Transcendent Noble

Early morning.

The rising sun dyed the sparkling river surface golden, making the imposing manner majestic Jinshui River particularly magnificent.

The light breeze slowly, wrapped in cool water vapor assaults the senses, blowing away the last trace of heat in the fire season, and also announcing the arrival of the wind season.

Victor stood on the high tower, looking across the surging river, landing on the opposite bank more than ten kilometers away. On the south bank of the Jinshui River, thousands of murlocs were running and frolicking on the river beach, while on the north bank there was no murloc in sight. Only soldiers in armor and sharp soldiers patrolled the river beach.

"Sir Anthony, why didn't the murlocs on the other side of the river come over?" Victor asked the interior officer beside him.

Anthony walked to the edge of the tower, trying hard to see the situation on the other side of the river, but he could only see a vast expanse of whiteness. He shook his head and sighed, "Victor, your eyesight is really enviable." Then , Explained: "Although murlocs are aquatic orcs, they cannot leave the river bank for a long time. Every once in a while, they have to go ashore to bask in the sun to get rid of the moss on their bodies, otherwise they will die of lichenosis. Murlocs like Running wild on the river bank is because the moss on their bodies makes them itchy and crazy. Therefore, any creature that invades the river bank will be attacked by the murlocs, and the murlocs are therefore called river murlocs or lake murlocs."

“In fact, murlocs are unable to cross the Jinshui River, and they don’t even dare to get close to the deep waters. There are many ferocious aquatic animals in the Jinshui River that will prey on murlocs, and the water lizards in the center of the river cannot be dealt with by murlocs. Yes, those 10-meter-long rare beasts are the overlords of Jinshuihe."

"Adult water lizards will overturn small boats and prey on those who fall into the water. The establishment of the Borui Kingdom Early-Stage suffered heavy losses. For protection. For the safety of goods and personnel, the ships of Borui Kingdom are getting bigger and bigger. Later, Borui people discovered that the candles made with water lizard oil were very bright and did not have the smell of butter candles. The quality of water lizard skin was also very good. Begin to build a clipper that specializes in killing water lizards."

The female wall on the Victor patted tower, said with a smile: "I heard that a water lizard is worth 10,000 goldsore. I want to be here. On the basis of the control gate, build a wharf."

In the last month of the fire season, the control gate on the Jinshui River bank was finally repaired. This control gate is built of solid limestone. It is 20 meters high, 10 meters wide, 15 meters long, and has a wall thickness of 2 meters. It has two towers, 7 rooms, 2 storage rooms, and can house 50 soldiers. , It's just a small castle.

Although the control gate is not comparable to Baron Castle, but also not murlocs can shake, with this fortification, it is possible to build a wharf by the river. Anthony shook his head and said, "The value of the water lizard is not enough for us to build a pier." As he said, he smiled wryly: "We can't afford to repair it."

It's easy to repair a wooden pier. Victor uses it. The 200 alchemy militia can be built in just ten days. However, the cost of maintaining the operation of the wharf is quite high, not only to send soldiers to protect, but also to build supporting docks and build ships. If there is no stable output here, there is no need to build a wharf. even more how Territory construction has exhausted the York family's last Golden Thor. If it weren't for the purple cane wine trade, Sylvia would even have the mind to rob.

Victor also understands that the top priority now is to promote the construction of stream reservoirs and artificial canals to provide material guarantee for the future Ant-Man war.

"Two days ago, the Chebman family purchased a batch of blue bricks from me." Victor lightly said.

"Blue bricks?" Anthony froze for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he said happily, "Yes! We can sell blue bricks. This can reduce our burden of building reservoirs and artificial canals!"

Before the emergence of giant brick kilns, making blue bricks was a time-consuming and laborious task. The blue bricks that the lord finally accumulated were not enough for his own use, and it was even more impossible to sell. The York family imitated Victor’s giant brick kiln, originally for the purpose of selling green bricks for profit, but the construction of stream reservoirs and artificial canals itself will generate a lot of mud. This mud is made into blue bricks and sold to other lords, which can be said to be one move , two gains. If it is operated properly, it is equivalent to other families bearing the construction cost of the artificial canal, which will greatly speed up the progress of the water conservancy project.

Victor nodded said: "This is indeed the case. However, I have a few suggestions on the issue of blue bricks. The first is the output. My giant brick kiln once produced 30,000 blue bricks a day. The output of the designed brick kiln may be even higher."

