Knight Hank Joseph not only made his first pot of gold by selling large amounts of wood, but also met Miss Vivian, the only daughter of the current lord's wife, the president of the Silver Coin Chamber of Commerce.

The Silver Coin Chamber of Commerce is a local small and medium-sized chamber of commerce (this is why it is not called the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce). As a chamber of commerce, of course, it is far superior to Hank Joseph, who has not yet been officially built, but in terms of social status, even the president of the Chamber of Commerce cannot compare with Hank Knight who has set foot on the starting point of the nobles.

Moreover, at that time, Mr. Hank Joseph's wife had passed away, leaving only a four-year-old boy. After Hank Joseph personally promised to use Vivian's future children as his official heir, the young and beautiful Vivian no longer remained reserved, but instead devoted himself to the arms of Mr. Hank Joseph, who was less than thirty years old at the time, and became the new lord's wife.

The couple can be said to have similar scents and complementary advantages.

Mrs. Vivian was responsible for various commercial operations of the territory, while Hank Joseph led the development of the territory, grasping the direction of military conquests and diplomacy. The couple was one inside and one outside, and the territory was operating thriving.

Originally, Hank Joseph used the sale of wood as the main economic pillar of his territory. After Mrs. Vivian took over, it turned into one-stop industries such as logging, furniture manufacturing, carriage manufacturing, and incense manufacturing, and its profits rose sharply.

Through his comrades-in-arms, Hank Joseph even brought refugees from the kingdom who lost their land due to the war and reclaimed a large amount of farmland from the clearing of forests, which not only increased the effectively controlled territory, but also increased the population.

You know, Hank Town was originally a simple hunter's site on the edge of the Black Forest, but now, the town is located more than ten kilometers outside the Black Forest. It can be seen how many trees they have cut down and how many territories they have opened up over the years.

Ander's father - Holid Carron - once after drinking too much, he told the two brothers of Ander that for a long time, there were only a few people who had just established the pioneering corps. It was Mrs. Vivian who paid for many bards to invite them to promote them everywhere:

"In the Black Forest bordered by Hank Knights, some people discovered treasures, some people hunted monsters of great value, and some even collected expensive magical herbs in the forest. These people made a fortune, went back to buy a manor, became a gentry, and lived a good life with someone to serve."

If a person says this, there will not be many people who believe it; but when people get such news from different channels, more people will be moved.

Through various propaganda (scam) of the bard, various legendary stories in the Black Forest attracted a large number of gold diggers and explorers.

There are indeed various monsters and magical herbs in the Black Forest, and the words of the bard are not considered a scam.

Not only are there, but there are many monsters, even so many that the knight-led logging farms are almost unable to continue. You should know that as the forest is cut down step by step, it is not uncommon for the monsters living in the forest to protect their territory.

The combat power of monsters varies greatly, but even the weakest monsters, it is always okay to deal with a few unprepared second-level warriors;

As for those truly powerful monsters, they will not live outside the Dragon Ridge Mountains, but even so, although the monsters encountered by lumberjacks are not very powerful - such as hard-skinned boars, it is not something that ordinary people can deal with. Even Knight Hank Joseph can only barely protect themselves.

However, this situation changed after a large number of adventurers arrived.

He specializes in his skills. Among adventurers, there are many monsters that have the status of hunters and rangers. In their eyes, warriors that are difficult for soldiers and knights to deal with are just yellow Cancan's gold coins.

A hard-crusted wild boar that can be shot through with a strong crossbow can be solved by a trap; a dark blue tree python that can hypnotize humans will swallow bait containing a large amount of special anesthetics, and obediently enter the hunter's pocket.

For a time, low-level monsters and many high-value animals on the edge of the Black Forest were swept away, turning into various materials, and even pets appeared on the market.

The Lord’s wife Vivian’s Silver Coin Chamber has a franchise in the Hank Knights.

She provided equipment and various supplies to adventurers, and made a fortune; acquired adventurers' various gains in the Black Forest, and made another fortune; opened hotels and casinos, which even squeezed out the last copper in the pockets of many adventurers.

Even so, Hankling still gained a good reputation among adventurers for her hospitality, considerate service, and complete service facilities.

