Felix was very quick in his work. Since he decided to control various key industries in Pyroxen Town, he naturally started to take action immediately.
She planned to use acquisition again, but not all of the key industries in Huixi Town could be purchased with money.
For example, let's say there are two businessmen who control three gem veins respectively. One is a subordinate of a count in the Gold Coin Federation, and the other is a student of a certain magician. Although personally they are really willing to sell these three low-quality gemstone veins, they are just high-level workers and are not qualified to decide such a matter.
Let’s take the town’s guard captain as another example. That guy is a paladin of the goddess of wealth. He is neither short of money nor greedy for money. He will not be bribed by money at all. But this is easy to handle. Sui Xiong talked with the goddess of wealth. , the goddess of wealth was also very interested in his "social progress" experiment. An oracle, the paladin who had long been tired of the bitter cold in the northwest immediately handed over the power happily, not afraid of the cold, and rushed south with his backpack. , saying that he was rushing back to his hometown to see the peach blossoms...
There is also a grocery store owner who is almost equivalent to the leader of the Merchant Alliance. This guy is a power maniac, and asking him to hand over his power is almost like killing him. Felix found him and told him his purpose, but instead he said that he could donate his family property to help build the new town, but he hoped to get a deputy mayor...
Various problems come one after another, some are easy to solve, and some are difficult.
Fortunately, Felix had both money and strength, and he also knew a lot of tactics. Using both soft and hard tactics, he was able to deal with all the monsters and monsters in this town one by one, and captured the ones she wanted to control. various industries.
Naturally, some use of force was inevitable, and some bloody conflicts occurred. For example, a certain earl of the Gold Coin Federation sent an envoy to conduct a competition to determine the ownership of two gemstone veins; another example is that an evil magician who is good at using explosive spells was attacked by "Mr. Fei who does not want to be named" Eight thousand meters away, a full-scale bombardment was launched, and the man and the magic tower were blasted into the dust of history... Wait, wait, etc.
If these things were recorded in detail, it would be possible to write a novel of at least 200,000 words, but it is really not worth mentioning.
The Church of the Goddess of Wealth has a great influence in the Gold Coin Federation, and Sui Xiong and the Goddess of Wealth are allies. Therefore, under the mediation of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, the duel was very much a formality... In fact, it didn't matter even if it wasn't a formality. As a mutant mage "Magic Gunner" who pays great attention to practical combat, Felix was not afraid of duels the most. A mere earl who didn't have a single legendary strongman under his command couldn't send a master who could compete with her.
The evil mage who focuses on explosive spells and uses gems and human souls as catalysts is a scumbag with serious biases. The detection range of his magic tower is only a pitiful five kilometers, not even as good as Wendy's alchemy magic tower. . It happened that Felix had some inspiration recently and wanted to test the power of his full magic bombardment, so he borrowed his magic tower to experiment. Unfortunately, the defense effect of his magic tower was not good enough, or it caused an explosion or something. In short, it was accompanied by a small mushroom cloud. The magic tower was hidden in the mountains, and there were horror stories circulating in the nearby villages. The tower just disappeared.
There is a saying: force cannot solve problems, but it can solve the people who caused them. Killing chickens to scare monkeys is a method that never goes out of style. When the evil magician disappeared together with his magic tower, many guys who had previously been ambiguous and even opposed Felix made a U-turn in the style of a drag racing movie, and quickly They agreed to Felix's suggestion, and each of them hurriedly sold their assets and ran away with the money.
They ran so fast, as if there were dinosaurs chasing them behind them. Sui Xiong felt that if they could maintain this marching speed, they might be able to arrive in the south earlier than the paladin whose strength had reached a high level, and everyone could watch the spring blossoms together.
All in all, Felix finally achieved her goal and completely controlled the core industries in Pyrex Town that were related to people's livelihood. She became a lord who, although he had not been canonized yet, was actually in full control of the power.
Although, her "territory" is currently just a small town with a population of less than 500, and with the arrival of spring, it is expected that many people will leave.
After taking complete control of Pyrex Town, Felix first began to rectify various industries.
She first started with the town's pillar industry, personally surveyed the mineral veins, and used magic to reinforce some areas prone to collapse and water seepage; then she adjusted the miners' remuneration, increasing the basic salary while maintaining the work-based pay system, at least Ensure that they can support their families through this job.
As a result, the income from the mineral vein will naturally decrease. But anyway, she didn't have to hand over most of the money she earned, nor did she have to hand over the high-grade gems that were accidentally produced, so in total, the profits were greatly increased, and the miners were also very happy.
