Cutting down trees is something that is both familiar and unfamiliar to Yinpine City. The reason why it is familiar is that Yinpine City is famous for its rich production of timber. Tree cutting is a compulsory course for every Yinpine person. Many Yinpine people do not have farm tools at home.
, but there must be a sharp axe. When food and clothing are not provided, as long as you take the axe, go to the mountain belonging to the lord at night to steal a few precious silver pine trees, you can buy a year's supply for the whole family.
Meal money.
But the business that Yinsong people are most familiar with is expressly prohibited by Lei Ji.
In the past, the lord of Silverpine City also prohibited cutting down silver pine trees because they were his private property.
But Reggie prohibited the cutting down of all trees, including boxwood and red gums that were everywhere.
Someone once said that Reggie was the most generous lord and the greediest king in the world. He would give wealth generously to his people, but would keep the resources firmly in his own hands.
Before the purpose of use is determined, Reggie prohibits the use of any resources, especially resources such as wood, which are limited in quantity but have a long growth cycle.
A silver pine with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters takes at least thirty years to grow. However, locals are keen to build houses with silver pine trees because of the hard texture of silver pine. It is said that such houses will never be attacked by insects.
Erosion.
This is a typical waste of resources. If you want a house that is not eaten by insects, cement is definitely the best choice, and it is much cheaper than silver pine.
High-quality wood like silver pine should be used for shipbuilding. Reggie will not use these precious resources until Snowflake Country has the ability to build ships.
Boxwood is also called the poor man's tree. As the name suggests, only the poor will live in wooden houses made of boxwood. In fact, boxwood is an above-average wood, but there is too much wood in Silver Pine City, making boxwood a low-grade material.
As for the red gum tree, it is indeed a bad kind of wood. The wood is very loose. It only takes three years for a red gum tree to grow from seed to ten centimeters in diameter. Naturally, the Silver Pine people will not use this kind of wood to build houses.
They usually use red gum trees as firewood.
But Reggie had another purpose this time. The logging robot used a huge ax to chop down the red gum trees crazily. The chopped wood was put into another machine. This machine has a huge drum. The drum rotates and the tree
The skin was peeled off, revealing the smooth wood.
The smooth wood was cut into thin slices by a cutting machine, and then put into a large pot to start cooking.
The cauldron contained pungent soup, and the hired workers were very nervous. They thought Reggie was refining some kind of evil witch potion.
"I really don't want to do this." Looking at the smoke coming out of the cauldron, Reggie felt a little regretful. "I like the color of the parchment very much, and I also like the smell. Can the Golden Eagle buy it from me?"
With less sheep, they can make the best parchment, and then sell it to me for more than ten times or even dozens of times the price..."
The originally regretful expression turned ferocious. As he spoke, Reggie was already gritting his teeth: "These days are about to end. Wood pulp paper will replace expensive parchment. I must take out a lot of gold coins from the Golden Eagle's pocket.
Take it out!"
The papermaking industry started in Silver Pine City, and cheap red eucalyptus was undoubtedly the best raw material.
But the surprises Reggie brings are far more than that. Many times, Reggie doesn't want to use his knowledge to disrupt the traditions of this world too much, but now he must accumulate more wealth.
"Is the black oil ready?"
"A total of four hundred barrels were shipped here last night," Asharif looked at Reggie nervously, "Sir, are you going to use witchcraft again?"
"Yes, it's a very magical witchcraft. I'm afraid you won't be able to learn it, but there is still hope for your children."
"No offense, but I don't want my child to be a wizard."
"That's such a shame."
Reggie turned to Calaf and said, "Do you understand the equations I wrote for you?"
Calaf scratched his head and said, "Sir, this is a bit complicated. Why can't we write simpler, more standardized, and more beautiful equations? Why do we draw these strange graphics, and they are not logical."
"Why doesn't it make sense?"
"Just like the element carbon, the valence is four or two. This is such a clear thing. Why do you have to write it as a ring?"
Reggie smiled and said: "That's because organic chemistry is more attractive than inorganic chemistry."
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After two nights of explanations, Khalaf finally mastered the basics of organic chemistry and understood Reggie's intentions.
"Sir, what you want to do can be done in Broken Snow City. There are better equipment there. Why do you want to send these black oil to Silver Pine City?"
"Because the labor cost in Shattering Snow City is too high," Reggie looked at Khalaf awkwardly, "Although I don't want to admit it, my money is very tight, our technology is still very rough, and our products cannot reach scale.
If we deduct the high labor costs from the output, we may not be profitable."
Khalaf said worriedly: "I'm worried that the Bayers will leak the secret. We have never built factories in other territories."
"That's a problem we have to face sooner or later," Reggie sighed, "We can't leave all the black smoke from the factory to Shattering Snow City."
Reggie has long planned to move some of his factories out of Xuexicheng. Of course, military-related industries cannot be easily moved, but business and civilian industries can be moved to other territories. The dust from the cement factory has made Reggie very disgusted.
, if combined with the wastewater from paper mills, Xuecheng will sooner or later become a victim of industrial pollution.
Silver Pine City's industry began to take off, and Reggie set his next target in Golden Light City.
The post-war recovery of Golden Light City was slower than that of Silver Pine City. All the territories conquered by Reggie showed a good trend. Even the neglected Camel Island had its population doubled before it was attacked by the Mud Demon.
But Golden Light City is an exception. The situation here is not as good as it was during the rule of the Lion Kingdom.
The outstanding craftsmen were all recruited by Reggie to Shattering Snow City, leaving only some unskilled labor force, earning a meager income from iron ore.
Walking on the dirty streets, Reggie stepped on two cow dung, and he couldn't even find a clean place to clean the soles of his shoes.
Reggie sent steam engines to Jinguang City a long time ago. The speed of ore mining is not slow, but transportation has become the biggest problem. Oxen carts are the absolute main force of transportation, and there are also a large number of mules.
Passing through the city and coming to the mine, the situation here is even worse. Regardless of men, women, or children, they all carry the ore from the mountain to the bullock cart. It takes at least two hours to go up and down. One hundred pounds of ore can be exchanged for three copper coins.
, after working hard for a month, he can only earn more than one silver coin, which is less than the daily income of the workers in Broken Snow City.
Reggie was a little ashamed. Cotai City had nurtured the industrial bud of this era, but he personally killed this bud and turned it into the most primitive source of raw materials.
"Build a smelter here, transport coal from Broken Snow City, and then cut down more trees from Silver Pine City and burn them into charcoal to make iron." Reggie knew that this was not a good idea, but this place must be rekindled.
The hope of industry must also be given to the people of Jinguang City. "Leave the task of manufacturing rails to Jinguang City, and let them make more gadgets for me."