Chapter 723 Business opportunities brought by two major industrial chains

"Very good." Gavin praised, "This is a full utilization of wilderness resources. This matter can be passed on to the citizens, and the municipal staff will not be organized for harvesting.

We only need to set up purchase points, and those citizens who have free time will naturally harvest, which is an additional source of wealth for them and stimulates their enthusiasm for work."

"This method is simple and convenient." Carl made a new suggestion, "If possible, we can do this business in those monster tribes, and use the excess catch to exchange Stark bushes and grass from them. Both of these jobs are unskilled physical work, and even those goblins can do it.

Once they taste the sweetness of it, they will plant Stark bushes and grass in the wilderness, which is equivalent to letting them use us in disguise."

"This approach is a double-edged sword. It can certainly make those monster tribes work for us, but it also gives them the opportunity to grow stronger."

Gavin thought for a while and said, "You can do it selectively, such as cooperating with those weak goblin tribes, and the big goblin tribes can also be, but the monster tribes with evil nature such as orcs and gnolls can only be suppressed, and they cannot be given any opportunity to strengthen their strength.

There is another point that needs to be noted. We must protect the safety of our citizens. Once there is a situation where the monster tribe competes with our citizens for profit and conflicts, we must stand on the side of our citizens unconditionally."

"This is inevitable. When selecting support and cooperation objects, we will be cautious and try to choose tribes far away from the City of Faith and remote areas. I have also learned the strategic thinking of attacking nearby and making friends far away." Carl responded with a smile.

"Please continue to introduce."

"The imitation process of the luminous canal is a little more complicated. We used the soil and water of our Goblin Borderland to copy the canal in Nimir Village, but it still did not glow.

In desperation, our researchers could only transport soil, water, exploding crayfish and electric eels from Nimir Village, and experimented one by one using the elimination method. Finally, they found that the problem was with the soil.

After special comparison, it was found that the soil in Nimir Village contained a considerable amount of ruby ​​powder. After a certain proportion of ruby ​​powder was added to our own soil, the same effect as the soil in Nimir Village would appear immediately.

This research discovery also brought bad news. The luminous canal is not without any consumption. If a large amount of luminous water is produced, the ruby ​​powder in the soil will be continuously consumed. When it is exhausted, luminous water can no longer be produced."

"In this way, the luminous canal is useless and needs to be remade?" Gavin thought to himself. There is really no free lunch in the world. It turns out that there is a pit waiting here.

"It doesn't need to be remade, but if you want to make luminous water again, you must blend ruby ​​powder into the water channel."

"Have you calculated how much ruby ​​powder is needed to make a luminous water lantern?"

"I have calculated that if you want to make a water lantern with the same brightness as the Eternal Flame, you need at least five gold coins worth of ruby ​​powder, and the rest depends on the size of the water lantern and the amount of water it needs to hold."

"Five gold coins are only one-tenth of the number of rubies required for the Eternal Flame, which is not abnormal. At least compared to the Eternal Flame, it still has a huge price advantage."

Gavin smiled and said, "This is not entirely bad news. It is better to know now than to wait until we sell the luminous water channel in Nimir Village so cheap that it doesn't glow. This is all included in the production cost.

Before this commercial secret is exposed and the price of rubies begins to rise on a large scale, buy as many low-priced rubies as possible on the market to ensure the price advantage of our luminous water lanterns."

"If it is rubies, the lord will have a better choice." Lord Shanoba interrupted.

"What's a better choice? Do you know a ruby ​​vein?" Gavin said jokingly.

"My Lord, you guessed it right. Do you remember that I once stayed in a place called Old Axe Village. The associated mineral of that iron mine is ruby."

Sanoba nodded seriously and said, "It's just that this vein is located in the west of the rocky land, which is closer to the goblin border. Therefore, it was difficult to transport the iron ore produced in the past, and it was gradually abandoned.

But this disadvantage has now become an advantage. Whether it is iron ore or ruby, it can be directly supplied to the City of Faith. There are coal mines in the rocky land. As long as we can find them, we can smelt iron and steel on the spot."

"Our road to conquest has really revitalized a lot of things." Gavin said enthusiastically, "Okay, I'll take note of it. The specific situation will be discussed later when we talk about the development of the rocky land. We will talk about it in detail later."

"Okay."

"Don't do it yourself when it comes to the production and sales of luminous water lanterns. You must communicate more with Ms. Gowther in Nimir Village. She has advantages in sales that you don't have.

In the short term, the luminous water lanterns are mainly sold to big cities such as Susal, Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, and Westgate. When the high-end market is saturated, we will slowly lower the price and enter the middle and low-end market.

The money is mainly made in the high-end market. When it reaches the middle and low-end market, we will focus on benefiting the people. The value is created by the biological cement produced by the breeding of explosive crayfish. "

Because he holds part of the power of the gods, Gavin's current thinking mode is also to intervene between mortals and gods.

