"Madam, the ship to Jinshui Bay has come back this time, and the goods brought with it are very popular, especially the silk and tea that we hoarded in Ambo Port before, and the transaction price has directly doubled compared with before. "At the Viscount's Mansion in Black Iron Port, the butler is reporting to Anna the first transaction of the resumption of the route.

"Don't be in a hurry to sell silk and tea, now in the nearby cities, all the big ships are in our hands, if you want to buy in large quantities, you must come to us, so don't sell the goods when you see the high price, take your time." "Although Anna doesn't like to manage government affairs, but now that Xena is helping Adès on the volcanic island, and Jane is taking care of her eldest lady in Barony Borden, Black Iron Harbor has to take matters into its own hands.

The housekeeper nodded, Molly and Anna had repeatedly ordered him not to sell the hoarded goods so quickly, Mrs. Anna's words could not be believed, but Molly, the eldest lady who led the Anslow family to unify Navabila County, must be listened to.

"What about the slaves that Your Excellency Ades needs, how much did you buy in Jinshuiwan?" Anna has a certain understanding of her own territory, and she just needs to develop in the direction that she has sorted out before, whether it is technology or management, it has been arranged by Ades and Molly, and there is no need to think too hard, but Adez now needs everyone to work together to develop this outer island.

"Madam, Jinshuiwan is not a traditional slave trading center, although there is a slave trade, but the number is not too much, this time we swept the three cities of Jinshuiwan, there are less than 500 single middle-aged laborers, there are more than 300 families with wives, children and the elderly, this part is about more than 1,300 people. That adds up to about 1,800 people. "The steward did not count jù accurately, because during the transport of slaves. There will be a constant stream of deaths, especially for the frail elderly and children.

Anna calculated in her mind. He said to the butler: "Then plus the people we sent over before and the sailors on the island, plus this time, there are almost five thousand people, and that is enough people to develop the volcanic island for the time being." ”

The butler nodded, glanced at the lady regent of Nawabira County, and said, "Madam, I think that five thousand people can temporarily support the development of the port over there, but if you follow the development strategy of Your Excellency Clifford and the eldest lady, it is still a little insufficient, especially for children. It's not enough. ”

Anna doesn't know enough, Ades and they now control the big ships east of the entire Golden Water Bay, and the nobles and big merchants here who can rebuild ships have been cleared in the previous operation, and if Ades and the Anslow family want to conspire to control the route, then they must firmly control the ships and shipyards, then they need loyal soldiers and subordinates.

Recruiting talents from outside is not as loyal as cultivating them, so in the strategic planning, the volcanic island must need an organization to cultivate talents, because it is not on the navigation route. It's southerly, and if you don't deliberately deviate from the course, you won't find a new big island there.

It's not impossible to train talents in Black Iron Harbor or the Barony, but it's a thriving trading center. It is difficult to control and supervise the exchange of outsiders and talents, but it is different on the island, where everyone who enters the port can only move around the island. As long as the traffic routes are controlled, it is impossible for those outsiders to evade supervision. This is the benefit of being a small place.

Of course, when it develops in the future, the volcanic island is not suitable for this kind of work. Sooner or later, the school that cultivates talents will have to move back to Navabira or win the barony, but the construction of the school will take time, so Ades proposed a plan, the volcanic island as a place for short-term training, but also a place for screening talents, and long-term training will be transferred to the mainland.

This is a relatively long construction process and a process of redistribution of interests, short-term benefits are given to Ades, Molly and Anna get long-term benefits, with such an equal share of interests, the two sides are not prone to conflicts, and the relationship between them will be stronger than that of ordinary contractors.

"You tell me that people have to buy it all the time, and the boys between the ages of ten and fifteen will be sent directly to the island, and those under the age of ten will first find a village near the Black Iron Port to settle in, and then move there after Molly has chosen the address of the school. Anna directly ordered the butler to carry out the plan proposed by Adès.

"Madam, there is also the technology that Lord Clifford has studied, those two-pound pieces of steel are also very popular, the lord of the Aum faction has asked our fleet if we can supply them in large quantities, and the price given is very high, in the general market, a pound of iron can be sold for about one silver to one and a half silver coins, but the price of iron blocks for us is four silver coins per pound. The butler's eyebrows fluttered at the mention of this, he had been in the Anslow family all his life, and he had sold iron ingots by his hands, and he had never encountered such a high price.

The corners of Anna's mouth curled slightly, and she said with a smile: "We have tested it before, the quality of those iron ingots is very high, and they can be directly forged into weapons, and there is no need to continue refining, which has saved a lot of costs for others, so the high price is predicted, and you release the rumor, just say that these iron ingots are imported from the East, and our Anslow family can not buy much, you arrange the people on the other side of the caravan to slowly raise the price again." ”

The housekeeper hesitated a little, this is a big business, but he knows that he can produce at least more than 100 pounds of iron ingots in the smelting workshop every day, and at least 3,000 pounds a month, so there is no need to raise the price again.

When Anna saw that the butler did not speak, she knew that the loyal old man had some contradictions in her heart, and she explained to the butler: "It is not cost-effective to sell iron ingots, and when we have made a name for themselves on this iron ingot, and let everyone know that the Anslow family of Nawabira has such channels to obtain high-quality iron ingots, then we can make these iron ingots into armor or weapons and sell them, and that is the real profitable business." ”

The housekeeper suddenly realized, isn't this just an iron ingot for advertising, and a part of the semi-finished product will not make people think that the Anslow family wants to eat alone, I provided the raw materials, I don't care if you use it to make armor and weapons, but don't be blushing if I make it myself.

In the final analysis, it is Adès and Anna who monopolize the technology, and give away a part of the benefits in exchange for making their goods more popular is the main thing, if the market is full of high-quality armor and weapons, others will definitely come to investigate, and then sell the benefits, others or themselves, they feel that it is not cost-effective, and they are not angry.

But if you have materials that you can forge yourself, then even if someone comes to investigate, Anslow has an excuse to dook, as long as he moves the smelting workshop to a secret place, and no one else can find out.

It is best to put it on a volcanic island, with a steady stream of energy support, as long as the magic furnace is in place, you can extract metal from the magma, and then transfer the ordinary metal to the Black Iron Harbor to make armor or weapons.

High-end magic metals or precious metals are directly made into high-level enchanted magic items in the magic room on the volcanic island, so that the industrial chain of high-end and low-end cooperation is formed.

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Momoda...... (To be continued......)