"With all due respect, my lord, the brewing industry seems to me to be a superfluous business!" Mr. Murray immediately questioned. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As far as Link can remember, Mr. Morry has proposed a ban on alcohol on several occasions, so it is not surprising that he would have such a view this time.

But Lin Ye still chuckled and asked, "Why did Mr. Morry say this?"

If you want to develop the brewing industry smoothly, you must work together in Blackfire Castle, and convincing Maury has become a hurdle that cannot be bypassed no matter what.

"My lord, our territory is narrow, the soil is poor, and the grain production is already very low, so we have to supplement the lack of food from hunting, and brewing will consume a lot of food, and this alone is enough to completely ban this industry!" Mr. Murray said righteously.

He is right, under the premise that the grain is not enough, and the large-scale brewing is indeed a squandering of the grain.

Lin Ye seemed to have expected Mr. Mori's reaction a long time ago, and he didn't have too much surprise on his face, and he was not in a hurry to justify.

After a while, he said slowly: "Sir, you are right, our Black Fire Castle is indeed a narrow territory and a sparsely populated population, according to records, 15 years ago, uh, that is, the year before I was born, the population of our territory was 742 people, and now, this number is 656 people. ”

After he threw out the problem of the brewing industry, he did not dwell on this problem, but threw out the problem of population.

"That's true. "Mr. Maury is in charge of the castle's books and knows the data by heart.

But he didn't know what the Duke meant by suddenly mentioning this at this time.

"In other words, in the past 15 years, the population of our Black Fire Castle has not only not grown, but has lost 86 people, and I wonder where these people have been lost, and then I went to inquire again, only to understand, oh, it turned out to be a war. Lin Ye's tone was flat, not sad or happy.

It's not that he doesn't have much affection for the people of his territory, but that he tries to keep himself in an objective state of mind as much as possible.

Mr. Murray was silent, he was only an officer, not an officer, and had no decision-making power in military affairs.

Although people are immersed in the joy of winning a battle in a short period of time, the seemingly insignificant price paid by the Black Fire Family is actually buried in endless disasters, because the Black Fire Family has no way to fight with others at all, and the population is a little bit less than that.

"Sir, you should also know that even if in the past 10 years, our Black Fire Castle has been recuperating and recuperating, and before the battle of Guillotine Valley, there was no large-scale conflict with the surrounding tribes, but even so, our strength has been depleted, the population is getting smaller and smaller, and the territory is getting smaller and smaller, what does this mean?"

Maury didn't answer his question, his expression became heavier and heavier, he was very aware of the current situation of Blackfire Castle.

"This means that we are going to perish, this is by no means alarmist, sir, you should know better than me, at most 20 years, or even 10 years, the Black Fire Family will be drowned in the dust of history, are we going to see this come to an end? We must make changes!"

Lin Ye's voice was very strong, even he was a traveler who had just arrived to understand this truth, let alone Mr. Mori, who was full of learning?

"But my lord, in such a cruel environment in the Far East, we lack effective means to deal with the Far Eastern tribes, whether it is territory, population, or resources, we are in an absolutely inferior position, and there is no foreign aid, this is really ......" Mr. Murray sighed helplessly.

Why didn't he want Blackfire Castle to become strong? But the environment they faced was too cruel, and they really didn't have enough power!

"Ordinary changes are certainly not enough to make Blackfire Castle rise, what we need is a complete change, and this change will start with the brewing industry. Lin Ye went around in circles and then turned the question back to the winemaking industry.

He looked at Mr. Murray with a smile, the reason why he made such a big detour was nothing more than to eliminate some of his resistance to the brewing industry.

"My lord, I don't understand what you say, is there a necessary connection between the brewing industry and the rise of the Black Fire Castle?" asked Mr. Morry, who was a learned scholar and not a shrewd businessman, so he naturally did not see the business opportunities.

And even if you do see it, it lacks something crucial.

This is exactly what Lin Ye has.

"If Blackfire Castle wants to rise, it needs enough financial resources and population, and in terms of population, natural growth alone is absolutely unexpected, so it still needs to attract foreign populations to come and pioneer, but to attract adventurers, it needs to have enough business opportunities, and in the final analysis, it is necessary to have abundant financial resources. ”

Lin Ye simplified the problem and directly pointed out the most fundamental problem of the Black Fire Castle.

That's too poor!

Mr. Murray nodded, and he couldn't agree more, which was the sticking point.

With the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy of Blackfire Castle, you don't even need currency, and it's strange that you don't need it.

"If we want to obtain wealth, it is absolutely impossible to forcibly plunder by force alone, with our strength, so we can only take it out by means of trade, and our only trade object at this stage, that is, the major tribes in the Far East, what do they need?"

Lin Ye paused, and then said: "Grain, the profit is too low, and our current output is really limited, for the Far Eastern tribes, they have the means to obtain food, and it is not inferior to us at all, so we can make it, and they are only interested in wine." ”

The young duke's eyes were confident and calm, and he was convinced that this would be a breakthrough for the rise of the Black Fire Family.

But Mr. Morry smiled dumbly and said, "My lord, your idea is good, but you may not know that the level of our Black Fire Castle brewing industry is not as good as that of the surrounding tribes, and they even laugh at the wine we make is just rat urine, and they will never be interested." ”

He shook his head, sure enough, the Duke only had this idea on a whim?

Lack of thinking and vision is so naïve!

He still had small expectations for the Duke.

Sure enough, it's just a child!

Lin Ye smiled slightly, he had drunk the ale brewed by Tufazi in the tavern, so he naturally knew the taste, and after he drank it, he also talked to Mr. Murray and Old Bill, who had not yet arrived, about the winemaking business, obviously not out of interest.

He chuckled and said, "Since it is a change, it is natural that the malt wine brewed by traditional methods, including the winemaking industry, will definitely not be able to cater to the tastes of the tribes of the Far East, but what if it is slightly improved?"

He tapped his index finger lightly, a habitual movement.

Things were starting to get into his rhythm.

Monsieur Murray would not have known that the young duke, who lacked thought and vision, had a complete modern beer brewing process in his mind.

And all the conditions and materials required for brewing, Black Fire Castle has all the requirements!