The entire process of purchasing raw wood and selling timber seems to be a pure loss for the Phoenix Kingdom... but it is actually a pure loss.
But it's not a big problem.
When Wang Qi designed the economic system, the core came from the creation of sacred trees and the cost advantage of the metallurgical industry. Later, it was the overall collective productivity advantage. In this process, there was almost no concept of finance.
Finance is popular in a certain world, but in a world like the Three Realms War, the financial method of leveraging is too fragile. Therefore, there is no subsequent financial development until direct investment in the primary market. , some signs in the middle were extinguished.
Without financial tools, Wang Qihe's financial and diplomatic staff often face the problem of the return of overseas currency, so they always have to find some weird ways to send money overseas.
The Ganlin Plan is a kind of plan that aims to improve the lives of the poor as its main goal, and lending is only a side effect.
This time the timber trade was also intended to give the poor a way to survive during the cooling period. The money lost was mainly employment fees and fire risks.
3% to 5% of the money belongs to local agents, depending on the local population and forest farm environment. The rest is nominally procurement fees, but in reality most of it has to go into the pockets of large households.
Taking into account the differences in influence of the kingdom across the country, the timber trade is mainly based on local forces, and it is not the kingdom directly hiring civilians to cut down trees.
Using the furniture workshop as a basis to expand into a factory and adopting a multi-point acquisition method, although the big players will compete with each other as direct purchasers, they will definitely take the lion's share.
But then again, super logs that are expected to sell for tens of thousands of Phoenix coins are useless if they are not stored properly to rot, crack, or even burn. The more valuable the raw wood is, the bigger it is and the longer it takes to dry in the shade. It is also more likely to cause problems.
Therefore, the tree that has just been cut down is not very valuable in itself. Without environmental fees and contract fees, the price of raw wood consists only of labor felling plus transportation costs, plus an appraisal and purchase profit from the big owner.
The kingdom does not intend to make money from the trade of raw wood and timber, but the big players who turned furniture workshops into furniture factories still want to make some money back. In the process of growing timber, they really need to contribute to the management of timber.
In addition, Wang Qi’s goal is that after the temperature drops, civilians can purchase wood at the current price. The factory responsible for purchasing wood has already certified the price in front of the local people, so they purchase the goods early and in large quantities, which does not mean that they can be better than later. Profiteers make much more.
Generally speaking, the money given to the big players is well worth the loss, and it is considered an excess reward rather than a free payment.
Common people benefit more from this project than big households.
Two lines, income and building materials.
Needless to say, income does not matter. Rich households and mages will not cut trees themselves. Most of the money will still fall on the heads of common people.
The harvesting of building materials is a deliberate loophole.
Not to mention those who were organized by hooligans to cut down trees, freedmen could buy saws, and the felled logs did not have to be sold to furniture factories. Although this will delay their ability to make money, the total labor hours paid for a wooden house will be much shorter than if they only think about building a house after the temperature has cooled down.
Although most people don't understand this, there are always smart people who will take the lead, and as long as they are not stupid, they will follow suit.
The timber project is said to be "unlimited acquisition". In fact, it is affected by the site, management, safety, etc., and it is not really unlimited. Even if some of the timber cannot be sold in a short period of time after the weather gets cold, it has nothing to do with the Kingdom. I will definitely find an excuse to take over the order so that I can sell it at a higher price.
In short, the whole project is mainly about guidance, creating an environment where everyone can cut down trees, and giving those who live in huts an opportunity to improve their homes at a low cost.
Whether it can be grasped specifically, there are not so many people in the Kingdom to teach each one step by step, it can only depend on the conscience of the local big family.
There seems to be no need to discuss whether big households have conscience, but in actual operation, big households do need to take some care of the survival of civilians. After all, if people are forced to starve to death, their own assets will be even more threatened.
They can invite magicians and other professionals to sit in, but the problem is that if no one starves to death, wouldn't the money not have to be spent? For ordinary things that can be solved by our own people in the second ring, if we have to hire outsiders from the third or fourth ring to solve them, it is a waste of money.
Wang Qi watched the preparations for cooling down proceeding in an orderly manner. After getting on track, he turned back to Levin to learn about his situation.
The benefits of a solid foundation are reflected again in this round.
The amount of construction work required is minimal.
At this stage, the kingdom mainly has two types of buildings: the sacred tree system and the steel-concrete structure. Most of the old-fashioned houses left as memorial buildings are not used for residential purposes.
For the transformation of urban environment after low temperature, the main work focuses on road engineering.
Icy roads are a real headache. On floating islands, this problem will be more serious than on land, because the accumulation of ice and snow will accelerate the cooling of underground rock formations.
The team led by Levin is currently promoting two projects.
In the Phoenix sector, with the help of the central cooling tower water network, buried pipes can be used to maintain the superficial temperatures of several surrounding cities. The Fenggu and Pangxun sections need to rely on the research power of the Magic Academy and design a magic insulation system.
Both have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Because the central cooling tower water network will add waste heat exchange water from each factory halfway, it cannot be connected to the tap water network. The conventional engineering volume of buried pipes is relatively large. The advantage is that it does not require additional productivity, allowing the centrifugal cast pipes of Phoenix Iron Works Just run the workshop at full capacity.
The magic plan involves magic equipment production capacity and a new municipal maintenance system, and there is a situation where it competes with other magic equipment for natural magic power. Now it seems that there is a high probability that the de-icing solution will be provided in the form of street lights. The advantage is that there is no need to dig. Extensive road construction, installation without the involvement of heavy vehicles.
The situation on the agricultural side is better.
The popularity of glass greenhouses in the country is not bad. Faced with downward temperature pressure, the total number of new greenhouses is not large, and a smooth transition can be achieved.
In addition, edible fungi cultivation has encountered certain difficulties in strain purification, but it has unique advantages in resisting low temperatures.
Fungi are the third party between animals and plants. The means of obtaining energy is biased towards decomposers among animals. The decomposition process will release heat to the outside world. This does not require too advanced knowledge. Wang Qi has already studied in Li Xiang’s hometown. I actually did this when I was seeking to have a baby and raise Xiaoqiang.
The characteristic of self-heating during growth, and the fact that the fungus can be cultivated directly in a cement room without light, allow it to withstand ultra-low temperatures at very low cost.
According to experimental results conducted by the Agricultural College, in an outdoor environment of minus 30 degrees Celsius, the average heating power of a 20-square-meter cultivation room is less than 200 watts.
This is still the basic thermal insulation capacity of the 24-wall. If you add a layer of wood inside, or even fill it with a few centimeters of sawdust or foam materials in the middle, even if the temperature outside drops to minus 60 or 70 degrees Celsius, the heating power will not be there. obviously increase.
There is no problem in residential, urban, and agricultural industries, and there is no need to pay special attention to the waste heat output of industry.
There are still hidden dangers, the atmosphere and the sky.
(End of chapter)
