Heim Territory, Myr City, the seasons change as usual, and time still passes. The sun, the rain, and the warm winds repeat themselves like a pattern that has been set for thousands of years, and they don't yet know what change is.

But the inhabitants of Heim Territory are already feeling the change.

The Rift is now a monstrous beast that opens its blood basin to devour the dirt and ore of the Human, then digests it in a stomach filled with flames and alchemical agents, producing untold amounts of metal and gems. With the help of the Myrcanon Core and the High Creation Circle, the Rift Chamber's workshops have caught up with the smelting power of the Mora Peak, and surpassing it is just around the corner. The dwarves' craftsmanship and quality are still above the Heim Realm, but they still rely on the help of various auxiliary potions, and in the Rifts, the High Creation Circle wipes out almost all the production costs.

The craftsmen have the most direct feeling about the creation circle, and everyone knows in their hearts that which workshop will not be able to compete with their peers without this circle. Although the method of making the circle is in the hands of the joint mage, and it is impossible to understand it without years of study, how to manipulate the circle is not so difficult, and it only needs to be a little higher than the skill of the mage's apprentice.

It would take one to two years to fully train his own mage apprentice, but what if he only learned how to manipulate the creation circle? Heim's fastest record was currently three months - provided that he could read and write and do simple calculations - which was acceptable for any workshop. As a result, a large number of applicants crowded the halls of the Academy of Magic, and "Magic Craftsman" became the most sought-after job in Heim's collar.

Teaching a specialized magician does not require full training, it is enough to draw on the amount of knowledge of the trainee mage. So Siegel was outside the school of magic. In particular, a vocational school was opened. Classes are held at night. Qualified trainee mages can earn some tuition fees here. The apprentices of the craftsmen do not delay their daytime work either. Siegel pointed to the fact that he had carved out a plot of land and provided the school with food for a simple snack, and that hundreds of dedicated magicians had been harvested.

The price of all the handicraft goods that Heim led was falling rapidly, but by reselling them, he could make a fortune elsewhere. The teleportation array from the Rift Valley to Rabbit Ear Harbor is open every day, and whoever can seize this time to deliver the goods will need to be auctioned. This teleportation array has given rise to a new kind of industry: the Time Auction. The efficiency of passing through the portal can be greatly improved by using standardized containers, through specialized conveyor belts. Then every half hour is a time period. Offered to a certain caravan to transport their goods. There are 10 time slots a day leading to Rabbit Ear Port and 10 time slots returning from Rabbit Ear Port. Every day it is full of queues, and those who do not win the auction can only accept a one-month overland trip.

Unlike living animals or agricultural products, a one-month delay is worthless for handmade products, and there is no need to pay high toll fees for them. But since the merchants are willing to bid and push up the price, it must have been calculated. After opening up the two places with the help of the teleportation array, there is no need to consider the carrying capacity of the carriage at all, and as many things can be stuffed into a period of time, as many things can be transported. In half an hour, hundreds of wagons of goods could reach their destination directly. The savings are not just the cost of a single trip. In order to be able to make full use of the teleportation array, the small caravans began to merge. Large chambers of commerce began to emerge one after another. And "Bucktooth" Janis has formed a giant chamber of commerce to serve Siegel.

After arriving at Rabbit Ear Harbor, Haim Ling's products would be transported onto the ship, and then transported to the eastern continent day and night, and the fleet was always busy. Merchants heard about the Trans-Sea Teleportation Array and inquired about its functions and charges. In order to protect the navigation industry, Siegel set an extremely high fee for the teleportation array, but there are still merchants who choose this method. With the teleportation array, you are not afraid of bad weather, and you can also avoid the threat of orc pirates. In the aftermath of the fall of Waterdeep, the growing number of pirates severely affected the northern shipping routes. Now that this influence is gradually moving south, the Ximu Town route is also starting to feel the pressure, but Rabbit Ear Harbor is further south, and orcs rarely come to this area.

"Sooner or later, they'll come. Siegel is very aware of this: "The route of Rabbit Ear Port accounts for about 70% of the traffic volume of the New World, and it continues to increase. A single voyage can make a lot of money for the orcs, and they will slowly realize this. ”

"Are we going to build a navy?" said Janet, who was stacked with ledgers in front of her, the data that had been drawn after the Lantern 3 had been specially used to calculate and collate. The Heim Territory is expanding day by day, and one or two people are completely unable to grasp the huge amount of information, which puts higher demands on all aspects of the territory management. Janet searched for a while, and finally found out the balance of the gold coins in the territory: "I'm glad to tell you, there is no problem in money to build an escort fleet, let's go directly and buy a fleet, but where are the qualified sailors? ”

"On the one hand, we have a good relationship with the Royal Navy of the Star Kingdom, and on the other hand, we still focus on Zhao'an. Siegel leaned over and looked at the balance of the territory's income against Janet's face, and was very satisfied with the figure: "Looks like I can do a big job!"

