Chapter 187

early morning.

The rising sun dyed the sparkling river golden, making the magnificent Jinshui River particularly magnificent.

The light wind came slowly, wrapped in cool moisture, blowing away the last heat of the fire season and announcing the arrival of the wind season.

Victor stood on the high tower, his eyes crossed the surging river and landed on the other bank more than ten kilometers away. On the South Bank of Jinshui River, thousands of fish people are running and playing on the beach, while on the north bank, there is no fish man. Only soldiers in armor patrol back and forth on the beach.

"Sir Anthony, why didn't the fish man across the river come?" Victor asked the home secretary next to him.

Anthony went to the edge of the tower and tried to see the situation across the Qinghe River, but he could only see a vast expanse of white. He shook his head and sighed, "Victor, your eyesight is really enviable." Then he explained: "Although fish people are aquatic orcs, they can't leave the river bank for a long time. Every once in a while, they have to go ashore to bask in the sun and get rid of the moss, otherwise they will die of moss disease. Fish people like to run crazy on the river bank because the moss on their body makes them itch crazy. Therefore, any creature invading the river bank will be attacked by fish people, so they are called fish people Riverside fish man or lake shore fish man. "

"In fact, fish people can't cross the Jinshui River. They don't even dare to get close to the deep water area. There are many fierce aquatic animals in the Jinshui River that will prey on fish people. The water lizard in the center of the river is not something that fish people can cope with. Those 10 meter long monsters are the overlord of the Jinshui River."

"Adult water lizards will overturn boats and prey on drowning people. In the early days of the founding of the Borui Kingdom, however, heavy losses were incurred. In order to protect the safety of goods and personnel, the ships of the Borui Kingdom grew larger and larger. Later, the Borui people found that the candles made of water lizard oil were very bright, had no smell of butter candles, and the quality of water lizard skin was also very good, so they began to build a speedboat dedicated to killing water lizards. ”

Victor patted the female wall on the tower and said with a smile, "I heard that a water lizard is worth 10000 gold sol. I want to build another Wharf on the basis of this sluice."

In the last month of the fire season, the sluice on the Jinshui River bank was finally repaired. This sluice is built of solid limestone. It is 20 meters high, 10 meters wide, 15 meters long and 2 meters thick. It has two towers, seven rooms and two storage rooms. It can house 50 soldiers. It is completely a small castle.

Although the sluice is not as good as the Baron's castle, it can not be shaken by the fish man. With the help of this fortification, a wharf can be built by the river. Anthony shook his head and said, "the value of water lizards is not enough for us to build docks." Then he smiled bitterly, "we can't afford it."

It's easy to build a wooden wharf. Victor used 200 alchemy militia, which can be built in more than ten days. However, the cost of maintaining the operation of the wharf is quite high. It is not only necessary to send soldiers for protection, but also to build supporting docks and ships. If there is no stable output here, there is no need to build a wharf. What's more, the construction of the territory has exhausted the last golden sol of the York family. If there was not the purple cane wine trade, Sylvia would even have the idea of robbery.

Victor also understands that the top priority now is to promote the construction of stream reservoirs and artificial canals to provide material support for the future ant man war.

"Two days ago, the chebman family purchased a batch of green bricks from me." Said Victor lightly.

"Green brick?" Anthony was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said happily, "yes! We can sell green bricks. This can reduce the burden of building reservoirs and artificial canals!"

Before the emergence of giant brick kilns, making green bricks was a time-consuming and laborious thing. The green bricks saved by the LORD were not enough for his own use, let alone sold. The York family imitated Victor's giant brick kiln for the purpose of selling green bricks for profit. The construction of stream reservoir and artificial canal itself will produce a large amount of soil. It can be said that it is killing two birds with one stone to make these soil into green bricks and sell them to other lords. If it is operated properly, it means that other families bear the construction cost of artificial canal, which will greatly speed up the progress of human water conservancy project.

Victor nodded and said, "that's true. However, I have some suggestions on the issue of green bricks. The first is the output. My giant brick kiln once produced 30000 green bricks a day, and the output of the brick kiln you designed may be higher."

