Chapter 305 Only when you are full can you go to the front line

[Shuangxue at the front desk of the Merchant Union: Recently, the trading price of copper ore in Honghe Town fluctuated sharply. Affected by the increase in supply, the copper mine and sulfur reserves of the new alliance are close to the upper limit of the reserve. %, merchant players please pay attention to the risks. 】

  【President Charlie of the Merchant Guild: Warm reminder, the Merchant Guild provides hireable NPCs with transaction level 3 or higher, which can help you get better prices in transactions. If you do not have enough confidence in your negotiation and language skills, it is recommended that players hire 1-2 NPC followers]

  【The NPC followers with VM will be your good helpers during the journey. Some of them are good at fighting, some are good at hunting or medical treatment, and their abilities can grow together with you during the journey. However, serious injury or death will cause them to leave the team permanently, so please make sure to protect their safety! 】

  Official website forum.

   Today is as lively as ever.

  The first batch of caravans returning to Honghe Town have returned one after another. Thanks to the strategy written by Brother Mole, these little players who were the first to eat crabs have made a lot of money.

  Due to the early transaction time, they didn't even feel the price fluctuations, and they had already exchanged the returned goods for silver coins.

  Tail: "Huh??? The price of copper mine has increased?"

  Siss: "emmm... It seems that it has nothing to do with us. When you discussed the price increase, we were already on our way back."

  Actually, she had expected this kind of situation to happen, so she kept urging Tail to start quickly, although in the end she still delayed some time because of the team name.

   Fortunately, they went there at the right time, and completed the delivery just before the price of copper rose, and the price rose immediately when they woke up the next day.

  Thinking of this now, Sisi couldn't help feeling rejoicing.

   Fortunately, she insisted on spot settlement at the beginning. If she had been given coupons at that time, or had waited until tomorrow for settlement, their trip to Honghe Town would have cost them at least 10 to 20 percent less.

  Makabazi: "Be honest! How much did you earn!"

  Tail: "It's not too much, it's only a few hundred thousand! Uh huh, it's a big step forward from the dream of the mercenary union! (Satisfied

  As soon as the message is sent out.

  The post exploded instantly.

  Papa of Silver: "Hiss..."

   Quit smoking: "Hundreds of thousands?! Are you talking about soft sister coins or silver coins?!"

  Sisi: "Cough...don't believe the nonsense of the tail."

   Edge paddling: "For a while, I couldn't tell which one was more outrageous."

  The mole on the run in the canyon: "Wait, where did the tail get so many silver coins!?"

  Tail: "Hey, this is a girl's secret! (ゝω·)☆"

  The mole on the run in the canyon: "Hey ghost! Tell me the truth! (Crazy

  Big Eyes of Debt: "I'm afraid there is an ulterior PY transaction behind this!"

   Cut the bullshit: "PY deal?! Where is it?"

  Makabazi: "Pass it on! The tail is not clean!"

  Milu Mengxin: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  Tail: "?!Σ(Д;

  In the end, no one could figure out where the silver coins on the tail came from.

  After all, no matter how you look at it, this guy is just an ordinary sand sculpture netizen, and he doesn't have the temperament of a money player at all.

  Sisi, Sesame Paste, and Rourou knew some truths, but they didn't spread them everywhere. Tail himself slipped away from the post aggrieved after being educated by his best friend's private chat.

  Compared to the luck of the first group of players, who were almost as lucky as picking up money, the second group of players was a little bit uncomfortable.

  When many people arrived in Honghe Town, the price of copper had already started to ride a roller coaster. Many people spent more than 1,000 blue tickets for a ton of copper in just one day.

  But some people are very lucky, just in time for the crazy shipments of major mining areas.

   As of a few hours before the announcement on the official website, except for the trading station in Horseshoe Town, almost all trading stations can buy copper ore that is almost the same price as cabbage.

   Investment needs to be cautious, and many fledgling rookies have been taught a lesson by NPC.

