"Pumpkins are relatively drought-tolerant and do not have high requirements for soil quality. The sandy soil here is enough for growing pumpkins. Once the land is leveled, we can plant seeds. Remember not to water too much.
Two or three months after the seeds germinate, you should pay attention to the seedlings growing very quickly. You should start watering more frequently, and carefully clean up the weeds..."
Old Chen was patiently explaining the basics of farming to the immigrants from Alterac. Several farmers from the Kingdom of Stormwind around him couldn't help but nod along.
At this moment, Li De came among them.
People let him inside by themselves, and Li De looked at Lao Chen's attire, which was a bit strange.
"Master, do you still understand the knowledge of this strange place?"
Old Chen scratched his head and laughed.
"When I was practicing in the temple, the Sa family broke down the mountain gate because they were drunk. Because of this, Master Shangxi drove him to Daluo Farm to do farm work for a few days, so he also knew a little bit about the techniques in the crop field."
Lao Chen exposed his shortcomings like this, which made Li De burst into laughter.
The farmers from the Storm Kingdom waved their hands repeatedly, saying that Master Chen was purely modest. His level of farming convinced these professional farmers.
"Why did the master suddenly decide to come here and do this?"
Everyone went back to the fields to work, leaving only two people talking. Li De asked curiously.
Chen Stormstout took two puffs of his cigarette and stubbed it out on the sole of his shoe.
"Does the Protector still remember my intention to say goodbye? I thought a lot after we talked that night. There are few places like the Protector of Hanhai, where there is no distance between our heroes and the people.
The Sa family asked themselves that the sky and the sea are like a rainbow, and you are no match for me in terms of military protection. However, your contribution to this place is far less than that of Van Cleef, Bigwitz and others. The economic prosperity here and the combat effectiveness of the army largely come from
The power of the collective.
At this time, everyone at the top of the Hanhai Protectorate is contributing their strength. How ridiculous does it seem for the Sa family to complain about themselves and lament that they have no use for their efforts? Why not put down your body, be down-to-earth, and do some practical things for the people here."
After listening, Li De gave Lao Chen a thumbs up.
"Master's mind is admirable. Since this is the case, I won't bother you. If I continue to be lazy while everyone is busy, I will be the one who should be ashamed."
Watching Lao Chen return to the fields with farm tools, Li De understood his determination. The free-spirited warrior monk who roamed the world was now pretending to be a farmer, so how could this not be a practice?
…
When Li De came to the industrial area, he found that Bigwitz and the others had been waiting for him here.
"Duhu, this is the latest shuttle loom we have developed, and we are about to ask you to accept the results."
Bigwitz said excitedly to Li De, and behind him were several engineers from the researcher.
The current saturation of the yarn market is closely related to the low efficiency of looms. As early as the time when the Kingdom of Stormwind cracked down on the hoarding of nobles, the Governor of Hanhai had already developed a new type of loom.
However, the new looms were not put into large-scale production at that time. On the one hand, the new looms were not very stable, and on the other hand, the entire market was not ready at that time.
Everything happens step by step. If the Hanhai Protector comes out with a large amount of finished cloth at that time, there is no doubt that he will become a mortal enemy of all the upstream and downstream links in the textile industry. Except for the raw material merchant of cheap hot sand, there will be no benefit at all.
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But now the situation is different. With the defeat of Kezan, their colonial system in the Barrens has completely collapsed. Hotsand is no longer a raw material supplier. Now the largest cotton supplier is the slave manor.
Happy Blackmoore and Greymane.
Speaking of this, Li De really admired Rongsha. After losing the qualification to exploit the wild boars and collecting money, he was able to resolutely transform to work as an OEM for Hanhai Protector. He could no longer be described as "pure businessman".
Yes.
Based on the above reasons, Hanhai Protectorate also needs to make a transformation and move up a link in the entire industry chain. This is why Li Deneng agreed to Hot Sand's conditions.
However, before making this transformation, Li De had to inform Dai Lin.
When the Hanhai Protector cooperated with Kul Tiras, they captured most of the yarn market in one fell swoop. Now that the Hanhai Protector wants to make adjustments, they certainly can't just leave Kul Tiras on the way.
Gu Zhi
We will have to rely on this partner for future shipping logistics.
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"Whether it's the yarn business or the cloth business, I trust you. From now on, let Nogfogg directly deal with Ashvane."
Dai Lin's attitude was very refreshing, and what surprised Li De was that this was the first time that Dai Lin had brought someone from outside the Proudmoore department, and he was also a person with such a high status.
"Hello, Li Dedu. I am the master of the Ashfan family, Lady Ashfan."
Lady Ashvane took the initiative to extend her hand to Li De, which showed that she had put a lot of effort into protecting Hanhaidu and knew the handshake etiquette here.
Li De shook hands lightly with Lady Ashvane, and looked at the woman in front of him. She was almost as fat as two Dai Lins, but her skin was well maintained, and she looked pampered.
This fat woman had a very friendly smile on her face, but Li De looked at Dai Lin with some confusion.
There has never been any precedent for outsiders to get involved in his cooperation with Dai Lin.
After settling down Lady Ashvane and other Kul Tiran entourage, in Li De's study, Dailin informed him of the inside story.
"The Stormsong family has gone too far. Because of the continuous wars, we need a large number of warships, and the Stormsong family has opened its mouth for this reason.
Taking this into account, I made concessions when distributing the benefits, but what I got in exchange was their greed! The warship they delivered did not get gold coins from me?!"
After listening to Dai Lin's story, Li De understood that now that the war was over, Dai Lin decided not to tolerate Stormsong anymore.
"So you decided to join forces with Ashvane to suppress Stormsong? Can that woman be trusted?"
"That's no problem. Lady Ashvane has been a good friend of my wife Catherine for many years. She has always been more submissive to Proudmoore."
Since Dai Lindu said this, Li De couldn't say anything. Anyway, as the producer, he has the initiative to cooperate. Even if Ashfan harbors evil intentions, he cannot affect the Hanhai Protector. In addition, there is Serra
By using this backhand, Dai Lin would not be forced to a dead end anyway.
"I never worry about trade cooperation. You are extremely reliable. I am now thinking about how to get rid of dependence on Stormsong.
As you know, I value the skills of your engineers very much. In addition to trade, I hope to strengthen cooperation in the military.
This war with Kezan made me realize that the road of sail-powered warships has come to an end. In future wars, Stormsong's shipbuilding technology can give us very limited help."
Li De knew that it was Kezan's submarines and airships that had caused a big impact on Dailin, and what he was thinking about most was the steam-powered warships.
"I can understand your mood, and why am I not looking forward to that day? This war with Kezan was too difficult for us to win. It can be said that we won it entirely with the strength of the enemy.
The war was a complete technical failure."
At this point, Dai Lin seemed a little unable to sit still. He asked Li De to lead him to visit the researchers' engineers.
"We are close to conquering the technology of applying steam power to warships."
Bigwitz gave Delin good news as soon as they met, but then he gave bad news.
"But I regret to tell you that even if this technology achieves a breakthrough, it is already lagging behind."
Having said this, Bigwitz seemed very disappointed.
"Even in the most difficult stage of the war, our engineers were doing research that could not be put into production in a short time, but we still lost to Radolfons and Gazlowe.
I have to admit that there are some geniuses that no matter how hard we try, we can't catch up with them. Whether it's a submarine or an airship, they are all beyond our reach."
When he said this, Bigwitz thought again of the giant god-like flying demon statue driven by Rudolfons. He couldn't even imagine such a big thing.
"Gazlowi Lid, if I remember correctly, that guy should still be detained by you, right? Should we try to recruit him?"