Release that Witch

After a field trip to the North Slope Mine and two days of negotiations, Roland reached a new trade contract with Hogg and the Crescent Moon Bay caravan.

After Hogg saw the orbiting ore mining system, the eyes were falling out. He even proposed to invest in the construction of a factory in Bianbu Town, specializing in the construction of mine tracks and supporting equipment, and the profits were half of them, but they were rejected by Roland - the investment can be done when there are many people, the town is now What is missing is people, not money.

After all, Hogg is only a mining businessman. Although he owns several mines, he also manages an open-pit silver mine for the Earl of Kampala in Silver City. However, only the miners can get it, and they have an island compared to the Crescent Bay. The strength is a lot worse. In the end, the contract he signed was a steam engine that was ordered six months later, and it was also ten sets, as well as a complete mine transportation system (including rails and mine cars). The demon was delivered halfway before the month of the demon, and the rest will be filled in the coming year.

The Yueyuewan caravan has a lot of tone, and Jiamo directly signed a ten-year contract. When the caravan comes next time, he will bring a team of 300 people, mainly composed of blacksmiths and carpenters. The remuneration of these people is paid by the Crescent Bay, and Roland only needs to provide accommodation and food. The steam engines they produced in a decade were sold to the Crescent Bay, and ten years later they voluntarily decided to stay – this was what Roland had repeatedly negotiated.

There is no doubt that there will be a confession of the caravans in this group of people. Even after adding this article, the other party will inevitably choose the people who are loyal to the Crescent Moon Bay. When they decide to stay, half of them will not know. But for Roland, skilled workers are always not enough, leaving 10% to earn. What he fears is never a technical advantage, but rather that no one is going to turn his technology into a real product.

In addition to the steam engine, the second big single comes from the ship renovation.

Together with the three hundred craftsmen, there are two riverboats. The Yueyuewan caravan hopes that Bianyu Town will convert it into a steam-powered paddle steamer. The cost of a single ship will be as high as 1,800 Jinlong, and the two will add up. Directly surpassed Margaret's steam engine order. In contrast, although the mug received three orders, the total amount was less than three hundred gold dragons – this is still the case when Roland raised the price ten times in the convenience store. This made him feel that he could not help but feel the profit gap between industrial products and civilian products. If he could not do mass production, the civilian products would simply satisfy the needs of the town residents.

To the prince's surprise, the iron breastplate and the iron farm implements were left out. Later, at dinner, Margaret answered his doubts. "Although your breastplate is indeed cheaper, but the output is too small, if you resell, every piece of transportation costs and taxes, perhaps only five or six Jinlong profits. Moreover, is your armor forged by a hydraulic forging hammer? Or it is a steam engine... In any case, the price of this armor is very fixed, expensive on expensive iron, not artificial "She paused. "It’s even more unnecessary to buy it. The sea merchants, whether they are guards or sailors, rarely wear heavy armor, which will make them sink quickly when they fall into the water. Most of the time, armor pairs. They are embarrassed, not protective."

"The same is true for farm implements. If you can't get a lot of cheap iron, it's cheaper and not too cheap. It's hard to form an advantage compared to similar local products. Unlike the colorful cups, the price is completely fixed. The favorite aristocrats may be able to earn several times."

"It turns out that." Roland thought about it and found out that it was indeed the case... For armor and farm implements, which are stable in price, it is difficult to push the price too much when the material costs account for a large amount of money - he is cheaper in the steam engine. Forging is more efficient than water hammer, but unfortunately this price difference is not enough to attract the interest of big businessmen.

And the whiteboard armor with Soroya's stab-resistant coating is also part of the first army's dressup. Before the iron production is not up, a lot of sales is impossible.

......

The exciting drama premiere is coming soon.

In the afternoon, the townspeople surrounded the central square – this is still the case when Roland demolished the surrounding old buildings and doubled the square.

In order to play a propaganda role, Roland began to issue announcements to inform the people one week in advance, and also ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to send people to the surrounding areas of the town to mobilize serfs to watch the drama.

As a lord, Roland clearly has the best viewing position. In the direction of the performance stage, Karl set up a temporary wooden platform with three rows of wooden tables, which can accommodate about 100 people. Roland is sitting in the middle of the third floor. On one side is the Witch Alliance, next to him is Anna, on the other side is the merchant group, the most recent is Margaret.

The first and second floors are mostly officials and apprentices in the city hall.

In order to ensure safety, the people around the wooden platform are the first soldiers. They watched the drama and separated the prince's location from the civilians.

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the sun's hotness has faded, and the cool breeze that Wendy rolls up from time to time makes everyone on the stage enjoy VIP-like treatment.

In the applause of the crowd, the actors stepped onto the stage one by one.

To tell the truth, Roland’s heart will not be able to achieve any effect on this premiere. After handing the script to Irene, he will not have to deal with it again, recruiting or rehearsing, all by her and The film is busy. Looking back now, a newcomer to a theater has only appeared on stage once and how much experience can it have? Moreover, the friends she found are estimated to be all the actors in the fortress theater before they can get a performance.

In other words, this is a new drama directed, organized and implemented by a newcomer.

Fortunately, Roland doesn't mind failing. This drama is not for ticket sales, nor for promoting the script. This is an enlightenment of ideological transformation, and it is not only a performance. This is not going to be good, the next time there is progress.

"I know why you are so confident about this show," Margaret suddenly exclaimed. "You have invited Miss Mee!"

Roland groaned, "Who?"

"Mey, don't tell me you don't know about it! God, I have seen her performance before I came here," Margaret said, "whether it's the grasp of the character or the feelings." To create, she is top-notch. "The Prince's Love Story" earned the tears of many people, even Kajin. Fes was full of praise for her!"

"Who is Karkin Fez?" Roland flipped through the memory and found that he had no impression of the name.

"...His Royal Highness, are you really a king?" Margaret blinked. "I take the liberty to ask, who is the most familiar person in Wangdu? Except in the court."

"The "magic hand" is about," Roland blurted out and found that it was not good.

“Hey,” the businesswoman looked at him meaningfully. “The most famous playboy, I heard that with one hand, a woman can not forget a woman... I understand.”

“Only by hand?” Anna turned her head. “Why?”

"No...nothing." Roland helped the crowd. "We still watch the drama seriously."