Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 136:
After leaving the Samat collar, Sui Xiong ran to Gerten collar.
Geertenling currently has a prosperous scene. As the most important stationery producing area for the entire main plane, it produces a variety of stationery and supports the core industry of the entire territory. Xiaoxiao Stationery looks inconspicuous, but the income it can provide each year is comparable to that of an earl.
Don't think that "earls" is no big deal. You have to know that there are only 14 earls in the Gold Coin Federation.
The area of the country of the Gold Coin Federation is about the same as the United States on Earth. If you don't consider Alaska, the shape of the country is a little bit similar. They are all intact and large, with a sense of stability. Such a large country currently has about 45 percent of the territory and about 65 percent of the population, all controlled by 14 earls and two marquis. The annual income of Gertenling is equivalent to that of an earl, or a higher-income earl.
As far as China is concerned, this place is almost equivalent to a province on the southeast coast.
It is amazing how a province's economy can be supported by relying solely on stationery income!
...No, it should be said that just relying on stationery income, a prefecture-level city has the economic level of a province, which is simply frantic!
The key to achieving this level lies in the **** of knowledge.
The stationery business in the world is not only Geertenling's family, but behind Geertenling is the **** of knowledge, and the **** of knowledge is the guardian of culture and learning. Under the same conditions, if you want to buy stationery, People naturally tend to buy from Geertengling.
This is like the arms business on the earth. Are you willing to buy from a country that has fought many battles, has a brilliant record, and has military bases all over the world? Or are you willing to buy food from a country that is huddled in the northern part of a peninsula, except for the loud screams of the mouth, and actually depends on imports?
Weird flowers are naturally everywhere, but the choices of normal people are generally the same.
In addition to the stationery business, another industry of Geertengling is medicinal herbs. There are a lot of herbs in mountain climate here, and you can make a lot of money every year.
However, the herb business is very restricted. The **** of medicine clearly stated that he does not support the act of making huge profits with herbs. Therefore, regardless of Geertengling, Gals City, or Keeneling, although the income of the herb business is not low, it is not considered a huge profit.
Compared with money, the herbal business has brought them more connections and prestige.
These things are somewhat illusory, but in many cases they are more useful than money. For example, when a large businessman chooses a partner, money is not so valued by him, and reputation, character and social relations are the things he value most.
Besides these two main businesses, Geertengling certainly has many side businesses. They are mainly concentrated in the handicraft industry, especially some small industrial products. They look like the "Yiwu small commodities" that Sui Xiong often heard about before crossing. Similar.
It's also very interesting to say that Geertenling also has a small commodity wholesale market. Sui Xiong has never been to Yiwu. I don't know what the famous small commodity market in the country looks like. However, looking at the small commodity market of Gertenling, he can't help but think of this kind of market in his hometown.
The small commodity market in his hometown is called "Zhaoshang Mall." Although it is called "Inviting Investment", it is actually all small self-employed people doing business. There are various things in business, from daily necessities to all kinds of food, to clothes, shoes and socks, toys and sundries. As long as they are not too bulky, you can almost buy them here.
Sui Xiong used to go shopping at the beginning. One is convenient, most things are available for sale; the other is cheaper, which is at least 20% cheaper than street shops.
Geertengling's small commodity market is also similar. Many merchants who do wholesale business come here specially through the portal, and the goods in the picture are comprehensive and cheap.
Needless to say the former, a key factor of the latter is transportation.
In this world, the cost of transportation is very high because of underdeveloped transportation. Even a stool can be sold for a large bed if it is transported to a remote area. The portal system laid by Sui Xiong greatly reduces the cost of transportation. Although it costs money to use portals, compared to long-distance transportation, both the savings in money and the savings in manpower and time make people more inclined to this method.
Don't say anything else, if you use the portal to transport, you can at least leave a lot of bodyguard expenses!
Of course, using portals to transport large or heavy objects is definitely not cost-effective-for example, large furniture, ores, etc., it definitely cannot be transported through portals. But small commodities are quite suitable.
Actually, all kinds of luxury goods are most suitable for transporting through portals. Therefore, Void City is the most important luxury goods trading market in the world today. You can buy any luxury and precious things here-except those Outside of immoral things.
Sui Xiong is still very close to the issue of "immorality". The Northwestern Republic not only does not allow slave trading and the business of drug materials, but also prohibits drugs such as narcotic drugs. This is almost a high-voltage line. Many people were executed for this reason.
But those are all digressions, at least it has nothing to do with Geertengling, because that kind of business is also forbidden here.
Sui Xiongfei walked and watched in the sky above Geertengling Small Commodity Market~IndoMTL.com~. He is not proficient in business, but he can see that most of the people here have good luck. If he used the terminology of a novel that he had read before crossing the road by an Internet author who talked about luck all day, it would be Each of these people has solid luck, and even if they can't be rich, at least they have a good life to live on.
The country is prosperous, the people are strong, Minan Guotai, and Gerten has such economic income, people's living standards are naturally good. Sui Xiong flew all the way, and never saw the starvation he encountered when he passed by here for the first time. All he saw were people with decent dresses and red faces.
Moreover, he also noticed that the younger generation of Gerten was obviously a little taller than their parents.
This is the credit of Olianne Gerten. She once heard that "If there is sufficient nutrition, people can actually be taller than they are now", and she remembered this in her heart. After the territory became rich, one of her important measures was to strengthen livestock breeding, mainly raising cattle, sheep and pigs. Cows and sheep can produce milk, and pigs are the most important source of meat. If these things are all raised by the people themselves, the cost is often very high, but the lord takes the lead in raising them centrally, and the cost can be reduced a lot.
After the ranch stabilized, it soon began to produce milk and meat. Gertenling officially subsidizes these products, so the residents can buy them at a relatively low price. Coupled with the continuous official promotion of "a healthy body with adequate nutrition", the people are also willing to spend money in this area.
The final result is that the new generation of leaders of Geerteng are indeed tall and strong. They don't look like people from the Gold Coin Federation, but rather like barbarians on the northern ice sheet.
They are a tall individual, but they speak and do things politely. This wonderful combination is full of comedy. Sui Xiong looked at it with a smile and was overjoyed.