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Previously, Flynn was facing a formidable enemy. He built many defensive facilities in the Xiaoheishan camp and deployed heavy troops to guard it.

Those NPC soldiers greatly increased the cost of operating and maintaining the camp.

But now, it seems that the safety of Xiaoheishan is much higher than I thought.

Perhaps, there is no need to deploy too many soldiers on Xiaoheishan?

If Xiaoheishan is really as safe as Niu Dingtian said, two or three NPC soldiers on standby 24 hours a day might be enough to ensure the safety of the Xiaoheishan logging camp?

If some defenses are removed and the number of NPC soldiers stationed in Xiaoheishan is slowly reduced from about 10 to two or three, more than 100 grams of mithril powder can be saved that week.

In one year, I almost saved 10,000!

This will greatly reduce the cost of the Xiaoheishan camp and greatly improve the economic benefits of the logging camp.

This idea made Flynn's heart beat with excitement.

But in the end, Flynn self-vetoed lowering the security level of Little Black Mountain Camp.

Safety in production is always the top priority that needs to be adhered to.

Flynn is not willing to do something he regrets just to save money.

Moreover, Flynn felt that after the canal was opened, his earning power would increase to another level.

If you have money, you have to spend it.

You can save money, but it's not necessary.

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His attention returned to the canal in front of him, and Flynn seemed to see the dinar flowing.

In this era, water transportation is much superior in cost and distance to land transportation.

Most of Tudou Village’s bulk commodities will definitely have to be transported by water in the future.

Now that Tudou Village is now open to navigation, a shipyard can also be put on the agenda.

Just now, Flynn had paid special attention to the wood that Niu Dingtian had brought to the Xiaoheishan camp.

Flynn confirmed that the quality of the wood was indeed outstanding.

Not only can it meet the construction needs of Tudou Village, it is also completely OK to be used as a material for making ships.

Flynn then summoned a shipbuilder NPC and had a conversation with the shipbuilder.

Since he is a junior shipbuilder with a weekly salary of 40 grams of mithril powder, it is certainly unreliable to expect him to build some 10,000-ton ship.

But there is no sea transportation in Tudou Village now, and there is no need for large shipping ships.

Making some small and medium-sized merchant ships is more economical and more in line with the current needs of Tudou Village.

Under Flynn's special arrangements, the shipyard project was launched quickly.

First it was NPC, and then hundreds of workers were recruited and transferred to the shipyard to command.

Players also received the task of building a shipyard.

Players and villagers worked together to build a small shipyard next to the dock on Lake Como.

The efficiency of the project was so high that Flynn couldn't help but be speechless.

In particular, the gradually growing professional construction team under construction engineer Bill Ding performed very well in this shipyard construction operation.

Although they can't compete with players with perpetual motion machines, the Bilding construction team, which has more professional skills and a more detailed division of labor, is not inferior to the players at all in terms of the overall progress of the completed project.

Flynn also observed the new shipyard with great interest.

In Flynn's view, the shipyard is not just a simple factory, but also the basic industry of Tudou Village.

After touring the industry, Flynn estimated the shipyard's production figures.

Judging from the current scale of about 100 workers in the shipyard, 20 medium-sized merchant ships or 50 small merchant ships can be stably built in a year.

If you are building small fishing boats or the like, you can build hundreds of them.

The Lake Como Shipyard should be competitive in the market with its high-quality raw materials.

A medium-sized merchant ship costs 5,000 gold coins, and an annual production of 20 ships means 100,000 gold coins.

Even a small merchant ship can be sold for more than 1,500 gold coins as long as it is of excellent quality.

After all, the quality of the wood in the Xiaoheishan camp is there. As long as Tudou Village can build high-quality wooden boats, it will definitely have no worries about sales.

The old captains may be concerned about other aspects, but when it comes to the quality of the ship itself, no one will be concerned about it.

After a rough calculation, Flynn estimated that the shipyard's annual income would be around 70,000 to 100,000 gold dinars.

However, shipbuilding is expensive.

Shipbuilding workers are skilled workers and may be cheaper at first, but their wages will increase later.

Maintaining about a hundred workers, including shipbuilder NPCs, etc., the labor cost in a year is at least about 20,000 gold coins.

Then the wood, nails and other materials needed to build the ship itself are also a big expense.

After a year, although the income may be 70,000, 80,000 or even 100,000 gold dinars, the actual net profit may be 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins, which is good.

Of course, 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins is already a very high profit and definitely worth the investment.

Moreover, even if the shipyard does not make money, Flynn will be willing to keep the shipyard open as long as it is not a loss of blood.

Because the shipyard is not only a commercial factory, but also a military industry. In normal times, the shipyard can make money for Flynn and accumulate technical experience.

And when Flynn needs a fleet one day, the shipyard can instantly transform into a military-industrial enterprise.

A mature shipyard will become Tudou Village's potential military potential.

This was also the biggest reason why Flynn arranged to go to the shipyard as soon as possible after the canal was repaired.

After all, even if Flynn lives in a continental feudal country dominated by land power, he still needs a fleet!

You know, Tudou Village is not far from the sea!

In the past few days when the Tudou Village logging camp was in operation, the canal was repaired, and the shipyard was repaired, the Tigers finally brought good news.

The 500 mules and horses and 500 black camels that Flynn purchased before finally arrived.

After adding these 1,000 livestock, the livestock transportation in Tudou Village was completely solved. Not only was it completely solved, it even overflowed to a certain extent.

For these new animal companions who came to Tudou Village, Flynn specially opened a new large pasture on the flank of Tudou Village.

This pasture is specially used to graze large livestock such as donkeys, mules, horses and camels, so that they can thrive in a free and spacious environment.

Not only growing, Flynn also plans to start collective internal breeding. If everything goes well, there may not be a need for too many imported livestock in the future.

Donkeys, mules, pack horses, including camels, etc., cannot completely satisfy Flynn.

Flynn opened this pasture as a precautionary measure. Maybe one day in the future, Tudou Village will raise war horses on a large scale!

After all, Flynn is a knight.

And a knight must have a horse!

Those without horses are not necessarily infantry, but may also be Chuan Sang.