The exchange actually uses territory inventory and territory funds. For example, the current basic working capital of Ajaccio City is 1,000 gold. The book funds that Yun Xiaohan can mobilize are the balance funds that exceed 1,000 gold. Once the territory funds fall below 1,000 gold,
If there is no money, he can only put money in it but cannot withdraw money.
Players usually buy and sell goods when doing sea trade. The products produced in the territory are bought by players and sold to other cities. The products sold by players to the exchange will be bought by NPCs in the territory. They enter and leave the exchange.
In order to continue to operate. If the territory's funds are insufficient, the exchange will be unable to purchase various materials and will be shut down. Yun Xiaohan can only use his own money to make up for the gap so that the exchange can continue to operate.
Take food as an example. If the exchange cannot buy food, as time goes by, the price of food purchased on the exchange will automatically rise. People in the territory will go hungry if they cannot afford food. Then the people's happiness index will increase.
It will decrease, and when it reaches a certain level, it will leave the original territory and migrate to other territories.
It would be even worse if there is no money in the territory's books and the exchange stops functioning. If there is no supplies, the people will be very angry. At that time, they will not just leave the territory, but will directly riot, destroy the buildings in the territory, and even
It is to drive out the lord.
Players also have to earn a price difference for the food they trade. The price of food is definitely not as low as when Balgruuf imported it at a low price. However, players transport food by sea, which is much more convenient than land transportation. The freight is naturally much lower, so
It is definitely more cost-effective for players to sell food to them than for Yun Xiaohan to go to Balgruuf to buy food now.
The third way is to purchase grain from the Duchy of Sardinia. Yun Xiaohan is Liya's vassal, and Ivas City has joined the Duchy of Sardinia system. Yun Xiaohan can ask Liya to import grain.
Yun Xiaohan used the mysterious sapphire to ask Liya, and Liya's answer made him a little disappointed.
This is not because Liya is unwilling to sell food to Ivas City at a low price, but because Sardinia does not have much surplus food to sell.
Although Sardinia's grain output is not particularly high, it can be considered above average, and there is still a lot of arable land. However, Sardinia has not experienced any war for decades. Under the governance of the old Duke of Sardinia, it has
The population of Sardinia has increased significantly, which was originally a good thing, but the food supply seems to be a bit tight.
It is true that the land and climate of Sili Island are the most suitable for farming, and the grain yield is very high. However, it is too chaotic there, and the residents of the island cannot engage in food production with peace of mind. The actual food output is far lower than the normal level. Sili Island is not in Li Island.
It is under the control of Ya, so the food of Sili Island cannot be counted on.
However, Liya is still willing to squeeze out some food to supply Ivas City.
But in order to appease people's hearts, Liya had given many benefits to the lords of Sardinia, such as tax reduction within six months or one year. In addition, she also wanted to further develop the territory and expand armaments.
, for example, the Sea Lion Legion that is being expanded and the elite legion that will be equipped with mica equipment require a lot of funds, so Liya's money is also very tight. This is due to the fact that she proposed to owe Yun Xiaohan the mica purchase fee.
You can see it.
Under such circumstances, even if Liya is willing to squeeze out some food to supply Ivas City, it is impossible for her to supply it at a low price like Balgruuf did before Ivas City changed hands.
However, although the selling price of food is slightly higher, because sea transportation is cheaper than land transportation, the actual cost of transporting food is only slightly higher than the cost of supplying food to Balgruuf, which is still relatively affordable. Compared with players transporting food to sell it
, the selling price of the food supplied by Liya is also lower.
Therefore, among the three ways, it is undoubtedly the most economical to ask Liya to supply food.
It is a pity that the food that Liya can supply is less. Even if it is just to meet the needs of the original population of Ivas City, it is slightly insufficient. The migrant population also consumes a lot of food, so the gap is very large.
Therefore, Yun Xiaohan had no choice but to adopt a two-pronged approach, not only purchasing food from Liya, but also asking players in his territory to sell food to Ivas City.
The mobilization of this player is very simple. Because Ivas City cannot cultivate and raise livestock, the base price of agricultural products and meat (excluding fish) is already very high. Coupled with the shortage, the price will rise further. For Corsica,
For players in the Viscounty, buying grain from other areas and selling it to Ivas City is a very profitable thing in itself.
Players in the Viscounty of Corsica can purchase grain from the cities of Ajaccio and Bastia, as well as from Sardinia and the Snowman region.
However, the cities of Ajaccio, Bastia and Sardinia do not have much surplus grain, so the purchase price of grain will be relatively high, and as players continue to purchase, the purchase price of grain will get higher and higher.
The price will soar even more in the future. (If you buy too much food and the reserve drops too much, the supply will be tight in places where there is no shortage of food, and the exchange will automatically stop selling shortage materials)
It is most profitable for players to buy grain in the Snowman region and sell it in Ivas City, but there are only a few port cities in the Snowman region, and there is often less cultivated land in the coastal areas, so players in the Viscounty of Corsica want to buy at low prices.
To obtain food, you still have to go deep into the Snowman region to land towns to buy food after docking, and then use horse-drawn carriages to bring the food back to the port. However, this will significantly increase transportation costs and time, so players still need to make their own decisions.
and calculate costs and benefits.
If the two-pronged approach still fails to ensure sufficient food supply, Yun Xiaohan is also mentally prepared to buy Balgruuf's black-hearted food. However, it will be very expensive, so it is better not to buy it if possible.
If you don’t buy black-hearted food at all, your expenses will be reduced a lot, especially the 40 gold spent by immigrants. After all, the residents of Ivas City still have to spend money to buy food. Yun Xiaohan just stabilized the food price to let them buy it.
The cost of entry and exit is acceptable, but the food for immigrants is provided free of charge before they go to work, so even if the number of immigrants per day is only 2,000, the money spent is more than that of a territory with a population of more than 10,000
a lot of.
Yun Xiaohan roughly calculated that if a two-pronged approach could meet the supply, his daily expenditure would be reduced from 63 gold to about 45 gold, a drop of more than 1/4.
In addition, there is good news. In order to make up for the loss of Balgruuf's low-price supply of food, the ore originally produced in Ivas City was sold to Balgruuf at a low price, but now Yun Xiaohan is the city leader.
, there is no need to sell minerals at low prices. Players and NPCs can buy minerals from Ivas City and sell them elsewhere, so there should be some additional income, but this income will definitely not be able to keep up with the expenditure on food.