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Chapter 122 - 122 99 Courtesies Must Be Reciprocated_2

122: Chapter 99, Courtesies Must Be Reciprocated_2 122: Chapter 99, Courtesies Must Be Reciprocated_2 These are merely the lower-tier nobles.

Higher up, they could tap into the extraordinary power known as magic.

Even the best disguise techniques are insignificant in the face of such power.

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In Bera City, Earl Piers who was pondering how to deal with the upcoming political situation in the Kingdom, practically exploded upon receiving the letter from Viscount Orlan.

The Skeleton Society was clearly treating him like a pushover.

After planning a rebellion, they even dared show their faces in the Southeastern Province.

“Issue an order, having all the nobles close the major and minor passages of traffic, thoroughly inspecting all the merchants and travelers entering and leaving Qiaomu County.

Order Baron Raphael to bring the Second Infantry Corps to Qiaomu County.

Ensure that all Skeleton Society members hiding there are captured.

Effective immediately, all Gryphon Cavalry mobilize and patrol uncertainly over all areas of the Southeastern Province.

Any unusual activity should be immediately reported,”

Earl Piers said dismissively.

The last time the Skeleton Society rebelled, it caused him a great loss of face.

Piers would not allow it to happen twice.

If so, the outside world would assume the Dalton Family was in decline, unable to control the provincial situation, attracting a pack of wolves to pounce.

An angered Governor Piers, no doubt, is frightening.

The entire Southeastern Province was mobilized, especially the nobles in and around Qiaomu County enacted maximum mobilization.

From this moment on, any household without a few hundred private soldiers would have difficulty sleeping in peace.

In the Mountain Domain, Hudson’s business suddenly picked up.

His customers were previously concentrated in Wharton and Layton Counties, but now spread through most of the Southeastern Province.

The nobles who had disdain for his weapons’ quality all ended up obediently placing orders.

To increase weapon production, the originally planned consumer goods orders were forcibly halted.

Boys around fourteen or fifteen were sent to the forge as apprentices.

Some strong-bodied women even picked up hammers.

Even the reclamation process was affected,

Hudson was helpless as the newly’s emerged orders kept pouring in with urgency.

Crucially, these people, in order to obtain their goods quickly, have resorted to the infallible method of adding money.

It’s not just simply adding money, these folks also offered: using serfs, livestock, food to offset all the payments for the goods.

They have all hit Hudson’s weak spot, making it countdown, he had no choice but to find ways out.

In the face of urgent orders, all he could do was roll up his sleeves and get to work.

To stimulate everyone’s enthusiasm, the mountain mines had changed from three meals to four meals a day.

The standard of low-quality bread had been raised to regular bread.

The original supply allotment was now enough to satiate everyone.

To ensure everyone could maintain enough stamina, three sheep must be slaughtered daily, with occasional supplementary meals of game meat.

This seems nice, but in reality, the meat supply barely sates the hunger of the regular workers.

Unless they were master craftsmen, they wouldn’t see meat.

There’s no other choice, with several thousand people working in the mine.

The daily supply of hundred pounds of meat was far from enough.

This is under the premise that there would soon be new livestock coming.

Otherwise, Hudson would not dare to be so extravagant.

Isn’t breeding a long-term investment?

Under the most primitive breeding methods, it will take years to see large results.

Without large-scale farming, the little bit of meat gained from hunting is just enough to provide a daily quota for the domain people.

If it weren’t for the occasional customers paying with livestock for their bills, Hudson’s sheep pens would have been empty long ago.

Looking at the bustle of the production line, Hudson felt a strong sense of accomplishment well up within him, as though his life was about to peak.

…

“What, you want me to deliver the goods?”

Upon hearing this, Hudson immediately stood up from his seat, as if he had heard a huge joke.

He had made many sales previously, and it had always been the customers who picked up the goods.

Home delivery was absolutely out of the question.

The monopolist declares: their goods don’t include postage!

If you like it, buy it; if not, forget it.

The Baron Hudson, overwhelmed with orders, was just so assured.

“Baron Hudson, I heard that you once promised: to exchange your goods for serfs, and you would bear all the resulting shipping costs.”

The visitor explained calmly.

For a noble, their word was as solid as the earth.

Trustworthy Baron Hudson would certainly not deny his own promise.

“Yes, I did make that promise.

You send people to transport, and I will reimburse you for the food consumed on the road.”

Hudson said generously.

Nobles are not accustomed to calculating labor costs.

The so-called transportation costs were nothing more than the food expenses for people and livestock.

Such small expenditures, Hudson really didn’t mind.

If he was to be asked to deliver, that would be another story.

Who doesn’t know that the Skeleton Society has been spotted in Qiaomu County?

Maybe they would run into them halfway.

If a fight breaks out, the cost will soar to the sky.

Not only casualties but even the risk of total annihilation.

This kind of risky business exceeded Hudson’s risk tolerance.

No matter what, he could not engage in this business.

“Baron Hudson, if these were usual times, we wouldn’t dare trouble you to personally make a trip.

But the current situation is special.

Without your intimidating reputation, it would be hard for us to transport these weapons back to our domain safely, and there would be no talk of a deal.

But rest assured, we know the rules.

Additional fees will be settled at market price.”