Chapter 40 High-Level Meeting
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Yang Yang had already expected such a result, because this kind of contradiction among the people would always exist. For example, racial discrimination on the planet has been integrated for hundreds of years, and it still exists in some places. The fact that these paladins could simply refuse to accept them instead of going head-to-head with them was already a sign of their higher knightly education, and Yang Yang knew that this kind of contradiction could only be resolved through some major events, such as one or two wars with the outside world, so he was not in a hurry.
"The problem now is that I haven't agreed to the other party's conditions, so I expect that the other party will definitely come and risk invading here this winter because of lack of food and clothing. Although they have no senior leadership, the rest of them will definitely find a way to make a living. We're the only target on the plains that they can plunder, so we're the first to take the brunt. Yang Yang looked at the reaction at the scene, everyone was trying to listen to their next words, and continued with satisfaction.
"Now I'll arrange the future city defense matters. From today onwards, sentry posts will be set up outside the city. Twenty-four hours are guarded, and thirteen magician masters take turns on duty, and at least one person is responsible for the defense of the city every day. John personally arranged for personnel to set up a secret outpost outside the city to prevent a sneak attack, and the three elders and I lived in the city lord's mansion to take care of it. ”
Yang Yang issued a series of orders, and those who received the orders said that they would fulfill their duties.
"Let's discuss our finances, how are you ready, ma'am?"
Yang Yang looked at Qian Qian beside him, Xi Qian had been in charge of all the financial issues in the territory, and Yang Yang found that Qian Qian had a super talent in this area. There are no professional financial personnel in this continent, including the dozens of bookkeepers recruited by Yang Yang, who can only make some simple calculations and register accounts. And Sissi just made a detailed list of all the financial matters in the entire territory under Yang Yang's simple suggestion, and sorted them out clearly, which left Yang Yang with a lot of thoughts.
Seeing that Yang Yang was asking her financial questions, Qianqian got up and replied with a serious expression:
"We have spent most of the money we have brought from the main city here, plus the previous gold exchange for gold coins and some crops and hunting in the plains, we now have a total of 12,123 gold coins. Because our territory is engaged in large-scale construction, the cost is very large, and the daily cost is about 120 pieces.
This is only due to the fact that there are no large-scale purchase projects, mainly construction and daily necessities projects. Most of us are self-sufficient in food, with 65 percent of our daily necessities alone.
I've been instructed to use as sparingly as possible, and this is already the minimum consumption standard. I hope that we can open up financial resources, otherwise we will definitely not be able to hold out for long in our current situation. The production efficiency of the gold mine has increased several times due to the addition of dwarves, but the gold consumption is also the most, and I have tried my best to control the daily production and consumption at a balance point, and the gold available in the treasury is about 1,620 kilograms.
Our Dwarven Artisans have said they can mint gold coins and don't have to pull them out to exchange them. ”
Sissi said very seriously, Yang Yang felt like he had a big head every time he heard a piece of data. The daily expenditure is more than 100 gold coins, and this is only the initial consumption. There will be more in the future, it seems that it is urgent to do business! Yang Yang pondered for a long time, and said to Mu Like, who had been sitting in the back row in obscurity:
"Mr. Murik, what do you think of the pricing of our products, and where should we best sell them?"
Seeing that the lord was asking himself, Murik hurriedly got up and replied:
"My lord, I have carefully studied the goods you asked the elder to bring to me. I think these things are still very valuable, and if they are just sales, they will be very bad. We can further process and sell it to be more profitable, for example, if you have the best casting master in the continent.
Instead, you choose to sell your most profitable melon oil to another blacksmith, which can quickly increase the furnace temperature and forge more and better weapons in less time. The most lucrative thing in the continent right now is the sale of weapons, and I think you can let these dwarven masters mass-produce weapons, and they will supervise the barbarians to do the coolies.
This will not only increase the yield, but will not delay the other forging tasks you have assigned to them, and the main process will of course have to be completed by the dwarven masters themselves, otherwise the quality of the weapons will not improve, and the customers will not pay.
As for the tobacco you sent, I've tasted it, and it tastes really good! But the mainland doesn't know this kind of thing, and I think we need some publicity, otherwise no one will buy it.
Yodelers' rum is also very good and can be sold for a very high price in high society. It's a pity that the production can't go up, so I recommend that you buy more labor. Of course, buying more labor would require a large investment, and while it is well worth it, the current financial situation does not seem to allow it.
So I agree with your previous desire to recruit the Barbarian Horde, for a simple reason. Although these barbarians generally do not have a high IQ, they are valuable in their strength, and they are the best quality labor.
Even teenage children among the barbarians are more powerful and endurant than our average middle-aged laborers, so so that so much quality labor on the plains, if put to good use, will bring us a great fortune.
Let's talk about the sales channel.
Not far from us there is a Cartier city. It is the most populous city on the mainland and the most active place in the market. The city is mainly populated by adventurers, travelers, and outsiders.
It's the best place for us to start selling, because our weapons can be sold in large quantities to adventurers and demon hunters. Rum can also be sold to local nobles and large merchants, and candles are a common product, so it will naturally sell well.
We have high, medium and low grades of products at the same time, and we can open the market there first. The main thing is that there are a large number of immigrants there, and we can also use them to promote our products. Therefore, the preliminary pricing should not be too high, and I will report a copy of the pricing table I planned to you later, and if there is no problem, it will be preliminarily determined. ”
Murik said a lot in one breath, and the people around him didn't quite understand these natural clouds. The King of the Hill had already fallen asleep exaggeratedly in the middle of Murik's words, and Yang Yang rolled his eyes at him.
Although the people present listened to the same as chanting the scriptures, Yang Yang, the rich second generation of a large group, knew in his heart how deep this guy's insights were. Yang Yang listened carefully to everything he said just now, and he completely agreed with his point of view.
In the early days, Yang Yang also thought about reprocessing all the goods and selling them, but at that time, his team was not so sufficient, there were no dwarven craftsmen, no barbarian coolies, so everything was done with his hands and feet.
After listening to Mu Like's suggestion, Yang Yang felt that it was not too late to recruit these barbarians. And it must be completely controlled, speaking of which, Yang Yang thought of the headache Nada again. So he decided to go to Ciudad Cartier and take Nada at home for a few days.
"Now I declare that everyone go back and get ready. Tomorrow, all of you here except for the three elders and the thirteen magician masters who will stay at home, the rest of you will follow me to Cartier City!"
Yang Yang looked at everyone's confused eyes and added.
"Go to the market and go shopping. Everyone has worked hard lately, and everyone except the Mauritian elders should go back and prepare. Don't bring too many things, just pack a backpack with more stuff. ”