Transmigrated with a Demon-Refining Pot: Hehehe, Refine in an instant

Inside the Demon Refining Pot, two serfs were suddenly thrown to the ground.

First, he knelt down and begged the lord for mercy. After waiting for a long time without any response, he cautiously raised his head, got up, and looked around blankly.

Looking at the space of over 100 square meters crammed with animals, they first called out a few times, and only after seeing no one was there did they search the space.

They quickly explored the space. After a moment of silence, the male serf began to grope the female serf.

The woman resisted for a moment and was then beaten, but eventually she cooperated.

Ron stopped paying attention after seeing this. It seems the Demon Refining Pot's function will need to be tested for a while before its effects can be seen.

Ron didn't believe that the extra space in the Demon Refining Pot was only for this purpose.

Over the next few days, Ron continued to collect various creatures, plants, and items and throw them into the space.

With the arrival of the first batch of energy stones purchased from various chambers of commerce in the harbor, the Demon Refining Pot space began a new expansion.

The thin mist at the edge spreads outwards every day, and the two serfs inside the space almost consider it a miracle.

They built a shack and survived in the space by relying on the supplies that were put in. They even caught the cattle and sheep that Ron had put in and planned to raise them.

It seems like they're getting ready to settle down.

However, this rapid expansion of space cannot last long, as it is too expensive. An energy stone that is not yet at the highest level costs three hundred gold dragons, while those that are at the highest level and crystal cores cost at least a thousand.

Ron had spent most of the pure silver he had plundered from the island's silver mines, and he wasn't planning to invest the rest in the same way.

There are still many ordinary silver mines on the island, enough for Ron to mine for a long time.

However, due to the difficulty of mining and the limited manpower, the monthly output is only 10,000 gold dragons, and that is even after adding manpower.

Therefore, Ron must keep some of the cash he has on hand.

While Ron was experimenting with the new functions of the Demon Refining Pot, he wasn't idle outside either.

Aside from accompanying Margaret on several hunting trips to familiarize her with the northern seas,

Ron also cleaned up the territory, especially the harbor and the waterfront area.

Ron cleaned up all the aristocratic industries that originally involved various intricate interests.

Just kidding. I could tolerate you before I rode a dragon, and I'll still tolerate you after I ride a dragon.

Then I rode the dragon for nothing!

Ron's hidden trump card before was his strength as a full-fledged knight; now his trump card is Margaret.

His current public persona is that of a rising genius knight lord. If these nobles don't willingly relinquish their benefits, they're looking down on him.

To think that the nobles would unite and make Ron swallow his anger is truly delusional.

Ron immediately sent Abaddon with his soldiers to raid the house, and the big man carried out Ron's orders without question.

During the raid, anyone who dared to resist was met with an iron fist and wouldn't even have the chance to stay at the Grand Hotel in the port town.

As it turns out, there are always some noble lackeys who can't read the room. A manager from a baron's merchant guild, hands on his hips, shouted:

"Damn idiot, do you know whose property this is?! How dare you come here to cause trouble? Let's see how your baron explains this to my master."

Abad didn't listen to his babbling and kicked the annoying fly to the ground.

He spoke in a muffled voice to the chamber of commerce manager on the ground:

"You heartless maggots, trying to take advantage of our River Bend territory! You'd better taste my big stick!"

As the cleanup proceeded, most of the property interests were recovered, with Ron not forcibly taking away the businesses of a few earls.

It's not that we're afraid, but if everyone grabs it, no one will do business with us.

When faced with industries that require distribution channels, such as the slave market and the metal market, Ron simply reclassified the tax rates.

If they refuse to agree, Ron will try to take it again, and then hand the business over to a merchant guild that is willing to abide by the rules.

Fortunately, these nobles understood the situation, and Ron had left them some profit, so they all nodded in agreement.

After Ron's purge, most people who wanted to continue doing business in the Reach had to obediently pay Ron taxes.

This alone can bring in 2,000 gold dragons every month, and the entire port can earn 30,000 gold dragons a year, big and small.

This is much better than the previous annual income of only 5,000 yuan. It's like a hen laying eggs now.

It's a pity that Austin worked so hard to win over so many nobles and grow the port business, only to have Ron take it all away, pot and all.

The same procedure applies to the Linshui Territory.

Some of the Bauhinia family's businesses were transferred to the Marigold family, while the rest were taken over by Ron, but compared to the port, it was just a small part.

After settling the territory, Lauenhardt and his companion, who had been sent to Oak City to make purchases, returned with a full load.

Recently, whenever it's time to buy large quantities of supplies, it's always the two of them who go out to do it, and occasionally they also ask Erin to help out.

This time, they spent nearly 100,000 gold coins and practically swept up all the energy stones and crystal cores in Oak City.

The two high-ranking knights escorting the supplies were a little worried, and in the end they had to trouble Marco.

Marco requested two high-ranking knight squires from the Chamber of Commerce to help with the escort.

Ever since Ron started building the castle, the people of Oakwood knew that Ron had made a fortune, and then the recruitment of people to build the magic tower further confirmed everyone's thoughts.

Actually, some people had ulterior motives back then, but after news came that Ron had the strength of a formal knight, they suppressed their thoughts again.

Just kidding, there isn't a single baron in the entire frontier who is a formal knight, and even viscount families hardly have any.

Moreover, the fact that they were able to make a breakthrough shows that they not only have a path to breakthrough, but are also young and have potential.

They've already taken off. What opportunity could they possibly have? Even a regular knight could hold them off.

Ron wasn't worried about revealing his wealth in a small way.

Envious? Go talk to the greatsword in his hand!

What he really needed to conceal was the silver, to prevent anyone from associating the large amount of silver coins with the dragon.

The gold coins Ron used were all exchanged separately in other major cities by sending people by ship from the frontier.

Although the amount wasn't small each time, it wasn't conspicuous enough to attract attention. Even if someone did notice, it would be difficult to trace Ron back to his whereabouts.

After receiving this batch of energy stones, Ron placed another new order, and next time they would need to deliver the goods to the river bend to collect them.

After absorbing all the energy stones, the space had reached the size of a playground, making further expansion difficult in the short term.

The two serfs had kept the place quite well-maintained, even setting up a sheep pen.