In the fortress of Bona, the western border of Thorne Province, a heavy snowfall a few days ago caused a snow-white coat to be worn within a radius of dozens of square miles, and the wind was shaking.

More than a month ago, the soldiers of the Wells Legion, under the personal supervision of the Legion Commander Yat, were still tensely confronting the Duchy Army here. After the various forces reached a reconciliation in the capital of the Burgundy Duchy Dijon, both sides withdrew their troops back to the camp, thus avoiding another disaster in the war.

According to Yat's previous deployment, after the war, Odo, the deputy commander of the Wells Legion, selected 50 officers and soldiers to stay in Bona City, and recruited a 500-man Western garrison army with these veterans who had been in war. The supplies and preparations were all under the responsibility of the Besanson Palace.

Angus will lead the rest of the Wells Army to the south, cross the border of the Thorne province to the city of Codore, and join the remaining troops of the Wells Army, which was formerly stationed in the city of Codore. Then we will go to Fort Marsey together, which is now directly under the territory of Att, and join the former garrison troops. At that time, most of the garrison troops of Fort Marsey followed the large force back to the valley. Thirty people were left, and based on this, a standing army of 150 people was formed to be responsible for the city defense and security of Fort Marsey.

The plan was like this, but everyone's plan to return home was suspended due to a heavy snow a few days ago. Most of the Wells Legion had to wait until the weather improved and the ice and snow melted before the entire army started.

After months of war, the soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally. Now, the war has finally ended completely and they are all idle.

In the free time after the war, many soldiers took some of the military rewards sent just a few days ago to wander around the shops in Bona City, hoping to buy some fur and bacon for their families in the valley. After fighting outside for many days, the families in the valley became an important source of strength to support them. Of course, there were also the high military pay and bounties of the Wells Legion.

The soldiers who were alone lingered in groups of Rouge and taverns all over the city, comforting their tired bodies and empty hearts for months of war.

Because of the rest period, the soldiers were relatively free. The soldiers of the Wells Legion can often be seen on the streets, and the residents in the city were not very disgusted with these soldiers who were paying for military pay. Now that the war has ended, the owner of Bona City has long been changed and belonged to a new frontier count, with a territory far away in the remote valley south of the Hou Kingdom.

It is not important for the residents of Bona City who ruled this land. What they pursue is a peaceful and peaceful life.

As early as the beginning of Att's title of the City of Bona, a series of notices were issued in the name of the Lord of Bona. It stipulated that the garrison guards at the garrison were not allowed to disturb the people, to oppress the weak, to burn, kill and loot... If there is any violation of military law, the military pay will be confiscated at the least, and the heads will be put to the ground.

So far, no such incident has occurred in the city. This is due to the serious and efficient military system of the Wells Legion, and of course it is also inseparable from the discipline of the Wells Legion soldiers. Unlike other mercenaries and peasant soldiers, the Wells Legion soldiers enjoy high wartime military pay, and some of the spoils seized can also be put into their pockets. Therefore, no soldier with a little brain will try his own risk, and he dare not hide the slightly larger wealth, so the money they plundered may not be worthy of their monthly salary, and it is really not worthy of their lives and futures.

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Time is entering late December.

The snow around Bona City has begun to melt slowly under the sunlight, and a road from north to south has gradually become clear, winding like a black belt on the vast plain.

After several days of waiting, the soldiers who returned south of the Wells Legion could no longer hold back and felt homesick.

It is almost the end of the year, and it is not easy for the army to take advantage of the clear weather when the weather is clear and the air is clear. When the temperature gets lower and lower, it will be even more difficult for the army to act.

After Angus discussed with Odo, he decided to take this opportunity to leave Bonacheng and strive to return to the valley before the New Year, so that the soldiers could reunite with their families as soon as possible.

On the third Sunday of December, after careful deployment and arrangement, most of the Wells Legion led by the Legion Deputy Angus to leave Bona City and walk eastward. Follow the trade route to reach Thorne Province and then head south and return to the valley.

