Lord Harland.

Chapter 286 New Products
Li Cha has always wanted to open a bank, but he lacks such talents who are proficient in economics around him, so he can't carry out his idea, and it took three or four years to go back and forth.

In the recent period, seeing that the territory of Harland has grown to a certain scale, the formation of the bank must be completed in order to keep the economy running stably.

Li Cha could only rush the ducks to the shelves and bite the bullet to form a banking department.

As for the lack of talents, Li Cha decided to make two-handed preparations. On the one hand, he openly recruited talents and absorbed people with economic talents from the outside world, and on the other hand, he encouraged them to promote some business talents from within the territory. Although these people have various deficiencies, or lack Intellectual culture, or lack of experience.Right now, Li Cha can only be as thin as a donkey, and the overlord will forcefully set up various functional departments first, and then weed out and promote personnel according to the situation. First, set up a good platform and use a few years to train as many qualified bank managers as possible. layer.

Now that the central bank department has been established, the territory of Harland also needs to establish an economic statistics department.Without the data provided by the economic statistics department, the central bank, the department that manages the currency, has no way to make decisions.It's useless to put up a shelf.

New departments need to be established, and high-end talents are far from enough.

Now I can only bite the bullet and run in, grit my teeth and survive for a few years, and train some talents from practice, the situation should be better.

Li Cha had a discussion with the backbone of the mint for a long time, and after he came out of the mint, he went to the Tongshan town government office.

Copper Mountain Town is under the jurisdiction of Graveson County. This county is considered to be a relatively important county in the Harland Territory. Several castles under its jurisdiction have very good industries. The economy is developing very fast. Industry and agriculture walk on two legs. This year's population It should be more than 6 people.

The mayor of Copper Mountain Town is an officer who has just changed his job. His name is Som, and his occupation level is Tier [-]. He served as a squadron leader in the sixth brigade and is an officer that Jennings values ​​very much.

In the three-month siege of Nero Castle last year, Som was severely injured by the Stanik noble coalition forces. He recuperated in the rear for two months. long.

Officers at the rank of squadron leader in the army have more contact with Li Cha, and they know his character well.

After Li Cha came to Tongshan Town, he did not hold a grand reception ceremony, and the meals he served were relatively simple, only richer than the daily work meals.

"It should have been more than ten months since you changed your job to Tongshan Town!"

"It's been a full year, Master Li Cha."

Li Cha nodded, and several people finished the meal very quickly.After many years in the army, Li Cha has developed the habit of eating quickly.Years of military life have left a deep impression on Li Cha.For officials who came out of the army, Li Cha tends to value a little more in his heart.

"Change to another place, are you still used to it?"

Som hesitated for a moment, and said honestly: "The work at the local level is not as direct as that of the army, and most of our thoughts are spent on fighting for power and profit. We, the demobilized officers who have retired from the army, are regarded by the local officials as special. I'm not used to it."

"We have survived tough battles, and our ability to adapt far exceeds that of civilian officials in the rear. In a new environment, you have to learn to adapt to the rules. If you encounter unfair things, you can write to the old leaders, whether it is Jennings or I will come forward to help you.

The territory of Harland was brought down by us, and we will give preferential treatment to demobilized officers like you in terms of policy.But you must cherish the honor you have, and don't embezzle and dereliction of duty.You people make mistakes and you will be dealt with more severely. You know I am not an extrajudicial person. "

After returning from Tongshan Town, the time has come to the end of September.

Recently, the civil servants in the entire Harland Territory have become very busy.Rogge wrote letters to many nobles, inviting them to participate in the commodity fair in October.

This year is already the third commodity fair held by Harland.With the continuous holding of commodity fairs, the products produced by Harland gradually became famous.

Since last year, a large number of nobles and businessmen have poured into Harland in October to buy brown sugar, fruit wine, canned food, medicine, hardware products, textiles and other commodities.

The territory of Harland is rich in products and is good at creating inventions. It has spread throughout the Kingdom of Grant. The products in the territory of Harland also enjoy a high reputation and have some famous brand effects.

This year's expo, under Li Cha's personal decision, will continue to sell new products to the outside world.

