High Above

  Chapter 660 Ian Silver Peak (6400, ask for double monthly pass~)

  For Elder Pude, no matter how many times he heard rumors from the outside world, it was not as good as a word Ian himself said to him.

  Although it is said that Ian has called Harrison Port recently and reported good news, but this time the good news is undoubtedly the biggest.

   "Noble reward!"

  When he heard Ian say this word to himself on the other side of the communication device, Elder Purdue felt his heart stop beating for a moment.

This old man Bai Zhimin with dwarf features stood blankly by the window of his elder's hall. For some reason, Elder Pude suddenly felt a gust of autumn breeze blowing, paired with the warm sun at noon, it made him feel a little Slightly drunk.

  The end of the year is approaching.

The old man looked at Port Harrison out of the window in a daze. When he came here, the city was still a small wooden fortress on the border of the South Ridge, plus four or five scattered settlements. At that time, he could smell the fishy smell of the sea tide I feel like vomiting.

  But now, whether it is the blue sea or the blue sky in the distance, he feels familiar and nostalgic, and even... brings home-like kindness.

He has lived here for too long, longer than the imperial capital, longer than the time in the family, Harrison Port is already his second hometown, and the soft sunshine of this coastal city flows on the window sill in front of him , changing with the clouds and wind in the sky, the buildings of the thriving Baizhimin community are solid and comfortable, all of which were created by him.

   But soon, he will have a third hometown.

  A distant hometown that represents greater hope.

  —Finally, can the family finally become great again? !

  【Elder? 】

  The old man heard Ian's doubtful voice, with a slightly teasing smile: 【You won't cry? No need, my future achievements will be even greater, I am so excited now, how many times should I be excited in the future]

   "Nonsense!"

  The old man rubbed his eyes, and he scolded this junior who had never been very good at talking: "It's just good news, so you won't contact me. Tell me, how many more people are there?"

Elder Purdue knew Ian very well, he was very sensible, and he definitely didn’t need to worry about the planning of the territory—so if he communicated here on purpose, it was definitely not for the simple announcement of the good news—this guy didn’t have that sense of ritual at all, and everything in He took it for granted, and he was more curious about failure than success.

  After all... Prophets are so annoying.

  【Really need a batch】

  Ian said: [But more importantly, the family coat of arms and surname—are we going to use the surname Ciehalorvo again, or let me think of a new one? And the coat of arms, I don't know how to design coats of arms, and I don't bother to spend my time thinking about them]

"Not enabled."

The elder calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Cehalorvo is the name of the alliance used by several Baimin clans in the Silver Peak of the Northland back then. Use, it might not be good for you."

  Although the old man has spent his whole life looking for the glory of the family, he is not stupid. Elder Pude can still tell who can represent the future of the family and himself.

After thinking about it, the old man gave a compromise answer: "If you don't mind, you can directly use 'Silver Peak', after all, that is the origin of the family. As for the coat of arms...it usually depends on the landmark of the family's initial territory. The coat of arms of that year was the 'Mountain of Five Peaks', representing the five white clans that united into the family at first. Of course, they were fully integrated later."

   "As for now, I remember that there are lakes and mountains in your current Laian Territory. It should be a mountain peak surrounded by lakes..."

   In fact, many of Terra's noble surnames are like this.

For example, Setar in the Setar Empire means a very common 'light of the sky' or 'thousand suns', referring to 'all light sources in the sky', in other words, it can be called It is the 'Skylight Empire', 'Eternal Day Empire' or 'Thousand Sun Empire'.

The Cangtian Royal Court can also be called the "Ximer King's Court". The Khan family is the Ximer family. Boundless' and other meanings.

  The same is true for Silver Peak. Its pronunciation is "Alchomon", which means "tall and indestructible" and "mountain supporting the sky".

  Using it as a surname, Ian didn't think it was bad.

   Only by remembering one's origin can one have a future. Without the support of Bai Zhimin, he didn't even have the soldiers he led at the beginning.

