In the southern sea and the North Island, seagulls flapped their wings and cooed happily over the construction site, throwing bird droppings everywhere.
It's not just the residents of the North Island who are being fed.
As the battle to land in Haiya Province was about to begin, a large number of players poured into the North Island, and all kinds of birds on the island were fed to become fat and strong.
Some are even too fat to fly.
Looking at the various faces on the construction site, [The Fighting Wolf] held the shovel in both hands and said with a strange expression.
"Is it my imagination?"
The [Catheter Dog] who was dusting looked up at him.
"What?"
The fighting wolf touched his chin and whispered.
"Why do I feel like there are more people competing with us for business?"
Originally, there were only about thirty people on this construction site. Apart from him and the three construction brothers, there were less than thirty NPCs.
However, I don’t know what happened in the past few days. The number of people on the construction site had been rising. Unknowingly, it doubled again and again, and it looked like it was already two hundred!
In reality, this number of people is normal, but the problem is that this is the southern sea area of "Wasteland OL", and the total population is just over one million.
Where did so many people come from in this damn place?!
"It's not an illusion," the far-sighted eagle narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "The war is over. Rational analysis should be that there is a baby boom. The baby boom leads to an increase in population... There is nothing wrong with it."
Catheter dog: "Holy shit! Your baby grows up so fast?!"
The stick that stirs shit: "..."
Although several players can't figure out the reason, one thing is that there are indeed more people in the North Island these days.
Not just on construction sites, but also on docks, supermarkets, restaurants, etc.
These people seemed to have appeared out of thin air, and most of them had unfamiliar faces.
Aside from their skinny physiques and timid eyes, these people look a bit like residents of Luoxia Province.
I heard a brother who entered the game early brag that many survivors in the Luoxia Province migrated from the desert in the early days of the Wasteland Era.
Of course, at that time, the Great Desert was not called the Great Desert. It should be called the four major industrial zones in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
I was really curious about where these NPCs came from. Encouraged by a group of bad friends, the fighting wolf walked forward and stopped one person to ask.
"Hey, where are you from?"
The man obviously didn't want to talk to him, but he didn't dare to offend anyone. He hesitated and muttered for a while.
"Mengmazhou."
The fighting wolf was stunned for a moment.
“Where is Mengmao Prefecture?”
The man explained.
"Province of Borneo."
The fighting wolf nodded in confusion.
"Oh, that place...it's really far away."
The man didn't say anything, he was in a hurry to move the bricks, and after borrowing the bricks, he hurried away.
The fighting wolf did not stop him, but followed the crotched man and looked at the group of people in the distance.
Although their appearances are different, some are young and some are old, some are handsome and some are ugly, their temperaments are surprisingly the same.
He couldn't think of how to describe these people, but subconsciously thought of cows.
This is the most bizarre place.
He remembered that the Ox Tribe should be the nobles of Borneo Province, but these people were more like the sacred cows that carried the sun than the Ox Tribe.
There seemed to be an invisible rope around their necks, with their backs to the scorching sun. No one was holding them, but everyone seemed to be led by the nose.
Brother Stick, who was standing not far away, sighed, took off the miner's exoskeleton, and stepped forward to stop a man who was a little too old.
"Old...sir, you are too tired from moving bricks. Please wear my equipment to move."
He came to the construction site not for money, but for the prestige and contribution points of the mixed area, and by the way to gain experience in the power sequence and "social practice".
This is the game mechanism of "Wasteland OL", which was decided a long time ago.
When players want to use VM and various mechanisms attached to VM to carry out activities in a certain area, they must start with some deep-rooted tasks to increase the reputation of the area to more than 1,000 (friendly).
The man who was suddenly addressed was at a loss and quickly declined.
"I, I don't know how to use it."
Thinking that a good person will do it to the end, Brother Gun said enthusiastically.
"It's okay, I'll teach you!"
"No, no, no, sir, I'm afraid I've damaged it for you, and I... really can't afford to pay for it." The man had a frightened expression on his face, waving his hands desperately, but refused to continue.
