297. Fortune
William is a very realistic person.
He chose to become Sean's follower in the first place, in fact, it was a big gamble, and of course, the grand blueprint that Sean described to him at that time was indeed something he couldn't refuse. Although he didn't follow Sean from the very beginning like Alfred, he is now second only to Cecilia in the entire inner circle, and even Alfred is below him.
But in fact, everyone knew very well that if William spoke, even Cecilia would definitely follow his instructions.
As the first batch of generals raised by William himself, such as Nock, Stalin, and Aldolph, the three of them no longer respect William, and it can be said that they are very thorough blind worship.
For such a situation, in fact, William's heart is still very happy.
He was glad he was with a lord like Sean.
Because if it were with other nobles, it would be difficult for a man like William to do anything, because most of the time he had to deal with the deterrence of those nobles. For no other reason, no nobleman can ignore the problem of high merit and mastery, so even the most shrewd strategist needs to be careful to hide his clumsiness, or he will have a set of checks and balances.
But in Sean's case, William didn't find any of this.
Sean is very simple to completely separate the military and the government, and then he and Neil are in charge.
It is this neat and unreserved approach to trust that makes William and Neil truly put their minds at ease and completely regard Sean's territory as their home for the rest of their lives. And as the highest authority in the entire territory, they have done this, so of course the people below will not have too many thoughts - or rather, these people have followed Sean to this day from the beginning, and they know each other very well, so this atmosphere is also very relaxed.
At this moment. William was walking briskly towards the conference room.
The Tinchiin Territory has been officially handed over to Florence, the Iron Wings have returned to the D'Ay Territory, and the Thunder Lion is being evacuated from the Tinciin Territory, and their destination is Hierro City in the Tyderbi Territory. As for the former Baron Yaderby, Mohans and his son Rob, Sean didn't bother much, anyway, after determining that these two people were of little value, he had already asked them to take people back to Dabion, and even had no interest in getting the other party to pay the ransom.
How much is a baron worth?
A few thousand Dabion gold coins would be of no use to Sean's plan.
On the contrary, it was the official announcement of the occupation of the territory of Yedby, and the preparation to take over the city of Hierro. There was a little trouble. If it weren't for that, Sean didn't plan to withdraw the Thunder Lion and Alfred from Tinchiin's territory, after all, the Florentine side was still in need of help - although Lominen did not resist, but Rovess was very dissatisfied, and the Hasteen family, although the main family was completely destroyed. But there are still some distant relatives left, and Florence is currently operating against them. If we don't get rid of all these people as soon as possible. It is very likely that the Kingdom of Dabion will use this as a breakthrough.
Although the original intention was to provoke a war, sometimes some things should be dealt with cleanly, and it is very troublesome to leave the tail.
But now, if anyone knew William well, one conclusion could be drawn from William's drunken red countenance: William was now excited.
In this world, there are not many things that can excite William. Especially now William's face is not only red, but his eyes are surprisingly bright.
"Bang!"
The door to the conference room was almost completely slammed open.
At this point, there aren't many people in the room – that's relative to the space in the conference room. But in fact, all of Sean's followers who are currently in Void City have already gathered.
"What's so exciting?" As soon as he saw William's face, Sean knew that this guy had made another mistake.
"Hey, hey." William smirked.
Hearing this laughter, Cecilia, Clov, and Neil all looked up in surprise.
Although the things and behaviors that William usually does when he is excited are indeed a little different from usual, it is not the first time that he has seen such a thing as slamming the door open, so everyone is not too curious. But it surprised everyone when they heard William laugh like this, which was almost mentally retarded, because it was the first time they had heard William laugh like this.
"Rich! Get rich! William didn't let everyone wait too long, it seemed that he was too excited because of the news, so he couldn't wait to share it with everyone, "We are really rich this time!" ”
"Rich?" Neil frowned slightly.
He was in charge of the entire territory, including the control of the economy, and he had complained many times about the serious lack of funds in the territory. However, although he has been complaining about this problem, in fact, he also knows very well that it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary lord to develop to the scale of Sean after obtaining a territory for less than ten or twenty years, after all, not everyone can directly start with more than two million gold coins.
Of course, this is not absolute, those kingdoms with a relatively long history, the great nobles in the empire, can still give millions to their descendants as initial development funds. But this is also because these people have a deep family relationship, and Sean is a person with no background.
However, these are not the point, the point is because Neil often complains, so William and Sean are very clear that the current territory really has to develop according to Neil's plan, and how big the funding gap is. And in such a situation, William actually said that he was rich, so the significance of this matter is not trivial.
And Sean, as soon as he heard William say this, immediately understood: "Sean is back? ”
"Yes, it's back." The excitement on William's face was still very obvious, "This guy is very cautious and careful, he hurried back overnight, except for the necessary rest time, he didn't stay outside for too long, and now all the things have been transported to the camp, I let him go down to rest first." ”
Camp. Naturally, it refers to the barracks area of Void City, which is the garrison of the Void City Defense Army.
