I have millions of wage earners

Can a large logging factory like Xiaoheishan earn 30,000 gold coins a year?

Of course there is no problem.

Based on previous experience, Flynn estimated that the output of a lumber mill with 100 workers would be at least 40,000 to 50,000 gold coins, which was the lower limit.

Considering the size of the Xiaoheishan underground forest, Flynn can further expand the scale after it is confirmed that it is safe.

However, in other people's lumber mills, due to low wages for workers, the wages for lumber mill guards are definitely not as good as the 20 grams of mithril powder given to NPC soldiers.

Therefore, the operating costs of other people's logging mills are definitely much less than those of the Xiaoheishan logging camp.

Flynn estimated that if the same small Black Mountain logging camp was opened by a businessman in Shield Mountain Town, he might be able to reduce the cost to 18,000 gold coins, or even less than 15,000 gold coins.

As for Flynn, the operating cost is close to 30,000.

But Flynn doesn't feel a loss, and he won't outsource the logging camp.

Because Flynn's investment, whether it is high wages or security, is beneficial to the people of Tudou Village.

Flynn was willing to pay relatively high wages to the lumberjacks while also paying large costs to ensure their safety.

You can extract a little surplus value, but there is no need to be as cruel as other feudal lords or capitalists.

Moreover, ensuring the motivation and safety of lumber mill workers will also ensure a stable supply of wood to Tudou Village.

Sufficient wood supply ensures the construction materials of Tudou Village.

For the Tudou Village currently under construction, wood is a strategic resource. Without sufficient wood, many construction projects will be impossible.

In order to ensure a stable supply of strategic resources, Flynn was willing to pay a high price to maintain a large logging mill.

Not every industry has to be profitable. What Flynn wants is an economic system. In fact, he doesn't care about the profits or losses of a single factory or mine.

Not to mention that Xiaoheishan Camp should be profitable now.

Even if he loses money, Flynn will keep driving for the sake of timber resources!

Flynn is imagining plans to start many construction projects after the lumber mill officially starts operation and he obtains a large amount of timber resources.

But received bad news.

A villager from Tudou Village's stronghold in Shuilong Lake is missing.

After the retired mercenary NPC at the Shuilong Lake stronghold issued a mission to the players, a player used his awakened sense of smell advanced skills to find the missing villagers.

The villagers were robbed and killed by a few petty robbers.

Although the players wiped out the group of bandits and hung the bodies on the trees as a warning.

But the villagers still died.

Even if he's dead, Flynn can't bring him back to life.

Flynn felt a little guilty when he received the news in his office.

Because the Shuilong Lake stronghold is 50 kilometers away from Tudou Village, at that distance, he actually does not have enough ability to create an absolutely safe area.

The Shuilong Lake stronghold itself is indeed protected, but the area surrounding the stronghold is still a dangerous wild area.

Now don't look at Tudou Village's sphere of influence, which stretches from Lake Como in the south to Pamukkale in Shuilong Lake in the north, stretching for nearly a hundred kilometers.

But in fact, what is truly safe are the isolated strongholds and the roads connecting them.

The area close to Tudou Village was okay. Due to the frequent activities of the brave, the outdoor area within 10 kilometers of Tudou Village was indeed basically safe.

But further away, especially in remote places like Shuilong Lake, the safe area is even smaller.

This time, the bandits kidnapped and killed the villagers. It seemed accidental, but it was actually inevitable.

As long as their various strongholds remain isolated, and as long as the wilds of Tudou Village remain dangerous, similar incidents will inevitably happen again.

After staring at the map and thinking for a long time, Flynn felt that there was something wrong with his current development path.

My plate is spread too wide.

If I take the game as an example, I am currently expanding like crazy.

It doesn't matter if you explode in the game. If you fail to explode, you'll have to start the game all over again.

But now I am nominally in the game "Superman Chronicles 2", but actually I am in reality.

His people are living people, and Flynn cherishes their lives.

Moreover, if you do not completely ensure the safety of your territory and continue to expand mindlessly, your territory will actually be a lonely castle in the air.

Flynn plans to slow down the pace of expansion for now and instead focus on covering the land from Lake Como to Lake Veron, including Pamukkale and Montenegro.

Not only must there be roads from Tudou Village to each stronghold, but there must also be roads between each stronghold.

Through the road transportation network, the land within the jurisdiction is divided into many small pieces, and then a large number of people are recruited to clear the monsters within the jurisdiction piece by piece.

Then set up sentries and patrols along the road, so that even if there are small groups of enemies or bandits from outside, it will be twice as difficult for them to pass through the blockade of traffic lines and enter densely populated areas.

From along the road, we need to gradually expand and fill in the wild areas bit by bit.

The various strongholds connected by roads are no longer independent strongholds, but connected into large areas. The actual control range of Tudou Village will be greatly expanded.

The rule of Tudou Village will be solidified and implemented.

And the key to solidifying the rule of Tudou Village.

One lies in the population and the other lies in the dinar.

Flynn currently has a population of nearly 10,000 under his jurisdiction, but if he wants to spread the population to the entire Tudou Village area, there are not enough people. Flynn must find ways to expand the population so that more villagers can live in his territory.

Another thing that is needed is dinars.

Building a dense transportation network, sentries, and strongholds requires a large amount of dinars.

And if you want to use a strict patrol system to ensure safety, you will need a large number of soldiers - if Flynn plans to continue to use NPC soldiers who work hard 24 hours a day, you will need more mithril.

That is more dinars.

Flynn's balls ached at the thought of dinars.

The richer you are, the less money you need!

Flynn felt that although he had hundreds of thousands of gold dinars, the gap in his money actually widened.

The road can't be a dirt road, right?

There are so many high-quality stone roads that need to be connected to each other, and many sentries must be set up on both sides of the road. The total cost of materials and labor required is definitely not a small number.

Recruiting a large number of NPC soldiers to patrol around the clock requires the support of a large amount of mithril powder. And Flynn needs to retain mithril powder for system upgrades, so this requires purchasing a lot of mithril powder.

If Flynn wanted to save money, he could recruit cheap villagers as security team members, but that would also have big problems.

I wish my brothers and sisters a happy new year and good health.