Chapter 247 Gawain’s daily work

Gawain was sitting in the study room of the Lord's Mansion, looking at the latest reports from the Kant Territory and the Leslie Territory.

Most of the report was about the establishment of trade routes. Padrick, whom he valued, had already shown his value. With the efforts of the "merchant scholar", he already had a relationship with Kant. The southern merchants who were doing business have been connected one after another, and in the process, a large number of merchants were taken under Padrick's command - he did not pay much money for this, but paid for it with alchemy potions in cash. In a short period of time, a considerable number of businessmen voluntarily became dealers of "Cecil's Potion" and allowed them to take the potion on the road.

Due to the nature of these merchants traveling between territories, they often deal with people such as mercenaries - low-level mercenaries who charge low fees are happy to be hired by merchants to help merchants drive away Robbers and wild beasts on the road, and in the process, the cheap and effective Cecil healing potion came into the sight of these mercenaries who were not very well-funded.

No one will be stingy when it comes to protecting their own lives - a bottle of mixture that can treat diseases and wound infections and a bottle of weak healing potion that can effectively stop bleeding cost less than three silver coins in total, even if Even the most down-and-out mercenaries could afford it, so before the merchants arrived at their destination, the healing potion produced by the Cecil Territory had already begun to spread among the mercenaries throughout the southern border.

Mercenaries who often go out on adventures and are often injured and need treatment will be the first and most stable source of consumers for Cecil’s healing potions.

On the other side, Leslie Leader sent a new order for mining equipment, as well as a letter hoping that Cecil Leader would send a few more "Magic Network Technicians" to help them expand the Magic Network.

Gawain looked at the letter written by Viscount Andrew Leslie, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

The first batch of technicians sent to Leslie's territory helped lay the basic magic network in the Tanzanian mine, allowing the mine to use an infinitely powerful magic engine to pull mine carts and crush ore. , before the Viscount can fully utilize the production efficiency of these magic machines, he actually has no need to further expand the Magic Network - now he hopes that Gawain will send another group of Magic Network technicians there, which means that Mr. Viscount has already I tasted great benefits from the magic net.

What will he do? Maybe he wants to lay the magic net in his castle, or maybe he wants to cover the entire mine. More likely... he wants to take this opportunity to learn the technology of laying magic net.

Anyway, it is within Gawain’s expectations.

He called the technical person in charge of laying the magic network - he was originally a rune craftsman from the royal capital, but now he has become a "naturalized talent" who is determined to stay in this territory. " - and asked him to lead the team to another trip to Tanzania Town. After explaining the task, he reminded: "According to my estimation, Viscount Leslie may try to bribe you this time and let you Tell him the technical key to laying the magic net..."

The technical person in charge suddenly looked serious: "I will never be swayed by money, Lord!"

"No, I ask you to accept bribes," Gawain shook his head and said The words in front of him startled the technical person in charge, "Of course, it has to be more complicated and difficult."

"Sir... what does this mean?"

" The Magic Network is a very simple thing and will be learned by others sooner or later, so I don’t mind passing on the Magic Network technology, but I have to charge some tuition," Gawain said as he wrote a reply to Viscount Andrew, "Raise the purchase price a little higher, technology is valuable."

After the technical director left, Gawain called Hetty again.

As soon as the latter entered the study, Gao Wen said bluntly: "Inform the 'Population Introduction Commissioner' of Tanzania Town that in the next period of time there will be a large number of cheap mine slave labor and unemployed free workers in Tanzania Town. Miners, recruit as many of these people as possible, our factory is short of people.”

Heti looked confused: “Huh? How do you know, ancestor?”

After Hetty also left, Gawain finally finished handling the matters at hand, and he stretched out his arms. I'm lazy and ready to take a short rest.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a slight clicking sound coming from the window sill, followed by a crisp sound of the spring and mechanical structure being released. Gao Wenshua suddenly turned his head and immediately I saw a mechanical device on the windowsill bouncing high!

The fully automatic anti-amber warning device works!

Without saying anything, Gawain reached out and held down the head of a half-elf who was falling down from the window sill in embarrassment, and his body emerged from the shadow state and showed its original shape: "You don't want to leave the door!"

Hu Huo rushed up with a cry: "Is there anyone like you who puts a mouse trap on the window sill?!"

Gowen pressed the opponent's head and suppressed it easily. All the girl's resistance: "What a mouse trap, that's an early warning device - can you be trapped if you don't leave the window?"

Amber held her neck to maintain her last dignity as a master thief: "I didn't I was caught!”

