This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 400 Kingdom Factory Plan

No wonder Ariel is sensitive. When Amberxiu pretended to be Mongo Gray River, Ariel carefully observed how this "wise man" used words to deceive people, thinking that one day she could become a wise person too. .

 Hence, Ariel is very familiar with everything including Mongo Gray River’s body movements.

Now, the lich in front of her clearly had no resemblance to Monge Gray River, but Ariel could feel that the temperaments of the two were very similar. Especially the last paragraph, after Amberxiu finished speaking, Ariel knew that she had completely fallen into a trap, just like Mengg Gray River had deceived people in the first place.

This feeling is so weird.

Ariel couldn't help but look at Amberxiu up and down, trying to see through the soul hidden by the lich's transformation spell.

But it is a pity that Amberxiu did not show any flaws. He just said politely: "If Your Highness the Princess has other things to consider, you might as well speak directly. Business always needs to be discussed."

Ariel then came back to her senses and said to Amberxiu: "What are the other ways of cooperation you just mentioned?"

Amberxiu felt happy. Ariel asked this question, which meant that his plan was mostly successful.

Amberxiu said: "It's very simple. The Kingdom of Rage has a huge financial problem and cannot come up with enough cash, but I know that the population of the Kingdom of Rage is a bit surplus..."

Ariel interrupted: "Ultraman Master, you are mistaken. The population of the Kingdom of Rage is not large, and we are too busy just to fill our stomachs."

The Kingdom of Rage is scattered on several giant islands, and its population is really small. The total population is estimated to be less than 10 million.

Furthermore, the land area of ​​the Kingdom of Rage is small, and it is unable to carry out large-scale farming and grazing, so it can only rely on the sea to survive. Therefore, the people of the Raging Tide Kingdom can only fish and rely on the fish to fill their stomachs.

Most people pay taxes in fish, so gold in this kingdom is very scarce. If a small gold mine on the seabed hadn't been discovered, the Kingdom of Rage would have had to earn gold by being a pirate.

It is too difficult to excavate seabed gold mines, and not much gold has been mined over the years. As a result, the gold mines are about to bottom out.

A kingdom that can’t even eat enough to eat has no manpower to dive and mine. The Kingdom of Rage doesn’t have enough gold and doesn’t have any valuable specialties. It’s difficult to trade with other kingdoms on the mainland and can only continue to suffer losses. This makes the Kingdom of Rage even more closed. , more backward and poorer.

So it is nonsense for Amberxiu to say that the manpower is rich.

However, Amberxiu shook his head and said: "I know the plight of the Kingdom of Raging Tide. The efficiency of fishing and harvesting food is too low and dangerous, which is not conducive to the development of the Kingdom of Raging Tide."

This is the problem of the island kingdom. It cannot support a huge industrial system. If it can only play fishing and hunting, it will never get rid of the current predicament.

And Amber's correction can solve this problem: "I wonder if Her Royal Highness the Princess has ever thought about importing food? If the kingdom has enough food, then the kingdom's population can be freed up to carry out more valuable work, for example, for I process all kinds of alchemical products.”

 “Processing alchemical products?” Ariel said strangely: “But our Kingdom of Rage does not have this foundation at all.”

"It doesn't matter, I have it. I have the complete alchemy factory production line technology, I just lack the people."

Ariel thought of the tied dragons just now and said in surprise: "Are you really going to kill the dragons and use their corpses for alchemy?"

"Haha, it's not that cruel. I do business in a steady stream, and I don't make one-shot deals. What will happen next when all the dragons are dead? So I only focus on some of the specialties of the dragons, such as dragon bone vines, dragon scales, and dragon blood. Wait. Just adjust the proportions of these raw materials to create a large number of alchemy products with a wide market. "

Ariel asked again: "You are friends with the Queen of the Undead. Wouldn't it be easier to ask her for help?"

Amberxiu said helplessly: "The Underdark is not suitable for building large-scale production lines at all. Moreover, dragon materials are very sensitive. If they are contaminated by dark magic, the scrap rate will be very high."

 It is not possible to use skeletons for work. Dragon products are all high-end products. A little pollution will lead to waste of products, so living people must be used.

Even if there are dwarves and gnomes in the Dark Hell, water and ventilation are all problems, not to mention the winding passages inside, making it difficult to find a flat place.

Amberxiu can't do another World Weaving Technique to create a new environment for the alchemy factory. The investment cost is too high. Even if he is willing to do it, the subsequent transportation costs will be a big cost. From the Dark Area to the surface, only the teleportation array can transport it stably, and the cost is very scary.

The Kingdom of Rage is different. This is an island, and transportation is much more convenient.

Amber Amend plans to build a cross-kingdom airship transportation route. When a route is opened here, the cost can be further reduced.

