Chapter 21: Spam Hell and "Prosperity"
A canning factory was soon set up outside of Lane, which belonged to the Issinger Food Manufacturing Company, the current Spam canning line, and the future town of Spam. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As a new type of food, Spam luncheon meat was not accepted at first, but after the Warthog Legion outside the city replaced the general's pay with meat stuffing, it was a short time for the merchants to agree to barter it.
That's right, barter! Aroon is still in a state of chaos, there are many forces that have thrown themselves under the Lily banner, and there are also many bandits to be eliminated, and there is no extra money to pay for (money can't buy things) so they rely on Spam to trade.
The Elamites had been starving for a long time, but with Spam everything was not terrible, and according to the ingredient list printed on it by Lorraine, the brick-shaped luncheon meat had improved a lot, and the whole piece of meat remained a beautiful pink color, and one jar was enough to meet the needs of an intelligent life being.
I mean, to meet the needs of the Elamites, elves, and ordinary humans, not counting subspecies, orcs, and dwarves, everyone knows that these races are all rice buckets.
In any case, at least the issue of military rations and salaries is solved, now......
"Come, come, come! Let's take a look, the newly opened Kenda Chicken New World Main Store is guaranteed to let you enjoy the ultimate fried food! ”
"Mom, I want to eat chicken wings......"
"Hey, uncle, don't go, the Wizard of Oz has just opened, and the discount is huge, all of them are 90% off, if you bring a friend to you, you will be given 8% off!"
"So good! Let's go! ”
"Blood and thunder! The beauty of strength is the best! Xiongfeng Bar is officially open! ”
"Roar, roar, roar!"
Well, ignoring this muscular carnival bar, Lorraine carefully accompanies Josephine to inspect the city of Lane.
Her Royal Highness was very pleased with the rapid prosperity of the city under her rule, especially after receiving the first month's tax payment, and was even more enthusiastic to let Lorraine take her to investigate.
"Great! I didn't expect you to have such a high talent in governance, Lorraine! Josephine looked genuinely very happy, and of course Lorraine was very happy, if she didn't ask.
"That Ken Beat Chicken seems to have been driven by you in El Calloon, and it seems that there is something else here besides chicken?"
"Yes, in order to match the Spam canned food in the Issinger factory, half of the current food is chicken, and the rest are Spam luncheon meat, such as Spam pie, Spam sandwich, Spam barbecue set, Spam stew, Spam starry sky pie, which greatly enriches the diet of city residents and allows caravans around the country to have a good meal."
"Very well, our finances have finally improved a little, half of Aroon is in our hands, those mobile caravans are also starting to move, and there is hope for our business taxes! Also, can you explain that over there? ”
Lorraine wiped the sweat from her forehead, Josephine was referring to the Wizard of Oz and the Bar of the Majestic Wind, where scantily clad women and men showed off their bodies in the sun, feminine and majestic to attract countless people, and then vomited.
In fact, these two places were run by big businessmen and veterans on the surface, and there was the shadow of Lorraine behind them, so as to protect them from being swept directly into prison by Josephine.
"This ...... Actually, it's like this......" whispered to Josephine, which immediately made Her Royal Highness the princess blush, but she didn't expect her boyfriend to be the mastermind behind the brothel and the men's bar, "You are really ...... How many shares are there? ”
"They all gave me 20%, and when the time comes, it should be good to use it as our private treasury to subsidize it, right?" Josephine nodded, and agreed, "But you must not go, understand!" ”
"No problem." Can't go to Lorraine to Josephine, no matter how beautiful the little beauty is, will the princess come to the excitement?
"Very well, let's go try Spam then."
Please don't go, I'd better be a monk! Help, Spam is a hellish flesh!!
After an adventure that can be called hell Spam, well, just eating a whole plate of Spam Looking Up at the Stars, Lorraine's stomach is very uncomfortable, and finally sends off the princess and his party who have come to inspect.
Her staff and entourage were very interested in Spam, and placed a large order of 100,000 cans at the factory in Lorraine, and there were countless small orders from the people.
Feeling the call of money and the thrill of career development, Lorraine decided to train his troops more carefully, and by the way, stuffed more prisoners into the Issinger factory to work as free labor.
With enough food, there will be a steady stream of displaced people, and of course there will never be a shortage of job opportunities, and they can quickly become reliable low-level workers or be absorbed into the army.
For example, the greedy gnolls, these subspecies eat everything, have existed as garbage cleaners in various cities and residential areas for many years, and many gnolls have joined the warthog army and become veritable cannon fodder.
Lorraine's training for them is constant physical drills, melee attacks, throwing grenades and flying props, and playing the effect of salted fish spurts as the first line of troops in battle, anyway, morale is very low, just charge.
In return, of course, there are countless cans of Spam, a high-calorie, high-fat commodity that has almost taken the place of other foods, and according to the Gnolls, this thing is the best choice when there are no humanoids to eat.
As a capitalist in the Age of Magic, Lorraine understands the importance of cost and customer demand, and hands over all the waste that no one buys and is lazy to dispose of, where canned Spam is half the price of normal products, but it is a favorite of subhuman creatures! Of course, no one else is eligible to buy this special amount of pet food unless you ask the gnolls to help.
For Lorraine's approach, Carl and Engels Jr., who knew the inside story, were very angry, "You are killing the precious power of the proletariat, and you are also killing intelligent creatures!" Do you know what you're doing, Lorraine!? ”
"Of course." Pushing the non-existent glasses, which made Lorraine look unfathomable, "Then what do you think I should do?" Although there are many job opportunities here, they are not unlimited, and it is impossible for the army to recruit people indefinitely if it wants to maintain its combat effectiveness, so you don't know the consequences of wandering around the homeless, right? "Lorraine's problem is an unsolvable existence, at least now Carl and Engels Jr. can't think of it.
"So I provided jobs, fed them, and drove these people to the battlefield in search of honor and wealth, as for the intelligent creatures you mentioned, what value does the lazy captives have to have, it is better to feed the gnolls, this is the way it is in this day and age."
Little Carl was speechless, his theory was not yet perfect, and he didn't know where to refute these fallacies, "But you really shouldn't do that, Lorraine. Engels looked at Lorraine sincerely, "Economic development doesn't need to be like this, you are ......"
"I'm here for everyone, so you don't have to say anything."
In the end, the three of them parted, and the revelry belonging to Spam continued, but the rift had already appeared in the friendship between friends. (To be continued.) )