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Chapter 107 - 107 94 Hedging against Inflation_2

107: Chapter 94, Hedging against Inflation_2 107: Chapter 94, Hedging against Inflation_2 …

“Hudson, you’ve been making quite a bit lately, eh?”

Knight Adrian jealously said.

Also a striver, it took him and his father two generations’ of effort to barely secure a fiefdom, while Hudson achieved height that he aspired to right off the bat.

For resources to develop, he even abandoned the appearances valued by the nobles.

Yet compared to his distant cousin, the gap between them seemed to grow.

“Haha…”

“Just a little business, earned me some hard-earned money.

I can’t even keep it quietly, I fear someone might have their eye on it.

Adrian, your haul this time isn’t small, right?

Those more than seven thousand people, they are all yours now as they have overstepped their boundaries.

The funniest part is those idiots have to apologize to you and pay you compensation.

Although it’s not a lot of money, your name, Knight Adrian, has now echoed across the two counties.

Everyone knows you’re the toughest knight in the two counties!”

Indeed, that was hard-earned money, earning it was tough.

The merchandise shipped here, whether it was weapons or pots and pans, or all sorts of farming tools, were all sold out.

I collected so much deposit that my hand went limp, all the orders combined would be enough to keep the fiefdom busy for half a year.

The profit can’t be calculated easily, but the payment I received amounted to 8,000 Gold Coins, plus a deposit of 13,000 Gold Coins.

If the next batch of goods is sold in full, another 35,000 gold coins can be made.

I figure, once this business is done, the initial investment in development would be fully recovered.

If the cost is well controlled, there should still be some profit.

The main problem is that the clients are not wealthy.

If it weren’t for Earl Piers giving them the first cut, reducing their purchasing power, the total order might have increased by thousands more.

Because I made too much, I had to hold this family gathering.

To prevent some guys from taking any risks, Hudson had to rely on the family force.

The main reason being that he didn’t anticipate receiving so many deposits in advance.

Hudson did not bring too many troops.

More than 20,000 coins is enough to encourage some habitual offenders to take risks.

Especially since Hudson had offended some people this time.

As we are transporting gold coins, I don’t trust others to guard it, so we figured we’d just invite our own family members to escort the journey.

“What’s the use of having so many people?

You know my underlying assets, it’s only better than Bario and Galant by a bit, there’s no comparison to your new wealth.

It was okay when I used to live with my clan members, but now who will finance them to my fiefdom?

I don’t even know how to deal with eating issues.

I can’t always borrow grain, can I?

I owe a lot of favors from the time I received the fiefdom.

Now, begging for famine relief again is too embarrassing!”

Hearing these two’s Versailles-like conversation, Baron Bario and Guallent Knight eating melon on the side felt like they were implicitly attacked, they shot furious glares.

One annoyed by excessive money, the other annoyed by having too many people, they wouldn’t mind such annoyances, they wish for even more.

Unfortunately, these are matters they could only envy ineffectively.

To actually ask for help, even as relatives, they had to keep a precise account.

Like this time Hudson hired them as guards, he promised them fifty to one hundred spears each, the price of which directly depends on their strength.

“Enough, you two!

We don’t mind sharing these troubles at such a good time.

We’re willing to help you carry some of the load.

Are you willing to share these troubles?”

Baron Bario couldn’t help but say.

Guallent Knight on the side also nodded along.

It’s too overbearing, they’ve completely ignored the feelings of the two poor souls.

They should know, since they received the fiefdom, they’ve been surviving on borrowing favors and begging during famines.

Originally, they heard that Hudson wanted to hire them as guards, they thought they could earn some pocket money to subsidize the family.

They didn’t expect to be met with a large-scale Versailles-like scene when they came.

“No problem, I can credit you two hundred broadswords, a thousand spears, eighty iron hammers, fifty giant axes, three hundred large pots…

I’ll allow you to offset the cost with goods and it will all be accounted at market price.

Settle within three years, and I won’t charge you a copper coin of interest.

Isn’t that a big deal?”

Hudson bluntly turned the conversation.

Money can’t be divided, but weapons and equipment can be provided.

They are all part of the Koslow Clan.

Greater military strength of any branch means greater influence in the region, which is good for everyone.

As for farming tools and other daily necessities, that’s just incidental.

Mixing them in will obscure Hudson’s utilitarian intent, to show the generosity of Baron Hudson.

Anyway, the current market price is not low.

Even if it takes three years for installment payments, there is still money to be made from this business.

“Hudson, you can’t discriminate.

I also want to buy on credit.

Keep in mind that I’ve offended a lot of people this time.

If I don’t strengthen my prowess, I will suffer losses in the future!”

Without waiting for the two of them to answer, the impatient Adrian jumped out first.

The reason for his self-pity earlier was so that he could get a discount when buying weapons.

Now, he can buy on credit, and also use goods to offset the costs, that’s more than ideal.

This time, I’ve seriously offended the neighbours.

A temporary quiet is not the same as permanent peace, sooner or later we will have to face each other.

Adrian can’t always take it lying down, the fiefdom still has to be developed.

If he doesn’t want to suffer losses then he needs to enhance his military strength first.