Chapter 59 The Post Station and the Arriving Priest

[Post Station]

[200 wood, 200 stone, 200 steel, 200 gold, 1 hour]

[Provide access to other cities, open immigration]

[From here, to there. ]

Post stations not only allow lords to leave their own territory, but also bring people from other city-states to the territory, most of whom are merchants, or people from other city-states seeking cooperation. According to the architectural characteristics of the territory, it may also attract some special talents.

Even if the territory is now completely surrounded by monsters, those merchants and foreign immigrants will inexplicably appear around the post station and sell their goods.

Just like mushrooms popping out of the ground, it pops up as soon as you don't pay attention.

There are pros and cons to buying items from foreign merchants. There is a possibility of being cheated without a systematic 100% quality assurance. Every day, lords are cheated by natives in various ways, but foreign merchants can always bring various resources, which are much cheaper than the prices sold in the market.

It costs 1 gold to buy 1 unit of wheat flour from other lords, but it will be as low as 0.3 gold if you exchange it with the indigenous caravan. That's about the difference...

You don't need to pay a 15% tax to the system.

It's just that the frequency of caravans in the early stage is low and they don't carry many resources.

After the territory confirms the specialized development, the post station can be gradually upgraded to a professional large-scale commercial zoning center/tourism zoning center.

Some people can support their families just by being middlemen between the lord market and the indigenous city-states, and this ultra-high-speed circulation market that cannot be monopolized is rapidly promoting the rapid development of all territories.

In modern terms, it is a decentralized production model.

And the market greatly reduces the reaction time, and all transactions are completed in real time.

Ji Lin placed the post station on the seaside. When the territory built a dock, it was a little distance away from the salt field and closer to the ocean. When he owned the dock, the two would have a chain effect.

You can spend resources to upgrade an ordinary dock to a trade dock.

In the past, a lord had calculated that although the system had made adjustments to the ratio of personnel exchanges in sea transportation, the total amount of materials and resources obtained through the trade docks was 1.5 times that of the trade center with only land transportation.

In this era, and for a long time in the future, there will be no railways, the blood vessels of industry.

The development efficiency of the coastal area is naturally faster.

Ji Lin put down the post station and watched the various resources piled on the ground being decomposed and reshaped into the appearance of building structures. No matter how many times he saw it, it was so surprising.

It was no wonder that his people regarded this as a miracle.

He found a good location for the construction of the Engineering College and built it on the other side of the coast, like an equilateral triangle. The Engineering College and the salt field are the two base angles of the equilateral triangle, and the central town center is the vertex angle of this equilateral triangle.

The Engineering College takes 20 days to build, and the terrain will be adjusted to the required appearance. Strictly speaking, even if Ji Lin puts it directly on the sea, it can be done-the system just wants him to make up for the extra materials.

For the landform transformation of the muddy coast, the system charged him an extra thousand stones, making the engineering college reach an extremely expensive six thousand stones, and the construction period remained the original twenty days.

After the post station was built, the first person to arrive was not the merchant who could bring resources as he thought...

Some people always come faster than others.

Merchants only pursue money.

Some people pursue other things.

"Hello, Lord, I convey my sincere greetings to you on behalf of the goddess of life."

The girl in the green gauze skirt bowed slightly to him, her long black hair hanging down to set off her fair and beautiful face, and her dress swayed slightly with her movements.

Humble and friendly, every move makes people feel like a spring breeze.

Ji Lin held his chin, and his face did not show any emotion that could be felt by the woman or girl in front of him who claimed to be the priest of the goddess of life.

These churches are not bad people, but they are not good people either. They are a double-edged sword for the development of the lord.

The disadvantage is.

All churches, without exception, all, every one.

have a record of eroding power.

Maybe they have no ill intentions, but their existence will gradually erode the lords' management rights, especially those lords who are poorly managed. It is common for them to give up their own rights for some convenience.

After all, it is much more comfortable to accept the institutional structure that others have developed than to build it from scratch bit by bit.

From people's livelihood to economy, from army to police.

People use the church's, which is ready-made, easy and convenient. You don't need to put in any more effort. Someone will come to help you take care of everything.

The army does not need to train itself, waiting for the church to arrange troops for you. After doing so many things for you, the church can't do it for nothing. It should build more economic buildings in your territory...

When many lords reacted, two-thirds of the buildings in their own territories had become church assets.

They have been tied to the chariots of these sects.

In the early days, these churches were spending a lot of money on the lords. The lords had a good impression of the church in the early days, until the middle and late stages...

If the church wants to preach, it can, but the people must be replaced by ours, and we will spread it on your behalf.

The buildings are yours, but I think our people can also learn your codes and techniques, and your systems.

You can own buildings, but you cannot have too many people stationed in the territory.

Working for nothing? If you have the ability, don't come. I'll change to another one, but I don't need you.

You have to take the bonus and grasp the management rights, so that it can be considered sound!

The benefits are.

Churches/temples can provide some good bonuses, and they are completely free. After improving the relationship with the church, you can get enhanced special troops and buildings at a low cost to make up for your own shortcomings. Rapidly formed combat power does not need to consume the territory's manpower and scientific research, and focuses on the targeted investment of resources.

Learn the magic of the gods, and never believe in gods.

The bonuses given by various churches are good.

For example, the life goddess priest who came to him planned to build a church in his territory.

[Life Church]

[Increases the growth rate of plants within a 5km radius by 5%, provides simple healing therapy, increases the habitability of the territory by 1 point, can be expanded, is unique in the territory, and periodically sells the special resources and items of the pantheon, as well as services]

[May life last forever]

A temple with multiple functions, increases the growth rate of plants, provides functions similar to hospitals, and can slightly increase the habitability of the territory. It will provide some services and resource items with the characteristics of the Church of the Goddess of Life.

Since the other party has delivered it to the door, he will not refuse this free thing... After all, the sugar coating still needs to be eaten.

He will not give up the power of independence.

"Lord, please consider my proposal just now..."

The priest looked at Ji Lin who was still thinking, until he nodded and made his own answer.

"Of course, I welcome it, but I have a small request, that is, your church cannot conduct any missionary activities in public on my territory."

(Thank you for your support, it's already 7.3 points, and I will update it tomorrow! It's too late to finish this chapter today!)

(Speaking of which, the inspiration for the exercise battlefield is actually taken from... Escape from Tarkov, Hunting Showdown, and StarCraft. I'm collecting materials these two days)