Although Nipoli still didn't know the concept of economics, Reggie was completely blown away by him in the field of economics. He didn't want to interfere too much with Nipoli anymore, so he only set two rules.
, First, the price difference of the goods cannot exceed 30% of the cost. Of course, the cost must include transportation, labor and other expenses.
Second, there must be clear limits on the price of grain, so that people cannot starve and farmers cannot make money. This is Reggie's bottom line.
After setting these two rules, Reggie no longer interfered with any of Nipoli's decisions. He only made some changes to the list of goods.
"There is no need to purchase so much saltpeter. Swindell has found a better way to make saltpeter. There is no need to purchase so much charcoal. I can replace it with coal. As for the iron stone... I don't have a better way yet."
Nipoli breathed a sigh of relief: "After saving these expenses, I am sure to create more wealth for you."
"Don't always think about making wealth from civilians. Don't forget that I still have a source of income."
"Urine wax and crystal are both luxury goods," Nipoli said. "Although these items are profitable, their sales are not stable. Just like the Golden Eagle people, they rarely purchase urine wax. They have found another supplier.
Although growing red wax is much more expensive than urine wax, red wax has no smell and is not as easy to catch fire."
Red wax? What is that? Red phosphorus?
Nipoli continued: "And your crystal, after all, it is just a decoration, not something that people need."
Reggie shook his head and said: "Crystal is a necessity, and I will make it a necessity. As for the red wax... you can help me buy a few pounds."
"My lord, I would like to remind you that a pound of red wax may cost more than a hundred gold coins."
"Don't be stingy with gold coins, and add silk to your income sources."
"Are you talking about cloud cotton?" Nipoli asked in surprise, "The yield of this thing is too low."
"It will get better. I brought silkworm farmers and mulberry seedlings from Spiked Island. We will harvest the first batch of silk soon."
"But as far as I know, that kind of insect can only spin silk in the right season."
"Now is the right season. You can harvest the first batch of silk after the New Year." Reggie asked someone to bring a jar of fine wine and handed it to Nipoli. "This is a gift for your family.
You first go to the White Tower Country, buy the things you need to buy, and say hello to Brooke for me."
Thinking of his family, Nipoli felt a little nervous. He should also prepare some gifts.
And Reggie wants to live up to his boast. It's winter now. How should he make silk?
Reggie brought a dozen silkworm farmers and sericulture equipment from Spiked Island. Next, Reggie will build a greenhouse to produce the first batch of silk.
The silkworm seedlings have not yet hatched, and the silkworm chamber has not been settled. Reji brought back tens of thousands of pounds of mulberry leaves. These leaves were preserved by the Dongsang people from early autumn using a special method. Without the unique climate of Spike Island, the Dongsang people
The methods are slowly failing, and soon these mulberry leaves will dry up completely.
To plant trees and raise insects, this kind of thing must be left to Swindell, and no one is more suitable than him. After chatting with the silkworm farmer for a while, Swindell became very interested in silkworms, and he quickly mastered it.
According to the growth rules of silkworms, a special feeding plan has also been formulated.
Reggie brought back more than 100,000 silkworm seeds in total, and Swindell suggested hatching them all. Reggie said: "One silkworm has to eat a pound of mulberry leaves, and I don't have that many mulberry leaves."
"But you have a mulberry sapling," Swindell said. "I have calculated that during the hatching period of the silkworm saplings, we can ask the breeder to help us grow a mulberry tree first, and then save all the leaves of the tree. At this time
The bugs are still small and don't eat much. When the bugs grow up a bit, the second mulberry tree will also mature, and our inventory will still be enough to eat. After the fourth mulberry tree is matured, the mulberry leaves you brought back will
It is about to dry up, but it is basically finished. Next, we have new stocks and new mulberry trees. The mulberry trees are constantly ripening and producing mulberry leaves. The insects are growing up. Fifty
Queen, we can see the silk you want."
It seemed that Reggie had found the right person. He asked people to clean out more than a dozen houses as silkworm houses. Because silkworms were sensitive to smoke, Reggie asked Nolos to make a batch of plumbing equipment to heat the silkworm houses. In future generations, what would happen?
It is obviously crazy to do it, such a huge investment far exceeds the profit of silk.
But in an era when the price of silk exceeded that of gold, this investment seemed insignificant. To arrange the sericulture, Reggie found Khalaf again. He wanted to renovate the roads in Shattered Snow City. He was fed up with the mud after rain and snow.
With asphalt, it is natural to want to build roads. This is definitely a normal idea. But what surprised Reggie was that Khalaf knew how to use asphalt. He knew that it was an important material for road construction.
In fact, as early as hundreds of years ago, the Golden Eagle people had mastered the use of asphalt. However, with the decline of the empire era, urban civilization also dimmed. The lords were unwilling to use their wealth to build roads. The technology of the Golden Eagle people
It has also gradually been lost, and only a few craftsmen still master the use of asphalt. Fortunately, Khalaf is one of them.
There is no need to worry about road construction. Reggie found Nolos and Hurley again. He handed them a very complicated design drawing. He asked them to make a new type of steam engine. When he saw the drawing,
Hurley exclaimed: "The Lord wants to use a steam engine to fight. Look at this huge wheel and these huge gears. It can even cut through the city wall!"
"Don't worry about what this thing can be used for," Noros said, "just make a mold out of clay first. I really hate these drawings."
Make the best use of people's talents, make the best use of materials, and give the right jobs to the right people, and things will naturally develop in a better direction.
But there is one thing that cannot be left to others. Reggie can only face it by himself. The end of the year is coming, and the Bayer people are about to make a choice. It is likely that a large number of them will return to Bayer country.
There are more than 8,000 Byers living in Broken Snow City and Hanmaple Fortress. If they all choose to leave, Broken Snow City will lose about half of its population.
Reggie is not the only one who is troubled by this. Asharif from Bair has not had a good night's sleep for several days in a row.
The battle at Hanfeng Fortress frightened his wife. From that time on, she counted the days until she could return home every day.
But Asharif didn't want to go back. In the past nearly a year, this diligent man saved eleven gold coins. He rented a house in the city. This was Reggie's first concentrated construction in the city.
The residential properties are available for rent or purchase, and the prices are very reasonable.
The house is not on the busiest street, but it is very close to the school and the hospital, and you can reach the department store just two streets away.
After waking up every day, he used to buy two loaves of bread for breakfast at the end of the alley, and then go to the street to find a suitable job. At night, after getting paid, he went to Varese's tavern for a drink.
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The residents of Broken Snow City have become much more tolerant. Shops, restaurants and taverns no longer discriminate against new residents. Asharif is used to everything here. Even if he were killed, he would not want to return to that poor village in Bayer Country.
There are notices for recruiting workers everywhere on the street. Some are recruiting handymen, some are recruiting road construction workers, some are recruiting shipbuilders, and some are recruiting construction workers. Suixue City is full of opportunities.
The highest salary reached seven silver coins per day. Asharif’s hands were itching. Did you see it? Seven silver coins per day, which is two gold coins per month! Asharif could not wait to write his name immediately and start working immediately.
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But there is no point in doing so. If you can't convince your wife, there is no point in making more money.
He came to the city gate, got into a carriage, and gave the driver forty copper coins.
"Are you going to the last stop?"
"Yes, I want to go to Hanfeng Fortress."
"Don't you bring something to eat? The road is not close!"
"No need, I can't eat."
"At least bring some water."
"No need, buy me a can of ale." Asharif gave the coachman ten copper coins. The coachman later brought him a can of ale. He drank the ale in one gulp and huddled in the corner of the carriage.
This began a journey that made him anxious and irritable.