Chapter 286 New Products

Richard has always wanted to open a bank, but he lacks such talents who are proficient in economics, so the idea cannot be implemented, and it has been delayed for three or four years. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Recently, seeing that the Haland Territory has developed to a certain scale, if you want to keep the economy running stably, the establishment of the bank must be completed.

Richard can only force the duck to go up the shelf and bite the bullet to establish a banking department.

As for the lack of talents, Richard decided to make preparations for both hands. On the one hand, he publicly recruited talents and absorbed people with economic talents from the outside world. On the other hand, he promoted some business talents from within the territory, even though these people had various deficiencies, or lacked knowledge and culture, or had no experience. Now Richard can only force the establishment of various functional departments, and then lay off and promote personnel according to the situation, build a platform first, and use a few years to try to train some qualified bank management.

Now that the central bank department has been established, the Haland Territory also needs to establish an economic statistics department. Without the data provided by the economic statistics department, the central bank, which manages the currency, has no way to make decisions. Even if the framework is set up, it is useless.

New departments need to be established, and high-end talents are far from enough.

Now we can only bite the bullet and run in, grit our teeth and hold on for a few years. After training some talents from practice, the situation should be better.

Richard talked with the backbone of the mint for a long time, and then came to the Tongshan Town Office after leaving the mint.

Tongshan Town is under the jurisdiction of Graveson County. This county is considered to be a relatively important county in Harland. Several castles under its jurisdiction have good industries, and the economy is developing very fast. It walks on two legs of industry and agriculture. This year's population should exceed 60,000.

The mayor of Tongshan Town is a recently retired officer named Som, with a professional level of three. He served as the squadron leader of the Sixth Brigade and is an officer that Jennings values ​​very much.

In the three-month siege of Nero Castle last year, Som was severely damaged by the Stannic noble coalition. He rested in the rear for two months. After the war, he submitted a report for demobilization and was transferred to Tongshan Town as the mayor.

As an officer at the level of a squadron leader in the army, he had more contact with Richard and understood his character.

After Richard came to Tongshan Town, he did not hold a grand reception ceremony, and the food he served was relatively simple, just a little richer than the daily work meal.

"You should have been transferred to Tongshan Town for more than ten months!"

"It's been a year, Master Richard."

Richard nodded, and several people finished the meal very quickly. After many years in the army, Richard has developed the habit of eating quickly. Years of military life have left a deep mark on Richard. Richard often values ​​officials who come out of the army a little more in his heart.

"Are you used to being transferred to the local area?"

Som hesitated for a moment and told the truth: "The work in the local area is not as direct as in the army. Most of the thoughts are used to fight for power and profit. We, the retired officers who retired from the army, are regarded as alternatives by local officials. Sometimes we are really not used to it."

"We survived from one difficult battle after another, and our adaptability is far greater than that of the civil servants in the rear. When you arrive in a new environment, you must learn to adapt to the rules. If you encounter unfair things, you can write to the old leader. Whether it is Jennings or me, we will come forward to help you.

We conquered the Harland Territory. For retired officers like you, the policy will be more or less preferential. But you must cherish your honor and not embezzle and dereliction of duty. If you make mistakes, you will be dealt with more severely. You know that I am not a person who is lenient outside the law."

After returning from Tongshan Town, it was already late September.

Recently, the civil servants of the entire Harland Territory have become busy. Rogge wrote to many nobles, inviting them to participate in the commodity fair in October.

This year is the third commodity fair held by Harland. As the commodity fair continues to be held, the products produced by Harland have gradually become famous.

Since last year, a large number of nobles and merchants have flocked to Harland in October to buy brown sugar, fruit wine, canned food, medicine, hardware products, textiles and other commodities.

The rich products of Harland and its good inventions have spread throughout the Grant Kingdom. The products of Harland also enjoy a high reputation and have some brand effects.

This year's fair, under Richard's personal decision, will continue to sell new products to the outside world.

The first one is the famous alchemical bomb, which is sold for twelve gold coins, and the cost of producing alchemical bombs in Harland is less than two gold coins. This kind of product can make up to five times the profit.

