This is how easy it is to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
"I see that the Dragon City is still expanding. With the current size of the Dragon City, the population here is indeed a bit low. Are you planning to use better living conditions to attract more people to become dragons? Do you want to become a resident of your city and become your believer?"
They were originally a businessman family in the Capital of Fortune. After hearing that the City of Dragons did not collapse under the leadership of the dragon, but was instead prospering, they were very business-minded and spent a huge amount of money to start from the salt-producing place. The country transported truckloads of salt, and after traveling a long distance to the City of Dragons, they wanted to sell it at a high price and make a lot of money.
At this moment, some adventurers also had this idea. The residents of Dragon City needed too little money for basic food and drink, and they, non-residents, had to spend five times or ten times the price. Only when you can enjoy it, how can it be possible for people not to be jealous.
Although Louis also knew that these merchants took great risks to transport salt to the City of Dragons, the benefits involved were too high. Louis would never allow these salt merchants to exploit his own people. Salt was the most important thing for everyone. Every household must use basic living necessities. If you spend too much income on basic living necessities, your citizens will not have enough money to consume. Without consumption, there will be no domestic demand, and without domestic demand, the economy will not be boosted. Drive development.
Louis paused for a moment, and then asked again: "... Your Majesty, I don't know much about the world of gods. There are some things that I may need your answer to. I want to ask a powerful god. In order to maintain myself His godhead, how many believers does he need?"
The people of the City of Dragons cheered enthusiastically. Beside Louis and the Elf Queen, there were some pale humans wearing silks.
The words of the staff made the residents feel shocked, and the crowd began to whisper, so that these people who had tasted the wonderful food and could survive as long as they worked suddenly changed their living environment and returned to eating as before. Black bread, absolutely no one wants to live half-starved and half-fed from meal to meal.
"... God is the dream of human beings. For these ordinary people, their dream has always been to have enough food and wear warm clothes, and for this dream, each of them will dedicate their faith."
Louis pondered for a moment before answering slowly.
A bold adventurer shouted out directly, and was immediately supported by many adventurers and businessmen, while the residents of the Dragon City looked proud and even a little elated.
For example, the Christianity of Earth's civilization claims to be believed by more than one billion people, but in fact more than 95% of them may be just pan-believers. They only pray occasionally and think they believe in Christ, but in fact they believe in Christ in their hearts. In terms of choice and lifestyle, he is far from being a true believer.
Now the lord of Dragon City has issued such a shocking decree. The government of Dragon City will sell salt directly, and the price is so low that people feel incredible. Those white salts are comparable to theirs. The quality of the salt that was shipped was countless times better, and the price was actually lower than what they paid for it.
"Actually... I want to become a resident here. Looking at the lives of those people, they are simply happier than us businessmen."
"What is an ID card? Your Majesty..."
"I would like to ask, how can I become a resident of Dragon City and get the so-called 'ID card'?"
"Half a million true believers, it seems I still have a long way to go."
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly.
The city's government staff was obviously prepared for this issue. Under the eager expectations of many people, he shouted loudly: "... First of all, you must believe in the great Lord. This is the most basic requirement. Secondly, Lord Your Excellency does not like idlers, even those who have become residents of Dragon City, if you are too lazy, the Lord will take back your status as residents, and only labor can satisfy the Lord."
Her Majesty the Queen said in an ethereal tone. She did not seem to be surprised at all that Louis had such ambitions to become a powerful god.
A young man in his twenties looked horrified and asked eagerly to the forty-year-old man with a beard next to him.
Louis and the Elf Queen left quietly, but the decree on salt has just fermented in Dragon City. This seemingly simple decree will bring huge changes to Dragon City!
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man felt a little desperate.
"As long as both parents are my believers, their children will be influenced by it from childhood and will easily become my believers. After a few generations, these beliefs will be fixed. My method is definitely the fastest way to make people believe in gods. Whether humans or orcs, they are inherently selfish, and even if they believe in God, this nature will not change."
Even if the City of Dragons did have 500,000 residents in the end, he could not guarantee that these residents were true believers. Louis estimated that there would be more than 300,000 true believers. In other words, just one city The City of Dragons cannot satisfy his faith. In the future, Louis must expand his faith, both in terms of territory and race. For example, as the Dragon God, dragons are of course also a good source of faith. .
Her Majesty's tone was a little hesitant, because Louis's method of attracting believers was, to be honest, an unconventional approach, but even she could not have predicted the effect, because no one could make believers believe with material satisfaction like Louis. he.
But even though he said this, this man also knew that this was just his own whim. Look at the residents of this city. They can eat good white bread every day, as if the wheat is free of charge. I know that even a businessman family like them cannot eat white bread every day!
Under this incredible miracle, it is very possible that the lord can make more than 100,000 people eat salt.
"Uncle, what should we do? If the batch of salt we shipped cannot be sold, the family's funds will be unable to circulate."
In order to transport so much salt to the Dragon City, they need to hire some high-level adventurers. They are likely to encounter some monsters and crises along the way. They want to make a lot of money by transporting the salt here. , and if the salt cannot be sold, and they want to transport the salt away, the cost will be too high, and the journey is so dangerous, and they may lose both personal and financial property.
"But the believers gained in this way may not necessarily be true believers."
There is a huge gap between true believers and unbelievers. The latter can only be regarded as believing in God, but they will not be with the teachings of God.
"I have this plan in mind. According to my design, Dragon City will need at least a population of 300,000 to 500,000 people to basically saturate the city."
In this country with underdeveloped civilization, food is the most important material. Louis can allow people to trade freely, but there must be strict restrictions on basic materials such as food and salt, because Louis's materials are not from There is a limit to the quantity of what falls from the sky.
"Haha, that's a good question..."
"Gods can distinguish their own believers, right? If faith becomes the basis of assessment, and only those with true faith can live a good life and be promoted and make a fortune, then all human beings will strive to live a better life. Instead, he will gradually become a true believer in God."
In order for Dragon City's economy to grow healthily, Louis must curb the salt merchants.
The man who was called uncle by the young man actually had cold sweat on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "... We are waiting. The City of Dragons does not produce salt. I don't believe the lord here. Sir, you can sell such high-grade salt at such a low price for a long time. Dragon City has a population of more than 100,000. If you sell it at this price, it won't take long for problems to arise."
"I can answer your question. If it is a powerful god, it will need at least 500,000 true believers to meet the needs of the godhead."
Louis nodded slightly and said.
"Forget it, Your Majesty, there is nothing to see here. I will take you to the last place, and then I will sleep for half a month until I am ready to go to the shadow plane with you."
"That is the identity certificate of the residents of the City of Dragons. Human beings are greedy. If people do not limit the amount of refined wheat and salt they can buy, there will definitely be speculative people who buy grain from the city at very low prices and then sell it to In other countries, this is absolutely unacceptable behavior.”
Her Majesty the Queen, who had been quietly observing the reactions of the people around her, now asked.
Comparing themselves with their past selves and these outsiders, the residents of Dragon City found themselves as if they were living in the kingdom of gods, just like noble men.