The group walked on the business road where the snow had just melted, and the mud was too muddy. As the snow melted, the temperature dropped rapidly. Fortunately, the soldiers received their winter clothes in advance, enough to resist the biting cold wind.

Even though the weather is cold and the wind is raging, everyone still has smiles on their faces. When they think about seeing their family members in the valley, a warm feeling in their hearts rises~

As the army headed south, there were some special trophys filled with five carriages. When passing through the muddy roads, the wheels were inevitably trapped. Whenever the soldiers were pushing the carriage, they could always hear the sound of metal collision in the locked wooden box on the carriage...

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When most of the Welles legions were heading south to return to the valley, the continental commerce company under Yat's name had a group of fifty carriages less than a day away from Besançon City. This time, in addition to the food and supplies transported to the palace, the caravan also purchased a large number of southern goods that were urgently needed from Provence and Lombardy.

With the end of the Battle of Successors, Houguo Business also began to show signs of recovery. Commercial banks in major central cities in the north urgently needed a stable supply of goods in the south to provide them with goods for sale in the city.

Previously, due to the war, many caravans supplying goods to major commercial banks either died or fled, resulting in the dilemma of no goods available for sale in various places. If it weren't for the European Commercial Banks that transported food and supplies to the palace to supply goods to major commercial banks, I'm afraid half of the commercial banks in Houguo had already gone bankrupt.

Half a month ago, as soon as the twenty cars of southern goods transported by the Continental Trading Bank arrived at the city gate, the leaders of major commercial banks hurriedly brought people to the city and demanded high prices to acquire them. If it weren't for the head of the Houguo Chamber of Commerce, the southern goods would have probably been stolen. In addition to the southern goods specially ordered for the palace, the price of southern goods increased several times, which allowed the European Trading Bank to obtain a net profit of more than 200,000 Finneys.

At this time, the European Trading Bank had already jumped from an inconspicuous small business to the largest and most powerful business in the hou Kingdom. In addition to the reputation of the palace franchise business is well-known enough, it is also related to the European Trading Bank's monopoly of the entire southern goods trade in the entire battle of successors.

Taking advantage of the war, the European Trading Company provided food, supplies, weapons and armor to the Restoration Army, and also provided essential daily necessities to Besanson, which was in short supply of supplies. It made a lot of money from it.

With the end of the war and the revival of Houguo's business, the role played by the European trading bank became more and more important. More and more gold coins were entering Yat's pocket.

Looking around, the fifty carriages walking on the business road were quite spectacular. In addition to a coachman, each carriage was equipped with two servants. The carriages were accompanied by more than 150 people, each of which was well-equipped with armor and weapons. If they had not followed the caravans together, others would probably regard them as an army with great combat power. No bandits dared to approach the caravan along the way, and they would hide far away when they saw this large group of people. In addition to fearing the large number of guards, more importantly, these things belonged to the new frontier count, Yat Wood Wells, who became famous in the battle.

"Everyone hurry up and be sure to arrive at the manor ahead before dark~"

The head of the caravan, who was riding a horse in the middle of the team, shouted to the group.

"Lord Salter, the value of the southern goods we shipped this time is much more expensive than the last time. We will definitely increase the profit by 20% on the basis of the last time~"

The tone of a manager who followed the head of the caravan was a little excited.

As the profits of the business increase, from the head of the business to the coachman and the servants, you can get a lot of rewards. This is Yat's skill in controlling people.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and ask the people behind to follow!"

After Salter said that, he rode his horse and walked towards the front of the team.

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On the evening of the next day, the caravan transporting food, supplies and southern goods finally arrived at a large warehouse in Besanson City.

This is the goods distribution center of the European Trade Bank in Besançon. All southern goods will be put into the warehouse and counted after arriving, and then notified the major trade banks to send people to retrieve them. The food, supplies and other items belonging to the palace will be delivered to the warehouses under the palace for storage.

After arranging the inventory of the southern goods into the warehouse, Salter didn't even have time to take a sip of water and rode his horse towards the south of the city with two guards~

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"Salter, you're here, sit down."

