Although this city is near the royal capital and seems to be in a good location, it is precisely because it is near the royal capital that all the orcs go to live in the royal capital. Anyway, the housing prices and prices in the royal capital are not expensive. Who would stay here when there are better options?

This place is basically used as a warehouse and the level of economic development is very low.

When King Nebet suggested using the small town as collateral with a try-it attitude, Shu Daqiang agreed without much thought.

After repeated confirmation, Shu Daqiang was indeed not joking. After he agreed to use this small town that didn't even have a name as collateral, King Nebet signed the agreement without saying a word.

The profits generated by this city in a year may not be as much as the interest on a loan for one month, so there is absolutely no problem in renting this city to the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce for a hundred years.

Of course, this is also subject to certain conditions.

For example, although the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce has absolute freedom in this city and does not even have to pay taxes to the king, it cannot recruit soldiers on a large scale. It can only recruit some people on a small scale.

After all, King Nebet was afraid that the other party would retaliate after it grew stronger. Although the other party looked harmless, he still had to take precautions.

In response to this, Shu Daqiang said that of course there was no problem.

He came here to do business, not to fight, so why did he recruit so many soldiers?

However, necessary security measures must be taken. It's not that he doesn't trust King Nebet, but he doesn't trust other people. In the future, when others see the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce making a lot of money here, they will definitely be jealous, so we have to be on guard.

After the matter was almost settled, King Nebet gave instructions that from now on, this small town belonged to the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce.

The supplies that Nebet bought with a loan of one million gold coins were already on the way, so he just had to wait. After Shu Daqiang arranged the matters of the Red Leaf Bank, he went to this unknown little town.

This small town actually does not have no name, but because it has too many names and no unified name, it eventually became an unknown town.

The first thing Shu Daqiang did when he came here was to give the city a new name.

"New Town. What's that name?"

Shu Daqiang turned his head and asked.

The person next to him was the orc captain who first met Shu Daqiang and his men, named Machi. In order to make it easier for Shu Daqiang to work, King Bennett sent Machi to be by Shu Daqiang's side.

"Yes, that's a good name!"

March nodded immediately in agreement.

In fact, he thought that it would be better for him to choose the name himself, but there was nothing he could do about it, because the other person was a favorite of His Majesty the King.

By the way, he not only deposited a lot of money in Hongye Bank, but also bought insurance from Hongye Bank. He had a good impression of Shu Daqiang.

Hearing the compliment, Shu Daqiang was very proud. Zhang Feng would not ask about these trivial matters. It all depends on him to perform. Since the local Ma Qi has already suggested a name, then there will be no problem.

Zhang Feng had already planned the purpose of this "new city".

The idea is not to build a grand city, but to turn this place into a factory in the orc world.

In the orc kingdom, resources may be scarce, but the population is really large. It is hard for Zhang Feng to understand how such a barren place can be so fertile.

But this is a very good innate condition for Zhang Feng.

Because compared with humans, orcs are much stronger in both strength and endurance.

996, 007, etc., are no big deal. As long as you have enough food, you can work three days and three nights straight without any problem.

Therefore, such high-quality labor would be wasted if it is not used.

Zhang Feng wanted to influence or even control the orc kingdom economically, but banks alone were not enough, he needed real industries. Danga was the first stop for his experiment.

The name change of the new city did not cause much of a stir. Now the Red Leaf Bank had spread throughout Danga, and people from other cities were rushing to the capital, some wanting to save money, and many more wanting to take out loans. After all, war could come at any time, and the more weapons they had, the more chances they had of winning.

But soon, the new city came into everyone's sight.

Because the new city has started recruiting workers at high prices.

If we want to turn this place into a factory, we must first build the infrastructure. Although Xiong Ba brought a group of people with him before, those people are still far from enough. Moreover, the factory does not need construction workers with very high skills, as long as the skills are similar and there are enough of them, it will be fine.

It took a full three days to recruit workers.

Even King Nebet was a little shocked. He used the price given by Shu Daqiang to make a preliminary calculation. In the next month, Shu Daqiang estimated that he would have to pay a salary of 500,000 gold coins, plus the purchase of some raw materials such as stones and wood, which would cost more than a million gold coins! This is really a big project! At this moment, King Nebet even had some bad thoughts in his mind.

The Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce is so rich, if...

Quickly, he shook his head and killed this dangerous thought.

The other party didn't even blink an eye at a million gold coins, and could even lend him a million gold coins without interest. This kind of force, even if it is not the Sirius Empire, is probably similar to the Sirius Empire. If you dare to challenge their ideology, you are seeking death!

The reason why his Danga country has been able to exist for so long is because of his caution! Nebet made up his mind that he must maintain enough respect for the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce and restrain his subordinates, and never provoke them without reason.

However, what Nebet didn't know was that the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce actually used the money from the "Red Leaf Bank Danga Branch".

In other words, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce used the money of the orcs from the Danga Kingdom to pay their salaries.

After these orcs receive their salaries, they deposit them in Red Leaf Bank. It can be said that this forms a perfect closed loop.

As long as they don't withdraw all their deposits, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce will have a steady supply of funds.

Of course, this does not mean that the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce has completely made a profit without creating any value. On the contrary, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce is using the money of the orcs of Danga to help them with construction, and the ultimate goal is good.

If nothing unexpected happens, this will definitely be a win-win situation.

Because there was enough money given, the construction of the new city was extremely fast even without machines such as steam engines.

In just one month, the entire new city was completely transformed.

The wide and clean roads and the tall and beautiful buildings are completely different from the nearby Wangdu.

After the construction of the new city was completed, King Bennett came to take a look. For a moment, he suddenly felt a little jealous of the orcs in the new city.

