The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 246 Open the Market
Industry is the root, and Ickert knows very well that Windsor's development to the present is due to its strong ability to pull iron. After solving the most important threat at present, all that remains is to let the territory start to transition to an industrial country.

What Ickert wants to solve most is nothing more than two aspects.

One is cotton textiles, and the other is the production line for drilling gun barrels.

Relying on the money earned from buying and selling grain and spices, Ikett has initially possessed the capital to expand the cotton textile industry on a large scale. This will undoubtedly have a great impact on the empire that has no food, clothing, housing and transportation. sexual.

The only pity is that the forces in the empire are complicated, and it is difficult for Ikert to use force to lay down enough colonies. Currently, there are only thousands of gnolls and rats from other worlds that can be used to squeeze.

If only this population is used to hit the huge imperial market, it may not be enough for them to bite their teeth.

You know, those Onsa people rely on the size of the whole of India to satisfy the huge source of raw materials, which shows the terrifying productivity brought about by industrialization and the horror of the world market.

If the problem of raw materials cannot be solved, the competitiveness of the product will be greatly reduced.

Ikert thought of many ways to do this, for example, learning from the Dixie people in the beautiful country to purchase black orc slaves on a large scale, or fooling the surrounding territories into large-scale cotton planting and so on.

But the first method requires a lot of land, and the second method may be manipulated in the case of non-colonies.

What's more, industrialization is not enough just to have production, and there is no way to develop without a large enough market.

This is where Ickert feels the most headache. The internal market of the empire is really too difficult to open. The interest network of various forces affects the whole body. Many basic industrial productions are difficult to spread.

Ickert must find a way to break this situation.

There are two basic strategic directions, which he intends to pursue simultaneously.

One is to unite some mages and nobles, let them also join in the production mode of the new era, everyone will engage in magical technology, industrial basic production, and report to the group for warmth.

The second is to send people to dig tunnels, looking for a shortcut for the orcs to attack Windsor in the south, and perhaps unexpectedly anti-colonial orcs.

For this reason, Ickert called Targaryen, and asked him to immediately dispatch an elite to start underground exploration and draw maps. Whether it was for colonization or territorial security, Ickert had to find a way to master that road.

As for the joint production with the surrounding lords, Ickert immediately thought of his good senior Mysore.

If you have money, make money together, and if something goes wrong, you can fight together.

Ickert is determined to drag his kind-hearted senior into the water.

"Aris, prepare your manpower, let's go to Rosesodol, this time we will bring the steam engine."

"I'll do it now, master."

In order to tow the astonishingly heavy Type [-] magic machine in the upper territory, Ickert specially dispatched a steel-reinforced over-limit carriage, and several cave monitor lizards were responsible for transporting parts.

Based on the friendly relationship between the two territories, the road conditions from Windsor to Rosesodol are obviously much better, but even so, it is difficult to change the reality of the extremely poor transportation capacity of this rotten land.

In fact, the roads under their feet are considered good in the empire. Generally, except for the main roads ordered by the emperor and the roads built by the merchants, the traffic conditions in the whole Nansi are quite touching.

I usually don't feel it when transporting people and some scattered goods, but when it comes to large steel equipment such as magic machines, Ickert has to stop and overhaul the machines every time he walks.

The cruel reality showed that if he wanted to form a mechanized corps in this barren world except for Windsor, he would not even be able to pick up a screw outside, and mana replenishment would be even more of a joke.

If you want to support the expansion of industrialized countries, it is inevitable to carry out infrastructure construction during expansion.

It will take at least 200 years of effort.

"Sure enough, different eras have different tactics in different eras."

Ickert said with emotion that the war combination of humans and livestock is really suitable for this barbaric era. It is stronger than a territory. Once it is out of the supply range of the factory, it can only fight with fire sticks.

"It's better to start industrializing the whole world, and then use blitzkrieg to pierce through it. It's much easier to directly receive a relatively developed industrial world."

In this way, the traditional nobles who are good at extraordinary combat can be dragged to the field that Ickert is familiar with, and then defeat them with rich experience.

Ickert became more determined to fool other lords into industrialization, and ordered the convoy to hurry.

Due to the heavy equipment being carried, the convoy traveled very slowly this time, and it took about five days on the road to arrive at Rosesodol.

Compared with the last time he came here, Ickert keenly noticed that the population of this town has increased a lot, and even the number of beggars on the street has doubled.

This time Ikert did not choose to join Mysore at the old place. In view of the particularity of this transaction, Ikert chose to drive directly to the manor where Mysore is located.

Mysore, who had received the visiting letter early, had already taken care of himself, and warmly received Eckert next to the wine estate.

"My good student, what wind brought you here?"

Going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Mysore knew that Ikett must have something to discuss when he came, but the basic greetings were still unavoidable.

Ickert exchanged some feelings with the senior again, and the two enjoyed the wine produced in the manor together, and happily finished their lunch before starting to discuss business.

"Senior, there are a lot more people in Rosesodol City."

Ickert said enviously, Mysore listened and rubbed his temples with a bit of a headache.

"You seem to be envious, but you are actually mocking me. You should be very clear that having too many people is not a good thing."

It is not only the attractiveness that determines the population of a city, but also how many people the local agriculture and economic volume can support to live stably there.

Previously, due to Iktor's many evils on the banks of the Vanvna River, many rear territories were messed up in the orc attack, and a large number of refugees ran to the three cities of Donali, Rose Sodor and Windsor.

Usually when someone comes, all the lords are definitely welcome, but Mysore is different. His territory has been developed in sevens and eighties, not to mention that there are no extra fields for planting, and the industry and commerce in the city are also becoming saturated.

At such a time, the citizens will be very repulsive to foreigners, and Mysore has been unable to sleep well for several days in a row dealing with large and small chaotic disputes.

"I even want to immediately dispatch troops to blast out these nasty bastards, because if I don't do that, I will have to use special methods to suppress it!"

Although extraordinary people can oppress the mortal class at will, but a damaged reputation will also cause resources to flow to other extraordinary people.

For them, groceries like mining, earning money, and raising livestock has to be done.

"By the way, junior, I see that your territory is developing very healthy. You have always accepted everything as it is ordered. I would like to try to let them go to your side."

(End of this chapter)