   What's more, this must be something Elder Pude has been thinking about all his life - he himself doesn't care, of course he listens to the old man.

   "I listen to you."

Standing on the third floor of the city hall, Ian stared at the layers of green hills of the Baisen Mountains outside the window. The humid air and cool breeze made his skin feel a little wet, but as the sun shone on the ground, The wind is also dry and comforting.

  It is late autumn at this moment, and the emerald green of the mountains and plains has begun to be covered with a layer of brown red and brown yellow in the depths. The colorful colors herald the arrival of the next season and the beginning of a new era.

The construction of the territory has started to get on the right track. The total number of the first batch of people who signed up for the tax officer exam has exceeded 500. They come from all walks of life and have various identities. It can be said that those who have certain confidence in their mathematics and cultural level , basically all the leaders with a little strength in the family participated.

The next step is to prepare the materials for the exam. In addition to the written test and interview, Ian plans to conduct another "political review" secretly-not to really review any political orientation, but to find out whether the social background of these people is reliable, whether they will Will be easily bewitched by the mountain people or Feiyan.

  The population census and the approximate estimation of the cultivated land are in progress. Because of the help of sublimators such as Qingchao and Landian, the speed is extremely fast, and the preliminary results will be available in a few days.

Of course, the nearest one is the huge construction site that is being erected next to Xiahui Lake—on a piece of rocky ground by the lake, craftsmen have cleared a large flat area, where they are conducting exploration work before excavating the foundation. The name is 'New Agricultural Experiment Pilot Area'.

The craftsmen from Mr. Yinfang haven’t come yet, and the most important hydroponic liquid in the hydroponic farm is still being developed in the alchemy workshop. Fortunately, Baron Ryan has also conducted related experiments before. A lot of money has been invested.

Thinking of this, Ian ended his imagination about the development of the territory. He continued to say to the other end of the communication: "Elder, I do need a group of people. I don't need many elites, but they must be clean and reliable. Afterwards, I will transmit a document and screen people according to that condition."

  【The family or the entire port? 】Elder Pude is still a little flustered, and it sounds like he is very happy to hear the voice: 【The family has prepared a lot for you. If you want to mobilize a word, it will take time for outsiders in the port】

   "All of them." Ian said calmly: "Also, I remember that Sequoia people have also been allowed to enter Hong Kong to work recently, right? I need them too."

  【Indigenous? That's easy, but I don't know your standard...]

  Elder Pude was a little puzzled, but he still agreed: [Just do as you said]

  Buzzing... In the Elder's Hall, a layer of text appeared on the crystal board.

  The old man picked it up and read: "First, the birth is innocent, and the parents have three generations of traces."

  "Second, there is no criminal record in the family, and neither the parents nor the children are considered."

   "Third, if you are hostile to Fei Yandi, it is best if you have a grudge against Fei Yandi at home."

   “Fourth, be willing to try new things.”

  "Fifth, it is best if you can read and write, at least you must have a foundation in writing."

  After reading the contents of the documents on the crystal board, Elder Pude frowned slightly: "If we continue to screen like this, not many people will pass. Especially the aborigines, none of them can read, and it is even more difficult to find traces."

[Writing is not a hard target, and the review on my side will only be stricter] Ian said at the other end of the communication: [What I need is a group of basic backbones, the kind of reliable people who can directly appoint people after education people, so don't worry I don't use them]

  【As for the natives, they have special uses. Anyway, I won’t discriminate against them. It’s just that their blood is really special. I guess it needs to be tested. I can tell them clearly. I will use the standard of alchemy observers to pay】

"Ian." Elder Pude reminded: "The officials in your territory must not all use members of our family—it's best not to do this, and you should also allocate some official positions to people in your territory, otherwise, They're going to have a hard time working."

   "You are now the lord, not the head of the big family. These are two completely different fields."