Anthony said proudly, "I have adopted a duplex structure and can produce up to 40000 green bricks a day."

"It's very good, but the more green bricks we produce, the more firewood we consume. If we don't limit it, we will soon be in a situation of no firewood. I think it's reasonable for brick kilns to produce 20000 green bricks a day."

Anthony said, "that makes sense."

Victor continued: "the second is the sale and pricing. I hope the green bricks in Renma hill can be sold and priced uniformly. The specific method is that the Lord starts to build an artificial canal, and he is responsible for the sale and pricing of the green bricks."

The York family built 11 giant brick kilns, which were distributed in the territories of various vassal families. The Lords still have doubts about the huge artificial canal of the project, but they are very enthusiastic about building a stream reservoir. However, even building a stream reservoir will cost huge human and material resources. If selling green bricks can solve this problem, which family is willing to hand over the dominant power?

Thinking of this, Anthony frowned and said politely: "Victor, with our relationship, I am willing to support you. However, after all, I am only the interior officer of the York family and have no right to intervene in the internal affairs of other vassal families. According to the artificial canal construction plan formulated by Mr. Edwin, Randall will build the artificial canal first. If you want to dominate the sale and pricing of green bricks, you should come up with an appropriate reason."

Victor nodded and said, "the market is like a forest. It also needs to be protected and cultivated. Deforestation will destroy the forest and make us have no wood to use. Indiscriminate sales of green bricks will also destroy the market."

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

Victor scratched his head. He didn't know how to explain what the market was with Anthony, so he decided to stop pestering about this problem.

"Well, you should understand that the value of the artificial canal is far above the green brick. If the sale of the green brick can help us build the artificial canal, even if there is no profit, the Lords will not care. Right?"

"There is no doubt about it."

Once the artificial canal is connected, it can increase the landlords' cultivated land several times. Compared with the value of cultivated land, selling green bricks can only be a small profit. Anthony believes that most landlords are even willing to paste some money back to complete the artificial canal plan.

"Good!"

Victor continued: "the nobles need green bricks to build manors and villas, and the output of green bricks in giant brick kilns is far greater than that of the nobles. When the nobles' manors and villas are repaired, our green bricks will be ignored. At that time, the cost of building artificial canals will be borne by all families, which no family can afford."

Anthony thought for a moment and said, "I see. That is to say, selling green bricks can only support the construction of an artificial canal. However, other families are more unlikely to agree that Randall will monopolize the interests of green bricks and artificial canals."

Victor sneered. If he wasn't worried that the vassal lords of York family would follow in the green brick business and destroy the green brick market, Victor didn't want to care about their life and death, as long as Randall took the lead in repairing the water conservancy facilities.

Victor knew from the beginning that no Lord could complete a large-scale water conservancy project alone. This was not a matter of financial and material resources, but a matter of system.

The collar people provide the LORD with four months of labor every year, mainly to harvest crops and build infrastructure. In addition, they have to accept militia training. Then they have time to dig earth and repair canals? It's good for the free people to accept employment, but the free people's pay is very low, that is, they have enough to eat. The free people work hard to become the collar people. When they find that they can't dig a pit for several years In order to lead the people, we must choose to leave. Even if the Lord is willing to increase his salary, how long can his finance support? As for forcing the free people to work, Emperor Rand did so, and he died.

Gillian came to buy green bricks and provided Victor with an idea: make green 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 of all, resources should be sustainable. In terms of green brick industry, it goes without saying that clay, but forest resources need to be protected. The excessive production of green brick will cause a shortage of firewood and destroy wildlife resources. Therefore, the output of green brick must be controlled, and shrubs that can grow rapidly should be planted as firewood.

Secondly, the market demand is sustainable. The amount of green bricks used by nobles to build manors and villas alone is not enough to support the industry. Victor can expand the use of green bricks, but before that, he can't let the vassal Lord of York family fuck behind. This is also the reason why he proposed that lander lead the sales of green bricks first.

