty sets of leather armor, and one hundred iron swords to Weilin.
In a camp outside the castle, Weilin picked up an iron sword, tried it on a wooden stake a few times, and found that the quality was very good.
Then I checked the iron armor and leather armor. They were all top-notch among the ordinary-grade ones, and there were no shoddy ones.
According to the market value of Cardero Province, these things are worth fifteen thousand gold coins. In the event of war, it is possible to sell them for thirty thousand gold coins.
"My Lord, with this batch of weapons, our initial development operations will be much smoother." Baird, the captain of the Knight Guard, stared at the weapons and said excitedly.
"Next, the training tasks for these two hundred people will be left to you. I hope they will play a more important role in actual combat."
"Lord, please be at ease."
Baird looked excited and left the castle with a few knights, heading to the camp outside the city to gather the serfs and couldn't wait to start training.
With nothing to do, Weilin returned to his room, opened the map of the Yellowstone area in the northwest of the Gray Mango Wasteland that Alik had given him, carefully observed it, and thought about the best areas to develop.
As for the 60 carts of grain and a batch of farm tools promised by Alik, they will be delivered to Brian's castle within half a month.
So Verin was prepared to shamelessly eat and drink at Cousin Brian's place.
The Yellowstone area in the northwest of the Gray Mango Wasteland has a total area of 600,000 square kilometers, an area the size of four Cadro provinces. There is a main river, the Huangsha River, which flows from southeast to northwest and merges into an unknown distant place.
The closer you get to the river, the more fertile the land, and the more monsters there are.
Away from the river area, the land is relatively barren, but food can be grown normally, but the yield is not high. When growing wheat, one acre of land can produce about 150 kilograms.
According to calculations made by Wei Lin in his previous life, an adult would need to consume 400 kilograms of wheat a year if he only ate wheat.
However, this is a different world, and most of them are serfs without freedom. As long as they don't starve to death, in theory, only the wheat harvested from one acre of land plus wild vegetables and other food is enough to feed a high-quality serf.
"No, this idea is too evil. I have morals. If I go too far, how can I survive in the family?"
Welin shook his head, threw this idea out of his mind, and stopped thinking about this kind of thing.
Then, he set his sights on the distribution area of monsters in the Yellowstone area, still according to the river distribution map.
Near the main stream of the Yellow Sand River are some relatively powerful monster clans, such as ogres, jackals and minotaurs.
The tributaries are occupied by some weak monsters, such as dog-headed men, goblins and other weak monsters.
The good news is that there are almost no powerful monsters in the Yellowstone area. The leader of the most powerful monster clan is at the gold level. As long as he doesn't seek death, he can go directly to the Yellow Sand River Basin to open up the territory without worrying about safety issues.
The bad news is that the barren environment has led to an extremely poor magic environment here, and it is very difficult to practice, and magic crystals are needed to assist.
Then he looked at the southern part of the Yellowstone area, a place called Toksik, which is 200 kilometers away from here in a straight line, with an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers. There are only monster clans like goblins around, and the most powerful monster is only bronze high-level, which is very suitable for him to open up.
After deciding on the direction, Weilin came to the table, took out a piece of paper, and began to record the assets he currently owned.
A wise lord, two underage guardian knights, twelve bronze high-level knights, two hundred serfs in training, and 55 bandit slaves.
Eighty-one thousand two hundred gold coins, nine intermediate magic crystals, and 120 low-level magic crystals.
Seventeen red-scaled horses, five sets of excellent knight full body armor, and six excellent knight long swords.
Twenty sets of iron armor, one hundred and fifty sets of leather armor, one hundred iron swords, 60 carts of food that have not yet arrived, and a batch of farm tools.
The above is all the property Weilin has now.
With these things, it is enough to support his initial expenses in developing the territory.
