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Chapter 660 Ian Silver Peak (6400, ask for double monthly pass~)

For Elder Pude, no matter how many times he heard rumors from the outside world, it was not as good as a word Ian himself said to him.

Although Ian has recently sent Harrison Port a lot of messages and reported good news, but this time the good news is undoubtedly the biggest.

"Noble reward!"

When Ian said this word to himself on the other side of the communication device, Elder Purdue felt his heart stop beating for a moment.

This old man Bai Zhimin with dwarf features stood blankly by the window of his elder's hall. For some reason, Elder Pude suddenly felt a gust of autumn breeze blowing, paired with the warm sun at noon, it made him feel a little Slightly drunk.

The end of the year is approaching.

The old man looked at Port Harrison out of the window in a daze. When he came here, the city was still a small wooden fortress on the border of the South Ridge, plus four or five scattered settlements. At that time, he could smell the fishy smell of the sea tide I feel like vomiting.

But now, whether it is the blue sea or the blue sky in the distance, he feels familiar and nostalgic, and even... brings home-like kindness.

He has lived here for too long, longer than the imperial capital, longer than the time in the family, Harrison Port is already his second hometown, and the soft sunshine of this coastal city flows on the window sill in front of him , changing with the clouds and wind in the sky, the buildings of the thriving Baizhimin community are solid and comfortable, all of which were created by him.

But soon, he will have a third hometown.

A distant hometown that represents greater hope.

——Finally, can the family finally become great again? !
[Elder? 】

Hearing Ian's doubtful voice, the old man smiled a little teasingly: 【You won't cry?No need, my future achievements will be even greater, I am so excited now, how many times should I be excited in the future]

"Nonsense!"

The old man rubbed his eyes, and he scolded this junior who was not very good at talking: "It's purely good news, so you won't contact me. Tell me, how many people are needed?"

Elder Pude knew Ian very well, he was very sensible, and he definitely didn’t need to worry about the planning of the territory—so if he communicated here on purpose, it was definitely not for the simple announcement of good news—this guy didn’t have that sense of ritual at all, all Everything is taken for granted to him, and failure is more intriguing to him than success.

After all... Prophet is so unpleasant.

[really need a batch]

Ian said: [But the family coat of arms and surname are more important—are we going to use the surname Ciehalorvo again, or let me think of a new one?And the coat of arms, I don't know how to design coats of arms, and I don't bother to spend my time thinking about them]

"Not enabled."

The elder calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Cehalorvo is the name of the alliance used by several Baimin clans in the Silver Peak of the Northland back then. Use, it might not be good for you."

Although the old man has spent his whole life looking for the glory of the family, he is not stupid. Elder Pude can still tell who can represent the future of the family and himself.

After thinking about it, the old man gave a compromise answer: "If you don't mind, you can use 'Silver Peak' directly, after all, that is the origin of the family. As for the coat of arms...it usually depends on the landmark of the family's initial territory, Our coat of arms back then was the 'Mountain of Five Peaks', representing the five white clans that united into a family at first. Of course, they were fully integrated later on."

"As for now, I remember that your current Laian Territory has lakes and mountains. It should be a mountain peak surrounded by lakes..."

In fact, many aristocrats on Terra had such surnames.

For example, Setar in the Setar Empire means a very common 'light of the sky' or 'thousand suns', referring to 'all light sources in the sky', in other words, it can be called It is the 'Skylight Empire', 'Eternal Day Empire' or 'Thousand Sun Empire'.

The Cangtian Royal Court can also be called the "Ximer King's Court". The Khan family is the Ximer family. Boundless' and other meanings.

The same is true for Silver Peak. Its pronunciation is 'Alchomon', which means 'tall and indestructible' and 'mountain supporting the sky'.

Ian doesn't feel bad about using it as a surname.

Only by remembering one's own origin can one have a future. Without the support of Bai Zhimin, he would not even have the soldiers he led at the beginning.

What's more, this must be something Elder Pude has been thinking about all his life - he himself doesn't care, of course he listens to the old man.

"I listen to you."

Standing on the third floor of the city hall, Ian stared at the layers of green hills of the Baisen Mountains outside the window. The humid air and cool breeze made his skin feel a little wet, but as the sun shone on the ground, The wind is also dry and comforting.

It is late autumn now, and the emerald green all over the mountains and plains has begun to be covered with a layer of brown-red and brown-yellow in the depths. The colorful colors herald the arrival of the next season and the beginning of a new era.

The construction of the territory has started to get on the right track. The total number of the first batch of people who signed up for the tax officer exam has exceeded 500, from all walks of life and with various identities. It can be said that those who have certain confidence in their mathematics and cultural level, Basically all the leaders with a little strength in the family participated.

