System: Build My Own Territory-Chapter 677 - 239: Viscount Grayson (10K) (Part 2)

Chapter 677: Chapter 239: Viscount Grayson (10K) (Part 2)

The gaze quickly settled on the young lord sitting on a wooden chair about ten meters ahead.

Grayson displayed a smile and walked briskly.

He approached Lynn and performed a merchant’s greeting, his words full of vigor.

"Master Lynn, Grayson has arrived in your territory again!"

Looking at Grayson’s radiant face, Lynn curiously asked, "It seems Mr. Grayson has encountered something good recently?"

Grayson raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Master Lynn, how did you know?"

Lynn spoke calmly, "If it weren’t for some good fortune, why else would Grayson not come to my territory for over two months?"

"What attracts a merchant more than gold pounds is naturally something better."

Listening to Lynn’s explanation, Grayson showed a cunning smile.

He said, "Indeed, nothing escapes Master Lynn."

"During this time, I have been in the Portlands Empire."

Lynn nodded slightly, waiting for Grayson’s continued words.

Grayson concealed nothing, "Because I’ve been leading a longship merchant team going back and forth to the Portlands Empire, I’ve made significant contributions to the Empire’s economic development."

"Prince Cronos has appointed me as a viscount of the Portlands Empire."

"Meaning, I now have a legal status to sell various slaves from the Portlands Empire!"

Lynn was somewhat surprised, "Selling the citizens of the Portlands Empire can earn you a viscount title?"

Grayson raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Master Lynn, I need to correct you on one point."

"I am not selling the citizens of the Portlands Empire, just slaves."

"Those who achieved great victories in war in Cronos’s faction have captured many cities and taken a large number of prisoners and slaves."

"Similarly, they have paid a huge price."

"They want to quickly recover their investments to fund the next battlefield."

"They have to sell their captives and prisoners cheaply to slave merchants..."

"Like me... a slave merchant who can cross empires for trading."

"Thus, to better buy and sell slaves, I have stayed in the Portlands Empire for a longer period."

Lynn understandingly nodded.

Grayson wasted no words and began to explain, "Master Lynn, besides the sixty thousand pounds of grain on the carriage."

"I also brought you a thousand slaves!"

"Surely, when a person has good luck, everything goes smoothly."

"This time crossing the Sea of Vortex, I didn’t encounter that giant squid like the last time!"

However.

After Grayson finished speaking.

He didn’t see the same kind of joy on Master Lynn’s face as before.

He curiously asked, "Master Lynn, in the two months I’ve been away from your domain, has anything significant happened?"

Lynn responded, "Not much of anything significant."

"The three manor lords in Morgan Town have been wiped out."

"I confiscated all their properties except for the arable land."

Upon hearing this, Grayson’s eyebrows instantly shot up.

"All the property of the three great estates? How much could that be?"

Lynn pondered for a moment and replied, "Six thousand peasants, over five thousand gold pounds, millions of pounds of grain, and various poultry and livestock, ironworks..."

At this point.

Grayson’s face was already overtaken by shock.

"Six thousand peasants? That’s too many!"

"I would need... at least eight to nine trips to and from the Portlands Empire to transport over six thousand slaves!"

Compared to the speed of peasants taken by war, his longship transportation cycle was far too long.

Looking at Master Lynn’s calm demeanor.

No wonder he remained unfazed hearing about the transport of a thousand slaves.

Indeed.

Only through war, only through plunder, can one rapidly accumulate wealth and resources!

Grayson sighed and remarked.

"Master Lynn, I feel as your territory continues to develop and your military forces expand."

"It won’t be long before you won’t need me to transport slaves for you anymore."

Lynn laughed, "Mr. Grayson, while my territory’s population is indeed rapidly increasing."

"Conversely, the scale of the various industries I’m developing will also expand, so a large number of slaves are still needed!"

"Moreover, I require a substantial amount of grain and other goods."

"Mr. Grayson, you absolutely do not need to worry about our cooperative relationship!"

Upon hearing Lynn’s assured response, Grayson relaxed slightly.

Grayson shifted his tone and continued, "By the way, Master Lynn, Audrey said she still owes you two thousand six hundred sixty-six gold pounds..."

"These one thousand slaves are used as debt repayment."

As he spoke.

Grayson gestured for the guard behind him, who came over carrying a wooden box.

Walking over to Grayson’s side, the guard moved his hand and opened the box.

Lynn looked down, and a gleaming gold filled his vision.

Inside the wooden box.

Stacks of gold pounds were neatly arranged within the silk lining.

Grayson explained, "Apart from the four hundred sixteen gold pounds’ worth of the thousand slaves."

"This wooden box also contains three thousand two hundred fifty gold pounds."

"Thus, Audrey and the debt owed to Master Lynn are considered settled."

Lynn nodded, his gaze slightly turning towards Red.

Red understood and accepted the wooden box from Grayson’s guard.

Audrey took away a thousand glazed glass items from him; whether using slaves to repay the debt or returning the gold pounds.