The chaos in Cold Wind City will eventually calm down, and Zhou Qingfeng doesn't want to put too much energy on the infighting of these powerful people. After digging out the secret chamber of the Inspectorate's ruins, he led the team out of Coldwind City and into the Fabro Manor outside the city.

As the 'Chief Alchemist', Fabro has a territory in Coldwind City. However, he was not good at business, and only used a small part of the territory to build a manor. There were only about 300 people in the manor, mainly to serve Fabro.

But Fabro's territory is actually quite large, with a total area of seven or eight square kilometers. Five kilometers north of Cold Wind City, patches of wilderness, rivers, hills, and woodlands all belonged to this 'Alchemy Chief', and now belonged to Zhou Qingfeng.

Standing on the slopes of the estate, you can see the edge of the Black Forest in the distance, as well as the towering ice fields. Melting glaciers in the mountains converge into rivers that meander through the area.

The terrain here is flat, the land is fertile, and the water source is abundant, so if you are careful, you can reclaim thousands of acres of arable land and feed tens of thousands of people.

Under the sun, the wind is cold but extremely refreshing. Zhou Qingfeng faced this new territory and said with emotion: "Fabro, this waste, sits on a treasure land but doesn't know how to use it, and wastes the land and water here in vain.

From today onwards, it will be renamed the 'Dominion of the Rich and Strong'. I am the lord of this place. The government affairs of Harmony Village will be relocated here.

Healy, Rubio, Wilson, I appoint you as Governor and Vice-Chancellor of the Rich and Powerful. It's up to you to put the management structure together. ”

Behind Zhou Qingfeng, all the people in the Harmony Village system gathered and accepted the appointment of the lord in turn. Designated officials should be assigned for government affairs, military affairs, agriculture, commerce and trade, medical and public health, engineering construction, education and training, and so on.

"Mobilize the backbone from Harmony Village and settle all the thousands of displaced people recruited before. It's winter, and I'm going to build enough houses, dams, ditches, farmland, workshops here before spring next year.

We started in the Black Forest, but that's where we made our fortune. As long as there is a steady development for two years, there will be no shortage of grain, cloth, timber, mines, and iron tools. The whole of Northland will be our room for expansion. ”

Speaking of excitement, Zhou Qingfeng whipped up and galloped his horse. Behind him, everyone gathered around and followed closely. All the way the iron hooves rolling, high-spirited. Arriving outside the manor, the original housekeeper of the manor knelt down with more than 300 slaves to greet him.

Zhou Qingfeng looked down on the horse's back and laughed loudly. He is no longer a dirt bun from the Black Forest, and from now on he is a true nobleman with great power - capable, famous, and possessed, and no one can take half of it lightly.

After killing Fabro, Zhou Qingfeng led the team to clean up the abyss sacrifice, and only then did he have time to count his harvest. Rubio whispered to him, "Sir, Fabro's estate has a small population, but he has a big business. ”

'Alchemy Chief', it's natural that the wealth is rolling in. Fabro makes and sells potions and magical items himself, and his subordinates are not idle.

"Is it in the grain business?" Zhou Qingfeng is most concerned about food.

The grain production of the other world is low, and the agricultural technology is backward. The north is particularly bitter and cold, and can only be cultivated once a year, and the average yield of wheat per mu is only a few tens of kilograms. Farmers have to grow miscellaneous grains to make ends meet, and malnutrition is widespread.

"It's not." Rubio shook his head, "Fabro has a monopoly on half of the precious metal mines around Coldwind City. In particular, the rivers of his territory are a treasure.

Bruno of the forge said the river flows out of the Icefield Mountains and has become gentler here. There is a large amount of gold sand in the sediment at the bottom of the river, and there must be a large gold mine at the source of the river. ”

Gold mine?!

Zhou Qingfeng was stunned.

Fabro kept more than 300 servants, half of whom were engaged in gold panning, and had to go to the icy river water to sift through the gold sand in the cold winter months. The sifted gold sand is packed in a small glass bottle, and the yellow can is very beautiful.

Because Zhou Qingfeng attacked very quickly, he had strong control afterwards. There was no unrest in the manor, and all buildings and belongings were preserved. Rubio unveiled the bottles of gold sand in stock, glistening in the sun.

"Alcee." Zhou Qingfeng called softly.

The mechanical magic queen stepped forward to take the glass bottle containing the gold sand, poured out a little to distinguish one from the other, and nodded: "Master, this is indeed gold sand, and the grade is very high." I can systematically explore the entire river in my territory, and there should be more to discover.

Once the mine is discovered, we have better technology to separate and screen, so that the slaves do not have to work by hand, and the mining efficiency is higher. I feel that there is not only gold but also other minerals here. ”

In the case of mining, the efficiency of using machinery is 100 times more than that of manual labor. Even with a centrifuge, minerals with different specific gravity can be easily sieved out.

Hahaha...... Zhou Qingfeng scratched his head with a smile, "Although I am not short of money, no one will dislike the gold in my hand too much." ”

Gold is the universal hard currency. What is more precious than it is not as large as it. What is greater than it is not as precious as it. Whether in the other world or in reality, gold has good liquidity.

Rubio also flattered him, "Master, Fabro was originally the biggest mint merchant in Coldwind City. And he minted money out of the gold dust of the river, and became rich. ”

Fabro is finished, and Zhou Qingfeng has all the inheritance. Gold is also a type of magical metal, and more than half a million gold coins have been found in the manor's underground alchemy laboratory alone.

Well...... Zhou Qingfeng nodded heavily when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "In the future, we will also do the work of minting coins." But don't let the gold outflow, and try to promote our 'platinum coins', which can be exchanged for gold coins on a par with them. ”

Zhou Qingfeng had previously exchanged cheap silver from the real world for gold in Coldwind City, and at the same time promoted cheaper 'Iron Coins' and 'Platinum Coins'.

The stainless steel 'iron coin' was very popular, and the common people lacked a 'common currency' and had long hoped for a secondary coin with a lower value than the copper coin.

However, compared with the 'iron coin', the 'platinum coin' promoted by Zhou Qingfeng is not very recognized. His 'platinum coin' is not platinum, but an aluminum-zinc alloy. It's a 'dime' coin in the real world.

What about the cheat!

The density of aluminum-zinc alloy is low, and it is light and fluttering, giving people a low-grade feeling. However, aluminum is a metal that has its own particularities, and it must be obtained on a large scale by electrolysis.

Don't count on 'electrolysis' in the other world, aluminum is an authentic precious metal.

Zhou Qingfeng wanted to obtain a large amount of gold by exchanging, but the aluminum-zinc alloy was generally resisted. So he could only ......, "In the future, our platinum and gold coins will be exchanged for one to one." Ten to one is indeed too unscrupulous. ”

Rubio was ignorant, but he also knew that his master's 'platinum coins' were only relatively inferior. Arcie and other strange maids knew that the 'platinum coins' were not only inferior, but the real world soon even made the doors and windows out of aluminum.

"We have the ability to mint coins, and we can open banks in the future. Now the usury in Coldwind City is too terrible and seriously hinders the development of commerce and economy. The banks we open can use low-interest loans to attract businessmen.

The interest rate should not be too high, as long as the annual interest rate does not exceed 36%. Zhou Qingfeng was happy. Everyone else felt that the interest rate was really low, and only the strange maids rolled their eyes one by one.

His own master has always been unscrupulous.