The development of the Zansikat empire has exceeded Linda's expectations. Many things have already appeared, but they cannot be mass-produced and have not been applied in daily life.
Precisely because they cannot be applied in daily life, these things have advanced magic technology, but are controlled by a group of people with backward ideas.
"The Good Lady Company currently specializes in gas stoves and kitchen and bathroom appliances. Can this kind of thing really make money?"
Viscount Peart asked doubtfully.
Linda smiled and nodded.
"When you occupy a certain proportion of the market share, you will understand that even the simplest water can make money."
At this point, Linda was stunned. She had also gone to Blue Star to study and had seen Blue Star's economic market. She remembered that Blue Star's mineral water could be sold for money.
Could she do it this way? Then she shook her head.
The current Zanskat Empire is not suitable for such play, otherwise she will definitely be attacked by the crowd.
“I am really getting better and better at doing business.”
After Linda finished laughing at herself, she heard Viscount Peart's inquiry.
"Are you sure about the heavy armor? Do you need my help?"
Linda was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said: "I already have a plan, and my biggest problem now is that I need a prototype, so that I can save time in manufacturing."
Viscount Peart smiled mysteriously.
"I knew you would ask this. I was already prepared and waiting for you to speak."
Linda just expressed her gratitude and did not ask where the prototype came from.
The two of them smiled in unison.
Linda picked up the tea cup, took a sip and asked: "How is the development of the empire's commercial market now?"
"Very few, but there is an increasing trend compared to the past. A large part of the nobles have adapted to the changing situation. There are very few people like you who can react quickly and find business opportunities."
"But it's not entirely impossible. In the Wood area, there is a small noble who united with local small nobles and wealthy businessmen, and in the surrounding areas, they jointly established a textile association. They tried to improve the textile machine. I believe that in the near future, the textile industry in the area will
Become a pillar industry."
"This is indeed good news..." Linda nodded repeatedly.
But in my mind, I estimate that this is not enough, and the textile and coal industries must become pillar industries.
The development of society will naturally give birth to something. As technology is gradually promoted outwards, colleges in various places continue to popularize knowledge to the public, and the upper-class public is constantly exposed to the latest mechanical equipment, there will definitely be smart people's ideas active, and as long as
If there are enough expected benefits, these smart people with active ideas will take the initiative to get in touch with and even want to master the fields involved in these new machines. In this process, the wealthier businessmen and small nobles will be the biggest driving force.
They will seize the earliest technological and policy dividends, and under the trend of interests, they will gradually become greedy.
As time goes by, the interests of the landed aristocracy will inevitably be affected. Just as the emergence of industry will inevitably give rise to new small aristocrats who use machine factories instead of land as capital, the old-style raw material origins that represent the big aristocracy will inevitably be affected by the small aristocratic industrial groups.
Exploitation, over time, the small nobles will inevitably create gaps with the big nobles.
All of this is a complete social ecological chain, and they will happen naturally even without anyone pushing it.
What Linda has to do is to find out the key points of these chains in advance, and then push them so that everything will suddenly accelerate.
The same is true for the coal industry. The royal family controls technology and factories. The royal family may compromise with the nobles for the sake of balance. At first, human greed is a bottomless pit. The nobles will test the bottom line of the royal family bit by bit. This will inevitably lead to conflicts in the future.
Leave a fuse.
Eventually a chaotic dispute broke out between the royal family and the nobility.
At this stage, the real technology is actually still in the hands of the authorities, in the hands of the Royal Science and Technology Association, the Magician Association, the Manufacturing Research Institute and various design bureaus.
Emperor Thomasius never restricted the spread of non-military and non-confidential technologies and knowledge to the outside world. Civilian technologies were also sold openly, and large-scale literacy programs were also started in colleges and night schools in various places.
All this seems open, but in fact it is still firmly controlled by the nobles. Even wealthy businessmen need to pass through the status of a minor noble to gain access.
Private enterprises like Good Madam developed on this basis.
Ordinary people still mainly work, and their knowledge and property do not allow them to change the status quo.
"It's not that I have a sharp vision, it's just that I have more experience in the Melox Empire."
Linda just mentioned by name that the Merlox Empire has developed better than the Zanskat Empire in this aspect.
"These things must be encouraged, not only encouraged, but also publicized, rather than tightly controlled by the upper class! In that case, the technology will never be able to be spread, large-scale, and universal." Linda's hoarse voice carried a hint of laughter.
A hint of sarcasm.
"Such power is only superficial and only belongs to certain people, but it is not truly powerful. Support the spontaneous research and improvement of magic, machinery and other technologies among the people. As long as it complies with the law, we must support and reward it."
The smile on Viscount Peart's face was very embarrassing. If he hadn't known that Linda's attitude was like this, he would have suspected that the other party was mocking the entire imperial nobility.
After all, Linda herself is a vested interest in the aristocracy.
Linda changed the topic and said: "Since we can't promote it, then we will carry out financing and merger."
"Financing?" Viscount Peart heard a new term again. The stock problem for a while had not been solved yet, and now a new vocabulary appeared. This should be another great new idea.
"Yes, in a narrow sense, financing is the behavior and process of raising funds for an enterprise. In a broad sense, financing is also called finance, which is the financing of monetary funds. The parties concerned go to the financial market to raise funds or lend money through various methods.
The act of releasing funds.”
“Financing refers to the monetary transaction means used to pay the purchase price in excess of cash, or the monetary means used to raise funds to acquire assets.”
Viscount Peart pondered thoughtfully, then his eyes lit up and he said: "You want to borrow money from the small nobles who operate mining rights. The actual purpose is mining rights financing and mining development."
Linda nodded, she just liked to communicate with people like Viscount Peart, and she could tell the truth.
"That's right! With the large-scale popularization of automobiles, the demand for kerosene will increase. Naturally, coal in various places will also usher in a second spring. In order to prevent coal from being stuck, we must make arrangements in advance."