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Chapter 263 Those Without Horses Are Not Necessarily Infantry
Flynn had built many defensive facilities in the Xiaoheishan camp before, as if he was facing a big enemy, and deployed heavy troops to guard it.

Those NPC soldiers greatly increased the camp's operating and maintenance costs.

But now, it seems that the safety of Xiaoheishan is much higher than what I imagined.

Perhaps, there is no need to deploy too many soldiers on Xiaoheishan?

If Xiaoheishan is really as safe as Niu Dingtian said, two or three NPC soldiers on standby 24 hours a day may be enough to ensure the safety of the Xiaoheishan logging camp?

If some defenses are withdrawn and the number of NPC soldiers stationed in Xiaoheishan is gradually reduced from about 10 to two or three, more than 100 grams of Mithril powder can be saved that week.

After one year, almost 10000 was saved!
This will greatly reduce the cost of the Xiaoheishan camp and greatly improve the economic benefits of the logging camp.

This thought made Flynn's heart skip a beat.

But in the end, Flynn self-vetoed the lowering of the security level of the Little Black Mountain Battalion.

Safe production is always the top priority that needs to be adhered to.

Flynn also didn't want to do something he regretted in order to save money.

Moreover, Flynn felt that after the opening of the canal, his earning power would be raised to another level.

If you have money, you have to spend it.

Can save money, but it's not necessary.

……

Returning his attention to the canal in front of him, Flynn seemed to see dinars flowing.

In this era, the cost and distance of water transport are far superior to land transport.

Most of the commodities in Tudou Village will have to be transported by water in the future.

Now that Tudou Village is open to navigation, a shipyard can also be put on the agenda.

Just now, Flynn paid special attention to the wood from the Xiaoheishan camp brought by Niu Dingtian.

Flynn confirmed that the quality of the wood was indeed excellent.

Not only can it meet the construction needs of Tudou Village, but it is also completely OK to be used as a material for making boats.

Flynn then summoned a shipbuilder NPC and communicated with the shipbuilder.

Because he is a junior shipbuilder with a weekly salary of 40 grams of mithril powder, it is of course unreliable to expect him to make any [-]-ton giant ship.

But now Tudou Village does not have sea transportation, and does not need large sea transportation ships.

Making some small and medium-sized merchant ships is more economical and more in line with the current needs of Tudou Village.

Under Flynn's special arrangement, the shipyard's project started quickly.

The first was the NPC, and then hundreds of workers were recruited and transferred to the shipyard to command.

Players also received the task of building a shipyard.

Players and villagers built a small shipyard next to the pier on Lake Como.

The high efficiency of the project made Flynn speechless.

In particular, the gradually growing professional construction team under the construction engineer Bilding performed very well in this operation to build the shipyard.

Although they can't compete with the players of perpetual motion machines in speed, the Bilding construction team with more professional technology and more detailed division of labor is not inferior to the players in terms of the overall progress of the completed project.

Flynn also observed the new shipyard with great interest.

In Flynn's view, the shipyard is not only a simple factory, but also the basic industry of Tudou Village.

After visiting the industry, Flynn estimated the production data of the shipyard,

Judging from the current scale of about 100 workers in the shipyard, 20 medium-sized merchant ships or 50 small merchant ships can be built stably in one year.

If it is to build small fishing boats and the like, it can even build hundreds of them.

With high-quality raw materials, Lake Como Shipyard should be competitive in the market.

A medium-sized merchant ship is calculated on the basis of 5000 gold coins, and the annual production of 20 ships is 10 gold coins.

Even for small merchant ships, as long as they are of high quality, a ship can be sold for more than 1500 gold coins.

After all, the quality of the wood in the Xiaoheishan camp is all about the quality. As long as Tudou Village can make high-quality wooden boats, it will definitely be sold well.

Old captains may quibble in other ways, but in the quality of the ship itself, no one will.

After a rough calculation, Flynn estimated that the annual income of the shipyard would be around 7 to 10 gold dinars.

However, the cost of building a ship is high.

Shipbuilding workers are skilled jobs, which may be cheaper at the beginning, but the salary will be raised later.

To maintain about 2 workers, including shipbuilder NPCs, etc., the annual labor cost is at least [-] gold coins.

Then the wood, nails and other materials needed for shipbuilding itself are also a considerable expense.

After a year, maybe even if the income is [-] to [-] or even [-] gold dinars, the actual net profit may be [-] to [-] gold coins.

Of course, [-] to [-] gold coins is already a very high profit, and it is definitely worth the investment.

Moreover, even if the shipyard does not make money, as long as it is not a blood loss, Flynn will be willing to keep the shipyard open.

Because the shipyard is not only a commercial factory, but also a military industry. In normal times, the shipyard can make money for Flynn and accumulate technical experience.

And when Flynn needs a fleet one day, the shipyard can instantly transform into a military enterprise.

A full-fledged shipyard that would serve as a potential military potential for Tudou Village.

This is also the biggest reason why Flynn arranged to go to the shipyard as soon as the canal was repaired.

After all, even if Flynn lived in a mainland feudal country dominated by land power, he still needed a fleet!
You know, Tudou Village is not far from the sea!

In the past few days when the logging camp in Tudou Village was in operation, the canal was repaired, and the shipyard was repaired, the tiger people finally brought good news.

The 500 mules and horses and 500 black camels that Flynn bought before finally arrived.

After adding these 1000 livestock, the livestock transportation in Tudou Village was completely solved at once, not only completely solved, but even overflowed to a certain extent.

For these new animal companions who came to Potato Village, Flynn deliberately opened up a new large pasture on the flank of Potato Village.

This ranch is specially used to raise large livestock such as donkeys, mules, horses and camels, so that they can thrive in a free and spacious environment.

Not only for growth, Flynn also plans to start collective internal breeding. If it goes well, he may not need too many imported livestock in the future.

Donkeys, mules, pack horses, including camels, etc., cannot fully satisfy Flynn.

Flynn opened up this pasture as a precautionary measure. Maybe one day in the future, Tudou Village will raise war horses on a large scale!
After all, Flynn is a knight.

And the knight must have a horse!

Those without horses may not necessarily be infantry, but may also be Chuan Sang.

(End of this chapter)