Pokemon from Scratch

In the study, Phyllis could not be calm for a long time.

She did not expect that Aiwen's target turned out to be the lords standing behind the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce.

Perhaps it is really as Master Aiwen said, this is a war without gunpowder, but the final result will be so cruel.

Now that the war has begun, Chengguo Village will definitely usher in victory under the leadership of Mr. Aiwen.

She can already imagine that after this battle is over, the entire Lizhi City will definitely cause a shock!

"Phyllis, willing to swear allegiance to Master Aiwen to the death!"

Taking a deep breath, Phyllis suppressed the excitement in her heart, lightly lifted the hem of the purple skirt with both hands, and bowed in salute.

"Well, next you need to continue to manage the territory's finances."

"The panic buying of food cannot be stopped. Sufficient food is always harmless."

"In addition, the price of food in the territory must also be stabilized, and when selling food to civilians, I need you to verify the identity of civilians."

"Only the people in my territory can buy these grains, and I will issue new laws to prohibit the civilians in my territory from selling grain at will."

"Well, just taking this opportunity, you do a census. Every civilian who comes to buy food needs to do a good job of registration."

"In addition, in the future, there will definitely be a lot of free people coming into the territory. You have to do a good job of registration. As long as you are willing to join Chengguo Village, you can also enjoy the treatment of civilians here."

"I will ask Peter to help with the patrol mission later. There will definitely be some chaos in the territory in the next period of time, but as long as it stabilizes, it will be a great development for the territory."

Ivan spoke out his instructions in an orderly manner, and Phyllis listened carefully from the side, and kept recording them, her face blushing faintly from excitement.

She hadn't thought of the benefits of stabilizing prices before, but now after Ai Wen's reminder, she immediately woke up.

The people who are most affected by rising prices are the civilians, and the price of food that can rise tenfold at any time is absolutely unbearable for ordinary civilians.

Under such circumstances, I heard that the food price in the southeast corner of the territory is still stable, and there will definitely be a large number of civilians flocking here, and the population means the driving force for the development of the territory.

I believe that if Chengguo Village can swallow most of the civilians, the development of the territory will definitely be accelerated a lot. After there are enough people, many industries can be developed.

"Master Aiwen, if there is really a large influx of civilians, can the territory hold up?" Phyllis asked hesitantly.

Although the food in the territory is enough to last until early winter, the foreign population will still bring a lot of uncertainties, and too many civilians may still drag down Chengguo Village.

"This is indeed a problem." Aiwen nodded and continued: "Although the price of grain cannot be raised, we can control the amount of grain sold."

"Calculate the minimum food guarantee for each person every day, and at the same time, it can be exchanged for labor. We can directly use food to settle wages."

"Besides, I plan to use this time to start developing the Black Sea Forest. I think this will definitely provide a lot of jobs, and there are also many resources in the Black Forest."

"I've compiled a list of resources in the Darkshore Forest here, some of which can be used to prepare potions and make elf food, which can also relieve food pressure."

Aiwen took out a notebook and handed it to Phyllis. When Phyllis opened it, she could see that besides the resource name, there were also illustrations, which could help pioneers to identify resources well.

Nowadays, civilian life in the territory is also very difficult. Under such circumstances, more jobs are very important for the civilians in the territory, which can relieve their living pressure and create value for the territory.

"Yes, Lord Aiwen, next I will properly manage the purchase and sale of grain." Phyllis kept recording and was very excited at the same time.

She can see that Master Aiwen has made sufficient plans for this trade war, which makes her feel very at ease, and this also gives her a motivation to make progress, and she must help Lord Aiwen manage the territory well financial!

Keith Town, in the lord's castle.

The study was in chaos, with crumpled waste paper everywhere.

Viscount Keith stood by the window, holding onto the railing tightly with both hands, with two big dark circles on his face.

In the current town of Keith, after losing the Warcraft trade, there have been no merchants coming to this territory for a long time, which has caused a large-scale reduction in the territory's finances.

What's worse, because of the betrayal of Keith Town, when the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce blocked Chengguo Village, it directly took Keith Town with it.

Therefore, although the agriculture in Keith Town is still relatively developed, the price of food in the territory is still rising, which caused great chaos in the city.

