"Chapter 267: A New Channel for Money"
I have to say that the benefits of this base camp upgrade are really beyond my imagination. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The Info mine is larger and uses more advanced equipment, even large machinery (provided by Fang Zi) that uses bio-oil for energy, and more efficient furnaces. This not only greatly improves our mining efficiency, but also improves the quality of the steel and other metals we produce. And with those small amounts of silver, we have also begun to smelt some simple silver dollars, which are the same amount as the coinage issued by the Subic Kingdom (which is also used within the Alliance), which is real money, so that we can increase some of the minting income.
The large-scale upgrade of private houses has also brought a lot of regular shops, and the upgrade of the base camp has also allowed us to have a lot of talents who are proficient in the internal affairs of the town. We have a relatively complete commercial law, which not only curbs the bad behavior of the goblin profiteers in the city, but also brings us a large amount of commercial taxes, although the amount of taxes is not very much compared to the total amount of funds we have now, but it can solve the natural consumption of the Tibetan soldiers in the city, and we don't need to put money in the city anymore.
Of course, for me, one of the best things that this base camp upgrade has brought to the table is the rice in the farm hut, and when the weather warms up, we can plant the rice as long as we find a suitable place. When I think about white rice, I drool a little. I haven't tasted rice for more than half a year, and it happens to be one of the most important staples on the table before we crossed, missing it, and losing some flavor in the delicious side dishes. Suffice it to say, this is arguably the best gift I've ever received since I crossed over. For me, this alone is worth 100,000 gold coins!
Of course, for the economy and development of the city, the role of rice is not obvious, inexplicably there is basically no place to produce rice in the mainland, only the Holy See in the south has some similar crops, so they have no impression of rice, even if they get it from other places, it is fried as a reserve grain, and they naturally have no good impression of rice. Although the tribal people also grow rice in some places, they don't pay attention to it, so in addition to my personal significance, rice is not as big as the potatoes that were unlocked before, after all, it is a relief food in times of famine.
But the farm hut has brought us two economically productive crops: cotton and tobacco, two cash crops. Needless to say, the importance of cotton, although not many people have noticed the utility of cotton in the inexplicable continent, but in the Tianhua Empire of the Eastern Continent, cotton has become an important material related to national life. But this is not because the inexplicable mainlanders can't find the value of cotton, and their poor people look at the warm cotton clothes of the Orientals and envy them. However, the cotton varieties on the main roads are generally poor, and because of the conquest of the Holy See thousands of years ago, the few cotton producing areas of acceptable quality have suffered a devastating blow. In order to completely wipe out the fortresses and cities of the Dark Church, they used powerful weapons of holy light, destroying the enemy and destroying the best cotton plants on the continent, and the cotton industry on the continent has been in ruins. The import of foreign varieties is also strictly restricted, and it is difficult to adapt to the environment of most parts of the mainland, so it has led to the helplessness of the mainland for the cotton industry.
However, the cotton seedlings provided by the system will naturally not have this problem, as long as they are planted well, we can quickly win the cotton market in the eastern part of the mainland. You must know that for ordinary people who are not strong enough, cotton clothes are not only warm, but also much cheaper than animal skins, which is the best choice for winter. And Fang Zi hasn't noticed this yet, I can find her to work together.
As for tobacco, this thing is a pure cash crop, and it has always been a big tax collector on the earth, and it is also a very profitable industry. I've long found out that although no one smokes in these areas in the eastern part of the continent, there are many people who smoke similar drugs, such as those things in Grandel, which are harmful to professionals, let alone ordinary people. I think if we launch cigarette products, they will be popular over time, and the market in this area is also very large.
As for the negative effects of nicotine, I also hate the appearance of those who are addicted to cigarettes. I don't smoke because I have a bad respiratory tract, so I'm also very annoyed by other people smoking. But in the face of the huge profits of tobacco, I can't care about these things. After all, what capitalist would stop selling cigarettes because of such a negative effect? Who doesn't know that smoking is bad for health, but in the face of profits, it's all a floating cloud.
I started to make a new plan, I plan to build a commercial kingdom, use our products to knock on the market of these surrounding forces, and transport the whole car of gold coins to the Tibetan Soldier City. However, this plan has not yet been implemented, after all, it is not yet winter, crops cannot grow, and we do not have enough raw materials for production. And even if we have raw materials, we need to set up workshops to process them.
What we can do now is advertise and sell our products. For this reason, I bought a batch of tribal cigarettes from the store at a high price, and sent them to the rulers of the kingdom and other powers, large and small, to try them out for free. I found two more Christmas workers and asked them to design suitable cotton clothes, and in order to make the design reasonable, I sent people to specifically understand the requirements and style requirements of the people of the Union and the surrounding areas for relics, and designed the finished products as best as possible, and then sold them at different price levels. We haven't even planted the seeds yet, but we've already started to look at the time of sale. Otherwise, if you drag it out like this, when the product really comes out, it will be unsalable for a short time, and the spread speed will be very slow, which is not a good way to make money.
However, planning is planning, reality is reality, and it is unlikely that we will achieve this goal in a short period of time. This is mainly due to the fact that after the beginning of spring, our troops will begin to expand on a large scale, and a major war with the kingdom is inevitable. At that time, the war will burn, many urban areas will suffer, and the homes and livelihoods of ordinary people will be gone, and even if our products are good, they will lose their purchasing power. Moreover, the importance of this war to us is far greater than the achievements of trade, and at that point we may not be able to care about these plans.
For us, the next war is the most critical. Although these methods can make us a lot of profits, we have to let go when it comes to critical moments.