Anthony said proudly: "I have adopted a duplex structure and can produce up to 40,000 blue bricks per day."

" Very good, but the more green bricks produced, the more firewood will be consumed. If we do not restrict, we will soon fall into a situation where there is no firewood available. I think it is reasonable for the brick kiln to produce 20,000 green bricks a day "

Anthony said, "It makes sense."

Victor continued: "Secondly, selling and pricing. I hope that the blue bricks of Centaur Hills can be sold and priced uniformly. The specific method is that the lord starts to build the artificial canal, and he is responsible for the sale and price of the blue bricks."

The York family built 11 giant brick kilns, which are distributed in the territories of various vassal families. The lords still have doubts about the vast artificial canal, but are very enthusiastic about building a stream reservoir, but even the construction of a stream reservoir requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources. If the sale of blue bricks can solve this problem, there is another family. Are you willing to hand over the dominance to others?

Thinking of this, Anthony frowned and said tactfully: "Victor, with our relationship, I am willing to support you. But, after all, I am only the interior officer of the York family, and I have no right to interrogate other vassal families. Internal affairs. According to the artificial canal construction plan made by Edwin teacher, leader Randal will build the artificial canal first. If you want to lead the sales and pricing of blue bricks, you should come up with a suitable reason."

Victor nodded , Said: "The market is like a forest, it also needs to be protected and nurtured. Deforestation will destroy the forest, leaving us with no wood to use, and selling green bricks indiscriminately will also destroy the market."

"This. ... Victor, I can’t understand what you mean. Isn’t the market built in a town? How could it be destroyed by blue bricks?" Anthony asked in confusion.

Victor scratched his head a bit. He didn't know how to explain to Anthony what the market was, so he decided not to dwell on this issue anymore.

"Well, you should understand that the value of artificial canals is much higher than that of blue bricks. If selling blue bricks can help us build artificial canals, the lords will not make a difference even if there is no profit. Right? "

"There is no doubt about it."

Once the artificial canal is penetrated, the land area of ​​the lord can increase several times. Compared to the value of cultivated land, selling green bricks is only a small profit. Anthony believes that most lords are even willing to post some money to complete the artificial canal plan.

"Okay!"

Victor continued: "The nobles need blue bricks to build manors and villas, and the output of blue bricks from the giant brick kilns far exceeds the needs of the nobles. Be a noble manor After the villa and the villa are repaired, no one cares about our blue bricks. At that time, the cost of building the artificial canal will be fully borne by each family, which is beyond the ability of any family."

Anthony thought for a moment, and said: "I understand. That is to say, the sale of blue bricks can only support the construction of a section of artificial canals. However, other families are more impossible to agree to Randal's exclusive ownership of the blue bricks and artificial canals."

Victor sneered in his heart. If it weren't for worrying that the vassal lord of the York family would follow the blue brick business and destroy the blue brick market, Victor didn't want to care about their lives and life, as long as Randal took the lead in repairing the water conservancy facilities.

Victor at first knew that no lord can complete a large-scale water conservancy project alone. This is not a financial and material issue, but a system issue.

Leaders provide the lord with 4 months of labor each year, mainly harvesting crops and building infrastructure. In addition, they have to receive militia training. Then there is time to dig soil and repair canals? It is good for freemen to accept employment, but freemen are paid extremely low, which means they fill their stomachs. Free people work hard to become leaders. When they find that they can't become leaders after digging for a few years, they must choose to leave. Even if the lord is willing to increase his wages, how long can his finances support it? As for forcing freedmen to work, Emperor Rand had done this before, and he died.

Jillian came to buy the blue bricks and provided Victor with an idea: turn the blue bricks into an industry, and let this industry drive the construction of water conservancy projects.

Since it is an industry, it must be sustainable.

First, resources must be sustainable. As far as the blue brick industry is concerned, it goes without saying that clay, but forest resources need to be protected. Overproduction of blue bricks will cause a shortage of firewood and destroy wildlife resources. Therefore, the production of green bricks must be controlled, and shrubs that can grow quickly must be planted as firewood.

Secondly, market demand is sustainable. The amount of blue bricks used by the nobles to build manors and villas alone is not enough to support this industry. Victor can expand the use of blue bricks, but before that, the vassal lords of the York family can't be fucked behind. This is why he proposed that Randal should lead the sales of blue bricks first.