   The economic system of "Wasteland OL" is not just as sloppy as buying low and selling high, especially when the copper price suddenly fell later, many people felt that an invisible big hand was affecting all of this.

  Mole on the run in the canyon: "Actually, I've always suspected that someone was taking advantage of the expansion before the start of the expansion. I've already thought about it. If there is a war, the price of copper and sulfur will definitely increase."

  Professor Yang, King of Thunder and Lightning: "Why didn't you buy some, buddy? (Show your teeth

  The mole on the run in the canyon: "Hey, I would like to, but this business can't be done without tens of millions of silver coins, okay?"

  The price of copper is almost ten times that of iron, and because this thing is more suitable for processing into bullets than steel, it is not generally difficult to find in the wasteland.

  The market price for a set of 100 kg pure steel breastplate is 100 silver coins, and if it is pure copper, it costs 1000 silver coins...Although no one uses copper for armor.

  According to this algorithm, one ton of copper costs 10,000 silver coins, and the NPC warehouse reserves start at a hundred tons, and now it is said that it has reached thousands of tons.

   Ten million silver coins!

  The silver coins in the pockets of all the players on the server are not so much!

  This game has a loan function, but you can only apply for a loan for "production and business purposes" in the name of the company. Once it is determined that the use of funds is illegal, or there is suspected transfer of benefits in the accounts, it will be fined to bankruptcy in minutes.

  Unprofessional retort: ​​"Damn it, what do you say, is this price raised by NPCs?"

  Irena: "The NPCs in this game have something, and they know how to cut leeks from players. (Funny

  The fluctuation of copper ore trading price is only a small episode on the eve of the expansion, but many myths of wealth really envy many people.

  Especially now that there is an official silver coin consignment platform, not only players can participate in transactions, but even cloud players can participate.

  Looking at the posts in the gossip section and predicting whether the silver price of the new expansion pack will rise or fall, Ye Wei, who is sitting in the classroom playing with his mobile phone, has a helpless expression on his face.

  The main reason is that the topics these people are talking about are getting more and more profound, and he can't understand them a bit.

   "Aren't you tired of discussing this on the forum every day?"

  Professor Yang, Thunder Dharma King: "You don't understand! This is also a kind of fun! (Satisfied

   Ye Wei: …

   Good guy.

   This is completely unaware that he was treated as a leek by A Guang.

   I heard that there is a cloud player named "Working Warrior". Although he hasn't entered the game yet, he already has 10,000 silver coins in his account.

  However, what makes this guy smarter than other cloud players is that he has flexibly used the rule that "any form of virtual assets can participate in transactions".

He contacted players qualified for beta testing through the trading platform to register a company, paid for the technology himself, asked players qualified for beta testing to help hold shares on behalf of them, and produced DC to AC inverters. "It became a business simulation game.

  Although it is not something with high technical content, it is unexpectedly sold well and has received orders from many downstream manufacturers.

  The official website recognizes the right to freely dispose of "unbound" assets in the game. Although people cannot enter the game, the legal rights and interests in the game can be guaranteed.

  As long as you don’t take advantage of the loopholes in the rules to maliciously swipe money.

  Ye Wei thought about it carefully. Although Ah Guang often flirted with them, he was actually very friendly to the players.

  Other game makers treat players as family members, and only Brother Guang treats players as brothers.

  Thinking of this, Ye Wei couldn't help but burst into tears.

   Such a plan is too conscientious!

  …

   "Ah Choo!"

  Chu Guang sneezed.

   "Have a cold?"

   Xia Yan, who was standing aside, glanced at him.

   "No, maybe someone praised me behind my back for being handsome." Chu Guang rubbed his nose and muttered.

   It is estimated that it is a problem of pollen.

  Xia Yan rolled his eyes at him, seeing that it was not a cold, so he didn't care anymore.

   Today is the first weekend of April and her first day off for the month.

  As the number of players gradually increased, the work of the weapon shop became more and more busy. A certain black-hearted boss finally found out with his conscience and arranged a few more people to help her, and she finally got one day off every week.