The first is the famous alchemy bomb, which sells for twelve gold coins each. However, the cost of producing an alchemy bomb in the Harland Territory is less than two gold coins. The profit of this product is as high as five times when sold.

Although the alchemy bomb produced in Harland's territory is not as powerful as the original version, it is about [-]% of the original version.It is very lethal to soldiers wearing enchanted armor.

You must know that the alchemy bomb made by the heart of the element costs as much as one hundred gold coins, and it is specially used to hit the enemy's key units, and the effect is very good.The only disadvantage is that the cost is high and cannot be popularized.

After all, alchemy bombs are expendable weapons. If a squadron is equipped with ten bombs, a legion will need to equip 120 bombs. If it is enlarged to eight central legions, it will cost [-] million gold coins.

Such a large sum of money is enough to support three main armies.Even if the Grant royal family can come up with the money, it will be difficult to make this determination.

The royal family can't afford it, and other nobles have far less financial resources than the royal family, and it is impossible to equip soldiers in large quantities.

Some great nobles may purchase some through various channels and use them in key battles.

Although the alchemy bomb produced in Harland's territory is not as good as the original version, the price has been reduced by [-] to [-]%.At this affordable price, even an ordinary baron can buy two or three hundred pieces.

Two or three hundred alchemy bombs were thrown into the battlefield, enough to determine the outcome of a small-scale battle.Defeat an orc brigade, so that the orcs dare not use the brigade as a unit to attack the scattered baronies.

The news that the alchemy bomb was sold at the commodity fair immediately caused a sensation among the nobles.

The [-] alchemy bombs sold by the Harland Territory this year were swept away by five or six nobles on the first day of the commodity fair.

Many nobles who were a step behind have entrusted others, hoping to increase the price to buy alchemy bombs.It's a pity that the production of alchemy bombs is not high, and only [-] pieces can be sold every year, and the rest are reserved for the army of Harland's territory.

In the past few years, in order to keep it secret, only Richard, Sophia, Wendy, Annie and other members of the Harland family mastered the key technology of making alchemy bombs in Harland's territory. The annual production of alchemy bombs is not high.Only a few hundred pieces can be produced in a year, which is not enough for the army of Harland Territory.

Later, a group of innocent magic apprentices were cultivated, and they dared not let them master all the technological processes.The manufacturing process also began to strictly divide labor, each responsible for a part of the process, increasing the annual output to [-] pieces.

Last year, when the Harland territory obtained the seal of royal power, Richard made the personnel involved in the manufacture of the alchemy bombs sign a strict confidentiality contract, and expanded production again, increasing the output to [-] pieces.Although Harland's territory has been expanded, this output is enough for the army according to the previous model.

The output has tripled, and Richard decided to sell a part of it.

Harland has been able to produce alchemical bombs for more than ten years, and there are about 1 alchemical bombs in the treasury, enough to fight several high-intensity wars.

It was Li Cha's decision to sell [-] alchemy bombs. Even if the nobles entrusted someone to intercede, Li Cha would not be able to reduce the inventory.According to the rules of previous years, the orcs will invade again next year. Even if Harland's territory is short of money, it is impossible for Richard to ask for money or die.

In order to persuade the high-level army to take out two thousand pieces of inventory, Li Cha has worn out his lips.The nobles who did not grab the alchemy bomb can only blame their luck.

In addition to alchemy bombs, Harland's territory also launched dyed fabrics this year. There are three styles of red, blue, and yellow-green. The Harland family's clothing store in Black River Fort also sold bras for the first time.

Bra is very important to the development of women. It is a kind of clothing related to human health. In addition to protecting the chest, it can also fix and reduce tremors.It has a certain promoting effect on breast development and milk secretion.

In fact, seven or eight years ago when Richard was secretly promoting this new style of clothing, Sophia set an example and took the lead in wearing bras.After a few years of subtle influence, women in the upper and middle classes of Harland's territory began to wear bras.

The threshold for dyed fabrics is higher, and only the royal family of Grant, the Marquess of Crean, and the Earl of Charlotte produce this product.Because there are less natural dyes, the output of dyed fabrics is not high, and the price is relatively expensive, seven or eight times that of ordinary fabrics.

A roll of dyed cloth is 12 centimeters wide and [-] meters long and sells for one gold coin. It takes three gold coins for a family of six to change all their dyed clothes.This is only the cost of materials, and hiring a tailor also requires a few silver coins for commission.

