Chapter 59 The post station and the arriving priest
[Post Station]
[200 wood, 200 stone, 200 steel, 200 gold, 1 hour]
[Provide access to other cities and start immigration]
[From here, to there. ]
Post stations not only allow lords to leave their own territories, but also bring people from other city-states to the territories, most of whom are merchants, or people from other city-states seeking cooperation. According to the architectural characteristics of the territory, they can also attract some special talents.
Even if the territory is completely surrounded by monsters, those merchants and foreign immigrants will inexplicably appear around the post station and sell their goods.
Just like mushrooms popping out of the ground, they will pop up when you are not paying attention.
There are pros and cons to buying items from foreign merchants. There is no systematic scoring and quality assurance, and there is a risk of being cheated. Every day, lords are cheated by natives in various ways. Foreign merchants can always bring various resources, which are much cheaper than the prices sold on the market.
1 unit of wheat flour costs 1 gold to buy from other lords, while it will be as low as 0.3 gold when it comes to the native caravans. That's about the big difference...
There is no need to pay a 15% tax to the system.
It's just that the frequency of caravans in the early stage is low, and they don't carry many resources.
After the territory is confirmed to be specialized, the post station can be gradually upgraded to a professional large-scale commercial district center/tourism district center.
Some people can support their families just by being street vendors in the lord's market and the native city-states, and this ultra-high-speed circulation market that cannot be monopolized is rapidly promoting the rapid development of all territories.
In modern terms, it is a decentralized production model.
And the market greatly reduces the reaction time, and all transactions are completed in real time.
Ji Lin placed the post station on the seashore. When the territory built a dock, it was a little far away from the salt field and closer to the ocean. When he owned the dock, the two would have a chain effect.
You can spend resources to upgrade ordinary docks to trade docks.
In the previous life, a lord calculated that although the system made adjustments to the proportion of personnel exchanges in sea transportation, the total amount of materials and resources obtained through the trade dock was 1.5 times that of the trade center with only land transportation.
In this era, and for a long time to come, there will be no railway, the blood vessel of the industry.
The development efficiency of the coastal area is naturally faster.
Ji Lin put down the post station and watched the various resources piled on the ground being decomposed and reshaped into building structures. No matter how many times he saw it, it was so surprising.
It was no wonder that his subjects regarded it as a miracle.
He found a good location for the Engineering College and built it on the other side of the coast, like an equilateral triangle. The Engineering College Salt Field is the two base angles of the equilateral triangle, and the Central Town Center is the vertex angle of this equilateral triangle.
The Engineering College takes 20 days to build, and the terrain will be adjusted to the required shape. Strictly speaking, even if Ji Lin puts it directly on the sea, it is still possible - the system will ask him to make up for the extra materials.
For the landform transformation of this muddy coast, the system charged him one thousand more stones, making the Cheng Academy reach an extremely expensive six thousand stones, and the deadline remained the same as the original date.
After the post station was built, the first person to arrive was not the merchant who could bring resources as he thought...
Some people always come faster than others.
Merchants only pursue money.
Some people pursue other things.
"Hello, Lord, I convey my sincere greetings to you on behalf of the goddess of life."
The girl in the green gauze skirt bowed slightly to him, her long black hair set off her fair and beautiful face, and her dress swayed slightly with her movements.
Humble and friendly, every move makes people feel like a spring breeze.
Ji Lin held his chin, and his face did not show any emotion that could be felt by the woman or girl who claimed to be the priest of the goddess of life in front of him.
These churches are not bad people, but they are not good people either. They are a double-edged sword for the development of the lord.
The disadvantages are.
All churches, without exception, all of them, every one of them.
have a record of eroding power.
Maybe they have no ill intentions, but their existence will gradually erode the management rights of the lords, especially those lords who manage poorly, and it is common for them to give up their own rights for some convenience.
After all, it is much more comfortable to accept the institutional structure that others have developed than to build it from scratch bit by bit.
From people's livelihood to economy, from army to police.
People use the church's ready-made, easy and convenient, and do not need to make any extra efforts. Someone will come to help you take care of things.
The army does not need to train itself, waiting for the church to arrange troops for you. They have done so many things for you, and the church can't do it for nothing. They want to build more economic buildings on your territory...
When many lords reacted, one-third of the buildings in their own territories had become church assets.
They have been tied to the chariots of these sects.
In the early days, these churches were generous with their lords, and the lords had a good impression of the churches until the later days...
The church wants to preach, yes, but the people must be replaced by ours, and we will preach on your behalf.
The buildings are yours, and I think our people can also learn your codes and spells, and our people can also learn your system.
You can own buildings, but you cannot have too many people stationed in the territory.
Do it for nothing? If you have something to do, don't come. I'll change to another one. I don't have to rely on you.
You have to get the bonus and grasp the management rights, so that it can be considered sound!
Its benefits are.
Churches/temples can provide some good bonuses, and they are completely free. Later, if you improve the relationship with the church, you can get enhanced special troops and buildings at a low cost to make up for your own shortcomings. Rapidly formed combat power does not require the consumption of manpower and scientific research in the territory, and focuses on the targeted investment of resources.
Learn the magic of the gods, and never believe in gods.
The bonuses given by various churches are all good.
For example, the life goddess priest who came to him counted the church built in his territory.
[Life Church]
[Increases the growth rate of plants within a 5km radius by 5%, provides simple healing therapy, increases the habitability of the territory by 1 point, and can be expanded. It is the only one in the territory. It periodically sells the characteristic resources and items of the pantheon, as well as services]
[May life last forever]
A temple with multiple functions, increases the growth rate of plants, provides functions similar to those of a hospital, and slightly increases the habitability of the territory. It will provide some services, resources and items with the characteristics of the Church of the Goddess of Life.
Since the other party has delivered it to his door, he will not refuse this free thing... After all, the sugar coating still needs to be eaten.
He will not give up the power of independence.
"Lord, please consider my proposal just now..."
The priest looked at Ji Lin who was still thinking, until he nodded and made his own answer.
"Of course, I welcome it, but I have one request, that is, your church cannot conduct any missionary activities in public places on my territory."
(Thank you for your support, it's already 7.3 points, and I will update it tomorrow! It's too late to finish this chapter today!)
(Speaking of which, the inspiration for the exercise battlefield is actually taken from... Escape from Taco, Hunting Showdown and StarCraft Cooperation, which I collected materials for these two days)
