Travel through time and become a member of the Warhammer Empire

Chapter 332: Building a Colony

"What on earth do you want to do?"

After learning that Windlow would not continue to move south but planned to stay here for a long time, Mousse clearly showed strong doubts and dissatisfaction.

The doubt is that the two of them are considered traveling merchants of the empire. Traveling merchants are merchants who move around to do business. Those who don't move around are sedentary merchants. How can they be sedentary merchants in this remote place?

The second thing she was dissatisfied with was that when Windlow made this decision, he did not discuss it with her, and did not even notify her in advance.

In fact, it’s not Windlow’s fault. He made this decision after traveling through the forest for two weeks.

Now that I have settled down, I can tell Mousse about my plans.

After this round-the-world business trip, Windlow noticed that many things had changed, that is, the whole world was rushing towards the brink of destruction.

There was civil unrest in Zhendan, the court was infiltrated, and there was unharmonious relations between the princes.

The intensity of the elves' civil war has escalated to a stage where it cannot be reconciled, and it will only end when one side is completely defeated.

The dwarves have been completely trapped in their own mountain fortress and cannot move out.

More and more chivalrous knights in Bretonnia are unable to find military merit.

Imperial Emperor Karl Franz was never trained to be an emperor when he was young. To be honest, Boris is more suitable for the position of emperor than him.

In order to accumulate imperial authority and prestige, Karl Franz had to spend a lot of his time, leaving him no time to do what an emperor should do.

After considering the situations of all countries comprehensively, Windlow realized something very bad.

The entire world order will collapse afterwards.

Naturally, the group that suffered the greatest losses in the collapse was the business community.

Merchants are very dependent on an orderly environment to provide themselves with a business environment. Once the entire environment is destroyed, the merchants will become prey to various forces and can be used to withdraw money at any time.

So what Wendlow thought was very simple. He did business along the way and gained wealth that even Mousse would admire.

What I am considering now is not whether to continue running a small business, but how to keep my own industry going.

And the best way to retain wealth is power.

"I decided to build a town here, then become a baron or something, get the power endorsement of the empire, and hire some people to protect my safety."

"You, haha."

Mousse threw his head back and laughed, but after a moment he retracted the expression on his face, then revealed a cunning look.

"No joke?"

"No joke."

After receiving Wendlow's affirmative answer, Mousse lost all expression and remained quiet.

"You must have lied to me in many ways, but it doesn't matter."

It was not until then that Mousse realized one thing: Windlow had deceived him about the distribution of wealth.

According to her calculations, she had only gained less than 400 gold coins along the way. Perhaps for a single person, 400 gold coins was a considerable fortune.

A baron's annual income is only 10 gold coins, and that's in a wealthy province like Rickland.

Windlow usually took action only after he had a detailed plan, which was enough to show that he already had the wealth to build a new colony.

Whether in Naggaroth or the Empire, the minimum capital requirement to build a town from a wasteland is 1500 gold coins.

Never mind. I finally found a suitable person to rely on. There is no need to turn against him just because he gets less money.

Wendlow did cheat Mousse. What businessman would not falsify accounts and evade taxes? Moreover, many transactions were not recorded in the accounts.

Coupled with the existence of the endless pockets, his wealth had indeed reached a level that Mousse could hardly imagine and it was all hidden. It was not difficult for him to build a town and gain political status.

As soon as he said it, the eighteen guards of Oster had already been given new orders by Windlow.

Go to various places to find people and encourage them to move to this place, providing three years of tax exemption and long-term job opportunities.

Tax exemption? This is nothing. The people of Oster County are all poor, so we can't collect much tax.

When the job opportunity came out, almost everyone in the nearby villages was interested.

Oster County is a rotten land. Young men either join the army or become hunters. When they get older, they have no choice but to farm the barren fields to earn a living.

There was no space or opportunity for employment at all, so much so that just two hours after Windlow gave the order, more than a dozen people from the neighboring village had already immigrated here.

With all his assets, he actually only had one set of clothes and some food, which was all the wealth of most ordinary people in Oster County.

As for whether Wendlow had deceived them, it didn't matter. Even if they were deceived, the worst that could happen was that they would return the same way and not lose anything.

When they arrived at the area designated by Windlow, they found that this Rick guy was not like lying like other Rick guys, and he really gave them jobs.

"Go cut wood. The daily wage is 2 copper coins. If you cut 1 big trees, you will be rewarded 1 copper coin. If you cut small trees, you will be rewarded copper coin. No saplings are needed."

After that, Windlow directly paid the wages and designated the felling area and the wood material pile.

What? You can get paid for cutting down trees?

The people of Osterland have been cutting trees and hunting almost all their lives, and this is the first time they have encountered someone willing to pay them to cut trees.

Could it be that this Rick guy wants to use the Talabeck River to transport timber to Rick County and sell it for money?

But that's not right. The wood needed by Reikland and Wiesenland is imported from Steelland. The wood there is better and cheaper.

Who cares? As long as I can make money, that’s fine.

The honest Ostermen immediately picked up their axes and started chopping wood. Their strong bodies also allowed them to drag the wood back to the woodpile area smoothly.

During this time, Windlow watched the wide Talabek River flow slowly, not caring at all that the money he spent hiring people to cut down trees far exceeded the selling price of the wood.

By observing the rivers and terrain, Windlow was able to investigate the basic situation of the land.

Except for the poor soil and the lack of minerals, other aspects are very advantageous.

With the most basic raw materials and manpower, and even the advantage of river transportation, a basic map was drawn after calculating the river's flood season and dry season.

"This is the construction area. Each household is entitled to 50 square meters of construction area and 50 square meters of open space. The wood will be piled there. You can build your own house and live in it."