Chapter 182 Market Gap
With the plan to continue recruiting refugees to Misty Valley, Hugo's thinking is naturally not as simple as Pete, who just wants to bring refugees here.
The value that refugees can bring is not just as simple as recruitment rewards!
Ray Wayne designed a trading market that is not very large but very delicately arranged. It also adopts the architectural idea of modular layout. If there is anything to sell or buy, believers will now spontaneously come to the market to complete the transaction.
Hugo found a suitable location and took advantage of the evening when the market was popular after a day of labor and fighting, and began to recruit people enthusiastically:
"Requires at least 3 first-level professional skills, priests are preferred, and a total of 5 people are required!"
"It is expected to take 10 days to travel back and forth between Ceylon City and Misty Valley. Each person will be given at least 10 knowledge points and 10 silver coins per day as a reward!"
Hugo has a complete plan.
What is not lacking in Misty Valley now is food, drink and housing. Anyone who comes here can meet these two needs as long as they are willing to believe in the God of Knowledge.
But the industry is not perfect. No one does things like clothing, wine making, and forging.
At most, someone occasionally takes out free time to weave linen and sew a short shirt.
On the one hand, there is a lack of manpower.
Most of the refugees are busy building basic houses. Some of the others are doing their own business of farming, and some choose to fight monsters. There are very few idle manpower left.
On the other hand, there is a lack of raw materials.
For example, forging.
Many believers who have exchanged for the skills of level 1 professionals are now facing the classic problem:
No weapons and equipment!
They were transformed from refugees, and they were penniless. Not to mention the real steel two-handed sword like Brandon, they don’t even have a crowbar now.
Either they can only use branches and sticks, or simple tools polished from stones.
If you want to forge suitable metal weapons and armor, you need enough metal minerals.
Minerals.
There are really not many in the Dark Forest!
Even Ceylon Territory has few mines.
What's more, the power of the God of Casting, which belongs to forging, and the related magic are not given to humans. Most of the people who have the opportunity to use this magic are the dwarves in the stone fortress.
Therefore, the entire Ceylon Territory, and even the entire Reyak Kingdom, is actually weak in metal forging, and there are not many qualified human forgers.
Although there are mines in some places, the excavated ore will basically be transported to the stone fortress and sold to the dwarves, who will process and forge it and then sell the finished product back to the Reyak Kingdom.
There is a huge profit margin in the middle.
Because this market is basically monopolized by the dwarves, the pricing power is also decided by the dwarves, which is also the reason why various fine steel forged weapons on the market are expensive.
Hugo has studied it.
The magic of the God of Casting can also be exchanged for knowledge points in the Church of Seeking Knowledge!
Although he has not really tried to exchange it, according to the examples of the God of Craftsmen and the God of Harvest, if nothing unexpected happens, using the same method, the believers of the Church of Seeking Knowledge should also be able to master the magic of casting and become excellent forgers!
Wouldn't that mean that we can get involved in the market monopolized by the dwarves!
Hugo was excited just thinking about the huge profit difference!
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After recruiting 5 temporary teammates, Hugo spent his knowledge points to buy some fruits and vegetables grown by the farmer believers in the Misty Valley before leaving.
Recruiting refugees will be much more credible and persuasive if there are tangible things as evidence.
They returned to the territory of the Kingdom of Reyak after a long journey. Of course, this time they did not enter the country through the normal Ceylon Line 3.
The heretic expulsion order has been issued, so at least they should be respected.
Although in most cases, as long as Hugo and his friends do not admit that they are members of the Church of Knowledge, it is difficult to verify their authenticity from their appearance.
But it is better to be safe than sorry.
What if the King's Army and the Crusaders stationed on the border have to spend a lot of money to use the honest magic?
In order to avoid accidents, Hugo simply adopted the simplest method.
Smuggling across the border!
The blocking effect of the divine art of [Past Glory] is only effective against monsters.
Normal mortals, even not-so-normal cultists who have surrendered to the evil god, can pass through this light curtain without any harm.
Most of the evil god believers who try to stir up trouble, stir up trouble, and make a big news in the territory of the Kingdom of Reyak basically use the method of smuggling.
Anyway, the border is so vast, just find a deserted place where it is not easy to be discovered to sneak across [Past Glory].
Sneak into the kingdom, aiming directly at the refugee slum outside the city of Ceylon.
Hugo's recruitment method is very simple:
Go to the place where the refugees gather and take out the fruits they brought.
"Is there anyone who dares to take risks!"
"I am Hugo Xiwei, many of you should know me!"
"Now there is a job!"
"Send a batch of ore to the new territory outside the border of the kingdom, and have a professional escort team to ensure safety. You can be rewarded with 20 silver coins, and we will provide such food on the way, free to eat!"
"Recruit 20 people in total! No more!"
After shouting, Hugo arranged for the five professionals he brought from the valley to show a little magic and divine arts to prove their professional identity.
Hugo's requirements and remuneration were very reasonable.
He did not recruit refugees to believe in Norman and join the territory directly like Pete did, but found a reason to transport ore, which was equivalent to recruiting porters from the refugees.
The conditions were also very clear.
The salary was very high, 20 silver coins, which was enough for the refugees to use for a period of time based on their living and consumption standards.
There would be danger, but it was not exaggerated to the point of 100% death, after all, this team was escorted by professionals.
This kind of work had been done by mercenary groups before, and as long as the porters obeyed the command honestly, the probability of coming back alive was still very high.
What's more, there was food! And it was fruits and vegetables that they had not eaten for a long time!
Not to mention fruits and vegetables in the refugee slum, it was a kind of enjoyment to pick up the fruit and vegetable peels left over by the people in Ceylon City!
Many people subconsciously began to swallow their saliva when they heard that they could eat for free.
The refugees responded enthusiastically.
"Mr. Xiwei! Me! I want to sign up!"
"I can too. I have two children, both boys, who are physically strong and can move more things than others!"
"..."
"Me, me, me! I can ask for one less silver coin! Mr. Xiwei, please recruit me!"
"Give me 18 silver coins!"
"I'm willing to do it for 15!"
Hearing the last few people's shouting, the goblin Hugo did have to admit that he was a little tempted.
However, the next moment, a serious oracle warning fell:
[Warning! Malicious price competition is strictly prohibited! 】
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