【Um】

   And Ian seems to have thought about this question a long time ago, and he responded calmly: [There are many things that need to be done next, but they have not been cultivated yet, and I will definitely not forget to leave an upward channel for the locals]

  【However, if you want to develop at the fastest speed, local talents are definitely not enough, at least they are not safe enough to use】

   After talking about the business, Ian asked with a smile: [How is the city recently? Did something big happen? How is Elam? 】

"Elan is very well." Elder Pude said with emotion: "His recent signs of spiritual power have become more and more obvious. Some time ago, he could even directly sense that you are in a good mood at the church—after a while, I will close you." I got your communication and got the news that you completely defeated the mountain army."

"However, this ability does not work from time to time, and there is still a long way to go before it is fully awakened. The body is getting better and better. Although Huaiguang's training is mainly meditation, various professional food nutrients are worth learning. I I plan to learn a little bit and train young people in the clan."

   "As for the big things..."

  Elder Pude thought for a while, and then teased: "Recently, two goblins came over and went to investigate the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea. As a result, the ship was halfway there, and was hit by that armored shark again."

"Some time ago, there was a group of elves who also wanted to investigate the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, and they were also hit by a steel armored shark—the big man who led the team, who seemed to be called Master Oak, was quite happy, saying that this shark was very healthy. It will definitely become the third energy level, Ian, you really haven't seen Ayers's dark face..."

  Of course Elder Pude knows that Hua An and Shuang Die are friends of Ian. The two parties even communicated remotely. The two fairies also came to visit Bai Zhimin.

  Elder Purdue also knew that Shasha was Ian's partner, so after knowing that Shasha hit the goblin's boat, besides being shocked, he wanted to laugh a little.

  —Grass, the shark hit his own boat!

  After hearing the news, Ian couldn't hold back.

  He didn't expect Shasha to be so bold, not to mention the second-level goblin, even Master Oak, the third-level powerhouse, dared to ram the boat!

  It’s also fortunate that the other party likes sharks very much, so it’s probably fun to be hit... But what if you encounter a malicious third level?

  Although Hua Dark Frost Butterfly can fly, there is no need for him to worry, but this shark is too energetic, right? How do you feel like hitting a boat when you see it?

   I have to find a time to contact remotely, this shark is just not reassuring!

  As for the viscount Grant's black face... Hey, what the hell, anyway, Ian has told him that the Viscount's boat cannot be hit, and he can come in if he wants.

  That's about it.

  Elder Pude plans to send two batches of immigrants to Lai'an before the end of the year. The first batch were all white people, more than two hundred people, and the second batch depended on how many people could be recruited in Hong Kong.

After confirming these things, Ian sat on a chair in the city hall office and thought silently: "The start-up capital of 15,000 thalers has been used up to more than 9,000, and there are about 5,400 left. Most of the construction is a batch of funds left by the local Chamber of Commerce and Baron Ryan, and it is almost spent now."

   "It's really like spending money like water."

  Although more than 5,000 talers can be regarded as a huge sum of money in any place, it is enough to train one sublimator, but thinking about it the other way around, it can also train a little more than one sublimator.

Among other things, Scott's potion ingredients are also on the way. If Ian is not an alchemist himself, all the formulas are ready-made. With so much money, he probably will train his deputy to become a sublimator That's all.

   "I have to find a way to get some money."

  However, it is not an easy job to get the whole money.

"Now the main population of Lai'an Lord is about 70,000 people. Among the 70,000 people, more than 80% of them are engaged in farming and planting, while the other 20% are basically simply mining sand. Logging, mining, and masonry, only a small number of people are engaged in oil processing and alchemy material processing, and this part has a small number of people, one is because it is difficult to cultivate, and the other is that the output does not need so many alchemists."

  The next night, the census and arable land counting were roughly completed.