Another point is that the Kingdom of Rage is too poor. Cutting the wages of alchemy factory workers in other places by half and then discounting them by 30% is enough to hire people from the Kingdom of Rage.

 The advantage of low wages is unmatched by other places. Another point is that the Kingdom of Rage is the area closest to Dragon Island. Even if it is not a factory, it will still be a transfer station for transporting materials. Rather than being a transfer station, it is better to directly turn it into a production place.

Amberxiu can also exaggerate the price of the combat airship and use it to offset the "salary" of the Raging Tide Kingdom.

 At the worst possible outcome, give some of the sales profits to the Rage Kingdom to stimulate their subjective initiative. In this way, Amber Xiu can lure these tens of millions of people to become his wage earners.

When he thinks that this kingdom will become his own alchemy factory, Amber Xiu is so excited that his soul trembles. If he practices dumping, all the alchemy chambers of commerce in the mainland will be destroyed by him. By then, how much does the vitality potion cost? The final say!

"Your Highness, I can provide airships, technology and some infrastructure to the kingdom, and you only need to provide enough workers and sites. As for food, I have some connections with the druids, and I can get enough from them. More food will ensure that the people of the Raging Tide Kingdom will not go hungry.

“I believe that Your Highness the Princess doesn’t want your people to be able to eat only fish for the rest of their lives, right? Bread, eggs, milk, and various meats, these can all become the menu of the Kingdom of Rage, what do you think?”

Ariel was shocked by the future described by Ambrose. Even as a princess, her diet was only a variety of fish, kelp and seaweed. She had never eaten beef and mutton a few times, let alone milk. Only bread can be chosen, that’s because the few cultivated lands in the Kingdom of Rage are given priority to the royal family.

If this Lich can really do it, it seems to be a good thing for the Kingdom of Rage.

Ariel was about to agree, but what she opened her mouth to say was: "I will seriously consider your suggestion. How about this, Ultraman Master You first write down a detailed plan and let me study it. How to cooperate specifically, what is needed? What we provide and what we can obtain, I hope it will be reflected in detail in the plan.”

Amberxiu sighed in his heart, the silly little girl had really grown up and became smarter and more cautious.

Amberxiu handed the plan he had prepared long ago to Ariel's hands. Her Highness the Princess simply opened it and looked at it for a few times, and her eyes lit up. The content recorded above is exactly what the Rage Kingdom needs. Everything is so beautiful. It seems that just signing this contract can make the kingdom better.

Poor Ariel, the time to grow up is still too short. If she studies it in depth for a few more years, she might be able to see through Ambrose's tricks.

 This is a polished plan that completely avoids key issues.

　　What will happen to a kingdom when its food is monopolized and all its population becomes workers?

This monopoly is invisible. When the people of this kingdom are accustomed to the days of meat and bread, if one day they return to the days when they can only eat fish, it will be a devastating blow to the kingdom.

At that time, the fate of the Raging Tide Kingdom was completely in the hands of Amber Xiu.

Amberxiu didn’t mind if Ariel took the plan back and studied it slowly.

I'm afraid no one in the Rage Kingdom can understand the tricks in Amber's plan. They are too poor, their population is too small, and they can attract too few talents.

Amberxiu has seen their court mages, those who do alchemy, those who play with corpses, and those who play magic, but none of them have done research on society and people's livelihood.

As for the old king... Haha, Meng Huihe can deceive the old king, but he is even less capable of seeing the core of the problem clearly.

The only thing to worry about now is Talos, the Lord of Storms. Will he see through this plan and give his followers an oracle?

 Is this considered interfering with mortals?

Amberxiu could only pray to Io in his heart, God above the gods, please be more strict. It would be best if all the gods would not dare to issue oracles. Then sooner or later, the world would fall into his hands.

 Looking at Ariel's leaving figure, Amberxiu was about to withdraw his attention.

The Lane people will not be defeated by the mere Thunder Sea, they will definitely be able to come in front of him, so preparations still have to be made, hoping that the problem can be solved beautifully by then, so as to shock everyone.

 But just when Amberxiu was about to continue to improve his plan, he suddenly thought of a question.

 Ariel...this name, no, the woman that fool wants to marry is Princess Ariel?

Amberxiu didn’t have this idea originally, because the name Ariel is too common, and there are too many people with the same name. It’s really impossible to compare without a surname.

 But Aiolos has such a special power, the woman he wants to marry will not be the daughter of an ordinary family, otherwise ordinary people will not be able to escape Aiolos' tracking if they want to escape from marriage.

 Only Ariel, the princess, is qualified for Aiolos to pursue her with all her strength.

Combined with Aiolos's idiotic behavior, Amberxiu had a bold guess that this was probably a way for the gods to intervene in the mortal world!

 (End of this chapter)