I have a food city [infrastructure] Section 146
Joshua didn't seem to reveal anything, but when he thought of the undead archmage of Philos and the undead wandering the world in Lanceville's territory, the words were almost explicit.
Philos is a murderous and evil necromancer with a large army of undead at his disposal.
What is the least valuable thing in this year? It's a slave!
Who is going to raid the village now with rich necromancers?! How many people are there in a village or town? A hundred? Five hundred? A thousand?
Thousands of civilians were captured tired, and they were not only hunted down by the lord's bounty but also by the temple.
Back in the Silver Age, necromancers were still the existence that everyone shouted at, after all, no one knew where they would appear, turning all people into materials and carrying out inhumane torture.
But now it's different.
Slaves are very cheap disposable consumables.
The cheap 10 copper coins, the expensive ones are only 1 silver coins, as long as you have money, you can buy a lot of slaves openly.
Lieges, empires, and temples are all used regardless of what the slave was used for after it was bought.
Like would you care if a cup is cared for after it is bought or if it is thrown in anger?
Slaves are objects, so it doesn't matter how they are treated.
- As for the fact that Philos took advantage of the proximity to the Endless Plains to snatch control of the undead army from those "undead lords", it was not in his consideration at all!
No way! It's simply impossible!
That's the Endless Plains! It's not a lair of one or two necromancers, but a super base camp of countless undead!
It is said that the birth of the Endless Plains is related to the secret of the disappearance of the gods of the Golden Age, and the Endless Plains, which has existed for more than 10,000 years, is undoubtedly the most feared place in everyone's hearts, not all the time!
Snatching skeletons from the endless plains is not just that telling Harrow that Philos has fought the gods and won the war - is it just as ridiculous?!
Therefore, Harrow logically believes that the Siri army is all human creatures killed by Philos, and the Siri army will soon have hundreds of thousands of more companions!
He secretly gasped in his heart, there were not enough undead armies to dislike it, how far would Philos be willing to stop!!
At the same time, he was shocked that Philos was able to control so many undead armies.
Maybe lv.199 is even more terrifying than he imagined!
Humans are not immortal, and the limit below the legend is 650 years old, and living to be 500 years old is considered lucky enough.
The nobles and the high-ranking people of the major powers can rely on resources to prolong their lives, but most of them can only last until 500 years old.
It's not a problem for a legend to live for 2,000 years - if it's enough, but 3,000 years seems to be the limit.
From the Golden Age to the Bronze Age, it is only about 10,000 years, and it sounds like a legend of thousands of years in a row can span three eras, but the difficulty of implementing it is too high!
The higher the level, the more Harrow understands the difference between lv.160 and lv.161.
Higher than the mountains, longer than the long river!
Therefore, he only imagined a little bit in his mind, and he was full of fear of Joshua in lv.199 and Philos in lv.199.
Apparently not the first time Harrow Galt had made a deal with a necromancer, he winked at Joshua and raised the number of slaves by 50,000, but the price remained the same.
"Adding heads, adding heads." Harrow said with a smile on his face, "It's to add a nice number to our cooperation." ”
550,000, sounds better than 500,000!
Fijoshua and Harrow were talking about 500,000 slaves, and there was only one reason why the number increased with the same price - he gave Joshua a favor to a group of dying slaves.
Slaves are very useless creatures, afraid of cold and hunger, afraid of not having enough to eat and afraid of eating too much, and will get sick, much more difficult to raise than domestic animals!
The Galt family specialized in the slave business, and their family was very experienced in controlling the cost of slaves.
He was more concerned about the mortality of his slaves than other small slave owners, after all, a large number of slave corpses were difficult to dispose of.
The price of corpses on the black market is high because they can ship in small quantities, control the market price, and make greater profit margins.
But there were too many corpses in the hands of slave owners, and it was easy to get into trouble.
After all, this is a magical world, and there are many mysterious and unknown things.
Too many corpses will not only bring a plague, but also a curse that attracts terrible creatures.
Even the corpses themselves can become extremely horrific and terrifying!
Galt, like other slave owners, would secretly transport corpses to the Endless Plains.
The Endless Plains is a gathering place for the undead, and no matter how many corpses enter the Endless Plains, they will be assimilated, and their unwillingness, pain, and despair will be turned into nourishment for the Plains of Despair, and no terrifying existence will be born to seek revenge on the slave owners.
Of course, with so many slaves dying every day, there's always a chance that monsters will be born if they don't handle it well.
"And this." Harrow's butler immediately handed over a delicate and beautiful box, and even if it was not opened, it could feel a sense of relaxation and comfort bathed in holy light.
Galt is rich, and he has bought a lot of equipment that has been blessed by the temple, especially the equipment of the Temple of Light, which is attacked by the undead, he has a lot!
Galt is the most faithful believer in the God of Light!
"Believer......" Joshua gave a mocking smile.
Doing such a thing, but claiming to be a believer in the God of Light, is really ...... It's disgusting.
