The snow fell on schedule as Charles had said before, the sky and the earth were white, and the temperature dropped rapidly.

In this cold weather, nothing beats a hot hot pot.

At the round table, Marshal Carlisle and Princess Lolai kept using tongs to put the thin slices of raw mutton into the red "magma pot" and rinse them twice, and then put them into their own bowls.

On the side, the succubus slave with butterfly wings on his back kept bringing over a plate of mutton rolls, and then took back the empty plate.

The wings behind the succubus here can be transformed into various appearances. Many people think that the original bat-like wings are not good-looking, so they will make them change their wings to look like butterflies.

The succubus belonged to the Carlisle family, and Charles gave him a house here in Fort Friendship, which he ran as an informal point of contact with Charles.

Charles took a sip of the cold fruit wine, only took two symbolic bites, and then smiled at the two of them who couldn't even talk.

Instructor Yi did not expect that among the healing magic students, a princess from the Kingdom of Boyi actually got in, and her grades have always been very good. She is one of the ten teaching assistants who stayed to bring the second batch of students.

Today, someone came to Carlyle's house not only to invite them to eat hot pot, but more importantly to talk about business.

After it snowed, he finally knew why the powerful people here lived on the empty island.

The Boyi Kingdom is in the southernmost part of the continent. It is quite hot in summer, but it is terribly cold in winter, and now the snow outside has not reached Charles's thighs.

This is why Dashuiche Village has become a smoked fish village, because smoked fish can be put into winter from summer and autumn, and the price is cheaper than long-leg meat, which is particularly popular in the market.

In such a cold winter, the spicy taste can make people feel warm.

It's just that the chili peppers on this continent are similar in spiciness to green peppers, which is not powerful.

Now, the chili peppers used in the soup base that Charles brought are about the same as the chili peppers, and they are also a little numb. Carlisle and Lorley just started to eat, and they ate the meat with one hand and wiped the sweat with a handkerchief, and did not speak at all. time.

After the two of them were full and burped a few times, they began to talk about things.

"These days are not easy!" Carlisle sighed while wiping away his sweat. "I'm so exhausted trying to transport so many prisoners of war before the snow and rivers freeze. I haven't slept well for several nights."

Charles was not deceived by his exhausted appearance. He was the one who made the most money in this battle. Charles entrusted him to handle all the strong prisoners of war in their early 100,000s. The kickback earned him so excited that he turned over three succubuses overnight.

There are also those captured by the Alliance Army from the farm, and he also has a lot of benefits as the commander of the operation.

These days, the Friendship Fort and Fangcheng were crowded with motorcades and fleets, and the enthusiastic slave merchants literally transported all the prisoners of war away in less than ten days.

And instead of taking their cash, Charles signed a contract and they shipped all kinds of supplies over next spring.

No one dared to repay the debt, because a certain person sold the seized weapons, armor and other military supplies to the Boyi Kingdom. As a representative, Luolai promised that if there was a problem with the transaction, she would go back and strip off Grandpa's beard.

The only problem is that the materials here are quite short, and most of them have to be provided to the alliance army that is fighting against the demons.

So Charles ignored Carlisle's nonsense, but took out two small bags and handed them to him and Lorry, and said, "This is the 'Demon King Chili' in the pot just now, do you want to buy it?"

After Carlisle opened the bag, she asked the slave girl to bring a clean spoon, poured a little chili powder out and dipped it with her fingers to taste it, it was strong enough.

"I want all of you on behalf of the Union Army," he said solemnly. "In winter, the soldiers on the front line need it the most!"

Charles smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can provide this chili powder in large quantities, and the army can't finish it."

Luo Lei's eyes lit up and asked, "Then can I cover the market in the south?"

Charles smiled and shook his head and said, "I can't, because I gave Danya the market in the country west of Boyi Kingdom, and the market on the grassland in the north to Maya."

Luo Lai can only say: "Then I want an agent for my country and my grandma's house in the north."

Charles agreed, then took out two multi-layer vanity boxes for them, and continued to say with a smile: "There are some rare spices here, you can take them and see if there is a market."

After taking the spice box, Carlisle asked curiously, "Where did you get these things, I haven't seen them before?"

"Is it on the Demon Race's side? If so, you have a way to get it, and it has not been poisoned, we will treat it as not knowing."

Charles smiled slightly and said, "It was bought from the other side of the sea."

