Chapter 836 (2/2)
Over the past two years, he had sold a total of nearly 100 steado of the establishment of Graycastle Industrial Co, thetwo or three units This output could hardly meet the demand of his own domain, but he still sold a part of it to Silver City He had been looking forward to this day
Such a scarce source of power is alible for the industrial revolution, but it was a sign of a change from manpower to machinery and of a new mode of production When everyone noticed the power of this new source of energy and wanted to follow suit, the change would start
He believed that this interest-based change was almost impossible to stop Its effect would beand proe the whole era
Today, Neverwinter was no longer like before The output of one day in an industrial park today was equivalent to one month's output in the past After the plants adopted three shi+fts, it would grow even e number of apprentices who had received ele into workers—they had never touched a hammer nor built a sword, but had learned how to useas the time was ripe, there would be an unprecedented eruption of productivity in Neverwinter in this era
Froaret's news, Roland seemed to envision that this moment was now not far away from him
Two days later, the Fjords merchants left Neverwinter with their selection of Chaos Drinks, and Barov eagerly went into Roland's office with a thick pile of books
Judging fro expression that almost covered his eyes, Roland knew that the results this tiood
However, after opening the statistics sheet, he did not linger on the deposit amount but instead focused his attention on the new arrivals
According to the agree, Sunset Island and Shallow Water Toould each provide 300 crafts the transformation of the paddle steamer in five years The wealthy Crescent Moon Bay was even old royals to purchase a steel shi+p with no sails Although both were aiy, Roland did not care about this and instead treated it as a bargaining chip—as long as they illing to leave their people in his city, he would be fine with giving the s
Therefore, they alsoto Barov's statistics, the nuht by the Fjords trip was 10 to 20 reed number Most of them were old-ti and carpentry, hence its intention was self-evident: Neverwinter did not prohibit technical skills fro mastered by other cities This meant that when the contract was completed, other than those ere treated as part of the transaction, the others would learn all the skills and return to the Fjords
Unfortunately, they did not understand the technical terms of the new era
Roland could not help but raise the corners of his mouth The people of the Fjords would soon realize that if they wanted to produce their own steamshi+p, they would have to buy raw materials, equipment, key parts and components from Neverwinter In the end, they would only be more dependent on Graycastle, like small countries without complete industrial capabilities in the modern world where he had lived
He lifted the quill, drew a circle below the total number of these tradesmen, and returned the statistics sheet to Barov
”Help the arrivals to settle in and call Karl Van Bate so that together you can make a financial plan based on what the industrial park is doing right now,” said Roland ”We have to build a few more plants”