After almost a week of renovation, the village was completely changed beyond recognition. The old burned-out bungalows were torn down, and a new three-story house was built on the site.
Open space in the forest is very precious, and not everywhere is suitable for construction. Zhou Qingfeng is not strong enough to develop the virgin forest. In order to conserve land, he requires that the house must be three stories.
Such a building has certain technical requirements and looks very tall in appearance. It is particularly easy to bring a sense of shock and win over people's hearts.
There is so much wood in the Black Forest that construction materials are almost free as long as labor is paid. People are gathering from all over, and the original settlements were demolished and relocated under Zhou Qingfeng's order.
Let’s talk about Harmony Village. Originally, the relocated people were worried about their livelihood. But after arriving in the village and having a hearty meal with meat and vegetables, everyone’s doubts were dispelled and they happily joined the construction team.
The residents of the Black Forest are a bit bad in character, but they are hardworking and hardworking. As long as they are organized well, they can work very efficiently.
Ordinary wooden houses are easy to build, and all villagers are skilled workers after being fed. With enough incentives and agitation, everyone has a strong enthusiasm for building new homes.
Zhou Qingfeng built toilets, dug wells, planned roads, and even included sewers and sewage pipes. For this purpose, he drew many design drawings on clay tablets, trying his best to let everyone understand what the village would look like in the future.
What does it look like?
The old knight Nasser was holding a saw blade made of fine steel in his hand, and he was surprised and delighted. He was familiar with iron weapons and tools, and knew the value of high-quality steel. Now the saw blade in his hand was thin and tough, with a sharp edge.
"Such a good saw blade can never be found in the North."
In a poor place, you can't even find a good blacksmith. Those who are capable will run away, and those who are incompetent will stay. In the world of Faerûn, the South regards the Icefield Mountains as a wilderness, because
There is no powerful force to be found here.
In front of the old knight was a box of saw blades. The villagers assembled these saw blades into saws for processing wood. Just these saw blades cost six or seven silver coins in Cold Wind City. A box of saw blades cost sixty or seventy.
Gold coins.
Among production tools, the saw is a remarkable invention. With it, human beings' ability to process materials has improved by orders of magnitude.
"It's too extravagant. Even a few thousand gold coins won't be enough to do this." Of course the old knight knew the advantages brought by fine tools, but behind them was the amount of money consumed like water. He looked at the plan drawn by Zhou Qingfeng.
...
"You still want to build the tavern?"
"Of course, I want to build a tavern with accommodation and catering functions. This can absorb a large number of people through the service industry and promote employment. For a ghost place like the Black Forest with little production, it can only rely on the service industry to survive."
"Victor, I don't quite understand what you are saying. What kind of service industry? Do you want to make money by building a tavern? Who will come to your place to drink and stay? Only people who can't survive will come to the Black Forest to work hard. This is the case in the entire North
The poorest place in the world.”
The old knight was extremely puzzled by Zhou Qingfeng's plan. He felt that the young leader should lead everyone to cut down more trees, hunt and mine, and use these primary raw materials for foreign trade.
But Zhou Qingfeng did nothing about this, and just focused on rebuilding the village. Now he also wants to build four taverns. Or is it like 'the first phase of the project comes with 20 guest rooms, and the second phase aims to have 50 guest rooms'
Large tavern.
Damn it, are you building so many houses for ghosts to live in?
Is it possible to be so willful when you have money?
Zhou Qingfeng not only built a tavern, he also built a forging yard.
This is not a small blacksmith shop, it is a serious large-scale forging ground. The forging raw materials come from the ore dug in the Iron Ore Valley, and the fuel is the coal found in the Voodoo Swamp. This will be the pillar industry of Harmony Village.
Provide hundreds of jobs.
Thousands of gold coins were invested in this forge alone. A dwarf was specially hired from Cold Wind City to supervise the construction. More than a hundred armed attendants became blacksmiths. The monthly salary of the dwarf was ten gold coins, which attracted many down-and-out hill dwarves.
Come and apply.
