Chapter 7 - ducal palace
Although it was sunset, the city was still busy.
Although it is a frontier city, the huge population base and relatively peaceful environment still make the business of Rage City very prosperous. Minotaurs, goblins, lions, humans and other ethnic merchants can be seen everywhere, and some specialties of the orc empire are very popular in other countries.
The night will be dark.
Barr plans to find a place to live first, and then visit his cheap cousin tomorrow.
After wandering the streets for half an hour, Barr finally found an inn. The name of the shop is Niu Niu United Hotel. The owner is a kind tauren aunt. After paying 10 silver coins, Barr got a room of his own. 1 gold coin can be exchanged for 100 silver coins, gold coins and silver coins can be used in the whole Rand world.
The Niu Niu United Hotel is a two-storey building. The first floor is equivalent to a hotel, which can provide beverage services, and the second floor is the accommodation area.
“Guests, please.”
Dengdengdeng.
Under the guidance of the inn’s waiter, he walked up to the second floor, and Barr found his room.
Opening the door, there is a bed on the right side of the room, a round wooden table in the middle, and two chairs on both sides of the table. Although the room layout is simple, it is clean and tidy.
Dinner is bread and pork beast barbecue brought by the waiter of the hotel, and the cost is included in the accommodation fee. Barr, who has been tormented by potato, was very satisfied with this meal.
Lying on the bed after dinner, Baal recalled the information about DeWitt Thunder’s Wrath in his previous life.
DeWitt Thunderfury is also a figure in the game. The 200-level lord, the Archon of Rage City, and the leader of the Tauren family. In the second major event of the game, the awakening of the ancient red dragon, he played as the commander of the orc army. Brave in combat, courageous in character, and extremely strategic, he is the true strength of the Orc Empire.
The follow-up plan requires a lot of capital to start. With Baal’s current strength, there are very few channels to safely obtain a large amount of gold coins.
After thinking about it, you can only rely on your own foresighted advantage to get a lot of money by selling the information you have in your hands. After all, in any world, intelligence is always the most valuable. What Baal intends to sell this time is a large undiscovered gold vein.
The ore veins in the Rand world are roughly divided into small, medium, large, and super-large types. Of course, there is a big gap in reserves between ore veins of the same level.
Gold mine is a very valuable mineral in the Rand world. Gold is a hard currency and can be directly exchanged for gold coins, and there is no possibility of devaluation. The gold reserves of a large gold mine are about 30 million to 100 million units. According to the 1:1 exchange ratio of gold to gold coins, at least 30 million gold coins can be obtained from full mining. Generally, large-scale gold mines can be fully mined in about 100 years. Excluding mining costs, the annual net income should be at least 250,000 gold coins.
The reason for selling this mine is the shortage of funds in the early stage. On the other hand, this mining site is located in the plain at the foot of the west side of the Oran Mountains, close to the border between the two countries, and Barr has no intention of developing here. Moreover, the goal of a large-scale gold mine is too large, and Baal does not have the strength to guard. Selling the news is the best choice.
Selling news is a technical job, and if you sell it, you will be very happy. If it doesn’t sell well, I’m afraid not only can’t get the money, but also lose my life.
DeWitt Thunderfury was Baal’s final choice after careful consideration. After all, he is the patriarch of the tauren and is also related to Baal, so everyone who is not my race must have a different heart. I believe everyone understands it. Moreover, this person’s reputation in the past life was very good, so he should not be a treacherous person. In fact, most of the tauren family are upright and honest, and whether it is scheming or human is more talented.
The more important point is that he is a real strong man, and strong men are all dignified. Even if it is really inhuman this time, Baal can live without worry.
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When Barr woke up, it was already 7 o’clock in the morning. After eating the breakfast brought by the waiter and washing his face, Barr set off.
Dewitt is the consul of Rage City and also holds the title of Duke of the Empire. As one of the few lord-level powerhouses in the Orc Empire, if he was a tiger or a lion, I am afraid that the position of the city lord would have already been his. The Duke’s Mansion is located in the aristocratic gathering area on the northwest side of Rage City. As a well-known local figure, De Witt found the location of the Duke’s Mansion after a random inquiry.
