Similarly, over 40 million gold coins were also a huge sum of money in Ewentra Archipelago. Few clans and business groups could afford it. However, if the entire huge bear tribe could only afford such a small amount of money, it would be a bit shabby as a independent kingdom with 3 knights and a total population of about 20 million people could only afford such a small amount of money.
Zhang Tie knew that over 40 million gold coins also included the profit of about 10 million gold coins that huge bear tribe bet on him. After deducting this profit, it meant that the entire huge bear tribe could only use a bit more than 30 million gold coins, which was not enough to build half a capital city.
After hearing Elder Toles's report, Zhang Tie realized how poor these tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness were. Among all the bear tribes, iron bear tribe might be the richest one. Besides iron bear tribe, even huge bear tribe could only afford a bit more than 30 million gold coins. Zhang Tie could imagine how poor the other tribes were. No wonder the demon bear tribe and the other three tribes would be jealous of the Tribal Axis Railway. After being instigated by someone, they would jump out at once. They were all f * cking poor.
In this age, there were only two ways to accumulate wealth. The first way was the prosperity of commerce and trade like how Ewentra Archipelago accumulated wealth through trade. The second way was industrialization by increasing the efficiency and production of industrialization. Pitifully, before Zhang Tie came to Ice and Snow Wilderness, the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness lagged far behind this age. The entire Ice and Snow Wilderness was far behind this age; otherwise, it would not be called wilderness. If there was no prosperity in commerce and industry, where could you get gold coins — — exchange my wool for your herbal medicine? Of course not.
"I'm curious about how did the huge bear tribe accumulate its financial resources!" Zhang Tie asked the three elders.
"The huge bear tribe is located in the hinterland of the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness. Although Gozidari Plain is fertile, it's relatively closed. It's very difficult for foreign merchants to come in. Therefore, our trade is not developed. Previously, there were three main sources of income for the huge bear tribe. Firstly, our tribe controlled the trade of xiphodons across Ice and Snow Wilderness; secondly, we could sell some surplus grains each year; thirdly, our tribe discovered a large-scale gold mine in the north of Gozidari Plain; thirdly, our tribe discovered a large gold mine in the north of Gozidari Plain. Hermes Gold Mine. The gold mined from the Hylimes Gold Mine every year is enough for us to forge more than 800,000 gold coins! We also have silver mines and copper mines. The total value of the two mines is only about 150,000 gold coins a year... "Elder Toles said as he took out a gold coin and gave it to Zhang Tie.
More than 800,000 gold coins meant that he could mine more than 20 tons of gold every year, which was quite a lot.
After taking that gold coin, Zhang Tie saw a huge bear on its front. The pattern on the back was Mount Elzida. The lines of both patterns were very simple. The teeth on the edges of the gold coin were not fine enough. There was a line of Hebrew words around the patterns on both sides — — "Pure gold coin forged by the huge bear tribe with a standard weight of 25 grams".
Compared to the exquisite locomotive gold coins of Andaman Alliance, the gold coins forged by the huge bear tribe were not beautiful except that they could be circulated in weight. This might be related to the industrial strength and level of the huge bear tribe.
After giving the gold coin back to Elder Toles, Zhang Tie let out a sigh, "As I've made some money in this bet, I will bear all the capital of the Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Huge bear tribe doesn't need to pay for it. I prepare to spend 90 million gold coins to build the new capital. Huge bear tribe only needs to help me determine the location of the capital and decide on the best location in Costari Plain!"
At this moment, Zhang Tie was the No. 1 tall, rich and handsome man in Blackson North Waters. Because he had joined Gold and Power Law, Golden Roc Bank didn't charge him any service charge at all. All the money had been deposited into his bank account and could be withdrawn at any time. Besides this amount of money, Zhang Tie became rich in a split second when he made a deal with Senel Clan in Tokei City, the capital city of Titanic Duchy. Zhang Tie's wealth from Tokei City was still in the treasury of the palace tree, including 540 tons of gold, 14.68 million gold coins, 47.6 million gold checks, over 600 boxes of gems, jewelry and rare metals. Thanks to Senel Clan's thorough plunder, almost all the wealth of the entire Titanic Duchy was here. As it was inconvenient for Zhang Tie to take them out, he just put them in Castle of Black Iron. Zhang Tie's personal treasury had actually exceeded 500 million gold coins. He was really as rich as a country.
