Chapter 42 Agreement Reached
Father Matthews has no intention of continuing to attend this banquet.
He only felt dizzy and cold.
Theoretically speaking, the Duke of Galicia does have no control over the church, but in the current situation of the decline of the church, the cardinal archbishop in charge of the Diocese of Parma will probably not offend a real duke for this.
When the people in the banquet hall gradually dispersed, and only the Duke of Galicia, Lord Deol and Leon were left, they finally got to the point of the meeting.
The previous episode was as if it had never happened.
"The discovery of moonlight velvet is quite an accident. The barren Antolia has never run a business of this scale, so I came here hoping to cooperate with the Bravis family to jointly develop the moon velvet." Those silks as soft as moonlight are sold."
Unlike his sharp words when he was angry with the priest before, Leon's words at this time can be described as respectful.
"If Viscount Antolia has such a heart, his father's previous support for Antolia will be in vain."
Deol happily acted as a compliment and was quite positive about Leon's decision.
But he then changed the topic and asked:
"It's just...how much moonlight velvet can Antolia produce every month, and how does Viscount Antolia want to share it?"
Regarding this question, Leon had already thought about it. After some consideration, he naturally gave a very simple answer:
"The raw material for making moon velvet is the moon mushroom forest growing in Antolia. As long as that land is still under the control of the Jimena family, there will never be any Others compete with the Duke for this profit."
"But as everyone knows, the chaotic Antolia is full of dangers, and the population of Antolia is sparse, so the monthly output..."
Leonton After a pause, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face:
"Today's Antolia can produce up to three hundred pieces of moon velvet every month."
Of course, the Duke of Galicia understood that the difficulties mentioned by Leon were just thoughts. In order to increase the interests that his Jimena family could occupy, he simply gave a new idea:
"If Antolia is short of manpower, then it is better to transport the cut moon mushroom trees to the city of Parma. How does Leon feel about the people under the Bravis family spinning it into silk satin?" "
Reporting to Your Majesty the Duke, the weaving of a silk satin requires many moon mushroom trees as raw materials, and a moon mushroom tree has four or five moon mushroom trees. Meter height."
"If it is shipped to Parma City, it will certainly solve the problem of manpower shortage. However, the road from Antolia to Parma City is long, and there are many bandits entrenched around the road. In addition, the mountain people of Antolia Watching with eager eyes..."
Leon's meaning is very clear, of course you can transport it to Parma City, but as long as you dare to let me transport it today, then many robbers will grow out of thin air on the land of Antolia tomorrow.
The reason why he previously proposed without reservation that the raw material of moonlight velvet is the moon mushroom tree is because if Antolia cuts down trees in large quantities, it will definitely not be hidden from interested people, and secondly, in order to deal with the Duke of Galicia’s desire to It was shipped to the city of Parma for weaving ideas.
"In that case, let's give up."
Seeing this, the Duke of Galicia could only nodded.
There is no way, Antolia has soldiers.
Although the Duke believes that the strength of his own army is not inferior to that of Antolia, and coupled with the numerical superiority, it must be able to form a crushing force.
But if it's for a few hundred horses of moonlight, or a few hundred extra gold escudo coins every month, it's obviously not worth it.
"If the Duke is interested in selling, Antolia is willing to supply 300 pieces of moon velvet to the city of Parma every month at the price of ten escudos." The
moment Leon's words fell, whether it was the young De Al and the calm Duke all widened their eyes in unison.
Not because the price is too high, but because the price is too low!
[Note: According to my historical experience, if you make too many concessions, you will be criticized. Look back before you criticize.] You
know, just a few months ago, when Aaron's sold moonlight velvet, the average price of each piece of satin was as high as Twenty escudos.
Even if the price may gradually drop to more than a dozen gold escudo coins as the quantity of moonlight velvet increases in the future, looking at the selling price alone, this is nearly one-third of the profit from the sale!
Compared with Leon's aggressive attitude when facing the priest before, how can it not be surprising?
Having made so many concessions, Leon himself actually felt quite hurt, but who would allow him to ask for help from others?
"Viscount Antolia, do you have other requests?"
Although he was also shocked by the price offered by Leon, the Duke of Galicia still tried to maintain his apparent calm.
"Yes."
Leon nodded seriously, and then said:
"Antolia not only needs a population, but also qualified craftsmen." "
I hope that the Duke can provide a group of craftsmen for Antolia to repair The damaged city walls of Antolia during the hound attack ensured the production of moon velvet." "
In addition, the solemn and magnificent city of Parma is being defiled by the displaced serfs, which really damages the reputation of the Duke. I also hope that Gather the refugees who are entrenched around the city of Palma to make the city brighter and more solemn."
Talent is the first resource.
The mercenaries of Antolia are indeed brave, but it is also true that they lack enough craftsmen.
Whether it is for Leon's plan to build a new city on the other side of the White Blade River, or to complete his goal of exploring the Forsaken Land, these are inseparable from enough craftsmen and craftsmen.
For this reason, he would rather ask for less gold coins and get enough manpower.
Seeing Leon's hesitation, the Duke of Galicia said: "What else do you want? Just tell me!"
Seeing this, Leon was not polite and quickly added:
"Whether it's the Moon Mushroom Forest The felling of wood and the weaving of moon velvet require a large number of manpower, and a large number of manpower requires a large amount of food to feed." "I
also hope that the Duke can provide Antolia with more food at a lower price."
"Probably...that's all."
The food in the last item was completely added by Leon to hide his strength.
Because when spring comes next year, Antolia, who has the black soil generation technique, will definitely not be short of food.
But Leon felt that he needed to leave a lifeline, or in other words, leave something for the Duke of Galicia that he believed could control Antolia and control his own methods at all times.
Only in this way will the Bravis family relax.
Leon didn't want to be like Count Brabant so soon, being targeted by the Duke everywhere.
Let’s read Qiuqiu~
(End of this chapter)