Heart of Empire Chapter 240: Economic building
Now Dane deeply understands that the military and masters, which seem to be beautiful and determine hard power, are all piled up with money and resources.
It is true that it is not possible to have a strong and elite army with money, nor is it possible to recruit powerful and outstanding subordinates with money, but there is a chance to do it if you have money, and if you have no money...
Hehe.
Hadn't eaten the big piece of fat in Rotten Wolf Town, Dane would never have imagined that he would be able to have the huge strength he has now. Obviously, when his reorganization plan is completed, Ma Long is a scum. Although he has three or four thousand professional soldiers under his command, how does that compare with Dane's two elite combat regiments and an entire garrison army?
Not to mention Ma Long, even if Conley came, as long as he didn't go all out and attack with the whole army, then Dane was not without the strength to resist.
But the basis of all this must be based on Dane having enough 'money'. The money mentioned here is not just gold coins. Including gold coins, and even various economic resources including population and industry are the root and source of hard power.
Apart from the huge commercial advantages brought by Rotten Wolf Town and Sandy Bay Port as transportation hubs and trading port towns, the only thing Dane can develop is his own system.
Now that White Wolf Fort has reached level three, some economic buildings have actually been unlocked.
Economic buildings are divided into five categories, workshops, magic, gods, colleges and finally resources.
These five categories, as the name suggests, workshops are constructions with no or very little supernatural power. For example, Dane saw the artillery workshop in the construction list of White Wolf Fort, the equipment workshop that can build some advanced agricultural tools and vehicles, and a blacksmith shop.
"Cannon Workshop: After building the Cannon Workshop, players can produce cannons in the territory by themselves."
Each of these buildings has its own distinct purpose. Needless to say, artillery workshops, this kind of thing has always been a weapon of war. Although some high-level mages can replace the firepower of artillery to a large extent, and the mobility of artillery is also a problem, it is still impossible to obliterate this kind of weapon. The role of things in war. Perhaps, in field battles, this thing rarely has any effect, but if it is a tough battle, whether it is the defender or the attacking side, they all wish to have as many artillery pieces as possible. Moreover, not to mention, at sea, duels between warships have always been determined by artillery and strong hulls.
Dane has not yet developed the idea of an artillery unit. When Morno was in power, both White Wolf Fort and Rotten Wolf Town were equipped with a large number of artillery for defense. In field battles, the role of artillery is mediocre. These expensive and inconvenient weapons can easily be destroyed by strikes from spellcasters, high-speed units, or simply assaults by some powerful individual masters.
However, if a cannon workshop is built, the finished cannons will still have a better market if they are sold. Especially when it was sold to Florence, a maritime military power in the west, when they built a large number of troops to fight against pirates and compete with other countries for maritime supremacy, the number of shipboard artillery has always been scarce.
"Blacksmith: You can create high-quality military equipment by yourself, which can greatly reduce the equipment cost for training new troops."
It is good that blacksmiths can make their own swords, hammers, axes and armors. The price of these ordnance to buy outside is not low, and it is much cheaper to produce it yourself. Come to think of it, this is why after the blacksmith shop is established, it can effectively reduce the equipment cost of training troops.
On the other hand, if the production capacity is sufficient, these ordnance can be exported. In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to the word "high quality", which means that if it is exported to other forces, the value of high-quality ordnance will not be low.
The equipment workshop is to build some functional equipment, such as more advanced agricultural equipment, to improve the efficiency of agricultural production; for example, a more advanced road system; better means of transportation.
These three are all Dane wants to build, especially the blacksmith shop. This must be completed at the same time as the major reorganization plan, which will save a lot of money.
As for the device to increase production efficiency
The machine workshop, as well as the cannons that are intended to be exported as high-end products, can be put aside for the time being.
The two categories of magic and divine power are just like the names. The production buildings of the magic and divinity department are items that can be used to build related attribute capabilities, such as alchemy, magical potions, or corresponding high-end props and equipment. The market demand for these things is greater, and the profits are higher, which is inevitable and must be developed by Dane in the future. It's just that he doesn't have the strength to do it for the time being. If the magic energy and divine energy workshops want to operate, they need corresponding workers. It doesn't have to be very strong, the level of a mage apprentice or a trainee priest is enough. However, these two types of spellcasting talents are cultivated at an extremely slow speed, and the consumption of resources is extremely large.
The college, as its name suggests, is a place for cultivating talents. This can be a comprehensive college first, and then fill it with things. For example, after the building is built, the officers in active service will be employed to train more officers to achieve the purpose of improving the combat capability of the army; for example, the Artisan Academy; for example, the Magic Academy.
Especially in the School of Magic, the relationship between the Mage Tower and the Magic Academy is still different. Although both can cultivate spellcasters, there is no doubt that the Mage Tower is based on cultivating formal spellcasters with strong spellcasting abilities. ability of the mage for the purpose. The School of Magic is different, the key is to train more mage apprentices, or simply ordinary talents with some relevant magic knowledge. And these people can't be expected to provide much help on the battlefield~IndoMTL.com~ But they can be invested in the magic workshop, but they are very good talents for special jobs.
And the last one, the resource item, is the building that most attracts Dane's attention and makes him most coveted!
Resource buildings such as lumberyards, ore yards, crystal factories, mercury refineries, and even gold mines can directly produce resources.
Note that what is mentioned here is the production of resources, and it is not like building a gold mine in a place with a gold mine and then digging it, but a resource point is really born!
This is a very scary point!
It's a pity that this kind of generation is not born out of thin air, it still needs a little foundation in the original world. But despite this, the effect of this type of resource building is already very strong.
For example, beside the White Wolf Fort, there are two important places, an iron ore vein and a sulfur mine. Needless to say, the value of iron ore, steel has always been an important raw material. And sulfur, a basic spell-casting material widely used in magic, has never been sold well.
There used to be such two resource points around White Wolf Castle, but that was a long time ago—these two mine veins were declared completely exhausted more than 60 years ago. There is no further value to be mined.
But to Dane who has the power of the system, this is nothing at all. He can directly open the sulfur factory and ore field on these two exhausted ore veins, and use the power of the magical system to generate new ore deposits again! (To be continued.)