Chapter 193 The Caravan Speeds Up Again Internal strife only occurs when there is real social class and material abundance. So when Nalot mentioned to him that Lady Aisona wanted Shen Mu to help him restore his country, he realized that the world of Mount and Blade should be viewed as a real world, rather than an illusory background world. "Let's do it this way for now. There's no need to answer them. Just do a good job of the smuggling trade of iron products." Shen Mu said to Narot. After all, he didn't want to get involved in the world of Mount and Blade or the disputes within the continent of Calradia. "Okay, Lord Shen Mu, I understand the details and I will not reveal them to them." Nalot nodded. After all, he was just a businessman, and of course he understood how terrible the cruelty of getting involved in political struggles would be. In the past, those high-ranking lords, or high-ranking nobles, would be in a very embarrassing situation if they got involved in political struggles that were not at their level, not to mention that he was just a businessman who was not even a noble. I'm afraid that if he angers some people, his end will not be good, even if he has Shen Mu's support. Political struggle is a life-and-death struggle comparable to the fight for life and death on the battlefield. Shen Mu was quite satisfied when he saw Nalott was thoughtful and immediately chose to shut up and stop talking. He liked people who kept their mouths shut to do things for him, and when he understood that the world of Mount and Blade was also a living world, he could not treat it as a background at all. I already understand in my heart that if I want to gain more benefits in those Mount & Blade worlds through the Mount & Blade system and then develop in the future, I should perhaps consider establishing better relationships with certain forces in the Mount & Blade world.
When thinking of this, Shen Mu also thought of King Harlaus. After he took over a part of the supplies that should have belonged to him, his favorability towards him plummeted, and he was even on the verge of recovering his indifference. The system also prompts that due to insufficient relationship value, some information about the Kingdom of Swadia is estimated to be much less than that of other kingdoms. This made Shen Mu think: "And the key to the relationship with a certain force seems to be the highest commander of this force." If you think about it, you can understand it. After all, the supreme commander of a force is the helmsman who controls this force and keeps it moving forward. He is the absolute commander. If this commander cannot even control his own force, then he is equivalent to being of no use. It doesn't matter whether this force has him or not. "But in the subsequent prompts, I also saw that the nobles and lords in the Kingdom of Swadia united to overturn King Harlaus's order. They did not choose to stand idly by just because King Harlaus's relationship with me decreased. Instead, they were very keen to continue to maintain a good relationship with me and took the initiative to give me a lot of supplies." Shen Mu touched his chin and thought of King Harlaus in the background board of the previous game, who was also a very wise king. By the way, he would exile domestic lords for various reasons or punish certain nobles he disliked. They would even dare to declare war on other kingdoms based on meaningless rumors, and then lead their troops to attack the territories of those conquered countries. After seizing villages, towns and castles, they would keep most of the proceeds for themselves. Even if a small part of it was distributed among others, it was because they had no choice and could only give some compensation to those meritorious marshals or generals and great nobles and lords. As for those small lords and nobles, they simply didn't even look at them and looked at them with contempt, as if they were treating them as cannon fodder. He has long been hated by the people in the Kingdom of Swadia. It can be said that he is also the worst king in the background. And you have to know why the Rhodok Kingdom split away, it was because of the work of King Harlaus. This also caused Swadia's three invincible battlefield weapons, which once relied on heavy infantry for defense, sniper crossbowmen for harassment, and heavy cavalry to directly sweep across the battlefield, to lose their most important heavy infantry that could hold the line and sniper crossbowmen that could harass the enemy. As a result, the Kingdom of Swadia still relies on the combination of Swadian heavy cavalry and knights on the plain battlefield, using heavy cavalry groups to sweep away all enemies. However, when it comes to defending or sieging cities, as well as rugged terrain, it is far inferior. It also greatly reduced the strength of the Kingdom of Swadia. He is already extremely disgusting in the game, not to mention that the world of Mount & Blade has now become a real world. So how can those nobles and lords who already have their own thoughts, and the soldiers under them, really be convinced by Harlaus, the king who is not legitimate in the first place? "Sir, if there is nothing else, I will prepare to set off again. I have seen when I came here just now that there are still many captured spoils made of iron products in the warehouse. What's more, the war between the Kingdom of Swadia and the Kingdom of Vikia is still going on, and the price of iron is still soaring. If I don't go back as soon as possible, I think it will be a pity if I miss the opportunity to make money." Nalot also spoke at this time to interrupt Shen Mu's thoughts. "Well, that's what I thought. You think the same as I do. I also plan to let you set off as soon as possible and return to the Kingdom of Swadia to sell all these iron products." Shen Mu nodded. And because he is seriously short of dinars, Shen Mu plans to use the power of faith to speed up the caravan's round-trip progress, allowing Narot to quickly transport these iron products to the Kingdom of Swadia for sale, and then return to Dehrim to continue to fill up these iron products, and then return to the Palladia continent to complete a round of iron product smuggling. Shen Mu has already estimated that in this case, only 14000 points of faith power are needed to complete a round trip.