   You don’t have to go to work on this day, and you can fish fish openly.

   In the rare leisure time, Xia Yan originally planned to spend the day reading novels on the sofa in the reading room, but was fooled by Chu Guang with the phrase "I'll take you to see a treasure".

   For the first time, this guy didn't wear the iconic blue power armor, not even the blue jacket, and went out very low-key.

  Xia Yan was quite embarrassed at first, thinking about what kind of treasure this guy was secretly planning to take him to see, but he was stunned when he arrived at the destination.

  Beside the refugee village, a tall red brick mill stands, and behind the muddy ridge not far away, there is endless emerald green swaying.

  Nearby residents are busy in the fields. There are two-headed cows with thick shoulders and round waists, and several chug tractors running on the road, pulling cargo boxes full of bulging sacks.

   This is the north of Dawn City, the west side of Jiujiu Farm.

  The scenery is not bad, but…

   This is the baby he said?

  Xia Yan blinked, her expression a bit confused.

All right.

  She admitted that this endless farmland is indeed quite spectacular when viewed from a distance.

   It's just a bit different from the tryst she imagined.

  She originally thought that this guy would take herself for a walk by the lake, or go digging for bird eggs in the woods.

  But at this moment, Xia Yan suddenly remembered that just three months ago, this place seemed to be a wasteland full of shrubs and gravel.

  It's incredible to be able to become like this in just three months.

  Following behind Chu Guang, Xiao Yu, who had been looking around curiously, had an expression on his face as if he had discovered a new continent, and pointed forward excitedly.

   "A lot of green wheat!"

"Hahaha!"

   Chu Guang rubbed her hair with a smile, and explained in a pleasant manner.

   "That's not called green wheat, it's wheat. The cake baked with wheat flour is much more fragrant than the dry green wheat cake!"

  Xiaoyu swallowed unconsciously, and looked up at him expectantly.

"Really?"

   Chu Guang nodded.

   "Must! Not only pancakes, but also bread, steamed buns, steamed buns and noodles that can be made from wheat flour... In short, there are too many ways to eat."

  After entering April, wheat will enter the heading and flowering period. At this stage, the young ears of wheat will begin to differentiate and grow rapidly.

   At this time, it is necessary to ensure that there is enough water in the field, and it is also necessary to topdress the field to prevent pests.

  If these problems are not handled well, not only will the leaves of the wheat field fall yellow, the tips of the leaves will dry out, and even premature aging may occur.

   It is not an exaggeration to say that whether the work at this stage can be completed will directly determine the grain production in July to August this year.

  Currently, whether it is refugees or players, whether it is contracted fields, resettlement fields, or collectively cultivated fields, all the seeds cultivated by the refuge plantation are used.

  Although the genes of these seeds are already excellent, if you want to obtain a greater yield, you still need to pay more attention to care.

  Chu Guang allocated at least half of the pot camel machine purchased from Jushicheng to irrigation canals in order to solve the water supply problem.

   The matter of fertilizer is a little easier to solve. There are a lot of bird and animal droppings on the edge of Linghu Lake. These are natural high-quality chemical fertilizers, which can be used directly after a little treatment.

  As for pesticides, the most widely used one in Changjiu Farm is a kind of organophosphorus, which is produced by chemical factories in nearby industrial areas.

   It is said that the large-scale plantations in the Prosperous Era used integrated planting technology that integrated infrasonic killing devices.

Although long-term exposure to high-intensity infrasound waves will seriously affect people's health, farmers at that time did not have to work in the fields like farmers in the New Alliance. They all used smart wearable devices to sow seeds with one click, so There is no problem of affecting health.

  The new alliance does not have this condition.

  Currently, we can only choose relatively primitive pesticides to control pests.

   "Where is there?" Xiao Yu excitedly stood on tiptoe, looking at another field not far away.

   Chu Guang followed her gaze and said with a smile.

   "Over there, it's leeks."

  Leeks are also a good thing. Unlike other vegetables, other vegetables only grow once or twice a year, but leeks are available all year round.

