Warhammer in a box

Chapter 120 Development
After the Nunn incident ended, the entire empire entered a short period of stability, and Zhang Heng also welcomed his happy farming time.

In three months, the size of Terra expanded again. The permanent population reached 3, and the population from all over the country who came here for its reputation reached about . Many people from the Elector Counties also sent representatives to be stationed in Terra.

Thanks to Rebecca's hard work in preaching, Zhang Heng could sense that there were nearly 100,000 believers from all over the place, although half of them were shallow believers.

The female believers who originally followed Rebecca also began to travel to various places on their own to establish churches and churches.

The most direct benefit that the increase in the number of believers brought to Zhang Heng was the massive influx of faith into his body.

When the number of believers reached 100,000, Zhang Heng once again discovered a new use for faith, that is, extremely devout believers could obtain simple divine arts from him through prayer, and the effect was roughly equivalent to a weakened version of the divine talisman. The effect of Rebecca's talisman would have different effects due to her own abilities.

These ordinary priestesses have a fixed strength.

In Faldorf and Nuln, which have the best relations with Terra, as well as a small number of cities in Wiesen Territory, churches can be seen being built one after another.

Generally, a church will have a Terra Guard team of about ten people stationed there.

They protect the church and also join the fight when the city is in danger.

Officials in these places were surprised to find that where churches were built, the number of Chaos corruption and mutants was decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye. Even those imperial officials who were devout believers in Sigmar did not mind allowing Terra's missionaries to place a statue of a double-headed eagle on the city walls in their own cities. After all, the church that believed in Zhang Heng was now a legal religion in the empire.

And the most important thing is that the effects of these statues and paintings are so good!

The Jaeger Chamber of Commerce, which is owned by Otto, has become the largest grain and consumer goods merchant in the southern part of the empire under the supply of various no-cost commodities by Zhang Heng, and also engages in a small amount of arms trade.

Armor, iron, swords, bows and crossbows, a small number of muskets and automatic rifles at low prices quickly began to occupy the market. If it were not for the suppression of nobles in other territories, the Jaeger Chamber of Commerce would have no commercial rivals at all.

The various foods produced by the Jaeger Chamber of Commerce are not only cheap, but also taste much better than the food in the empire.

Other merchants simply cannot compete with him. Your grain still has to wait for farmers to grow it, and it is also affected by various environmental factors such as the weather, but my grain appears out of thin air!

These consumer goods such as food, tobacco and alcohol were not only circulated among the people, but were also gradually supplied to the imperial army and electors in various places.

Having sufficient food can further promote the stability of the city, and the lord can improve his control.

Just like the control in the game, the lower the control, the more rebels will spawn around the city. If the city defense is strong enough, it's okay. But if it is not strong enough, you have to constantly mobilize troops to quell the rebellion, which will involve a lot of the lord's energy.

With cheap food, even if most of the benefits were seized by the nobles, the little that was left was enough to prevent the common people from going hungry. As long as they had enough food and drink, few people would want to become bandits.

This allowed the lords to have time to do more things, such as recruiting more troops and clearing out more orcs and beastmen in the forest. At least the southern part of the empire was entering a virtuous circle at this time.

Money may not be a necessity, but food is extremely important in wartime. Carl is also very interested in these cheap food. Under Ludwig's mediation, Altdorf and Jaeger Chamber of Commerce also signed a trade agreement. Nunn, Wiesen, and Sol where Gelshazer is located also successfully signed trade agreements. Under trade, a large amount of money began to flow into Terra, and a considerable part of it also went into Zhang Heng's pocket.

With the gold sacrificed by the world in the box, Zhang Heng carefully exchanged it in various places.

Although he didn't dare to buy a house directly, after he had money, he successfully exchanged his small rental house for a 120-square-meter house, which was enough for him as he lived alone.

Lying leisurely on the soft sofa, Zhang Heng couldn't help but moan.

"It's great to be rich," Zhang Heng said as he looked at his new home. The largest room was now filled with boxes, various chess pieces and a 3D printer.

His nerves have been tense ever since he got the box, and only after things gradually got back on track did he have time to relax. These two months may be the most leisurely time for him.

However, trade is not without disadvantages. As various parts of the empire began to stabilize, fewer people were willing to give up their original lives and go to Terra. The shortage of population also began to restrict Terra's further development.

Zhang Heng began to plan in his mind how to further increase his population. Recalling that there were many places where he could cheat people, he could only think of Bretonnia next to the empire. There were countless starving serfs. Under the temptation of interests, Zhang Heng felt that he was fully capable of converting the population there into his own.

But this must not be discovered by the knights and nobles.

"Let Oto go there as a merchant!" Zhang Heng made a decision in his mind. Although the relationship between the Empire and Bretonnia is one of lips and teeth, in the absence of major threats, the relationship between these two human kingdoms cannot be said to be very good.

Any official force entering the other side's territory is bound to cause misunderstandings and friction.

It is obviously a very good choice to let Oto lead the caravan and let his own troops act as guards.

Under Noone's full-scale plan to restore production, automatic rifle production was quickly resumed, and the Engineer College in Altdorf successfully opened two production lines.

A large number of automatic rifles began to be produced and installed, and production capacity began to expand further. These production lines suddenly became the most important places in the empire. Even Karl's palace might not have such tight defenses.

Although these weapons are only temporarily deployed in the hands of Carl and Emmanuel's trusted troops, in some battles, apart from the problem of huge ammunition consumption, it has been proven that these new weapons have a significant improvement in the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers in the empire.

Mudifar had encountered spies from Aldolf more than once who wanted to explore the secrets of these parts. Mudifar didn't care at all, because many of these parts were made by him, and even if he took them away, they would not be able to make them.

Terra's relationship with Carl also entered a honeymoon period because of the necessary production parts.

The Gunnery School of Nuln has adopted a faith in Om Messiah that has reached an unexpectedly fervent pitch.

The gap between believers and non-believers in mechanical attainments is getting wider and wider. With the same means, processes and materials, things made by believers are always better than those made by non-believers. This is completely contrary to common sense, and almost all craftsmen more or less recite a sentence of praise to Ohm the Messiah after completing their work.

(End of this chapter)