Chapter 44: Winter In December, the first heavy snow fell on Rodnik, this snow fell for a day and a night, and when Zhao Yannian went out again, the snow could not reach his knees, generally in this case, Northwest people will choose to sleep at home with their wives in their arms, and when the snow melts in the spring, they can naturally go out.
However, the lords of Rodnik did not hide at home this year, as soon as the heavy snow stopped, the townspeople of Cuifeng Town had already come out of their homes with shovels and brooms and thick leather jackets, and the children were also very sensible to pull small sleds to help the adults transport the snow, but after transporting the snow to the open space outside the town, how these white snow balls turned into strange snowmen is not enough for outsiders.
Standing on the hillside of the Lord's Mansion and seeing the lively scene in his territory, Zhao Yannian was also infected, and the otaku turned around and returned to the Lord's Mansion, calling out the half-elves who were preparing for class and the dark elves who were lazy and doing some things that were inappropriate for children.
Half-elves have seen snow, in this magical world, there are many things that cannot be explained with scientific knowledge in Zhao Yannian's eyes, the climate of the elf forest is an example, the elf forest is like spring all year round, but the human territory located at the same latitude as them is obviously temperate climate, and the half-elves can see snow every year when they wander in the human territory, so when Zhao Yannian beckoned them to come out to clear the snow, the half-elves consciously put on leather clothes and hats, A few half-elf girls who had learned to drive mechanically went to the garage of the lord's mansion and drove the forklift and dump truck out.
The dark elves have never seen snow, and although they live underground and are very accustomed to the cold environment, they have a lot of complaints about the kind of labor that the lord requires that should be done by coolies, especially a few pairs of dark elves who are not suitable for children to exercise but were caught out by Zhao Yannian who broke into the room and complained.
"The lord will do whatever you want you to do, and those who complain and are lazy will be whipped ten lashes!"
Caroline stood firmly on Zhao Yannian's side at this time.
"Master, it's so cold outside, I won't go out."
Caroline whispered to Zhao Yannian.
"That's not good, working together can increase everyone's tacit understanding."
Zhao Yannian said as soon as he grabbed Caroline and walked outside.
"You bastard, get your dirty hands away, you're cutting you off if you don't let go!"
Although Caroline said that she was vicious, she didn't dare to really attack this mysterious lord after all, and in desperation, the female dark elf had to take a broom and sweep everywhere.
By the time the Dark Elves had cleaned the platform of the Lord's Mansion, the townsfolk of Emerald Wind had almost cleaned up the town, and under the leadership of the young men of the garrison, the townsfolk began to sweep the road leading from the town to the Lord's Mansion.
The forklift driven by the half-elves has cleared the snow from the platform, and the teams on both sides quickly converged, although it is the first time that the townspeople of Emerald Wind Town have seen these dark elves appear collectively, but the rumors that have been circulating for several months have made the townspeople no longer as shocked as before, since the lord has brought these evil guys here for so long and nothing happened, then these evil guys must have been reformed by the lord like those thieves, the lords guessed.
On the third day after the first snowfall, all the roads in the Rodnik Territory were cleared, and under normal circumstances, these roads did not need to be cleared, the caravans would not travel in winter, and even the supply team of the Northwest Army would stop to repair, and the supplies of the 400,000 soldiers of the entire Northwest Army would be delivered before the winter, and winter would be the season of rest for all life in the Northwest.
But this is no longer the case, and on the stretch of road leading from Rodnik to Digan City, wagons are trudging through the snow.
"Daddy Hank, how long is it before we get to Rodnik?"
A young man with a blond face sat on the truck in a thick leather jacket and asked the old man beside him, the young man's fur hat and eyebrows were covered with thick hoarfrost at this time.
"Young Master Binedon, this is your first time with a caravan, the Rodnik Territory is three hundred kilometers away from Digan City, we have now completed more than half of it, the caravan is about to enter the territory of the Rodnik Territory, and the road is easy to walk there, tonight we will rest in the border inn, and then tomorrow night we can sit in the Rodnik Territory's tavern and have a small pot of hot flame wine."
The old man smiled and explained to the next heir of the Bineden Chamber of Commerce that as an old coachman who had led the caravan for decades for the Bineden Chamber of Commerce, the status of Daddy Hank's status in the Chamber of Commerce was higher than that of ordinary stewards.
"Inn?
The neighborhood is deserted, where did the hotels come from?
Little Pinedon put his hand on his forehead and looked into the distance, but found no sign of the building.
"Hahaha, Master Binedon, the inn can't be seen in the distance."
