Magic Industrial Age

As time marched into December of the New God Calendar year 312, Flower Collar officially entered the season of hibernation.

Although the穹顶 Mountains blocked the southward flow of cold air, it wasn't particularly cold, but the people of Flower Collar couldn't withstand the cold!

With a slight drop in temperature, many people couldn't bear it, claiming it was the coldest winter in many years.

Fortunately, the changes brought about by the two magic textile factories were quite noticeable.

The explosive growth in productivity allowed for the mass production of textiles, but since Luo Yi didn't allow exports, they could only be consumed internally.

Within Flower Collar, the prices of these textiles were driven very low.

Even the most ordinary commoners could afford to buy some, to make new clothes for their children in this cold winter month, with the Festival of Divine Grace and the New Year approaching.

For this alone, they could feel happiness.

Of course, although the prices were relatively low, that was compared to previous years; selling at a loss was impossible, but profits were definitely being made.

In fact, out of the six major categories, despite the many projects, this was the only one that truly made money.

No wonder this was the most popular option when exchanging military merits for shares.

To be honest, starting from when Luo Yi entered Flower Collar.

First, there was the policy of opening granaries and providing disaster relief to the people;

Then, there was the full restoration of cooperation with the Empire, and the various projects were pushed forward again.

Then, the noble war broke out, and Luo Yi promised that the Raymond family would bear the war expenses;

After that, there was the long-distance raid, fighting the Pirate King on the Silver Sea...

It could be said that Luo Yi never stopped.

Not only did he never stop moving, but he also never stopped spending money!

The various expenses were enormous, but Luo Yi had seen the world and built up a vast industry with his own hands.

Otherwise, just the constant flow of money would be too much for the average person to handle!

Of course, even Luo Yi, looking at the increasingly large numbers every day, was somewhat worried.

The reason he was so greedy for money was because he was really short of money right now!

Fortunately, the first payment for the magic warship was a legitimate income.

Then, in December, the second income arrived, which was the tax from the fields, all collected.

In previous years, it could actually be completed by November.

But who asked the head of the tax officials, the minister in charge of agriculture, to die in the Lion Castle.

It always takes time for Hoover the butler to take over, adjust, and arrange things.

Flower Collar's location is good, with abundant water sources and more fertile fields, so the tax revenue is not small.

It can almost account for a quarter of the Raymond family's annual income, which is quite considerable.

And Luo Yi, according to the usual practice, converted part of it into gold and sent it to the Red Dragon Virgil.

In other words, the Red Dragon Virgil didn't stay in Brussels for a few days before he had to send the tithe to the upper-level parish.

Of course, the reason he was so active was because Luo Yi wanted to buy holy techniques.

Before leaving, he told Luo Yi that he would meet some old friends on this trip, which would take longer, and he needed to be patient.

What could Luo Yi say, he could only wait!

Not long after the Red Dragon Virgil left, Luo Yi's third income, which was the ransom and war reparations, finally arrived.

The first to take action was naturally Earl Wick.

After Daisy determined that she had no ability to negotiate the price, she went straight back, and Earl Wick was much more decisive than Luo Yi had imagined.

Carriages loaded with gold and silver utensils, and even many valuable gems, jewelry, agate, and coral, were sent over.

In addition, there were also extremely many precious magic materials.

In order to raise the reparations, Earl Wick even sent two large pieces of mithril and fine gold, each weighing about a hundred pounds.

If there is anything more valuable than gold, it is mithril and fine gold, which can be used in most magic weapons and props, and are true consumables and hard currency.

It can be said that in order to redeem his vassals and knights, Earl Wick had emptied out his savings.

Of course, he had requirements for being so decisive, that was to release his knights as soon as possible, and to release the Carlisle family's prisoners as slowly as possible.

The reason is clear with a little thought, without a leader, the old Earl wanted to do more.

Luo Yi was very decisive, and released all of Earl Wick's family's vassals, knights, knight attendants, and militiamen as soon as the money arrived.

He even thoughtfully prepared carriages, food, and supplies, and opened up a road, arranging for people to send them to Frost Moon Canyon.

This group of people were originally working on the construction site, but in the blink of an eye, they were politely sent out of the country, still confused.

However, Earl Wick did not give them time to sigh, and after Daisy appeared, she brought sufficient supplies.

After eating, drinking, resting, and putting on armor and warhorses, in the blink of an eye, a battle-ready army was formed.

They marched in Wick Territory, not fast, but they helped Earl Wick stabilize the people's hearts.

Of course, just like Luo Yi said, many things cannot be done openly, but it is hard to say in secret.