Finally, the labor force must be stable. Dean re presides over the brick kiln village with a group of novices. The daily output of green bricks is only a mere 5000 yuan, and can reach 10000 yuan a day in a few days. Only after these novices are very skilled can they realize the maximum production capacity of giant brick kilns. The problem is that these Brickmakers may not be willing to engage in green brick production all the time.

The biggest difference between the collar people and the free people is that they can be promoted to vassals, which is the identity that the civilians strive for. In addition, in case of disasters, the collar people give priority to the protection of the Lord, while the free people may have to find their own way out, and their property and safety are not guaranteed.

To this end, Victor intends to include skilled Brickmakers as the collar people, enjoy all the rights of the collar people and undertake corresponding obligations. Other collar people can also seek jobs in Victor's industry. This is the collar employment system envisaged by Victor.

The employment system of leading people seems simple. In fact, it is to liberate the leading people from a single agricultural production and engage in more professional production, such as wood manufacturing, textile, iron manufacturing, etc. they don't need to be proficient in it, as long as they can master one or two links.

Once the collar employment system is implemented, both the free people and the collar people can work when they are alive and farm when they are not alive, which is flexible and efficient. Suppose that a wood workshop led by Randall is idle, Victor orders to build 50 carriages, and the wood workshop employs experts among the ordinary people. After completing the order, the civilians go back to farm with their wages, and the wood workshop is closed again Since these people only master one or several production processes and leave the Randall led industrial system, these skills will be worthless. Therefore, the Randall led people will become Victor's loyal supporters.

Victor did not want to introduce the collar employment system to the York family, but he could not let the green brick industry be destroyed in the hands of laymen. Anthony said it euphemistically, but the meaning was very clear. Victor took the lead in leading the sale of green bricks, made money, and built artificial ditches, which accounted for all the benefits. As a result, other families couldn't even drink soup. How could they agree?

"The artificial ditches led by Randall are impassable. What's the use of other families building artificial ditches?"

Victor smiled and said, "the key problem is the sales of green bricks. Therefore, we must try to expand the sales of green bricks. The Lords around the Renma hills can't use too many green bricks, but what if they also sell green bricks?"

"What does that mean? Let our neighbors build giant brick kilns? They all sell green bricks. What else can we do?" Anthony is a little anxious.

Victor shook his head and said with a smile, "it's not for them to produce green bricks, but for them to sell green bricks. After the neighboring Lords have built the manor, we will provide them with green bricks at a relatively low price. When they see that it is profitable, they will naturally sell them to other lords."

"In addition, I will order the production of different specifications of green bricks, which are divided into noble bricks, feudal bricks and civilian bricks. Noble bricks can be customized. The patterns specified on the seal are nothing more than working on the mold. Many rich feudal ministers also want to build houses with green bricks, which are prepared for them. Of course, the collar people can't afford green bricks, but most of those villages use them Iron oak is used as a fence. There is no shooting platform behind the iron oak fence, so the counterattack ability is limited. If a three meter thick brick wall is built behind the fence with green brick and rammed earth, the defense of the fence will be greatly increased, and archers can be placed on the brick wall. If a fierce jackal breaks through the iron oak fence and is buried by the brick wall, do you think the Lords will be willing to fight for their village Building brick walls? "

"The sale of green bricks can be solved, but our original intention of selling green bricks is not to make profits, but to build an artificial water conservancy system. If more than a dozen lords, large and small, sell green bricks, the water conservancy system will never be built!"

Anthony was speechless. After a while, he shook his head and sighed, "it's hard to imagine that you could come up with such a detailed strategy without going to the white tower. Is this the talent of the commercial aristocracy?"

Victor's heart moved and said, "I really want to go to the silver white tower."

"You should go and have a look. It's a magnificent building left over from the era of the chosen one. I can ask Mr. Edwin to write a letter of introduction for you. The scholars of the white tower will welcome you." Antony paused and said, "I'm going back to Heibao town right away. I'll tell your opinion to the top of the family. I'm sure they will make a reasonable choice."