After all, the chaos in Cold Wind City must be calmed down, and Zhou Qingfeng didn't want to put too much energy on the infighting among the powerful. After digging out the secret room of the ruins of the inspection hall, he led the team to exit Coldwind City and enter the Fabro Manor outside the city.
As the'chief alchemist', Fabro has a territory in Coldwind City. However, he was not good at business, and only used a small part of the territory to build a manor. There are only more than 300 people in the manor, mainly serving Fabro.
But Fabro's territory is actually quite large, with a total area of seven or eight square kilometers. Five kilometers north of Coldwind City, swathes of wilderness, rivers, hills, and woodland all belong to this'chief alchemist' and now belong to Zhou Qingfeng.
Standing on the hillside of the manor, you can see the edge of the Black Forest and the towering ice mountains in the distance. Melting glaciers on the mountains converge into a river, winding through the place.
The terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and the water source is sufficient. With care, thousands of mu of arable land can be cultivated to feed tens of thousands of people.
In the sun, the wind was cold but extremely refreshing. Faced with this new territory, Zhou Qingfeng said with emotion: "Fabro, a waste, sits on the treasure land but doesn't know how to use it. The land and water here are wasted for nothing.
From today onwards, it will be renamed as the'Prosperous Dominion'. I am the lord of this place. The government agencies of Harmony Village will be moved here.
Hillie, Rubio, Wilson, I appoint you as the chief and second officials of the "rich and powerful leaders". It is up to you to put up the management structure. "
Behind Zhou Qingfeng, all the people in the harmonious village system gathered and accepted the successive appointments of the lord. Government affairs, military affairs, agriculture, commerce and trade, medical and health, engineering construction, education and training, etc. must be assigned to designated officials.
"Assemble the backbones from Harmony Village and relocate the thousands of refugees previously recruited here. It is winter now, and before the beginning of spring next year, I will build enough houses, dams, ditches, farmland, and workshops here.
We started in the Black Forest, but we made our fortune here. As long as it develops steadily for two years, there will be no shortage of food, cloth, wood, mines, and ironware. The entire Northland will be our expansion space. "
Speaking of excitement, Zhou Qingfeng raised his whip and galloped. The crowd behind him followed closely. All the way, iron hoofs rolled, full of spirits. Arriving outside the manor, the original manor housekeeper with more than 300 servants kneeled to greet him.
Zhou Qingfeng looked down on horseback and laughed loudly. He is no longer a soil bun from the Black Forest. From then on, he is a true aristocrat with great power-capable, famous, and territorial, and no one can despise it anymore.
After the defeat of Fabro, Zhou Qingfeng led a team to clean up the worship of the abyss, and now he had time to count his gains. Rubio reported to him in a whisper: "Master, Fabro's manor is not very populated, but he has a big business."
"Chief Alchemist"? It's natural for money to be rolling. Fabro manufactures and sells potions and magic items by himself, and his subordinates will not be idle.
"Do you do food business?" Zhou Qingfeng cares most about food.
The grain output in the alien world is low, and the agricultural technology is backward. The Northland is particularly bitter and cold. It can only be cultivated one season a year, and the average yield of wheat per mu is only a few dozen kilograms. Farmers have to grow grains to maintain their livelihoods, and the residents are generally malnourished.
"No." Rubio shook his head, "Fabro monopolized half of the precious metal mines around Coldwind City. Especially the river in his territory is a treasure.
Bruno of the Forge said that the river flows out of the Icefield Mountains, and the water flow becomes gentle here. A large amount of gold sand is deposited in the sediment at the bottom of the river, and there must be a big gold mine at the source of the river. "
Gold mine? !
Zhou Qingfeng was shocked.
Fabro has raised more than 300 servants, half of whom are engaged in gold panning. In the cold winter, he will go to the icy river to screen for gold sand. The sieved gold sand is packed in a small glass bottle, and the yellow is very beautiful.
As Zhou Qingfeng attacked very quickly, he had strong control afterwards. There was no disturbance in the people in the manor, and all the buildings and properties were preserved. Rubio presented a bottle of gold sand in his inventory like a treasure, shining brightly in the sun.
"Arsie." Zhou Qingfeng called out softly.
The Mecha Magi stepped forward and took the glass bottle with golden sand, poured out a little to distinguish one or two, nodded and said: "Master, this is indeed golden sand, it is of high grade. I can conduct systematic exploration of the entire river in the territory, there should be More discoveries.
Once a mine is discovered, we have better technology to separate and screen, and there is no need for servants to work with their hands, and the mining efficiency is even higher. I feel that there is not only gold but also other minerals here. "
For mining, the efficiency of using machinery is hundreds and thousands of times that of manpower. Even with a centrifuge, you can easily sieve out minerals of different proportions.
Hahaha..., Zhou Qingfeng smiled and scratched his head, "Although I am not short of money, no one will dislike the gold in his hands."
Gold is a universal hard currency. It is more precious than it, and it is not as large as it is. What is larger than it is not as precious as it is. Whether in another world or reality, gold has good liquidity.
Rubio also pleased him: "Master, Fabro was originally the largest coin dealer in Coldwind City. He used the gold sand in the river to make money, and he was very rich."
Fabro is over, and Zhou Qingfeng has all his inheritance. Gold is also a kind of magic metal. Just in the underground alchemy laboratory of the manor, more than half a million gold coins were found.
Hmm..., Zhou Qingfeng nodded heavily when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice: "In the future, we will also have to do the work of minting. But the gold should not be outflowed. We will try our best to promote our'Platinum Coins'. Peer-to-peer exchange."
Zhou Qingfeng used cheap silver from the real world in exchange for gold in Coldwind City, and at the same time promoted cheaper'Iron Coins' and'Platinum Coins'.
Stainless steel'iron coins' are extremely popular. The civilian class lacks'universal currency', and they have long hoped for a currency with a lower value than copper coins.
However, compared with the'iron coins', the'Platinum Coins' promoted by Zhou Qingfeng are not well recognized. His "Platinum Coin" is not platinum, but aluminum-zinc alloy. It is a dime coin in the real world.
Cheating!
The density of aluminum-zinc alloy is low, and it feels light and low-end. But aluminum has its particularity, and it must be electrolyzed to obtain it on a large scale.
Don't count on "electrolysis" in other worlds. Aluminum is an authentic precious metal.
Zhou Qingfeng wanted to obtain a large amount of gold through exchange, but the aluminum-zinc alloy was generally resisted. So he could only..., "In the future, our platinum coins and gold coins will be exchanged one to one. Ten to one is really unscrupulous."
Rubio is ignorant, but he also knows that his master's "Platinum Coin" is probably relatively inferior. The strange maids like Arcie knew that the'Platinum Coin' was more than inferior. In the real world, even the doors and windows were made of aluminum.
"We have the ability to mint coins, so we can open a bank in the future. The loan sharks in Coldwind City are too terrible and seriously hinder the development of commerce and economy. The bank we opened can use low-interest loans to attract businessmen.
The interest rate should not be too high, as long as the annual interest rate does not exceed 36%. "Zhou Qingfeng was happy. Everyone else felt that the interest rate was really low, and only the strange maids rolled their eyes one by one.
The owner has always been unscrupulous.