126 – Top (3)
“A base is…”
“No matter what the process is, once I get my hands, it doesn’t look good to throw away on my own. It’s far from the mainland and it’s a poor neighborhood, but isn’t the location good? I’ll have to find a way to use it like this.”
At my words, Leclerc tilted his head, then nodded vaguely as if he understood.
“However, if that happens, will there be a slight disruption to Dijon’s prosperity? Merchants from all over the world are coming to Dijon to get our Rotaring’s goods, and if we pile up all sorts of goods in the baronial territory, the merchants will disperse. Can be.”
Leclerc, who accurately grasped what I wanted to do, says so. Even though you just realized the concept of a logistics base, you quickly realize the disadvantages it brings, so it’s good to be competent.
“It’s okay. I don’t know if it’s a customer who wants something, but foreign merchants will be strictly prohibited from entering, and it won’t be a place for trading anyway.”
“If there is no sale… Are you simply responsible for the receipt and delivery of payments?”
“Yes.”
As I said before, the territory that the vicious merchants left me to clean up is useless in itself, but it has a very good location. Just being right in the middle of Caroling said it all.
The buying and selling of goods will still be carried out only in Dijon, but the barony will be used as a hub when shipping goods to Carolingian, such as arms support.
Of course, in order to do that, it would be necessary to remodel the Baron’s territory… Shall we use the Baron’s last name for the warehouse? We’ll have our soldiers stationed, so that those with strange ideas won’t do anything stupid.
“Hmm… It’s much quicker to get to the Duke of Neustria in the north or the Duke of Anjou in the west than from Dijon. It’s much quicker to leave from the Baronies than from Dijon. But to the territory of the Duke of Provence in the southeast. Wouldn’t it be quicker to leave from Dijon than from the Baronies?”
The dukes just mentioned by Leclerc are three representative claimants to the Carolingian throne. They lead their own forces and use every possible means to win the civil war, but they are not covering the means to seek cooperation from me, a neighboring country.
The Duke of Provence even offered to hand over the vassal of Carolingian to me. It was a little tempting at the moment, but the vassal handed over to me was not a vassal under his command, and the price was too great, so I just discarded it.
“That’s right, since the direction is completely opposite. First of all, the weapons sold to the Duke of Provence, no, the goods going to the southeast of Carolingian, should leave without passing through the hub.”
The economic level is just in the Middle Ages, so there is not that much logistics, so there is no need to use a hub. However, hubs can be said to be the beginning and end of the logistics industry, so it is necessary to introduce them in advance so that Rotaring can quickly get used to the hub system and accumulate related experience.
Above all, herbs are not just for commercial use. If the hub has munitions instead of goods, isn’t it no different from a supply base? In order for merchants and bureaucrats to quickly adapt to such a good system, it is right to step on the train step by step from now on.
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“Tsk, why are you making such a fuss when you’re going to buy it at my price anyway?”
“By the way. I knew that he was a great nobleman from the west of Carolingian, but compared to his fame, he’s a very humble person.”
Even though they received more for the goods, the guild that sold weapons to the Duke of Anjou as per the royal command clearly made a huge profit, but everyone is returning with complaints.
It’s because the buyer, the Duke of Anjou, procrastinated too much. Merchants, who had been feeling some tension until a little while ago, seeing him struggling to reduce the price of weapons even a little more even though he was a great nobleman, felt that tension crumbled like grains of sand and something inside them cooled coldly.
“If the great nobility is like that, so must the people.”
“According to information obtained from Anjou, even the king is suffering from madness and is running amok. Literally, the country is very bad from top to bottom.”
Rotaring merchants pour out all sorts of vicious words about Caroling.
The empire, which was in the middle of a civil war not too long ago, was in a similar situation, but at least they paid the price, and most of all, they rarely declared war on the duchy of Burgon.
No matter how resilient medieval people are, they have at least some feelings about their motherland. The Carolingian Kingdom has always been the first enemy of the Burgon Duchy and the Lotharing Kingdom. In fact, didn’t His Majesty question the succession of the Duchy of Burgon when he ascended the throne this time?
Traditional Burgons, so merchants who were born and raised near Dijon, which is considered the Duchy of Burgon, can hardly have good feelings for Carolingian. That is why not long ago, a group of commoners committed a major accident in which a noble was executed.
