"This place is still so broken," said Fortress Ambassador Perot as he stepped out of the cabin, and a smell of wood decayed came.The air around us is humid and dull, making people feel uncomfortable.He sucked his nose and raised his head, the sky was gray, and it seemed as if a heavy rain was brewing.

"The last time you were here, it was a year ago," said the assistant, adoring the ambassador in a woollen coat, "there is nothing here but the stone."

"It was a year and a half ago," corrected Perot, "that the Duke would have drawn different people every season, and the last time I had been to the border town it was summer."And here in addition to the stone, there are all kinds of good fur, and...”

“What?”The assistant showed a blank face.

Pero shook his head, not answering.He crossed the ship's port and stepped on the trunchey dock, and the planks under his feet made a creaking sound.It will take a few years for the dock to be broken, he thought.The border town not only has stones, furs, and even... land.But these statements make no sense, and the assistant is just an obscure document in the town hall, and you can't see it at all.

There is a large area of unrecrupted land between the border town and the Changge Fortress, on the one hand, the desperate mountains, and on the other side the red water river, like a narrow corridor.As an outpost of the fortress, if the responsibility of the defensive line is assumed, the middle tract of land will be included in the hand of the fortress.They are not cultivated, do not need to fallow can be planted many times, coupled with the natural barriers on both sides, it does not take much effort to eat.This will alleviate a series of problems caused by the growing population of the fortress, and the border town will become one of the fortresses, rather than being separated into two separate territories as they are now.

The only drawback is that it takes three to five years of operation and a large upfront investment.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the foresight of investment, most nobles are not as good as a bad businessman.

“Why is it empty in the yard?”The assistant pointed to an empty tunnel in the distance, “Shouldn’t they be ready for the ore?”

Pero sighed softly, "Let's go to the castle to see your Highness."

"Wait, sir, don't you wait for their reception team?"

I don't know if it was, but he thought so without saying, "Come on, the stability is in front."

Now, the trouble of dividing into two independent territories is obviously coming, and what would a normal nobleman or royal disciple do when the king's order casts the four princes into this deserted place?Of course, you own everything in this place.Let the ore and jewels trade for food and bread?I am afraid that the prince's eyes can only see the golden dragon.

If he were himself, he would do it too.Seeing the output in his territory being exchanged at such a low price, I am afraid no one would accept it.And the prince did not have to go to the fortress, and most of the people in the family forgot the fact that the Red Water River did not only pass through the long song fortress.He could sell the ore to Liuye Town at market prices, sell it to Fallen Longling, sell it to Chishui City, and then take people to take refuge in these places – just a little further away.

And then what can the long song fortress do?Clog the river and cut off the prince?That's a blatant confrontation with the Grey House!Everyone knows that the four princes are not liked by the king, but he is also the blood of the king, there is no doubt about it.

The two rode their rented horses and walked slowly along the river slate road.The horses are all old horses, mixed in hair, skinny as wood, even if you are slow, walking up and trembling all over.And for these two idiots, he had to pay two golden dragons as a deposit.

"You see, sir, that's the ship of the town of Willow?"

Hearing the assistant blasphemy, he looked in the direction of the other side, only to see a single-barrel sailing ship with green leaves and a knife flag slowly coming along the river.The hull of the water line is very high, indicating that it is full of goods.

Perot nodded expressionlessly, but his heart sank, and the other side moved faster than expected.If the prince had begun to contact the towns downstream of the Redwater River, he would have one less chip in his hands.He had intended to lobby his father to agree to buy ore at less than 30 percent of the normal price, so that he still made a profit, not to mention jewelry, which can be worn several times as much as a luxury.Unfortunately, this monopoly business is not his final say, nor is it the honeysuckle family.There are six nobles involved in the mining industry in the border town, and without the consent of the majority, the resolution cannot be formed.

But they were unresponsive, thinking that the situation was the same as before... or that the mine output was not worth their attention.Anyway, the other five were indifferent, and the father also confidently rejected himself.In fact, they are very wrong, the main reason for the small output of mining areas is this mode of barter, if it becomes normal trade, the more you earn, the more ore production is likely to go to the next step.

If you talk about the previous monopoly plan, nine out of ten, no, it is certainly impossible to achieve.Perot thought that it would be possible to see from the empty dock yard that the prince had no intention of exchanging the stones for inferior wheat, and that he was already in contact with other buyers.

If you still want to hold this trade line, 30% discount is his last chip.The distance between Liuye Town and the border town has increased the cost of ore transportation, and Liuye Town has more than one ore source point, and the price they offer is likely to be half lower than the market price.As for the Falling Longling and the Redwater Fort, they will only drive lower, so the four princes may agree that the long song fortress will still monopolize – especially the gemstone trade.

But the question is, if he is good at signing a contract, will his father agree?The other five, will feel that this move is simply to surrender to the border town, the family interests of the hand?

After all, in their eyes, the border town is still the pasture that the fortress itself controls and asks for.

The two slowly crossed to the castle in the southeast corner of the town, and Pero did not come here for the first time, but this time, the owner was changed.

The guard saw the ambassador's certificate and immediately went in to inform the lord.

Four Princes Roland Wimbledon soon summoned Pero, and when the two were introduced into the drawing-room, the prince was already waiting in the main seat.

“Mr. Ambassador, please sit down.”

Roland clapped his hands and gave the maid a rich meal.There are roast whole chickens, mushroom stew wild boar legs, butter bread and a large pot of vegetable soup.Obviously, in this place, the personal enjoyment of the royal children has not been the slightest loss.

Pero will not be polite, from the fortress to take the water to the border town, even if the wind takes two days; if it is a more sorghum cargo ship, it is more slow, it takes three to five days.There is no kitchen on board, usually eating its own dried meat or wheat cake.Seeing the hot dishes, he felt his mouth surging in his throat.

However, many years of aristocratic cultivation allowed him to maintain a perfect dining etiquette, on the contrary, his high homily had a lot worse to eat - especially the use of knives and forks.Pero noticed that in addition to the four princes who cut the meat, the other movements were done with a pair of small sticks.And it seems... two sticks are much more convenient than a fork.

“What do you think?”At the end of the meal, Roland asked.

“Uh, what?”The ambassador did not return.

"This," said the other party, shaking the stick in his hand, without waiting for Perot to answer, and said directly, "an iron fork is a luxury for most people, let alone a silver fork."And holding hands directly to eat, it is easy to eat dirty things together into the stomach.Illness from the mouth, you know?”

The ambassador did not know how to answer, he did not understand the meaning of the disease from the mouth, but according to the previous sentence of understanding, it probably means that dirty things stick to food and eat easily get sick.But everyone came here, and no one saw anyone die of it.

"How many oak sticks a pair of oak sticks, in the hidden forest, is both clean and easy to obtain."I intend to promote this in the town," said the prince, who had his mouthful, "of course, now my people have very little meat to eat, and I will slowly get better later."

Peirce let go, and he still knew how to pick it up.After expressing his approval and blessing, he was not convinced.Do people eat meat?It is almost whimsical, and even the gray castle is far from this point, not to mention the remoteness of the border town.