Heroes of Invincible Hidden Architect

Chapter 670 The Beginning of Darkness

In the Yasha world, Brakada has always been the wealthiest force, which is inseparable from Brakada's developed industrial system.

Bracada has a large number of factories and cheap goblins, which allow Bracada to import a large number of basic resources, and then process and transform them into high-value-added alchemy items, ballistas, and catapults , magic machinery and other cutting-edge products that cannot be copied by other forces are sold to obtain high profits.

In this process, most of the resources are imported, and the work is carried out by goblins who will never die.

The mages in Bracada who hold the means of production only need to invest very little resources, or even no resources at all, to always support the reproduction of the labor force.

The reproduction of the labor force refers to the process in which the physical strength and energy of the laborer itself is restored and renewed, as well as the process in which the laborer forms a family, gives birth to the next generation, and educates him to be a qualified successor laborer.

Generally speaking, a laborer's labor remuneration is not determined by the fruits of his labor, but is composed of the following three parts:

The first is the cost of maintaining the laborer,

The second is the cost of skills training for workers,
The third is the education expenses for laborers to form families and raise the next generation.

In Bracada, however, the cost of maintaining laborers, that is, goblins, is extremely low. Low-quality wheat, rough highland barley... With a variety of worthless food and a little bit of power, a large number of goblins can be easily hired.

Goblins are a level 1 unit, they can gain experience through work, and giving them a little cheap advancement fee will allow them to master higher labor skills.

Goblins can rely on the power of emotions to reproduce in the void, without the need to form a family or raise the next generation.

In Bracada, goblins are not considered life at all, but just cheap means of production that can somehow talk, jump, and run.

Taken together, Bracada's labor costs approach zero.

The labor cost close to 0 means that the profit is huge, and the price difference of almost all industrial products and raw materials is the profit of Bracada.

The high profits have supported the prosperity of Brakada and also made the average living standard of Brakada extremely high.

Even if it is just a mage who has just grown up, he can live a comfortable life relying on huge social benefits.

With a little mastery of the means of production - such as owning a factory and some mines, the mages can live a happy life of singing and singing every night.

A little more upscale, powerful mages with their own mage towers are all extravagant and extravagant. They have seen too much prosperity in the world, and ordinary fun can no longer satisfy them.

From beast mothers to succubi to various alien species, some mages are tired of playing with women and even start playing with men... Curiosity and a sense of accomplishment drive these mages to pursue special delicacies that others have never tasted.

In Bracada, there is a saying - the more abnormal the XP, the richer the mage's financial resources.

As Bracada's top dignitary, a legendary architect who asked not to be named can perfectly prove this, although he himself does not want to admit it.

However, Bracada, which was once magnificent, has not had an easy time recently.

What maintains Bracada's high profits is not only cheap labor, but also developed shipping.

Although ironclad ships are not good at fighting, there is no problem at all in transporting goods.

Ironclad ships with cheap cost, huge output, and good carrying capacity can greatly reduce the transportation cost of Bracada's imported resources. Reducing costs means increasing profit margins and earning more gold coins.

However, the birth of [Port City] completely changed the status quo.

With the help of the maelstrom, Lionheart, the pirate king with absolute sea power, controls all the ocean-going trade channels. He enforces that the goods transported by sea must be traded in the port city.

for example.

In the past, Bracada's merchant ships could go directly to Nigan, sell the ballista, and then return with a boatload of potatoes.

Not anymore.

Now if the merchant ships of the nine major forces want to trade, they must transport their supplies to the port city through the maelstrom, and conduct trade in the port city in a unified manner.

Port City is protected by the Goddess of Wealth, who will use her powerful divine power to forcibly price the value of all materials.

Under the divine power of the goddess of wealth, it is no longer the relationship between supply and demand that determines the value of commodities, but the value of the commodities themselves.

Any commodity, rarity or not, can only earn a reasonable profit.

Give another example.

A powerful enchanted ballista produced by the Bracada factory. Due to the scarcity of production, everyone wanted it. It could have been sold for a high price of 3 gold coins.

After calculating the cost through the Goddess of Fortune, it was found that the actual cost of the enchanted ballista was only 3000 gold coins. Considering the difficulty of development, contribution to the world of Yasha and other factors, the Goddess of Fortune finally priced the enchanted ballista at 4500 gold coins.

Originally, Bracada could earn 900% profit by selling an enchanted ballista, but now only 50% is left.

