The Vastness of Magical Destiny
Chapter 325: Volume 5: Lord’s Path - 12: Bamo Li

Chapter 325: Volume 5: Lord’s Path Chapter 12: Bamo Li

As the migration of people passed through the Busen Plain, the official sent by Grand Duke Philip to secure the logistic support was an old acquaintance of Komer’s father. Although there was no warm reception, there was also not much trouble. A bag of Gold Shields made many things much easier. At this stage, the journey of the refugees’ migration had already passed the halfway point. All that was needed was to reach the southern part of the Busen Plain, cross the Greenland Great Forest, and arrive at Bruce Fortress, and then a significant portion of the task would be considered complete. According to the agreement reached with the Kingdom’s Ministry of the Interior, the Bruce Garrison would be responsible for safely escorting all the refugees across the Darman Pass, and then the refugees would truly be home.

Seeing that there were not many issues left to deal with, Komer finally felt relieved and handed over the affairs of the refugees to Reese, Melbourne, and Hozer, while allowing Fran to select some strong and brave men from among the poor refugees as the foundation for his soon-to-be established Lord’s Guard. He himself, along with a group of representatives, took a carriage ahead to Bruce. On one hand, he could make contact with the leaders of the Bruce Garrison to arrange the escort, and on the other hand, he was eager to understand what had been happening in his territory during his absence of over a month.

In the few days since leaving Galle and entering the Busen Plain, Komer had several encounters with the representative from Hozer and found Mr. Hozer to be a fairly straightforward merchant. Although he had participated in the collusion with Zellin and his group, Komer did not see any issue with that. As a merchant representative, everyone hopes to set foot in a place more suitable for survival, and compared to the Galle Region, the Caucasus was indeed too remote. However, after Hozer decided to leave Galle and wanted to sever ties completely, he quickly and wisely engaged in persuading the disappointed merchants to embark on the southward journey as soon as possible. Komer, who had been silently observing Hozer for the past few days, was quite satisfied with his performance. This was a very realistic and pragmatic merchant; as long as you have enough interests and value to attract him, he wouldn’t need to consider his loyalty. Komer wouldn’t say he liked this sort of person, but he did appreciate him.

Further contact with Hozer was expected, and Hozer didn’t conceal their initial objectives. Details about the negotiations with Zellin to stay in Galle carried out behind Komer’s back were also fully revealed, as it had become a thing of the past, so there was no point in keeping secrets for anyone’s sake. Komer was not interested in the specifics of Hozer’s negotiations with Zellin; however, Zellin’s demands made Komer realize that this group of merchants from Meine and Susoer held considerable funds. They were able to pay enough for the right of residence and still develop their industrial and commercial interests, which indicated that these people were not empty-handed when fleeing from the onslaught of the Beastmen, as he had previously thought. They must have carried significant funds, and this piece of information made Komer involuntarily start scheming.

Through several encounters, Komer learned that Mr. Hozer was actually one of the directors of the Meine Chamber of Commerce, just that due to his status, he could not stay in the Three Cities. After those Nobles obtained the right of residence in Netherland, Medea, and Naples, he, Mr. Zip, and Melbourne Lord naturally became the representatives of the migrants from both places.

Hozer also made it clear to Komer that he was willing to contribute to the economic development of the Caucasus with the merchants from Meine City-State after relocating there, which was a subtle way of showing allegiance to Komer. Komer timely expressed that as long as the merchants from Meine were willing to work hard to change the current situation in the Caucasus, he would not hold their past actions against them. Moreover, with the establishment of the Caucasus Chamber of Commerce imminent, the Meine merchants could get fair participation rights just like the local merchants. Hozer, representing the Meine merchants, happily accepted the invitation.

After giving instructions about the tasks, Komer set off with the other two representatives towards Bruce ahead of time. Perhaps it was because Zip had heard about Komer’s promise to let bygones be bygones from Hozer, he was very attentive throughout the journey, while Lafayette asked enthusiastically about the entire situation of the Caucasus region. Komer revealed the true circumstances of the Caucasus Region without reservation, and he also disclosed his plans to develop a large Iron Mine as well as some coal mines that were yet to be confirmed, immediately after the immigrants arrive. He planned to develop the vast wasteland between Ugru to Mattdam and between Darman Pass to the Iron Mine in Bahomon. This wasteland was exceptionally fertile, covered with trees and shrubs; the trees could be felled for building materials, and the shrubs could be cleared by burning.

From the different behaviors of Zip and Lafayette, one could tell the disparity between the merchant representatives from the City-states of Meine and Susoer and the landowner representatives from the Myron region. Zip was extremely sensitive to the geographic location of the mines, transportation conditions, ore quality, and hauling equipment, asking about issues that Komer hadn’t even considered yet, clearly showing great interest in the development of these mines. Lafayette, on the other hand, focused on the development of the land, with the distance of the two-day routes, safety conditions, surrounding environmental situations, and the fertility of the soil all being topics of his concern. Fortunately, Komer had a rough understanding of these situations before departing from the Caucasus, so he was able to provide a general overview. However, from the expressions on their faces, it was apparent that they hoped to learn more details.