Zhou Qingfeng spent real money and silver to hire workers and paid for food and accommodation. People in the entire Black Forest were happy to make a fortune. Even the Cold Wind City outside the Black Forest kept people coming to seek refuge, but the old knight felt that it was such a waste.
Money doesn't last long.
"Hugo, if you waste like this, no matter how much money you have, you will spend it all. Are you just trying to build a new village for the people in the Black Forest, so you made up a random excuse to give everyone benefits?"
The old knight thought hard for several days and almost suspected that Zhou Qingfeng was a saint.
Zhou Qingfeng immediately shook his head, "Free benefits? Are you thinking too much? I am just preparing to attract more foreign tourists and adventurers. Don't worry, I will never lose money. Not only will I not lose money, but I will also
Make a lot of money.”
Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!
If he hadn't seen Zhou Qingfeng's various methods, the old knight would have thought that his leader had gone crazy. But he couldn't see through the purpose of these methods, so he could only ask the princess to come and persuade him.
At nightfall, Zhou Qingfeng was busy lighting candles. Inisa knocked on his door, sat directly in front of him, and asked: "Victor, what are you doing?"
"I'm reading a book, "Small Ironmaking Furnace Manual", "Simple Forging Equipment". These are technical books, and I plan to learn them. But to be honest, I don't understand them very well. I wonder if I should
Let’s read a monograph on metallurgy first.”
Inisa didn't seem to be listening to Zhou Qingfeng's words. She asked casually: "Where did you get so many high-quality tools? I also saw that you gave Lao Borg a lot of medicine. Everyone in the village praised him and said that the effect was very good after using it.
good.
I noticed that the mood of the people in the village has improved greatly. Rubio told me that in the past, the untouchables at the bottom of the society could easily die from a minor illness, such as diarrhea, but now this situation has almost disappeared.
I have never come into contact with the lower class people in the Principality of Os in the past, but Knight Naser knows it very well. He said that tenants often died of illness in his manor. If this situation could be improved, every noble would be very happy.
happy."
"Do you know about plane stones?"
"You know, my father once had one, which he bought from a legendary wizard for tens of thousands of gold coins. It is connected to the shadow world, and my father often uses it to summon shadow creatures to help in battles."
Her Highness the Princess is no stranger to multiple planes, so Zhou Qingfeng could easily explain, "I also have a way to connect to other planes."
Inisa thought for a while and felt that it was not strange for Zhou Qingfeng to have a plane stone. It was strange that he didn't. But that's not what Her Royal Highness wanted to ask...
"You are spending so much money to build a house and build a village. Are you really not worried about losing money?"
Zhou Qingfeng knew what Her Royal Highness was worried about, "I recently arranged labor to clear the road leading to Cold Wind City, you know that, right?"
Inisa nodded.
"I'm still building a carriage and plan to open a convenient transportation to Cold Wind City every day. You know that, right?"
Inisa nodded anyway.
"How many adventurers are there in the entire Northland?"
Northland is a broad concept, of which Black Forest and Coldwind City are only parts. This region has a small population and a backward economy, but the proportion of adventurers is extremely high.
Everyone is extremely poor, so there are a lot of people working hard. Inisa thought about it and could only give a rough figure, "About twenty to thirty thousand, maybe more."
"Do you think these people would be interested in elven ruins?"
"Of course, Silverleaf City in the Black Forest is so famous. Who doesn't want to come and make a fortune?"
Zhou Qingfeng laughed and said: "There is a place called California that was once rich in gold, attracting countless gold diggers to try their luck. A few people made a fortune, but most people lost everything. Because gold is not that easy to find.
of.
But there is one kind of person who makes a lot of money, that is, the businessmen who serve the gold diggers. The elven ruins in the Black Forest are such a big gold mine. But mining gold mines is dangerous and hard, so why do we have to dig for gold? Unless there is a piece of gold.
Big gold appears."
Zhou Qingfeng's smile was like the light in the dark night, which made Inisha relax. The anxiety of the past few days instantly melted away, and her breathing became lighter. She asked: "You..., you didn't want to monopolize the elf ruins."
, are you still willing to open it up?"
Zhou Qingfeng looked gloomy, "I actually want those adventurers to develop the Black Forest for me."