Some civilians who couldn't afford the high food prices began to flee from Keith Town to other territories.

"Master Keith, these civilians have basically fled to Chengguo Village."

"I heard that in the current Chengguo Village, food prices have been kept at a very low level, and have not increased due to the increase in food prices in other territories."

The financial officer of the territory reported the situation to the viscount in front of him, and there was a hint of disbelief in his tone when he spoke, and he had no idea what Chengguo Village was going to do.

"Is Chengguo Village still struggling?" Viscount Keith sighed slowly, feeling a little regretful.

After a while, he shook his head lightly and said, "Leave as soon as you leave, anyway, we in Keith Town can't support so many civilians."

After hearing Keith's words, the finance officer's expression changed. You must know that the population is very important to a territory, but when he thought about the finances of Keith Town, he sighed slowly again.

With the rise in food prices, the population began to lose continuously, which has basically become a problem in the major territories.

In order to prevent the loss of population, some lords gritted their teeth and chose to lower food prices, and some lords began to block the borders of their territories to forcibly prevent the loss of population.

In this way, the side effects of rising food prices are constantly reflected, even in the northern border where the iron-blooded fortress is located.

This made the lords of various territories secretly start to think of ways to retain these populations. Under such circumstances, although the lords were still buying grain at high prices, the price of food in the territories had dropped somewhat.

Of course, it is obviously unrealistic to completely prevent the loss of civilians. Under such circumstances, civilians began to gather towards the territory in the southeast corner, forming a wave of large and small refugees.

In Chengguo Village at this time.

Due to the stability of food prices, these civilians simply don't know what's going on outside.

But gradually, as civilians from other territories poured into Chengguo Village, these villagers finally knew what was happening outside.

"You said...the price of food outside has gone crazy?"

A commoner felt baffled. He glanced at the bag of grain in his hand. The price didn't go up at all?

"Don't you understand?"

"Obviously Master Aiwen bought a large amount of grain at a high price, and then sold it to us at a low price!"

"Hey, didn't Lord Aiwen pay a high price for our unripe tree fruits last winter?"

"If it weren't for Master Aiwen, we would not have had much profit in the early winter of last year, let alone survive in winter."

Another commoner sighed slowly. Although he just got the news, he fully understood it after thinking about it. He was not surprised that this happened to Mr. Aiwen!

"What? Master Aiwen is buying grain at a high price and selling it to us at a low price?" The commoner didn't know why, and felt his nose ache.

As life gradually stabilized, civilians rarely thought about why their lives were so stable.

But now it was just such a reminder, and they realized that there is no such thing as a stable life, but Master Aiwen helped them support everything!

"I, I, I..." The commoner blushed, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "What can I do for Lord Aiwen?"

"I don't know that either"

"I heard that many civilians from other territories have poured in. We may be able to help maintain order in the territory."

The commoner thought for a while and then said that every time there is a famine, the order is the most chaotic, and a large number of manpower is needed to maintain order.

"Okay, okay, when I bring the food home, I will go to the militia with you to help." The civilian nodded and hurriedly ran towards the house.

As he ran all the way, his hand holding the cloth bag became tighter. Master Aiwen bought these grains with great difficulty. For them, this represented Lord Aiwen's protection!

Lord Aiwen has been helping them support everything, and they must also protect this hard-won home for Lord Aiwen!

At the entrance of the village at this time, Uncle Texi was yelling loudly: "Hey, hey, you outsiders, stay outside the village for me."

At the same time, at the entrance of the village, a large number of villagers had naturally gathered others. Some of them took farm tools, and some took away the walking grass from the farm, keeping these civilians from other territories out of the village.

If these civilians are really allowed to flood into the village, the whole village will definitely be in chaos. Order is more important than everything else at this time!

"Is it true that as long as we obediently obey the arrangement, we will have something to eat?" A ragged civilian shouted outside the village.

At the same time, some civilians prayed with shriveled money bags: "Money, I have money here, I hope you can sell us food!"

The civilians gathered outside the village were very mixed. There were real refugees, and there were also civilians who could not bear the high food prices in the territory and fled. The villagers who were maintaining order outside the village were having a headache!

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa~

At this moment, wolves howled outside the village, which calmed down the refugees gathered from other territories.

