Above The Sky
Chapter 934 - 934 76 The Rapid Development of Xia Hui Territory 6000_4

934: Chapter 76: The Rapid Development of Xia Hui Territory (6000)_4 934: Chapter 76: The Rapid Development of Xia Hui Territory (6000)_4 These goods, the Xiawei Territory itself could not digest all of them, so they were resold to the Alchemy Workshops surrounding Nauman City to get cash, and then continued with infrastructure and commercial activities.

Of course, Ian wasn’t simply exploiting the Mountain People; he was also planning for their development.

The strategy was simple: take advantage of the geographical location to develop distinctive industries.

Inside the Bison Mountain Range, it really was not suitable for farming, even with three mountain basin areas that had good farming land like riverbanks, self-sufficiency in food for the Mountain People could only rely on new technology.

Therefore, there were only minerals.

In this era, territories with a large uneducated, low-end population that wanted to develop could only rely on selling resources to raise capital.

And it was indeed fortunate that the Mountain People had a wealth of mines in the Bison Mountain Range.

However, they lacked modern mining technology, often exerting a great deal of effort for very little return.

This was a restriction of the past Empire, but now, due to Marquis Barton’s activities, the restriction had been lifted.

Ian naturally would not miss this opportunity.

Fortunately, among the several Dwarf brothers that Roland brought from Falling Star Hills, there was one who was a professional in the relevant field.

Although it’s a racial prejudice in Terra that all Dwarves are miners and Blacksmiths, it is also true that the best mining workers in the world were all Dwarves.

Under the guidance of this professional, the Mountain People quickly established mining regulations, and the Xiawei Territory was also working overtime to produce the related mechanical equipment — for the first time in hundreds of years, the Mountain People could use Alchemical rail tracks and mine carts to transport ore instead of carrying it out by human labor.

Time quickly arrived at the end of January.

During this time, Ian once again felt the shortcomings of the Xiawei Territory, a ‘Barony’ — it severely lacked both population and talent.

Apart from Old Farrel and Roland, Ian did not find any other talents of great use within the Xiawei Territory, and both Old Farrel and Roland were actually not trained locally; they were ‘scholars’ who had returned from abroad.

This was why the frontier Nobility could hardly develop anything significant even after generations: all the top technological talents were siphoned off and retained by the Imperial Capital or other major cities.

Frontier areas lacked research conditions, financial support, and an academic atmosphere was completely non-existent.

Staying in such a place, one would gradually fall out of sync with the cutting edge of the industry.

Unless the local Nobles themselves became professionals and, like Ian, personally took charge of all reform and construction matters, decades might pass without any significant change.

For this problem, Ian could only attempt to further enhance his fame, create some major discoveries or inventions to attract talent; otherwise, it remained an unsolved issue.

As for cultivating talent on his own, what was needed was time — even he himself had spent four to five years studying the entire Alchemical Inscription system.

Population, on the other hand, was somewhat easier to address… Whether attracting some from among the Mountain People who wished to come work at the ‘Holy Ground’ in service of the Dragon God’s Emissary, or accepting those Western Border Refugees who were suffering from food shortages due to crop failures, both were feasible solutions.

As long as proper screening and training were in place, they could quickly join the bustling development of the Xiawei Territory today.

Of course, there were problems, but there were also gains.

Apart from handling various territorial affairs, Ian, who was optimizing the Iron Lord, received two pieces of good news from Scott, who came to report.

The first: With the tireless work of an Earth Ascender and a professional construction team working overtime, the first ‘Hydroponics Farm Tower’ beside Dazzling Lake had its framework built, waiting for his inspection to ensure there were no issues with the key structures so that the details could be fine-tuned and the construction of other Hydroponics Farm Towers accelerated.

The second: Viscount Tymo Decas had toured South Ridge and waited for several new messages from the Imperial Capital before coming with the imperial award, rewards, and a whole support convoy.

Accompanying him were heads of several different merchant caravans,

They were all attracted by Ian’s recent fame and wanted to explore investment opportunities.