Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 801 - 533 Spell Advanced Study_3

Chapter 801: Chapter 533 Spell Advanced Study_3

The road to the quarry wasn’t completely fixed yet, but they couldn’t afford to run empty delivery trucks, so they transported some bricks along. Those that could be sold were sold, and those that couldn’t be sold were stored. After all, Gaven had promised to build roads and plazas for Anfield Village, and these bricks were bound to come in handy.

The Stone Stallion Inn hadn’t opened yet, but quite a few bricks had already been sold.

The Gnolls were professionals when it came to handling stone; the bricks they processed were uniform in size and shape, which made construction much easier and the prices fair.

The most critical point was that the nearest quarry was over a hundred kilometers away near Red Pine Town. Just the freight cost alone wasn’t something ordinary people could afford. Unlike at the Gnoll Quarry—where they not only delivered but also handled loading and unloading—it was the best option for those looking to expand their homes or build new ones.

The Gnoll Quarry was still a distance from making money, but at least it wasn’t just a money pit anymore. Gaven didn’t expect this quarry to bring him much profit; as long as it could maintain financial balance, it would suffice. By the time he planned bigger ventures here, keeping the money out of other people’s pockets meant he was earning.

The most affected in Anfield Village was Mother Gao’s House of Joy, which was now semi-closed. The entertainers, from dawn till dusk, were either inventorying goods or engaged in knife or martial arts training, and their numbers had significantly dropped. Mother Gao herself was nowhere to be seen.

Gaven’s collaborative project with Mother Gao, the Longroad Chain Inn, had officially commenced. Renovations, solely performed by Gnolls, certainly didn’t progress as swiftly as the initial renovations of the Stone Stallion Inn, but it still far exceeded a normal human pace. They had already completed the renovation of one inn in Red Pine Town and were working on a second. Mother Gao was there with her best subordinates, preparing to launch the business.

The goods prepared here were needed there, ready to be transported to earn modest profit margins. With their own inn taking care of lodging and dining, the project was profitable, although not as lucrative as their days as accompaniers. The nature of earning was different, and this was just a start. Once the five or six inns along the Longroad were all operational, even if no other merchant stayed, their own merchant teams running back and forth would generate substantial profits.

First, combining two industries could maximize benefits.

Second, as local inns, they could help gather business intelligence and even serve as temporary storage for goods, selling them off slowly. This provided advantages that pure merchant teams didn’t have; even with meager profits, more frequent trips could compensate.

The entrepreneurial spirit of these former accompaniers was fully kindled. Some were preparing to manage the inns, others were planning their own delivery trucks to become independent business owners. Some less ambitious ones remained at Mother Gao’s House of Joy, merely keeping the place running, but it was far from its bustling days under Mother Gao’s management.

And then there was the Deer Horn Pot Tavern, which had lost half of its waitresses to the chain inn project. Their bartending skills were needed at the inns. Even if they couldn’t become inn proprietresses, they could become important partners, rather than just waitresses.

The Female Mages of the Roinhein Clan, it was said, had been sent elsewhere for further Magic studies, due to the mass sale of horses at the stables, which temporarily eliminated their jobs here.

Later, Gaven made a trip to Nanklept, where the young Red Dragon was enjoying his complete dominance over the area. He had even rounded up some new Gnolls from the Sword Mountain Range, more than two thousand in total, and had even created his own Dragonized Gnolls, numbering more than ten.

With the help of various Spells and Spell-Like Abilities, the silver smelting production line in Nanklept saw a further increase in output, with silver mine production doubling to two tons per month.

However, in Gaven’s view, the real limit to this production line’s current output was still a matter of craftsmanship. Those Dwarves wouldn’t use over two thousand people on a single production line. To maximize this line’s output, he still needed to find suitable Dwarf Craftsmen to completely restore it.

Work at the Garden Farm was also progressing rapidly. Reclamation had nearly reached halfway, with part of the land already planted with various fruits and vegetables, showing signs of greening. Gaven believed that by his next visit, the whole Garden Farm would be entirely reclaimed and the first batch of vegetables would start to bear fruit. The quarry’s food supply would be met by this farm, achieving self-sufficiency and keeping profits internal.

Seeing over twenty Enlightened Trees handling oversized hoes and other crude tools assisting the Fae Race in farming, Gaven felt it urgent to custom-make specialized tools to maximize their large body types and strength.

It wasn’t just them; even the newly obtained giant livestock by the migrating army needed custom-made tools to farm on a large scale.

As for forging these agricultural tools, Gaven was not short of Blacksmiths, whether they were mercenaries or migrating settlers.

However, the kind of innovative Blacksmiths with significant creative ability, capable of customizing complex mechanical tools according to specific ideas, were still not available.

When mentioning such Blacksmiths, the thought always turned to the Dwarves. Contact with the surviving Dwarves of the Tesser Yama Mine needed to be advanced.

When the migrating army passed through the Komeer Kingdom, he would inevitably visit the capital of the Komeer Kingdom to discuss passage rights; he might as well resolve this matter at the same time.

After reviewing his enterprises in Anfield Village and resolving some newly arisen operational issues, Gaven’s focus completely shifted to studying Magic.