Daddy Hank smiled, raised his whip, and whipped it.
"It's getting dark!
Speed up, and when the old man of Cuifeng Town arrives, please drink a glass of flame wine!
Daddy Hank shouted back to the already tired caravan.
The speed of the caravan immediately increased a bit.
The caravan of the Bineden Chamber of Commerce arrived at the inn on the border of the Rodnik territory before it was dark, and it dawned on the young Binedon that the inn was not built on the ground after getting out of the carriage.
Zhao Yannian asked the grassland elves to help dig out a spacious underground space, reinforced with reinforced concrete pillars, and hung the ceiling with wooden planks, the underground inn was not as dusty as ordinary people remembered, and the clerks cleaned up the inn very clean.
The clerks working in this inn are all citizens of Zhao Yannian's territory, except for the fat cook, the other staff in the hotel are all men, and the hotel only provides accommodation and three meals, and the wine is only not easy to get drunk with ale wine to accompany the guests.
The tired caravan members hastily ate their supper and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, when the caravan of the Bineden Chamber of Commerce was on the road, little Binedon found that a wide, flat avenue without a trace of snow stretched out from in front of him to the horizon.
"Daddy Hank, this lord is really rich, such a wide road, and you have to hire people to clear the snow in winter, and I'm afraid it will cost 10,000 gold coins just to maintain it in a year."
Little Pinedon calculated the amount of money needed to maintain a road hundreds of kilometers long, and couldn't help but sigh that the owner of the Rodnik Territory was really wealthy.
"Count Rodnik was an alchemist, and it is said that he was a great man who spoke in front of the king.
I'm afraid that tens of thousands of gold coins for such a person are just trivial.
"Daddy Hank has been to Zhao Yannian's territory many times, and he has also heard of Zhao Yannian's wealth.
"Only such a character can have the money to let the merchant carry goods to him in the cold wind."
Little Bigendon sighed.
"If you have money to earn, who wants to rest."
Daddy Hank took a small flask from his bosom and took a small sip of it carefully, and with a whip, the chamber of commerce's motorcade sped briskly down the avenue.
In the hall on the first floor of the lord's mansion, there is now a metal billboard more than one person high, and the names and prices of many goods and materials are pasted on the billboard.
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While selling the goods in their hands, the merchants would also purchase the goods according to the list, and after the goods were purchased enough, the merchants once again braved the cold wind and embarked on the road to Zhao Yannian's territory.
Now Zhao Yannian's territory still has many people who have to work every day in winter, and the dwarves' metal smelters, quarries, and cement factories are all in full swing, and a steady stream of building materials is piling up into mountains, which will be the foundation for next year's territory construction.
The shoe factory has now expanded the variety of products, not only producing leather shoes but also beginning to produce belts and leather clothing, the eradication of Warcraft and the trade of the steppe elves, so that the leather shoe factory is now full of materials, 700 Cuifeng Town residents have to work ten hours a day, they belong to the highest wage class in Rodnik, and they are also the main force of daily grocery store consumption today.
Under the leadership of the dwarf, Zhao Yannian discovered a rich salt mine, the mining of mineral salt is being carried out in an orderly manner, and before the spring of next year, the fertilizer factory will produce enough fertilizer for all the fields in the territory.
The members of the Chamber of Commerce, brought by Bunier, set up a craft workshop and an inn in the town of Cuifeng.
With the technical support of Zhao Yannian, the porcelain, pewter, and some other daily necessities produced by the handicraft workshop have achieved good sales performance.
A small part of these products were sold in the grocery stores in the territory, and most of the others were sold to passing caravans, and the shrewd merchants would never give up the opportunity to squeeze the cost, so they would try to bring some goods back to the Inner Regions on their return journey, fine porcelain was very well received by the noble merchants of the Inner Regions, and pewter ware was more popular among the common people.
Of course, the caravans also needed to rest and eat, and their consumption also brought a lot of business to the inns and hotels.
The territory has changed a lot in this year, and the people of the original honest Muna have now begun to know how to calculate what to do to make money, instead of staring at their own fields.
The lords have become accustomed to the days of working and earning wages, and by the time Zhao Yannian is next year, he will be able to promote mechanical farming to completely liberate his lords from the fields, so that he will have enough manpower to carry out industrial production for him.
At this time, Zhao Yannian was preparing for the king's summons in January of the New Year in the studio on the top floor of the lord's mansion, and if he wanted to get the support of His Majesty Edward, Zhao Yannian naturally had to come up with something dry enough to suppress the king.