50% is actually quite a lot. Goddess of Wealth only allows merchants to use them to earn 5% to 10% of the profits of many commodities with insufficient technological content.

But for Bracada mages who are used to relying on high-value-added luxury goods and industrial products to earn sky-high profits, this is more uncomfortable than killing them.

The huge profit gap is unacceptable to the masters of Bracada, which means that they will have to save money and give up their luxurious mage towers, sightseeing airships, manors full of maids and men without underwear, etc. enjoyment.

Of course, the mages of Bracada can also choose not to sell, but the consequences of not selling are more serious than selling at a low price.

Bracada can't digest so many industrial products at all, and the unsalable goods mean that the cost cannot be recovered. If the cost cannot be recovered, reproduction will stagnate, a large number of factories will close down, and the high debts of the mages will explode. thunder.

At that time, let alone maids and servants who don't wear underwear, mages and gentlemen will even have problems supporting themselves.

If the selling price is low, mage masters can hold their noses and recognize it, but they can't accept the price increase of resources at all.

For a long time, Bracada has always been able to rely on large-scale purchases to lower the prices of their imported resources with the help of technological advantages and military advantages.

Whether it is food or supplies, they can always start with high-quality prices lower than market prices.

But in Port City, this advantage no longer exists.

With the goddess of wealth, the influence of supply and demand on commodity prices has been reduced to zero.

for example.

Potato City has a bumper harvest of potatoes. There are too many potatoes produced. Potatoes have a shelf life. If they are not sold in time, they will rot.

Therefore, Bracada, which can be purchased in large quantities, can take advantage of the total amount of gold coins to lower the price.

Supply exceeds demand, and goods become cheaper.This is a typical supply and demand relationship affecting selling prices.

But with the Port City and the Goddess of Wealth around, the potatoes cannot be sold, and the Church of the Goddess of Wealth who owns a large amount of gold coins will take them all away, and use the Goddess's divine power warehouse to temporarily save time, so there will be no waste.

When there is a shortage of potatoes in the market, the Goddess of Wealth takes out a large amount of potatoes stored in Shenli's warehouse to balance the selling price.

In this way, the relationship between supply and demand will hardly affect the selling price of the product, and the value of the product will be defined and standardized by the goddess.

For Bracada, which has been relying on various means to obtain cheap resources for a long time, the cost of purchasing resources has become higher, and the selling price has become lower. This entry and exit will not only destroy the profits of industrial products that they are proud of. The pressure is extremely low, and even the cost of their enjoyment has become higher.

The impact of the establishment of Port City was immediate for Bracada.

The first wave of people who felt this impact was the large number of ordinary mages in Bracada who did not have factories or mage towers and could only work for other high-level mages.

……

Falling Moon Collar, Mage Guild.

Mage Peru stood in the hallway, walking up and down anxiously.

Just three days ago, he received a layoff notice from the alchemy factory where he worked, and he was fired.

Peru never thought that such a thing as dismissal would happen to him.

What he didn't expect was that he would not be able to find a job after being fired.

As an excellent level 3 [Magic Alchemist], he is proficient in the magic guidance and line maintenance of magic crystal ore, and has always had an enviable high salary.

Different from those half-baked first-level mages who just graduated, Peru has a full 1 years of work experience, and has never been short of job invitations.

The generous salary income and the predictable bright future made Peru buy a luxurious mage tower with a loan early.

On the day he was just fired, although Peru was a little surprised, he didn't feel panicked. He felt that he could find a way out at any time.

But when he contacted more than a dozen alchemy factories that had invited him, he was surprised to find that no one was interested in his former favorite.

This makes Peru very incomprehensible.

The day after tomorrow is repayment day.

If the loan is not paid, his proud mage tower will be auctioned or recycled.

Now the market of the Mage Tower is not good, and the price has been falling.

If the sale price of the mage tower is not enough to pay off his loan, all his hard work in the past ten years will be in vain, and he will also bear a huge debt.

Thinking of this possibility, Peru felt a sense of crisis and urgency in his heart, and the huge emotional fluctuations even reflected on his body, making him feel difficult to breathe.

"Fulton is really busy, it's really not easy to meet him."

Peru tugged at the collar of his mage robe, and tried to unbutton the top two buttons to let himself breathe easier.

The expensive mage robe that he loved most symbolized his noble status and was very cumbersome to wear, but now it made him feel extremely heavy.

