A strong manufacturing industry will be the heart of a metropolis, providing the metropolis with a constant supply of blood.

The Habsburg family had many businesses, mainly three: manufacturing exquisite carriages, exquisite saddles, and exquisite furniture. They had hundreds of employees.

These employees will use their wages to drive the prosperity of Pompeii.

The taxes generated by the Habsburg family's factory will bring tax revenue to Pompeii City Hall.

Of course, compared to a city with a population of more than 50,000, the energy brought by the Habsburg family is still too small. The time when Pompeii will really prosper will be when the hot spring resort opens.

Not only will the resort generate profits, but the profits will also be invested in the development of Pompeii. More importantly, how many top tycoons can come to the hot spring resort, Luther, Pompeii, and Lelouch, and how much money Bonaparte can attract from these top tycoons and invest in the development of Pompeii.

As long as there is money, Pompeii will soar to the sky.

Now Ludra has brought together the Habsburg family, the six families, and Alice, and Miss Amanda is just maintaining the current situation in Pompeii.

It's not a big development.

Good news kept coming. After Luther sent Mrs. Smith away, he met his uncle, the contemporary Knight of Solon, Mr. Lipton Solon.

"Luther, you've caused us a big trouble again." The knight came in a hurry and seemed to be in a bad mood. After being welcomed by Luther into the living room on the second floor of the castle, he sat down, picked up the drink on the coffee table next to him and drank it down, then glared at Luther.

Luther certainly didn't think that his uncle was angry, because he was a good man.

But Luther also knew that this matter was a bit too much for the six major families. If we use words, it should be described as bloodsucking.

"My dear uncle, how have I caused you any trouble? Isn't this creating an opportunity for you to make money? As long as you can start up the industry, Pompeii will not only provide you with low-cost industrial land, but also give you a piece of land to develop real estate at a low price."

Luther said pretending to be innocent.

Even the good-tempered Mr. Lipton couldn't help rolling his eyes.

You know, the six big families are living in a miserable situation now. In order to collect 200,000 gold coins, Lipton sold several pieces of his wife's jewelry.

Not to mention his previous collection of antiques, artworks, etc.

The Sauron family is now extremely poor, and can be described as eating vegetables and tofu every day.

Now, in order to keep Pompeii alive, Luther tempted them with cheap land and asked them to invest money to start industries.

Isn't this obviously an attempt to squeeze them dry?

They were still eager to come closer. When Mr. Lipton thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his teeth.

That's right, they couldn't resist the temptation and decided to do it.

The Pompeii family is a precedent. They borrowed 100,000 gold coins from Baron Patton, and played a big game, and as a result, Pompeii is now soaring.

If the six families want to keep up with the Pompeii family, they must be bolder.

"We have decided to do it and have found a good project. The only question now is whether Amanda's father, Mr. Morgan, can provide us with a private loan?"

Mr. Lipton asked unhappily.

This is the most critical issue. Without money, everything will be fine. Even if Lipton is killed and the Sauron family is emptied, there will be no more money.

Unless the castle is sold, but that is impossible.

"I have confirmed that Mr. Morgan, who is far away in Golden City, will provide a loan of 50,000 gold coins to the six families."

Luther answered seriously, and then couldn't help but ask curiously: "Uncle, what business are you planning to do?"

"Weapons production," said Mr. Lipton.

There is a corresponding blacksmith in each territory.

And weapons production is a highly profitable industry.

"We did a lot of analysis, but we finally found that we know nothing about other things. We only know about weapons, so let's just make weapons. And we have analyzed that if your Pompeii city is to expand, the guards will also inevitably expand, and the increase in the number of people will lead to the purchase of weapons. We also know that the Pompeii family has liberated many serfs before, and some of the serfs' children have been blacksmith apprentices for quite a while. So after the funds are in place and the factory is built, we can recruit them as workers."

Mr. Lipton laid out their considerations, and in short, there was nothing they could do except weapons.

Of course Luther knew about this, because weapons production was originally in his backup plan. Because the weapons business in Pompeii will be huge in the future.

In addition to recruiting more guards, after the Sabretooth Mercenaries established an outpost in Pompeii, he believed that more adventurers and mercenaries would flock to Pompeii.

They need weapons repaired and purchased.

Since it was a backup plan, it didn't matter if it was used by six families now. After all, what he was running was not a business, but a territory, a metropolis.

Luther has many backup plans, and the Pompeii family's current energy is not suitable for developing more businesses. It is never a bad idea to be greedy for more titles.

Now the six families can get a loan to expand their arms business and bring a steady stream of tax revenue to Pompeii.

Importantly, the six families were able to supply Pompeii's guards with sophisticated weapons.

Kill two birds with one stone.

"Don't worry, if I plan to expand my guard in the future, I will definitely buy weapons from you. But there is one thing I want to say first, the quality must be guaranteed, otherwise the deal will not be established."

Luther nodded seriously and said something like, "First treat the villain, then the gentleman."

"Don't worry, Luther. Although we are close partners and allies, business is business. We will make it very clear."

Mr. Lipton also expressed his opinion on this.

After all, we are all allies in the same boat and will not harm each other.

With the end of the conversation, the expansion plan of Pompeii officially began.

A mulberry forest farm, a future silk production base.

A ranch, a breeding base mainly selling purebred horses, pets, and hunting dogs.

The Habsburg family's carriage, saddle, and furniture business.

Six family weapons factories.

If we count the Pompeii family's Pompeii winery, wheat flour production workshop, rapeseed oil production workshop, a ranch that provides practical meat, etc.

Pompeii currently has many industries.

Although it is not enough to support a large city, it can at least sustain it until the hot spring resort opens in a dozen months.

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