"Sir, I would like to go to Tulip City another day and purchase from caravans in other territories. Although the speed may be slower and the price may be more expensive, I should be able to purchase a sufficient amount."
The reason why Mario didn't plan to buy food from other counties at first was mainly because the distance was too far and they would increase the shipping cost.
Moreover, when some nobles see you traveling thousands of miles to buy from foreign caravans like them, they may raise the price after asking about the situation.
Of course, this is because Mario is not aware of his master's current reputation. Except for Batman and Lakoff, other families will definitely not dare to do anything wrong if they know that Nalant is buying grain.
Otherwise, he will definitely be stabbed in the back by other nobles in the future, and then be despised by the entire principality.
"Slower? Sir, what I need most now is to solve this matter quickly!" If there were no tasks issued by the system, Nalant would definitely follow this method.
But now that he could get the fifth lucky girl after completing the mission, he changed his strategy, because he wanted to get the fifth lucky girl as soon as possible and didn't want to delay for a moment.
When he came back, after knowing that there were so many new people, he had actually thought about how to feed these people during this lean winter.
The first is of course to buy food, as long as you are willing to spend money.
And secondly... It's embarrassing to say that Nalant set his sights on the group of sperm whales on the beach...
Last time, he promised not to try to interfere with their ideas, but wasn't this because the plan couldn't keep up with the changes and he had to obey the authority when the situation was urgent?
Moreover, he has actually figured out that the world's ocean is so big, and he only needs to try his best to capture and develop it reasonably, and the damage to the ocean will be a drop in the bucket.
So he said to Mario: "Mario, you don't have to worry about food anymore. Take these fifty gold coins and buy the remaining food you can buy. As for the rest, sir, I'm going to hunt whales!"
"Hunt whales and give them meat? My lord, wouldn't this be too good for them?" In Mario's view, these newly added populations are all from enemy countries, so they must first suffer.
After a few years, let them integrate after their performance is good.
Of course, this is not because of his bad intentions, but because of the management of other nobles.
Even many of the captured serfs and soldiers started as slaves. Unless they behaved well, they could receive amnesty and become serfs and be assigned fields.
Narant is not that picky, after all, the population in the territory is too small, and he cannot get rich by exploiting these poor serfs.
"Mario, although it is meat, it is hunted, so it does not cost money. Did it also save you hundreds of gold coins?"
"Sir, you are really a wise nobleman!" Mario had nothing to say and immediately flattered him.
Next, Mario reported to Nalant about the construction status of Storm Territory.
In the past two months, through the tireless work of barbarians and a group of serfs, dozens of huts planned by Narant have been built, and they only need to wait for Narant to complete the acceptance inspection.
In addition, in the southwest of the Storm Territory, the flame crystal mineral fortress in the original buffer zone is also under construction, and it is believed that it will be completed in more than half a month.
After all, the scale of the fortress is not large, and the construction period is very fast with barbarian coolies joining in.
"Very good, sir, I will go and inspect it later!" Narant was very satisfied with the speed of development and planned to go upstairs to take a bath before inspecting the territory. After all, it is still morning.
"Mario, do you have anything else to do? If not, go ahead and get busy! My master is going to take you on a patrol this afternoon!"
"Sir, I have one more thing to report to you!" Mario thought for a moment and suddenly remembered something.
"whats the matter?"
"Sir, the sweet potato you planted not far from Lucky Village has grown into a large piece, and its stems and leaves have spread everywhere. But I have never seen this plant before, so I can't tell whether it is mature or not.
Let’s start harvesting!”
"Well, I'll go take a look later!" It has been three or four months since the sweet potatoes were planted. Narant thought that although he had never planted sweet potatoes, they should be almost mature.
When the time comes, go dig one up and take a look.
Next, Nalant sent Mario away directly, and then he was going to take a comfortable bath, and then went directly to inspect the territory.
Chapter completed!