"It's okay! This thing is not expensive. It only costs 2,000 silver coins. If it wears out, forget it. I just want to replace it with a new one." Brother Gun turned on the translation function of VM and smiled and used non-standard human couplets to express these words.
Said it again.
The man smiled bitterly when he heard this and said nothing.
2000 silver coins.
He only earns more than 100 a month after working...
But even 100 silver coins are much better than when he was farming in Mengma Prefecture.
When we cultivated the land in the noble manor, we only had beans to eat when there was too much food to sell, and we usually had to eat a meal of dirt in at least three days.
People here not only take care of food and accommodation, but also only need to work for eight hours a day. He can save all the 100 silver coins and send them home.
I heard that some hard-working young men can earn 5 to 8 silver coins a day by moving a lot, and maybe more than 200 a month!
200 silver coins is 2,000 gallons. Even if you put it in Golden Gallon Port, it is a high salary, not to mention that you don't need to spend money for food and accommodation here.
When he thought of the mouths at home, he stopped wasting time with this stranger who seemed to have no good intentions at first sight. He hurriedly said he could borrow it and went to move...
…
Sometimes fate is so wonderful. A seemingly unsolvable problem can't be found even after trying hard, but in the end it is perfectly solved in an unexpected place.
Mengmazhou?
What a great place.
When the trade relationship between Mengmazhou and the South China Sea Alliance is established in the future, maybe the South China Sea Alliance can really consider investing there.
Li Minghui never expected that he had planned to ruin it, but before he started to doze off, someone handed him a pillow.
And one hundred thousand were delivered in one delivery.
These young and middle-aged workers from Mengman Prefecture are all between the ages of 18 and 30, and they are all married. They have at least two children at home, and some have elderly people to support.
The Mengma Prefecture authorities promised him that these people who come to work through labor dispatch companies will never run around, let alone commit crimes, and they will take the money and leave after completing the work, and will never occupy any public resources of the South China Sea Alliance.
and social welfare.
The only requirement is that the South China Sea Alliance provide ships to transport these people and be responsible for the training of these personnel.
In other words, they are only responsible for recruiting and managing people.
When Li Minghui heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately agreed and even transferred the nuclear-powered cargo submarine that had just been launched to pick up people.
As of now, there are already 50,000 workers from Mengma Prefecture working in the South China Sea Alliance, and the number of construction sites in the northern islands has skyrocketed like a rocket.
Although he doesn't want to do too many redundant things in the remaining term of his term, if he doesn't take advantage of this kind of advantage that only has advantages and no disadvantages, he will be very sorry for the people in the southern sea area who support him.
But what Li Minghui didn't expect was that even so, he would still be picked on by representatives from the southern sea area.
It was a sunny afternoon. He was sitting in his office drinking tea and reading the newspaper. Suddenly, footsteps came from the corridor outside.
As soon as he put down the newspaper in his hand, Si Wen, the secretary-general of the representative association, opened the door and walked in, glaring at him and saying.
"What's going on with those people on the Beidao construction site?"
The representative meeting of the South China Sea Alliance is similar to that of the Alliance. In addition to the general representatives, there is also a committee selected by representatives, and the Secretary-General generally represents the unanimous opinions of the members.
Although Li Minghui didn't like these noisy guys, after all, they had the final say in the law, so he had to pay attention to it and explained.
"Those are refugees from Mengma Prefecture."
"Why did the refugees from Mengma Prefecture appear in the southern waters?" Si Wen stared into his eyes and said aggressively, "The representative conference has not passed the relevant resolutions, how can you make decisions without authorization!"
Li Minghui did not answer his question, but asked instead.
“Will representatives prohibit labor dispatch?”
Si Wen frowned, not knowing what kind of geoduck was hidden in his shell, but he still followed the rules and said.
"No."
Li Minghui continued to ask.
“Will representatives prohibit alliance companies from coming to work in North Island?”
Si Wen said impatiently.
"No, what exactly do you want to say? Are those guys all members of the Alliance?"