Looking at the big wolf dog in fear, these civilians were taken to the grass outside the village by the patrol members.

At this time, simple tents have been set up on the grass, and with the ragged civilians, the outside of the village now looks like a refugee camp.

"Can we really get food here?"

In the refugee camp, some civilians sighed. They all gathered here after hearing that the food price in Chengguo Village was cheap.

It's just that they didn't expect that the number of civilians flocking here would be so large, disrupting their chances. Now it seems that even if they have money, they can't buy cheap food.

"Don't worry, if it's in other places, I can't guarantee it, but for Mr. Aiwen, there is no problem at all!"

"During the beast tide last winter, I had contact with civilians from the territory in the southeast corner, and learned about Lord Aiwen from them."

"Master Aiwen is famous for his kindness. I heard that last year, Lord Aiwen even took out a lot of gold coins to buy the unripe berries in the hands of these commoners."

Hearing the narration of this commoner, the surrounding commoners exclaimed in surprise, and there was a kind of light called hope blooming in their eyes.

"That's right, don't worry."

"Sometimes I really envy the civilians in this territory."

"There is a lord who is willing to buy food at a high price and then sell it to his subjects at a low price."

"If my previous lord could do this, I would definitely follow him wholeheartedly. It's a pity that he is a bastard who actually increased the price on the original basis. He really doesn't want to give us a way out!"

Another civilian sighed, with deep envy in his eyes, and at the same time he clenched his fists tightly.

If Lord Aiwen can help him tide over the difficulties this time, then he must stay here in the future and follow Lord Aiwen wholeheartedly!

The words of this civilian resonated with the surrounding civilians at the same time, and they also expressed their opinions one after another. They did not hide their envy for the civilians in this territory at all!

In this way, similar conversations continued to appear in various places in the slums, and even some civilians from Chengguo Village heard the conversation, and all of them involuntarily straightened up, with proud expressions on their faces!

In Chengguo Village Farm, all the officials of the territory gathered here.

"Peter, how are the civilians doing?" Ivan closed his eyes slightly.

Although he knew that a large number of civilians would come after the news spread, he didn't expect so many to come.

"Lord Aiwen, those civilians have been placed outside the village."

"With the big wolfhound and those villagers guarding, there shouldn't be any problems with order."

Peter nodded, thought for a while and continued: "Master Aiwen, do you really want to take over all the villagers?"

Not only Peter, but Feisen also had a hesitant expression at this time, "Master Aiwen, our food may not last long."

"Well, since these villagers have already arrived here, we must accept them."

"Don't worry, I already have a plan, and I should be able to resettle all these villagers."

Ivan nodded, then looked at Phyllis.

Facing Aiwen's gaze, Phyllis nodded, "Master Aiwen, if it is only distributed according to the minimum standard, it is still enough to last until early winter."

"Okay, then this matter is settled."

"Feisen, you will go to collect the information of these civilians later."

"I need to see how many of these civilians are poor and how many have some savings."

"Well, when counting separately, count the original jobs of these civilians, and there should be some craftsmen among them."

"At that time, according to the situation of these civilians, we will discuss how to arrange these civilians and exchange labor for food. It is a good solution."

Seeing Aiwen's insistence, the officials in the field took orders one after another, and then all retreated after receiving specific tasks. They could feel that this was indeed an opportunity for the territory!

In the evening, a bonfire was lit on the grass.

Aiwen asked the patrol team to gather all the civilians, and the leaders brought pots and pots to this place, put them on the newly built simple clay stove, and lit the fire to cook porridge.

As the faint smell of rice wafted out, there was commotion among the civilians in the field. They looked at the bonfire in the distance with surprise eyes, and their stomachs groaned.

However, all the civilians did not move, but looked at the person standing in front of the bonfire. The firelight shone on this figure, making people feel warm.

They all knew that although some people in the field did not recognize this figure, it did not prevent them from guessing the identity of this person, the count of the border in the southeast corner, Lord Aiwen!

Aiwen stood quietly in front of the bonfire, looking down at the gathered civilians.

"I'm Aiwen, the count of the southeast border!"

"I already know why you came to this territory."

"I summoned you here to tell everyone that since you have come to this territory, I will be responsible to you!"

