After finishing the match with Ober, Rocky didn't immediately move on to the next game, firstly because he needed to rest, and secondly because he had to deal with the affairs of Thunderhawk City.

Recently, Rocky has devoted most of his energy and time to the development of warframes and the competition in the arena, but don't forget that his most important identity is still the city lord, so Thunderhawk City has always been his top priority.

So when the game was over and he returned to Thunder Eagle City, he quickly got busy, and he asked about all the big and small things in Thunder Eagle City.

Fortunately, don't look at the past few months, Rocky has focused most of his energy on other aspects, but Thunderhawk City has no problems, with Erin in charge of finances and Old Jack in civil affairs, there is no need for Rocky to worry too much.

Not only that, but there is also the good news that the leather factory has produced its first goods and has successfully completed its first leather transaction with the Ruby Chamber of Commerce.

This is definitely good news for Rocky, because it means that the new industry in Thunderhawk City has finally improved, and the city will no longer have to rely on the textile industry to survive from now on.

At the same time, the smooth formation of the new industry also increased some income for Lei Ying City, after the transaction with the Ruby Chamber of Commerce was completed, Lei Ying City got 100,000 gold coins, in addition to the cost of raw materials invested in the early stage, as well as the wages of workers and other expenses, at least half of the 100,000 gold coins in hand are profits, that is, about 50,000 gold coins.

Although this money is not enough to solve the big problem for the current Thunder Eagle City, it represents a good start, and don't look at the 50,000 gold coins is not much, but this extra income has nearly doubled the original income of Thunder Eagle City at once!

In the beginning, it was about 50,000 gold coins per quarter by selling cloth, and then with the increase in population, the mass production of cloth also increased, and the income also increased to about 60,000 gold coins.

In addition to this income, the shops opened in the city can also provide Rocky with a part of the income, but because the living standards of the residents of Thunder Eagle City are generally not high, and the population is not enough, the domestic demand is not large, so the net income of the shops per quarter is only more than 10,000 gold coins, and sometimes it may be less than 10,000 gold coins.

Together, the city can only generate about 70,000 gold coins per quarter.

This amount of money is really not much, no, it should be said that it is very little, because after removing all kinds of expenses, it is difficult to have money left in the vault of Thunder Eagle City, and many times it will not even be enough, so in the past six months, the reason why Thunder Eagle City can still support it is completely relying on Rocky, relying on the money he got from various 'things' outside to feed the city.

It is precisely because of this that when the leather factory produced the first batch of goods and successfully completed the transaction with the Ruby Chamber of Commerce, the income of Thunder Eagle City increased by a large amount, according to Erin's prediction, in the future, Thunder Eagle City will be able to ensure that there will be more than 100,000 gold coins per quarter by relying on the output of cloth and leather, and this income has made Thunder Eagle City operate normally.

Of course, this incident made Rocky very happy, because in this way, not only was the courage on his shoulders lighter, but Thunder Eagle City was also a little stronger than before.

For this reason, he held a dance party in Thunderhawk City for the first time to celebrate.

The day after the celebration, Rocky began to think about the next step in Thunderhawk City.

With the official opening of the leather factory, his previous reforms have already shown results, as evidenced by the increase in income, but in Lodge's opinion, it is clear that this is not enough.

Although the income of Thunder Eagle City has increased a lot now, it is only an increase on the original basis, but the actual total amount of improvement is not high, Rocky and Berg have participated in many dances when they were together, and they have asked Berg about this issue, so it is very clear that in the economic area, Thunder Eagle City is at the bottom even in small Sky City.

According to Berg, if a small sky city with a population of 3,000 to 5,000 does not reach 500,000 gold coins per quarter, then it is difficult for the city to sustain itself for a long time.

The sky is not very peaceful at all, war can happen anytime and anywhere, if you don't provoke others, others may also provoke you, and if there is no strong enough economy to rely on, to put it bluntly, if there is no money in the treasury, then once a war occurs, no matter whether it is won or lost, the city will basically be finished.

Lodge simply understands this too well.

The battle with Baron Wallin left Rocky with no money to repair the battleship, so he had to ask Berg to help solve the matter, and at the same time teamed up with Karina to target the Mustang Air Pirates, and after eliminating the Mustang Air Pirates, although he got millions of gains, he also provoked the powerful enemy of Mustang City, and in order to fight against Mustang City, millions of gold coins were spent almost instantly.

This kind of experience made Rocky understand how terrible the consumption of war was, and it was precisely because he had a deep understanding of this that he wanted Thunder Eagle City to develop quickly, especially the economy.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is not done overnight, especially now, although Lodge is keen to focus on economic development, but circumstances do not allow him to do so.

Now he is facing the huge and substantial threat of Wild Horse City, and even Wild Horse City is now waiting for him outside the airspace of Sleepless God City, in order to deal with this strong enemy, he really can't do any economic construction, he must invest every penny in the military, in order to ensure that he can survive after leaving Sleepless God City, survival is the most important thing.

So after a short period of excitement and joy, Rocky began to plan for the next step.

The competition with Ober earned him more than 400,000 gold coins, and the leather trade allowed him to get another 100,000 gold coins, which means that he had another 500,000 gold coins in his hand.

Of the 500,000 gold coins, 50,000 gold coins were placed in Thunder Eagle City in case of emergency, 100,000 gold coins were given to Erin for stakes, and 250,000 gold coins were given to Orton to maintain the cost of research, and the last remaining 100,000 gold coins were used by Rocky as a war reserve.

Thunder Eagle City and Wild Horse City will have a battle in the near future, but anyone can see that with the current strength of Thunder Eagle City, there is absolutely no way to compete with Wild Horse City, so Rocky must expand his military strength, whether it is a battleship or a battle armor, only in this way can he ensure that he will not be destroyed by the other party.

But this requires gold, and a lot of gold, so he has to reserve for the next big war from now on, and only with enough gold can he expand his troops when needed.

In order to make more money, Rocky has to continue to play in the arena, after all, the tournament rewards and outside bets in the arena can allow him to get a lot of income in a short period of time, although it is full of dangers, but it is a shortcut to earn gold.

So after arranging everything in Thunderhawk City, he contacted Howard and prepared to start his next ranked match.