Ian and his team held a meeting in the city hall, which was also a lecture: "The reason why Lai'an City is located in a corner, sitting on such good conditions, but it cannot be effectively developed is precisely because of the unbalanced industrial structure - Lai'an City does not have a part of alchemy raw material processing. The utensils can be self-sufficient, and most of the other commodities need to be purchased from Nauman City, which is subject to invisible constraints.”

   "This is because the production capacity is not enough to meet the needs of the territory."

"We lack blacksmith shops and workshops for material alchemy. It's not difficult to build in this area. I have experience, and I can also hire craftsmen from Nauman City. I have planned a new open space in the west of the city to accommodate future large-scale production. workshop."

  Qing Chao and Scott were taking notes, while Adbert listened carefully.

   "The population is completely insufficient. We need to liberate part of the agricultural population and invest in processing and industrial production."

Ian drew a circle on the planning map: "In addition, although the refugees from the western border gradually ended with the actions of Grand Duke Sorin, the food shortage has made many of the refugees from the western border who were originally resettled in the South Ridge unable to maintain their lives—this is exactly what happened. It’s a good time to increase the population, Scott, plan your publicity to attract those refugees and refugees, there is plenty of food in the territory.”

   "As for the raw materials for alchemy production, let's take a look at the summary of cultivated land here."

  Ian took another document, and the source quality of the water system condensed a series of cold numbers and inscriptions in mid-air, showing the boy's excellent ability to control the source quality.

He read the document by himself, and presented it to others in larger fonts: "There are more than 90,000 acres of cultivated land in the territory, of which 5,000 acres are the sea of ​​flowers surrounding Lai'an City and a few gentle areas by the lake. They are suitable for planting xiahui grass. This number is exaggerated, but the number per capita is very small, and these key xiahui grass gardens are even divided into more than 400 plantations, which are in the charge of professional planters in the city who grow xiahui grass."

"90,000 mu of land, plus forest farms and Xiahui grass planting land, excluding planting costs, urban consumption and various salaries, taxation for the empire and cheap supply of special products to Nauman City and the imperial capital, the net profit is about 150,000 Up to 200,000 talers per year, most of which are in the 'spiritual nourishment extract' extracted from the Xiahui grass."

"As for the lord's mansion, that is, the net money that is completely at my disposal, including the profits and taxes of Xiahuicao, is about 70,000 talers per year. The rest has to maintain the territory and maintain the operation of the alchemy workshop , and various subsidies for other farmers. Viscount Laian is generous. He basically used half of the money to support the adoptees. No wonder that during the census in Xiahui City, it was found that there were many literate people, and Everyone supports him."

  "If he hadn't secretly hunted passers-by or even the locals as his experimental materials, the rule of the Lean family here is really solid."

Having said that, Ian concluded: "This year is a famine year, and Baron Ryan has already harvested all the Xiahui grass. If you want to make money, at least this year you can't count on it, so if you want to make money from this, you have to wait A year, or wait for the construction of hydroponic farms."

   "Guying, have you and Amber achieved anything?"

"Have!"

Hearing Ian's roll call, Adbert reported to Ian very deftly: "The 'high-energy crop culture fluid' that I helped the local alchemy workshop break through some time ago is actually the 'Glow Grass Culture Fluid' that Ian you requested. The prototype, but it is a special fertilizer, which is somewhat different from the 'hydroponic fluid' you asked for, Ian, so we have been researching this for a while, and after taking the water samples of Xiahui Lake, We've had some success."

"The water in Xiahui Lake is rich in a large amount of source matter and rare minerals, and this source quality fluctuation is the main condition for the growth of Xiahui grass, and minerals are the necessary substances for the growth of Xiahui grass. As long as the composition of these minerals is analyzed , the initial hydroponic fluid can be regarded as manufactured!"

In Terra, because of the prosperity of alchemy, the concept of 'hydroponic fluid' proposed by Ian did not make alchemists at a loss. Rather, most of them have experience in cultivating some plants without soil, let alone some Psychic energy, sublimation Plants grow and thrive in water, and they don't need soil to live.

