Chapter 32 Half-Year Mission
"Lord, the tavern will open tomorrow. All the wines are ready. The wines we are planning to sell are..." Speaking of the tavern, Uncle Jack seemed extremely excited and kept talking.
Louis quickly waved his hand to stop him from talking: "Just take care of these. We need to continue to promote the tavern. The price should be a little more affordable. Considering the cost of the wine and the cost of transportation, plus some other costs, the profit can be less for the time being. We are not aiming for profit."
"Ah, Lord, if this tavern doesn't make money, then it's not..." Uncle Jack was a little surprised.
However, Mei Ni understood what Louis meant: "Lord Louis means that the residents of the town do not have much consumption ability and awareness now, so the price must be kept down. I think Lord Louis should have some other ideas, and the establishment of a tavern is just his first goal."
"That's right, now that the bandits in the Apis Mountains have been eliminated, the mountains have become a paradise for adventure and hunting. I think it will only take a while for this news to spread and countless hunters or students from the academy will come to the Apis Mountains tribe or experience. Then our Lorraine town, as the town closest to the Apis Mountains, has opportunities in it. I don't need to say more."
"Lord Louis, you mean..." Mei Ni's eyes lit up, and she finally thought of what Louis had been thinking about.
"That's right. Next, we will build a large number of simple houses behind the tavern for people who come here to hunt or train. At the same time, we will open a trading market. The Apis Mountains are rich in wild animal fur, meat, various herbs, minerals, etc."
"The location of Lorraine Town is unique. Whether we can develop it depends on our ability." This may not be a big deal on Earth, and most people can think of it, but in this world, the education level is backward. In addition to the general magic and martial arts academy, at most, some professions closely related to leveling and forging and combat are taught.
There are few places to teach business or craftsmanship, so this also makes this kind of life profession scarce and incomplete.
After discussing the opening of the tavern, Louis casually named the tavern, called the Golden Rose, which can be regarded as a half-description of Minnie, a beautiful and capable woman, although there seems to be no connection between them.
After sending Uncle Jack away, Louis discussed with Minnie how to operate the next development of the town, and then returned to the base camp.
At this time, he finally received another task that he hadn't received for a long time, "Legendary Training Camp Task 3, upgrade Lorraine Town to a small city within half a year!"
"Half-year task!" It didn't even say what the reward was. Louis scratched his head. According to his memory of the classification of city levels in this world, a small city must have at least 100,000 permanent residents, annual tax revenue of no less than 50,000 gold coins, and the city lord's title must be no less than that of a viscount or a direct descendant of an earl.
Regarding this point, Lorraine Town currently only meets the last requirement. Although Louis has not been awarded the honor, his father is a duke, so it is not a problem.
But for the other two items, Louis has not seen the population statistics of Lorraine Town, but he roughly estimated that there are only about 20,000 to 30,000 people, not to mention the tax revenue, so it is indeed difficult to develop to the level of a small city in half a year.
However, Louis first thought of a way to quickly expand the population.
As the bandits in the Apis Mountains died or left, most of the civilians who were robbed by them and used as slaves or cannon fodder were left behind. Louis roughly imagined that there were at least 50,000 or 60,000 such civilians in the Apis Mountains. They were hiding in various places in the mountains and were not easy to find, but they should be able to be found in half a year, of course, provided that they did not starve to death in the mountains.
Thinking of this, Louis wrote hundreds of notes at once, indicating that Lorraine Town was willing to accept refugees and give them a new life, and at the same time indicating the location of Lorraine Town, and then recruited 20 goblins to start distributing them to the Apis Mountains.
"Whether it can be accomplished depends on fate. In addition, we can send Mei Ni to bring some people to lobby the villagers of the nearby poor villages to move to Lorraine Town." Louis nodded, thinking that this method was feasible. The most basic food in this world is very cheap. A piece of black bread that can be tasteless but can be preserved for a long time can be bought with just a few copper coins, so Louis is not too worried about food.
"Then we can build a circle of huts behind the inner circle of the city wall." Louis called the mayor Medles and issued the order to build huts, while Minnie went to the nearby small village to lobby according to Louis's instructions.
Days passed one by one, and the operation of the tavern was on the right track. Although the residents of the town were not used to it, there were always some slightly richer townspeople who walked in out of curiosity. As a result, after a few days, they got used to having a drink here after dinner after a busy day, and chatting with friends about family matters.
On the other hand, after there were spare manpower, Louis opened up a place around the central square of the town and began to build a street market, which is the so-called trading market.
Louis planned to set up various trading areas here, mainly for selling the harvests obtained by hunters or trainers in the Apis Mountains, or purchasing some materials needed to enter the mountains.
As for the personnel, Louis handed them over to Medles. He was too lazy to care about such trivial matters. After all, improving strength is the kingly way, so when he was free, he continued to fight friendly battles in the tribal castle to improve his combat effectiveness.
And after squatting next to the holy water collector for a long time to absorb holy water, Louis's magic level is getting higher and higher, and he has a tendency to move towards a two-star magician.
Half a year later in the morning, Louis pushed open the door of the base camp and walked out from inside, and Mei Ni was waiting at the door.
"Lord Louis, the envoy from the Imperial City has arrived." Seeing Louis come out, Mei Ni's face flashed a blush, and she lowered her head and said to Louis. In the past six months, Mei Ni has long been conquered by Louis's outstanding vision and the mystery in it.
"Let's go, our town will be rated today, I hope everything goes well." That's right, after half a year of hard work, Louis finally built the town to a scale that is qualified to be promoted to a small city. As long as it passes the appraisal of the Imperial City envoy and signs the promotion document, Lorraine Town can be renamed as a city.
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