Opening up new trade routes is exciting news for businessmen.
Directly conduct land trade with the Ongi Kingdom!
As soon as the news came out, businessmen who were not burdened by industry blocked the entrances of the civil affairs offices in various cities every day.
People from the Civil Affairs Bureau did not want to quarrel with the businessmen, so they wrote a date notice in the office and refused to consult. When the date came, they posted a notice directly at the door announcing the rules for the first trade.
Unlike in the past, which favored big businessmen, this time the rules mainly favored small businessmen.
A new cargo yard has been built outside the underground city station. It is now equipped with fifty steam trucks. They are specially rented to businessmen heading to Wengji. In the future, the number of steam trucks will continue to increase by twenty every year until the number of trucks reaches two hundred.
Of course, trucks are not cheap now. In order to avoid being driven away by shameless villains and never coming back, the rent-seeking party still needs to provide good tax payment certificates and must have tax payment records in the country for at least three years.
Three years is actually quite short, but there is nothing you can do about it. The kingdom does not exist for long. Another year will eliminate the people in Fenggu and Junkou City. In just three years, Xinlukou, Dongshan Road and Green Road will not be able to catch up. .
In addition to the goods yard, the underground city will open up the development rights of part of the land outside the station and the second cave, allowing the construction of accommodation, residential, and commercial places, but no non-handicraft manufacturing projects will be allowed.
Most of the non-handicraft manufacturing projects are enterprises of a certain scale. Small businessmen only think it is good, but they do not know that it is to prepare for border shocks.
According to the date, a large group of small businessmen or simply ordinary citizens who have nothing to do temporarily go to the underground city. If they have goods to bring, it is natural to transport them by rail. Everyone is used to this method. Saving money and energy is a trivial matter, mainly because of habit. …
The new goods yard of the underground city station is a structure that looks like a city wall, dividing one side of the railway station from the "outside".
A small businessman went to ask the city guard guarding the gate: "Why is it a goods yard and not a market directly?"
The merchant just had a lot of questions, and the gatekeeper was very irritated and replied stiffly: "That means the market is not here."
The market is not here?
That's on the Ongi side!
Damn, there is a tall grass plain to the north of Wengji! How to get there without renting a truck?
It’s a big problem, but it doesn’t matter.
Two security companies hired by the freight yard will be responsible for the safety of the convoy and the pedestrian traders respectively.
Some traders hurriedly ran away and brought their own cattle, camels and animals by train, and rented the ones they didn't have. Some clever little guys opened stalls directly in the goods yard to sell wooden barrels of clean water.
The Tall Grass Plain is very famous. It is obviously a place with grass and trees but it is particularly short of water. Even in the dark mountains with no vegetation, you can still find dew gathering in small depressions in the early morning after the temperature drops. The Tall Grass Plain is almost incomparable. If you want to drink water from stones with high grass, you can only collect a little water from the grass tips before sunrise. During the short dew period, one person can collect two mouthfuls of water, which is considered powerful. As soon as the sun comes out, all the dew will evaporate.
The small businessmen who did not rent a car struggled for a long time to transport goods and use water on the road, and set off five days later than the convoy.
A curve that turns west and southwest, totaling more than 400 kilometers, may only take two days for a vehicle. There may even be time to repair some minor vehicle problems along the way. It would be miserable to hike with the animals. In order to take care of everyone and the animals With such mobility, they can only move forward less than thirty kilometers a day on average!
This road has been traversed by dozens of vehicles, maybe several times during the road exploration, so you don't need to be affected by the hay when walking. Thirty kilometers is the result of the road being relatively easy to walk. In other terrains, such a miscellaneous group of small businessmen could travel 20 kilometers a day, which would be considered far.
After moving for four days, we had just completed the last water supply trip and entered the tall grass plains when we encountered a convoy returning.
A group of people stopped them on the spot to sublet the vehicle.
But of course not, these cars are from the freight yard, and there is no one from the freight yard to handle the procedures. If the car doesn't come back, you will have to pay for it.
In addition, two people from the security company also helped to dissuade him, so nothing happened.
The two teams were staggered, and the walking side encountered a wave of little demon harassment. There was no loss, because the security personnel had guns in their hands and the hit rate was limited. They could kill a few before engaging in battle. When they got closer, they used spells and spear throwing. Went out.
After fighting a wave of little devils, halfway through, the convoy caught up again.
Damn, do you still want to do this business? The speed is too low!
Steam trucks have been running in various cities in the Phoenix Kingdom for several months. A factory was officially established more than a month ago to produce them. However, due to the existence of trains, the trucks are only responsible for urban logistics and material transportation in the Phoenix Kingdom. Generally, it does not move across the city. Even if it seems to be faster, it is difficult to realize how strong its continuous movement ability is in the open land.
Looking at it now, it takes a round trip of walking hundreds of kilometers or four or five trips by car. If there are dedicated local people responsible for buying and selling goods, the vehicles will not stop, and unloading and loading will be done immediately. Think about the efficiency. horrible.
The transport capacity of trains and livestock was so different that everyone didn't feel it yet. However, the steam truck, which could only haul three tons of cargo, was so much more efficient than the old livestock transport, which was really overwhelming.
There is something even more annoying among these car rental guys. After they passed the group of merchants, two cars left the group and were waiting in front of the merchants to sell water!
Several people in the merchant team were made angry and cried on the spot. They were so bullying.
A group of people swore on the spot that they would never use this bad road again without a car.
Fortunately, not all the people who rented cars in the second batch were bad people. With three or four days left to go, a few cars came to help the merchants transport people and goods, but the effect was not good.
To cross such a long waterless area, merchants must bring livestock, and the animals must be able to withstand thirst and preferably eat hay. These animals are often larger in size. A small businessman can load the vehicle with an animal and goods. It can't hold anything else.
Most merchants eventually walked to the ground on their feet.
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Manharawowobasa, the city of white veil.
It is said to be a city, but it does not look like a city. It is a large rammed earth wall with only a few adobe houses made of a mixture of hay and soil. It can also be regarded as concrete.
The Wengji people, who had always lived a life of isolation from the world, had to face the intrusion of demons. Baisha City, which originally only had markets on fixed dates, now has many more tents and livestock groups.
People can make a living by doing small business in the city, but animals cannot. Once they enter the city, the only fate of the animals is to be slaughtered and sold, otherwise the fat they gain after enduring it for several months will be in vain.
The problem is that the City of White Veil is too close to the tall grass plains, and there are no human traces to the north or east. There are only a limited number of buyers for the livestock dragged here, and the prices are also low. Sometimes they can't be sold and can only be made into dried meat and sold slowly.
Some time ago, a group of non-orc outsiders came across the tall grass plain. After confirming that they were not demons, they realized what news these people brought - trade.
There are only a few trading ports in the entire Ongi, either on the Luna River or on the seaside. There has never been land trade. If the Tall Grass Plains can be opened, it will be great news.
The news spread among the herdsmen, and gradually many temporary herds appeared around the city of Baisha, and soon the grass roots were almost eaten away.
After that, a few carts with wheels but no animals did come. Unfortunately, the carts were too small and I couldn't buy anything at all. But they did sell some good things, such as good iron pots.
During the transaction, we learned that they came mainly to learn about the business situation, and by the way, they were given thousands of pieces of paper with product lists printed on them.
