Section 164: Observations (2)
As soon as Marin entered the southern part of the city, there was news from the police system that the warehouse was selling moonshine, and the police commandos rushed into the scene and seized at least 20 liters of alcohol, and at least 20 gallons of distilled food and moonshine products were found in the underground warehouse.
At the same time, more than a dozen moonshine merchants who were being purchased were also arrested, which can be regarded as a rare moonshine case in Fort Carter in 30 years, and the police are preparing the corresponding bounty considering Marin's identity, and at the same time activate the witness protection mechanism - such a big case is enough to make the culprit behind the scenes angry.
"I think we should get a liquor license." Marin turned his head to look at Cross: "Those staff who perform well in their daily work and perform well in their group can get a wine ticket every month in exchange for a liter of alcohol, which they can use for themselves or sell to their co-workers, I believe this is a small reward that can increase the motivation of the staff." β
"Marin, your idea is great, I'm thinking now, the god of business should cry without you." Although Cross knows nothing about business, as a mage, there is no way to move forward on the journey of arcane psionic abilities if she does not show enough curiosity about how to make money.
Well, speaking of the gods of commerce, their aco-priests refused our invitation because their quota was too small, and I heard that they have now been exiled to a certain village by His Excellency the Bishop.
Now the bishop comes to Marin every day, vowing to take a big spoonful in the next cup of soup.
"Maybe we can cooperate with them, after all, the Church of the God of Business can also issue a liquor license, and with this liquor license for brewing sacrificial wine, it will be easier for us to go to the city hall to apply for a liquor license." Although with Marin's current size, it is possible to put the Church of the God of Commerce aside, but the previous cooperation with the Church of the God of Commerce has been very pleasant, although in Parol City finally burned down the Church of the God of Commerce tainted by evil, but the God of Commerce made it clear that this fire is well set - anyone who can purify the desecrated temple in place of the gods is naturally welcomed by the gods.
Marin was still talking here, and he saw that the caravan of the god of commerce was preparing to depart, and the priest was sitting on his horse, looking haggard.
Seeing Marin, he didn't seem to be angry, but dismounted, walked up to Marin and gave a soft face: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry, it's me who underestimated your business." β
"It's alright, Mr. Priest, we had a very pleasant cooperation before, didn't we, don't worry, if I have time recently, I will help you and the bishop have a few kind words." Marin patted his arm.
To tell the truth, this assistant priest is a young man, he and Marin have worked together happily in the previous series of cooperation, the last time he heard that there were so many partners and chose to give up, in Marin's opinion, there is nothing, but His Excellency the Bishop thinks that he has lost an opportunity to befriend Marin, for which Marin feels that it is his responsibility to help him out of the sea of suffering.
"By the way, where are you going?" Marin asked, looking at the caravan.
"We went to the Emerald Plateau in the northwest, where the highlander villages produced a lot of leather and medicinal herbs, and we brought salt, tea and ironware."
"Hmm...... Show you a good thing. Marin said as he pulled out a canned vegetable and a canned meat from his own space bag: "No need to use a dagger. Watching the priest pull out the dagger, Marin taught him to pull the tab on the lid of the box, and easily pulled the lid open.
The assistant priest saw the vegetables and meat, and his expression was very exciting: "If you want meat, the highlanders are not lacking, but vegetables are good things......" He took out a little vegetable and put it in his mouth: "The taste is on the heavy side, but they lack salt, this is not a problem, Mr. Marin, you are really the most interested businessman I have ever met, I want to represent your canned vegetables." β
"No problem, but we can't mass produce it yet, you go to the Sheringham family when you go out of town, here's my order, you take it to the housekeeper, he will open the warehouse, we made some cans before, and put it all there." Marin took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote a list: "Mr. Priest, happy cooperation." β
"Thank you, Mr. Marin, and may our cooperation be eternal."
"Eternity, good work, Mr. Priest, I look forward to the day when you return."
Sending this one away, Marin smiled and turned his head to look at Cross, who smiled and pursed his mouth, "Why did you help him." β
"Proper kindness to the harmless can make oneself one less enemy." Of course, Marin would not say that he had just confirmed the camp of this assistant priest, although he was degraded, he was still very pure blue, such a trustworthy person should not be buried in the caravan.
"Hmm...... That's right, the people of southern Thailand always say, one more friend, one more road. Cross said as she walked over to Marin, "Where are we going now?" β
"Let's go home, there are no more canned vegetable samples that I was going to do business with the god of the sea, so let's come back to them after the factory is set up and produces new samples." Marin and the Church of the God of the Sea don't talk much about it, after all, you can't expect a landlubber who is not good at water to be close to the sea.
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When he got home, Marin got busyβvery busy.
The food processing factory was soon selected in the open space near the Sheringham family, and the town hall handed over the land to Marin, and Marin's mother-in-law found him a team of elven construction teams, although the construction team said that it was all up to the face of the legendary lady to do things for you, but when Marin took out a scroll of architectural drawings from the elven civilization (game) of another world, these guys immediately began to work seriously.