In addition, adventurers and herb collectors swept the edge of the forest and solved the problem of loggers being attacked by Warcraft, which revived the hard-strapped logging farms and continued to provide Hankling with a large amount of wood - by the way, a lot of plump land,

In addition to paying the bard, Hankling did not pay another copper, but made a big profit.

The exchanges between hunters, herb collectors and adventurers led to the development of Hank Knights.

Hotels, grocery stores, fur buyers, taverns, blacksmith shops, and various shops are opened one by one, and the merchants have a very sensitive sense of smell.

Hank's lord is a rare territorial territory directly controlled by the mistress Vivian, a merchant-born woman, and the interests of merchants can be guaranteed here, and the arrival of merchants further drove the prosperity of Hank's lord.

The prosperity of Hank's lord had a huge attraction to many homeless people. Those retired adventurers, farmers who lost their land and follow merchants to apprentice, were attracted by the various systems formulated by Hank Joseph, and chose to settle here and settle down to become lords.

In just a few years, Hank Village was upgraded to Hank Town and had its own city walls - although it was far from comparable to the defense of regular castles, dangerous small animals such as wild wolves and goblins would never come in secret in the middle of the night to prey on livestock and poultry raised by villagers.

Ten years ago, the Knight Hank Joseph was promoted to a baron by the royal family for his outstanding pioneering contributions (and a large sum of money to the royal family).

If the knight is a quasi-noble and cannot be regarded as a real aristocratic class, then the baron has entered the real ruling class of the Odd Kingdom.

Especially for territorial barons like Hank and Joseph, they are even more respectful than palace nobles.

You should know that nobles can also give birth. Generations of aristocratic families have sprouted and passed on, and the number of people will inevitably increase, but the territory is limited. If the territory is divided equally among all children, it will take several generations and the descendants will not have enough territory to obtain the title of aristocratic.

Only one can truly inherit the family business and title! Other children can only get a noble title and buy a manor to pretend to be territory.

Therefore, in this era, the title of court noble without territory was not so difficult to obtain, but territory nobles were rare.

Baron Hank Joseph not only made a fortune by cutting down forests, making furniture, wood, and purchasing precious plants that adventurers found in the Black Forest, not only did he make a fortune, but also added territory to himself.

Later, through outstanding military talents, with the support of a large amount of wealth and military connections, Hank Joseph not only saved his territory through several territorial wars, but also seized two surrounding Knight territories, and finally expanded the territory to meet the standards of the Baron's territory.

In addition, he provided a large amount of donations to the royal family and accumulated connections during his service in the army (the commander at that time was the Great Prince. When Hank Joseph contributed money and applied for the baron, the Great Prince was already the king of Odd), so he crossed the threshold from a knight to a nobleman and became a baron.

The success of Baron Hank Joseph has caused others to follow suit. In just a few years, the number of pioneering leaders around the Black Forest increased by 17 or 8, but there are only three that can truly gain a foothold. As for the Baron, none of them have any.

During the arduous development process, these pioneers suffered heavy casualties and were unable to say that they had lost all their money in the early stage.

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Of course, deep in the Black Forest is high and dense, with monsters appearing.

But outside the Black Forest, slightly larger wild animals have long become prey for Hank Town hunters and adventurers. Even lumberjacks sometimes set up simple traps to catch some wild game to improve their food.

In order to facilitate logging work, Hank Town No. 1 lumberyard is located here, and Ender's workplace is also here.

The sunset sets down the Dragon Ridge Mountains, and the last trace of sunset shines on the sky, and the sunset glow is like blood.

Ander walked out of the forest in the sunset and walked into the two wooden doors of the logging field.

It is called a logging farm, but in fact it covers a large area, and the various functional areas are neatly planned, as well as runways and various training equipment fixed on the ground, which sounds more like a barracks.

A small river that is more than ten meters wide and has a water depth of no more than three meters flows through the edge of the logging site. There is also a simple wooden wharf upstream of the river.

This is also the construction point for a village led by the Baron.

In fact, as the forest continues to retreat, the logging farms will certainly move forward. The old logging farms will be transformed into villages and immigrants will be sent to reclaim the fields.
Chapter completed!