industrial lord

Chapter 322 Theory of Development

"Grateful heart, thank you..."

Amidst the childlike singing of the choir, believers who participated in today's team-building activity of the Bright Church walked to the altar and put money into the donation box.

Frederick pushed a wheelchair and followed behind the team. Françoise in the wheelchair put a few gold coins into the donation box, and the local bishop behind the box nodded his thanks.

The sound of metal collision sounded, and the girl's pale face seemed to have a trace of blood.

It was Frederick's next turn, and instead of taking out the gold coin, he put in a folded note.

The bishop showed a bright smile on his face and bowed 60° to Duke Wesson in thanks.

There are rumors in the world that Duke Wesson did not throw a single copper coin into the donation box, but every delivery coupon he threw in was worth a hundred gold.

When he walked out of the church, Frederick thought to himself why the church didn't sell indulgences, otherwise he would have bought two pounds and robbed the church.

Outside the church is a snow-white beach. The tide has just ebbed, and many locals walk out of the church to catch the sea on the beach.

The residents of this island do not know whether it is because of genetics or other reasons, the average height is a head shorter than other places.

Today's weather is good, the temperature at noon exceeds 10 degrees Celsius, there are few clouds, and the sea breeze can only blow the hair on the side of the ear.

Françoise pointed to the beach, and Frederick pushed the wheelchair over.

Last winter, Françoise suffered from a very troublesome lung disease. If she walks a lot or even talks too much, she will suffer from insufficient oxygen supply and feel dizzy. She can only go to a place with good air to rest.

The island has a pleasant climate, fresh air, and rich aquatic products. It is easy to eat sea fish that are considered to have nourishing effects, so her family sent her here for recuperation.

Frederick pushed his wheelchair to the beach, and not far away, a crab happened to be pushed up by the waves.

Françoise's servants laid out thick tarpaulins and carpets, placed tea and snacks, and put up parasols.

Frederick helped Françoise from the wheelchair to the carpet, and the two sat down across the tea set and three layers of dessert plates.

The waves got farther and farther away, the people who were rushing to the sea went away, the servants also stepped back, and the world suddenly became quiet.

The two had had a big quarrel through letters before, and Frederick didn't know what to say for a while.

After a while, he said slowly: "The swamp land reclaimed in the lowland areas must not be used to grow tulips. Now tulips are beautiful bubbles, and they will disappear without a trace when they are poked."

Sixty-seven years ago, Frederick purchased thousands of hectares of swampland in the lowlands through Françoise and Lilu. After one year of damming, two years of drainage, and three years of soil improvement, all the swampland was turned into fertile farmland.

Last year, tulip sales were in full swing. Françoise wanted to use all the land to grow tulips, but Frederick naturally refused.

Nowadays, the demand for meat, eggs, and milk in Wessen State is growing rapidly. Frederick intends to build it into a livestock base, provide enough meat and cheese for the territory through convenient water transportation, and use livestock manure to raise slimes by the way. Naturally It is impossible to go to the muddy waters of tulips.

However, Françoise insisted again and again, and Frederick refused without doubt, so the two quarreled.

"Why?" asked Françoise in a low voice, "Why are tulips foam?"

Frederick replied: "What can tulips do, they can't be eaten or weaved. There is no second use except for viewing."

"There are not many people on this continent who are willing to spend big money on entertainment. The vast majority of people will go hungry if they don't budget carefully. Only so many people will end up paying for tulips."

"The most important thing is that tulips are plants and their growth cycle is not long. You can plant a batch soon and more and more will be sold on the market."

"The price of a commodity is determined by the relationship between supply and demand in the market. Just like the price of grain, if there is more grain in a good harvest year, the price will be lower, and in a bad harvest year, the price will be higher if there is less grain."

"The price of tulips is also the same. Nowadays, there are more and more people and land growing tulips, but the number of people who finally buy them has not increased, and the price continues to rise due to layer upon layer resale."

"I speculate that when the tulip market is saturated and some people start selling at a lower price because they can't buy them, the price of tulips will drop dozens or even hundreds of times in a short period of time."

The first time he saw tulips was sent by Françoise when he wrote a letter nine years ago. To the north and the lowlands where it grows well and then begins to grow in popularity.

A few years ago, the cultivation technology of tulips achieved great-leap-forward development, and new varieties continued to emerge, and this wave spread rapidly to all directions.

It's just that Frederick didn't have that kind of freshness and was not interested in tulips, and Maria brought the popular trend in Wessen to bird breeding because of her love for small animals, so few people in Wessen did this.

The Ministry of Commerce of Wessen State is responsible for collecting economic information from all over the country, and the booming tulip market is naturally brought to Frederick's desk.

Frederick only glanced at it at that time. It had nothing to do with him. There were too many things in the territory, so he asked the Ministry of Commerce to continue to pay attention to it and then ignored it after using it to write papers.

The economy has its own laws, regardless of whether there is magic in that world, the basic laws of supply and demand are interlinked.

The productivity of Wessen State has increased, but the theoretical guidance of economic activities has not kept up. The current scholars lack foresight, and Frederick can't ask too much about it.

For example, the phenomenon of supply and demand ratio and commodity prices is now well known to many people, but there is no mature theory because no one can fully understand the relationship between value and price.

Françoise must be one of the people who didn't understand. After Frederick explained it, he could only shake his head. This kind of thing is really too much for the eldest lady who plays music, chess, calligraphy and painting all day long and occasionally manages the manor. strange.

Frederick thought for a while, and after making up his mind, he said, "I'll stay here next. While I have time, I can calm down and write a book about business and trade."

According to the plan, he will go to the holy city to pay homage to the chief helm of the Church of Light, and then go to the Kingdom of Madeira and the Kingdom of Lisenberg to see the land that is not available in the "home" in the west of the mainland.

It’s just that although the collapse of the tulip bubble may come, if I can seize the opportunity to predict this phenomenon in the book, it may promote the development of bourgeois political economy.

Françoise smiled when she heard that he was staying.

But the servants behind her became nervous, after all, Duke Wesson's reputation was there.

　The construction site held meetings until ten o'clock in the evening for two consecutive days, which made me feel dizzy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)