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Installments were the only solution Duke could think of so far, although it would have an impact on Stormcastle and his reputation. But Duke believes that in about half a year, the Storm Army soldiers should be able to accept it.

Of course, Duke also thought of some compensation measures, that is, the fallen soldiers would receive the ownership of one hectare of land, which is equivalent to the area of fifteen acres in China. In addition to the fallen soldiers, the rest of the soldiers who participated in the battle will also receive a post-war reward of five acres of land, which is the first time that the Storm Army has officially distributed land to ordinary soldiers since they became high-ranking generals.

With the direct distribution of land, Duke believes that to some extent, it will greatly alleviate the doubts of the families of the fallen soldiers about the policy of Storm Fort.

But even so, Storm Castle's current income can only stutter in the future at best. The preparation of tens of thousands of sets of weapons and equipment, and the future research and development of firearms and equipment, still have not yet been settled.

And Duke deeply felt the lack of the number of storm troops, and now the problem is not enough to talk about offense or expedition, even the most basic defense is not enough. The simplest example is that Ice Demon is not interested in the Hydro Factory, otherwise Duke would not have been able to defend both the Hydro Factory and Stormcastle at the same time.

Therefore, Duke plans to make the Storm Troopers reach 20,000 men and the number of cavalry to 3,000 in the next year! At least in the future, the Storm Troopers can really be used as an independent army, not like now, at most they can only play the role of sentinels.

These financial requirements for the future are very high, especially for cavalry units, which are definitely not supported by the current financial revenues of Storm Fort. Even if you add the income of 150,000 gold coins per month in the future, it is far from enough.

And if you want to recruit troops on such a large scale, Storm Castle will have to accept more people, otherwise the number of young and middle-aged people engaged in production will be far from enough. Duke believes that ten to one is already a very exaggerated figure when the number of soldiers and civilians is at its limit, and that thirty to one or fifty to one under normal circumstances is considered an acceptable range.

You must know that in modern society, even if it is the first-army policy of three fats, the limit of the military-civilian ratio is only ten to one. The agricultural production effect of this era was much lower than that of modern times, and if such an exaggerated proportion of troops were supplied, basically the financial crisis of Fort Storm would never be alleviated, and eventually the economy would collapse and be dragged down by itself, just like the former Soviet Union in the past.

And it takes money to attract more people to join. If nothing else, food and shelter should be guaranteed. With the arrival of the autumn harvest at that time, as long as the harvest is not bad, eating should be no problem. However, in addition to the housing in Storm New Town, Duke also plans to build many small estates and villages on the farmland outside the city, which can greatly relieve the pressure on the city. After all, the city rate of this era cannot be compared with that of later generations, and Storm Castle has exaggerated more than half of the urbanization process due to special reasons.

So at this time, Duke can only continue to look at Andy, the commercial officer, hoping to get some of the best money-making plans from him, so that Stormcastle's financial problems can be solved.

"Andy, in the future, even if it is an income of 150,000 gold coins per month, it is far from enough for the current development plan of Storm Fort, as well as the possible future naval fleet planning, I think Storm Castle must at least reach an income of 300,000 gold coins per month before it can reach a stage of breaking even. With the current situation at Stormfort, is there any way to increase revenue quickly. ”

In the face of Duke's inquiry, Andy's face showed a wry smile, you must know that with the size of a territory like Storm Castle, the monthly income of 150,000 gold coins is already a very exaggerated figure. Even if it is Alpine City, which has been developed for so many years, Andy's estimation will not exceed 100,000 gold coins a month.

But Andy also understands that Stormcastle is in a situation where more funds are needed if it wants to develop, so he thinks about it for a while.

"My lord, according to the current production scale of Storm Castle, in addition to porcelain and ironware, I think cement and Storm Carriage will become the next high-growth point of commercial trade. If you are really short of money, even weapons and armor such as storm armor can be sold to the outside world, and the arms trade is a huge profit. ”

Hearing Andy's words, Duke nodded, it is true that in addition to porcelain and iron, Storm Castle can come up with a competitive hand, that is, the newly produced cement and the storm carriage. And with the margins of porcelain sales declining, Stormcastle also needed another high-profit commodity to sustain itself.

Cement is destined to be impossible to maintain huge profits, after all, this is the basic product of construction, and to be honest, the production process and difficulty are not very high, according to the wisdom of human beings in this world, as long as you understand that it is calcined lime, it should not take long to imitate it, at most, the cement of Storm Castle will first form a brand benefit to seize the market.

But even if it does, it's a staggering market for the entire Europa continent with an estimated population of around one billion. And that's not even counting the non-human races, Duke believed that once the effects of cement spread, neither orcs nor dwarves would be able to refuse this convenient and sturdy building material.

Since the characteristics of cement are not destined to form a profiteering commodity, the storm wagon has all the special products of profiteering. The simplest point is that with the current level of technology on the Europa continent, it is very difficult to forge high-quality spring steel, let alone build a roller.

According to Duke's estimates, if you give the rest of the Europa continent another 20 years, you may not be able to imitate the ball bearing. Don't look at this thing as inconspicuous in later generations, but seriously speaking, at least a large number of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America can't do it, let alone the Middle Ages.

According to Duke's idea, Stormcastle will build a wagon factory to produce storm carriages on a large scale. And according to the different purposes of use, they are used in and transported carriages.

Everything about the transport carriage is based on simplicity, and the pursuit is greater cargo capacity and more reliable quality. As for the carriage, Duke plans to add a lot of luxury and even luxury goods according to the luxury car brands of later generations, and then set the carriage at a sky-high price.

You must know that after the stable development of Europa for thousands of years, there are countless rich people, and once this kind of luxury carriage comes out, the comfort will crush the carriage they are riding in now, and it will be inevitable to replace the current carriage. Once the luxury carriage market expands, Storm Castle funding will no longer be an issue in the future!

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