The next thing is to prepare the materials for the exam. In addition to the written test and interview, Ian plans to conduct another "political review" in secret - not to really review any political orientation, but to find out whether the social background of these people is reliable or not. He will not be easily bewitched by the mountain people or Feiyan.

The population census and the approximate estimation of cultivated land are in progress, and because of the help of sublimators such as Qingchao and Landian, the speed is extremely fast, and the preliminary results will be available in a few days.

Of course, the closest one is the huge construction site being erected next to Xiahui Lake-on a rocky ground by the lake, craftsmen have already cleared a large flat area, and are conducting exploration work there before excavating the foundation. The name of the establishment is 'New Agricultural Experimental Pilot Area'.

The craftsmen from Mr. Yinfang haven’t come yet, and the most important hydroponic liquid in the hydroponic farm is still being developed in the alchemy workshop. Fortunately, Baron Ryan has also conducted related experiments before. A lot of money has been invested.

Thinking of this, Ian ended his imagination about the development of the territory. He continued to say to the other end of the communication: "Elder, I do need a group of people. I don't need many elites, but they must be clean and reliable. Afterwards, I will transmit a document and screen people according to that condition."

[The clan or the entire port? 】Elder Pude is still a little flustered, and it sounds like he is very happy to hear the voice: 【The family has prepared a lot for you. If you want to mobilize a word, it will take time for outsiders in the port】

"All of them." Ian said calmly: "Also, I remember that Sequoia people have also been allowed to enter Hong Kong to work recently, right? I need them too."

[Indigenous?That's easy, but I don't know your standard...]

Elder Pude was a little puzzled, but he still agreed: [Just do as you said]

Buzzing... In the Elder's Hall, a layer of words appeared on the crystal board.

The old man picked it up and read: "First, the family background is innocent, and the three generations of parents have traces to follow."

"Second, there is no criminal record in the family, and neither the parents nor the children are considered."

"Third, if you are hostile to Feiyan, it is best if you have hatred with Feiyan at home."

"Fourth, be willing to try new things."

"Fifth, it is best if you can read and write, at least you must have a foundation in writing."

After reading the contents of the document on the crystal board, Elder Pude frowned slightly: "With this screening, not many people can pass. Especially the natives, none of them can read and write, and it is even more difficult to find traces."

[Writing is not a hard target, and the review on my side will only be stricter] Ian said at the other end of the communication: [What I need is a group of basic backbones, the kind of reliable people who can directly appoint people after education people, so don't worry I don't use them]

[As for the natives, they have some special uses. Anyway, I won’t discriminate against them. It’s just that their blood is really special. I guess it needs to be tested. I can tell them clearly. I will use the standard of alchemy observers to pay them]

"Ian." Elder Pude reminded: "The officials in your territory must not all use our family's own people-it's best not to do this, you should also give some official positions to people in your territory, otherwise , they will have no motivation to work."

"You are now the lord, not the head of the big family. These are two completely different fields."

【Um】

And Ian seems to have thought about this question a long time ago, and he responded calmly: [There are many things that need to be done next, but they have not been trained yet, and I will definitely not forget to leave an upward channel for the locals]

[However, if you want to develop at the fastest speed, local talents are definitely not enough, at least not enough to use them with confidence]

After finishing the business, Ian asked with a smile: 【How is the city doing recently?Did something big happen?How is Elam? 】

"Elan is very well." Elder Pude said with emotion: "His recent signs of spiritual power have become more and more obvious. Some time ago, he could even directly sense that you are in a good mood at the church--after a while, I I received your communication, and I know that you have completely defeated the mountain army."

"However, this ability does not work from time to time, and there is still a long way to go before it is fully awakened. The body is getting better and better. Although Huaiguang's training is mainly meditation, various professional food nutrients are worth learning. I I plan to learn a little bit and train young people in the clan."

"As for the big things..."

Elder Pude thought for a while, and then teased: "Recently, two goblins came over and went to investigate the South China Sea Great Labyrinth. As a result, the boat was halfway there, and was hit by that armored shark again."

"Some time ago, there was a group of elves who also wanted to investigate the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, and they were also hit by a steel armored shark—the big man who led the team, who seemed to be called Master Oak, was quite happy, saying that the shark was very healthy, It will definitely become the third energy level in the future, Ian, you really haven't seen Ayers's dark face..."

Of course Elder Pude knew that Hua An and Shuang Die were friends of Ian, and the two even communicated remotely, and the two fairies also came to visit Bai Zhimin.

And Elder Purdue also knew that Shasha was Ian's partner, so after knowing that Shasha had crashed into the goblin's boat, besides being shocked, he also wanted to laugh a little.

——Grass, the shark crashed into his own boat!

After hearing the news, Ian couldn't hold back.

He didn't expect Shasha to be so bold, not to mention the goblin of the second level, even Master Oak, the third level powerhouse, dared to ram the boat!