As for Shen Mu, who now has more than 30,000 points of faith power, he can perform two rounds of operations. Based on each round trip, Nalot can earn 5,000 dinars in the Kingdom of Swadia. For two rounds, that would be a profit of 10,000 dinars. This money has already made Shen Mu quite excited. After all, the total balance of all his dinars now does not exceed five hundred yuan. For Shen Mu, he was already running out of energy and urgently needed dinars to replenish his small treasury. Even if it meant exhausting all the power of faith, Shen Mu would not hesitate. After all, the power of faith could be obtained continuously, while dinars could only be obtained through commodity trade. He now has more than 30,000 Blue Star humans living in his Dehrim. As long as he ensures their safety, he will be able to continuously gain more power of faith. So for Shen Mu, the power of faith is something that is relatively easy to obtain. Now its main function is to speed up the construction of towns, the recruitment of soldiers, the travel time of caravans, and the growth of plants. A journal system that absorbs the rules of the Blue Star World and the Fantasy Crystal Wall System through journal rules to provide itself with a boost. That's how it should be used. "Nalot, now I need you to load the truck as soon as possible and then start moving." Shen Mu said to Nalot. "I understand, Master Shen Mu, I'll go right away." Nalot nodded without any hesitation, bowed respectfully and saluted, then turned around and left the meeting room. Arriving outside the noble mansion, he called out to his caravan guards and hired crossbowmen who had already eaten and drunk their fill and were resting, as well as the caravan members, and asked them to start moving and head to the warehouse again to prepare for loading. This of course also caused opposition from the caravan members who had just arrived in Dehrim and had not had time to rest properly. Especially the caravan guards and hired assistants as mercenaries to protect the caravan, they could not help but frown and express their protest. The mercenaries have already received their own dinars, so of course they want to relax and have a good rest in Dekrem to relieve their fatigue and the tension of fear along the way. They didn't want to set out again so early and return to the Calradia continent in Dehrim, which was full of bandits and robbers. That’s right, they believed that although there were undead monsters here, they were blocked outside by the city built by Lord Shen Mu, and they were very safe and relaxed here. If I go back to Calradia, it would be more relaxing than being here. Here they only need to face those undead monsters. It's not like they can't fight, so they are all confident. Besides, Lord Shen Mu is here to give them spiritual and morale encouragement. But if they returned to the continent of Calradia, they would not only have to face robbers appearing from dark places or bandits in narrow areas, but they would also be attacked by certain criminal gangs when they entered villages, castles or towns. It can even be said that even if they were defended by the city defense forces and protected by certain lords, they would still be nervous to prevent any mistakes from happening. After all, these are nominally the city defense forces as well as the troops of the nobles and lords who are supposed to protect them. If they simply take off their flags and armor that can reveal their bodies and put on armor of other forces, they will be equivalent to the rebels or bandits of other forces who sneak into their territory to commit crimes. After robbing these people, they quickly left here and disguised themselves as regular troops, nominally to protect their own people who were investigating the case. Blackmail them again. In the end, all that was left was a cold message like "go back and wait for notification", which left these businessmen with nothing. This is all fairly common. Therefore, doing business in Calradia is really quite dangerous. If one does not have big capital, great power, sufficient courage and capital, then the final outcome of anyone who becomes a businessman will be quite tragic.
This is also the reason why many merchants work for nobles and lords to earn dinars for them. If you conduct business activities on your own initiative, you will end up becoming a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered and be targeted by lords and nobles. In the end, not only will you lose all your money, but the mercenary soldiers will also suffer fatal injuries. This is why mercenaries can find jobs even if they are not hired by lords and nobles, and they like to spend all the dinars they earn and live a life of drunkenness and debauchery. If you don't spend all your Tinar, and you die in the next battle, it would be a very miserable act. The saddest thing in life is that you are still alive but have no money. These mercenaries don't want this. After all, they are now working for the caravan, and the caravan can pay them a salary. Of course, if it were Lord Shen Mu who was doing the work, it would not necessarily be the same. After all, their views on Shen Mu were quite positive. They believed that Shen Mu was a savior, and that if they could fight for him, they would have a chance to be redeemed. Of course, what Nalot has to face now is how to get these mercenary soldiers to take action. But his problem was not a big problem, because Shen Mu didn't care at all whether these mercenary soldiers were willing to return to the continent of Claudia to engage in smuggling trade again. He directly mobilized the power of rules to enforce it. [Ding! You have selected the Narott Caravan and are heading to the Kingdom of Swadia on the Calradia continent to engage in the smuggling trade of iron products.] [Now this caravan has started to set off. ] And as the contents of these dialog boxes appeared on Shen Mu's retina. There was also some more determination in Shen Mu's eyes. "Use the power of faith to speed up the round-trip time of the Narot caravan." Shen Mu directly mobilized the power of faith and the power of rules to help the caravan. Then, the new content of the dialog box was refreshed again on his retina in front of his eyes. [Ding! You have chosen the Narot Caravan. The caravan is accelerating and the rule level is increasing.] [Ding! You chose to pay 7,000 points of faith, speeding up the Narott caravan's journey by seven days. Now they have arrived at the Calradia continent.] Shen Mu did not take any extra action in response. He just closed his eyes again and communicated with the system, throwing out another 7,000 points of faith power to accelerate the return journey in the first round. And at this moment, a new dialog box appeared. [Ding! You chose to pay 7,000 points of faith, speeding up the return journey of the Narott caravan by seven days. Now they have seen the walls of your Dehrim and are ready to return to your territory.] (End of this chapter)