After about three weeks of screening, the Wei Palace finally settled on a list of 20 apprentices, of which about half of them were on the list recommended by the magnates of the Thirteen Kingdoms, and most of the rest were from noble backgrounds.

The other is the chief military advisor named Liang Mingfeng.

Liang Mingfeng proposed two things to the Wei Palace: one was to use the money to buy a large amount of land, especially some prime locations for sword casting, such as places closer to lakes, seas, and rivers.

Building a swordsmith's workshop is much more expensive than buying a piece of land.

In this era, because the population has not yet developed, the demand for land is not so high, so the price of land is relatively cheap.

The acquisition of land will bring several benefits, one is that the land is cheap, you can buy it and then rent it out, the land of any era will always have its value, the capital society is also from the enclosure movement, the land will definitely increase in value in the future, and in these prime areas can build other high-rise industries, used to raise the price of land, which is also a profitable thing.

Liang Mingfeng's second suggestion to Wei Gong is to join the system, in the name of [Wei's Sword Casting Group], gather more people, as long as someone is willing to join, Wei Gong can provide a part of the sword casting formula, they are restricted by the terms, will be leased from Wei Gong, and only he can lease, after joining, it is also equivalent to becoming a part of Wei Sword Casting Group, and part of the income will be handed over to Wei Gong, and the rest is the individual income of joining.

Land, this is the greatest value creation, and then control, complete control of the franchisee, can not meet the quality standards, Wei Gong will stop the lease.

This will bring two benefits to Emiya, a stable upfront income stream, and Emiya will have an income before the first sword is sold

Greater capital expansion will further promote the shortage of land, which in turn will further stimulate expansion, and so on, the snowball will roll bigger and bigger, and within three years, the dream of becoming rich and rivaling the country will be realized.

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"No matter how you look at it, this Liang Mingfeng's proposal is very similar to the style of McDonald's back then, and is it really good for you to accelerate the expansion of capital like this, if it threatens the imperial rule of the thirteen countries at that time." Cui Xiaoxiao heard about the matter of the Wei Palace, and frowned.

Although she doesn't know much about politics, she has learned some in high school textbooks, and she immediately understands it as soon as she hears Emiya's explanation.

"You don't have to worry about this, you don't know that those people are sad about the waste of land and no one wants it, I will buy it, those ignorant landlords in power don't know how happy they want to be, as long as we have a good grasp of proportion, there should be no big problem if it does not involve the fundamental interests of the royal family."

Cui Xiaoxiao's doubts about Wei Gong also existed, so when he discussed it with Liang Mingfeng, he also asked the same question, but Liang Mingfeng used what Wei Gong said just now to dispel his doubts.

Cui Xiaoxiao could only shake her head when she heard Wei Gong say this, she herself was not very interested in business and politics, anyway, Wei Gong could make money by herself.

Most importantly, don't delay their plans to develop a starship.

Thinking of this, Cui Xiaoxiao raised a pair of big eyes and looked at Wei Gong, "By the way, after your sword-casting in Yunmenggang is completed, a large power station should be built, right?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"If there are not many problems with the power system, I think it's almost time to develop a microcontroller, I'll draw you some drawings later, and you can help me make something."

It was the first time that Wei Gong heard Cui Xiaoxiao take the initiative to ask for something, and he had not had time to ask her for help before, which was really overjoyed.

"Okay, remember to tell me what you need, and explain the principle clearly."

He hurriedly agreed, Wei Gong knew what a microcontroller meant, which was equivalent to a miniature computer.

It has certain programming functions, such as the intelligent system in the intelligent washing machine, as well as the adjustment system of the intelligent air conditioner, including the operating system required for the operation of the elevator is based on the single-chip microcomputer.

As long as the functions are more and more perfect and more powerful, it is equivalent to opening a road of artificial intelligence.

In other words, it won't be long before Cui Xiaoxiao will create an artificial intelligence that surpasses the Weigong era through these things he made.

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In fact, when the Wei Palace implemented the land acquisition plan, it was far easier than they imagined, just like the composition of every feudal society, the land was in the hands of the landlords, and more than half of the land in each country was not in the hands of the royal family, through the division and sale, it had long since fallen into the hands of large and small landlords, and to some extent, the territory of a country was fragmented.

What Wei Gong needs to do is to buy these small pieces one by one, and then put them together to complete his strategic deployment.

Many of the landowners, who were short-sighted people who liked to work hard, immediately agreed when they heard that the palace was willing to make a bid.

On the one hand, renting out their land to farmers for planting or mineral development is a time-consuming, laborious and low-income industry, and the price paid by the Weigong is more than ten times higher than the rent they receive.

On the other hand, some small landowners were forced to sell their land in order to make ends meet due to poor management, so Emiya was always able to receive cheaper land that met his needs.

Under Liang Mingfeng's management, in just two months, Weigong purchased more than 300,000 square kilometers of land in the thirteen countries.

It's just that at the same time, the negative effect is that while expanding rapidly, Wei Gong's monthly income is also fully invested, and the funds that can be liquidated are less than 10 million.

In the third month, Wei Gong's swordsmithing shops in Yunmenggang and Xuanyun City were also successfully opened, and the twenty apprentices came in handy at this time, and they were placed in three separate shops.

Two branches, this one from Yunmenggang was handed over to the new apprentice Li Shangyu, because he is a native of the Mengjian Kingdom, and he also has a certain understanding, the Wei Palace in Xuanyun City let Xin Lang take over, he was originally a native of the Heavenly Sword Country, and he was familiar with the situation there, and Xin Lang did things more decently and comprehensively, and the Wei Palace was a hundred at ease with him.

At the same time, the construction of a tidal power station outside Yunmeng Harbor has also begun, which Emiya proposed to Kenrin Sakura.

After the completion of the power station, it can provide a strong and stable power system, which can become the driving force for the development of science and technology in the future.

Although Ken Rin Sakura wasn't very interested in what he was talking about, such as electric lights, computers, automatic washing machines, air conditioners, etc., and didn't understand what Emiya was talking about, there was one thing that prompted her to agree to the plan-

Emiya will provide her with the construction of a maritime radar, and the operation of the radar itself requires a lot of electricity.

Kenrin Sakura had seen the radar sword forged by Emiya before, and she thought it was worth it in order to consolidate her defense.

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