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Chapter 108 - 108 94 Hedging against Inflation_3

108: Chapter 94, Hedging against Inflation_3 108: Chapter 94, Hedging against Inflation_3 I’m not hoping to be able to beat up a bunch of neighbors, at the very least, I also want to be able to deter them and let them be wary.

“To buy on credit, no problem!

But Adrian, having gathered so many people, can a knight’s territory support them?”

Hudson asked tentatively.

Although there are over ten thousand people in his territory, his desire for population has not decreased.

Instead, as his purse grows fatter, his desire for population becomes more intense.

The Salam Mountain Range is a hilly area, but since it was crowned a mountainous area, it naturally covers a large area.

The nominal area of the mountain territory is only over one hundred and seventy square kilometers, but the land that can be developed is ten times that.

Of course, this development is not limited to farming.

Just farming alone, a third of the land that could be developed would be great.

In terms of utilization of farming land, the hilly areas are far behind the plains.

After all, with the current level of productivity, it’s only suitable for extensive farming.

Intensive farming could starve people to death.

“Haha…”

“Hudson, you don’t have to worry about this.

Even though my territory is only a knight’s territory, don’t forget that those who delimited the territorial boundaries are my colleagues.

It wouldn’t be right to not move the boundary line several miles around, that’s what our years of working together have meant.

If managed well, it won’t be worse than the average baron’s territory.”

Adrian said with a triumphant look on his face.

Moving the boundary line several miles outward, the area of the knight’s territory will multiply several times, and it could even catch up with the baron’s territory.

When other people encountered such a good thing, they would hide and tuck it away, for fear of causing trouble if it went public.

In the process of territory demarcation, even Hudson, who got a good deal, was scared for a while.

But Adrian could say it so casually, entirely not afraid of arousing hatred.

This is the biggest advantage of having a big brother backing him up.

Even if the territory’s area far exceeds the standard, he can still cover it.

Even reporting it would be useless, as Earl Piers in the Governor’s Mansion would suppress it.

You can’t take a case to the king over the territory issue of a knight’s territory, right?

In the feudal era, the bigwigs were not afraid of such things being exposed.

If they were to go public, it would be a publicity for them, and they could even enhance their appeal to talent.

“Hudson, if you need population, just go to various branches of your family and beg!

It’s not too much to expect, but each family should be able to give you dozens of serfs.

Especially those wealthy households, who can afford three to five hundred without blinking.

If that’s not enough, you can also visit relatives.

Anyway, we have nothing more in our family than relatives and friends.

As long as you have a thick skin, one-tenth of the nobles in the kingdom can be climbed on, and the number of people you want can be accommodated.

Anyway you are rich, just settle at the market price of slaves with them.”

After listening to Adrian’s suggestion, Hudson directly rolled his eyes.

What does this have to do with having many relatives?

It’s all at the market price of slaves, he might as well just buy slaves directly.

The problem is that the current price of slaves has skyrocketed, making even Hudson hurt.

Unfortunately, everyone knew that he was doing well now, so prices were non-negotiable.

Otherwise, the transaction would have become a favor debt.

Hudson doesn’t want to fight with people from time to time.

If he owes a favor debt, he has to bring provisions to help others whenever they call him.

If it’s just this, it wouldn’t be unacceptable, it’s worthwhile to clear a favor debt by having a fight.

The scariest thing is when the opponent is also his own person, then it would be awkward.

Given the complicated network of relationships in the Koslow family, this kind of thing is highly likely to happen.

In Hudson’s memory, Baron Redman is invited to mediate at least five such conflicts every year.

He didn’t know the result but Baron Redman was always extremely tired every time he returned, often isolating himself.

“Adrian, you’ve got a wide network of contacts, help me send out a message in the circle that I’m willing to trade ironware for serfs.

Whether it’s weapons and equipment, or everyday iron products, as long as it’s produced within the territory, they can choose anything.

The exchange works according to market prices, I cover the transportation costs.”

Hudson said helplessly.

Though the iron price is also high, but compared to the sky-high slave prices, it’s still a far off.

Slaves’ production is highly unstable, generally each time wars break out between human kingdoms, slave prices will fall significantly.

If there’s peace for several years, the prices will rise again.

The Alpha Kingdom rarely goes to war with human kingdoms and often fights with orcs.

Therefore, the slave market primarily consists of orcs and the human slaves are all imported from abroad.

After the Skeleton Society’s revolt, the human slaves on the market were quickly bought up clean and the orc slaves were mostly of specific species.

These species have common characteristics-high looks, weak combat power-majority are for the nobles to play.

Such as cat girl, fox girl, bunny girl…Not only are the prices high, they are also not suitable for farming and forging.

It is said that the Northland has Minotaur, Leopardman, Goblin, Pigg, Ratman, and..

over hundreds of orc slaves.

But these guys are either aggressive or born cunning or low in intelligence, in short, they are not cost-effective and not popular in the market.

Those with strong combat power are mostly sold into the coliseum.

The ones with weak combat strength either end up as magic materials for magicians or sacrifice to the evil god.

In short, orc slaves are not to be relied on for now.

If they were usable, they would be the first choice for the Northern Lords.

You can follow the trend later, there’s no need to be the experiment mice.

Unable to bring down slave prices, Hudson could only use the high-added value products produced in-house to offset it.

In some way, this is creating a new market, all that’s left to see is whether everyone’s willing to accept it.

“I can help with this, but you should also forge some high-quality weapons and armor!

Only making a bunch of low-quality junk is embarrassing.”