Fortunately, the other party just likes sharks very much, so it might be fun to be hit... But what if you encounter a malicious third level?

And although Hua Anshuangshuangdie can fly, he doesn't need to worry about it, but this shark is too energetic, right?How do you feel like hitting a boat when you see it?

I have to find a time to contact remotely, this shark is just not reassuring!
As for Viscount Grant's dark face... Hey, who cares, anyway, Ian has told him that the Viscount's boat cannot be hit, and he can come in if he wants.

That's about it.

Elder Pude plans to send two batches of migrants to Lai'an before the end of the year.The first batch is all white people, more than 200 people, and the second batch depends on how many people can be recruited in Hong Kong.

After confirming these things, Ian sat on a chair in the city hall office and thought silently: "The start-up capital of 9000 thalers has been spent more than [-], and there are about [-] left. Most of the construction is a batch of funds left by the local chamber of commerce and Baron Ryan, and it is almost spent now."

"It's really like spending money like water."

Although more than 5000 Thalers can be regarded as a huge sum of money anywhere, it is enough to train one sublimator, but thinking about it the other way around, it can also train a little more sublimators.

Among other things, Scott's potion ingredients are also on the way. If Ian is not an alchemist himself, the formulas are all ready-made. With so much money, he probably will train his deputy to become a sublimator That's all.

"We have to find a way to get some money."

However, it is not an easy job to get the whole money.

"Now the main population of Lai'an is about 7 people. Of these 7 people, more than 80.00% of them are farming and planting, while the other 20.00% are basically simple sand mining, logging, mining and masonry. Only a small number of people are engaged in oil processing and alchemy material processing, this part of the manpower is small, one is because of the difficulty of training, and the other is that the output does not require so many alchemists."

The next night, the census and arable land counting were largely over.

Ian and his team held a meeting in the city hall, which was also a lecture: "The reason why Lai'an City is located in a remote corner, sitting on such good conditions, but cannot be effectively developed is precisely because of the unbalanced industrial structure - Lai'an City except for some alchemy raw materials processing In addition to being self-sufficient in terms of utensils, most other commodities need to be purchased from Nauman City, which is subject to invisible constraints.”

"This is because the production capacity is not enough to meet the needs of the territory."

"We lack blacksmith shops and workshops for material alchemy. It is not difficult to build in this area. I have experience, and I can also hire craftsmen from Nauman City. I have planned a new open space in the west of the city to accommodate future large-scale production. workshop."

Qingchao and Scott were taking notes while Adbert listened carefully.

"The population is completely insufficient. We need to liberate part of the agricultural population and invest in processing and industrial production."

Ian drew a circle on the planning map: "Besides, although the refugees from the Western Territory gradually came to an end following the actions of Grand Duke Sorin, the food shortage has caused many of the refugees from the Western Territory who were originally resettled in the South Ridge to be unable to maintain their lives. It’s a good time to increase the population, Scott, plan your publicity to attract those refugees and refugees, there is plenty of food in the territory.”

"As for the raw materials for alchemy production, let's take a look at the summary of cultivated land here."

Ian took another document, and the source quality of the water system condensed a series of cold numbers and inscriptions in mid-air, showing the boy's excellent ability to control the source quality.

He read the document by himself, and presented it to others in larger fonts: "There are more than 9 acres of cultivated land in the territory, of which [-] acres are the sea of ​​flowers surrounding Lai'an City and a few gentle areas by the lake. They are suitable for planting xiahui grass. This number is exaggerated, but the number per capita is very small, and these key xiahui grass gardens are even divided into more than [-] plantations, which are in the charge of professional planters in the city who grow xiahui grass."

"15 mu of land, plus the forest farm and Xiahui grass planting land, excluding planting costs, urban consumption and various salaries, taxation for the empire and cheap supply of special products to Nauman City and the imperial capital, the net profit is about 20 to [-] yuan. [-] talers per year, most of which are in the 'spiritual nourishment extract' extracted from the Xiahui grass."

"As for the lord's mansion, that is, the net money that is completely at my disposal, including the profits and taxes of Xiahuicao, is about [-] talers per year. The rest has to maintain the territory and maintain the operation of the alchemy workshop , and various subsidies for other farmers. Viscount Laian is generous. He basically used half of the money to support the adoptees. No wonder that during the census in Xiahui City, it was found that there were many literate people, and Everyone supports him."

"If he hadn't secretly hunted passers-by or even citizens as his experimental materials, the rule of the Lean family here would really be impenetrable."

Having said that, Ian concluded: "This year is a famine year, and Baron Ryan has already harvested all the Xiahui grass. If you want to make money, at least this year you can't count on it, so if you want to make money from this, you have to wait A year, or wait for the construction of hydroponic farms."

