Chapter 305

[Shuangxue at the front desk of the Trade Union: Recently, the transaction price of copper ore in Honghe Town has fluctuated greatly. Affected by the increase in supply, the new alliance copper mine and sulfur reserves have approached the reserve limit. The purchase price is reduced by 10% from the benchmark value, and the supply price is reduced by 6 %, please pay attention to the risks of business players. 】

  [Charlie, President of the Traders Guild: Warm reminder, the Traders Guild provides employable NPCs with trade level 3 or higher, which can get you a better price in the trade. If you do not have enough confidence in your negotiation and language skills, it is recommended that players hire 1~2 NPC followers]

  【NPC followers with VMs will be your good helpers on your journey. Some of them are good at fighting, some are good at hunting or medical treatment, and their abilities can grow with you on the journey. However serious injury and death can result in their permanent departure, so be sure to keep them safe! 】

  Official website forum.

   Today is as lively as ever.

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

  Because of the early transaction time, they didn't even feel the fluctuation of the price, and they had already exchanged the returned goods for silver coins.

  Tail: "Huh? The price of copper mines has risen?"

  Siss: "emmm...it doesn't seem to have anything to do with us. When you discussed the price increase, we were already on our way back."

   In fact, she had anticipated that this might happen, so she kept urging Tails to hurry up, although in the end she was delayed a little by the team name.

   But fortunately, it was time for them to go. The delivery was completed just in time for the copper price to rise. When they woke up the next day, the price went up directly.

  Thinking of this now, Sisdu couldn't help but be glad.

  Fortunately, she insisted on cash settlement at the beginning. If she was given tickets at that time, or waited until the settlement tomorrow, they would have to earn at least 10% or 20% less on their trip to Honghe Town.

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

  Tail: "Not much, not much, just like hundreds of thousands! Hmm, another big step forward from the dream of a mercenary union! (proud

As soon as the    message came out.

   The post exploded in an instant.

  Father of Silver: "Hi..."

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

  Siss: "Cough... Tail said nonsense, don't believe it."

  The edge of the water: "I can't tell which is more outrageous for a while."

  The fleeing mole in the canyon: "Wait, where did the tail come from so many silver coins!?"

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

  The fugitive mole rat in the canyon: "Hey, **** it! Quickly explain it honestly! (Crazy

   Debt and big eyes: "I'm afraid there is an unspeakable PY transaction behind this!"

  Less bullshit: "PY trade?! Where is it?"

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

   Lost Mengxin: "Woooooo, rich lady is hungry, I don't mind!"

  Tail: "?!Σ(Д;

   In the end, no one could analyze where the silver coins in the tail came from.

   After all, this guy is just an ordinary sand sculpture netizen no matter how he looks at it, and he has no temperament of a money player at all.

  Siss, Sesame Paste and Rou Rou knew the truth, but they didn't show it everywhere, and Tail himself slipped away from the post after being educated by his girlfriend's private chat.

   Compared with the luck of the first batch of players who were almost picking up money, the second batch 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 one ton of copper in just one day.

   But some people are very lucky, just in time to catch up with the crazy shipments from major mining areas.

  As of a few hours before the announcement on the official website, except for the trading post in Horseshoe Town, almost all trading posts can buy copper mines at almost the same price as cabbage.

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

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

  The fleeing mole rat in the canyon: "Actually, I have always suspected that someone was taking advantage of the expansion before the start of the expansion. I have long thought that if there is a war, the price of copper and sulfur will definitely increase."

  Professor Yang of Lightning Dharma King: "Why didn't you buy some, buddy? (screaming teeth

  The fleeing mole rat in the canyon: "Hey, I think so, but this business can't be fun without tens of millions of silver coins."

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 100kg pure steel breastplate is 100 silver coins, and if it is pure copper, it is 1000 silver coins... Although no one uses copper for armor.

  According to this algorithm, one ton of copper costs 10,000 silver coins. The NPC warehouse reserves often start at 100 tons, and now it is said that it has reached thousands of tons.

  10 million silver coins!

   The silver coins in the pockets of all server players do not add up to that much!

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

   Unprofessional anti-man: "Damn, you say that, this price is NPC to fry up?"

  Irena: "The NPC in this game has something, and he knows how to cut the player's leeks. (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 entire gossip section, predicting whether the silver price of the new expansion will rise or fall, Ye Wei, who was sitting in the classroom playing with his mobile phone, had a helpless expression on his face.

