After almost a week of renovation, the village was completely changed. The burnt down old bungalow was torn down, and a new three-story house was built on the spot.
The open space in the forest is very precious, and not all places are suitable for construction. Zhou Qingfeng's strength is not enough to develop virgin forests. In order to save land, he requires the house to be three-story.
Such a building has certain technical requirements, and it appears very tall in appearance, which is particularly shocking and convincing.
There is a lot of wood in the Black Forest. As long as labor is provided, building materials are almost free of money. The population gathered from various places, and the original settlement was demolished and relocated by Zhou Qingfeng.
Talking about Harmony Village, the original population is worried about their livelihoods. But when I went to the village to eat a full meal with meat and vegetables, everyone's doubts were dispelled, and I happily joined the construction team.
The inhabitants of the Black Forest have a bit of inferior character, but they are hard-working but have nothing to say. As long as the organization is well organized, the labor is very efficient.
Ordinary wooden houses are easy to build, and all villagers are skilled workers when they are full. With enough encouragement and agitation, everyone has a strong enthusiasm for building a new home.
Zhou Qingfeng built toilets, dug wells, planned roads, and even included sewers and sewage pipes. He drew a lot of design drawings on the clay tablet for this, so as to let everyone know what the village will be like in the future.
The old knight Naser held a saw blade made of stainless steel in his hand, surprised and delighted. He is familiar with iron weapons and tools, and he knows the value of high-quality steel. Now the saw blade in his hand is light, thin and tough, with a hardened edge and excellent performance, which is really rare.
"Such a good saw blade, you can't see it in the north."
In a poor place, you can't even find a good blacksmith. Those who are capable will run out, and those who are incapable will stay. In Faerun's world, the South regards the Icefield Mountains as a barren land because there is no powerful force to be found here.
In front of the old knight was a box of saw blades. The villagers assembled these saw blades into saws for processing wood. Just these saw blades cost six or seven silver coins in Cold Wind City. A box of saw blades will cost sixty or seventy gold coins.
Among the production tools, the saw is a great invention. With it, mankind's ability to process materials has been improved by orders of magnitude.
"It's too extravagant. If you do this, a few thousand gold coins are not enough to spend." Of course, the old knight knows the advantages of good tools, but behind this is the rush of money consumed. He looked at the plan drawn by Zhou Qingfeng again...
"You want to fix the tavern?"
"Of course, I want to build a tavern with accommodation and catering functions. In this way, a large number of people can be absorbed through the service industry and employment can be promoted. For ghost places like the Black Forest, where there is little production, you can only rely on the service industry to survive."
"Victor, I don't quite understand what you are saying. What kind of service industry? You still want to make money when you build a tavern? Who will come to you for a drink and accommodation? Only those who can't survive will come to the Black Forest to work hard. This is the entire North The poorest place in the land."
The old knight was completely puzzled by Zhou Qingfeng's plan. He felt that the young leader should lead everyone to cut down more trees, hunt more and open more mines, and use these primary raw materials for foreign trade.
But Zhou Qingfeng didn't do anything about this, and just rebuilt the village with all his heart. Now he still has to repair the tavern, and there are four in one repair. It's a large pub with 20 rooms in the first phase and 50 rooms in the second phase.
Damn it, do you build so many houses for ghosts to live in
Is it so capricious to have money
Zhou Qingfeng not only repairs the tavern, he also repairs the forge.
It's not a small blacksmith's shop, it's a serious forging yard. The raw material for forging comes from the ore dug in the Iron Ore Valley, and the fuel is the coal found in the Voodoo Swamp. This will be the pillar industry of Harmony Village and will provide hundreds of jobs.
In this forging yard alone, thousands of gold coins were invested, a dwarf was hired from Coldwind City to supervise the construction, and more than a hundred armed attendants were turned into blacksmiths. The monthly salary of the dwarf is ten gold coins, and it has attracted many dwarfs from the hills to apply for the job.
