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Chapter 1041: A Strange Wound

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"A vertically integrated conglomerate" Roland whispered

"What?" Victor was stunned "If you've any question about ain—"

"No, thanks" Roland waved his hand "I think it's an interesting plan, and it see it'll take you to collect enough funds for it"

Victor's eyes shone with joy "I knew you would understand it Please excuseblunt, Your Majesty If you were a reat Cha the king by co him to a merchant, but Roland understood that for a business someone's business talent was the sincerest forested by Victor rerated syste in the previous world where he had lived

He had never expected that he would hear such a detailed commercial development plan from a man in this world Compared to the conventional Chambers of Commerce, Victor understood more advanced concepts He planned to include both production and sales in his business He illing to provide technology, ee number of people, and be responsible for his own profits and losses

Roland thought that this ht also be an opportunity for himself

In the past few years, his doeed Most of the industries and projects in Graycastle were directly operated by the Administrative Office The officials had to spend lots of tiovernovernment's administrative efficiency

Since the officials' personal interests had nothing to do with the profit and loss situation of these "state-owned enterprises", they only worked according to the king's orders and tried their best to e of developoverndoh-risk projects, but they weren't suitable for all economic endeavors

Given these realities, Roland had only focused on developing heavy industries Neverwinter did not have enough workers and the Adh qualified officials to develop light industries

It was siive an order, but it was not always simple to carry it out Even if it was just an expansion project, like building another steaine assembly plant, he would still need lots of money and many trained workers

But now, he realized that he had another option

He could encourage private invests He had no reason to turn Victor doho cah it was a "foreign codom of Dawn, he did not mind it very much since its production depart a preliate of the castle "By the time you're ready, I'll be able to provide you with the new cotton seeds But I need to tell you so in advance If some day someone else wants to i for the seeds, we'll sell the seeds to theoods on the market as possible because I want to make prices more affordable for my people I hope you understand that"

"I understand, Your Majesty," Victor replied, with a confident look in his eyes "Merchants frodom of Dawn never dread competition My father always said that froun"

When he was about to leave, Roland stopped him "Wait, I've another question My hold six years ago Why did you do that? It was easy for you to not pay at that time, wasn't it?"