Chapter 19: 'The Amazing Maid Chief' (Part II)
It's a magical and crazy city, maybe not all of the Sad Wind Lords are like this, but at least the current Winde City is more prosperous than most of the provincial capitals in the Koro Kingdom.
I thought it was a city that was much behind the royal capital, but after in-depth observation, I found that it was more prosperous than the royal capital to some extent.
The royal capital prospered because it was the 'royal capital', and the reason why Wende City prospered was because of the people in Wende City.
Baron Isaac learned through the nobles of the city that many decrees had been issued after the new Duke of Grief succeeded to the throne, although now as long as a nobleman in the Grief Territory knew that the actual controller of the Grief Wind Lords was the head maid of the Grief Family, not the stupid dragon.
But so what? the chief maid has done better than anyone else, and has never wanted to seize power, and has been teaching another heir of the House of Sorrows so hard that even the strictest knight cannot find fault in her actions.
And to be honest, many people don't believe that a black dragon with a chaotic nature can manage a territory well, and even the old duke at the beginning was not optimistic about his son, just thinking that his eldest son would be his daughter's shield, so that Edith could grow up in practice.
Looking at the situation in Winder City right now, do they have anything to complain about?
This is only a change in the past three months, and Baron Isaac can't help but feel a little worried at the same time, because the change in Wende City is too big, too fast, and it is suffocating.
Such a vibrant city, such a creative person, for Baron Isaac, a believer in the god of knowledge, this place is simply Gensokyo.
Only here can he see so many new things!
There is still no holy city under the crown of the god of knowledge, and Wende City may become a holy city under the crown, compared to the only floating city in the world, 'Cloud City', this place can be even more surprising, even if Cloud City has the largest library in the continent of Slo Mendes, in the heart of Baron Isaac, it is not as good as this 'budding' city.
Originally thought it would be a trip that was better than nothing, Baron Isaac didn't expect that this trip would be able to bring so many surprises, which he had barely experienced since he was fifteen years old - what a surprise!
Baron Isaac is ready to finish visiting Wind, no matter how many days it takes, they will rest here for a few days anyway before going back, and when the knight goes out to buy the supplies he needs for the return trip, he will take a good look around the city!
After lying on the not-so-soft bed, Baron Isaac smiled at the corners of his lips, looking forward to the arrival of a new day......
Or rather, he can't wait.
............
The next day, it was another sunny day.
Baron Isaac devoured his breakfast and hurried out, as eager as a young man going on a date, and did not even pack his clothes.
Today he wants to take a closer look at this magical city, although there are some suspicions of too fast development, but with the black dragon here, nothing should happen.
Cervantes Doig Screaming Wind, he had heard of the name of the black dragon, a black dragon that was extremely strange and did not look like a five-colored dragon at all, a rare hard-working faction among the dragon clan, and in some ways even comparable to the black dragon of the ancient dragon!
He had heard of the nobles, even His Majesty Krylov III, who wanted to fight the Sadwind Lord, but now that the black dragon was there, he shouldn't have to worry about the city that was full of surprises being 'destroyed' by the greed of the nobles.
Yesterday he went to the upper city, today he is going to the lower city, and tomorrow he will go to the countryside to take a walk......
Baron Isaac completely forgot that his mission was to keep Viscount Boggs safe, and he was bent on seeing more of this magical city.
There were many new things in this city that he had not seen, and last night he heard a few knights talk about what he had seen and heard in the Lower Town, and some things were also in the Upper Town, but he had not noticed them, and now that he thought about it, he seemed to have seen them in the Upper Town.
It was too extravagant to use magic to get water, even the nobles of the royal capital were not so extravagant, and they basically relied on servants to fetch water.
In Winde City, the servant's way of fetching water was even more convenient - 'piston pump', it seems to be the name, it was a compound word, and it was clear what it was.
There are also 'zebra crossings', 'speed bumps', 'bulletin boards', etc., all of which are novelties that riders have seen.
But Baron Isaac wanted to see it for himself and bring it to the royal capital!
These things are just novelties, and in the end, they are not very technical, and the people who invented them did not think to keep them secret - in fact, it is impossible to keep them secret, it is better to be generous.
Baron Isaac, as a royalist nobleman, saw these things that surprised him and helped the development of the royal capital, and his first thought was to bring these things back to the royal capital.
For many things, he only needs to see what these things are for, but he has not understood the piston pump, the principle is very clear to him, but the structure should not be difficult, but it cannot be disassembled, can only be watched from the sidelines, even if the actual operation is done twice, Baron Isaac is still a little ignorant.
'Go back and do some experiments,' Baron Isaac thought with some unconvinced, 'we must make this thing!'
A lot of things can be copied just by knowing the principle, and this is true of many things in Wende City, of course, there are some exceptions, such as the 'tax cut' that Al Knight said.
Using tax cuts to stimulate economic development is a very novel idea!
Merchants and caravans are usually circulating, and they will transport things from one place to another place to resell, and their goods are generally not the specialties of a place, but the demand of the destination, for example, if a certain place needs minerals, then the minerals are transported from the place of origin to the place of demand, so as to earn the difference, and then use this difference to subtract the taxes and money spent on the trip, which is the profit obtained from this sale.
After reading the bulletin board and what was written on it, Baron Isaac understood why the Grim Wind Lords seemed so prosperous.
Although this prosperity is based on the liquidity of commerce, as long as the owner of the Gyeongwind Collar does not raise taxes, even if the tax rate is only maintained at one-twentieth of the tax, the Gyewwind family can earn a lot.
When it comes to taxation, 'quantity' is more important than 'quality'.
The Sadwinds are not as poor as they say they are...... Probably not!
Not only did the specialties and needs be indicated, but most of the places of demand and origin were marked behind the specialties and needs, which made Isaac gasp.
It is not only to circulate business and money, but also to create a business network!
It didn't take long for Baron Isaac to understand the meaning behind these things.
He dared to assure that, as his little parishioner said, the specialties and demand for them were increasing all the time, and although the rate of increase was slow, the demand was getting bigger and bigger, and the growth rate was completely out of proportion.
The Grim Wind Territory does not have any geographical advantages, so it is impossible to develop like 'Gordon', and the prosperity of the territory depends on economic development, which is a very important one.
As more and more merchants came here to trade, the Grim Wind became an artificially created 'Gordon' - another commercial city.
Because it is backed by the Black Forest, the geographical location here is not too good, but when the business is more and more prosperous, then the adventurers who pursue profits will follow, and not only can develop the Black Forest, but also increase the specialties of the Sad Wind Collar - there are many precious materials in the Black Forest, and there are no buyers at all, but there are only so many people in the Sad Wind Collar, and it is difficult to develop the Black Forest, so the Sad Wind Collar was not originally considered a disadvantage because of this, but now it has been transformed into an advantageous Black Forest and has become rich and prosperous.
Thinking of this, Baron Isaac felt a tingling in his scalp.
That 'head maid' is terrible!
It only takes five years...... No, three years!
It only takes three years for the Sad Wind Collar to fully grow into another commercial city!
He never thought about this kind of thing, but he didn't expect there to be such an operation!
It's amazing!
Magical city, magical 'maid chief'.
"It's amazing......"