"Have you seen it?" Sean asked with some excitement.
William gave Sean a white look, which made Sean smile a little embarrassed, this kind of topic is indeed a bit idiotic, so he immediately changed his mouth and said: "Value? ”
Hearing Sean's words, everyone present immediately held their breath, and the look of anticipation on their faces was very obvious. They weren't stupid, and even William was so excited, so it proved that those things must be priceless, otherwise William would never have been able to show his appearance. Therefore, it is natural that the value of those things is very much expected.
"Guess?" But this time William didn't say it very simply, but sold it.
"Is there two million?" It was Neil who opened the question.
Both Sean and William are well aware of Neil's question.
Previously, Neil had submitted a plan for the remediation of the trade in the territory, which was to fully control and restrict the export of these things while fully developing the specialties of the territory. At the same time, customs trade is established in the territory, and customs duties are calculated by weight. Instead of charging according to the number of trucks in the past. There are a few other settings out there, but they're designed to prevent smuggling.
This is a big project, and the results are not quick in a short period of time, but once the rules are established, it is completely a money-making plan. Not to mention anything else, there are at least ten or more resources in the Forest of Gray Shadows, which are very rare here in the Duchy of Ryan and the Duchy of Dabion. In addition, Red Leaf Town also has the specialty of Red Maple Fruit Wine, and Yedby Collar and Burbis Collar also have some special products, as long as you firmly grasp these, you are not afraid of running out of money in the future.
However, this policy. At the beginning, of course, there will be resistance, and maybe even the alliance of mainland chambers of commerce will be returned to the trade blockade, and the initial investment for this will definitely be very large. Neil's estimate of 2 million is just a minimum number, and it is likely that the first phase of the plan alone will be more than that, but according to Neil's assessment, the floating value will not exceed 30%.
In the face of Neil's question, looking at Neil with an eager face, William smiled and did not speak.
Seeing William's appearance, Neil suddenly exhaled, and the whole person sat down very satisfied: "It seems that there is no need to worry about money for the time being." ”
"There are two million!" Clov was shocked.
He used to be in the trade capital, and he led the mercenary group to collect protection money and fight with others, and he didn't necessarily have 200,000 a year.
"More than that." William chuckled lightly and finally spoke, "And it's a pan-continent gold coin!" ”
Sean's eyes immediately straightened, even brighter than William's, and Neil, who had already sat down, stood up with an excited face. He originally thought that it would be very good for an earl's family to be able to collect two million in their inheritance, and even eight cents of Dabion gold would be enough for him to start implementing the first phase of the plan, but now it is more than two million, and it is a pan-continental gold coin instead of a Dabion gold coin, which is unbelievable.
"How many exactly!?" Sean didn't have the heart to continue guessing.
"The Pan-Continent gold coins alone are more than three million, a full one hundred and fifty-seven boxes!" William said excitedly.
On the Miracle Continent, if the boxes used to hold gold coins are not specially made, then there is only one model, this kind of box is made by the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and each box can hold about 20,000 gold coins. One hundred and fifty-seven boxes, that is three million 140,000 pan-continental gold coins, which can definitely be regarded as a huge amount of money.
However, Sean and Neil were very keen to catch William's use of the word "only" when he said this.
"Is there anything else?"
"There are 10,000 sets of weapons and armor of excellent quality......"
10,000 sets of high-quality equipment is not very expensive, even if the production process level is high, 10,000 sets will not exceed 150,000, compared to the huge amount of more than 3 million, this is considered pediatrics.
However, William's words obviously did not finish: "There are various other rare materials, most of them are ores, but there are also some Demonic Beast materials, and even some are materials of seventh-level Demonic Beasts......"
Ore and Warcraft materials?
Sean's eyebrows furrowed, he just needed these materials if he wanted to make demonic weapons now, especially the materials for seventh-level demonic beasts. Not to mention those rare ores and the like, just the materials of the seventh-level demonic beasts are by no means popular goods. However, these materials do not have an accurate assessment figure, which is valuable for those in need, but it is the icing on the cake for those who don't need it, but according to William, even if this part is sold at a discount, one or two million pan-continental gold coins are still no problem.
In this way, the harvest of copying the Hestin family's old background this time is at least more than five million!
This can be regarded as the family heritage of a top marquis!
Thinking about it this way, it is obvious that the Hasteen family is really not simple, and I am afraid that the Nugus family has been paving the way for them for a long time. And once this family is successfully promoted to the Marquis family, then it will definitely become a powerful Marquis in a short period of time.
Thinking of this, Sean was a little glad that he took the opportunity to uproot the family.
"But none of that is the most valuable."
"Isn't it the most valuable?" Everyone was stunned.
"The most valuable thing of the Hastings family is a set of legendary armor!"
"A set of legendary armor!?" (To be continued......)