   Mainly because these people are talking more and more esoteric topics, and he can't understand a little.

   "Are you tired of discussing this on the forum every day?"

  Professor Yang: "You don't understand! This is also a kind of fun! (Proud

  Ye Wei:  …

   Good guy.

   This is completely unaware that he is being treated as a leek by Aguang.

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

   But what this guy is smarter than other cloud players is that he flexibly uses the rule that "any form of virtual assets can be traded".

He contacted the players qualified for packaging and testing through the trading platform to register a company, paid for the technology himself, and asked players who were qualified for packaging and testing to help hold shares and produce inverters from DC to AC. 》played into a business simulation game.

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

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

   As long as you don't use the loopholes in the rules to maliciously brush money.

  Ye Wei thought about it carefully, although Ah Guang often made cakes 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. He has never cut their leeks, and even cut the leeks of cloud players to give them benefits.

  Thinking of this, Ye Wei couldn't help being moved to tears.

   Such a plan is too conscientious!

  …

   "Ah!"

  Chu Guang sneezed.

   "Have a cold?"

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

   "No, I guess someone is praising me for being handsome behind my back." Chu Guang rubbed his nose and muttered.

  It is estimated that it is a pollen problem.

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

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

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

   You don’t have to go to work on this day, you can fish in an open and honest way.

  In the rare leisure time, Xia Yan originally planned to sit on the sofa in the browsing room and read novels for a day, but was fooled by Chu Guang with the sentence "I'll take you to see a baby".

   For the first time, this guy didn't wear the iconic azure 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 when he arrived at the destination, he was stunned.

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

  The residents nearby were busy working in the fields. There were two-headed cows with thick waists and round waists. There were also several chug tractors running on the road, pulling cargo boxes full of bulging sacks.

  This is north of Dawn City and west of Changchang Farm.

  The scenery is not bad, but…

   Is this the baby he said?

  Xia Yan blinked, his expression a little confused.

All right.

   She admitted that this endless farmland is indeed quite spectacular.

   It was a little different from the tryst she imagined.

   She originally thought that this guy would take him for a walk by the lake, or go to the woods to fetch bird eggs.

   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 look like this in just three months.

   Following behind Chu Guang, Xiaoyu, who has been looking around curiously, has an expression like discovering a new continent on his face, and points forward excitedly.

   "A lot of green wheat!"

"Hahaha!"

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

   "It's not called Qingmai, it's wheat. Cakes baked with wheat flour are more fragrant than dry Qingmai cakes!"

  Xiaoyu swallowed unconsciously and looked up at him expectantly.

"Really?"

  Chu Guang nodded.

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

  After entering April, wheat will enter the heading and flowering stage. 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 fertilize the field to prevent pests.

  If these problems are not handled properly, the wheat fields will not only turn yellow leaves, but also dry out the tips of the leaves, and may even senesce prematurely.

   It is no exaggeration to say that whether the work at this stage can be done in place directly determines the grain output from July to August this year.

   At present, whether it is a refugee or a player, whether it is a contracted field, a resettlement field or a collective farming field, the seeds cultivated by the shelter plantation are used.

  Although the genes of these seeds are already excellent, if you want to get a larger yield, you still have to take care of them.

   Chuguang allocated at least half of the pot camel machines he bought from Jushi City to irrigation canals, in order to solve the problem of water supply.

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

   As for pesticides, the most widely used one is organophosphorus, which is produced by chemical plants in nearby industrial areas.

   It is said that the large-scale plantations in the prosperous era used integrated planting technology with integrated infrasound killing devices.

Although long-term exposure to high-intensity infrasound waves will have a serious impact on human health, the farmers of that era did not have to work in the fields like the farmers of the new alliance, but used smart wearable devices to sow seeds with one click, so There is no such thing as affecting health.

  The new alliance does not have this condition.

   At present, only relatively primitive pesticides can be selected to control pests.

   "Where's that over there?" Xiaoyu tiptoed excitedly, looking at another field not far away.

  Chu Guang followed her line of sight and said with a smile.

   "Over there, it's leeks."

   Leek is also a good thing. Unlike other vegetables, other vegetables are planted once or twice a year, but leeks are eaten all year round.

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

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

  Thinking of scrambled eggs with chives, dumplings stuffed with chives and pork, Chu Guang swallowed unconsciously, and already started thinking about the recommended recipes on the official website tomorrow.

