With the addition of these hundred thousand people, the Black Wasteland finally had some people. Although compared to the vastness of the Black Wasteland, more than twenty villages were still too few, it was still much better than before when there was no one.
These villages weren't far from Iron Mountain Fort. After all, Iron Mountain Fort was the administrative center of the Buda Clan. Naturally, these newly built villages wouldn't be too far from the fort.
After settling the slaves down, they began to work. Since they had farm tools and livestock, they were now able to farm their own land.
Most of these slaves were farmers, so they weren't unfamiliar with farming. On the contrary, what they were best at was farming.
In the past, they were farmers for their masters. Although they were very careful and didn't dare to be lazy, it was still impossible for them to devote 100% of their efforts. But now it was different. Now that the land was given to them, they only needed to hand over 40% of their annual harvest. The rest would be theirs. The higher the harvest, the more food they would have.
However, farming was seasonal. You don't need to be busy all year round because there weren't that many things to do. The busiest seasons for farming were spring and autumn. After these two seasons, they wouldn't be as busy. Because of this, Zhao Hai wanted them to learn something.
Zhao Hai also had Green and the others prepare for this. While the slaves were farming, Zhao Hai and the others began to build the winery. After the winery was built, the slaves would have already passed the busy spring season. At this time, the slaves would be able to work in the winery. Naturally, they would be paid.
Because of this, after settling the slaves, Zhao Hai's matters weren't finished. The construction of the winery would take a lot of time.
However, these matters can be handed over to Green and the others, he didn't need to look after them. Zhao Hai also used stones for the construction of the liquor store. As for the other work, he had people order them from Golden Island. Now that Iron Mountain Fort has Golden Island, it would be much more convenient for him to obtain things.
There were a lot of Great Clans in the continent that had businesses in Golden Island. These Great Clans were able to produce almost anything in the continent. Because of this, if Zhao Hai needed something special, he could just order it from them.
Zhao Hai didn't need to worry about the construction of the factory. He had an army of 2 million undead in his hands. Building a factory was a very simple matter. All he needed to do was have a craftsman on the side.
While the factory was being built, Zhao Hai also gave the things that he wanted to order to the Great Clans. After that, he no longer needed to worry about it. He still had other things to do, he needed to go to the Beastman Prairie.
Now that the Beastmen had retreated to the Prairie for two months, Zhao Hai also needed to go to the Prairie to take a look. These two months should be enough for them to distribute their spoils of war. Now, they should be needing things again.
Besides delivering goods to Ah Tai, Zhao Hai also felt that he should go to the Prairie and get in touch with the Beastmen. He wanted to get in touch with the Beast King and see if he could get some business from him. As long as he could get some business from the Beast King, then the Buda Clan would have a lot of income in the future.
At this time, Zhao Hai wanted the Buda Clan to establish a few big clients in the Prairie. This would form a large business network in the Prairie. This would be very good for the Buda Clan's future development.
Don't worry, the Buda Clan's old nest was in the Black Wasteland. If the land there was developed and used for farming, then how much grain would they be able to produce every year? He was afraid that it would be a huge threat to the Human's grain market.
At the same time, the Humans and the Beastmen had signed an agreement on the supply of food at a fair price. However, this so-called fair price was only relative. After all, the Humans also needed to pay for the transportation of food to the Beastmen. There weren't any merchants who were as extravagant as Zhao, who could use the Space to transport food.
Therefore, the price of grain transported to the Prairie would still be very high, but it would be lower than before. But this way, the grain merchants wouldn't be able to make a lot of money. In the future, besides the big grain merchants, the small grain merchants wouldn't be able to do this business because they wouldn't be able to make any money.
And in this way, the Beastmen would have a large grain shortage. If this wasn't handled well, then it would lead to a war between the two races. Therefore, Zhao Hai's idea was to sell large quantities of grain from the Black Wasteland to the Prairie. This way, the Prairie's grain wouldn't be so tight, and it would also stabilize the price of grain in the Prairie.
Zhao Hai also discovered that the Beastmen weren't the same as the ancient Prairie tribes of Earth. The Prairie tribes of Earth's China were very eager for the land of the Han people. They wanted to become the masters of that land. Therefore, when the Han people were weak, they would invade China.
