The Vastness of Magical Destiny
Chapter 353: Volume 6: Cautious Planning - 9: Shadow_3

Chapter 353: Volume 6: Cautious Planning Chapter 9: Shadow_3

The establishment of The Caucasus Cooperative Bank greatly stimulated the industrial and commercial development of the entire Caucasus Region. Traders became even more passionate about starting industries, with a series of foundational workplaces like logging yards, timber processing plants, furniture workshops, handicraft workshops, ironware workshops, leather workshops, stone processing plants, and carriage workshops emerging continuously. This not only absorbed a large number of idle labor forces but also greatly reduced the Caucasus’s demand for foreign materials, after all, the Caucasus had plenty of resources. Timber, stone, iron mines, and coal mines had already commenced production, and Komer had long ago borrowed a large sum of money from The Caucasus Cooperative Bank to re-import a large quantity of food through Palermo to prevent any unexpected incidents. It could be said that the foresight of Komer and Puber played a role in preparing for a rainy day when the last batch of food just passed through Bruce, news from Cyprus confirmed that both the Busen Plain and the Galle Region adjacent to the Caucasus had significantly increased the trade tax and transit tax on food, especially in Bruce, where the transit tax on food had actually doubled, a detail that made Komer internally vigilant.

A warm breeze gradually swept across the fields, with the green wheat seedlings undulating like a green carpet in the wind, and patches of shrubbery sparsely interspersed with or mixed within the Tall Tree Forest, green mixed with dark gray, whether sparse or dense, as far as the eye could see, the shaded backside of the undulating hills under the sunshine appeared pitch-black, as if some beast was stirring. Several bristling hunting dogs burst out from the woods, a deep roar flowing through the woods coming from deep in their throats, streaking towards the darting dark shadow in front, judging by the noise coming from the shadow, it must be a wild boar. A group of attendants closely followed two horses that had galloped out from the forest, but the two leading riders seemed to have inexplicably slowed down.

"What’s the matter, Gofi, you seem to have little enthusiasm today, what’s disturbing your hunting mood?" asked the elder on the left, his face beaming with vitality and his broad cheeks shimmering with an energetic sheen. However, the wrinkles at his forehead and around his eyes revealed his true age. When he smiled, his shiny white teeth dazzled, making it hard to believe he was an old man over fifty.

"Hmm, Rohl, it turns out you are quite open-minded. I thought you would be more worried than me. It seems I was overly concerned," said the gaunt-faced elder, glancing at his companion who had slowed down and driven alongside, he stroked his disheveled hair, lightly speaking.

"Ha ha, Gofi, are you talking about that kid from the Caucasus?" The broad-faced elder shrugged slightly, his expression changing subtly as he flicked the horse whip in his hand, and it returned to his grasp, while his sturdy horse advanced steadily over the rugged mountainous terrain, "Why do you rate that kid so highly?"

"Rohl, it’s not that I rate him highly, but what he has done during this period has truly been brilliant. I find it hard to believe that he is the person he introduced himself as to me. Anyway, a person’s change couldn’t possibly be so great. As the saying goes, ’It’s easier to change rivers and mountains than to alter one’s nature’. Since he was capable of such actions, it’s hardly plausible that he would transform from a fish leaping to a dragon, but his current performance, heh heh, is indeed noteworthy and commands attention," his gaze finally returned to the front, it was another year of good harvest. Continuous spring rains had soaked the ground soft, and with the weather just clearing up, it wasn’t the best hunting season, but cooped up in the Hunting Manor, everyone was almost getting moldy, so coming out for a walk and clearing their minds was better than nothing.