"You must be building something again, right?" Janet gently stroked Siegel's face, and then said: "Building a castle, building a magic tower, building an energy core, and building a teleportation array are all your ideas, can you listen to my opinion on what to build this time?"

"Okay, you can say it!" said Siegel with a smile.

"I'm envious of the Federation's magical ships, and the Heim Collar needs to build one of those. ”

This coincides with Siegel's thoughts: "I think so too, we can't give up the Sky Realm. He said: "The Federation has built the first spaceship, and it is estimated that when they fly back from the Eastern Continent, they will soon start building a second ship for the Star Kingdom." Their experience can avoid a lot of detours, and from the very beginning, the design of the ship will be better than theirs. Plus, I'm not going to be as conservative as they are, so you can expect the Lucky Thos to set sail. ”

"It's already named. Is that the name of the ship you used to be?"

"I can't think of a better name for the ship. Siegel kissed his wife gently. said: "Or the returning Janet." Or the charging Isaac?"

"Whatever you want. "Janet is happy as long as Siegel is around. "By the way, there's something weird that you might need to pay attention to. ”

To a certain extent, the Heim Collar is a very deformed development, and the industrial products that should have been condensed with more work have become extremely cheap and can be enjoyed by thousands of households. However, this does not change the rate at which the inhabitants of Heim Territory get food from the fields. The Great Expansion of the Ghost Swamp provided a lot of new farmland, which supported the food pressure brought about by the growing immigrant population, and in the event of a bumper harvest. Food prices continue to rise in Heimling.

"That's not right, how much can one person eat?" Siegel scratched his head and looked at the price report of the market items submitted by the lamp god.

"On the one hand, there is an abundance of gold coins due to the active manufacturing and commerce, so the price of everything is rising. The workshop in the Rift Valley belongs to your industry, so you can control how much you produce and how you sell it. But the farmland is scattered in various villages, and how many knights in charge of managing the fiefdom understand how to manage it? Once the price of something rises, the knights will change their planting strategy under the impetus of money. This has resulted in a certain amount of waste, and it is likely to get worse in the future. ”

Siegel immediately understood. He can make weapons and armor on an assembly line. Even some of the temporary magic items that could only be operated within the range of the Myr Core could be crafted directly, but he couldn't produce food on an assembly line. There is always so much in the field. While a large amount of wealth enters the Heim Territory, there will also be countless people staring, trying to earn these gold coins back. In terms of farming, breeding, and fishing, Heim Collar has not been able to keep up with its own magical industry, which will become a hidden danger in the future.

"They don't want our steel, but we can't afford to skip food. Siegel thought for a moment, then said, "It's not like you can't really eat, but it's never a good thing to have too much price swing." The lands in the southern part of the Ghost Swamp haven't been divided yet, have they't all been preserved as the direct fields of Myr City. The people who are already there ask them if they would like to work for me directly?"

"You're going to hire people to farm you on a large scale, just like an apprentice in a workshop?" Janet shook her head and objected, "If this practice spreads, the lord of the fief will take all the land of the original peasants and turn it into an employment relationship, which will definitely cause big trouble." If you look at the commodity price list, the price of sheep has risen seven times compared to the past, and it is because of the shortage of raw materials in the textile workshops. The knights will definitely go to raise sheep, which is much more profitable than farming. ”

The loss of land also brings instability, but the exact reaction is not something that Siegel can figure out. It's like a boy growing normally, and suddenly his head and right arm start to grow wildly, how to get other body parts to keep up with the progress so that there are no problems due to deformity, it's not a simple matter.

A long-term solution cannot be found, and the matter of hiring farmers can be put aside, but the land in the south of the Ghost Fog Swamp has become directly under the city of Mier, and is no longer included in the scope of land reclamation. At the same time, Siegel ordered the construction of a granary, and secretly used the cross-sea teleportation array to transport easily stored food from the Eastern Continent. He also submitted a new project to the Federation: to dig a warehouse deep underground and keep it below freezing point with a magic array powered by the Myrcanon Core, which could be used to store meat products - while the price had not risen rapidly.

There were so many things that Heim had to deal with, and Siegel never dared to say that he enjoyed it. There are too many new problems to solve, and in the process of solving them, new questions arise. He was as cautious as he could be, carefully supporting the development of Heim Collar as carefully as he would a newborn. In this case, even if His Majesty Evan did not approve the "Little Council", Siegel would secretly set one up so that he could take a break from the endless work of lordship.

Manna renounces her own domain and only receives a portion of the net proceeds from the tax money, and joins the Small Council. After that, there are Janet, Janis, and Hum. In order to meet Evan's conditions, Siegel specially created a lamp god who could not cast spells, and also placed it in the small council. With its powerful computing power and information analysis capabilities, Dengshen 4 can work day and night, which also greatly reduces the hardship of others.

Then, Siegel can finally breathe a sigh of relief and become a magician. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's almost the end of the month, let's smash the unused tickets, thank you for your support, mmmm!