Rise In Calradia

　　 "Sir, can you say it again?"

　　 "Well, Fatis, we are going south, we are going to Rodok..."

　　 "Sir, I don't have any opinion on you, but this is too risky."

　　 For Byron's plan, Fatis shook his head repeatedly, frowning.

　　 "Risk and profit go together. Fatis, I want to make a career, but first I have to be rich! Of course we will not rush through the border, so I will talk to you."

　　 After Byron explained it carefully, Fatis' expression became milder, but he remained serious.

　　 "Well, this is a little bit different from what I imagined, but I don't hate the Rhodoks, nor the country in the south. In my eyes, they are no different from the chiefs of Swadia."

　　 "If you insist, I will go to Rhodok with you, but the roads along the border are all blocked and must be passed by the order of a certain lord."

　　Fatis looked at the map on the table and gestured with his hands. The border blockade he called it occupies almost all places where caravans can easily set foot.

　　 "Then what if we pass from the mountain? The place is not suitable for the army to move, and the resistance should not be great."

　　 Byron thought for a moment, and pointed to a large mountainous area north of Rhodok, where sparsely populated and towering castles, caravans would avoid it even in peacetime.

"Unfortunately, sir, this is unrealistic. We are not familiar with that place. Once we get lost, we may not come. And whether it is the soldiers patrolling there or the savage bandits, you can easily destroy your team. . With all due respect, sir, they are just a bunch of peasants with weapons."

　　 "I don't deny this."

　　Byron nodded and pressed his temple. He still remembered how bad these soldiers performed when he met the fake knight before.

　　 "Then can we buy the soldiers and nobles on the border?"

　　 "It's not glorious, but it can be. As long as you can get the dinar, but I heard that they have a big appetite, and the cost may cover half the value of the goods."

　　Fatis still adheres to his own philosophy, but also supports Byron's proposal.

　　 "It doesn't matter, as long as we can cross the border, I believe we can make that money back."

　　 Although he didn't want to make his wallet slim down again, Byron was still ready.

　　 "Okay, but I hope you don't disclose this to the soldiers in the team. Leave your country to go abroad, or an enemy country at war. This is too bad for morale."

　　 Then when Byron and John talked about it, John also agreed with Fattis's statement, and was even more pessimistic.

　　 "If they knew that we were going to Rhodok, they would probably run away because they were afraid, and would also bring them the equipment you gave them by the way."

　　 John is telling the truth. Byron has already started from reality, thinking about what they want and what they don’t want to do from the perspective of soldiers.

A group of peasants and gangster soldiers also said that it’s not a good idea to suddenly tell them to take them to the enemy country for smuggling. After all, they can’t get the most profit, but they have to take a big risk. Consider, life is the most important thing, and this sentence is the same for everyone in this era.

　　 In the following day, Byron bought another 40 cans of olive oil from Suno’s other oil mills. The price was two and a half dollars, and the quality was fair. The olive oil in these thick yellow clay pots was loaded on the carriage by Byron. For this reason, Byron went to the horse dealer to buy 6 workhorses in the cart.

　　 These horses used to carry goods and carts are not cheap, each one is worth the price of a cow. After all, horses are strategic materials. The price of military horses used by the army during combat is no less than 100 dinars. The military horse captured by Byron and its equipment can be sold for 500 dinars as low as Suno.

　　 In the Kingdom of Swadia, good horses are often as expensive as full-body plate armor, and only the noble lords can afford it.

　　 Including the previous 2 pallets, Byron already has 5 carriages. Because of being full of oil, the new carriages that Byron bought were two horses and one carriage, and the price of the carriage would not be cheaper than that of a workhorse.

　　Since the number of vehicles has increased, Byron can’t let his soldiers take care of his horses all the time, which would reduce the manpower available.

　　 Byron hired three horsemen looking for a job with a salary of 1 dinar per week. They have been farming for half their lives and have driven cattle and horses for more than ten years. They have sufficient experience and can take care of these workhorses and carriages.

　　Because of the high salary, the two horsemen who were judged to be [farmers] are also working hard. Of course, Byron hadn't forgotten to throw them a few hatchets, both to defend himself and to work.

　　 As for the military horse, Byron gave him to Fatis, and he rode and steered him. UU Reading www.uukānshu.com expressed his gratitude to Fatis, and he was very happy to see horses capable of fighting after leaving the army. And he is the only one in the team who knows how to serve this strong and delicate military horse, which is completely different from raising ordinary horses.

　　 Of course, Byron was fooled by the horse's origin...

　　 After Byron purchased the rest of the field supplies, as well as barrels of water ale and bags of dried bread and vegetable preserves, Byron’s silver had fallen by 400, but Byron thought it was totally worth it.

When he rested that night, Byron invited Fatis to a bathhouse in the city and took a good bath with a large wooden barrel. For Byron, who has lived in modern times for more than 20 years, this is one of the basic enjoyments of life, but Taking a hot bath in this era is really the patent of the rich and nobles. After all, the firewood and labor for boiling water are not a small expense.

　　 But it won't work if you don't wash it. Except for the two of them, the rest of the team have lice on their bodies. The health condition is worrying. Byron didn't want to be like them.

　　 But if you ask all the soldiers to take a bath, I'm afraid it will cost a few silver coins, so Byron only invited Fatis, a teammate who was judged to be a [hero].

　　 Both of them enjoyed the comfort brought by hot water and the refreshing brought by clean body. That night, Byron was very comfortable in the single room.

　　 Early the next morning, Byron felt refreshed and his fatigue disappeared. He put on his shirt and the burqa and chain armor that could protect his knees, sat on his old travel horse with satisfaction, and left Suno with his team and headed south.

　　 The next stop is Uxhall, the largest city in the southern part of the kingdom.

　　 There, Byron will make the final preparations, from there, go straight to the Rhodok border, and then realize his plan of running a business and making money.