The Imperial Duke’s Mansion, the study.
A tall and burly tauren was sitting on a chair, his fingers tapped lightly on the table in front of him, and he lowered his head in thought. The tauren is sturdy in shape, with a firm face, and his whole body is like cast iron. Just sitting there gives people a feeling of motionless like a mountain.
A middle-aged man from the fox tribe stood on his right, looking like a housekeeper.
Looking at the information just sent in front of him, there was a rare trace of exhaustion on Dewit’s face.
Since taking over the position of the patriarch, he has been walking on thin ice these years. In fact, the situation of the tauren family is not optimistic. Most of the tauren have no relationship with politics due to their racial nature, and they do not have the talent for business management. Most of the territorial development is not satisfactory. Moreover, although the tauren nominally ranks as a high-ranking race in the orc empire and the ligers and tigers, they have a high status. In fact, they have been suppressed and used by the lion and tiger tribes, and more than half of the tribe died on the battlefield.
It has been almost 20 years since DeWitt succeeded the patriarch. In the past 20 years, DeWitt has worked hard for the development of the race, but it still has little effect.
The orc empire itself is also full of contradictions. Most of the various races are dissatisfied with the oppression of the ligers and tigers, and they are ready to move. The struggle for dominance between lions and tigers is also face-to-face and heart-to-heart. The internal contradictions of the empire have reached a critical point. As development continues, I am afraid that internal conflicts can only be alleviated by launching foreign wars.
“This bastard!”
Duke DeWitt slammed on the table angrily. “It’s just a matter of misbehavior in the past. I thought that finding him something serious to do would be a little more restrained. Who would have thought that this time he would dare to mortgage the three iron mines in Hongfeng City. Who gave him the courage!”
“My lord, he is your brother after all. Besides, Earl Harlan was designed this time.” Fox hesitated and said softly.
He is also very helpless towards his elder brother.
It’s fine if you don’t have a good brain. All day long, you know that relying on your brother’s power to do things, and you are prone to gambling. In order to reassure him, the lord of his own handed over the territory of Hongfeng City under his name to him for management, and wanted to exercise him. It was only a few days later that he ran to gamble again and lost millions of gold coins. In order to repay his debts, he even mortgaged the three iron mines in Hongfeng City.
Red Maple is located directly east of Rage City. It is nominally the private domain of Duke Dewitt, but in fact it is the common property of the Tauren family. UU reading www. The tauren of uukanshu.com implements an electoral system, and whoever becomes the patriarch will have the right to manage all the territories in the clan at the same time. But even as the patriarch, he has no right to mortgage three iron mines without notifying the elders, and one of them is a large iron mine with extremely high value.
The Tauren family is notoriously poor, and the minerals are even more scarce. The demand for iron within the family is huge. For the Tauren family, these three iron mines are not worth a mere gold coin.
“People can be stupid, but they can’t help but realize that even if it’s my brother, I won’t forgive him this time!” DeWitt took a deep breath, “Fox, tell the guards, bring this **** back to me and throw it in jail. In addition, remove all his positions, and temporarily hand over the affairs of Hongfeng City to the deputy city owner. Also, secretly check who wrote it this time, some people’s hands are too long.”
“Understood.”
Fox nodded.
“By the way, how many gold coins are left on our account.” DeWitt turned to look at Fox.
Fox thought for a moment.
“There are still more than two million yuan, but considering the military expenditure next month and the expenditure on other things in the government, there are about 12.3 million yuan that can be used.”
“Well, go to the warehouse and take out one million gold coins. First, get back the iron ore that Harlan mortgaged.”
DeWitt tapped on the table habitually, the iron ore must be brought back. No matter who is the culprit this time, at least on the surface, this person has done nothing leaking. To manage the entire group, there are too many places to spend money, and one million gold coins is not a small amount for me. In fact, no one else knows that the self who looks beautiful on the surface is the real poor.
DeWitt is short of money, very short of money.