The population in the Grant Kingdom who can consume dyed fabrics is basically the upper middle class.Even the well-paid soldier class has at most only one dyed suit.

The dyed cloth in Harland's territory also uses natural dyes, and the cost is roughly the same as that of several other great nobles.

It's just that Li Cha's knowledge far exceeds that of ordinary people in the Chenxi plane. Under his guidance, the craftsmen in Harland's territory have successfully mastered the printing and dyeing process, and can produce this profitable commodity.

According to the calculations of the textile department of Harland Territory, the cost of a roll of dyed cloth does not exceed two silver coins.The royal family and other three big nobles also made five times the huge profits.

The royal family is involved in this industry, and Richard is unwilling to touch the interests of the Grant family. He does not want to compete for the market on a large scale, and the dyed fabrics sold are also sold for a gold coin.

In the Kingdom of Grant, dyed cloth is considered a luxury, and the market size is not large. It adds up to about [-] to [-] gold coins, which is only slightly larger than the perfume and canned food market in Harland's territory.

If Li Cha occupies the market in the four northern Xinjiang provinces, he can earn about seven or eight thousand gold coins.The lost market was shared by the three nobles, each losing two to three thousand gold coins.Estimated at this loss, the big nobles will not easily provoke a commercial war with Harland's territory.

The third new commodity is soap, which is not difficult to make.Heat the oil to a liquid state, then add alkaline water and stir well to complete the saponification reaction.

In fact, the Harland Territory produced soap many years ago and provided it to the high-level leaders of the Territory.

At that time, there was a lack of oil, and contracted slaves lacked oil and water, so Richard did not manufacture this product on a large scale.

Now Harland's livestock industry has developed, and a large number of sheep are slaughtered every year.Animal fat is collected every day in slaughterhouses, and the amount may be one or two tons.

With such a large amount of fat, the population of the territory cannot be exhausted. Since the development of animal husbandry, the population of the territory of Harland has become overnourished.

Even the indentured slaves with the lowest living standards can eat mutton once a month, which is a bit higher than the middle class in the Grant Kingdom, and second only to the high-income group.

These excess animal fats can be mixed with alkaline water to make soap.

The soap factory was established in Malte Castle. There are already more than 200 workers, and the daily production of soap exceeds 2 yuan. The production capacity is seriously overcapacitated.

At this commodity fair, Harland Territory most wants to promote this commodity.The pricing of soap is also relatively close to the people, the wholesale price is one copper coin.

The price of scented soap is much more expensive, and the wholesale price is eight copper coins a piece, and the sale target is also the middle and upper class of society.

Under the solemn recommendation of the officials of Harland Territory, the merchants who participated in the expo personally demonstrated the use of this product, and they were full of praise for this product.Even many small businessmen who came to try their luck took out their treasured gold coins and bought a large bag of soap, planning to return to their hometown to promote it and earn a huge sum of money.

After attending the opening ceremony of the expo, Li Cha casually wandered around the venue, unexpectedly bumping into an acquaintance.

When this person saw Li Cha, his expression changed drastically, and he was terrified. He hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look into Li Cha's eyes.

"I didn't expect us to meet again, Qiao Sen. Since you have come to Harland Territory, you should inform the master. I hope you learn your lesson and don't commit crimes and murder in Harland Territory, or I will send you to prison Orc's mine, when the time comes you will regret being born in this world."

More than ten years ago, Li Cha went to Nolan to buy slaves when he was just 17 years old. When he returned, he met Qiao Sen who murdered and robbed him. Fortunately, Li Cha was prepared in advance. Nolan joined the cargo escort.In the end, Qiao Sen's plot was thwarted, and he was captured and obtained a large sum of money from Qiao Sen's father.

More than ten years have passed, and Li Cha discovered that he didn't even hate this person.In Li Cha's memory, the thrilling night that year had become an insignificant incident.

Li Cha's mental power is very high, which may be the reason why he has a very good memory.

He still remembers what happened more than ten years ago very clearly. Even though Qiao Sen's appearance and temperament have changed a lot, he was still recognized by Li Cha at a glance.

(End of this chapter)