No matter how harsh the natural phenomena are, they will eventually subside. The fierce snowstorm that raged for nearly a week gradually subsided.
Rhodes and his Redwood Town reached a final agreement with Mr. Yaros of the Atlan Chamber of Commerce. The Atlan Chamber of Commerce injected a large amount of capital into Redwood Town to support its development, and Rhodes fully supported Mr. Yaros’s opening of a new trade route in the wilderness.
As the fierce snowstorm gradually subsided, the caravan began to pack the goods. At the request of the town lord, a large number of militia members also joined the work. However, they could only carry part of the goods that the caravan leader allowed them to carry.
“Master, I have already asked Lord Rod, and he clearly replied that he would lead 60 militias and 20 security soldiers to join our team. He seems to be very sincere.”
“But this guy asked us to provide them with food and lodging, and asked us to pay the commission for hiring guards. Of course, all this is based on the premise that you are satisfied with their combat effectiveness.”
The previous 2,000 gold coins, if Arlos is satisfied, and the Atlan Chamber of Commerce makes additional investments, will be used as land purchase funds, and of course they cannot be included in the hiring commission.
“Haha, he is really greedy. He is worthy of being a person who has the ambition to become a lord of the northern border development, so let’s agree to him.”
“Yes.”
“Master, are you too concerned about this Rodhart? We have to invest nearly 20,000 gold coins in this territory. Even for us, this is not a small amount.” Seeing that his master was in a good mood, Rui’er raised his own questions with a little doubt.
“Rui’er, in the next few years or even more than ten years, the wilderness where the riot magic power gradually calms down will definitely serve as a transit buffer for several neighboring countries. Although there were caravans in the wilderness before, they were all small-scale. After the riot magic power calms down, large-scale caravans and even cities will inevitably appear. As long as this redwood town can be defended, it will definitely have great development in the future…” Although the girl behind him is his confidant, Yalos did not say everything in his heart. There are some secrets that even the most trusted people cannot reveal.
“I understand, then I will reply to Lord Rhodes now.” This level of explanation is enough for Rui’er to agree. She bowed and left the room.
In fact, in the inland city of the Styak Empire, it takes at least 10,000 gold coins to buy land to build a velvet factory, and at least 3,000 gold coins to buy land to build a blacksmith workshop. Because the land area is not small and many workers are needed, the planning of the entire city will be affected.
However, Redwood Town is a border town after all, so the money for buying the land was cut in half, and Rhodes had nothing to say. There was no urban planning in Redwood Town now. The factory was built, and it was a local pillar industry.
On the day when the caravan left Redwood Town, almost all the men, women, and children in the town came out to see them off, because Lord Rhodes almost mobilized half of the young and strong men in the town, and every household had men to join the army, so there was a scene of people lining the streets to see them off.
“Lord Rhodes, this time you can say that you have brought all your assets out to accompany me on an adventure. Arlos will definitely not let you down.”
At the front of the long caravan, Rhodes and Arlos rode side by side. Whether it was the horse they rode or their own riding skills, Rhodes was obviously inferior to the beautiful nobleman next to him, but Rhodes positioned himself low enough, he regarded himself as a mercenary, performing an escort mission, so he didn’t feel the difference.
“Since I came to the north to be a pioneer lord, I will always have some gambling in my bones. I will bet on the opportunity. Although I know that long-term gambling will inevitably lose, I have nothing compared to Mr. Arlos. Only by being willing to gamble can I have the possibility of winning.”
“… I personally really admire Mr. Rodhart and hope that we can win-win.”
“Of course, I think so too. You must believe me!” Rhodes and Arlos looked at each other for a moment, and then they smiled at each other.
“Goodbye, I will go to manage those mud monkeys under my command. If I don’t pay attention to them for a while, they will become lazy.”
“Please do as you please, Mr. Rodhart.”
After saying goodbye to Arlos, Rhodes rode his travel horse around the caravan and scanned it. Now that the caravan has joined the Redwood Town troops of more than 80 people, the consumption of supplies on the journey will inevitably increase significantly, but Arlos obviously doesn’t care.
In addition to some supplements in Redwood Town, the caravan also has some high-priced food, fine wine and silk as goods, but those things are obviously used to deceive people.
Rhode rode on the road ahead, looking at the wheel marks left by the trucks on the frozen ground, and couldn’t help wondering who this guy Yalos was and what he wanted to do.
To be able to pull such a caravan all the way to the border, his power in all aspects was terrifying. Rhode even felt that people like him would not take risks and come to the wilderness in person for the reason of making money.
“Whatever his purpose is, whatever is in the truck, it has nothing to do with me. All I have to do is to be vigilant against this guy, and then use his escort cavalry to train my army and improve my personal level. He is using me, and I am also using him.” If this trip successfully crosses the wilderness, Rhodes will not even approach the foreign border and will part ways with Arlos, even if he angers the other party and terminates his investment in Redwood Town.
With such vigilance, Rhodes rode back and forth to patrol the caravan and discipline his soldiers. This time he came out with forty Sharel spearmen (some were lost but replenished), eighteen Sharel hunters, two Sharel wild hunters (promoted in the battle to eliminate the jackals), and twenty Haidam militia.
As Arlos said, this is almost all the assets of Redwood Town. Once it is completely destroyed or a large number of war losses, the developing Redwood Town will face a devastating blow.
Therefore, even during the caravan’s march, Rhodes insisted on training soldiers. Twenty Haidam militiamen were equipped with shields and swords, carrying loads and running with the caravan. As long as they could be promoted from level one soldiers to level two soldiers, their chances of survival on the battlefield would be greatly improved.
Of course, the process of training and improvement was very hard and difficult. Rhodes continued to train soldiers during the march. This powerful command ability even made Arlos look at it sideways, because he knew clearly how difficult it was and how much the soldiers needed to obey and trust their superiors.
