Chapter 318
"There's not enough food now, so we can't grow flax." Field understood, but he changed the subject, "How about spider silk for clothes? It's a material that's tougher and more elastic than silk."
"Silk? Spider silk?" Kao was confused, "What do we need the silk threads of those poor little insects for? Besides, what kind of insects are silkworms?"
"It's the material for silk." Field said as a matter of course.
"Ah?" Kao crashed directly.
"I almost forgot that the method of making silk has never been passed on to the empire, and there are no silkworms in the empire."
After slapping his head, Field knew that he had taken it for granted.
Today's silk comes from the East, and the royal family spends a lot of gold every year to buy these top luxury goods. Originally, the Purple Gold Empire had the only silk workshop nearby, but with the war of the pagans, the silk workshop was reduced to ashes.
For this reason, the price of silk in the Griffin Empire has more than doubled five times.
Similarly, the Griffin Empire does not have good things like cotton.
"Hiss~"
Kao's eyes were filled with deep shock, and he shouted wildly in his heart: Could it be that the Lord knows the secret of silk! Yes, the Lord must know, he is simply the son of the goddess of wisdom. Oh no, I just heard it, the Lord will not kill to silence the witness.
"Ahem, don't be so nervous, I'm not that kind of person, and there are no silkworms in the empire that produce silk."
Looking at the crazy sweating housekeeper, Field didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and gestured to him to be relieved.
"Huh~ That's really good news."
"Don't be too proud too early, come, sign this magic contract, and promise that you won't leak secrets. Of course, the secrets include not only silk, but also a series of industrial secrets of the territory."
Field only restricts industrial products, as for gossip, let him do whatever he wants.
"Of course, Lord, I'm also afraid of accidentally letting it slip." Kao was relieved instead.
With the contract, Kao felt relieved, at least the Lord really didn't mean to kill him, and the magic contract was very expensive.
One of the cores of managing a territory is to manage people. After all, I am not Long Aotian. I can raise my arm and my subordinates will be loyal to me. For important positions, confidentiality agreements must be in place.
After everything was done, Field explained: "The silk thread of insects can be used to weave clothes. You can take a group of female slaves to the enclosure area of the Holy Light Spiders and collect the silk threads they spit out with reeling. Uh, reeling is something similar to a waterwheel. I will draw it for you later."
The pile of Holy Light Spiders raised in the territory were used as cranes before, and now they can also be used for weaving.
The Night Territory does not support idle people, and this also applies to spiders.
"After collecting the spider silk, we will do physical property tests. I guess it can't keep warm, but it should be no problem to make skirts or scarves."
"Oh oh."
Kao drooled at the corners of his mouth, and I didn't know if he understood.
"Take your time. There are many urgent matters." Field rubbed his brows. Iron ore, food and housing are more urgent than clothes. Looking around, Field gently urged the horse and asked as he walked, "Has the land on Shell Street in Fengqi Town been divided?"
"Reporting to the lord, it has been done." Kao also rode on the horse, half a body behind Field, and nodded, "That is a very large piece of land, located in the south of the big manor and west of the commercial district, a full 150 acres of land. It was used to store building materials before, and then planted lawns."
"Very good."
Field was very satisfied with Kao's report. He said it very carefully.
"It will become a residential area, all used to build houses, and they are brick houses. In this way, the people will not be afraid of heavy rain and severe cold. I don't want 17 or 18 people to freeze to death or die of illness every time a heavy rain comes."
The dilapidated mud houses or huts will soon become history.
The territory has burned a large amount of bricks before. After finding limestone, building houses will no longer be difficult.
"This... this is a great idea. Can't we just let the people build their own houses?" Kao opened his mouth wide. "I swear, this is the first time I've heard of a noble building houses for the people in bulk, and they are stone houses."
"It's too inefficient to let them build them themselves, and they're messy. It will be more troublesome to demolish them in the future." Shrugging, Field gestured, "Besides, I'm not giving away houses for free. It costs a lot of money to buy houses."
"My lord, you're so great." Kao's eyes were watery, like a perverted fat bear.
"Not really. Real estate is a highly profitable industry. I'm not a saint."
Field felt a chill. If this guy didn't have an old female lover, he could have been defined as "Brother Jie" with this look.
"It just so happens that I have just recruited an architect, and together with Miss Gaoglis and the originalThe stonemasons and carpenters in this place are enough to make samples, and then slowly build them. "
He roughly explained the style of the new house, requiring it to be uniformly built as a one-story brick house with a small wooden attic. Two-story brick buildings cannot be built, and there is no steel frame. If it collapses, it will be fatal.
In addition, there must be a front and back yard to facilitate the residents to raise chickens and ducks, or grow some vegetables and flowers.
The auxiliary roads and main roads must also be clearly divided, and garbage stations, public toilets and sewers must be planned in advance. If you want to do it, you must do it to the best.
This area can be called the medieval version of the villa area, but it is the courtyard of the future city.
Field thought to himself: their descendants must kowtow and burn incense to the ancestors who bought this house every day to thank the ancestors for their advanced vision.
"Sir, you seem to be obsessed with neatness. The army requires square formations and uniform military postures, and now even houses and roads do the same." Kao sighed, "It's hard for me to describe, but it really makes me feel a different sense of power. "
"This is the charm of rationality. "
Field smiled and said, "Let's build slowly. Just draw slaves with clever hands to build houses. Agriculture must not be relaxed."
"Yes, my lord!"
Kao rode his dwarf camel to make arrangements.
Field walked out of the residential area and came to the undeveloped area, which is now a soft lawn. Although the soil fertility is poor and the weeds are a bit wilted, the people in the territory like the lawn very much. They will come to take a walk or play games when they have nothing to do.
"My lord, don't run around if no one protects you."
Tisifa circled in the air, landed gracefully, and after folding her gorgeous wings, she trotted over and said with a charming smile in the style of a young mature wife: "I have purified several reservoirs in the territory with holy light."
"Thank you for your hard work."
Field stretched out his hand: "Want to take a ride?"
"Well, how about testing the arrows first? "Tisifa took out a wooden box and said, "Miss Fox, I made the arrows you need. She said that she modified the original arrows. The Night Territory does not have the ability to make iron arrowheads for the time being."