The name of the man he was going to meet was Fulton Carle.

Peru knows in his heart that Fulton's status is extremely noble. He is not only the lord of the Falling Moon Territory, but also one of the core members of the Kale family. In the entire south of Bracada, few of the main city lords can compare with him. Also noble.

After the old city lord Kelfort resigned from office, Fulton's 100% approval rate was elected as the new lord, which is enough to show the depth of power behind him.

Of course, these are not the most terrifying places in Fulton.

Peru heard from a mage much higher than him at the tea party that the most terrifying thing about Fulton City Lord is that he has an inexplicable relationship with Master Xingfeng from the capital.

Master Xingfeng's teacher is a permanent member of the Grand Council, one of the most powerful people in Bracada, and he is also an honorary permanent member of the Grand Council.

The inexperienced Peru doesn't know what kind of status the "Permanent Member of the Grand Council" is. He only knows that Lord Fulton knows a big man who he has never been able to get in touch with in his life.

With such a background, of course Lord Fulton is also a big shot he can't afford.

If it wasn't the one who ordered his dismissal, it was the Lord Fulton, the boss of his boss's boss. He might never have dared to say a few words to the Lord Fulton in his entire life.

But now, he has been forced to do nothing. He can only do everything possible to find out about it from Lord Fulton.

"If you can ask clearly the reason for my expulsion, and seriously swear that I will correct it, maybe the Lord City Master will show mercy and let me return to my post.

If it doesn’t work, even if you lower your salary, it’s better than not being able to survive. "

Peru nervously buttoned the mage's robe again, anxiously waiting for the judgment of fate.

Finally, the people in front of Peru had already left, and he got the chance to meet the Lord Fulton.

Peru adjusted his attire, and under the guard of the guards, entered the gate of the city lord's office.

"Oh, I saw you in the report, you are Peru, right? That very outstanding [Magic Alchemist].

Please sit down and talk. "

Santo Fulton is fatter than Peru imagined, so fat that he doesn't look like a mage at all, but he is also more friendly than Peru imagined.

He looked at himself with a smile, and looked harmless to humans and animals.

"Report to Lord City Lord."

Peru didn't dare to sit down, and he was even worried that his arrival would waste Fulton's time.

"Yes, I am Peru, thank you for remembering a nobody like me.

Lord City Master, a few days ago I was very surprised to learn that I was fired.

I love my job deeply, and I have always been conscientious and conscientious, not daring to make any mistakes.

I came here to ask, is it because I did not do well enough that I was dismissed by you, my lord?I can improve on that. "

"Haha." Fulton laughed as expected. This laughter made Peru very uncomfortable, as if everything had been seen through.

"Peruvian mage, you don't need to be suspicious.

We have to ask you to leave your post temporarily, not because of any fault on your part, but purely because of the adjustment of the Falling Moon Lord's main business.

Affected by various factors, now we will gradually transform the city center from an industrial city to a tourist city, and a large number of magic factories will be sold.

The factory is gone, and naturally there is no job that can use you, so we fired you. "

"My lord, why is this?" Peru was shocked: "So many factories are sold as soon as they are sold?"

Fulton replied helplessly:
"So what if we don't sell it? Now the Sea God Church and the Fortune Church are so strict, our factory has no advantage in cost and technology, and the products we make can't be sold at a price.

Counting all kinds of taxes, and even selling one to pay for one, it is better not to sell. "

The Peruvian was dumbfounded: "This... this... this, it turned out to be like this.

However, why the mage Yahweh who lived next door to me was not dismissed.

I can confidently say that I am better than him in terms of work attitude and work ability. "

"Hahaha. Young man, you are still too young." Fulton smiled and flicked the cigarette in his hand, and said:
"Think about it, when you were with Jehovah, did you ever see him go to work?"

"This...no."

"Then why not?"

"Because, because Jehovah is the youngest son of the Lord of Silverwind City."

"Look, don't you know the answer?"

Looking at Fulton's smiling eyes, an indescribable sense of powerlessness surged into Peru's heart.

His lips trembled twice, making the last struggle:

"My lord, if the magic factory doesn't use me, can you arrange another job for me?
As long as I can afford to pay off the loan and support my family, that's fine. "

"Ah."

Fulton half laughed, half laughed helplessly, and shook his head.

He looked out the window, took a drag on the cigarette, and slowly exhaled the smoke ring.

