Chapter 231 Huge funding
Baron Galvin, who had been busy running around, suddenly summoned to discuss important matters. As a son-in-law, Yat dared not neglect. He settled down the valley with his guards and sentry cavalry teams and ran to Sap Fort.
Without stopping, the group reached Sapburg Castle the next evening.
Sapp Castle is still the Sapp Castle back then. Baron Galvin was no longer the Baron Galvin that year.
The nobleman was gone, his original stool had disappeared, his face turned into a slim and capable person. His eyes were less clever than the shrewdness of a businessman, more enthusiasm and perseverance, or more fanaticism.
Galvin and the Baroness personally went to the gate of Sapburg to greet Att.
"Yat, congratulations, now I can call you Lord Yat." Baron Galvin played a small joke with Yat.
"Hello, father-in-law, mother-in-law!"
Yat jumped off his war horse and saluted the two elders, and then took a wooden brocade box from Ron. "This is a small gift that Lotti and I gave you. This is a piece of stone wood fragrance I bought for you two from Nanlu. Lotti is inconvenient to come back to visit you when she is pregnant and ask me to bring back greetings to my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
The Baroness took the brocade box and sniffed it, praising: "This is a rare good thing! It's rare that you two have this intention, so I'll be in charge."
"Where is Felix? He didn't come back with you?" Galvin turned his head and looked behind Yat, but he didn't find Felix's shadow.
"My father-in-law, I have established an officer's academy in the valley to train officers specifically for the expansion of the army. Felix will be trained in the academy before returning to Sap to form your army," Yat explained.
"College? I heard that you have built a parish school, and now you have built a college to teach writing to a group of civilians. Isn't this too ostentatious?"
Galvin immediately asked and answered: "But when is this? No one will come to pursue such a small matter. Your officer academy..."
"Okay, let the child go back to the mansion and rest for a while before discussing." Seeing that Galvin was planning to continue discussing, the Baroness pulled Kiat toward the Lord's Mansion of the Sapburg Castle...
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After dinner, Arthur settled his soldiers and followed Baron Galvin to the secret room of the lord's mansion.
Seeing Galvin's mysterious secret, Yat couldn't figure out what big thing was hidden in this father-in-law's belly. "My father-in-law, what big thing was it?"
"You sit down first." Galvin pointed to a chair in the secret room and asked Att to sit down.
Seeing Yat sit down, Galvin lowered his voice, "I guess you know the struggle for the rule of the country, too?"
Yatt nodded, "Earl Ballwin has told me these things."
"Then you should know my position?"
Yat thought that his father-in-law, who followed the Earl Longxia all day long, was difficult for him to stand. "Yes, Mr. Flander, Earl Flander is Lotti's cousin, your choice is the right one."
"I am in my forties. Maybe that day I will accept God's call and enter the kingdom of heaven. If I were to follow the past, I would not have fallen into these disputes."
"But no one would have expected that the Marquis of Ivreya would suddenly be critically ill, and the so-called crown prince Robert is not the Marquis' blood legitimate. Now the Marquis has also repented and intends to assign the inheritance rights of the Kingdom of Bo to the Earl of Flander. The woman in the inner court relied on controlling several provinces in the western region to block it everywhere, and tried her best to press the throne of the Kingdom of Bo to the head of the small beast."
"How can we tolerate such a nasty thing happening? And over the years, that woman has been suppressing and persecuting the Ge clan. If her savages are allowed to climb to the Iron Terrace, I will not be demoted to a pariah?"
Yat was deeply convinced of his father-in-law's words. If Bernard and his sect mastered the Burgundy Kingdom, the small frontier baron Yat might die overnight like Bazer. "My father-in-law, I have the same idea as you. I have stood opposite the people in the inner court from the beginning. I have had quite a lot of enemies over the years. If one day the people behind us lose power, how can we end up well?"
Galvin rubbed his eyes and said, "So I've been traveling around since late last fall, with the goal of raising money for Flander."
"Raising money for Earl Flander?" Yat was not surprised, after all, Galvin was famous for being a wealthy businessman.
"Yes, I've raised one million and two million Finneys for Flander!"
When Yat heard the number of 1.2 million, he was almost shocked. This huge astronomical fund could almost maintain the annual expenditure of an ordinary professional infantry with a scale of 3,000 people. If weapons, armor and other weapons are added, it would be enough to recruit an army of 2,000 people.
"Where did you get this huge sum of money? Did you sell it~" Yat asked in surprise.
Galvin nodded, "You guessed it right. I took out my life savings of 400,000 Finneys, and sold almost all the shops, taverns, and warehouses under my name. Even my caravans sold three. Now I only have three southern goods stores in the province of Kodor near Sap Fort and a caravan of thirty cars. After selling the property, I raised another 500,000 Finneys, and then I borrowed 300,000 Finneys from the vault of the Knights of the Holy Regiment with the entire Baron of Sap Fort."
After hearing this, Yat paused for a while, and looked up and said, "I can understand that you sold shops, taverns, and hotels in the West. After all, once the storm is surging, your property will sooner or later be targeted by your opponent. Instead of letting them take it over, it is better to exchange it for gold cakes and silver coins in advance. However, I handed over one million and two million Finney to Flander at once, and borrowed from the Holy Knights~ This investment is too expensive. This is not like your style."
"Yat, I know what you mean. But I'm paying one and two million Finney now, and maybe it will turn into two and one million in the future and return to my wallet. As for the risks, if we can't win, those things will sooner or later become in the enemy's pocket."
Yat also nodded in agreement, "Then I will go back and discuss with Lotti and sell the shop you gave to us."
Galvin agreed to Yat's plan.
"Yat, I've got another thing to tell you today."
Yat sat upright and listened carefully.
"Of these one and two hundred thousand Finneys, 300,000 Finneys belong to you!" Galvin's expression was serious, not a joke.
"You~ Are you the one who Count Ballwin said to support my expansion?" Yat reacted instantly. He had previously wondered why Count Ballwin was so generous that he contributed money to support an army of 500 people. It turned out that the wool came from the sheep.
"You guessed it right, I am the one who sponsored your army expansion. This is also a small condition for me to raise money for Earl Flander."
"I have been ruined in the battle for the rest of my life. Felix may be able to pick up the sword I threw again, but he is too young and needs a lot of experience. And your performance over the years has proved that you are a swimming fish in the torrent of troubled times, and I believe you."
"These 300,000 Finneys will be divided into two ways. This time you take 150,000 Finneys away first. You can use this money to recruit soldiers first. 150,000 is enough for 500 soldiers to consume more than half a year. We will find a way to find a way to avoid the amount in half a year."
"I will buy the remaining 150,000 to buy weapons and armor. I have ordered a batch of weapons and armor in Paris and several surrounding cities. I will ship them to your territory to assemble your army."
Chapter completed!