Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 399 - 168: Formation of the Pharmaceutical Specialty (Part 3)

potions a day? That’s more than 1000 potions in a month of 40 days.

Territory Medicine

Su Li immediately asked with concern, "How are the effects and price of this?"

Dietrich responded candidly, "The price is quite cheap, only 50 Silver Coins. Of course, the effect is minimal, effective only for minor injuries."

"But luckily, the production cost of this potion is also low, needing only three Swift Grasses, three Falling Grasses, and one Calming Flower."

Silver Coins, that’s not actually cheap.

For a farmer, it would take half a year of work to buy a single potion to heal minor injuries. These minor injuries don’t include surface cuts, but rather injuries other than broken limbs and visceral traumas that could leave permanent after-effects, such as bone fractures or rib cracks.

Of course, don’t think this cost is too high, as hiring a Transcendent for healing, like a formal Mage or Natural Wizard, would cost at least 1 Gold Coin for a single treatment.

Only the followers of Shalya Church develop such ordinary potions out of compassion for commoners and the poor.

The only somewhat expensive material in its production cost is the Calming Flower, requiring just one piece, while the other materials, Swift Grass and Falling Grass, are widely cultivated throughout the territory.

These two basic herbs cover over 200 acres of the territory, and due to the powerful Wind of Jilun attracted by the Holy Purple Vine Tree, there are over 20 acres of Calming Flower cultivation. This supports the entire spirit medicine farm.

With over 4000 Calming Flowers per acre, producing these basic potions alone could yield enough for 160,000 potions annually. Despite the stringent production conditions for Calming Flowers, they yield two crops a year, which is sufficient to support both Shalya Church and the Dawn Goddess Church’s consumption.

Su Li remembers Vandar reporting to him that the territory’s spirit medicine fields produce an annual value of up to 1000 Gold Coins.

If turned into these potions, the daily revenue from potions alone would be 17.5 Gold Coins, amassing to 7000 Gold Coins in a year of 400 days!

This brought Su Li a sense of delight, as the territory gaining an additional 7000 Gold Coins in fiscal revenue would greatly alleviate his financial pressures.

Of course, the profit from these potions doesn’t entirely belong to Su Li, as he’s in a cooperative state with Shalya Church; he provides the materials, Shalya Church supplies the techniques, and the profit from the produced potions is shared equally. Furthermore, Shalya Church’s share is also taxed.

Tax reporting is impartial across all tiers; even doctors, churches, and hospitals must pay taxes.

Thus, a major portion of the revenue from potion production goes to Su Li, while the rest supports the whole church and hospital operations.

This actually indicates that the medical specialty of the Hesse Territory has already formed. Many industries are like this; overly high-end products don’t yield much profit, only maintaining brand value, while the massive scale of mid-to-low-end production provides unparalleled profits.

Take the [Tears of Mercy] potion for instance; it’s incredibly potent, costing at least 100 Gold Coins per potion. But due to its exorbitant cost and rigorous production conditions, opportunities for its use are extremely rare.

Even with Hesse Territory’s current capabilities, it produces no more than 7 or 8 such potions a year, with a profit margin of 7000%. Yet, its production limitation restricts its profit scale to a maximum of just over 600 Gold Coins.

Conversely, these ordinary potions can be attained by a farmer with some effort. No one can escape life and death, and any family in urgent need can manage to gather 5000 Copper Coins.

Su Li then asked, "Does your church have the capacity to produce any other potions?"

"We do have some spare capacity. According to estimates, our church monastery is more magnificent, and our output of [Tears of Mercy] would exceed the [Blood of the Earth] of the Dawn Church by 2 to 4 potions, conservatively estimated. If any Divine Grace descends upon our territory, the quantity of produced [Tears of Mercy] might even break 10 potions."

Su Li fully trusted this expectation that the quantity of Tears of Mercy would surpass 10, but he felt Dietrich was overly optimistic about exceeding the production of the Dawn Church.

Regarding the acquisition of Divine Grace within the territory, the speed of the Dawn Church was second to none. After all, Su Li might abstain from war but absolutely not from farming.

He valued farming so much, practically to the favor of the Dawn Goddess.

Moreover, the Dawn Goddess was particularly generous. Su Li felt the scale of Divine Grace bestowed by the Dawn Goddess on the territory could surpass that of the Sun Goddess.

The output of the territory’s [Blood of the Earth] potion far exceeds the usual level.

Su Li then asked, "Regarding these top-tier potions, our territory’s scale would be remarkable. Apart from this, does your church produce any mid-range potions?"

Dietrich nodded, answering, "That would be [Divine Comfort], a potion capable of quickly healing soldiers’ wounds and illnesses, soothing their souls, reducing their experience of pain and fear. While ensuring the production of [Hand of Shalya], we can produce 40 bottles of [Divine Comfort] each month. Each potion sells for at least 3 Gold Coins. However, it consumes a lot of Calming Flowers, needing at least 4 for each potion."