Carlisle was immediately aware of the amount of information in this sentence, but by now he was no stranger to all the strange things that came out of Charles.

He asked worriedly, "Will the people over there be bad for us?"

Charles shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the ocean is too vast and dangerous. Even if we want to cross it, it is very inconvenient. I don't think we or they will be able to cross the ocean in a hundred years."

"I do this business mainly to create a stable source of income for the Principality."

Carlisle and Lore agree with his statement, because now it is better except for the Fort Friendship where the enemy rushed out to die and the fortress that surrendered on a large scale. Zlin and Tremberg are both broken, and other places are better. It was scraped into a piece of white ground by the Allied Army, the village became ashes of grass and trees, and there was no population at all.

To rebuild such a large area, the capital that needs to be invested is huge.

The spice business is the easiest business that Charles can think of at present to open up the market and return funds.

It's just that the cost of cargo transportation is still a bit high. After the market opens, it will only be possible to rely on the transport ship girls for nearly two months to bypass half the planet and run to another continent. Now it is even more necessary for him to personally Take a trip.

Now the construction of the Principality of Yongri has basically stopped, and there is nothing to do when it is covered with heavy snow. Everyone can only get together to make preliminary planning.

Originally, I ran to see what was new. By the way, Alexei, who was building roads, was caught and held the post of "Prime Minister". To put it bluntly, the general affairs are all up to you, and someone can take charge of the military. Develop next steps.

Right now, what the Principality of Yongri lacks most is the population. There are only 10,000 slime girls and hundreds of experts in a place the size of Tianjin.

According to the traditional agricultural social carrying capacity of 30 people per square kilometer, the principality needs about 300,000 people to be fully developed.

After several industrial parks are rolled out, I am afraid that more people will be needed.

It is impossible to ask for population from the human kingdom. This important resource is not given.

So Charles and the others went back to their old jobs. When they were demons, they could rescue slaves from demons and come back. Now they have become "human lighthouses" (under the terrible record, everyone automatically ignored many slime girls and Rurik Kingdom. Experts have horns on their heads), and the rescue of captured slaves from the demons is naturally on the agenda.

To put it simply, by taking advantage of the naval battle, the naval forces moved eastward along the coastline from Piran Port, entered the Demon Clan's territory, and went upstream along the river to capture the slave estates along the river.

The fertile fields with abundant water resources over there are occupied by warlords big and small. These farmlands are handed over to slaves to cultivate. The task of the demons is to **** everything that can be robbed from the human side through war.

It is not difficult to rescue more than 300,000 slaves and bring them back. What is difficult is the food, clothing, housing and transportation after they return. Charles feels a headache after doing the math.

A set of single-pants for an adult needs about 2.3 meters of cloth 1.5 meters wide. In addition to more than 4 meters of cloth for cotton-padded clothes and trousers, it also needs 8 catties of cotton, plus shoes, socks, hats and underwear, which cost more than 300,000 yuan. Just one set per person requires nearly 3,000 kilometers of cloth and nearly 1,500 tons of cotton, not counting the threads used.

In terms of food, according to the minimum standard of 1.5 catties of grain, 1 tael of meat, 1 catty of vegetables, half liang of oil and 1 catty of salt per person per day, more than 300,000 people need nearly 7,000 tons of grain and 2 ounces of salt a month. More than 100 tons of meat, about 5,000 tons of vegetables, about 100 tons of oil and more than 150 tons of salt.

In terms of housing, Charles doesn't count anymore~lightnovelpub.net~ In the past life, when I made a budget, I counted enough, and now I feel tired when I see it.

In addition to these, there are also daily necessities such as pots and pans. More than 300,000 bowls alone are enough for a toothache.

The most important thing is that people will not be able to produce output immediately after they are rescued. They need to recuperate their bodies and get primary education for at least three months. Before the autumn harvest in September next year, the investment is far greater than the income.

So at the meeting, everyone unanimously decided to seize it.

Taking advantage of the difficulties in communication and deployment of troops in the winter, the navy's mission, in addition to the rescue of slaves, was to seize all kinds of materials from the enemy, from food to sewing needles.

It's just that the uncertainty of seizure is too great, and this aspect of trade should also be strengthened.

Since there is a shortage of supplies on this continent due to years of all-out war, let's turn our attention to other continents.

So Charles said goodbye to Carlisle and Lore and continued on his big buying journey.