I don’t know what kind of dignity she can maintain...

Gowen glanced at this shameless half The elf glanced: "How long have you been listening outside the window?"

"Since you shamelessly asked the magic network technician to extort money for you," Amber opened his mouth and showed admiration as he spoke. with an expression on his face, "Hey, old Zongzi, I discovered that you can do well even if you are not a noble. Your ability to deceive people... OK, OK, I won't say it anymore..."

Gao WenshouHe picked up his fist and was about to knock it down, looked the girl up and down, and then started to get down to business: "I heard that you brought a lot of people back?"

"A hundred or so bastards, all of them We met back then, but that's not all," Amber said with a proud look on his face, "I tell you, there are more people, but they are all distributed in several nearby territories. It is winter now, and those bastards They are all hiding in a dark tavern and drinking themselves to death. They have to be pulled out one by one - but there is no need for me to go there myself. I have already roped in the people I trusted most back then, and then let them run to pull them out. Just people."

Gawain looked at Amber with some surprise: "If you think about it this way...were you quite powerful back then?"

"Actually, not all of them can be counted. 'My power'," Amber knew as soon as she heard that Gawain was an outsider in this aspect, so she explained with a smile, "This kind of gangsters and scoundrels have no stable organization at all. Everyone makes a living in the streets and alleys, and meets in the gutter. It's just a loose hug to keep warm. I traveled around a lot back then, so I knew a lot of people. This is a sparse net, and I'm just pulling up a few knots for you. But as long as these people are willing to contribute, they can help you find more people."

Gao Wen looked stunned: "Then I understand, is there anything you need me to do?"

"Of course," Amber nodded, "I'm going to send my most trusted people to gather people in other territories, but you have to know how troublesome it will be for them to travel through the territories of other nobles - they need supporting documents and guarantees people to prove that they were traveling on the commission of Duke Gawain Cecil, which would prevent them and the people they brought with them from being hanged by the local nobles on the road. ”

In this era. , everyone is tied to the land where they grew up, and every commoner is the private property of the nobles. Ordinary people are almost not allowed to leave or enter any territory at will, otherwise they will risk being hanged - if If you want to become a merchant, mercenary, or adventurer, you need to obtain certification documents from the nobles. Even with these certification documents, if the issuer is not strong enough, the person holding the documents may still encounter difficulties from noble soldiers along the way. and extortion (in fact, this is almost the main source of income for many noble private soldiers), this is the status quo of this era.

But if they not only have supporting documents, but also the issuer of the documents is important enough in the entire aristocratic system, then they can go through unimpeded.

Duke Gawain Cecil is no longer the general guardian of the South, but his name still plays an important role in this land. At least without conflict of interest, the conservative nobles can They must show enough reverence for this name. This kind of reverence for the superior nobles is also an important part of the nobles maintaining their dignity. Therefore, as long as anyone holds a pass issued by Gawain Cecil, he can travel in the southern border. There is no obstruction, and basically there is no need to worry about being made difficult and blackmailed by the nobles along the way - this is also Gawain's business plan.An important guarantee for the smooth paving of roads.

Gawain agreed to Amber's request with little hesitation: "No problem. But you have to ensure that the person who gets the pass is reliable, and before they set off, they must understand their mission. And the importance of keeping a low profile. I don’t want those people to take my pass and flaunt it everywhere, making this matter known to the world.”

Hubo smiled: “Don’t worry about this. The people I brought out are all old-timers. They don’t know anything else. They can keep a low profile and pretend to be cowards and pretend to be grandsons better than anyone else. They can even walk away like a fugitive with a Duke’s pass. If you let them swagger through the city, it’s better to let them die. ."

Gawain: "..."

I always feel that this is nothing to be proud of. Why did Amber's expression when she said these words look like she saved the world... …

At this time, Amber began to sigh again: "The pass issued by the Duke... If it were that kind of unconditional pass document, God knows how much money this thing could fetch on the black market. You probably have a history." He is the first nobleman to issue such a document to gangsters."

"I'm not the first," Gawain waved his hand upon hearing this. "We just conquered the northern region. At that time, Charlie alone signed more than a hundred certificates and permission documents for the local mountain people. From today's perspective, all the northern mountain people back then were uncivilized barbarians, not even gangsters. ——But they are the ancestors of the current Northern Mountain Legion."

"Wow--you mean to let me lead a regiment in the future?"

Gao Wen glanced at this. The half-elf, who could barely crawl, raised his hand and said, "Tell me, should I knock directly or go through a process?"

Amber: "..."