Chapter 279

the second day.

Bishop Perot deliberately postponed his trip and stayed in Pinghu Town. He still had some questions about the public carriage to consult victor.

While the bishop was waiting for Victor, Victor had just begun to talk business with Sylvia.

There is an 8 mu stream reservoir on the east side of Golden Oak manor. The artificial lake has a small area, but the scenery is very beautiful. Here is full of exciting pure air. The quiet lake is like a mirror, reflecting the straight golden hemlock on the lake. A green brick path winds between the lake bank and the woods. There are benches for tourists to rest on the roadside.

Sylvia and Victor are walking by the lake. Today, she is wearing a blue expensive female hunting dress, without a crown symbolizing her identity. Her golden hair is simply tied into a ponytail. Her simple and free and easy clothes are less elegant and more friendly and easygoing than before.

"The scenery here is good."

Sylvia stopped in front of a bench. The well-trained attendant quickly cleaned the fallen leaves on the chair, unfolded one side, folded the round table and served dessert and preserves. They even lit a small stove and began to cook coffee.

In a moment, a lakeside sofa appeared in front of victor. Sylvia twisted a snow candy and said with a smile, "honey, aren't you going to sit down?"

Victor envied the noble's style. He sat on Sylvia's side and joked: "in fact, snow candy preserves are pickled with coarse sugar..."

"Very sweet." Sylvia took the servant's silk scarf, wiped her spring onion like fingers and continued, "I didn't expect that you really formed a fast bird light cavalry."

Victor's heart burst. As if nothing had happened, Sylvia glanced at him and said slowly: "I remember the pre God notarization we signed also includes the fast bird..."

Seeing that he couldn't muddle through, Victor said reluctantly, "I don't have enough fast birds. I'll supply them to you in two years, OK?"

"Hehe, I like to see you both distressed and helpless." Sylvia smiled and said, "you can rest assured that I have no interest in flashy swift riding."

The York family obviously can't solve the problem of fast bird load. Victor just breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard Sylvia say, "I still have 427 fast birds here. Do you want them?"

"Why do you have so many fast birds?"

Victor was startled. He asked suspiciously, "since you can't see the swift bird riding, why did you raise more than 400?"

"The man horse hills are vast. You don't think only Randall's leader has a fast bird, do you?" Sylvia raised her eyebrows and said, "after I got the method of domesticating fast birds, I sent someone to hunt the remaining fast birds in the man horse hills. Together with the 19 pairs you sent, I collected a total of 156 fast birds, all of which were raised in Heibao town at that time. In a few years, the number of fast birds has increased to more than 400."

"No wonder..." Victor nodded.

At the earliest time, Randall had nearly 300 first generation fast birds. Later, the mountain camp fell, and most fast birds were poisoned by ant people. Only more than 80 fast birds successfully ran into the mountain and narrowly escaped. Victor took a lot of effort to recapture them, but black fort town was not broken by the ant man, and the number of fast birds raised by the York family exceeded that of the mountain fortress.

Sylvia continued, "I don't intend to form a fast bird light cavalry at all. It's my purpose to cultivate alienated war animals with fast birds."

"Unfortunately, the alienated rat brought back by Bruce and Nicole from the Everglades is not alienated enough. Its flesh and blood can't alienate ordinary creatures at all." Then she shook her head and said, "the fast bird's load-bearing ability is too poor. It can only be used as a mount for Scouts and heralds... How about I give you all these fast birds to decorate your appearance?"

Victor asked in a deep voice, "what conditions?"

"Crude sugar." Sylvia stretched out her slender hand like a powder carving jade and said, "sell me Randall's 60% share of crude sugar. 427 fast birds are all yours."

"Crude sugar?" Victor frowned.

Crude sugar is the seasoning of civilians. Randall's export price is only 4 copper sols per pound, and the highest market retail price does not exceed 1 silver sols. Most civilians still can't afford it. At present, Randall owns 505337 mu of purple sugarcane forest, with an average yield of 7 tons of purple sugarcane per mu, 5000 mu of rotation cutting every year, the sugar output of purple sugarcane is 7%, and the annual output of crude sugar is 2450 tons, totaling 5.39 million pounds. In these three years, Victor sold a total of 2.82 million pounds of crude sugar and made a profit of 8700 kinsol, while the backlog of crude sugar exceeded 13.35 million pounds!

Victor was out of breath because of his huge inventory. If he hadn't made purple cane wine, he would have stopped producing crude sugar. Now, Sylvia opened her mouth to buy 60% of the crude sugar, which is almost worth 24000 gold sol, and gave away 400 fast birds! Victor wanted such a good thing. However, since it is Sylvia's request... It needs to be measured.

"Honey, what do you want so much crude sugar for?"

"Help you solve the backlog of crude sugar... What's your look? Sell it or not?"

"Not for sale!"

Sylvia frowned, pinched Victor's cheek and asked, "why not sell?"

The beauty was light angry and thin angry. Victor grabbed Sylvia's slender hand, kissed it, smiled and said, "honey, if you really want to get crude sugar from me, you won't use such a straightforward means. Moreover, you don't lack crude sugar at all."

"Come on, what good news do you have for me?"

Looking at Victor's triumphant appearance, Sylvia smiled. Her tight jade face thawed like an ice river and roses were in full bloom. She shook her head and said, "you really know me..."