Looking at the slowly rising smoke ring, Fulton picked up a bottle of water, put it in front of Peru, and said softly:

"Your request is easy to say, but difficult to do.

Today is different from the past. This month, our financial revenue in Brakada has plummeted, and our Falling Moon Collar has also been greatly affected.

Peru, look, this is a glass of water. "

He took out another empty glass and poured more than half of it.

"Most of this cup is for those big shots above to drink.

Originally, the remaining water can still be drunk by us, so that we all can live well.

But now, the total amount of water in this glass has become less.

What should I do?

The water has become less. If everyone shares less water together, life will be a bit more difficult, but we can live on. "

"Snapped."

Fulton patted the glass and said:

"However, this glass of water belongs to those big people above.

They didn't drink enough, how could they leak it to us? "

"Originally, the total amount is less, but those big shots still need such a large glass of water, and there is only a little water left, which is not enough.

If you share more in Peru, some people will share less. Everyone is thirsty and wants to drink water, so they can only rely on their own abilities.

You come to beg me, but I'm also grabbing water, so I can't take care of you.

I say that, do you understand? "

Peru looked at the water glass shaking in Fulton's hand, and his heart trembled.

He already understood what Fulton meant and the reason why he was unemployed, but he understood it a little deeper.

In Fulton's short sentence, there was a terrifying fact hidden, which made him feel terrified even thinking about it.

He asked timidly:

"My lord, what if all the water is not enough for them to drink?"

Fulton's eyes fluttered, and he said in a vague way:

"Peru, then we can only squeeze out our blood and get enough to make them drink happily."

……

……

After leaving Fulton's office, Peru's footsteps became very vain.

As a smart person, he already understood the current situation and what he should do.

"Sell it, before they squeeze our blood, sell the mage tower when you go back, don't need to sell it too high, as long as you can pay off the debt.

Then hurriedly took his wife and children to the industrial area in the north, to the territory under the crown of Trotha.

With my troop type, now I can only survive if I go there. "

The moment Peru left the Mage Tower, a woman in a black robe suddenly stopped in front of Peru.

"Is it a Peruvian mage?"

"Who are you?" The opponent's aura was too strong, obviously a high-level combat unit, which made Peru very nervous.

"I'm not anyone, I'm just a passing thief."

The black-robed thief smiled and said:

"Peruvian mage, our president is the buyer of all the magic factories in Falling Moon Territory.

According to our inquiry, you are the best [Magic Alchemist] in the entire Falling Moon Territory.

I heard that you just lost your job recently, our president is very sorry.

Our president wants to meet with you to discuss your [re-employment] issues. I don’t know you, are you interested? "

"Yes, President?!"

There is no way out in the poor mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers.The surprise came so suddenly that Peru was stunned for a moment:
"President of what society?"

"Wolfs Marine Chamber of Commerce. Our president is named Wolfs."

……

……

The darkness slowly faded, and Qige slowly opened his eyes.

As soon as he woke up, he saw Agaid's extremely nervous expression.

"Apprentice, are you awake? How is it? Did you succeed?"

Qige laughed heartily:
"Teacher, fortunately, I have already obtained master-level architecture and master-level design techniques."

Agaid was overjoyed and breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's good, that's good, hahaha! One success, as expected of my apprentice.

Very good, Qige, now you are a qualified master architect. "

"Thank you, teacher, for your guidance."

Qige sat up from the ground and twisted her body.

If an architect wants to truly become a master, he has to go through a very difficult historical echo.

Even Qige overturned the car twice, but fortunately, there was no danger.

He took out more than two dozen blank architectural drawings from his backpack, and said to Agade:

"Teacher, this is the reward of the echo of history, why are there blank blueprints?"

"Hiss?! So much?"

Agade nodded in shock.

"26, a full 20 more than I did at the beginning.

Apprentice, these blank drawings represent your potential as an architect.

Every blank drawing counts.

After becoming a master architect, you will start trying to create your own buildings from scratch.

This is a must for every architect.

If you can't create enough architectural blueprints for you to start the legendary road before consuming all the blueprints, you will be stuck on the master and can't find a way to break through, just like the teacher before.

Well, you're Arsha's Chosen, I don't know if that makes a difference, but at least we are. "

"Ah, there's a mission." Qi Ge touched the back of her head and said to Agade:

"Thank you teacher, I understand.

I'll wait until I'm fully prepared before attempting to build my own. "

(End of this chapter)