  And the most important thing is that leeks grow fast and can mature in more than 20 days, especially the most tender and fragrant leeks in early spring.

  After finding leek seeds from Vault 117, he had them planted immediately.

   Thinking of scrambled eggs with leeks and dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork, Chu Guang swallowed unconsciously, and began to think about the recommended recipes on the official website tomorrow.

   Just as his thoughts were drifting away, Old Luca, the person in charge of the farm, walked towards him, looked at him in surprise and said.

   "Master Manager? Why are you here?"

   During the busy farming season these days, he stayed in the field almost every day, and almost brought his bed here.

  Chu Guang looked at old Luka and said with a smile.

   "I'll just take a look, don't pay attention to me. By the way, how is the farm's harvest this month?"

  As soon as this matter was mentioned, old Luca's face suddenly had a look of joy.

   "3,000 mu of vegetable fields and 5,000 mu of early-maturing potato fields are already being harvested!"

   "Thanks to the harvester your residents made, we hung the machine on the front of the tractor and watched it chug forward, and the crops were all in the basket in a short while!"

   Speaking of this, he couldn't help admiring.

   "That harvester is so easy to use, not only harvested the crops, but also re-turned the land! We don't even need to re-digging the soil, we can plant new seeds directly!"

  Listening to the old Luca talking excitedly, Chu Guang also showed a happy expression on his face.

"Very good!"

  There are a wide variety of vegetables in the vegetable field, mainly cabbage, Chinese cabbage and other leafy vegetables that ripen relatively quickly, which can basically mature in one or two months.

  The only disadvantage is that these vegetables are not stored for a long time, and they are mainly used to improve meals.

  But that potato is very useful. Not only is it rich in nutrition, it can be eaten as a meal, and the yield is not low.

  Although they planted early-maturing varieties that matured in 60 days, and they planted them after the end of January, they still had a yield of two to three thousand catties per mu.

   Calculated on 5,000 mu of land, at least 5,000 tons of potatoes can be produced!

   These 5,000 tons of potatoes can be said to have solved the urgent needs of the new alliance.

   Players eat a lot, and the awakened power animals eat a lot. The amount of food in one meal can be as much as three or four adult residents, and even five people can eat if they are not human.

   With these 5,000 tons of potatoes, Chu Guang no longer has to worry about looking at the list of grain stocks, regardless of whether his little players eat them steamed, fried or in different ways.

  Potatoes are good for everything. The only disadvantage is that the water content is too high, 70% of which is water. If you want to store them on a large scale for a long time, you must either dehydrate them or make them into powder.

   But in this way, the seeds cannot be made.

   Coupled with the debuff of continuous cropping and production reduction, few countries will regard it as a staple food.

  However, when there is not enough food to eat, it is still very good to rely on potatoes for emergency.

Using high-yielding potatoes and vegetable crops with a short growth cycle to meet the nutritional needs of the residents of the New Alliance in spring and summer, and to support the harvest of staple grains such as wheat, rice, and corn in July and August, is the highest priority given by Chu Guang to the Logistics Department of the New Alliance. level tasks.

   Only when the granary of the new alliance is full of food can he absorb more NPCs and recruit more players.

   At that time, life will be really easy.

  "...You must remember what I told you before. Don't keep planting one crop in the same field. After planting potatoes, you can plant spring corn again. After planting leafy vegetables, you can replace them with rice. Rotate crops."

  Although Chu Guang knew that the old Luka had written everything he said in a small notebook, he couldn't help but remind him again.

  Old Luca replied with a smile.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will never forget what you told me! In fact, when we were working at Brown's Farm, we usually planted a round of crops and would also sow a handful of green wheat seeds. The kind that is ripe. We keep half of the harvested crops for ourselves to eat, and half for our livestock, and the rest of the straw is burned to ashes and turned into the soil as fertilizer.”

   "This should be considered a crop rotation!"

  Chu Guang coughed lightly and said.

