The battle is raging in the front, but in the rear, in the land of Black Hammer Castle, there is another scene full of vitality. The people who fled from Erengrad inadvertently increased the population of the town and prospered Black Hammer Castle. The key is
, the expanded Blackhammer Castle has enough jobs.
When a steady stream of iron ore was mined, Lahem even planned to set up a special blacksmith guild to gather all the blacksmiths in the city and regulate the entire weapon forging industry. Although Kislev's laws stipulated that lords could not
Forging weapons privately, some special lords can forge weapons by themselves and sell them, but the quantity is also under the control and regulations of the Snow Queen. But Laheim doesn't care, the North is far away from the capital, and Blackhammer Castle is far away.
It is located on the northern border, and it is even more far away from the city of Kislev. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Not to mention that the Snow Queen is currently busy dealing with the Erengrad rebellion. Even when she is not busy, she cannot control it that far away.
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Although Kislev has a small population, its territory is very large. It takes a full week to get from the north to the capital city of Kislev. This is still taking the highway all the way. Without encountering harsh weather, if you encounter hail
, snow disasters and other weather conditions, it will take more than a week. A round trip takes half a month... and Black Hammer Castle is at the northernmost point, and it will take at least twenty days to go back and forth to Kislev City non-stop... Such a long distance
, even if the Snow Queen wanted to control it, she couldn't. This is because the lords in the north have basically been in a state of autonomy for many years.
Laheim centralized the blacksmiths, unified management, and uniformly distributed salaries in order to optimize, integrate and standardize the industry. Although the weapons and armor produced were not of high quality, they were more than enough to sell to some low-end mercenaries. Of course, this
Everything must be decided after discussing with Rod's old butler Muros.
Taking advantage of the convenient dock shipping, Blackhammer Castle continues to develop and the city continues to expand. So much so that many houses have been built outside the city wall. Unlike Rhodes, Laheim has no interest in building city walls or protecting civilians.
For him, it was already a luxury and waste for the small northern castle to have a main castle and a peripheral city wall. The idea of building a third city wall had never occurred to him. You must know that the more peripheral the city wall is, the more expensive it will be to build it.
The higher it is, because the mileage of its construction will be much greater than that of the inner circle, and the stone consumption and manpower and material resources required will be twice or even three times that of the inner circle city wall. Unless there are important military locations in the kingdom, otherwise
, few lords were willing to spend money on building a third-level city wall.
As for Laheim, he is a capitalist, and the biggest purpose of a capitalist is to make money. For him, there is no direct benefit from building a city wall, so why do it?
Laheim's biggest purpose was to revitalize the economy of Black Hammer Castle, and he did it. Before Rhodes left, he cleared away the beastmen around Black Hammer Castle.
The threat is no longer there, which allows Lahem to do things boldly, roll up his sleeves and work hard. The residential area like a refugee camp has expanded from the inside of the city to the outside of the city, extending to the riverside dock, and the Dongquan River is close to the dock
The area became a new residential area, while the area within Blackhammer Castle became an old city...
The success of investing in multiple projects made Laheim feel inflated. He imagined the future of Blackhammer Castle, which would develop from a castle into a city. Perhaps one day, it would become a large city like Erlengrad.
City. Although looking at it now, Blackhammer Fort is developing very fast. Ice peppers are planted on a large scale, the profits of deep pit mines are stable, the hunting and logging industries are also booming, and the market has become a real market.
Both visible and shady goods are traded here, and there is even an underground market... The tax revenue alone has doubled. Lahem can get 30% of it, which is already a considerable amount of income.
However, greed forced him to make a bolder move. Like Rhodes, he wanted to recruit partners and let more nobles invest in this land.
However, Muros has become the biggest stumbling block in front of him. The loyal steward does not allow him to do this. This has exceeded the scope of Muros' decision-making, and he must consult the real master of Black Hammer Castle, Rhodes.
"Just like when we opened the market, if we do it again, Black Hammer Castle will receive a steady stream of investment. Although the land here is barren and the climate is cold, the shipping conditions are very superior. It is like...like a mine full of treasures.
And we have only unearthed one-tenth of them!" In the castle office, Laheim pointed to the huge map of the Old Continent and said, "Look, Black Hammer Castle is here, and we have almost the same relationship with Erengrad.
It has the same superior geographical conditions, but Blackhammer Castle is closer to the north. However, its trade value is the same as Erengrad. It is a trade bridge connecting the dwarves and the empire. All goods from the east must be
Leave the port from here and head to the empire and further south. The value of sea lanes is far greater than that of land, you know this!"
Muros remained silent. Of course he knew that shipping by sea does not require a lot of animal power, and the loss is very small. It only requires sea breeze. In addition, the carrying capacity of ships is much greater than that of carriages. The carrying capacity of dozens of carriages may be
It can only catch a medium-sized cargo ship. Regardless of the old or new continent, almost all prosperous and wealthy cities are on the coast or along large rivers.
However, the recruitment of new partners must be approved by Rhodes. Muros expected that it would not be that simple. Laheim now occupies 30% of the assets of Blackhammer Castle. If he invites a few more partners to invest,
, although it can promote the faster development of Black Hammer Castle, the proportion of Rhodes' assets in the entire Black Hammer Castle will further shrink. One day, a few big nobles will occupy more than 70% of the assets of Black Hammer Castle.
, then Rhodes will not have enough say. This is absolutely not allowed to happen.
"Friend, I know what you are saying. I have seen how hard you have worked for this town during this period. But after all, this matter is not mine alone. I must ask Rhodes for instructions. He is the black man.
The true master of Hammerkeep, only if he agrees, can this matter be passed. Sorry, I have to do this. This is my duty."
The old butler Muros sat on the imported sandalwood bench and answered calmly and sadly.
He dipped his quill in ink, took out a brand new piece of parchment, and carefully wrote a few lines on it. It was a letter sent to the northern camp. Rahim was trembling with anger beside him, as if he himself
It's the bird trapped in the cage, unable to spread its wings, and this is directly related to the wealth in his pocket...