Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 496 You're so bad!

If we can't disband the students, and we can't cut costs, then we can only increase revenue.

There are two directions for open source.

The first approach is to focus on internal development, increasing food production within the territory.

However, Yaro remembered some scattered agricultural knowledge, and organizing it would take too much time.

They only gave Dylan one suggestion: to build a large number of toilets, to centrally compost and ferment them, and to use farmyard manure.

The second direction is to seek externally, which means earning money by purchasing from the outside world.

Perfect, bullet manufacturing doesn't require more than 400 workers, so some of them can be set up in a new factory.

The only questions are which factory to build, which finished products to sell well, and which to make money from.

There are also two directions.

First, luxury goods offer low costs and high returns, but require building brand reputation, which is time-consuming and carries the risk of losing everything.

The best target for luxury goods is not the nobles outside the village, but the small wizard families in the new town of Laner Village.

Second, daily necessities, namely clothing, food, housing, and transportation, have the disadvantage of high cost, but are easy to sell.

Aro immediately thought of something.

盐！
After learning about the price of salt from Dylan, Yarrow became even more certain of his idea.

Ordinary people don't know exactly what role salt plays in the body, but they know that not eating salt will make them sick and weak.

Although nobles could obtain some salt from meat, they couldn't live without it, as it was a crucial seasoning for them.

Because salt is so important, its price has never been low.

The price of 'commoner' salt varied widely, but even the toxic bitter salt cost no less than a silver coin per ounce.

Premium salt was even more expensive, costing about thirty silver coins per ounce.

The highest price was fifty years ago, when, due to war and the deliberate manipulation by nobles, fine salt even rose to 400 silver coins per ounce!

Even the finest salt still has a slightly bitter taste.

Wizard apprentices naturally have ways to purify salt, but the cost of salt extracted with magic is too high to be widely available.

If we can extract high-quality salt using conventional methods and drive down the price, we will definitely have no trouble finding a market for it.

They can even track 'salt-drinking animals', such as antelopes, elephants, and bison, to find unexploited toxic salt mines, making huge profits with no initial investment.

As soon as Yaro mentioned this idea to Dylan, Dylan immediately told Yaro some good news.

"There is a mountain of poisonous salt near the logging camp of Perrin Manor. If you want it, I will arrange for someone to fetch it immediately."

After asking for the exact location, Yaro couldn't help but remark on how fate had brought them together.

This poisonous salt mountain is actually right next to the Demon Tree Forest!

But on second thought, it doesn't seem so strange.

Wild animals will deliberately go to salt mines or areas with flowing salt water to meet their body's needs for salt and minerals. The Demon Tree Spirit may have taken advantage of this 'salt phenomenon' to choose to take root there.

"Dylan, go and arrange for people to bring over some raw materials as soon as possible. I'll have Hery study the specific extraction method later."

"Herri?"

Dylan believed that Yaro could do it because he was a 'mysterious and powerful wizard' who was said to be able to 'turn stones into gold'. Now, it was just a matter of turning poisonous salt into table salt, which would surely be even simpler.

As for Heri?

He was just a little beggar whom Lord Yaro had picked up casually a few months ago. Dylan even knew that although Heri and Bevan were both studying under Lord Yaro, it was young master Bevan who was learning the mysterious knowledge of wizards.

Heri only learned some laughable techniques for raising rats; as for wizarding knowledge, Lord Yaro didn't even allow her to inquire about it!

Under such circumstances, how could Heri accomplish such a miraculous feat?
"Lord Yaro, you must be joking?" Dylan couldn't help but ask.

Yaro said, "When I was at Perrin Castle, didn't I arrange for you to help me purify the materials? It's basically the same thing. What? You think it's difficult?"

Dylan hesitated before asking, "Then...why didn't anyone think of this before?"

“In the past, when an apple was thrown at your head, I didn’t see you react.”

"apple?"

Dylan didn't understand what Yaro meant.

"Forget it, don't worry about it. Just send someone to bring the materials after you've had breakfast."

Dylan was skeptical, but his purpose in rushing here was clearly not going to be achieved. Now he could only hope that Yaro's method could really solve the predicament of the Viscount's territory.

He skipped breakfast and hurriedly left the canteen, preparing to return to Lix City.

Yaro ignored him, eating his breakfast while continuing to fiddle with the wooden planks.

Judging by the appearance of the wooden board, it is just an ordinary 'Snake' game, and the graphics are very simple, much like a Tetris game console with a black and white LCD screen.

Even the way he moved his hands resembled that of someone playing an old-fashioned game console, with his left thumb constantly pressing the four directional keys, causing the long, square snake on the screen to change direction.

In reality, these are all appearances controlled by Ya Luo using '遁甲' (遁甲, a type of magical artifact), just like an animated film, modifying the display interface frame by frame.

It sounds complicated, but Yaro actually started playing it.

It might be partly due to nostalgia, but more so because the game is simple, similar to pen and paper games, yet more flexible.

You can tap the 'food' anywhere on the 'screen' to control the 'snake' to move in a 'straight line' or 'right-angle turn'.

Each frame basically only needs to handle two things: fill in the previous cell and remove the next cell.

It's important to know that the effect of '遁甲' (Dunjia) is that it can instantly construct the appearance of Yaro's entire body.

Just like a craftsman who can imitate traditional Chinese paintings, even if this craftsman can only imitate this one painting, it is not a problem for him to draw the simplest squares.

After a night of practice, Yaro had almost mastered the pattern of the 'snake' game.

This feeling is very subtle.

It's a bit like in my past life, when I was arguing with someone on Zaun using a keyboard. I didn't even need to think; I just vented my frustration.

To be more specific, it's about writing characters from a previous life, the difference between 'writing one character slowly' and 'writing a sentence slowly'.

When writing a character slowly, one will think about the strokes such as "撇" (piě) and "捺" (nà), and the strokes such as "横" (héng) and "折" (zhé) and "钩" (gōu).

When writing a sentence, you can just write down whatever comes to mind without having to think about the strokes.

The only problem is that Yaro has to control the 'Armor' to constantly modify the graphics, and also operate the game to collect 'bait', which has caused his game level to plummet. Even with such a simple game, he still hasn't finished it.

"Perhaps it can also be understood as not being proficient enough in this mode. Only when I can control the snake to eat the whole screen can I say that I have truly mastered it."

As soon as Yaro was distracted, the long snake on the screen froze at the edge.

No problem, let's start another game.

"Wow, you're so bad at this!"

Yaro: ? ? ?
(End of this chapter)