Among so much money, it was completely within Zhang Tie's capability to invest 90 million gold coins in Sacred Iceland Kingdom and establish his own capital city in Ice and Snow Wilderness so as to confirm his ruling authority and increase his influence in Gold and Power Law.
Additionally, after the construction of this city, Zhang Tie could make money in various ways. He would recover his capital sooner or later. The annual surplus of Eschyle City could bring over 2.8 million gold coins to Spencer Clan. The capital city of Sacred Iceland Kingdom that Zhang Tie built with 90 million gold coins should also bring him a lot of money.
Watching how rich Zhang Tie was, the three elders of the huge bear tribe became speechless. They didn't know what to say at all. Because the total wealth of the 8 bear tribes across Ice and Snow Wilderness might be less than that of Zhang Tie. Therefore, the three elders really didn't know what to say.
"The location of the new capital city is the Genqing Lake Delta region at the foot of Elzida Mountain near Marley River and Genqing Lake. This region covers over 80,000 square miles. It's surrounded by a large area of woods. There are some large-scale coal mines, iron mines, copper mines and silver mines not far from it. As long as we build two short-distance railways, we could connect these mining areas with the capital city and the Tribal Axis Railway. This region has a very good environment and a very broad development space. After the capital city is built, we could rapidly form a large area of towns and industrial parks in the Genqing Lake Delta region around the new capital city. Additionally, after the capital city is built, we could develop water transportation by using the water resources of Marley River and Genqing Lake. Marley River even connects to Lancaster Gulf in the northeast of Ice and Snow Wilderness. Lancaster Gulf is very cold; however, it would be thawed for 8 months each year. Therefore, we could directly enter the sea there. Ships below 1,000 tons could pass through there..." Elder Toles explained. Although nobody was richer than Zhang Tie across Ice and Snow Wilderness, nobody could be more familiar with Ice and Snow Wilderness than these elders.
When he recalled the scenery on the way here, Zhang Tie's heart raced, "Is the grey palace in this region?"
"Yes!"
"Well, the new capital city will be built in this Genqing Lake Delta region, including the grey palace. I will entrust Golden Roc Bank to be responsible for the construction of the new capital city. You just need to check it for me!"
"90 million gold coins! We could build a city many times larger than Eschyle City. The urban area of the entire city could cover over 1,000 square miles..." Elder Gouras sighed with emotion.
After imagining that he would have his own city in Ice and Snow Wilderness a few years later, Zhang Tie became a bit thrilled. However, only after a few seconds, Zhang Tie had forgotten about the construction of the new capital city. At this moment, he only needed to pay for it. No matter what, in Zhang Tie's impression, Golden Roc Bank had too many resources. There was nothing that Golden Roc Bank could not handle. As for the construction of the new capital city, Zhang Tie knew nothing about it.
Right then, Zhang Tie thought about experts. Heller's long-awaited voice sounded in Zhang Tie's mind sea, "Castle Lord, have you forgotten about Agan? He's the best architect. If you hand the task of building the capital to Agan, he must be very happy!"
In 1/100th of a second, Zhang Tie became slightly stunned, "Isn't Agan not allowed to leave Castle of Black Iron?"
"Agan could not leave Castle of Black Iron; however, he could help Castle Lord to complete the design and planning of the new capital city. As long as Castle Lord flew around the Green Lake Delta, I would tell Agan about the terrain of that region. Agan could then take out the drawing of the new capital city according to your requirements. After that, Castle Lord could hand the drawing to Golden Roc Bank!"
Zhang Tie really expected about the abilities of his three servants. Now that Heller recommended Agan to complete the design and planning of the new capital city, Agan would not let him down.
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