Zhou Qingfeng spent real money to hire workers to work and also provide board and lodging. People in the entire Black Forest were happy to make a fortune. Even Coldwind City outside the Black Forest kept coming to seek refuge, but the old knight felt that it would not last long.
"Hugo, if you waste this way, no matter how much money you have, you will spend it all. Did you just make up an excuse to give everyone benefits just to build a new village for the people in the Black Forest?"
The old knight pondered for several days and almost suspected that Zhou Qingfeng was a saint.
Zhou Qingfeng immediately shook his head, "Give away the benefits for nothing? You think too much, I am just preparing to attract more foreign tourists and adventurers. Don't worry, I will definitely not lose money. Not only will I not lose money, but will also Make a big profit."
Impossible, it is absolutely impossible!
If he hadn't seen Zhou Qingfeng's various methods, the old knight would have thought that his leader was crazy. But he couldn't understand the purpose of these methods, so he could only let the princess come to persuade.
At night, Zhou Qingfeng was busy lighting candles. Enisa knocked on his door, sat straight in front of him, and asked, "Victor, what are you doing?"
"I'm reading books, "Small Iron Smelting Furnace Manual", "Simple Forging Equipment". These are all technical books, and I plan to learn them. But to be honest, I don't understand very well. I wonder if I should Let's read monographs on metallurgy first."
Inisa didn't seem to be listening to Zhou Qingfeng's words. She asked casually: "Where did you get so many high-quality tools? I also saw that you gave old Borg a lot of medicines. People in the village praised that the effect was very good after using them.
I paid attention to it, and the expressions of the people in the village have changed drastically now. Rubio told me that in the past, the low-level untouchables could easily die from a small illness. For example, diarrhea, but now this situation is almost extinct.
I have never had any contact with the bottom people in the Principality of Oss in the past, but the Knights of Naser know well. He said that tenants often died of illness in his manor. If this situation can be improved, every nobleman will be very happy. "
"Do you know the plane stone?"
"I know, my father once had one. It was purchased from a legendary wizard for tens of thousands of gold coins. It connects the shadow world, and my father often uses it to summon shadow creatures to help."
Her Royal Highness is no stranger to multiple planes, and Zhou Qingfeng can easily explain, "I also have a way to connect with other planes."
Inisa thought for a while, and felt that it was not strange that Zhou Qingfeng had a plane stone. It is strange that he is not. But this is not what the princess wants to ask...
"You are now spending so much money to build a house and build a village, don't you really worry about losing money?"
Zhou Qingfeng knew what the Princess was worried about, "I recently arranged labor to clear the road to Coldwind City, you know?"
Enissa nodded.
"I'm still building a carriage, planning to open a convenient transportation to Coldwind City every day. You know that too?"
Inissa still nodded.
"How many adventurers are there in the entire Northland?"
The Northland is a broad concept, and the Black Forest and Coldwind City are only part of it. This area has a small population and a backward economy, but the proportion of adventurers is extremely high.
Everyone is poor and dying, so many people come out desperately. Enisa pondered for a while, and could only give a rough figure, "About two to thirty thousand, maybe more."
"Do you think these people would be interested in the ruins of the elves?"
"Of course, the Silver Leaf City in the Black Forest is too famous. Who doesn't want to make a fortune?"
Zhou Qingfeng laughed and said, "There is a place called California, which used to be rich in gold, which attracted countless gold diggers to try their luck. A few people made a fortune, but most of them lost their money. Because gold is not so easy to find. of.
But there is a kind of people who make big profits, that is, businessmen who serve those gold diggers. The elven ruins in the Black Forest are such a big gold mine. But gold mining is dangerous and hard. Why do we have to dig for gold? Unless there is a big piece of gold. "
Zhou Qingfeng's smile was like a ray of light in the dark night, letting Enisa relax, her anxiety for a few days disappeared and her breathing became brisk. She asked: "You..., you didn't want to monopolize the Elf Ruins, but are you willing to open it up?"
Zhou Qingfeng looked faintly, "I actually want those adventurers to develop the Black Forest for me."