Felix also merged several major stores. For food, groceries, and daily necessities, one store is enough. Haman was busy running the store during the day, and at night he had to go to the magic school to make up for his cultural classes, which was very hard. But he had no complaints. Instead, he laughed every day with dark circles under his eyes, as happy as a donkey running into a carrot field.
Naturally, there were people in Pyroxen Town who were not suitable to be miners, so Felix organized some other tasks, such as cleaning the streets and repairing houses. The pay for these jobs is lower than that of a miner, but because of the stabilization of prices, the poor can survive with the income from these jobs. In fact, the most dangerous things in winter are cold and hunger. If the house is repaired, it can resist the cold. With a certain income, you can have enough food and warm clothes, so winter will not be too difficult.
... Or from another aspect, those who were not strong enough had already died in those harsh days. Those who have been able to hold on until now will naturally have no reason to fall down again after their living conditions improve.
In fact, even so, many people died this winter.
Sui Xiong was very melancholy about this, but he forced himself not to interfere, because the social progress he pursued was definitely not a utopia achieved through the charity of gods.
When the mountains fall, the seas dry up, even the gods will fall. The prosperity achieved by relying on the power of gods is actually false. For this society to truly progress, it must rely on people's own strength.
He can use his knowledge and wisdom to help people, and he can also lend a hand on some key difficulties. But he absolutely does not want to build a society where people rely on gods and place all their hopes in life on gods!
Fortunately, winter is gradually passing and the climate is gradually getting warmer.
There is some good news this winter. For example, a very high-grade gemstone was discovered in the mine. Although it is far from enough to make up for the shortfall in food purchases, it at least greatly reduces the fiscal deficit.
The arrival of spring means that the work of the new year is about to begin.
"The biggest problem plaguing the town of Pyrex is agriculture." Felix flipped through the investigation report and said distressedly, "The land here is too polluted by negative energy, and many temples that can purify the land have been moved away. Now the power of the Golden Crown (goddess of wealth) temple alone is no longer enough to maintain the farmland outside the town.”
In this matter, mortals really have no choice but to ask the gods to take action.
When it's time to take action, Sui Xiong will naturally not be pretentious. He came to the area that used to be farmland outside the town, used his divine power, and set up a large-scale purification barrier.
This barrier was summed up by the exchanges between various churches during the development of the Dibei region. It is the most cost-effective in terms of continuous purification. As long as a small shrine is needed, the land within a certain range can be protected from being eroded by negative energy. It's just that this kind of soil is not of high quality, and the only thing that can be grown is the kind of crop called "Golden Vine".
Golden vine is a special crop that was first discovered by the Earth Goddess in a small broken world where the Sun God and the God of Death fought. That world is very strange. Positive energy and negative energy are intertwined, but they do not interfere with each other. Plants like Golden Vine can absorb various energies and convert them into positive energy to expel negative energy to maintain their own survival and reproduction.
Later, this plant was brought to the main plane and tried to be planted in areas on the edge of the Ash Forest that were not seriously polluted. But relying solely on the power of sunlight is not enough to maintain their survival. After many attempts, it was finally determined that the input of magical energy was necessary to allow the golden vines to grow better and provide relatively safe food to the residents of the Ash Forest.
The most common magical energy is naturally the power of faith. This is also the reason why the pioneer villages in the Ash Forest rely on churches and temples.
There is a Temple of the Goddess of Wealth in Huishi Town, but the Temple of the Goddess of Wealth alone is not enough to provide enough magical energy. This is another reason why Felix wanted to establish a magic school - by connecting the elemental plane through the magic circle, a steady stream of magic energy can be obtained to supply the growth of the golden vine.
With the support of the magic school, golden vine planting has been restored.
Seeing the residents of Huishi Town working in the newly purified farmland, Sui Xiong fell into deep thought.
The negative energy pollution of the Ash Forest has always been a big problem for the residents here. More than one god wanted to solve it, but there was never a good way.
The source of the negative energy comes from an ancient god who died here after the war between the gods. It is conservatively estimated that the ancient god's power has already reached the level of powerful divine power, and may even be close to the level of great divine power. Because of the existence of the Thunder of Divine Punishment, high-end military force in the main plane is quite scarce, so everyone is helpless.
If the Thunder of Divine Punishment can be temporarily shielded, even relying on the power of Sui Xiong, Morani, and the Goddess of Wealth may be enough to solve the pollution of the Ash Forest...
"Maybe... I should consider hollowing out the entire Ash Forest and planting mushrooms that can absorb negative energy?"