Of course he needs money, and more is not too much.

But sometimes, it is not the first priority, but the underlying belief. When appropriate, the former needs to give way to the latter.

So, sometimes his way of thinking makes people feel incredible.

When he was in Nimir Village, he was crazy about throwing money at people, which was the case.

He was not just showing off his wealth, but preparing to use this village as an example. If Gavin makes this village rich, everyone will be rich.

It will be easier to find someone to cooperate on new projects in the future. When you are really ready to enter the trade, money and wealth priesthood, this can be used to boast and resonate with the law.

Just like Gavin's boasting for Ms. Strategy in the Battle of Ascension.

"Understand, Ms. Gowther has participated in our research throughout the process and provided a lot of advice and help. Research and production are mainly left to us, and she will devote most of her energy to promotion and market research, striving to produce products that are more in line with the preferences of buyers."

Although the glass water lamp is a new product, the management and business philosophy are common to other products, and they have a relatively mature operating model.

"Very good, I'm waiting for the good news of your hot sales." Gavin is most concerned about the new building materials, "What about biocement?"

"After experiments, it was found that the sticky substance produced by the molting of the crayfish, after being fused with a certain proportion of sand and soil, the solidified material formed is very hard, and the resistance to high temperature and cold is quite high.

The houses built with it as a masonry adhesive are still far behind those built by stone shaping.

But it has the possibility of large-scale popularization, and does not require so many spellcasters to cooperate.

The vitality of the crayfish is very tenacious. It can survive not only in good waters, but also in those stinky ditches and sewers, as long as there is enough food source, they can take root here.

A lot of household garbage such as food residues can be To be handed over to them for processing.

Our druids are cultivating larger exploding crayfish for large-scale breeding. "

Carl's expression was full of excitement that could not be concealed, "This unique building material is our biggest benefit in the future, and the demand will far exceed that of glass water lanterns and fish catches.

The current output is small, and we can only use it for ourselves. When the output increases in the future, we can sell it.

This thing is also a magic weapon for managing swamps. Mixing it with mud and adding a certain proportion of sand and soil can solidify it.

Although we have no way to turn all swamps into fertile fields, we can inhibit its expansion to a certain extent, and turn some places into our fish ponds in the swamp to protect the dry land in the swamp. "

Use is always simpler than research and development.

Just like the dragon breath vibration bomb, just taking out the biological cement, Carl and his team immediately found several uses for this new material.

"You can try to mix this material with mud and sand to make hollow, lightweight bricks and stones. It is still advantageous to build houses in the swamp. Those black-scaled lizardmen will have a lot of demand. Their hay houses are extremely unsatisfactory in terms of cold protection and fire prevention." Gavin contributed the concept of hollow brick production.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are the four basic needs.

However, the black-scaled lizardmen are special. The demand for clothing and food is relatively low, so they can only start with housing and transportation.

There are already ships for transportation, and for housing, they start with biocement.

Although they can also raise their own crayfish, they lack both construction technology and a large amount of sand.

As long as there is a need, the wealth in their hands can be squeezed out again, which is more civilized and more effective than simple robbery. The waist pocket was stripped clean, and they had to be grateful to Gavin.

"Cement bricks for the birth of all things, we have a new industry." Carl wrote it down directly in his meeting book.

Gavin, who already had a good understanding of the situation in the City of Faith, concluded: "The main goal of the City of Faith in the near future is to develop business around two new industrial chains, develop trade on a large scale, and take the opportunity to attract more immigrants.

Not necessarily permanent residents, those floating populations are also OK, as long as they can accept our employment, work in our city, and create value for us."

"What the Lord said makes a lot of sense. As long as we take appropriate measures, these floating populations can slowly become permanent residents." Carl agreed.

"By the way, do you have any difficulties that need my help to solve?"

"Originally there was one, but Lord Shanoba has just given a solution."

"Are you referring to the iron mine in Old Axe Village?"

"Yes, the City of Faith needs a stable source of steel."

"Since the topic has turned back to Rockland, let's talk about the last and most important topic today, the development of Rockland, how to create greater value here, win the Baron of Rockland, and completely connect all our territories. There is no clear agenda for this, everyone can speak freely, and we will finally take the essence and discard the dross."

"Needless to say, of course, we will make the most of our advantages and gather the kobolds. Rockland is the remnant of the Storm Cape Mountains. The number of kobolds here is far more than imagined, especially in the East Storm Cape Mountains. As long as the number of these little things is large enough, miracles can also be created.

As long as we have a sufficient number of kobolds, we can bloom everywhere in the rocky land, not only iron ore, but also coal mines and copper mines. There are a large number of mineral veins in the rocky land. "

“Mining is indeed the core industry of Yandi, but I think the first priority is to rebuild the high road. With the current appearance of this road, even if the minerals are mined, there is no way to transport them out on a large scale.