"Guying, have you and Amber achieved anything?"

"Have!"

Hearing Ian's roll call, Adbert reported to Ian very deftly: "The 'high-energy crop culture fluid' that I helped the local alchemy workshop break through some time ago is actually the 'Glow Grass Culture Fluid' that Ian you requested. The prototype, but it is a special fertilizer, which is somewhat different from the 'hydroponic fluid' you asked for, Ian, so we have been researching this for a while, and after taking the water samples of Xiahui Lake, We've had some success."

"The water in Xiahui Lake is rich in a large amount of source matter and rare minerals, and this source quality fluctuation is the main condition for the growth of Xiahui grass, and minerals are the necessary substances for the growth of Xiahui grass. As long as the composition of these minerals is analyzed , the initial hydroponic fluid can be regarded as manufactured!"

In Terra, because of the prosperity of alchemy, the concept of 'hydroponic fluid' proposed by Ian did not make alchemists at a loss. Rather, most of them have experience in cultivating some plants without soil, let alone some Psychic energy, sublimation Plants grow and thrive in water, and they don't need soil to live.

On Earth, hydroponic fluids have formulas, and different plants require different concentrations and nutrients. As long as Adbert and Amber can develop the first generation of experimental products, Ian will soon be able to perfect them into complete body.

"The biggest problem is the lack of arable land."

This is Scott's report. After summarizing all the data Ian said before, he couldn't help shaking his head: "Although the conditions of Xiahui City are very good, there are still too few Xiahui Grass Parks, and it limits the city's development. Development - the sea of ​​flowers has blocked the entire urban area of ​​the city, if we want to expand the production scale in the future, we must open up new urban areas."

"And even so, the city and the Xiahui Grass Park compete for the precious source quality area near Xiahui Lake... My lord, this is a big problem."

"I see."

Ian put down the document in his hand, and he nodded slightly: "In theory, there should be no cities around Xiahui Lake. This is the source quality enrichment area, and it's best to be all farmland. But it's impossible, source quality enrichment Areas are also good for the human body, and people are more important."

"But the problem is actually not that big - because the most critical planting conditions of Xiahui grass are the concentration of source material and some rare minerals, these conditions can be met without soil, and the concentration of source material...is a three-dimensional distribution process, In other words, there are quite a few source matter and psionic fields in midair."

"Since there is not enough arable land on the ground, we will build high-rise buildings to produce!"

Ian has said this concept many times.

The so-called hydroponic farm is essentially a technology that does not use land, but only uses water to provide growth nutrients for plants.

In Ian's previous life, the earth was a very mature technology, widely used in various space cities and satellite colonies, and the utilization rate of the three-dimensional environment was extremely high.

Xiahui Lake itself can provide a large amount of initial water source and is an excellent hydroponic base.

But apart from the farm itself, there are still many technologies that need to be overcome.

For example, air circulation, nutrient solution circulation, and artificial sunlight circulation all require intelligent AI to control... Although there is AI in Terra, Ian has not created it yet. Before that, he can let some Manual operation by trained growers.

The effect is the same.

Because of the stable control of temperature and humidity, as well as sunlight and nutrients, the crops in hydroponic farms will mature faster and better than normal planting, which can shorten the growth cycle by about half and increase the yield.

In terms of cost, although the initial investment will be relatively large, it will decrease later.

And because of the multi-storey high-rise buildings, the utilization rate of the surrounding source quality environment of Xiahui City is higher, and the maturity rate is also higher—for example, in the original Lai'an City, there may not be a fully mature Xiahui grass in one mu of land, But in hydroponic farms, one or two seeds may be produced per acre!

In this way, it is very likely that a building with nearly [-] acres of land can produce the output of nearly [-] acres in the past.

As long as a few more buildings are built to form a scale, the usable Xiahui grassland will be a fraction more out of thin air!This represents a net income of tens of thousands of thalers.

Compared with this benefit, the cost is simply negligible.

You know, in the entire Lai'an area, the area that can be planted with Xiahui grass is only [-] mu... If the three-dimensional space contained in these lands is all used with soilless cultivation techniques, including the cost, growth cycle and maturity rate, then In the optimization calculation, the output can even be quadrupled to five times!
In other words, the total profit of the territory may reach as high as 60 to one million talers!

Of course, this is the optimal situation, and such an upper limit cannot be achieved in the laboratory.

In fact, as long as the annual GDP can reach 30 talers, the territory can give back enough benefits to Ian—not to mention, the armor can be disassembled and assembled at will, and the materials of the third energy level can also be outlook.

Of course, this means that Xiahui Lake has a good foundation. For other poorer territories, Ian would rather go hunting and do missions to cheat research funds than manage them.

　There is another change at 8 o'clock, ask for double monthly tickets!
　
(End of this chapter)