"Then what's the problem with the labor dispatch company registered in Chipchi Port dispatching 10,000 workers to the North Island?" Li Minghui showed a dazzling smile on his face, looking at the stunned Si Wen and spreading his hands, "
This does not violate any laws. If I reject their kindness, you will have to rely on me to abuse the power in my hands... Sorry, I will not be that stupid. Or you can go back and discuss it and re-stipulate the status of dispatched employees by the labor service company.
But this is your business."
A president who cannot and has no interest in being reelected is invincible.
Looking at Si Wen who was speechless and speechless, Li Minghui felt extremely happy.
This bunch of "%￥#@", relying on the support of the alliance behind them, have become accustomed to being lawless, and they always find fault with them no matter what.
They used to be on guard against him every day when he wanted to be Charas, but now that he doesn't want to be Charas, they still yell at him every now and then.
This time he finally felt proud and proud, letting them suffer in their home court.
"Any thing else?"
After picking up the tea cup and taking a sip, Li Minghui looked at the secretary-general who couldn't hold back a word and said teasingly.
"How about you go back and have a meeting to discuss it?"
Si Wen glared at him fiercely and was about to turn around and leave when another person suddenly came outside the office door.
But this time it was not from the Congress, but from the Secretary of the Presidential Office.
Seeing that the door was open, the secretary walked straight in, looked at Li Minghui sitting at the back of the office, and spoke quickly.
"Mr. President, Duke Nihak from the Xilan Empire wants to see you! On behalf of the Xilan royal family, he expressed his willingness to provide the South China Sea Alliance with a loan for post-war reconstruction, totaling 10 billion Xilan coins, without interest. Two
Just pay it off within ten years.”
Li Minghui was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember what this Xilan coin looked like, so he subconsciously asked.
"How much would it cost in silver coins?"
The secretary was also stunned for a moment and said with an embarrassed expression.
"Well, there is very little direct trade between the Alliance and the Empire. It usually goes through the Golden Gallon Port... The current local accepted exchange rate is that 4 gallons is equivalent to about 5 West Lan coins. The anchors are mainly cotton for textiles and feed.
of beans.”
After the embargo ended, the market price of a pound of beans in Huzhou and Baozhou was about 5 Xilan coins, and the market price in Jingallang Port was about 4 gallons on average, mainly for oil extraction and making feed.
Although Xilan coins in the Jingallang Port Bank were "lent out and sold in large quantities" in the past, causing Xilan coins to become waste paper in Lowell State and even Hu State and Leopard State, the empire is not Boulder City after all.
With a large population and hard work, the blood and sweat of nearly 100 million serfs flowed into Huzhou and Baozhou along the Yongliu River, and the Xilan coins were brought back.
Not only that, originally the value of Xilan coins was determined by the two single export commodities of slaves and livestock. Now due to the existence of Golden Gallon Port, the import and export business of the empire has suddenly become busy. On the contrary, from the initial "no sense of outsiders at all"
Interest" becomes "with a relatively stable exchange rate."
Using the data given by his secretary, Li Minghui did a rough calculation with his fingers, and it didn't matter to him. Once he did the calculation, he was shocked.
Eight hundred million silver coins?!
If this exchange rate is reliable, it is equivalent to lending 8 silver coins to the South China Sea Alliance per person in the Xilan Empire?!
Is this empire so rich?!
Li Minghui felt that his hands were shaking. He had never shaken like this when he was bombarded by ships on Anle Island.
Si Wen, who was standing next to the desk, was also stunned, with his mouth open and speechless. He just stared at Li Minghui with his eyes, wishing he could grab the pen on this guy's desk and sign the loan agreement for him!
Eight hundred million silver coins...
Each citizen of the South China Sea Alliance can receive an average of 800!
In fact, there was no need for the representative conference's crazy hints. Li Minghui just swallowed, stared at his secretary and asked hurriedly.
"How do they pay? No, I mean when do they send the money?"
The secretary whispered.
"Duke Nihak didn't say...but he is in Beidao now. Don't you plan to meet him and talk face to face?"
Li Minghui quickly looked at Si Wen, who was as docile as a full seagull and consciously retreated to the door of the office.