   Just when his thoughts drifted away, Old Luca, the head of the farm, walked towards him, looked at him in surprise and said.

   "Master Manager? Why did you come here?"

   In the past few days, he has been busy with farming, and he has been in the fields almost every day, so he almost moved the bed.

  Chu Guang looked at the old Luca and smiled.

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

   As soon as he mentioned this, a look of joy appeared on Old Luca's face.

   "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 in front of the tractor and watched it chug forward, and the crops were all in the basket in no time!"

   Having said this, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

   "That harvester is so easy to use, it not only harvested the crops, but also plowed the ground again! We don't even need to dig the soil again, we can plant new seeds directly!"

   Listening to Old Luca's excited expression, Chu Guang's face also showed a happy expression.

"Great!"

   There are a wide variety of vegetable fields, mainly cabbage and cabbage, which are relatively fast-cooking leafy vegetables, which basically mature in one or two months.

The only downside of    is that these vegetables are not kept for very long and are mainly used to improve meals.

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

  Although they are planting early-maturing varieties that mature in 60 days, and they are planted to catch the tail in January, they still have a yield of two or three thousand kilograms per mu of land.

   Counting 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 solve the urgent needs of the new alliance.

   The player eats a lot, and the awakened power animals eat a lot. One meal can't wait for three or four adult residents. If you are not a human being, you can even eat five people.

  With these 5,000 tons of potatoes, Chu Guang no longer has to look at the grain inventory list, no matter whether his little players eat them steamed, fried, or eaten in different ways.

   Potatoes are good for everything. The only drawback 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 can either dehydrate them or make them into powder.

   But in this way, it cannot be made into seeds.

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

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

Use high-yield 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 support the harvest of wheat, rice, corn and other staple crops in July and August. This 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 attract more NPCs and recruit more players.

  Only then can life really get better.

   "...be sure to remember what I told you before, don't stare at one crop for a long time in the same field. After planting potatoes, you can plant spring corn. After planting leafy vegetables, you can replace it with rice.

  Although Chu Guang knew that Old Luca wrote everything he said in the 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 explained! In fact, when we worked at Brown's Farm before, we usually planted a round of crops and planted a handful of green wheat seeds. The ripe kind. We keep half of the harvested crops for ourselves, half to feed the animals, and the rest of the straw is burned into ashes and turned into the soil as fertilizer.”

   "This should also be considered a rotation!"

  Chu Guang said with a light cough.

   "Qingmai... Don't plant it on a large scale in the future. Although that thing grows fast, its yield is too low, and it will affect the yield of wheat fields. For us at this stage, there are only disadvantages, and no advantages can be seen."

   The most important thing is that it is unpalatable.

   The sour smell of oxalate would not go away no matter how long it was cooked, and the baked cake was dry. Chu Guang always suspected that it might have had a neutralization reaction with the alkali used in the dough to form calcium salts or something else.

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

   As for the wasteland crops such as green wheat and croissant, they are good for relief of refugees, supply of prisoner of war camps and pastures of tribesmen.

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

   It’s okay to grow a little in the pasture.

  Old Luca nodded seriously.

"I will remember!"

   did not interfere with old Luca's work, and after letting him go about his own business, Chu Guang walked around the ridge.

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

   This thriving scene is truly unstoppable.

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

   By then, the scenery on the north shore of Linghu Lake will be even more spectacular.

   has been following behind Chu Guang, Xia Yan asked curiously.

   "Did you spend your holidays like this?"

  Chu Guang made a joke.

   "Where did I get my vacation, is there anyone else who would rotate with me?"

  Xiaoyu 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 a vacation, I don't work 24 hours a day, so I can still squeeze out time for rest and gathering materials."

   However, it’s true that he’s been quite busy recently. He came here to take a walk around and squeezed out time from his busy schedule.

  The day of the Northern Expedition is getting closer.

   On the one hand, he had to discuss with the staff to formulate a specific offensive plan, on the other hand, he had 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 for him to do everything for him.

  Using AI to assist management is a municipal experience in the era of the People's Federation, but it is an unimagined path to be completely handed over to AI for decision-making.

  Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang in surprise, but did not speak.

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

   "Is there something on my face?"

   Xia Yan shook his head.

   "No, I just feel a little surprised... How long are we going to stay here?"