The entire factory had been completed in a month, and the construction surprised Marin a little - after all, he never thought that there would be an ancient war tree outside his factory.
He doesn't have anything to do with the elven gods.
Then an envoy of the Elven God helped Marin solve the problem.
First of all, the first aid technique was transmitted to the elven church through the human church, and the elves have a long lifespan and an extremely long growth period, and any means that can pull the elves back from the ghost gate is very popular.
Secondly, some of Marin's drawings were chosen as the new temple of the elven hunting god.
Thirdly, the big demon of the dead fat man's family that Marin killed in Parol City before was a thorn in the side of the elves, hundreds of years ago, the elves suffered from that big devil, and now Marin's half-pointed ears can help them find the field, enough for them to give Marin kindness.
Fourth, the sights that Marin made before were very popular with the elves of various races, and with this thing, many elves who could not become marksmen were able to go to the battlefield with bows and muskets to play a role, and those sharpshooters also said that this thing was definitely the icing on the cake, and the veterans among them liked them very much, and they could watch those chaos die at a close distance, which was a great gift for these elves who were determined to take revenge on Chaos.
So the ancient war tree was given to Marin as a gift.
The Sheringhams would almost never dream of waking up with a smile - such an ancient tree was here, and it was foreseeable that if Fort Carter built a new town, it would definitely put their area within the third wall.
And Marin didn't have to worry much about the safety of this area, the nearby druids heard that there were trees here, and directly ran to Marin to ask for a small piece of open space and a sentry tower - although they knew the role of this factory, but in the face of chaos invasion and the tide of spirits, the druids were no longer the extreme nature protectionism that Marin imagined.
Without controlling the number of spirits and beasts, where do humans pull out enough big soldiers to defend the world?
So the druids don't care so much, they are in charge of picking up the ancient trees, and when Marin pulls out the acorns from the branches of the World Tree, these druids look at Marin as if they have seen a reincarnated saint.
They planted the acorn and pulled up several small sects in the neighborhood to form a druid organization called the Brotherhood of Oaks.
According to them, their organization revolves around this oak tree and will protect this sacred oak tree, which will be the first world tree in this world.
After the middle of summer, the factory area is now on track, and the lives of the civilians in the west of the city are beginning to change visibly for the better, it used to be a member of the brotherhood, but now it is a real good thing to become an employee in the factory under Marin's name, and even many gang organizations have many members who choose to work.
A quarterly ranking of neighborhood cleanliness has also been generated, and a thousand families have been rewarded with at least 5,000 yuan, which seems to others to be a lot of money, but it only took Marin nearly half a month to recover a quarter of it through the planting shop, and the newly established school taught the children how to plant, hunt, and become workers, hunters and farmers, far more reliable than teaching them how to write poetry.
The priest of the Commercial Church was reinstated with the help of Marin, and His Excellency the Bishop chose to let him go after listening to Marin's advice.
At the same time, canned vegetables began to be shipped in large quantities in the highlander villages and towns, and the well-received canned vegetables and fruits became the best existence in the eyes of the Church of the Sea - in an era when seafarers could only drink rancid water and scurvy was rampant for long voyages, the Church of the God of the Sea could imagine how happy it would be to confirm that canned vegetables and canned apples could be stored for a long time.
It's not that they don't have preservation technology, it's just that in terms of cost, those technologies that use psionic and magical inscriptions can't be compared to Marin's cans.
Canned meat became the most popular thing to buy in the entire Sidney Union, and in the Northlands, the big-headed soldiers soon adopted the mid-range canned meat as a new battlefield currency, and cigarettes had to lower their prices.
In the eyes of the victims and the poor, low-grade canned meat is also a good choice, cheap and large, whether it is to spend a little slot to buy one to improve their lives, or through local cash-for-work activities, it is a good choice.
In the eyes of wealthy gentlemen and aristocrats, the flesh of beast spirits is a good thing that can enhance their abilities, and it is never a waste to spend money on such good things.
So Marlin's assets began to increase.
"Maybe it's better to describe it as bloat." Faye, who had started to settle the ledger, often said this, and then she handed it over to Lilim - what a waste of time, and she wanted to work hard to become a seven-ring mage.
Lilim calculated for two months, and also collapsed, she did not make any progress at all in these two months, and the Sheringham family was anxious about this - while the girls were working hard, their own children could not improve in terms of techniques, if it weren't for the fact that this was helping Marin, in Marin's opinion, the Sheringham family would have been looking for assassins for a long time.
In the end, Marin can only ask the girls to work hard to realize their own value, and then turn around and find the priest of the Church of the God of Commerce, looking for a capable financial team from him.
The requirements are not high, the apprentice can do it, depending on his own ability, the capable person will join the group and help Marin handle all the finances, and they will be the financial team of Marin's syndicate group.
Then the apprentices of the commercial church boiled.