Travel through time and become a member of the Warhammer Empire

Chapter 297 Investment Kingdom

All businessmen hate war, even arms dealers.

But at the same time, all businessmen like war, including arms dealers.

"You should be thankful that it didn't happen to you merchants, right?"

Mousse simply rolled his eyes, full of contempt for Windlow's words.

After all, in the dark elf society, they believe in the law of the jungle and militarism.

There is no such class as merchants in Naggaroth, and those who act as merchants are all slaves who specialize in business.

For a race that relies on war to survive, commercial development has no meaning at all.

At the same time, the merchant class is notorious for being speculators who like to disrupt other people's politics and look for opportunities to make money.

They would take all the supplies away with them during a war, and then bring them back after the war to sell at a high price.

Even the cruel and ruthless dark elves would feel that the merchant class deserves to be punished.

But if a lot of the money earned by the merchant class could be shared with himself, Mousse would at most roll his eyes to express his dissatisfaction, and there would be no need to take out a sword to decide his own thoughts.

"Tell me, how do we make money?"

Naturally, Windlow had experience in this regard. There was no shortage of wars within the Empire, in Bretonnia, or in the entire Old World.

War brings horror, but also fame and glory.

Civilians were shrouded in gloom and terror, and spent all their efforts and savings to buy daily necessities, which had risen to extremely expensive prices.

The victors were carried away by fame and glory, and unknowingly exchanged their hard-earned money for drinking and feasting, and then looked for new ways to make a living.

The final victory of both sides was seized by a class called merchants, who helped the merchants accumulate even greater wealth.

“Make money from the poor, then make money from the rich.”

Windlow's thinking has always been very stable. In his eyes, both the poor and the rich have equal opportunities to make money from him.

Civilians need supplies and meager supplies, and the rich need consumption and respectability.

Meeting their needs would naturally bring in a lot of wealth. Coincidentally, the unicorn carriage was filled with this wave of goods for sale.

The uneaten supplies along the way were originally intended to be used as rations, but they were sold by Windlow at a very high price.

Although the capture of Hanyu Port is a low-intensity war, whenever a war breaks out, someone will always suffer losses, right?

Some poor people lost all the wealth they depended on for survival and could not even afford a penny of extra wealth, let alone other materials with increased prices.

But Windlow was kind-hearted and knew that the poor couldn't afford to buy things, so he never went to the slums.

If they can't afford it, there's always someone who can.

Just like Bretonnia's food.

When Bretonnia's food shortage is one-fifth, it does not mean that the price of food will increase by one-fifth, but it means that the price of food will continue to increase until one-fifth of Bretonnia's population starves to death.

Various supplies such as dried meat and air-dried foods, which were originally only consumed by merchants when traveling on long-distance trade, were sold for a large sum of money in Hanyu Port.

Even more than the total amount earned from doing business in Bretonnia before.

Looking at the shining gold coins, Mousse exclaimed that he had missed many opportunities to make a fortune from the war when he was in Naggaroth, and he couldn't help but regret it.

“And what is our next method of making money?”

Mousse was frank. After following Windlow for so long, she understood some of the most basic principles of making money.

That is, money has to circulate in order to make money. It is very stupid to keep the money separately or to lock it in a vault like the dwarves.

But where to let the money flow to is something Mousse doesn't know, but she still has a little experience.

"You were talking about buying things that are on sale during this period, then hoarding them and selling them after the price goes up. What's on sale the most right now?"

"population."

"My old job!"

Yes, fluctuations in food prices will inevitably cause fluctuations in other prices, and the only thing that is most obviously affected by the fluctuations is population.

The more expensive food is, the cheaper the population is, and in the early days after the war a large number of people will be sold at low prices.

At this time, smart landlords or those with savings will sell grain to buy people, or use grain to buy people.

And wait until the recovery phase after the war to accumulate wealth relying on the additional population.

It is an eternal truth that the landlord class will find more high-quality and cheap population through the merchant class.

Mousse immediately understood the way to make money, but as a dark elf, she immediately realized that there were problems with Windlo's plan.

"So how do you deal with slave rebellion?"

Slave rebellion has always been a problem that the Dark Elves have found difficult to deal with. They exploit a large number of slaves and are bound to face resistance from them.

But thanks to their strong military force, the dark elves have always been able to suppress the slaves.

But at present, there are only two of us, Windlow and myself. If there are too many slaves and order cannot be maintained, there will definitely be an explosion.

Windlow had already thought about this, and the reason he said so much to Mousse was to reduce resistance.

"It's very simple. We are not exploiting slaves or buying servants. Instead, we are helping Binlong Zhaoming to do good deeds in exchange for other rewards, favors, or other secret treasures."

For businessmen, any business has risks, but investing in a stable regime means there is no risk at all.

Government bonds are the most perfect investment, but there is a lack of means to purchase them. What this war brings is that Windlow can obtain something that is tied to the interests of Binlong Zhaoming.

The gold coins that had just been earned were once again used as a general equivalent, easily exchanged for labor commitments.

At this time, Binlong Zhaoming had just completed the capture of the town, and the national treasury did not have much funds to increase the population and build the building sequence.

Thanks to the free labor provided by Windlow, Hanyu Port was able to resume production and construction just after the war ended.

As the only dragon son who did not hide anything in his heart, Zhaoming of course saw at a glance the purpose of the businessman Wendlow, which was to invest in exchange for rewards.

At the same time, as the only dragon son who trusts mortals, he put forward three reward conditions and let Wendlow choose.

First, Zhaoming provided official endorsement for Windlow, and was able to obtain legal and policy benefits afterwards.

Second, provide supplies. There are many goods in Hanyu Port that are not currently used but are definitely worth some money, and a lot of them can be donated for free.

Third, write an IOU and Zhaoming will definitely repay this loan later.

In addition to the three options given to Windlow, Zhaoming even gave Gelt the same three questions.