   "Green wheat... Don't plant it on a large scale in the future. Although it grows fast, the yield is too low, and it will affect the yield of the wheat field. For us at this stage, there are only disadvantages, and we cannot see the benefits."

  The most important thing is that it is unpalatable.

  The oxalic sour smell can’t be removed no matter how long you cook it, and the baked cakes are also dry. Chu Guang has always suspected that it may have a neutralization reaction with the alkali used for the dough, forming calcium salts or other things.

  Since there is enough arable land, Chu Guang still prefers to let his residents and players have better food.

  As for wasteland crops such as green wheat and croissants, they are good for relief of refugees, supply of prisoner-of-war camps, and pastures for tribal people.

  He heard from the people of the Frostspear tribe that the two-headed cows fed with green wheat not only grow faster in meat, but also produce more milk than those fed with grass.

   It is still possible to plant a little in the pasture.

  Old Luca nodded seriously.

"I will remember!"

  After not interfering with old Luca's work and letting him go about his own affairs, Chu Guang walked around the field ridge.

   Admiring the lush leek seedlings in the field, the corners of Chu Guang's mouth curled up unconsciously.

   This thriving scene is really never tired of watching.

   It would be nice if we could get to autumn sooner.

  At that time, the scenery on the north shore of Linghu Lake will definitely be more spectacular.

   Following Chu Guang all the time, Xia Yan asked curiously.

   “Is this how you spend your vacations?”

  Chu Guang made a joke.

   "Where did I get the vacation, is there still someone who rotates with me?"

  Xiao Yu gave him a worried look.

   "Brother Chu should also pay attention to rest, don't be too tired."

  Chu Guang said with a smile.

   "Don't worry, although I don't have holidays, I don't work 24 hours a day. I can still find time for rest and collecting materials."

  However, it's true that he's been quite busy recently. He came here to walk around all the time he sneaked out of his busy schedule.

  The day of the Northern Expedition is getting closer.

   On the one hand, he has to discuss with the staff to formulate a specific attack plan, on the other hand, he has to coordinate the production of the industrial zone and develop the economy of the new alliance.

  Although Xiaoqi helped him a lot, it was impossible to do everything for him.

  Using AI to assist management is a municipal experience in the People's Federation era, but completely entrusting AI to make decisions is a road that has never been imagined.

  Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang in surprise, but didn't speak.

   Seeing Boss Xia staring at his face motionless, Chu Guang touched the tip of his nose subconsciously.

   "Is there something on my face?"

  Xia Yan shook her head.

   "No, I just feel a little surprised... By the way, how long are we going to stay here?"

  Chu Guang reckoned that she had no interest in farming, so he said with a smile.

   "Come here just to take a look... Let's go, the good stuff I'm going to show you is on North Street of Changjiu Farm."

   "Speaking of which, it has grown bigger than the market at the north gate of our base, so let's go there for a stroll."

  As soon as Xia Yan heard about shopping, Xia Yan suddenly became excited, and the exhaustion all over her body was swept away.

   "I want to buy clothes!"

"purchase!"

  Chu Guang laughed and said.

   "Anyway, the wages are paid to you."

   "Don't ask me how you want to spend it."

  …

   "... Copper mines were discovered in Yuanxi Town to the south of us? And is it a mega-ton-level ore vein?"

  The department store center in Qingshi County.

  Sitting on the chair obliquely, Lion Tooth, after listening to the report of his subordinates, his face with thick eyebrows and big eyes was instantly filled with a surprised expression.

  Copper mine?

  Yuanxi Town?

   Is there such a thing?

   "Are you sure the information is accurate?"

  During the heavy snowfall last year, he stayed in Yuanxi Town for several months and didn’t find any copper mines. Why did the group of blue coats find it as soon as they passed by?

   What a coincidence!

  Of course, it is also possible that his subordinates do not have that vision.

   He, the boss, knows best how stupid his subordinates are.

  The predator who knelt on one knee under the steps lowered his head, hesitated for a moment and said.