"Some time ago, Sophia's chamber of Commerce wanted to buy crude sugar from me. They offered 6 copper sols per pound, and the quantity was unlimited. As for the reason, they didn't hide it from me. The Sassanian empire was fighting with the orcs. They found that crude sugar was a very good supply, easy to carry, could quickly restore the soldiers' physical strength and effectively alleviate the hunger. Therefore, the Sassanian Empire took crude sugar As a strategic material, we need to purchase in large quantities... I made a mistake and didn't write the crude sugar in front of God. "

Sylvia pretended to be annoyed and then smiled, "Victor, congratulations. You have mastered a strategic material!"

Victor couldn't help crying. He always believed that the value of purple sugarcane was immeasurable, but he didn't expect that sucrose could not be sold, and purple sugarcane residue became a hot commodity. Four years later, the function of crude sugar is finally known, and the purple sugarcane industry is ripe. Unfortunately, Randall once had millions of mu of purple sugarcane forest, and only 500000 Mu remained after the ant disaster. After three years of creeping, it has increased by 5337 mu. It will take at least 17 years to restore the scale of one million mu.

Victor took a deep breath and said seriously, "we have a strategic material!"

"That's right. It's us!" Silvia laughed lightly, "but in the past twenty years, the crude sugar trade has the final say."

After the York family discovered the value of purple sugarcane, they searched everywhere for purple sugarcane forest. There are many scattered purple sugarcane forests in the corners of the human horse hills, with a total of no more than 600000 mu. Now there are only more than 80000 Mu left. The York family takes these purple sugarcane as a treasure and sends special personnel to guard it. They always clean up the nearby weeds and let the purple sugarcane grow freely. After 20 years of recovery, the York family will never harvest these purple sugarcane.

Victor was surprised that Sylvia didn't intend to intervene in the crude sugar trade for 20 years! You know, purple sugarcane grows when it is cut. Even if 20000 mu is harvested every year, there is an income of 140000 jinsol, which is not a small sum of money.

Victor sighed, "Sylvia, I admire your breadth of mind!"

Sylvia chuckled, "don't hold me up. Since I said I wouldn't intervene, I wouldn't interfere in your crude sugar business." After a pause, she asked, "before long, Sophia's confidant will come to Pinghu Town to discuss the purchase of crude sugar. What are you going to do?"

Victor's heart moved and asked, "what price did Sophia set for the Sassanians?"

"It's said to be 4 Silver sols per pound of crude sugar."

"Buy 6 copper sols and sell 4 Silver sols. It's 24 times the profit... What a huge profit!" Victor shook his head and said, "then they don't have to come to me!"

"Huh?" Sylvia blinked her eyes and said, "of course, the price can be discussed, but I want to remind you that strategic goods are not ordinary goods, and its impact exceeds the profit itself. If you increase the price of crude sugar, the Sassanians will increase the price of green wheat accordingly. This is not what I want to see, nor is it what the royal family wants. You will be under great pressure!"

"I understand." Victor nodded and said, "I agree with the price of 6 copper sols per pound, but they must go to yeliucheng to buy crude sugar. The reason is very simple. We must support the commercial position of Buryat!"

"However, I can harvest up to 8000 mu of purple sugarcane forest every year. Sophia can get 10 million pounds of crude sugar this year and only 4 million pounds every year in the future. I want to reprice the rest of the crude sugar!"

Sylvia agreed. "The more purple sugarcane is harvested, the more taxes will be paid. I'll remind you if you don't say it."

Randall is bound to receive the 11th tax next year. Crude sugar has now become a strategic material, and the Gambis royal family is also staring at this piece. It seems that 20% of the tax can not be run away. So, 8000 mu of purple sugarcane will be 8.62 million pounds of crude sugar, which will be handed over to Sophia 4 million pounds, leaving 4.62 million pounds. The big chambers of Commerce of other kingdoms will come and take a share, which is basically gone. However, Victor puts up to 3 million pounds of crude sugar on the market, and he wants to smuggle the rest!

24 times the profit, how can Victor not be jealous? When other kingdoms find that they can buy strategic goods in short supply through private merchants, how can they not maintain the smuggling caravan? When the smuggling caravan grows, victor will increase the output of crude sugar and form a dominant situation. Of course, there is no way to transport a large amount of crude sugar on the rugged mountain road, but Victor has a comprehensive plan to smuggle bulk materials, in which the church plays a key role!

"It seems that we need to talk to bishop Perot and go to Raven town to start the smuggling caravan going north!"

Victor thought and couldn't help smiling. Sylvia asked, "honey, what are you thinking?"

"Er... I'll have a lot of income right away. Of course I'm happy."

Victor was in a good mood and said to Sylvia, "honey, you give me all those fast birds. I provide at least 60 fast bird mounts to Jinshui city every year, and I promise there will be a surprise for you!"

"Of course, you have been giving me surprises. I believe you will give me more surprises."

Sylvia said tenderly and irresistibly, "honey, I want to visit your hill camp now. You... Won't refuse me?!"

Victor's expression suddenly froze. Sylvia smiled and said, "I can give you some time to prepare. Is two hours enough?"

Victor stood up and gracefully extended his hand to Sylvia.

"Don't prepare, we can start now!"