"I'm fine. I wish you smooth negotiations. Dear General Li Minghui, I hope you can lead us from one victory to another."
This guy has never called himself a general, especially in this presidential palace.
Seeing Si Wen who had already exited the door, Li Minghui felt proud and could not help but curse.
"These guys are greedy for money!"
After saying that, he coughed and looked at his secretary.
"Invite Duke Nihak to dinner for me... The highest standards, don't neglect the distinguished guests."
…
On the front lines of Haiya Province, the battle is as fierce as ever.
With the update of version 7, the limit of closed beta players has been increased to 100,000, and a large number of new players have entered the game. Recently, many new recruits have been born in the alliance, which makes Chu Guang's eyes shine.
For example, the "copycat" of the Burning Legion - the Hellfire Legion.
As the alliance's second airborne corps composed of players, the establishment of this corps has reached a scale of 1,000 people.
However, unlike the Burning Corps, they are not equipped with powered armor and are more similar to light paratroopers. They are accustomed to using W-1A unpowered gliders and an airdrop motorcycle vehicle produced by Goblin Technology.
Although the veterans of the Burning Legion always tease them that they are "will-o'-the-wisp boys", the performance of this Legion on the northern front is still quite good, reaching the T3 level. Compared with Bai Yin, who was firmly in charge of the unknown troops during the A-test stage
The Corps even went beyond that.
At least it is much more reliable than the abstract corps, which is mainly about integrating activities.
In addition, a new "mountain regiment" stands out, called the Climber Corps!
The northern border of Haiya Province is hilly. The more than a thousand players of this corps not only figured out their own unique tactics through dozens of deaths, but also developed a unique strategy with the NPCs in Dawn City Industrial Zone.
A special set of mountain warfare equipment.
Including a hook lock gun and short military boots with hooks, etc.
Without being equipped with exoskeletons, with these simple and cheap equipment, they can even unleash a combat effectiveness that is not inferior to that of exoskeleton soldiers.
In addition, Qiang Ren Di and I Xiang Jing, who were keen on preaching, established the Raptor Corps.
Level 99, a trash picker who originally belonged to the Burning Corps but never joined the group, finally retired from the Burning Corps and officially joined the newly formed corps.
At present, the actual combat performance of the Corps is still a question mark, but the future is promising.
Because the players are so awesome, Chu Guang feels more and more like an NPC recently.
His job every day is to stand back and forth to the starting point, and then watch the players on the front line charge forward, throwing cannonballs at no cost.
The current situation on the northern front is that of mincing meat. Tactically, there is room for maneuver, but strategically, there is basically no room for maneuver.
This is true from the 100,000 troops reinforced by the legion, to the Alpha Task Force of the academy, as well as the mercenaries and rookies sent to the front line by companies one after another.
However, what is encouraging is that under the siege of the coalition forces, the Torch Church's fatigue has become increasingly obvious, and it may not be long before this protracted war can be ended.
The area of Haiya Province is less than 5 Mengmao Prefectures. The fact that this war can last so long is really because the Torch Church is too capable.
On the first weekend of November, Chu Guang originally planned to take half a day off to get some experience on Earth's Internet and see how other "operators" cut leeks, but Cheng Yan, the foreign minister of the alliance, suddenly
A video call came over,
"...Dear Mr. Manager, although you may have noticed it, I still have to remind you that the empire seems to be making small moves around us recently."
Chu Guang raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.
"Oh? What action?"
Cheng Yan continued speaking carefully.
"...They gave the South China Sea Alliance an interest-free loan of 10 billion Xilan coins, and only made simple requirements on the use of the funds. Goods must be imported from the Xilan Empire's native ports. In addition, they also offered low-cost
We negotiated a steel and cement export order worth one billion West Lans at a price of 50% of the market price.”
When Chu Guang heard this, he was stunned for a while and said nothing.
It's not that I was frightened by the empire's generosity, it was mainly that I didn't understand what a ridiculous operation this was.
Normally, this kind of situation where you can defeat him only happens to players. It is relatively rare that "NPC" can defeat him.