“hahahahaha, as you can see from the beggar noble I saw a while ago, the level seems to be all there.”
“That’s very true.”
Common sense can’t just ignore the idea of a commoner executing a noble. There is a very high probability that they will express their dissatisfaction with the incident, both domestically and internationally. No sure
Nevertheless, they have no fear.
There is a custom that if you find a thief, you can kill him on the spot without being charged with any crime.
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Most of all, since you killed the vicious Carolingian nobles, even the disgruntled Rotaring nobles will be left behind. After all, there’s no way you’ll be held accountable for killing a Carolingian pig.
Furthermore, just in case you didn’t know, I even offered the robbed barony to Your Majesty. Even if there is a problem, things will not escalate out of control.
“Come to think of it, it’s time for the Baron to come out soon.”
“Since time has been too late in the Duchy of Anjou, it seems that the personnel sent from the home country are there.”
“Hmm… I’m a little nervous after all.”
“Ah, that’s still the case. Eliminating the bandits is a legitimate right and duty, and I presented the spoils obtained from dealing with them to His Majesty. Wouldn’t it be okay?”
Of course, the loot has already been plundered and the honeydew is completely gone, but the merchants here sincerely think so.
No matter how plundered a manor is, a manor is a manor, and it cannot be compared with anything other than wealth. If the king of kings is an emperor, the riches of riches are undoubtedly real estate.
Aristocrats who hate to acquire land do not exist as far as they know. Even if you look all over the history.
“My dear, did you think His Majesty would not know your intentions?”
Of course, the merchants’ expectations are shattered as soon as they enter the Baron’s territory and are immediately captured.
The officials dispatched from the Royal Palace of Rotaling sit with their heads bowed in the seats of honor, while heavily armed guards stand in front of them with their blades shining.
The merchants were forced to kneel and sit on the dirt floor due to the order of the bureaucracy, and the career soldiers who accompanied the upper ranks were taken to a secluded place by their superiors along with the bureaucrats and hit the joint.
“Intention… We really have good intentions—”
“It’s just a nuisance to deal with, and you’re not patronizing it because you fear His Majesty will be angry. Are you afraid we don’t know what you uneducated people can think of?”
“Wow…”
The merchants can’t answer the bureaucrat’s words. Even if it is true, it is because everyone feels with their skin that if they make excuses in this situation, it will have an adverse effect.
“A thief? Yes, if a Carolingian steals, you have no choice but to kill him. But that thief was a nobleman, and besides, plunder and territorial robbery completely crossed the line. This incident stirred up the powers within the Carolingians. If so, have you thought about how you will deal with the aftermath?”
“That’s… Sorry.”
“…I will punish you.”
At those words, the eyes of the chained merchants widened. They are confident that they know a lot about the law of Rotaring as much as they are in the position of doing business.
Only the judge’s intention will be at issue in this ruling.
“You will have to live here for the next three years.”
“…Yes?”
In the ears of merchants with their eyes closed, the contents of the punishment are so absurd.
The merchants widen their tightly closed eyes and make faces as if they are asking if what they have just heard is correct.
Ban before residency? Isn’t that a punishment reserved for serfs?
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about farming here.”
“That’s… Ok.”
The official serving as the interim judge simply shuts his mouth and points his finger at something.
The merchants who were bewildered and followed the tip of the finger caught their breath when they saw the weapons and ingredients that followed.
“You have to use this barony of Verde as a base to help supply goods to the numerous powers within the Carolingian kingdom in various ways. This includes everything from accounting and logistics checks to loading and unloading goods. A , Of course, the wages will be paid in full, not deducted for being a criminal.”
This is clearly a good thing.
You get full pay, and you don’t have to move from place to place to earn money. No matter how merchant he is, he prefers to sleep on a warm bed rather than camping and sleeping.
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Merchants are curious to hear that a government official who has been stabbing us to death suddenly gives leniency. Merchants tilt their heads inwardly and become curious about the decision, but they do not dare to reveal it outwardly.
“”Thank you for your generosity!!””
I’m just putting my head down and acting like I’m grateful for giving the bureaucrats a leniency.
They will not be able to enjoy leisure life in the empty countryside and will only work, but at this point, no merchant has noticed that.