Although the alchemical bombs produced by Harland are not as powerful as the original ones, they are about 50% of the original ones. They are very lethal to soldiers wearing enchanted armor.

You should know that the alchemical bomb made by the Heart of Elements costs as much as 100 gold coins. It is specially used to attack key enemy units and has a very good effect. The only disadvantage is that it is expensive and cannot be popularized.

After all, alchemical bombs are consumable weapons. A squadron is equipped with ten, and a legion is equipped with 1,200. If it is expanded to eight central legions, it will cost 1.2 million gold coins.

Such a large amount of money is enough to support three main legions. Even if the Grant royal family can come up with this money, it is difficult to make this decision.

The royal family can't afford it, and other nobles are far less financially than the royal family, let alone equipping soldiers in large numbers.

Some great nobles may purchase some through various channels and use them in key battles.

Although the alchemical bombs produced by Harland Territory are not as good as the original ones, the selling price has been reduced by 80% to 90%. At this affordable price, even ordinary barons can buy 200 to 300 bombs.

Two or three hundred alchemical bombs put into the battlefield are enough to determine the outcome of a small-scale battle. Defeating an orc brigade will make the orcs dare not divide their troops into brigades and attack the scattered baronies.

The news that alchemical bombs were sold at the commodity fair immediately caused a sensation among the nobles.

The two thousand alchemical bombs sold by Harland Territory this year were swept away by five or six nobles on the first day of the commodity fair.

Many nobles who were a step behind asked people to increase the price to buy alchemical bombs. It’s a pity that the production of alchemical bombs is not high, and only two thousand can be sold each year, and the rest are left for the army of Harland Territory to use.

In order to keep it secret, only Richard, Sophia, Wendy, Annie and other members of the Harland family mastered the key technology of making alchemical bombs in the Harland Territory in the past few years, and the annual production of alchemical bombs was not high. Only a few hundred bombs can be produced in a year, which is not enough for the army of the Harland Territory.

Later, a group of magic apprentices with clean backgrounds were trained, but they did not dare to let them master all the process flows. The manufacturing process also began to be strictly divided, each responsible for a part of the process, and the annual output was increased to 2,000 bombs.

Last year, the Harland Territory obtained the royal seal, and Richard asked the personnel involved in the manufacture of alchemical bombs to sign a strict confidentiality agreement, and once again expanded production to 6,000 bombs. Although the Harland Territory has expanded its army, this output is enough for the army to use according to the previous model.

The output has increased threefold, and Richard decided to sell part of it.

The Harland Territory has been able to produce alchemical bombs for more than ten years, and there are about 12,000 alchemical bombs stored in the treasury, which is enough to fight several high-intensity wars.

It was Richard's decision to sell two thousand alchemical bombs. Even if the nobles asked someone to intercede, Richard could not reduce the inventory. According to the rules of previous years, the orcs will invade again next year. Even if the Harland Territory is short of money, Richard will not give up his life for money.

In order to persuade the military leaders to take out two thousand stocks, Richard has worn out his lips. The nobles who did not grab the alchemical bombs can only blame their bad luck.

In addition to the alchemical bombs, the Harland Territory also launched dyed fabrics this year, with three styles of red, blue, and yellow-green. The Harland family also sold bras in the ready-made clothing store in Black River Fort for the first time.

Bras are very important for women's development. They are a kind of clothing related to human health. In addition to protecting the breasts, they can also play a role in fixing and reducing tremors. They have a certain role in promoting breast development and milk secretion.

In fact, since Richard secretly promoted this new style of clothing seven or eight years ago, Sophia has set an example and was the first to wear a bra. After several years of subtle influence, women in the middle and upper classes of Harland Territory began to wear bras.

The threshold for dyed fabrics is higher. Only three families, Grant Royal Family, Marquis of Klein, and Earl of Charlotte, produce this kind of goods. Because there are fewer natural dyes, the output of dyed fabrics is not high, and the price is also relatively expensive, seven or eight times that of ordinary fabrics.

A roll of dyed cloth is 80 cm wide and 12 meters long, and the price is one gold coin. A family of six needs to change all six people into a set of dyed clothes, which costs three gold coins. This is just the cost of materials, and hiring a tailor also requires a commission of several silver coins.

