Chapter 81 Integrating Resources
“Tiandou——?”
Qingqiu Li looked unhappy and squeezed out these two words through his teeth.
Next to him, Long Ang also had a cold face and remained silent.
If it was a certain force in the [Shuimu Principality], even if it was Grand Duke Mufeng or several marquises, they would dare to take a small bite on that cake.
But...
[Tian Dou Empire], that is the sovereign state, and a family of soul masters with profound background might pop up and come here to wipe them out.
In the three-thirds of an acre of [Shuimu Principality], everyone can go through seven twists and turns, and there is a bit of affection.
But these things are not that useful between the suzerain country and the subordinate country.
Weak countries have no diplomacy, which is one of the truths that prevails in all worlds.
Not to mention that blacksmiths like them cannot represent the [Shuimu Principality], they can only be regarded as middle and lower class existences in the principality.
After all, in this world, small countries look up to big countries, and the people of small countries fear the people of big countries. How can there be people from big countries kneeling down and licking the inferiors of small countries?
Isn’t that just a born bitch who forgets his ancestors all the time?
“Haha——”
Seeing the appearance of the two strongest blacksmiths in the [Shuimu Principality], Ling Yi chuckled twice.
Without first throwing out such an insurmountable 'southern wall', how could these two blacksmiths really let go of themselves and cooperate with them?
Even though Fu Shan is backed by the [Shui Mu Principality] military, and Li Qiang is backed by the palace headed by Grand Duke Mu Feng, they are not identities that can convince people of the same level.
After all, in the final analysis, Fu Shan and Li Qiang are just two high-level workers. They just work for a small group called Shuimu Principality, and they are the chairman and general manager of the high-level company respectively. .
The lower-level workers will be in awe of the two above, but the middle- and lower-level employees have an escape route to change jobs at any time because of their own abilities. They only need to maintain enough respect for their superiors, and that is enough.
So, unable to pull the flag of a tiger and pretend to be a tiger, Ling Yi had to exaggerate the external environment of strong winds, rough waves, deep water and small ships, so that the sailors who wanted to ferry together could contribute their efforts safely. After arriving in the New World, everyone will have gold and silver treasures.
Of course, the degree of this exaggeration must be controlled well, so as not to scare people away. It is difficult to recruit capable sailors these days, let alone veterans who have the ability to serve in important positions such as boatswain and battle captain.
Ling Yi waited for Qingqiu Li and Long Ang to calm down a little, then continued with a smile: "Seniors, there is no need to worry, the [Tian Dou Empire] did not take the initiative to come to our [Shui Mu Principality] 】Come to do business..."
After a pause, when the two of them came back to their senses and looked at themselves, Ling Yi said again: "According to what I know from communicating with master blacksmiths from various places, in fact, that is so close. The iron trade volume of 800,000 gold soul coins was purchased by the soul master families from all over [Shuimu Principality], who took the initiative to go to the [Tian Dou Empire] closest to the principality..."
"Actively? ”
“Purchase?”
Qingqiu Li and Long An both frowned, but a look of surprise flashed in their eyes.
I just visited the Tiandou Empire and was surprised that the foreign forces over there might interfere with the iron market in the principality, but I forgot that because all kinds of iron tools need to be forged by blacksmiths hammer by hammer, the principality Some high-end blacksmith shops in various parts of the country often experience saturation of orders, or even wait for a long time.
Because each master has a different level of craftsmanship, people often subconsciously go to a master master to forge the tools they want, rather than looking for ordinary blacksmiths set up by low-level and mid-level blacksmiths. Blacksmith shop.
Ling Yi witnessed this situation many times in the blacksmith shop of his fifth senior brother Wang Meng a few years ago. This phenomenon will not only make the high-level blacksmiths' blacksmith shops unable to complete their business, but also make the low- and intermediate-level blacksmith shops' business bleak.
Unless, like Beikouhe Town, everyone has no choice because it is located in a rural town, then Master Jiang, who is also an intermediate blacksmith, has always had a pretty good business.
In addition to the complex triangular relationship between the 'dog licker', the 'goddess' and the 'god, rich and handsome' between the buyers and sellers of ironware, which leads to the introduction of foreign 'airborne troops' and disrupts the local market, there is another flaw for blacksmiths Disadvantages of this profession.
Blacksmith is a skilled trade.
In addition to the factors of one's own technical talent and strength, there is another factor that affects the growth of forging skills, which is the number of forgings that one can get started with.
Just like sharpshooters are often fed by bullets, if there are not enough iron weapons for you to shoot, even a person with a talent like 'Copy Soul Master' Ling Lingyi cannot be promoted at the age of fourteen. The blacksmith's astounding achievements.
It's quite shocking. Even the future king of divine craftsmen Lou Gao, who has the teachings of the divine craftsman Tie Futu and unlimited consumables provided by the [Blacksmith Association], became a master blacksmith in his twenties.
To go a step further, back to the improvement of blacksmith skills, enough consumables and enough forging times can ensure that a blacksmith apprentice can steadily improve under the guidance of his master until he reaches the upper limit of his talent, or Before the master reaches the highest level, he is stuck in a bottleneck.
But just like Ling Yi's fifth senior brother Wang Meng, who can forge high-quality weapons that are eight hundred forged, but often receive orders for weapons that are five hundred forged.
If things continue like this, Wang Meng's skills have not deteriorated, which can be considered good.
It’s not that Wang Meng doesn’t want to keep making weapons worth more than 800 forging, but the cost of consumables is too expensive!
Only when a soul master customer places an order can Wang Meng show off his talents and display all his superb skills.
The consumables of an eight-hundred-forged war knife can often be used to create four or five more five-hundred-forged war knives!
This is the ratio of Wang Meng's metal material consumption. Mr. Jin and the three blacksmiths Fu Shan and Li Qiang can control it to about one to two to one to three.
And Ling Yi has Lou Gao’s teachings and can achieve the same level of 1:18 as Lou Gao!
Going to the back, every 0.1 value is a step that is difficult to climb.
After explaining the situation of the iron market and blacksmith practitioners in the [Shuimu Principality] to Qingqiu Li and Long Ang in a straightforward manner, the reasons and possible consequences were all laid out on the table.
Ling Yi looked at the three blacksmiths beside him: Mr. Jin, Fu Shan, and Li Qiang. Under the affirmative gazes of the three, Ling Yi looked at the people from "Cold Wind City" and " The two leading brothers of Azure City opened their mouths and invited:
"Senior Long, Senior Qingqiu, I dare to invite you two to join us in establishing the [Blacksmith Association·Shuimu Principality Branch] to integrate all the principalities in the entire principality. The blacksmiths will allocate all the iron orders to the appropriate blacksmiths one by one according to the situation of the supply and demand parties, so that the low-level blacksmiths and intermediate blacksmiths have enough orders and business...
Also let Senior blacksmith masters can have the opportunity to get more orders that match their craft level, and hopefully improve their skills..."
"As for the income, to be honest, a sword that was forged five hundred times, It’s more profitable than ten weapons of the same specification that have just reached the hundred-forged level!”
"Those who can place orders to purchase weapons worth more than 500 forgings are basically second-level soul masters and above. Everyone is a soul master, so naturally they know that compared to ordinary people, a soul master's golden soul You need more coins, and you spend more money where they should be spent——!"
"How much can you earn by just earning ordinary people's silver soul coins and copper soul coins? , just earn the soul master’s golden soul coins——!”
(End of this chapter)