On Earth, hydroponic fluids have formulas, and different plants require different concentrations and nutrients. As long as Adbert and Amber can develop the first generation of experimental products, Ian will soon be able to perfect them into complete body.

   "The biggest problem is the lack of arable land."

This is Scott's report. After summarizing all the data Ian said before, he couldn't help shaking his head: "Although the conditions of Xiahui City are very good, there are still too few Xiahui Grass Parks, and it limits the city's development. Development—the sea of ​​flowers has blocked the entire urban area of ​​the city, and if we want to expand the production scale in the future, we must open up new urban areas.”

   "And even so, the city and the Xiahui Grass Park compete for the precious source quality-rich area near Xiahui Lake...My lord, this is a big problem."

"I see."

Ian put down the document in his hand, and he nodded slightly: "In theory, there should be no cities around Xiahui Lake. This is the source quality enrichment area, and it's best to be all farmland. But it's impossible, source quality enrichment Areas are also good for the human body, and people are more important."

"But the problem is actually not that big - because the most critical planting conditions of Xiahui grass are the concentration of source matter and some rare minerals. These conditions can be met without soil, and the concentration of source matter... is a three-dimensional distribution process. Instead In other words, there are quite a few source matter and spiritual energy fields in midair."

   "Since there is not enough arable land on the ground, we will build high-rise buildings to produce!"

  Ian has said this concept many times.

  The so-called hydroponic farm is essentially a technology that does not use land, but only uses water to provide growth nutrients for plants.

  In Ian’s previous life, the earth was a very mature technology, widely used in various space cities and satellite colonies, and the utilization rate of the three-dimensional environment was extremely high.

  Xiahui Lake itself can provide a large amount of initial water source, and it is an excellent hydroponic base.

  But apart from the farm itself, there are still many technologies that need to be overcome.

For example, air circulation, nutrient solution circulation, and artificial sunlight circulation all require intelligent AI to control...Although there is AI in Terra, Ian has not created it yet. Before that, he can let some of them be trained Trained growers perform manual operations.

  The effect is the same.

  Because of the stable control of temperature and humidity, as well as sunlight and nutrients, the crops in the hydroponic farm will mature faster and better than normal planting, which can shorten the growth cycle by nearly half and increase the yield.

  In terms of cost, although the initial investment will be relatively large, it will decrease later.

And because of the multi-storey high-rise buildings, the utilization rate of the surrounding source quality environment of Xiahui City is higher, and the maturity rate is also higher—for example, in the original Laian City, there may not be a fully mature Xiahui grass in one mu of land, but In a hydroponic farm, one or two seeds may be produced per acre!

  In this way, it is very likely that a building with nearly 20 acres of land can produce the output of nearly 50 acres in the past.

   As long as a few more buildings are built to form a scale, the usable Xiahui grassland will be a fraction more out of thin air! This represents a net income of tens of thousands of thalers.

   Compared with this benefit ratio, the cost is simply negligible.

You know, in the entire Lai'an area, the area that can be planted with Xiahui grass is only 5,000 mu... If the three-dimensional space contained in these lands is all used with soilless cultivation techniques, taking into account the cost, growth cycle and maturity rate, then the yield In optimal calculations, it can even be quadrupled or fivefold!

   That is to say, the total profit of the territory may be as huge as 600,000 to a million talers!

  Of course, this is the optimal situation, and such an upper limit cannot be achieved in the laboratory.

In fact, as long as the annual GDP reaches 300,000 thalers, the territory will be able to return enough income to Ian—not to mention, the armor can be disassembled and assembled at will, and the materials of the third energy level can also be reassembled. outlook.

  Of course, this means that Xiahui Lake has a good foundation. For other poorer territories, Ian would rather go hunting and do missions to cheat research funds than manage them.

   There is another change at 8:00, ask for double monthly tickets!

  (end of this chapter)