In the end, the labor force must be stable. Dean re-hosted the brick kiln village with a group of novices. The daily output of blue bricks is only 5,000 trifling, and it will reach 10,000 a day in a few days. After these novices are very skilled, the maximum production capacity of the giant brick kiln can be achieved. The problem is that these brick makers may not always be willing to engage in the production of blue bricks.

The biggest difference between a leader and a freedman is that he can be promoted to a vassal. This is the status that the common people strive for. In addition, in the event of a disaster, the leader is given priority to be protected by the lord, while the freed may have to find a way out, and their property and safety are not guaranteed.

For this reason, Victor intends to include skilled brickmakers as the leader, enjoy all the rights of the leader and assume corresponding obligations. Other civil servants can also seek positions in Victor's industry. This is the civil employment system envisioned by Victor.

The employment system of leading people may seem simple, but in fact it is to liberate the people from a single agricultural production and engage in more specialized production, such as wood manufacturing, textiles, iron manufacturing, etc., without them How to be proficient, as long as you can master one or two links.

Once the leader employment system is implemented, whether it is a free citizen or a leader, they will work when they are alive and farm when they are not. They are flexible and efficient. Suppose that a wood workshop led by Randal is idle. Victor places an order to build 50 carriages. The wood workshop hires skilled hands among the civilians. After the order is completed, the civilians return to farm with their wages, and the wood workshop is closed again. Since these people only master one or a few of the production processes and leave the industrial system led by Randal, these skills will be worthless. Therefore, the people led by Randal will become Victor's loyal supporters.

Victor does not want to introduce the employment system to the York family, but he cannot let the blue brick industry be destroyed in the hands of laymen. Anthony was euphemistic, but the meaning was clear. Victor took the lead in the sales of blue bricks, and the money was also made. Artificial ditches were built to take all the benefits. As a result, other families couldn't even drink the soup. How could they agree?

"The artificial ditches in Randal are not accessible. What is the use of artificial ditches built by other families?"

Victor laughed and said, "The most important problem is still the blue brick. Sales. Therefore, we must try to expand the sales of blue bricks. Lords around Centaur Hills don’t use too many blue bricks, but what if they also sell blue bricks?"

"This is What do you mean? Let our neighbors build giant brick kilns too? They have all sold blue bricks, so what's the matter with us?" Anthony was anxious.

Victor shook his head and said with a smile: "Not let them produce blue bricks, but let them sell blue bricks. After the surrounding lords build the manor, we will provide them with blue bricks at a relatively low price. When they see profit, they will naturally sell to other lords."

"In addition, I will order the production of different specifications of blue bricks, which are divided into bricks for nobles, bricks for vassals, and bricks for lords. Nobles can accept custom-made bricks with bricks. The designated patterns on the seals are nothing more than molds. Many wealthy vassals also wanted to build houses with blue bricks, and the vassals used bricks for them. Of course, they used them. I can’t afford the green bricks, but most of those villages use iron oak as fences. There is no shooting platform behind the iron oak fence, and the counterattack ability is limited. If blue bricks and rammed earth are used to build a three-meter-thick brick wall behind the fence, the fence is defensive The power will be greatly increased, and an archer can be placed on the brick wall. If a ferocious gnoll breaks through the iron oak fence but is buried by the brick wall, would you say that the lords would be willing to build a brick wall for their village?"

"The sales of blue bricks can be solved, but our original intention of selling blue bricks is not for profit, but to build an artificial water conservancy system. Centaur Hills large and small has more than a dozen lords, all of which sell blue bricks. If you don’t, the water conservancy system will never be built!"

Anthony was speechless. After a while, he shook his head and sighed, "It’s really unimaginable. You didn’t go to Baita to study. Come up with such a meticulous strategy. Is this the innate talent of the commercial aristocracy?"

Victor moved in his heart and said, "I really want to visit the Silver Tower."

"You should go and see. It is a very spectacular building left over from the Chosen One era. I can ask Edwin teacher to write a letter of introduction for you, and the Baita scholars will definitely welcome your visit." Anthony paused, and again Said: "I am going back to Black Castle Town soon, and I will pass your opinions to the top of the family, I believe they will make a reasonable decision."