The population of Grant Kingdom who can consume dyed fabrics is basically the middle and upper classes. Even the well-paid soldiers only have one set of dyed clothes at most.

The dyed fabrics in Harland Territory also use natural dyes, and the cost is roughly the same as that of several other noble families.

However, Richard's knowledge is far beyond that of ordinary people in the Dawn Plane. Under his guidance, the craftsmen in Harland Territory have successfully mastered the printing and dyeing process and can produce such highly profitable goods.

According to the calculation of the textile department of Harland Territory, the cost of a roll of dyed cloth does not exceed two silver coins. The royal family and other three great nobles also made five times the profit from this commodity.

The royal family is involved in this industry, and Richard is unwilling to touch the interests of the Grant family. He does not want to compete for the market on a large scale, and the dyed cloth sold is also one gold coin per piece.

In the Kingdom of Grant, dyed cloth is still a luxury, and the market size is not large, adding up to about 40,000 to 50,000 gold coins, which is only a few points larger than the perfume and canned food market in Harland Territory.

If Richard occupies the market of the four provinces in the northern border, he can earn about 7,000 to 8,000 gold coins. The lost market is shared by the three nobles, and each loses two to three thousand gold coins. It is estimated that the great nobles will not easily provoke a commercial war with the Harland Territory with this loss.

The third new commodity is soap, and the soap manufacturing process is not difficult. Heat the oil to liquid, then add alkaline water and stir evenly to complete the saponification reaction.

In fact, the Harland Territory made soap many years ago and provided it to the territory’s top leaders.

At that time, there was a shortage of fats and oils, and the contract slaves lacked oil and water, so Richard did not produce this product on a large scale.

Now the animal husbandry in Harland has developed, and a large number of sheep are slaughtered every year. The animal fats in the slaughterhouse are collected every day, and the amount may be one or two tons.

Such a large amount of fats and oils cannot be consumed by the population of the territory. Since the development of animal husbandry, the population of Harland has been overnourished.

Even the contract slaves with the lowest living standards can eat mutton once a month, which is a few points higher than the middle class in Grant Kingdom and second only to the high-income group.

These excess animal fats can be mixed with alkaline water to make soap.

The soap factory was built in Malte Castle. There are already more than 200 workers, and more than 20,000 soaps are produced every day. The production capacity is already seriously oversupplied.

At this commodity fair, Harland Territory wanted to promote this kind of product the most. The price of soap is also relatively close to the people, with a wholesale price of one copper coin per piece.

The price of soap with added spices is much more expensive, and the wholesale price is also eight copper coins per piece, and the target of sales is also the upper and middle class of society.

Under the solemn recommendation of Harland Territory officials, the merchants participating in the fair personally demonstrated the use of this product and praised it highly. Even many small merchants who came to try their luck took out their treasured gold coins and bought a large bag of soap, ready to return to their hometown to promote it and make a lot of money.

After Richard attended the opening ceremony of the fair, he casually walked around the venue and unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

When this person saw Richard, his face suddenly changed, and he was terrified. He lowered his head in a hurry, not daring to look into Richard's eyes.

"I didn't expect that we would meet again, Qiao Sen. Since you have come to Harland Territory, you should inform the master. I hope you learn from your lesson and don't commit crimes and kill people in Harland Territory, otherwise I will send you to the mine where the orcs are imprisoned, and then you will regret being born in this world."

More than ten years ago, Richard went to Nolan to buy slaves at the age of just seventeen. On his way back, he met Qiao Sen, who was murdering and robbing. Fortunately, Richard had prepared in advance. His father William and uncle Soros rushed from the northern border to Nolan to participate in the cargo escort. In the end, Qiao Sen's conspiracy was thwarted, and he was caught and asked Qiao Sen's father for a generous sum of money.

More than ten years have passed, and Richard found that he didn't hate this person. The thrilling night of that year has become a trivial matter in Richard's memory.

Richard's mental strength is very high, which may be the reason why he has a very good memory.

He still remembered clearly what happened more than ten years ago. Even though Qiao Sen's appearance and temperament had changed a lot, Richard still recognized him at a glance.