Chapter 90 Exchange Blueprints
The first person to come to exchange the heavy trebuchet blueprint was Baron Rice, an old acquaintance of Richard. ɱ
In the battle last year, Baron Rice was an important commander under Richard.
The two cooperated well, both made a fortune from the Dirham Territory, and finally dealt with the trouble of the patrol sent by the superiors together.
With this relationship, Baron Rice trusted Richard very much.
After receiving the news that Richard was willing to trade the heavy trebuchet blueprint, Baron Rice was the first to come to Harland Territory.
Baron Rice was very familiar with Richard and spoke directly.
"Baron Richard, how are you going to exchange?"
"The royal family exchanged the heavy trebuchet blueprint, and the estimated price was one thousand gold coins. We can't go below this price. But the transaction is very flexible, and it can be exchanged with various materials, and the estimated price can float upward."
The royal family got the heavy trebuchet invented by Richard and exchanged it with hundreds of nobles at home and abroad, which could at least exchange for hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
The Harland family is just a small noble family in the northern border. Although they have some influence in the Geda Province, they are not able to compete with the royal family for business.
If they compete with low prices, they will annoy the royal family and be on King Charles' blacklist, which will lead to the destruction of the family.
Even if the royal family does not take action, no noble can hold on for too long if they do not send reinforcements when the orcs invade.
Even if great nobles like Duke Edward and Duke Jonathan want to gain a foothold in the northern border, they need the support of the royal family.
Even if the heavy catapult was invented by Richard, the royal family took hundreds of thousands of gold coins in profit.
Richard cannot be jealous. The territory cannot compete with the royal family for business. This is the political correctness of the Grant Kingdom.
Unless there is the strength of the two Dukes Jonathan and York, there is the power to make the royal family compromise.
How big the platform and how big the strength are, do how big the things are.
This is the truth that Richard has understood since he was a child.
The platform of Harland's territory is small and the strength is weak. If it obtains a large amount of gold coins that make people jealous, it will be in big trouble.
Baron Rice's territory is relatively barren and has little output.
But he won a large amount of gold coins in the battle with the orcs last year.
But Baron Rice was reluctant to part with the gold coins and decided to exchange them with orc slaves.
"There are seven minotaurs, forty-six sheep-headed men, and more than eighty dog-headed men in our territory. How much can you estimate?"
Orc slaves are relatively cheap and far less valuable than human slaves.
Although minotaurs are strong and have brute force, they are very difficult to manage. Only professionals can hold their ground.
If minotaurs are allowed to work in the wild, there is a risk of them escaping at any time.
Sheep-headed men and dog-headed men are weaker in strength, and their obedience is better.
But they do not understand the orc language and have no good management experience, so their labor efficiency is shockingly low.
Especially dog-headed men, who have a relatively large appetite, it is very uneconomical to use dog-headed men as slaves.
Ten dog-headed slaves are not as valuable as one human slave.
"You know, orc slaves are not worth much. If you add thirty households of serfs and these orc slaves, you can exchange them."
Thirty households of serfs, including the old and the weak, add up to about 150 people, and the purchase price at the slave market is more than 700 gold coins.
The valuation of orc slaves is only about two gold coins on average, which is twice as expensive as the market value.
Baron Les bargained with Richard, and finally exchanged the orc slaves in his hands and 26 households of serfs for the heavy catapult blueprint.
Some lords cannot use orc slaves, the key is that they cannot understand the orc language.
There are a large number of contract slaves who are proficient in the orc language in Richard's territory. Through these humans who have lived in the Orc Empire for many years, Richard can manage the orc slaves.
Kobolds can be used to mine, sheep-headed people can be used for grazing, and tauren are strong. They can not only mine, but also be used to plow fields when oxen are in short supply.
The mine environment is closed, and there are garrisons outside.
Let the dog-headed people go to mine. A dog-headed person must dig 100 kilograms of iron ore every day to have food.
Using this new method, the Harland Territory has accumulated some experience in managing orcs.
The sheep-headed people are treated much better because of their gentle temperament and help Richard find the red sugar wood.
The grazing life is not too hard, and the environment in the southern foothills of the Eagle Mountains is much better than that in the northern foothills.
The sheep-headed people do not need to recruit soldiers to fight, and they turn in some livestock every year. Their life is better than in the Orc Empire.
With the improvement of living conditions, the sheep-headed people are very satisfied with the current situation, and even feel happy.
Although the tauren fought hard, their number was small and they did not cause any trouble.
After the news of Richard's transaction with Baron Rice spread, five or six barons came back and forth.
Including Baron Dak and Baron Bazel, who Richard was familiar with, they all used orc slaves and some human serfs to exchange for heavy catapult blueprints.
The number of orc slaves they brought has exceeded one thousand.
The number of human serfs has also increased by 500.
Richard arranged these 500 serfs in the least important reclamation bases to prevent spies from being planted and infiltrating important departments.
After this wave of people, the number of nobles who traded heavy catapult blueprints with Richard suddenly decreased.
The speed of information transmission in the Grant Kingdom was not fast, and many people did not know that the heavy catapult was first invented by Harland.
Moreover, Richard did not have the royal seal in his hand, so he could not sign a binding contract with Baron Rice and others.
These barons got the heavy trebuchet blueprints and could also exchange them with nearby territories.
Richard thought that was it, but he didn't expect that after a few days, he would welcome three barons, Paul, Harden, and Sharp.
The territories of these three barons are not far from Richard.
He also saw the threat posed by the counterweight trebuchet in the war.
They originally planned to trade with the royal family, but after hearing the news that Baron Rice had traded with Richard, they waited for a few days and decided to trade with Richard.
Trading with Richard, you can use low-value resources to exchange for high-value heavy trebuchet blueprints.
Baron Harden is strong, and there are also people in his territory who are proficient in the orc language.
Orc slaves are also valuable to him, so trading with Richard is a little uneconomical.
However, Baron Harden's territory is not short of various resources, and he used 500 tons of old grain to exchange for the heavy trebuchet blueprints.
Although Baron Sharp himself is not strong, his wife Baron Raphael is as strong as Baron Harden.
He directly used a breathing method to exchange the heavy catapult blueprint with Richard.
The Harland family also has this breathing method, which is the incomplete Barbarian Bull Breathing Method.
However, the Barbarian Bull Breathing Method brought by Baron Raphael is more complete than the one collected by the Harland family, and can be practiced to the third level of professional.
The scroll that Baron Paul used to exchange for the heavy catapult blueprint is more precious. It records some enchantment knowledge and can be used to make magic bombs.