Close Combat Mage-Chapter 429
After unloading all the cargo from the ship, knowing the situation here, the 177 galleys were loaded with food, clothes, daily necessities, etc. After all … We can't sell anything else here.
In Soga's eyes, all the quest items in this world were impossible to obtain for free. If he wanted to obtain anything, he would have to pay a price, even if it was his relationship.
As a result, Soga moved the food, clothes and daily necessities into the refurbished warehouse, which was filled to the brim with over a hundred warehouses. He then selected a few sailors with trading experience from the boat, and temporarily became the boss of the exchange.
Of course, at the moment, the citizens had no money, but Soga gave each of them 1000 trading fees as a gift, and at the same time, gave them to everyone as a gift. He also thanked everyone for supporting him in taking over the position of mayor. With just this amount of money, 14 million was already wasted. If he wanted to manage a city well, the amount of money required was extremely high!
Most people could only see how much Soga earned, but in reality, the wages of the more than twenty thousand crew members on the 177 ships had reached close to a hundred million every month. This was also the main reason why no one dared to build such a large fleet.
However, Soga didn't have much time to waste here. He separated from Xiang Yun once again and took his own boat, Soga, to transport a group of precious metals to the Thunderbolt Pirates' guild. He also went to the Mercenary Association in the nearby cities and issued over a hundred protection missions.
Although it was just a small sum of money to Soga, he could feel the difficulty of the task. Although he currently had eight trillion yuan, but one had to know, every month, what needed to be paid were the salaries of the crew members, the 100 million citizens' salaries and bonuses, the 100 million mercenary group's expenses, and the 10 billion city's tax base. Once he sat on the throne of the City Lord of Soga, he would have to give the Business Road Office a 10 billion tax to protect his bottom line.
With the gem as an example, after shipping the other two ships, there would no longer be any gem for him to carry in a short period of time. There would be a long period of time where he wouldn't be able to earn money from the gem, but he would still have to spend as usual, and even more than that!
With the help of Soga's fast boat, Soga quickly rushed back to the Thunder Thief's headquarters and unloaded the steel from the ship. Although he was still far from being able to meet the needs of the Thunder Pirates, it was enough to exchange for a batch of Agate, because although the fast boat was fast, it did not carry a lot of goods. It was practically negligible since it relied entirely on Soga, Mya and Nico's thirty Space ring s to move the goods.
After handing over the steel, Soga filled the island with agates, found a place to dump them, then turned the boat and headed straight to Duofei. Filling the boat with the precious stones, he headed back to Soga City and sold the precious stones along the way.
But, Soga was not satisfied. After returning to Soga City, he went back to the original Cabran City, which was said to be the same as before, and brought along another boat full of precious metals, which was then split into two groups. One was led by Xiang Yun, the other was led by Nico and Mya who were respectively responsible for sending supplies to Soga City while the other was immediately sent to the shipyard to pick up the remaining 50 big ships of the Camil class.
Under the leadership of Xiang Yun, Roger, Nico and the rest, the fleet went around the terrifying triangle and received 50 Camil grade sailing ships. After increasing the fleet to 120 ships, they headed straight for the Pirates' Island, and one month later, when they arrived at the Pirates' Island, Soga had already used his speed to gather all the steel that the Thunder Pirates needed!
The female pirate leader did not go back on her words, and allowed Xiang Yun and the others to fill up the 120 ships of the Agate Neptune to leave. At the same time, Soga had already headed back to Soga City with the speedboat, starting his basic construction. Soga's total funds had reached 15 trillion!
When he returned to Soga City once again, it was already completely different. Just as he arrived near the pier, Soga frowned, the floating remnants of the ocean, especially the beach that was dyed red with blood told Soga that an extremely brutal battle had definitely occurred here!
After thinking about it, Soga walked over to the dock and got off the boat, ordering the workers on the dock to bring his boat up to the shore. He definitely could not lose this priceless speedboat, it was a material used to make boats, but outside of Great trade road, Soga had bought all the materials and gathered them all in a city.
After entering Soga City, the previously quiet and secluded streets were now filled with people moving about. It was just that … These fellows were all wearing armor, and although their armor was tattered, they were clearly mercenaries.
Soga frowned, he did not wish for his city to be filled with rogue mercenaries, it would damage his reputation, but since he wanted to use mercenaries to help defend, it was naturally unavoidable. Seems like … He still needed to build his own army!
Just as he was deep in thought, a group of mercenaries led by a red-faced burly man came walking over. From the emblem on the chest of the burly man, it seemed to be the captain of the mercenary group!
Sure enough, after successfully intercepting Soga, the other party reported their identities. The red-faced burly man and the hundred over people behind him were all hired by Soga to protect the Soga City's mercenary group leader.
Not giving Soga a chance to speak, the other party directly spoke up: "City Lord Soga, your first mission has already expired. As for the next month's protection mission, I think … We can't accept it. Unless you can double the capital and increase the number of troops on guard by another fold, we won't accept such a mission! "
Soga frowned slightly. Looking at the united mercenary group leader standing opposite him, Soga knew that these people were giving him a hand. If he didn't give them more money at this time, then Soga City would lose all its defenses.
In the past, no one came here because this place was already in ruins, and it would be useless even if they did. Forget about pirates, even merchants would not come here to die, but now it was different. Soga had officially become the City Lord, which meant that Soga City had been established again.
Although, like the last time, hundreds of thousands of pirates attacked together, it was unlikely for them to appear in the near future. After all... Without enough profits, it would be impossible for everyone to gather together. But even if it was just small waves of pirates, one or two people wouldn't be enough to resist them. For now, Soga had to borrow the mercenary group's help.
Looking at the hundred over Company Leaders, Soga felt depressed in his heart. He knew that the other party members wanted more money, but did not want to bear the burden. Not only did he greedily ask for twice the amount of capital, he even wanted to increase his military strength by another fold. This was simply too shameless!
Soga took a deep breath and suppressed the displeasure in his heart. Up till today, he still needed the help of these people and he could not offend them.
After thinking for a while, Soga said coldly, "Alright, I will double your commission. After that, I will hire another hundred mercenary groups to assist you in your defense. I hope you all can protect my Soga City!"
"Heh heh …" Hearing Soga's words, all the captains of the mercenary groups couldn't help but laugh greedily. With Soga's words, their wages would multiply, but the missions they had to undertake would be reduced by half!
Looking at these greedy smiling faces, Soga wordlessly turned around and left. didn't have anything else, he was just rich. Before long, he would establish his own army, and at that time … He, Soga, would never look at anyone's face, and would never be threatened by anyone!