Anyway, many knights deserted while this team was still in the process of marching, and no one knew where they went.

Or rather, they would not let outsiders know what they did!

However, the Carlisle family's reaction was not slow either.

On the one hand, Alan Wells was too arrogant in the noble council, and he used his attitude to tell everyone both on and off the stage.

In a word, there is nothing to talk about, give money!

On the other hand, the prisoners are also very good!

There was no way, they are working on the construction site now.

Those militiamen don't feel anything, but those nobles and knights only feel that this is a great shame, but they can't resist.

The only thing they can do is to constantly write letters, write letters, and write letters, repeatedly emphasizing how hard life is and how irregular the bastard Earl is.

Then, change the tricks and urge the people at home to prepare the ransom!

These two points accelerated the process of ransom and reparations, the difference is that the new Marquis of Carlisle has not yet been selected.

A group of candidates are still gambling, and some people are still waiting for the statement from the Bonaparte Empire's Duke of the family.

So, everyone is dragging!

Without a backbone, the ransom is actually more of each doing their own thing.

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So, during this time, Lion Manor received a lot of people, they do not represent the Marquis of Carlisle, but themselves.

They came not to redeem everyone, but one or some of them.

Luo Yi doesn't care, anyway, everything depends on money!

All prisoners are clearly priced, and if the money is in place, they can be released.

At this moment, Luo Yi is like opening a blind box.

Most of the nobles sent, in addition to gold and silver utensils, there are also many strange things.

Such as various types of magic props, unnamed magic materials, strange items, and so on.

Luo Yi does not refuse anyone, and even specially finds someone to evaluate and convert it into gold Teer.

Then, he also picked and picked among these things, looking for something that suits his appetite.

Don't say it, I really found a lot of good things.

For example, a luxury magic carriage called 'Son of the Wind', from a family of extraordinary knights.

This family has a close relationship with a certain alchemist, and inherited this magic carriage from him. They were not very dare to take it out to use it, for fear of being coveted by the superior nobles.

This time, the head of the family was captured, so they had to send it as a ransom.

The reason why Luo Yi took a fancy to him was because it had anti-gravity magic, and it ran extremely fast.

And the seemingly small carriage, the interior is as wide as a three-bedroom apartment. It is not only excellent for traveling, but also for camping.

Luo Yi was very happy to accept it, and then find someone to tidy it up and hang the flag of the Lion family.

In the future, this will be his car!

There is also an extremely rare magic scarecrow, the effect of which is to add a layer of armor after dripping blood, which can replace various damages.

In other words, the injuries that fall on Luo Yi can be transferred to the magic scarecrow.

The only pity is that this scarecrow is actually very fragile, if it really suffers ten or eight knives.

People may be fine, but the scarecrow has been torn apart, that is, the upper limit of damage is not high.

However, even so, this magic scarecrow is also a very good magic prop, especially for those fatal injuries, such as a one-hit kill, it is really life-saving.

In addition, there is a pair of wrist guards, Luo Yi likes it very much, called: Hercules wrist guards.

Its effect is to increase the strength of both arms, so that people have arm strength equivalent to that of heavy knights.

However, this is a typical magic prop, which must be activated with magic power.

The result is that the knight can't use it, and the magician uses it tasteless, but Luo Yi feels that it is just right to put it on his wrist.

There is also a high-level invisibility cloak, in addition to being invisible, it actually has the effect of eliminating breath and smoothing air fluctuations.

It really disappears when you put it on.

This is a weapon for assassination and eavesdropping, and was thrown to Angel by Luo Yi.

There is also a Silver Moon Hunter's Staff, which is sealed on the ring. When used, it can be directly activated by fighting spirit and appear in the hand.

In addition, there is a Monaco shield, which looks thick, but is actually very light, and was directly thrown to Iron Knight Phil after Luo Yi saw it.

All in all, there are actually a lot of things. Luo Yi is not a miser. He believes that good things are really beneficial to use.

Therefore, all the good magic props have been sent out by him.

Iron Knight Phil, Flame Sword Saint Otto, Grand Knight Commander Alfonso, etc., these people are all beneficiaries.

Of course, to talk about the most, it must be gold coins.

Finally, near the middle of the month, after releasing nearly one-fifth of the captive knights under Carlisle, the ransom Luo Yi harvested finally broke through 400,000 gold coins.

This number can finally be said to be not shabby, and Luo Yi's wallet is bulging again.

With money, naturally there is confidence, and you can have a good year!

This is Luo Yi's first Christmas and Divine Grace in Flower Collar, and it still needs to be organized.