Outside the door, the horse's hooves clicked, the horses twitched their noses, and the captain of the guard gave the two guards an order: "Tie up the horses...... Don't let people run......" Chuck, the clever little bartender, trotted out all the way to greet him.

"Coal, oh, the coal is of good quality, the pit is not deep, just mined, as for the iron ore, the iron content is also sufficient, a stone and a half iron, all copper. Alvin weighed the hematite and charcoal in his hand, his hands collided, and the ink-colored fragments fell one after another, "Quarrying charcoal and making iron is the most important thing for the development of the territory. ”

The blacksmith completely tore apart the weeds on the two baskets, there were only so many, originally for secrecy, not wanting to pile them up and provoke the eyes of some people in the town, all, take a little bit with a little, but the sharp-eyed lord still found out, there is no need to continue to hide and tuck.

"But none of these things can be eaten as a meal. ”

They had been planning for a long time, the roads, the size of the mines, the manpower, the blacksmith's words were in their throats from beginning to end, and they finally couldn't help but say it. The subtext is that if you buy food to support all this, you need a lot of money.

In the era of farming, there was not enough grain, especially the silver sand collar was full of silver sand, and not a single grain of grain could be harvested.

Food is human life, without food people can only fight with the blue abyss, but the people who fight the sea are only willing to go to sea when the food is exhausted, failure saves starvation, and success is another life.

Therefore, the food reserves of the entire Salted Fish Town are not enough to support the young lord to build roads and mine iron ore, this matter Alvin has experienced, that tavern, only wine, no food, a veritable tavern, as for where the wine comes from, the ghost knows, but with the old skin of the heel thinking can also know, it is definitely not good wine, not to mention that he also tasted it with his own mouth, like poison.

Alvin smiled and said word by word: "Iron ore is food, it is money. ”

Iron ore is enough to feed a large medium-sized country to a rich country, but the inhabitants of the Silver Sands are dying of starvation because they do not know how to "eat" iron ore.

In other words, because iron ore is a strategic resource, the lords are unwilling to trade with each other (mainly unwilling to sell), and at the same time, the lords are forbidden to mine it privately, so people know that it is valuable and do not dare to exchange it for money.

As long as a poor and crazy lord like Alvin is willing to sell strategic resources, there is naturally no shortage of buyers, and he can naturally exchange it for money.

"The speed of iron-making is too slow, first only make iron ore, one trip per person half a day, two trips a day, fifty strong men, five days can make up enough for a shipload to be transported to the royal capital, huh...... It's a little far, it's good to go to Lukang nearby, go and exchange food with the second prince Bager, come and go for six days, the first ship must have a profit, it will definitely be earned, no one doesn't want iron. ”

"As long as the first step is 'sold' and the second ship sets sail, the matter can continue without interruption. ”

As he spoke, Alvin made a noise on the ground with coal, and calculated as he spoke, and the small coal represented the manpower, and the iron ore was used as a ship, and the grain and wages were calculated for the blacksmith.

"There was enough food, the wealthy men built the roads, sent cattle to trailer and went into battle, and made ox carts, horse-drawn carts and even carts with carpenters, well...... Tell him that he has written off the theft of my timber...... Now use small boats first, and then rent, manufacture and even buy large boats later, the more iron ore goes out, the more food comes in, and the more people are fed, and in a virtuous circle, everything will be fine. ”

"The idea is this, only manpower can only take care of the present, don't starve to death, if you want to get rich, you must build roads. ”

"If you want to be rich, you have to build roads. The blacksmith also squatted on the ground, chewing on the words, and turned his face slightly, looking at the young lord.

It's really young, about the same age as Geig, things are well arranged, taking into account the present and the future, he has received an aristocratic education in the royal capital, has seen prosperous scenes, has a broad vision, and the things he thinks of, the words he says feel different.

If you want to be rich, you must build roads, and you actually have this awareness.