They actually live in such a nice place! To put it in a positive way, this new city looks better than the capital except that it is not as big and has not as many people as the capital. Even King Nebet thinks that his palace built with countless stones is not as beautiful as the houses here.

With mixed emotions, Nebet left, and Duke Raman stayed.

He is different from King Nebet. The king needs to stay in the capital and cannot go out casually, especially at times like this. He cannot be in an emergency where others cannot find him.

But he is different, he is just an ordinary duke and can go wherever he wants.

After seeing the renovated new city, Raman immediately made up his mind that he would live in the new city!

In addition to the fact that this place looks beautiful, Raman also likes it because of its comprehensive functions.

There are small shops selling all kinds of sundries, pubs specializing in fine wine, supermarkets selling food, etc. This kind of well-planned and orderly place is so convenient! When Shu Daqiang saw that Raman actually wanted to settle here, he couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Is this city good? Isn't this the most basic thing?

This was built entirely in accordance with Lord Zhang Feng's lowest standards, and can only guarantee certain functions, but it has nothing to do with beauty.

However, Shu Daqiang did not refuse. Since Raman was willing to live here, let him stay. It would also be a good opportunity to advertise.

During these days, Shu Daqiang also learned that in this orc country, which Bennett called the Orc Continent, most of the resources are extremely scarce.

Especially food and grain. Due to the harsh climate, the survival rate of these crops is very low. Even if they survive in the end, the output is very small. In addition, the orcs have a big appetite, so the food here is even less.

However, there is one thing that is different from humans. Perhaps it is because of their larger size. Although orcs can eat, they can also go hungry. Humans may starve to death if they don't eat for a few days, but for orcs, they may eat once every half a month or even a month.

This is why these orcs are so thin, they are completely hungry.

In addition to food, water resources here are also relatively scarce. I heard that the largest freshwater lake here is occupied by the Sirius Empire, and orcs from other countries are not allowed to use it. This has resulted in many orcs having no suitable fresh water.

Of course, due to the year-round accumulation of snow, the melted snow can be drunk, but for some reason, this clean and white snow, once melted, is full of dirt. Drinking it will make you sick, even with the orcs' strong physique.

In addition to food and water, there is one resource that is relatively abundant here, and that is ore.

How many are there? Even this small new town that no one loved before is surrounded by more than a dozen mining areas.

Such as iron ore, copper ore, lead ore, clay ore and so on.

But these mines are useless to the orcs.

Except for gold and silver mines, other minerals are rarely mined unless the scale is particularly large.

Even the copper mines that serve as the raw materials for copper coins have no one willing to develop them.

The reason is simple. The cost of mining copper mines may be higher than the copper coins obtained in the end! Except for gold and silver mines, which will not lose money, the others are basically losses.

Of course, if the mine is large enough to be mined continuously for dozens or hundreds of years, there is still some profit to be made, but the problem is that such large mines have been occupied by the Sirius Empire! The few remaining ones have also been divided up by other countries, such as the Danga Kingdom, which has many mines, but they are all small mines that are worthless and a pity to abandon, and there is no large mine in the strict sense.

Small mines don't make money, so naturally no orcs are willing to work there.

In fact, Shu Daqiang didn't want these mines either, because they were too small and couldn't maximize the profits, but Zhang Feng told him that he couldn't just look at the short-term gains and losses.

If we want to build a new city now, we can only start with these small mines. We have no choice. When the new city becomes bigger in the future, we can buy large mines from other orcs or even from the Sirius Empire.

Zhang Feng believes that as long as the price is right, no one will refuse.

As for the problem that these small mines cannot make money, it is not within Zhang Feng's consideration at all.

Through the information brought by Shu Daqiang, Zhang Feng knew that the reason why these orcs could not make a profit from these small mines was nothing more than those reasons.

One is that the smelting method is backward, with high consumption and low output.

Another problem is that there is no reasonable method of mining. People work very hard but not much is mined.

However, these problems are only minor problems for Zhang Feng. He has rich experience in mining and can solve them easily.

So, Zhang Feng asked Shu Daqiang to take all the nearby mines first, regardless of whether they were worth mining or not.

When Nebet heard that Shu Daqiang actually wanted to do mining business, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

If these mines are mined, it will definitely be a good thing for Danga because it will create many jobs. Judging from the previous practices of the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce, they are generous and can definitely improve the living conditions of some orcs.

But from the perspective of the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce, what if they find out that mining these mines is not profitable and they don't want to play anymore? Nebet doesn't want such a strong partner to leave.

Therefore, Nebett thought of a compromise - all the mines that the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce was interested in would be sold to them at a low price!

These mines are actually not valuable. Nebet wants to make a good impression on the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce.

Shu Daqiang naturally did not refuse this. He was hoping for a bargain and the more he could save, the better.

Soon, all the mines near the royal capital, no matter how big or small, as long as no one was mining them, were assigned to the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce, and Shu Daqiang began recruiting people again.

This time we are recruiting miners.

Similar to construction workers, mining is not difficult for orcs. It is nothing more than digging ore and carrying it up on their backs.

Therefore, after hearing that the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce was recruiting miners, those who had tasted the sweetness before quickly started to sign up. Those who had missed out before would never allow this opportunity to be missed again.

Shu Daqiang was recruiting people while researching minerals.

He needs to explore all these mines, and then tell Zhang Feng the news, and let Zhang Feng make the decision.

Soon, news of Shu Daqiang reached Hongye City.

"...Sir, in addition to these mines, I also found a very strange mine. This mine contains some black, sticky liquid that smells bad. I don't know what it is, but it can burn. The orcs here call it black oil. They all take these things back and burn them as firewood..."