The civilians in the field were stunned for a moment, and then they all reacted, their eyes widened slightly, showing a look of surprise.

They all knew that Master Aiwen was willing to accept them, which made them all heave a sigh of relief. At least in this land, they no longer have to worry about starving to death!

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Lord Aiwen, I am willing to join the territory, please take it in!"

"I am willing to join the territory, and I beg Lord Aiwen to take it in!"

At the same time, a civilian in the front row could be seen kneeling down with the shouts, also shouting.

Then came the second and third people, and the civilians in the field fell to their knees in black, and the voices came and went, more and more, and louder.

After waiting for a while, Aiwen continued: "However, you should all know the current situation in the territory of Chengguo Village."

"The food price in Chengguo Village is very low, but the financial pressure of the territory is very high. If you are added, the territory's finances will be difficult to support."

"Therefore, I want to change the way. In the next period of time, you will not be able to obtain food through purchase, but I can use equivalent food to pay for salary!"

When they heard that they could not obtain food through purchase, these villagers were a little surprised and at a loss, but when they heard that food could be exchanged for labor, they suddenly looked up again!

Most of the civilians in the field who abandoned their original homes and traveled long distances to Chengguo Village could no longer afford their living needs with their savings. They themselves needed to find a job.

But now, Master Aiwen is not only willing to provide food, but even to give them a job, how can this not surprise these civilians!

"We are willing to use labor in exchange for food!" Someone couldn't help but whispered, and then the voice quickly became excited and high-pitched, "Master Aiwen is merciful! Long live Mr. Aiwen!!!"

The next day, the mighty census began.

Since the food is distributed according to the population, the villagers are very cooperative and report the information of their families carefully.

When reporting, they have to compare carefully, fearing that because one person is missing from the report, they will lose a share of food.

What's interesting is that during this census, several fugitives from Lizhi City were also found, which surprised the officials in charge of statistics.

Soon, a list appeared in Aiwen's hands. To his surprise, there were really some craftsmen among the civilians who came to Chengguo Village this time.

Some of the civilians went to the construction site to work as craftsmen. Seeing this, Aiwen directly assigned these people to Master Tony and asked them to build the castle together.

It is worth mentioning that since Aiwen inspected the construction site last time, coupled with the food crisis during this period, Master Tony finally made up his mind to express his allegiance.

The current master Tony has become one of the officials of the territory, and Ivan intends to hand over the construction of the territory to him.

In addition to craftsmen, among these civilians were chefs, tailors, and even a blacksmith. This made Ivan very excited and planned to bring the Iron Armored Tyrannosaurus to have a good exchange with this blacksmith.

Of course, farmers and fruit growers are the most common among these civilians. Aiwen allocated a piece of land to these farmers and fruit growers on the spot, and asked them to open up wasteland as soon as possible.

Starting to open up wasteland now, with the help of the Iron Armored Tyrannosaurus, they should be able to complete the land reclamation before planting, and then a lot of food can be harvested.

"Master Aiwen, what about the others?"

Feisen and Aiwen are making arrangements for these civilians together. After all, craftsmen are a minority, and most of them don't have much craftsmanship.

"Well, the merchants you circled."

"You can let them choose to buy a house in Chengguo Village, so they can directly become villagers of Chengguo Village."

"At that time, they can also enjoy the same treatment as the villagers of Chengguo Village, and use money to buy food."

Ai Wen glanced and found that there were even businessmen among the civilians. For them, doing business was naturally the best choice.

However, he didn't intend to let these merchants do business alone, but planned to arrange them into the caravan of Chengguo Village, so that their value could be fully utilized.

And letting them use most of their savings to buy a house in Chengguo Village is naturally to lock up these businessmen, so that these businessmen can really join Chengguo Village.

After all, merchants are different from ordinary villagers, and their loyalty is difficult to guarantee.

"As for the other people who really don't have any special skills, they just joined in the land reclamation of the Black Sea Forest."

"Here is a list of resources that exist in the Darkshore forest. When the time comes, you arrange them to enter the Darkshore forest."

"Forget it, I'll be responsible for this personally. While opening up the wasteland, we must first let the monsters in the Black Forest migrate away."

Aiwen explained in an orderly manner that land reclamation of the Dark Coast forest is a very important part of his plan. After all, there are a lot of medicinal materials, minerals and other resources in the Black Coast.