The rich places he has visited are all wide roads, while the poor places are basically closed to traffic, like Salted Fish Town, there is not even a flat street, and people naturally do not have enough to eat.

If he continues to do what the lord says, it is very likely that he will really get better, but he still feels that something is wrong.

"Trade?" the blacksmith frowned, "It is said that there are also city-states in the South China Sea Islands that are based on trade, but they are all difficult to withstand. ”

"There used to be a big trading city-state called Haiya, when it was in its heyday, the gold bricks were paved with gold bricks, and the walls were full of pearls, but when there was a military disaster, it was scattered as birds and beasts, and prosperity was like a flash in the pan. ”

"After all, trade is only for profit, and it is difficult to cultivate loyalty. ”

"Only the land ......"

"Only when the land binds the knights will they be willing to fight bloody battles to defend their homeland. In the final analysis, it is the interests that hold the knight to a kneel. Alvin laughed, "But our greatest interest here is not the land, because we don't have ......" Alvin smiled, "So what is our greatest interest?"

The blacksmith application was stunned and thought for a long time.

"The smithy is in the best interest of your father and son, but what about the others, like Marlowe, where is his best interest?"

"He, only one small wooden house to live in, the wind blows, the rain comes and leaks, one is alone, fights the sea once a month, one person eats the whole family is not hungry, and the whole family dies, it is difficult to say, what interests does he have......"

"Uh-huh...... If there is nothing to defend, it is not in the ship of the master. "Then how do you pull him over, and rely on the kingdom to put chains on him, and make him a slave, and whip him ......?"

"Or, change the situation where he has nothing and divide something, like something like land...... For example, the blacksmith shop is not land, but if someone robs it, will you fight hard? So to let him have the interests worth fighting for his life to protect, it is just a different way, and the essence has not changed. ”

Staring at the sparks every day, the head of the hammer clanging framed the blacksmith's thinking height, and he couldn't understand Alwin's thoughts, his face changed a few times, and he couldn't think of what it was and where it was.

Alvin didn't expect the blacksmith to understand, the next thing only needed to cooperate, especially the tools for road construction, which required a lot of them, and they needed to be built quickly, and the blacksmith alone was simply not enough, expanding the scale of the blacksmith shop and recruiting more helpers was urgent.

The blacksmith Golov finally realized that the young lord had a very clever plan, and said with a smile: "The country wild man has seen the shallowness, let the baron laugh, and the villain will expand the scale of iron-making according to the will of the adult......"

To expand the scale of his own industry, the lord is still willing to pay, and what is said to participate in the shares, the blacksmith listens to the freshness, and does not understand very well, but he can understand the meaning and has no opinions.

"There was food, there was iron and iron ore, and if there were pirates......"

One reason why Salted Fish Town has been able to keep its pirates safe and sound for so many years is that pirates dare not provoke it, and another disgraceful reason is that they are too poor to have anything to rob them.

The boots stomped on the ground, the metal of the ring armor rubbed, and the captain of the guard walked in, "The Guardian of the Territory is here." Alvin quipped.

The blacksmith thinks about it, in the past, Salted Fish Town was a borderless land, untrained soldiers were stationed, and it was a toothless sick cat, but now that there are lords, guards, and minions, the robbers should avoid it.

The unsmiling captain of the guard saluted, told him that he could return to the castle, and that all five horses had been recovered, and that three thugs had been arrested.

Alwin nodded in satisfaction, then pouted at the captain and said, "The crowd is here." Kent followed Alwin's line of sight past the wooden fence and looked around the corner of the street.

There was a lot of people, and many people came from another street.

Alvin has subtitle prompts in his head:

【Mission】Eradicate the evil forces: The evil forces under the leadership are rampant and endanger one party, as the lord of a land, it is reasonable to eradicate them, ensure the security of the subordinates, and establish the majesty of the lord.

【Reward】Reward the primary body strengthening potion extraction