"Thank you sir~"

In the south of Besanson, in the residence of the deputy minister of the court, after Saar took his seat, the servant brought the wine that had been prepared.

"How many southern goods have you brought from Provence this time?"

Yat asked with a smile after putting down the silver wine glass that had just taken a sip.

Salter glanced at the servant next to him, and then looked at Yat without saying a word.

"You retreat first, don't come in without my order."

"Yes, Lord Earl."

The servant turned around and slowly retreated.

"Sir," said Salter, "This time the caravan purchased thirty cars of southern goods. I roughly estimated that, except for the cost, the salary of coachman and guards, we can earn a net profit of 300,000 Finney~"

Salter smiled and almost laughed out loud.

"Three hundred thousand?"

Att was shocked. In just a few months, the European Continental Trading Company under his name could only basically maintain a loss from the beginning and now he made a net profit of 300,000 Finneys in one trip. This really made him feel a little unbelievable.

"That's right, sir, 300,000."

Salter stressed again.

"Now the Houguo business has begun to show signs of revival, and southern goods are in short supply. Now, except for the European Continental Trading Company, there is no other second company that operates the southern goods trade. Therefore, the price of southern goods has increased several times. Even so, the southern goods transported by the caravan to Besanson were sold out by all the merchants in the city early the next morning."

Yat was overjoyed. After many years of operation, the European Trading Company has finally become a money tree.

"grown ups?"

Seeing that Yat had no reaction, Salter shouted softly.

“Continue.”

"Sir, I think the scale of the caravan should be expanded while the marquis business is gradually reviving. At the same time, other caravans with weak strength will be annexed in one fell swoop, and the South China Goods trade will be firmly controlled in our hands. Once you succeed, you will become the richest person in the entire marquis~"

Salter told Yat about his views on the current situation, staring at Yat.

Yat looked at the once down-and-out merchant in front of him. Since Salter followed him, he has made great contributions to building the European Trading Company from a small caravan with only a few carriages into the largest trading company with current power throughout the marquis. If the European Trading Company is currently developing, Yat would not have to worry about the huge amount of money that would cost to support the gold-swalking beast of the Wells Legion.

Once the European Commercial Bank controls the economic lifeline of the Marquis, its status will surely rise.

"Okay, Salter, just do what you said. The cost of expanding the caravan will be withdrawn from the profits earned by the current trading company. This matter is fully left to you. After the matter is completed, I will have a reward."

"Thank you!"

Salter was so excited that he quickly stood up to thank him.

"Sit down and say."

"Yes, sir."

"There's another thing to ask you to come this time."

"Please give me instructions."

"A few days ago, I asked the court for a large number of farm tools, livestock and grain. This time you went south to Provence and brought these things back to the valley and handed them to Coober. I have written a letter back to the valley and he knows what to do."

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely send this batch of supplies to the valley safely."

Yati nodded and continued.

"In addition, if you go south this time, don't bring other goods to Provence for trade. Procurement of materials that are urgently needed for the construction of the valley in the future, and it will be useful when gradually expanding to the south in the future."

"Sir, I understand~"

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On the second day, Yat went to the European Trading Company's warehouse in Besançon with Salter. After giving rewards to the shop's shop's staff, he took Ron and a few accompanying guards to the Moulin Moorhouse.

"Oh, this master, I haven't seen you here for a long time. Please come in quickly. Girls, please wait for a few masters inside~"

The Moulin Mofang in Besanson City is a place where business is becoming more and more popular after the war ends. The woman with her breasts exposed at the door kept greeting guests coming in and out.

As the business gets better and better, Emery bought two surrounding properties together, more than doubled the Moulin Mound. Even so, it is still impossible to meet the needs of customers who come to spend time every day, and it is often difficult to find a room.

Emery, who was standing at the door, saw Yat and others walking from afar and hurriedly greeted him.

"Sir, you are here."

Emery bowed and saluted.

"It says inside."
To be continued...