Shopping on the Mana Net.
Freiter had actually thought of this idea a long time ago, and when he discussed business with Josiah, Josiah had revealed his intentions several times.
However, Josiah would always end the topic with 'it's not time yet'.
This made Freiter feel uncomfortable. Today, Josiah had finally decided to announce this matter officially, and he had many questions to ask Josiah.
However, the manager of Noland's national reserve was chatting happily with Josiah, and he was sensible enough not to intervene.
However, many of the questions asked by the manager of the depository were also of concern to Fret.
"I'll create a website that's similar to the spellcaster forum. Every shop owner will be able to display their products on it, and they'll use pictures and words to describe the products they're selling. Buyers will be able to rate their products on the Mana Net after receiving them, and it'll serve as a reference for future buyers." Josh displayed a page that he'd created at the last minute.
The page was filled with pictures of various alchemy materials, with the names and prices of the items attached below.
After Josiah clicked on an item called 'Fire Lizard', he dragged down the interface to see some of the comments Josiah had preset.
For example, "Thank you shop owner for the fire-repelling gloves.", "A few died when you delivered them. Shop owner, you should change the container.", and so on, the comments section was filled with both positive and negative comments.
"Are buyers always the most honest?"
The manager pushed up his gold-rimmed spectacles, immediately seeing the advantage of Josiah's positive and negative comment system.
"Then how do we deliver the goods to the buyer?" He asked another question.
"That requires another system. I remember that Noland's Mercenary Guild has a form of mission, and that is to deliver an item to another person. However, after the Mana Net was established, every transaction is equivalent to a new mission. Mercenaries alone would definitely not be able to do it, and there would be huge problems with credibility. That's why we have to establish a separate service, which I'll call Express."
When Josiah said this word, there was a subtle sense of incongruity.
All of the businessmen present had experience in transporting goods from other cities, so they already had the concept of logistics, and express delivery was one of the branches of it.
"Quickly deliver the goods to the buyer?"
The person in charge of the depository noticed that there was a "shipping address" column on the webpage behind Josiah.
But in the next second, he looked at the grey-robed man sitting at the front and the owl perched on his shoulder.
"It's very similar to sending letters," he said.
"That's why owls who are familiar with the streets of Noland can also become couriers. However, humans are still needed to receive the goods."
When Josiah said that, the owl on the man's shoulder cooed as if it was saying, "I found another job!"
Ever since the emergence of the Mana Net, the frequency of communication between Noland's citizens rapidly declined, causing a large group of owls in Noland to lose their jobs.
What surprised Josiah was that the owls in this world were birds of prey, especially the ones raised by the grey-robed man.
In the past, Josiah had seen with his own eyes an owl easily lift a grown man with a single claw.
Such terrifying strength could handle the transportation of most parcels.
"Noland has its own mail transportation system," the grey-robed man finally said, "There's no problem with the express delivery that you mentioned, Josiah."
"Alright. Do you have any other questions?"
Josiah felt that this pie in the sky meeting might last for a while.
… …
Afternoon.
"It's a terrifying plan."
The Prophet said to Josiah as she sat in the back of the magic carriage.
She had just finished listening to Josiah's description of the "future of the Mana Net". Even though she already knew about the Mana Net shopping plan, listening to it again in detail, the Prophet could only be described as terrifying.
After all, it would completely change the way of life of intelligent creatures.
"I hope the higher-ups in Noland are willing to cooperate. I've already conveyed my message."
Josiah was flipping through a thick bill that the Prophet had sorted out and handed to Josiah.
It recorded the resources and construction projects of the Realm of Devils in the recent period.
Although it was a very detailed list, Josiah could only understand the gist of it. The data on it was too complicated.
"Has the food shortage in the Realm of Devils been solved?" Josiah put away the bill and chose to ask the Prophet directly.
"The dead fields around the capital still show no signs of recovery. Her Highness Cersei led some people to the territory of the Water Elemental Lord to reclaim new land. The current situation is good, and with the alchemy potions, we should be able to welcome the first harvest in two months."
What the Prophet said was not classified information, so even though Frit was sitting in the passenger seat, she had no intention of hiding anything.
"Two months … Looks like I don't need to worry about the Realm of Devils for the time being."
Josiah roughly understood why the human population of this world expanded so quickly.
The efficiency of alchemy potions was far more terrifying than fertilizers.
Josiah could only provide funds and technology for the matters of the Realm of Devils, and the rest of the management could only be left to his elder sister.
"Mr. Frit, I have something to entrust you with," Josiah said to Frit, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"What's the matter?" The merchant had already regarded Josiah as an indispensable partner.
Frit had never forgotten how he sat in the position of the owner of the number one chamber of commerce in Noland.
"I want to entrust you to build an alchemy factory on the other side of the River of Gears. The product is this."
Josiah texted the merchant a picture.
"A magitek machine that can record images?"
Frit recognized the function of the magitek machine in the picture at a glance. He'd tried to buy the patent from the Knight Of The White Thorn the first time he'd watched the movie.
"My simplified version, or should I say … the civilian version."
Josiah had already tested the speed of the Weave the day he'd taken root in the World Tree.
The Weave had already reached a stage where people could watch videos online.
After the Weave had developed to this level, Josiah felt that there was no need to make the ability to record images only his.
"Of course! I'll go to Gear Street tomorrow to choose a location. "
Although he didn't get the patent for the camera, getting the production authorization was enough to make Frit happy for a while.
"As soon as possible."
Josiah glanced at the interface of the Weave in front of him. The Weave's growth seemed a little too fast to Josiah. It hadn't even been a year since the advent of television, and they'd already started building a video website.
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