Iron-Blooded Fortress, Warcraft Chamber of Commerce.

Marquis Homer sipped the scarlet liquid in the wine glass, his face relaxed.

"Master Marquis, now Lizhi City's food supply has been completely controlled by the Jagged Alliance."

"Affected, the price of grain in the entire Lizhi City has risen on a large scale. Now even if we resell the grain immediately, we can make a lot of money."

President Nelson licked his lips excitedly. This feeling of manipulating food prices made people feel a sense of satisfaction.

Even those aristocratic nobles can only humbly ask him, a merchant, for a food deal when faced with a shortage of food.

Obviously buying food requires a much higher price than usual, but they still need to keep saying words of gratitude.

"Well, it looks like things are going much easier than we thought."

"Going forward, you have to keep an eye on it. It is absolutely impossible for Chengguo Village to get enough food."

"And those grains that are resold at a high price must be taken care of, and they must not flow back into the hands of Chengguo Village!"

"This winter, I want to see the civilians in Chengguo Village continue to flee, the serfs continue to suffer from famine, and the territory's finances completely collapse!"

Marquis Homer added a mouthful of lips stained with scarlet liquid, and his face also showed pleasure. Even if he couldn't send troops, he still had many ways to destroy a territory!

"Obey, Lord Homer." Nelson took the order, and then continued: "The pharmaceutical industry in Chengguo Village has also been hit hard."

"According to the news, the pharmacy store in Lizhi City has been closed. They obviously don't have any more fruit to make pharmacy, so they were forced to withdraw from the pharmacy business."

After hearing the words of the president of the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce, Marquis Homer nodded slightly, and all of this was within his expectation.

This time, the pharmacy industry in Lizhi City, not only in Chengguo Village, but almost all pharmacists have been hit hard. Without enough berries, these pharmacists have no way to prepare medicines!

For the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce, this is definitely a good opportunity to occupy the pharmacy industry. Marquis Homer thought for a while and asked, "How about the recruitment of pharmacists?"

"Don't worry, my lord, there are a lot of pharmacists idle in Lizhi City."

"In the absence of enough berries to prepare medicines, many pharmacists have chosen to join the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce."

"With their help, the berries bought back will be continuously made into potions. The Warcraft Chamber of Commerce will completely occupy the potion industry. It shouldn't take long."

Nelson quickly reported that there are a lot of berries accumulated by the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce. Compared with grains such as wheat, berries cannot be stored for a long time, so they must be made into potions as soon as possible.

"Well, very good. With these medicines, we can make a lot of money again." Marquis Homer nodded in satisfaction, raised the red wine glass in his hand, and touched the president of the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce across the air.

Pharmacist Harlan's life has been a little rough lately.

Because of the former Lizhi City pharmacy store, it almost monopolized the entire Lizhi City pharmacy business.

Although he is an official pharmacist, there are Aiwen and Master Ole sitting in the pharmacy shop, so he can't grab it.

In addition, the price of the pharmacy in the pharmacy shop is far lower than the potion they make, which makes a large number of nobles and commoners use the pharmacy shop as a way to buy.

Thinking of the price of the healing potions in the potion shop, he still had a look of astonishment and disbelief on his face.

Healing potions can heal many injuries and are the most versatile potions. However, to make healing potions requires a lot of materials, plus the pharmacist's labor, so the price is very high.

However, the price of the healing potions sold in the pharmacy store was directly reduced by half. It was really hard for him to imagine how the pharmacy store would use the healing potions to make money!

After all, there are so many materials for the pharmacy, plus the labor cost of the pharmacist, it is completely a loss-making business, but this is what pharmacy shops do.

Later, through some channels, he found out that Aiwen had mastered a new method of preparing therapeutic medicines, which could greatly reduce costs, which made a large number of pharmacists completely lose their business.

During this period of time, he has seen many fellow pharmacists turn to nobles and businessmen because they could not support the research of pharmacy, and many pharmacists even chose to change their careers.

And the pharmacy store in Lizhi City, where the original pharmacist's contact point, Mr. Hawk, was in charge, became a very good choice, and a large number of pharmacists chose to join it.