However, the Ark Continent's Beastmen weren't like this. These Beastmen had their own civilization, and their civilization wasn't any worse than the Human race's. Because of this, they didn't want to go to the Human Continent. In this world where strength was respected, the Beastmen looked down on the Humans. In their opinion, the Humans were too thin and weak. And the reason why the Humans were thin and weak was because the place they lived in was too good. Because of this, the Beastmen didn't want to go to the Human Continent. The Prairie was very big, enough for the Beastmen to survive.
The Beastmen didn't have the ambition to invade the Human Continent, so they wouldn't rashly start a war. The only reason they would start a war was because their survival was threatened.
The Beastmen were very aggressive, and this was related to their straightforward temperament. In their eyes, black was black, and white was white. In the eyes of many Humans, there was a gray area between black and white, but in the eyes of the Beastmen, there was no gray area.
The tempers of the Beastmen were very violent. If they didn't agree with each other, they would just throw their fists at each other. Because of this, they gave people the impression that they were very aggressive. In fact, they didn't really like to fight.
Although the Beastmen looked down on the Humans, they still had to rely on the Humans' food to survive. On the other hand, the Humans also needed the Beastmen's hides, blankets, and meat. The two sides completely complemented each other.
The Beastmen were forthright and magnanimous, but the Human Merchants were greedy. In order to gain benefits, they would do anything. The previous wars between the Beastmen and the Humans were all due to the Human Merchants being too greedy. They raised the price of food too high, which affected the survival of the Beastmen. In order to survive, the Beastmen took up their weapons and rushed towards the stone walls of the Human Race's walls.
Zhao Hai wanted to sell a large amount of food to the Prairie in order to solve this situation. If one day he became the Beastmen's biggest grain merchant, then the Beastmen wouldn't have to worry about food anymore. At that time, the wars between the Beastmen and the Humans wouldn't happen as often.
If such a day really came, then how much benefits would the Buda Clan gain? Among the Humans, the ones who would gain the most benefits would be the Buda Clan.
To be honest, when the Rosen Empire wanted to use Zhao Hai to negotiate with the Aksu Empire, Zhao Hai really did make a move. Once he controls the Purcell Duchy, then it would be equal to connecting the Duchy with the Black Wasteland. When the time comes, he wouldn't even need the Space to transport food to the Beastmen Prairie. Unfortunately, he didn't succeed in the end.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't in a hurry. As long as he had the Space, he wouldn't be in a hurry. In the future, he could slowly establish a food channel. This was because he didn't know how long he could live. If he died, then the Space would cease to exist. Then the Buda Clan could only rely on the food channel in the future.
Take one step and look three steps ahead, this was Zhao Hai's characteristic. He now knew that the Space wouldn't disappear for no reason, but he was still worried about what would happen after he died. Nobody could live forever, even 9th rank experts were the same. Therefore, Zhao Hai had to think about the Buda Clan's future.
Because of this, Zhao Hai thought that he should stay in the Prairie for a while and get in touch with the Beastmen. As long as he can get some big clients, then the Buda Clan would have a hard time not developing in the future.
After Zhao Hai dealt with the matters in the Black Wasteland, he went to the Rosen Empire. Although he had already decided to cooperate with the Calci Family and the others, he still needed to discuss the details of the cooperation. Not to mention other things, just the circulation of goods needed to be studied. Otherwise, their costs would increase a lot.
Being able to deliver goods in a timely manner and sell them on the shelves was very important for a store. Therefore, the logistics needed to be done well.
Currently, there were only two types of logistics in the Ark Continent. One was by water, using ships. The other was by land, using carriages or magic beasts.
Compared to these two methods, the water route was more convenient, faster, and lower in cost. Carriages were suitable for short distance transportation while ships were suitable for long distance transportation.
Fortunately, the families that Zhao Hai wanted to cooperate with weren't easy to deal with. Their families had their own transportation network, but Zhao Hai couldn't only supply goods to one place. Otherwise, it would be too inconvenient.
In the end, Zhao Hai decided that with the Buda Clan's current manpower, even with the addition of the Markey Family, it would be impossible for them to establish too many sales points. Therefore, he settled for the next best thing, establishing a few specialized supply points in the major cities. This way, the transportation and sales to other cities would be handled by the other families.
The Calci Family naturally agreed. They were afraid that the Buda Clan would establish a direct sales point, which would make them their competitor. However, there was one place that the Calci Family didn't put their hands into, and that was the Purcell Duchy. Ryan was currently in charge of the Purcell Duchy. The Purcell Duchy was the only place in the continent where the Buda Clan could sell their products.
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