Once the high road is restructured, it only needs to place a super giant road statue in the direction of Dragon Oak, which will radiate and affect at least one third of the rocky land. "

"Road construction is imperative, but the original road construction team is no longer suitable. A new mountain road construction team must be formed. In this aspect, the kobolds still have the advantage. In some relatively flat areas, we can use trembling Vibration bombs are used for blasting. In some more dangerous areas, I think tunnels can be considered.”

"Speaking of tunnels, can we think of ways to control some magical creatures that have advantages in this regard, such as ground-burrowing insects, such as purple insects, which are absolutely powerful in digging tunnels? I heard that many drow elves control purple insects through magic. There are also legends about gray dwarves controlling purple insects to assist in mining."

"Groundworms are easy to deal with. They are well-known as a scourge of agriculture and forestry. They can often be seen around farms and forests. Many farmers even pool money to hire mercenaries to clean them up. As long as they stay, it is not difficult. Upon discovering their traces, those extraordinary druids can turn them into their own animal companions, depending on whether they are willing to do so.

Purple worms are difficult to deal with. They rarely appear on the ground and mainly move around in the dark areas. Even if they are found, how to control them is a big problem. That is the secret of the drow elves. "

"Speaking of the Dark Territory, we really need to come into contact next. We must go deep into the Colossus City. The mines in the Old Ax Village lead to unknown areas. I believe there will definitely be many such areas in the rocky land. Maybe in When you explore these places, you will gain something. When you encounter them, you will find a way and everything will be over. It is best to prepare the corresponding control methods in advance. "

"Anyway, I need to find a way to control cloud rays, so leave this matter to me. If you look at many disaster monsters from another direction, they may still be useful, not only diggers and purple worms, We will pay more attention in the future to explore the potential of other monsters in this regard, and turn those monsters that cause trouble into tools for the benefit of mankind. "

"We cannot completely focus on the kobolds and thus ignore the human towns and gathering points in the rocky land. Although there are not many such existences, one by one, they are existences that cannot be ignored. After all, they can be among the monsters. Standing in the jungle world is the best proof of strength."

"Oh? How much do you know about them?"

"There are three main ones I know of. One is called Skull Rock Town. It is a military town that guards the west gate of Rockland. The population here does not exceed five thousand, but more than half of them are Purple Dragon Knights, all of whom have five An elite with a professional level or above, they are mainly responsible for cleaning up the western section of the Rockland High Road and monitoring the monster community in the goblin wilderness.

Another town is called Gregant, located in the middle of the Rockland. This town is named after the Gregant family who founded it. In fact, this family has also been working hard to clear the Rockland and obtain the reward of the Baron of the Rockland. They are in the central part of the Rockland. The influence is great. This town is famous for producing sharpshooters. Even a ten-year-old child can shoot a rabbit with a bow. If you want to develop rocky land, they cannot be avoided, and they are not easy to deal with.

The last one is called Horn Shield Fortress. The reason why this place is famous is not because of its powerful force, but because it is an out-and-out city of craftsmen, with the best brasssmiths, locksmiths, and glass blowers in the entire Rock. Craftsmen, glass cutters, chainmailers and weaponsmiths, but this place is also known as a gathering place for lunatics, because normal people will not open their shops in an inaccessible place.

However, there are still some people who come here because they have magic-killing arrows and beholder-strike arrows. The former can make the caster hit by the arrow temporarily lose the ability to cast spells, while the latter will have the effect of beholder rays. Both arrows are extremely expensive. Expensive, each one is worth tens of thousands of gold, but they are reluctant to sell them because the method of making two types of arrows has been lost, and one will be sold less than one. "

"Skull Rock Town is easy to handle. This rock gambling is authorized by the royal family of the Kingdom of Cormyr. No matter how absurd and unbelievable the order is, those Purple Dragon Knights will faithfully execute it. Even if they don't execute our order, as long as we don't If they harm the interests of the Kingdom of Cormyr, they will not cause any hindrance to our actions here, and may even become a support.

The Horned Shield Fortress is also easy to handle. These extreme craftsmen are often relatively pure in temperament. As long as they find the right direction, it will be very easy to impress them. I'm afraid it is not an accident that so many craftsmen from all walks of life are concentrated here. It is this place that is unique and attracts them.

What they are specifically needs to be determined in the past. If we can reach a cooperation agreement with them, or invite them to the City of Faith, even a part of them will be very beneficial to our business layout.

The most troublesome thing is Gregant Town. After all, our development of rock fields has the same purpose, and there is a natural conflict between the two parties. The specific situation will be determined after visiting them.

Before the Conqueror Army officially enters the Rocky Land, I will take a part of the elite troops to go through it first, clear all obstacles along the way, and actually survey the road to pave the way for rebuilding the high road. "

"This is the best. After all, the next step is mainly to resolve it through negotiation. Negotiating in advance and waiting until the army has moved there are completely different in nature. "

Amid the chatter of the crowd, the development plan of the Rocky Land was pieced together and then summarized.