But the so-called God of Light, that's it.
In the Golden Age, the God of Light was the leader of the neutral camp, and he did not interfere in the struggle of the righteous gods, nor did he care about the affairs of the evil gods.
He looked at everyone with pity, but only at all.
"See the wolf with the rabbit in his mouth? If I had helped this rabbit, then this wolf would have gone hungry, the rabbit is pitiful, but the wolf is not wrong, is it? ”
The deity of the God of Light once said: "Light can bring warmth to the world, no matter what kind of existence you have been or what kind of things you have done, as long as you believe in the existence of light, the great and merciful God of Light will bring hope to the earth!" ”
He is the spokesman of the god of light, and what he says represents the meaning of the gods.
But Joshua only thought it was ridiculous.
He said that God loved the world, but on the other hand, he just looked at them coldly, reaped their faith, and treated them like mustard.
Disgusting!
Have you ever thought that among those who are suffering are also believers in you? They prayed to the great God of Light to deliver them from their suffering, and they offered everything, they put everything in their place, but nothing happened.
Despair, pain, struggle...... Death –
God of Light...... He was just watching the whole time!
"Secretary-General?" When Harrow saw that he had not accepted the gift, he was very worried.
This cooperation was actually very insignificant to him, and it was enough to send someone to negotiate, and the reason why he himself came to negotiate the cooperation was to gain Joshua's friendship.
Lv.199 Huh! This is lv.199! I'd rather not know than offend someone!
Joshua said in a calm tone, "Discipline stipulates that we cannot accept gifts. He maintained the most "decent" mask of the aristocracy and handled Harrow very thoughtfully.
He thought again of what Philos had told him: If you don't want to laugh, you can't laugh.
Joshua raised his hand and touched the corner of his lips, well, not upturned.
Joshua's bad mood eased a little, and then he simply took the signed contract and led the team to lead the people.
The traditional way of transporting slaves was a waste of time and energy, and the attrition rate was also very large, Galt had industries in many cities, but 500,000 slaves was really a lot, and one place could not gather so many slaves.
He had to transport the slaves from somewhere else.
This method of transportation is not a gentle way of transporting.
Instead, bring 2-3 times as many slaves and a little bit of food and let the guards transport them all the way.
How to ship? The leader will take over the task of transporting goods in the adventurer's guild, and then let the slaves pull the cart and carry the goods, while the guards sit in the carriage, ready to guard and guard at any time.
The commission for transporting goods from that city to their destination was not related to the slaves, but because of the heavy manual work, the slaves were able to eat paste mixed with potato skins.
But on this road, there is still a lot of attrition, and there will be slaves who will be left behind, sick, hungry, overworked, and eaten by demonic beasts......
In short, there are many losses along the way.
But it doesn't matter, you have to prepare far more slaves at the beginning, and you will always be able to hand over the slaves in the end.
It doesn't matter if you lose your slaves, the commission for transporting goods is much higher than that of dead slaves!
Joshua offered to "pick up (?)" Harrow Gault sighed with some regret.
But in order to curry favor with Joshua, he reluctantly agreed.
"This order has earned at least 600,000 gold coins less!" He said to the butler next to him.
Then he quickly rejoiced again: "But with these equipment, those wastes who eat white rice will no longer waste my food!" ”
Fully automatic agricultural production equipment is powered by water power.
The core is the huge waterwheel, which drives the operation of the entire system with water conservancy, and a set of equipment can manage a thousand acres of land! The point is that workers are not needed!
Because they did not have enough to eat, the efficiency of these slaves was very low, and even with the whip, the output of one acre of land was still limited.
Take wheat as an example, a hundred slaves spend 120 days to grow only 300,000 catties of wheat, but these slaves still have to eat, waste the energy of the manager, and have to break several whips!
That's a lot of money to spend every day! And at the beginning it was 100 slaves, and in the back, it would be nice to have 50 left, and new slaves had to be bought.
Although Galt himself was the largest slave owner in the slave business, he was also annoyed by such inefficiency.
But fully automatic agricultural machinery is different! A set of 10,000 gold coins only needs five people to manage 1,000 acres of land!
A pound of wheat retail 20 copper coins, a thousand acres of land planted two crops a year, as a mu yield of 1,000 pounds, a year is 200 million catties, that is, 2,000 gold coins!
In less than five years, you will be able to earn back all the money you first bought the machine, and you will not need to spend it later.
How awesome! How awesome! How awesome!
The more he buys now, the more money he will drill in ten years, and the happy life of lying on the gold coins and sleeping every day is simply within reach!
Harrow Galt's breathing became rapid.
Joshua looked coldly.
The fully automatic seeding and harvesting machines are well used in Lansville, and Filos has already harvested a batch of wheat with them, which is harvested in time.
The yield per mu is as high as 1600 catties.
There is credit to these machines, but more to the extent of the fertility of the land and the hard work of the farmers.
All living beings have magic in them.
The yield of wheat will also increase as the magic becomes stronger, and the yield will be higher.