The last time was the Gray Wolf Army's raid on French Fries Port. He looked at the map for a long time and couldn't figure out what the empire had gained besides begging for a meal.
It was the same this time. He didn't understand what new tricks the wizard was trying to play.
In fact, objectively speaking, there is nothing wrong with debt as a lubricant for the economy. After all, domestic currency borrowing can stimulate the export of local products, and exports are one of the troika of the economy. Under certain circumstances, lending money to
Outsiders are more useful than lending money to your own people.
Especially when the money supply in the local market is less than the actual market demand - that is, when facing a deflation problem, it is also a kind of basic behavior for a small economy to actively "import" a small amount of inflation, especially for a wealthy country like the South China Sea Alliance.
Economy.
However, the problem is that Borneo itself is still a serf economy. Many survivors are in the "animal" category according to the standards of "Stars". Obviously this is not a problem of deflation or inflation, but simply does not exist there.
In the classic sense of the market, why do we have to forcefully use market methods?
If he had to consider it from the perspective of the imperial royal family, Chu Guang thought about adding a supplementary clause of "repaying the loan in dinars or silver coins of equivalent value", or requiring the South China Sea Alliance to sell things to the empire.
You also have to collect Xilan coins, which doesn’t seem so funny.
And even putting aside the "benefits" itself, the operation itself is full of puzzling points.
The Alliance had previously borrowed money from Boulder City. The reason why Boulder City was willing to borrow money was partly because they had guns in hand, and partly because the two sides had mutual investments. The scale was quite large, and basically the BUFFs to protect against laoba were fully stacked.
, even if the alliance considers its own interests, it is unlikely to directly default on the debt.
Just like the South China Sea Alliance, it is impossible to default on the alliance's money.
In fact, Boulder City also adopts a similar economic control model for various farms in Jinchuan Province, including Liszt who invested in Camu tree plantations in Jinchuan Province a long time ago.
It's just that the nobles in the inner city were too greedy and arrogant, and the chips on the gambling table were stacked too high, and in the end they ruined themselves.
As for the empire…
Maybe the blood is indeed much thicker than that of Boulder City, but none of the other conditions are met, at least in the eyes of an outsider like him.
Chu Guang thought for a long time and couldn't figure out what the empire was trying to do. Logically speaking, doing charity was not the way to do it. It was more like someone was giving bad ideas to the witches.
But someone is giving away money for free, which is ultimately a good thing for the guys in the alliance.
After all, the South China Sea Alliance is no longer experiencing inflation, but "a direct collapse of the local currency." Even government employees are paid with alliance silver coins.
At this time, someone is willing to come to the South China Sea Alliance to buy air that is worse than "beer bubbles". The locals will not refuse as long as they are not fools.
Chu Guang couldn't help but sigh, in addition to the academy, there was another guy in this wasteland that he couldn't guess.
The sticky community and Golden Gallon Port gave the empire a sum of money, but the emperor there would use it like this. He really didn't expect it.
"Why don't you ask Duke Galawa if we can borrow some too?"
Cheng Yan was stunned for a moment.
"This...is not good."
He is not in charge of economics, but he always feels that having too much debt is not a good thing, and he also feels that Xilan coins are useless.
However, Chu Guang had different ideas from him, and just smiled and said encouragingly.
"If there's anything wrong with it, just go and ask... Of course, if others really don't want to, forget it, and there's no need to force them."
Seeing that Chu Guang was not joking, Cheng Yan could only say in a dumbfounded voice.
"Fine."
After the communication hung up, Chu Guang originally planned to put the matter aside, but in the end he couldn't hold back his itchy hands and went to the big account to update an announcement on the forum, revealing the news of the huge sum of money to the Southern Sea Area.
The life of professional players.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Besides, the South China Sea Alliance itself may not be able to finish all the meat. It is better to let the players who are active there help the locals digest it.
For example, help them convert their endless Xilan coins into silver coins at a 50% discount.
Although Xilan coins are of little use elsewhere, they are still very useful to the professional players who are active in Golden Gallon Port...
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(Thanks to the six leaders of "Makabakamo" for the reward!