Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 351: Chapter 156: Land Sales Revenue and Freya’s Principles (Part 3)

A large number of trade caravans had arrived, unloading their goods in the center of the city. To the south, there was a winding path connecting to South Shore Street, allowing the goods to be delivered to various shops at the fastest speed.

Su Li even saw some slaves here, opening river mussels to extract the pearls inside, and there were indeed many, appearing to be over a hundred already.

Although ordinary pearls do not have the high value of Magic Pearls, typically valued between 20 to 30 Silver Coins, these pearls would still bring Su Li at least 30 Golden Crowns in profit.

Despite just receiving a loan of 20,000 Golden Crowns, which might distort the concept of purchasing power, these 20,000 Golden Crowns were loans from numerous merchants and the Commerce Alliance to Su Li. It reflects the wealth and willpower of the entire territory. These big merchants and landlords, in fact, did not just lend for profit but also to support Su Li in repelling the evil legion threatening the territory.

In fact, 30 Golden Crowns is already a considerable fortune, enough to hire a powerful Heavy Armored Cavalry Corps like the Fallen Wolf Mercenary Corps to serve you for about 10 days.

Such a long time is enough for a trade caravan to safely reach a trading town under the guard of this mercenary corps.

For a farm owner, such a fortune is even enough to hire 30 farmers to work for a whole year!

A farm with 30 farmers is considered a large one within the Empire, possibly covering thousands of acres and yielding hundreds of thousands of pounds of grain.

The finances of the territory are supported by such farms and various revenues.

Looking at all this, Su Li felt exceptionally joyful and boarded a Cao Ship with Death’s Claw, heading towards Bjorn.

He chose not to fly because he wanted to personally experience the convenience of the canal.

On this flat and fertile Central Plain, the canal was undoubtedly very smooth, allowing the Cao Ship to shuttle quickly.

Su Li even saw three Cao Ships sailing from the direction of Jorn Shallow Bay, heavily laden and full of grain, carrying the autumn harvest soybeans.

The soybean harvest occurs a bit later than wheat, and it was just ripe.

The soybeans transported by merely these three ships amounted to over eighty thousand pounds, enough to supply thousands of people in the territory for three to four days.

This greatly uplifted Su Li’s mood, yet the journey was not entirely smooth. Upon reaching the intersection of Bjorn Canal and Brionne River, an unexpected incident occurred.

A chaotic brawl involving 12 Cao Ships unfolded here, with the scale of the fight making Su Li’s heart pound with anxiety.

Armed trade ships with hundreds of Trade Team Guards under the command of the Commerce Association Director launched a very tactical boarding battle, and the dwarfs on board even used firearms, creating clouds of smoke with simultaneous shots of pistols and muskets.

If it hadn’t been for Su Li’s Griffin soaring in the air, terrifying them into stopping immediately, the armed conflict might have resulted in the death or injury of a dozen or even dozens of people before ending.

The reason for their fight was also a head-scratcher for Su Li, as it was merely about the issue of who would get to enter the territory first.

Su Li personally scolded them before driving them off. The City Guard Army would handle subsequent punishments.

Upon disembarking from the canal, Freya remarked, ”We urgently need to appoint a Navy Commander for the Hesse Territory and form a stronger navy and River Guard Team.”

Su Li nodded. Currently, besides a small number of people patrolling on the water, the River Guard Team mainly relied on cavalry units patrolling the shore. After all, the Imperial Cavalry Legion is the strongest military force, and on the flat and fertile lands of the Central Plain, the mobility of Knights and Attendants on horseback is not inferior to that of ships and trade vessels on the river.

However, this somewhat primitive and crude order can only be maintained as it is for now.

The River Guard Team is not something the current state of the territory has the surplus resources to establish.

The proportion of the military in the territory is already tremendously high, alarming even, and with construction expenses, the fixed monthly cost is over 7,000 Golden Crowns. At such a consumption rate, without a windfall, the territory cannot save much wealth. A fiscal deficit for three months would be enough to empty the treasury savings that Su Li holds.

This is why Su Li immediately came to inspect the territory’s farming operations, with a pressing hope that the territory’s finances could cover all expenses and achieve a fiscal surplus, with the treasury savings increasing each month, rather than decreasing!

In his very nature, he highly values savings.

Fortunately, the results of farming were very gratifying. When Su Li arrived at Jorn Shallow Bay, the idyllic pastoral beauty before him filled his heart with joy.

As far as the eye could see, there was a stretch of fertile land between expansive foothills. Lake Reiflin, like the most luminous green gemstone, was inlaid on the earth, its crystal clear waters shimmering with an emerald-like green glow.

It was the time for irrigation, and huge water valves opened, with the lake’s rippling water flowing out of the gates, irrigating the vast childhood below. The green wheat seedlings shimmered under the sunlight.

And in the woodland belt among the fields, filled with fantastical colors, occasionally mischievous Essence of Nature would appear, then flash and vanish among stones and moss.