Heart of Empire Chapter 288: Big investment

"Empire Index: 22"

"Empire monthly income: 30900

"Empire monthly expenditure: 30000

"Net Income: 900"

Opening the interface of the empire, the content of this header made Dane very helpless.

It can be said that he did not work hard. To be reasonable, during the three months of rapid development, the overall economic income of Comilla, White Wolf Fort, and Sandy Bay Port has almost doubled.

But it is a pity that his expenditure has also tripled.

Among them, the bulk of the investment is of course military expenditures. White Wolf Guards and White Wolf Cavalry are very useful and powerful troops, and pure swordsmen are also very powerful units with strong frontal combat power. Not to mention the forest elf units of Aurinadu, the ranger's long-range strike ability may not be comparable to the second one in Schindler, and the sword dancers are not good at fighting frontal wars of attrition, but as an assault force, It is rare to find better infantry than them.

But the army is elite, so the cost will naturally be high. Not to mention, during these three months and the new batch of troops who have already started training, Dane has directly doubled the number of regular army troops in his hands.

Is there any reason why this military expenditure should not increase?

In addition to military expenditures, another major increase in expenditures lies in the fact that several workshops on enchanting and alchemy that have been put into use after the construction of Comillas have not yet produced any effective products. Before, a large number of gold coins had already been burned.

The magic workshops of the first and second levels basically have no other functions except for the preliminary processing of some related raw materials. Although these initial processing of raw materials can bring a certain output value, it is not necessarily true how much money can be made.

This is quite far from the magic industry that Dane expected, and Comilla's geographical location is not suitable for this kind of work.

The location of Comilla Island is between the Shire Continent and the Orodic Continent. Although it is slightly off the waterway, if it can develop its own characteristics, it can still become a very good shipping transit. standing. Dane, on the other hand, has always been committed to developing Ghost Knife Port, which relies on Orienado, into a more prosperous place than Shawan Port.

After all, Ghost Knife Port has natural advantages that Shahai Bay Port does not have—as a transit port, it radiates more than just Schindler. To the west, the coast of the Southern Cross Sea, and even the more prosperous Gold Coast, which is almost in the center of the world, can be radiated.

The premise is that Ghost Knife Port can be developed.

Obviously, just the initial processing of magic materials does not give Ghost Saber Port the ability to grow.

The origin of primary raw materials is a fortune, but that is only selling raw materials. Although magic minerals are precious, there are more or less in various places. This kind of thing that depends on God's favor to eat is hard to come by.

But Comilla Island does.

As for the primary processing of materials, there are more people in this industry who can do it.

Although there is no soil for this kind of industry to grow in the less orderly land of Schindler, this does not mean that there are no other places. Among them, the one that has done the most in this regard is the Shire Continent.

The main inhabitants of Shire are halflings, gnomes, and elves, as well as a small number of humans and dwarves. Among these races, except for the elves who are capable of producing high-end magic products, no other races have them. But other races are quite capable of primary processing of raw materials. Especially halflings and gnomes, these two races are not tall, but their heads are extremely smart. Their ability to do this is simply outstanding.

Although the system base is very powerful, Dane will not naively think that with one base, he can compete with one continent and two races in this respect.

What's more, in the industrial chain he conceived, the Shire Continent is a force he must rely on.

Unable to grab this business, and under the circumstances that it was impossible to grab it, Dane had to use his brains to develop the industries of primary processing of raw materials.

Thus, when the two workshops of enchanting and alchemy were established, Dane did not let them be put into use directly, but suffocated his strength and planned to directly upgrade these two important buildings to Level four.

At the fourth level, the enchanting and alchemy workshops will have a series of products that can truly be called 'high-end'.

For example, the enchantment of equipment and weapons can add special attributes such as sharpness, firmness, and gravity; for example, the alchemy factory can also start to manufacture effective healing potions, as well as potions that improve strength and physical fitness.

These things are really able to generate sales.

The raw materials, he has. Black crystal is a very good raw material for enchanting. You can use black crystal for sharpness attribute enchantment and gravity attribute enchantment. At that time, he can completely keep part of the produced black crystals in his own hands to make these equipment for completing the enchanting process. At that time, use it to arm your own troops, and the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the legion is simply unprecedented. And if it is directly exported, the profit of such a high-tech threshold thing is simply terrible.

It is much more terrifying than selling Sombra directly!

As for alchemy, Dane has a sulfur mine, and the most basic materials are already satisfied. As for the other important raw materials needed for alchemy - herbs and some special plants, although he does not know the direct origin of them now, in fact he has already made arrangements in advance.

The moon well in Orinaidu is really a good thing. Farmland or orchards are built around the moon well, and the harvest is so high that people can't believe it. Since we can build farmland and orchards, why can't we rely on the moon well to build herbal plantations?

Of course you can!

Under Dane's instruction, Fal'o had already started doing this.

What's more, the most famous product of the Shire Continent is all kinds of lush planting. The quantity is large, the quality is high, the price is cheap, and it is really not possible to import raw materials, as well as the raw materials that are initially processed, and then directly produce finished products for sale ~IndoMTL.com~ is also a very good way.

The prospect is bright, but the road is uncertain.

The upgrade conditions and costs of alchemy and enchanting workshops are so expensive that Dane's liver hurts.

He has already thrown almost 20,000 gold coins on these two buildings in Aurenadu. Under Dane's order, instead of directly cultivating formal mages and priests, they turned to cultivating apprentices who could be cultivated more easily and cheaper.

These apprentices can't go to the battlefield, and they can't play any role on the battlefield. However, they would be very good people to work in alchemy and enchanting factories.

However, the training of these personnel is an expensive expense. Three months and an investment of 10,000 gold coins still cannot see immediate results.

This has always been a very frustrating place for Dane. He even once doubted whether the development direction he chose was really wrong?

However, the long-term dedication finally ushered in the rewards. (To be continued.)