Some pharmacists even went to Chengguo Village and directly chose to be loyal to the border count in the southeast corner. After all, there are more advanced medicine preparation methods besides Master Ole.

"Earl Ivan, the border count in the southeast corner!"

Pharmacist Harlan gritted his teeth fiercely, and Ivan's figure appeared in his mind.

Once upon a time, that little commoner has become an existence he needs to look up to, a big man who stands aloof!

"Hmph, so what if you are already a nobleman, if you offend the Iron-Blooded Marquis, your way of life has come to an end!"

With a cold snort suddenly, Harlan felt that his mood was much better. With the closure of the pharmacy store in Lizhi City, he felt that his mood was much better.

He could already imagine the regretful expressions on the faces of fellow pharmacists who joined Chengguo Village. Chengguo Village can't protect itself now, so what energy is there to take care of these pharmacists?

However, the rise in the price of tree fruits has also had a great impact on him. Even if he can still buy tree fruits now, the cost of the prepared potions is too high, and it is difficult to sell the prepared potions.

Under such circumstances, Harlan felt that he had to find a new way out. Perhaps it was indeed a good choice to seek refuge with a nobleman, but there were very few options for him now.

boom boom boom~

At this moment, Harlan suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He opened the door with some doubts, and saw a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper standing behind the door.

"Hello, Pharmacist Harlan."

"The manager of our Warcraft Chamber of Commerce, is it convenient to talk to me?"

Harun was taken aback by the steward's words, his eyes flickered, and he quickly welcomed the steward in.

"Hello, Mr. Manager, what can I do for you?" Harlan asked.

After the steward sat down, he took out a document from his arms and handed it over. He said with a smile, "Well, I think Pharmacist Harlan must have thought of it too. We want to hire you to serve the Warcraft Chamber of Commerce!"

Chengguo Village, elf cultivation house.

The pharmacists were still preparing the medicine as usual, and seemed completely unaware of what was going on outside.

Sometimes not knowing is also a kind of happiness, at least for these pharmacists, medicines are still being produced continuously.

But gradually, the pharmacists still felt something abnormal, because the number of berries delivered every day was decreasing.

Gradually, there are more and more materials that they don't know at all, including leaves of unknown trees, weeds and even tree roots.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Aiwen came to the elf cultivation house and began to explain to these pharmacists.

"What you are holding in your hands is called vitality grass. This herb can be made into a wound medicine through a certain method."

"Although the recovery effect of this wound medicine is much worse than that of the healing potion, the healing effect on trauma is very good."

"The most important thing is that this kind of vitality grass is widely distributed in the Black Forest, and it can be made into a large amount of wound medicine for simple treatment of trauma."

"Also, this purple herb is detoxifying herb, the color is easier to recognize, but you still have to be careful when you touch it normally, the untreated detoxifying herb itself is inedible."

Listening to Aiwen's explanation, the pharmacists in the field showed confusion on their faces. Obviously, when they usually prepared medicines, they had never been in contact with these very common weeds at all.

Similarly, they didn't know that these weeds were actually a kind of herbal medicine, which could be formulated into special medicines through special methods!

However, after thinking of the other medicinal formulas held by Mr. Aiwen, the faces of these pharmacists showed joy again, obviously excited about being able to come into contact with the new medicinal formulas.

Looking back on their original decision, they are all very fortunate now. If they hadn't joined Chengguo Village, they would never have known that the original potion could be prepared like this!

"Master Aiwen, please teach us how to prepare the potion!"

Mr. Ole's face was full of fanaticism. After this period of understanding, he has completely mastered the preparation method of medicinal fermentation, and has even researched some new preparation methods on the basis of medicine.

But now, after seeing the herbs in front of him, strong interest appeared in his eyes again, and he could feel that this must be a brand new medicine preparation method, and the diversification of materials seems to bring more possible!

"Don't worry, I will give you the preparation methods of these potions one by one."

Ai Wen smiled slightly, and then took out another piece of tree root, "I will continue to introduce to you, this is the vitality root, which is a relatively rare medicinal material."

"Relying on the vitality root, it can be ground into vitality powder. The effect is similar to that of the healing potion. It can be eaten directly to help humans or elves recover their physical strength. The effect is not even worse than the healing potion."