"Chapter 321: Economic Development"
My sister and I had a great time together, and it took our relationship to another level. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info When I first came back, my sister's worried eyes and warm embrace made me believe that there was absolutely nothing wrong with my return. Because only when I leave the battlefield and return to this place can I stay with my sister like this, like a real couple. It is precisely because of this that I did not run out of supplies and city resources during the war, and was able to return to the Tibetan Soldier City and care about the city's economy again.
Everything in the tribal city needs money, it takes money to build buildings, it takes money to upgrade buildings, and it takes a lot of money to maintain buildings on a daily basis. The construction of the Tibetan Soldier City is not too much, but the tax revenue at this time is already a little beyond its means. Even if our army does not need salaries, logistical pressures have always constrained the development of our cities. In the previous winter, our agriculture was fallow until spring.
This time I brought back a lot of gold coins, and I'm not going to smash all the gold coins on the military and make a big army again. In that case, we will soon start another war because of logistics, and then we will be caught in the vicious cycle of what is known as "war for war". We may be able to gain a lot of wealth and territory, but our rear construction is still very insufficient, and if we get into a state of anxiety or are defeated by the other side, then we ourselves will collapse because of logistics.
So I started to pay more attention to agricultural construction and commercial construction, spending a lot of gold on farms and roads. The so-called agricultural areas of our city are now engaged in the production of basic food such as wheat and other basic food crops into the production of vegetables and some other more economic crops, while the basic food crops have been transferred outside the city. There, our Legion Farms have been connected into a large area, and fifteen Legion Farms are all growing basic crops such as wheat and rice, because of the convenience of the system, we can ignore the best time to grow these crops, as long as it is properly fallowed, except for the cold winter, our crops can be planted continuously, so as to ensure that our food output can feed our huge army and the inhabitants of the city.
On the other five Legion farms, we planted tobacco and cotton, and on the more expensive but more efficient lands in the city, there was no shortage of these cash crops.
I attach great importance to these two crops, because they are directly related to our future economic development.
The holy water trade made us a lot of money, and the cost was equal to nothing, and it seemed to be the most cost-effective deal. It is true that the holy water trade is very good, but it does not suit the size and development of our current territory. For those small cities and even forces, the output of holy water collectors is considered very high, as long as the holy water is properly exported to the outside and the price of holy water is kept stable, then wealth will continue to pour in. But for our current size, the speed at which the holy water collector collects holy water seems to be a bit slow, and even the holy water collected in times of war may not be enough for our own use, let alone export and sell it.
In addition, we have discovered that the kingdom also uses a lot of holy water when we fought with the kingdom before, and this life-saving thing not only saved our lives, but also strengthened the enemy's combat effectiveness. Now we are still restricted by the kingdom, and the trade direction of the holy water has to pass through or approach the control of the kingdom, and the Subic kingdom also accounts for more than half of the market for the holy water sold, so it is obviously unrealistic not to sell it or sell it to others. So although holy water is an excellent commodity, it has a lot of problems, so it's okay to generate income, but you can't just count on this way, otherwise there will definitely be problems, very serious problems.
The economic value of tobacco and cotton was immediately apparent, as they did not have as many restrictions as the holy water trade and were a great source of money. We had sent a batch of tobacco out, and we had hurried up to work on some fine pipes, which were given to the wealthy and bureaucrats in the neighborhood, and even to the circles of the Southern Noble Alliance and the Subic aristocracy. At first, most people are not very comfortable with the feeling of tobacco, but they have a strong curiosity about tobacco. Although tobacco is not as effective as those of local drugs, it is also significantly less harmful to the human body. So when those nobles were choked on tobacco and were reluctant to smoke again, the narcotic effect of nicotine would always attract them when they were tired from work. And our pipes are also very effective, because of these pipes, many people who don't want to smoke want to try it because of the beautiful pipes...... In short, in a week's time, we got orders for hundreds of pounds of tobacco, although it is not a lot, but it shows that smokers have begun to appear on this road, and perhaps smokers. It's not good for health, but we're going to make a lot of money anyway, because the price we set for tobacco is not low, a pound of good tobacco costs five gold coins. It sounds expensive, but if you think about the price of cigarettes on the planet, and the fact that other tobacco alternatives on the continent are hurtful and more expensive, then these locals will think that our prices are already very good.
As for cotton, it is more of a necessity level, although there is no special workshop to produce clothes, but the whole package of high-quality cotton I bought from the store is sold at the same price as the original price, (considering Mane and the black system, you will find how difficult it is to sell the original price, which is more than three times the cost of normal cotton) For these cottons, the local people process them in a much more way than us, they do not make whole cotton clothes like our tailors, but mix them with other fabrics for processing, Costs are reduced and they sell quickly. Therefore, businessmen who are interested in cotton have rushed to express their desire for our cotton.
Even if it was tobacco and cotton, it would take more than a month for the Legion Farm to produce a wave, so we probably set a date for a large number of shipments, and then the small quantities from the store continued to attract merchants from all over the world. In just over two or three days, news of our undead in Anker has been brought in, news of our goods has been circulating in Subic, and there are already merchants who are planning to come and see the situation by means of smuggling.
I have already imagined the scene of gold coins piling up, and I know that soon our economy will improve, and I can rest assured that we can build towns, climb technology trees, and the problem of logistics and supply will be solved at that time, and then we will have the real initiative and can do whatever we want.