Chapter 447 The Key to Solving the Problem
The spice products that Tanya refers to are, to be exact, perfumes, as well as ‘tulip balm’ and various luxury goods made with other balms.
Tulip balm itself is a kind of cosmetics, and other by-products are used in leather, weapons, paintings, antiques, craft maintenance, high-end wood products manufacturing, and even castle decoration.
For these products, the Sky Eagle will sell some of them directly as finished products (cosmetics and other leather goods and even leather armor), and some will sell balms (high-end materials).
The Star Country is the largest customer. These people's armor is even hollowed out! They love beauty more than life! And in the various sacrifices of the kingdom, they also need a lot of spice products - this consumption is not even lower than the Holy Court, because the moon god they worship represents not only wisdom, but also love and craftsmanship!
Not only that, the Star Country is currently the least affected kingdom among all the countries in the world!
Its geographical location is also unique - spanning the temperate and tropical zones, the richest counties, equivalent to ‘Jiangnan’ and ‘Zhejiang’!
Many areas have sufficient water resources and land, and produce two to three seasons of food every year.
There are holy cities and rivers of stars in the country. There is not much fog near these two areas. There is also little fog near these areas.
The population of the Star Country was originally very large, and with its affiliated principalities, the population is as high as 300 million! The countless castles, manors, and mansions, and the demand for various spices and products are an extremely terrifying consumer market.
Not counting those merchants and wealthy gentry, just the hundreds of thousands of nobles among the 300 million people, just on perfumes and cosmetics, as long as they spend 10 silver foxes a month, it will be an astronomical figure a year!
Not to mention the other industries involved in spice products, as well as sacrifices, etc.
The products of the Sky Eagle occupy a little bit of it.
Of course, the Star Country is also one of the world's largest silk producers. At the same time, it is also the richest country in the world-because they are the largest producer of alchemical products! It also has the most advanced and complete alchemical industry!
Their cultural industry is also extremely rich. The best paintings and various crafts come from this country, because they are the first country in the world to enter the Renaissance!
Some of Leiden's business friends in the Star Country have more than a thousand workers in their factories! And the concentrated labor of various workshops has, to a certain extent, replaced a large part of the small-scale self-operated workshops, which shows that they are sprouting towards capitalism!
This country has extremely rich material resources, and its productivity is also the highest in the world-the Forbidden Sanctuary was born in this country.
The Holy Court can tolerate their worship of the "Moon God" because they recognize that the Moon God is the incarnation of the Seven Gods, but the most important thing is that their country is too strong!
They are a country that can defeat the entire Southern Wilderness by its own strength!
And this country was once the largest customer of the entire Sky Eagle in the spice industry. Most of the fine wines and gems acquired by the Sky Eagle family through Black Pearl have also flowed into this country.
But now the Sky Eagle's spice industry has not only suffered a great blow, but also lost its trade exports.
Many of the road exits for Elda's foreign trade have been blocked by the demons in the north and the southern wilderness people in the south.
Needless to say, the current situation in Iberia is full of bandit-like southern wilderness tribes. The land route is no longer accessible. In the past, when the Sky Eagle went to the Land of Sand and the Land of Stars, they also took the water route - especially the farthest Land of Stars.
Generally, it started from the seaport in the east of the Sky Eagle, and after reaching the "River of Stars" in the south, it crossed half of the continent and arrived at the "City of the Moon".
Now, the sea is fine - there is fog in the offshore area, and the old sailors can locate and travel in the fog through the instruments purchased from the Forbidden Sanctuary. After arriving at the sea area near the "Sun City", the fog is basically gone (the Sun City is only shrouded in fog at certain times of the month).
So this route is still very easy to find, and some old sailors can even go without instruments.
But the key problem is that the Sun City now belongs to the Southern Wilderness people. There are their pirates everywhere near that sea area. Regardless of whether there is fog near the Sun City, when merchant ships sail into the long river of stars, they can meet these guys.
These South Wilderness pirates not only inherited the legacy of their ancestors, the ‘Ice Sea Pirates’, but also after defeating Iberia and the Kingdom of Sand, their fleets have become stronger and stronger, and they also have the navigation instruments of forbidden wizards.
Some of the defeated Iberians and the Kingdom of Sand even colluded with their masters in the South Wilderness, and people of various races were mixed together on a pirate ship - all of them were talents.
The fleet of the Kingdom of Elda was strong and powerful, and most of the pirates could not beat it under the sun. But in the fog, they could only be ravaged.
Maritime trade was affected again, and output was affected again. Now the spices and perfumes produced by the Sky Eagle Family every year, in addition to supplying the domestic needs of the principality, must also be handed over to the Royal Court and the Holy Court - the latter is the biggest head.
Therefore, this source of income has basically become zero - otherwise, if sea transportation could still operate, then in addition to the huge profits from spices and perfumes, many special products of the valley would also have larger channels and greater profits.
The annual output of the Darkens mine for more than a decade has only earned a small magic hub. Although the speed of the development of the magic spiders in the basin is far faster than that of humans, it is already very good to be able to meet the needs of the shelter to build the magic hub. If the gold mine is relied on to solve the funding gap, then a terrible inflation will be triggered in the Kingdom of Elda - this is equivalent to exhausting the pond to catch fish, and the future Kingdom of Elda will no longer be able to transfuse blood to the valley.
The liberation of productivity and the circulation of trade materials are the key to the thriving growth of the shelter.
The trade connection between the Sky Eagle and the Star Country must be opened - in this solution, a series of things, including the Southern Wilderness people, will be solved.
George already has an idea for this matter.
George knows that the noble team led by Leighton can worry about trade, the specific construction of the army, the transportation of supplies, and other issues.
Tanya can share his worries when the army is training, marching and fighting.
But how to settle the internal strife of the Eagle, the productivity, food and trade issues, is a dead end for everyone - they have to do it themselves.
Several ministers have been waiting for Tanya for a long time in the far corridor. George knew that Tanya had a lot of things to do next.
George looked at the pony farm in the castle at the farthest east end. With the help of Hillyak's eyesight, George saw "Moss" and "Earl of Tulip. Leighton" chatting near the stable next to the pony farm.
After saying goodbye to Tany, George walked over there.