The Vastness of Magical Destiny-Chapter 123 - 12 Bamo Liri

Chapter 123: Chapter 12: Bamo Liri

Chapter 123 -12: Bamo Liri

As the stream of migrants passed through the Busen Plain, the officer sent by Grand Duke Philip to ensure logistical support happened to be an old acquaintance of Komer’s father. While there wasn’t exactly a warm welcome, there also wasn’t much trouble; the offering of a bag of Gold Shield made many things much easier. At this point, the journey of the refugees’ migration was more than half completed. All that was needed was to reach the southern part of the Busen Plain, cross the Greenland Great Forest, and arrive at Bruce Fortress, and then the task would be more than half done.

According to the agreement reached with the Kingdom’s Ministry of the Interior, the Bruce Garrison would be responsible for safely escorting all the refugees over Darman Pass, and then the refugees would truly be home.

Seeing that there were not too many problems ahead, Komer finally set his mind at ease, entrusting all refugee affairs to Reese, Melbourne, and Hozer, while also allowing Fran to select some brave souls from among the poor refugees as the foundation for his soon-to-be-established Lord’s Guard. He himself took some representatives ahead by carriage to Bruce, to both liaise with the leadership of the Bruce Garrison about the escort and to gain an early understanding of what had been happening in his territory during his absence of over a month.

In the days since leaving Galle and entering the Busen Plain, Komer had several encounters with that representative from Hozer and discovered that Mr. Hozer ought to be considered a rather down-to-earth merchant. Even though he had taken part in the collusion with Zellin, Komer did not see a problem with this. As a merchant representative, everyone hopes to anchor themselves and the group they represent in a place more suited for living, and compared to the Galle region, the Caucasus was just too remote.

However, after the hope of staying in Galle was finally extinguished, Hozer wisely threw himself into convincing a group of disheartened traders to set out on their journey south as soon as possible. During these days, his conduct greatly satisfied Komer, who had been observing the man in silence. This was an extremely practical and pragmatic merchant; provided you have sufficient benefits and value to attract him, there is no need to consider his level of loyalty. Komer could not say he liked such people, but he admired them nonetheless.

Further contact with Hozer was thus within reason. Hozer did not conceal their initial goal, and the details of the negotiations with Zellin about staying in Galle were laid out without any secrecy. Since it had all become history, there was no need to maintain secrecy for anyone.

Komer wasn’t interested in the internal dealings between Hozer and Zellin, but Zellin’s demands made Komer realize that this group of traders from Meine and Susoer held a lot of funds. They were able to pay a sufficient amount of residence money and still continue to develop their industry and commerce in the new area. This indicated that these folks weren’t empty-handed when fleeing from the attack of the Beastmen, as he had imagined. They must have carried a considerable amount of funds, and this piece of information involuntarily made Komer think.

After several meetings, Komer learned that Mr. Hozer was actually one of the directors of the Meine Chamber of Commerce, just not able to stay in the Three Cities due to his status. Once the nobles secured their residency rights in Netherland, Medea, and Naples, he, along with Mr. Zip and the Melbourne Lord, naturally became the representatives of the immigrants from both places.

Hozer also clearly expressed to Komer his willingness to contribute to the economic development of the Caucasus after migrating there with the merchants of Meine. This was a tacit declaration of his allegiance to Komer, who, in turn, timely expressed that as long as the merchants of Meine were willing to strive to change the current state of the Caucasus, he could let bygones be bygones. Moreover, with the imminent establishment of the Caucasus Chamber of Commerce, the Meine merchants could have fair participation rights, just like the local merchants. Hozer, representing the Meine merchants, happily accepted the invitation.

After Komer had given his instructions, he and the other two representatives set out on their early return trip to Bruce. Perhaps because they got word from Hozer of Komer’s promise of amnesty, Zip was very attentive throughout the trip, and Lafayette was eager to inquire about the entire situation in the Caucasus.

Komer freely discussed the real situation of the Caucasus Region, revealing that he planned to develop a large iron mine and some yet undeclared coal mines after the immigration, and to develop the vast uncultivated land between the routes from Ugru to Mattdam and from Darman Pass to the location of the mines in Bahomon. This land was exceptionally fertile, covered with trees and shrubs; the trees could be used as building materials after logging, and the shrubs could be dealt with by burning.

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From the different behaviors of Zip and Lafayette, one could discern the differences between the merchant representatives from Meine and Susoer City-State and the landowner representatives from the Myron region. Zip was very sensitive to the geographical location of the mines, transportation conditions, ore quality, and transport vehicles; he inquired about almost everything, some issues Komer himself had not yet considered, clearly showing great interest in the development of these mines.

On the other hand, Lafayette put his focus on the development of the land, being concerned about the distance of the two routes, their security status, surrounding environmental conditions, and the fertility of the soil. Fortunately, Komer had already gained a general understanding of these situations before departing from the Caucasus, so he could provide an overview, though from their expressions, it was clear they hoped for more detailed information.