After leaving the territory of Samat, Sui Xiong went to the territory of Geerteng.
The territory of Geerteng was flourishing. As the most important stationery producer on the Main Plane, it produced all kinds of stationery and supported the core industry of the territory. The stationery looked insignificant, but it could provide an annual income comparable to that of an earl.
Don't think that an earl was a big deal. In the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, there were only 14 earls in total.
The land area of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins was about the same as that of the United States on Earth. If Alaska was not taken into account, the shape of the country's land was also a little bit similar. They were both complete and big lumps, which gave off a somewhat stable feeling. In such a large country, about 45% of the territory and 65% of the population were controlled by the 14 earls and two marquises. The annual income of the territory of Geerteng was equivalent to that of an earl, and a relatively high income earl.
In terms of China, this place was almost equivalent to a province on the southeast coast.
Solely relying on the income from stationery to support the economy of a province, this was an amazing thing!
No, it should be said that a prefecture-level city could have the economic level of a province only by the income from stationery. This was insane!
The key to this was the God of Knowledge.
The territory of Geerteng was not the only one in the stationery business in the world. But the God of Knowledge was behind the territory of Geerteng, and the God of Knowledge was the guardian of culture and knowledge. Under the same conditions, people would naturally buy stationery from the territory of Geerteng.
It was like the arms business on Earth. Would people be willing to buy from a country that had fought many wars and had a brilliant record, and had military bases all over the world? Or would they be willing to buy from a country that was hiding in the north of a peninsula and had to import food?
Of course, there were weirdos everywhere, but the choices of ordinary people were generally the same.
In addition to the stationery business, another industry of the territory of Geerteng was herbs. There were many herbs in the mountain climate, and they could make a lot of money every year.
However, the herb business was greatly restricted. The God of Medicine clearly stated that he did not support the behavior of profiteering from herbs. Therefore, whether it was the territory of Geerteng, Garth City, or the territory of Keane, although the income from the herb business was not low, it was not profiteering.
Compared to money, the herb business brought them more connections and prestige.
These things were somewhat illusory, but in many cases, they were more useful than money. For example, when a big businessman wanted to choose a business partner, money wasn't that important to him. Reputation, character, and social relations were what he valued the most.
In addition to these two main businesses, of course, the Geerteng Territory also had many sidelines. They mainly focused on handicrafts, especially small industrial products, which looked like the "Yiwu Small Goods" that Sui Xiong often heard before he traveled through time.
Interestingly, there was also a wholesale market for small commodities in the Geerteng Territory. Sui Xiong had never been to Yiwu, so he did not know what the famous small commodity market looked like. But looking at the small commodity market in the Geerteng Territory, he could not help but think of the market in his hometown.
The small commodity market in his hometown was called "Zhaoshang". Although it was called attracting investment, in fact, it was just a small business. There were all kinds of things, from daily necessities to all kinds of food, to clothes, shoes, toys, and so on. As long as the things were not too big, they could almost be bought there.
Sui Xiong often went there to buy things. For one thing, it was convenient, and most things could be sold there. For another, it was cheap, at least 20% cheaper than the street stores.
The small commodity market in the Geerteng Territory was similar. Many wholesale businessmen specially came here through the portal because they wanted to buy all kinds of goods and the prices were cheap.
Needless to say, one of the key factors of the latter was transportation.
In this world, because of the underdeveloped transportation, the cost of transportation was very high. Even a stool could be sold for the price of a big bed if it was transported to a remote area. And the portal system that Sui Xiong built greatly reduced the cost of transportation. Although it cost money to use the portal, compared with long-distance transportation, people preferred this method to save money, manpower, and time.
Not to mention other things, if they used the portal to transport things, at least they could save a lot of money for bodyguards!
Of course, it was certainly not cost-effective to use the portal to transport large or heavy things — for example, large furniture, ores, and so on, which certainly could not be transported through the portal. However, it was quite suitable for small items.
In fact, the most suitable thing to use the portal to transport was all kinds of luxury goods. Therefore, Void City was the most important luxury goods trading market in the Main Plane of the world today. Here, any luxury and precious things could be bought — except those that were immoral.
Sui Xiong was still very concerned about the "immoral" issue. The Republic of Northwest not only did not allow the trade of slaves and living materials, but also prohibited things such as narcotics and so on. This was almost a high-tension line. In the past, many people were executed for such reasons.
But that was not the point, at least it had nothing to do with the Geerteng Territory, because that kind of business was also prohibited here.
Sui Xiong flew over the small commodity market in the Geerteng Territory, walking and watching with a smile. He was not proficient in business, but he could see that most of the people here were quite lucky. If he were to use the terminology of a web novelist that he had read before he transmigrated, these people were all very lucky. Even if they could not become rich, at least they could live a stable and good life.
The country was rich and the people were strong, and the people were safe and sound. With such an economic income, the people in the Geerteng Territory naturally had a good living standard. On the way, Sui Xiong did not see the hungry people that he met when he passed by this place for the first time. What he saw were all well-dressed people with glowing faces.
And he also noticed that the younger generation of the Geerteng Territory was obviously a little taller than their parents.
This was the credit of Olian Geerteng. She once heard that "with enough nutrition, people can actually be much taller than they are now." So she kept this in mind. After the territory became rich, one of her important measures was to strengthen livestock breeding, mainly cattle, sheep, and pigs. Cattle and sheep could produce milk, and pigs were the most important source of meat. If these animals were raised by the people themselves, the cost was often very high. But if the lord took the lead in raising them together, the cost could be reduced a lot.
After the ranch was stabilized, it soon began to produce milk and meat. The officials of the Geerteng Territory subsidized these products, so the people could buy them at a relatively low price. In addition, the officials constantly promoted that "with enough nutrition, a healthy body" and so on, so the people were also willing to spend money on this aspect.
The final result was that the new generation of the people of the Geerteng Territory was indeed tall and strong. They did not look like the people of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, but more like the barbarians of the northern ice field.
They were all tall and strong, but they spoke and acted politely. This wonderful combination was full of comedy, and Sui Xiong was overjoyed to see it.
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