  Chu Guang guessed that she was not interested in farming either, so he said with a smile.

   "Come here to have a look just by the way... Let's go, the good things I plan to show you are on the North Street of Changchang Farmhouse."

   "Speaking of which, the market there has grown bigger than the market at the north entrance of our base. Let's go there for a stroll."

   As soon as he heard the shopping, Xia Yan was immediately excited, and the exhaustion all over his body was swept away.

   "I want to buy clothes!"

"purchase!"

  Chu Guang laughed and said.

   "The salary is paid to you anyway."

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

  …

   "...A copper mine was discovered in Yuanxi Town to the south of us? And it's a million-ton mine?"

   Department Store in Qingshi County.

  Lion Fang, who was leaning on the chair, after listening to his subordinate's report, his face with thick eyebrows and big eyes instantly filled with a surprised expression.

  Copper mine?

   Yuanxi Town?

  Is there such a thing?

   "Are you sure the information is accurate?"

   In the heavy snow last year, he stayed in Yuanxi Town for a few months and didn't find any copper mines. Why did the blue coats find them as soon as they passed?

   This is also a coincidence!

   Of course, it may also be that his subordinates do not have that vision.

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

   The looter who was kneeling under the steps lowered his head and said after a moment of hesitation.

   "I'm not sure...but I heard that the whole Dawn 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 is a copper mine.

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

   And most importantly, it is much easier to make copper than steel.

  The lack of steel production capacity has always been a problem for the Bone-biting tribe. Although they have taken over a large number of army arms, it is definitely not acceptable to always eat other people's leftovers.

  The equipment is enough for now, but at least you have to make your own bullets, right?

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

   Even if there are some capable people among the looters, fallen mercenaries, and bounty hunters who came to join them from neighboring provinces, the development of industry cannot be solved by a few people and a few pictures.

The carrier of    technology is people, and the basis of industrialization is also people, and educated people, but, as it happens, this itself conflicts with the "organizational concept" of the bone-chewing tribe.

   What they want to build is a kingdom of plunderers, not a kingdom of civilized people, and it is for this purpose that other plunderers run to them.

   is exactly that.

   Whether it is the Tooth Clan, the Snake Clan, or other clans, they have done a very abnormal job in developing industry.

   They managed the factory in the way of managing slaves. On the one hand, they used a large furnace to make steel, and on the other hand, they used the original forging process to beat on the anvil, and used quantity to make up for the inferior quality.

  Lionfang was too lazy to think about how bullets were made, but he knew the tribe 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, a trace of greed appeared in Lion Fang's eyes.

The plunderer's punishment for the spoils has always been whoever takes it down. If he can take over the copper mine in the south, he will not only be able to become a commander of ten thousand, but also have his own clan flag. .

   saw the greed in Liontooth's eyes, and the advisor Bernie frowned and reminded him in a low voice.

   "This might be a trap."

  Lionfang frowned.

"trap?"

   Bernie nodded.

   "This possibility is not ruled out... Those blue coats deliberately released news to lead us out of Qingshi County."

  Lionfang froze for a moment, then laughed out loud.

   "Just those blue coats? What if they lead us out."

   Bernie shook his head.

   "Obviously, they're not the same people they were a few months ago. Didn't you listen to the gods from the Dead Coast, they even have planes."

   After a pause, he continued with a serious tone.

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

   Hearing this, Lion Fang calmed down.

   Although he is greedy, he is not stupid.

  Black Snake's equipment is much stronger than his, and even has a powerful tank, but this can't pull out the nail that was nailed to the north of Qingquan City.

   But having said that...

   But that's a copper mine!

   Seeing that Lionfang still can't put down that copper mine, Bernie said in a deep voice.

   "The most urgent task now is to find out whether the information is true or false. I suggest sending a team of scouts to investigate."

   "In any case, we have to determine if there is one, and if so, where it is, and then we can plan the next step."

   "That's right! We have to figure out the situation first!"

   nodded in agreement, Lion Fang glanced at his subordinates, and pointed at the strong man with a big face and a round waist on the left.

   "Bronze stove, you have 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 was stunned for a moment, his face filled with confusion.

   Although he has copper in his name, he knows the copper mine of a ghost.

  What does a copper mine look like?

   But after all, it was an order given by Mr. Qianfu himself. He didn't dare to ask, let alone talk too much, and said quickly with his head down.

   "Yes, my lord!"

   (end of this chapter)