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After leaving the Samat Territory, Sui Xiong went to the Gelten Territory.

Gelten Territory is currently thriving. As the most important stationery production base in the entire main plane, it produces various stationery and supports the core industry of the entire territory. The small stationery may not look impressive, but the income it can provide each year is comparable to that of an earl.

Don't think that "earl" is nothing big. You should know that there are only fourteen earls in the Gold Coin Federation.

The land area of ​​the Gold Coin Federation is about the same as that of the United States on Earth. If Alaska is not considered, the shape of the land is also slightly similar. They are all complete and large, and they feel a bit stable. For such a large country, about 45% of the territory and about 65% of the population are currently controlled by fourteen earls and two marquises. The annual income of Gelten Territory is equivalent to that of an earl, and a relatively high-income earl.

In terms of China, this place is almost equivalent to a province on the southeast coast.

It is amazing that the economy of a province can be supported by the income from stationery alone!

...No, it should be said that the income from stationery alone can make a prefecture-level city have an economic level equivalent to that of a province. This is simply crazy!

The key to achieving this level lies in the God of Knowledge.

Geltenling is not the only company in the world that does stationery business, but behind Geltenling is the God of Knowledge, and the God of Knowledge is the guardian of culture and learning. Under the same conditions, if people want to buy stationery, they naturally tend to buy from Geltenling.

This is like the arms business on Earth. Would you rather buy from a country that has fought many wars, has a brilliant record, and has military bases all over the world? Or would you rather buy from a country that is hiding in the north of a peninsula and actually relies on imports for food except for its loud mouth?

There are naturally weirdos everywhere, but the choices of normal people are generally similar.

In addition to the stationery business, another industry of Geltenling is medicinal herbs. There are many medicinal herbs with mountain climates here, and a lot of money can be made every year.

However, the herb business is subject to great restrictions. The God of Medicine has made it clear that he does not support the use of herbs to make huge profits, so whether it is Gelten Territory, Gars City, or Keen Territory, the income of the herb business is not low, but it is not considered to be a huge profit.

Compared with money, the herb business brings them more connections and reputation.

These things are somewhat illusory, but in many cases they are more useful than money. For example, when a big businessman wants to choose a partner, money is not so important to him, but reputation, character and social relations are what he values ​​most.

In addition to these two main businesses, Gelten Territory certainly has many side businesses, which are mainly concentrated in handicrafts, especially some small industrial products, which look like the "Yiwu small commodities" that Sui Xiong often heard before crossing.

It's also interesting to say that Gelten Territory also has a small commodity wholesale market. Sui Xiong has never been to Yiwu, and doesn't know what the nationally famous small commodity market looks like, but looking at the small commodity market in Gelten Territory, he can't help but think of this kind of market in his hometown.

The small commodity market in his hometown is called "Zhangshang City". Although it is called "Zhangshang City" in the name of attracting investment, it is actually a group of small self-employed businesses. There are all kinds of things, from daily necessities to various foods, to clothes, shoes, socks, toys and groceries. As long as it is not too large, you can buy almost everything here.

Sui Xiong often went there to buy things. First, it was convenient and most things were available; second, it was cheap, at least 20% cheaper than street shops.

The small commodity market in Geltenling is similar. Many merchants who do wholesale business come here through the portal specifically for a comprehensive range of goods and cheap prices.

Needless to say, a key factor in the latter is transportation.

In this world, due to the underdeveloped transportation, the cost of transportation is very high. Even a stool can be sold for the price of a large bed when it is transported to a remote area. The portal system laid by Sui Xiong greatly reduces the cost of transportation. Although it costs money to use the portal, compared with long-distance transportation, whether it is money saved, manpower and time saved, people are more inclined to this method.

Apart from other things, if you use the portal for transportation, at least you can save a lot of bodyguard fees!

Of course, it is definitely not cost-effective to use the portal to transport large or heavy things - for example, large furniture, ore, etc., which definitely cannot be transported by the portal. But small commodities are quite suitable.

In fact, the most suitable things to be transported by the portal are all kinds of luxury goods, so the Void City is the most important luxury goods trading market in the main plane of the world today, where you can buy any luxury and precious things - except those immoral things.

Sui Xiong still holds the issue of "immorality" very tightly. The Northwest Republic not only does not allow slave trading and live material business, but also prohibits anesthetic drugs and so on. This is almost a high-voltage line. Many people were executed for this kind of reason.

But that is all off-topic, at least it has nothing to do with the Gelten Territory, because that kind of business is also prohibited here.

Sui Xiong flew over the small commodity market in Gelten Territory, walking and watching with a smile. He was not proficient in business, but he could see that most people here had good luck. If he used the terminology of a novel by an online author who talked about luck all day long before he traveled through time, these people had stable luck. Even if they could not become rich, they could at least live a stable and good life.

The country is rich and the people are strong, the people are safe and the country is peaceful. With such economic income, the people's living standards in Gelten Territory are naturally good. Sui Xiong flew all the way here and never saw the starving people he encountered when he first passed by here. All he saw were people dressed decently and with rosy faces.

And he also noticed that the younger generation in Gelten Territory was obviously a little taller than their parents.

This was the credit of Orian Gelten. She once heard that "if there is sufficient nutrition, people can actually be much taller than they are now", and she kept this in mind. After the territory became rich, one of her important measures was to strengthen livestock breeding, mainly raising cattle, sheep, pigs, etc. Cattle and sheep can produce milk, and pigs are the most important source of meat. If these things were all raised by the people themselves, the cost would often be very high, but if the lord took the lead in centralized breeding, the cost could be reduced a lot.

After the ranch stabilized, it soon began to produce milk and meat. The official Gelten Territory subsidized such products, so the people in the territory could buy them at a relatively low price. In addition, the official continued to promote "sufficient nutrition leads to a healthy body", and the people were willing to spend money on this.

The final result was that the new generation of people in Gelten Territory were indeed tall and strong. They did not look like people from the Gold Coin Federation, but like barbarians on the northern ice field.

They were tall and strong, but they spoke and acted politely. This wonderful combination was full of comedy. Sui Xiong looked at them and laughed, and was overjoyed.