Reborn as the Lord of Another World

Chapter 16

The fire in the fireplace was burning brightly, dissipating the chill that seeped in through the cracks in the door and window. A long horn with a huge horn hangs on the top of the fireplace. Under the firelight,the projection of the horn on the wall behind is like a giant horn.

Opposite is a long dark red wooden table, which is filled with paper rolls and books, most of which are administrative orders waiting to be signed. usually,Roland handled official business here - he gradually fell in love with it after converting the third-floor house of the castle into an office.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him, he could see the town stretching in front of his field of vision, with endless mountains at the end. That's almost vertical penetrationThe desperate mountains of the mainland separate the Kingdom of Graycastle and the Savage Land to the east and west. The Beipo Mountain is just a part of the Impasse Mountains.

Below you can see a garden enclosed by a wooden fence. The barn used for Anna’s training has been dismantled and the brick pond has been turned into a long table forIt is convenient to place tableware during afternoon tea. If the weather is nice, he will come too

Although the castle is not big, it can be considered a medium-sized villa with an independent garden. In a previous generation, it was almost impossible to own a real stone castle. Just to visit it, you hadto pay for the entrance ticket. But now, he not only owns the castle, but also controls a town.

"Your Highness, we have spent a lot of money recruiting craftsmen and handymen recently. This money is all taken out of your pocket. I'm afraid I won't be able to sustain it if this continues.Until next spring. "Barov held a stack of paper and reported the recent financial situation to Roland.

The original income of Border Town was very simple. One line was the trade of minerals and precious stones. This line is monopolized by the Longsong Fortress, which exchanges the output of the BeiSlope Mine for shorts or bread. There is no tax in the middle, and the fortress sends people to host the resource exchange. To put it in layman's terms, Beipo Mine is a joint-stock project of the nobles of

Longsong Fortress. The nobles stationed in Border Town can be regarded as supervisors sent by shareholders. Most of their fiefdoms are east of the fortress. They come here only for temporary residence,and the number of people who come here varies every year.

In fact, Border Town has a history of less than thirty years. Compared with the Song Fortress, which has a history of nearly two hundred years, it is simply a newborn baby. Originally, Duke Lane onlyplanned to build an outpost here to provide an early warning against the invasion of evil beasts. But unexpectedly, the pioneers discovered rich mineral resources in the North Slope Mountains, so they simply

set up a town here and named it Border Town. In a sense, it was the Beipo Mine that created the town.

In order to prevent illegal mining and concealment, the Duke did not adopt the suggestion of each nobleman sending his own workers to mine. Instead, he hired local residents, nearby

homeless people, and even criminals to work as miners. The resources are allocated according to the proportion of resources invested by each company. The fortress only needs to provideemployees with food for the whole year and some commissions. These remunerations are fixed amounts and will not change depending on the output of the mining area. Most of the more

than 2,000 residents in Bianbia Town serve the mining area.The other line is the other industries in the town - such as blacksmith shops, taverns, textiles, etc. Border Town’s meager tax revenue mainly comes from this

Here, it is difficult to have much left over at the end of the year. The previous lord did not take this barren land seriously. After Roland was sent here by the King of Graycastle, he simplystayed in the fortress and could not come here.

Therefore, if Roland wanted to hire people to build the city wall, he could only pay from his own pocket. If it were the previous Fourth Prince, he would definitelynot be willing to say anything, but for Roland, as long as he can gain a foothold in Border Town, it is worth spending all his wealth. Anyway, the future mineral

trade will no longer be settled in grains. If it is settled in currency, this investment will be nothing.The only question is whether Longsong Fortress is willing to give up its monopoly and engage in normal trade with Border Town. This is quite similar to seizing the throne, but Ba

The inventory data provided by Rove showed that due to the inefficiency of manual mining and inconvenient transportation, in fact, the value of the minerals produced by the mining area each year isonly more than a thousand gold coins, and the entire revenue of the fortress is only nine hundred gold coins. The only ones whose interests are harmed are those aristocrats who invest in partnership.

.To consider the long-term development of Border Town, this line must be withdrawn. Roland knew in his heart that even if all the investment of those people had been recovered

more than ten years ago, they would not let it go easily. No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, not to mention it's a good thing that you can make money just by lyingdown. He is willing to give certain discounts and compensation to previous investors, such as buying at half price. But dragging a shipload of ore back only to get half a shipload

of food is not allowed to happen again.When Roland was staring at the list and thinking, Barov was also staring at him.

In the past three months, or to be precise, in the last month, some indescribable changes have taken place in the four princes. Outsiders maybeIt’s not clear yet, but he follows the prince every day, and this change cannot be hidden from him.

As early as when he was in Graycastle, he had heard of the bad reputation of the Fourth Prince Roland Wimbledon. He goes his own way, acts recklessly, and has no aristocratic manner...And so on. In short, he never made big mistakes but kept making small mistakes. He was far inferior to his two brothers.

When His Majesty sent him here, he was full of disappointment. If His Majesty hadn't promised that he would appoint him as the official financial chief after the king's struggle was over.Wow, he really wanted to throw it away.

In the first two months after arriving in Border Town, the fourth prince showed extremely childish behavior as usual, offending all the local nobles he could offend. Fortunately, the

town itself is very small. Even if all administrative positions are vacant, he and the dozen or so civilian staff he brought can still fill them.Afterwards, some things become different.

When exactly did the changes begin? He thought, probably... it started after saving the witch.Barov had doubted the possibility that the devil was possessed, or that the prince himself was controlled by another hidden witch. But this possibility is very slim. If the devil and the

witch have such ability, should they find the four princes? Wouldn't it be better to take direct control of His Majesty or the Pope? Another thing that dispelled his suspicion was that hesaw the prince holding the Lock of Divine Punishment with his own eyes.

This thing is the church's trump card against witches. Any demonic power will collapse in front of the Lock of Divine Punishment, but Roland directly held it. In other words, if he isnot the Fourth Prince, but the Demon King who does not even have to fear the power of gods, is there any need to expose him? Saving your own life is the first priority.

The prince still acted in his own way and acted arbitrarily, but the two gave him different feelings. No, Barov thought about it, it should be the complete opposite.The biggest difference should be the purpose. He sensed that Roland was planning something, and in order to achieve his goal, he had to use some means that were difficult for

ordinary people to understand. Just like the opponent trying to convince himself why he should save a witch, the plan may be immature and full of loopholes, but the prince is indeedmoving forward with the plan and is convinced of the results.

This is the most confusing part. The throne may be born to any one of the Roland brothers and sisters, but it will definitely not be the fourth prince himself. He should be veryaware of this kind of thing. Are we talking about development in a small place like Border Town? Even the gods can't do it! What kind of crazy plan had Roland conceived? It was so

crazy that a small town built outside the border defense line could develop better than Golden Spike City, and he had to completely believe that this plan would succeed. ?It would be fine if it was just a madman's delusion, but the city wall built with great force by Roland showed that this was not the case. He really plans to be there

They stayed here and relied on the gold refining product "water and mud" to build a city wall that was almost impossible to complete according to common sense.There were gold refiners in Barov's family, but he had never heard of such a thing being made in a gold refinery workshop. Building a wall plan on something that no one has ever

seen before is this self-confidence or random behavior? Expanding to the entire plan planned by Roland, how many things do the four princes still hide that they don't know about? Hefound himself vaguely interested in the days ahead.