   "I'm not sure about it... But I heard that the whole Shuguang City is talking about it, and it even spread to Honghe Town."

  Hearing this sentence, the expression on Lion Fang's face became uneasy.

  Copper mine.

   That's a copper mine.

   No matter how stupid he is, he still knows that copper bullets are better than iron bullets, whether it is an iron-barrel rifle or an automatic rifle.

  And the most important thing is that copper smelting is much easier than steel smelting.

  The lack of steel production capacity has always been a heart problem of the Bone Chewing Tribe. Although they have taken over a large number of legion arms, it is definitely not acceptable to always eat other people's leftovers.

  The equipment is enough for now, but at least the bullets have to be made by yourself, right?

   In fact, it’s not that the Bonechewing tribe has tried to solve the supply problem by themselves, but there are too few educated people in the tribe.

  Even if some of the predators, depraved mercenaries, and bounty hunters who came to join them from neighboring provinces have some skills, the development of industry cannot be solved by just a few people and a few pictures.

  The carrier of technology is people, and the basis of industrialization is also people, and they are educated people, but unfortunately, this in itself conflicts with the "organizational philosophy" of the Bone Chewing Tribe.

  What they want to establish is a country of predators, not a country of civilized people. It is for this purpose that other predators run to them.

   It is precisely because of this.

  Whether it is the Ya clan, the Snake clan, or other clans, they have done quite abnormal things in terms of industrial development.

  They manage the factory in the same way as managing slaves. On the one hand, they use large furnaces to make steel, but on the other hand, they use the original forging process to beat on the anvil, using quantity to make up for the inferior quality.

   Liontooth didn't bother to think about how bullets were made, but he knew the Horde needed copper.

  A copper mine with a reserve of one million tons, and it was discovered so quickly, it must not be too difficult to mine.

  Thinking of this, there was a hint of greed in Lion Fang's eyes.

The spoils of the looters always belonged to whoever took them down. If he could take over the copper mine in the south, he would not only be able to become the captain of the ten thousand with this credit, but he would also have his own clan flag. .

  Seeing the greed in Lion's Tooth's eyes, the staff officer Bernie standing aside frowned and reminded him in a low voice.

   "This might be a trap."

  Liontooth frowned.

"trap?"

   Bernie nodded.

   "This possibility cannot be ruled out... Those blue coats deliberately released news to lure us out of Qingshi County."

   Lion Tooth froze for a moment, then laughed out loud.

   "Just those blue coats? So what if they lure us out."

   Bernie shook his head.

   "Obviously, they are not the same people as they were a few months ago. Didn't you listen to those **** sticks from the coast of death, they even have planes."

   Paused, he continued with a serious tone.

   "A few months ago, they could defeat the Black Snake without those things. We'd better be more cautious."

  Hearing these words, Lion Fang calmed down.

  He is greedy, but he is not stupid.

  Black Snake's equipment is much better than his, and even has a powerful tank, but this is not enough to pull out the nail nailed to the north of Qingquan City.

   But that being said...

   But that's a copper mine!

   Seeing that Lion Tooth still couldn't let go of the copper mine, Bernie said in a deep voice.

   "The most urgent task now is to find out whether the information is true or not. I suggest sending a team of scouts to find out."

   "In any case, we must first determine whether there is one, and if so, where it is located, before we can make the next step."

   "It makes sense! We have to figure out the situation first!"

  Nodding his head in agreement, Lion Fang glanced around at his subordinates, then pointed to the burly man with a big face and round waist on the left hand side.

   "Bronze Furnace, you have a copper in your name, you should know this better, take someone there to have a look, if you find anything, come back and report to me immediately!"

  The man named Tonglu froze for a moment, his face full of bewilderment.

  Although there is copper in his name, he knows a **** copper mine.

   By the way, what does a copper mine look like?

   But after all, it was an order issued by the Commander-in-Chief himself, and he didn't dare to ask, let alone talk too much, so he quickly lowered his head and said.

   "Yes, my lord!"

  (end of this chapter)