After Yu Lei left, Liu Xing asked Baihe City to notify Ding Kun, asking him to try his best to dig out the scabbard within three days, and to dig the hole inside out today to see if there was anything else inside.
Nothing else matters.
"If we can gain control of the Zhengsheng Chamber of Commerce, then the alliance can be responsible for its own profits and losses, and there is no need for us players to continue to advance money."
Meng Fugui looked at the account book and said: "At present, our alliance's expenses are deducted from the funds provided by players. After all, the alliance's self-production ability is still too poor, and it can only rely on some scattered income to maintain the most basic expenses.
That is the cost of hiring those NPCs; fortunately, the players in the alliance are all reasonable, and they don’t have many complaints about this, because there is indeed not much money to spend now, but if this continues, we
The alliance is really going to be in trouble."
Liu Xing looked at Meng Fugui with some surprise, and said in surprise: "Ah, I always thought that our alliance was quite rich, because didn't we collect a lot of money at the beginning? Later, we also relied on inventions such as earth-moving air conditioners.
With some stable income, and having not moved much in Sweetwater Town recently, the only expenses left are food and drink, right?"
"Leader, you are really a hands-off shopkeeper. If you are not a master, you just don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are."
Meng Fugui shook his head and said: "Yes, our expenditure during this period is mainly focused on food and drink. Because the number of NPCs we employ is not large, our expenditure in this area can be equal to the income from air conditioning.
! The sales of earth air conditioners are quite good now, but the net income of each earth air conditioner is only so much, and recently many NPCs have begun to copy our earth air conditioners. After all, the difficulty of making earth air conditioners is not high; back to the topic,
Players in the alliance have never thought about asking for wages, so we definitely cannot treat everyone badly in terms of food and drink. Therefore, we need to consume a lot of fine grains and meat every day, and we also need to provide enough drinks and fruits to maintain the players.
Our morale.”
"Well, this does require a lot of money."
Liu Xing rubbed the back of his head and said with an embarrassed look: "The alliance has just been established, so it is normal for everyone to have no income, so we should not treat everyone badly in food and drink! But the situation is getting better now.
, the third prince will never be stingy with the rewards he gives us. As for the Zhengsheng Chamber of Commerce, even if we can't get it, we can organize a chamber of commerce on our own. Anyway, we now have the endorsement of the third prince, so there should be no problems in doing business.
of."
"Probably. After the Third Prince's reward arrives, we may be able to turn losses into profits."
Meng Fugui put down his account book and said: "By the way, the auction in Far West City is in progress. Yang Yu and the others have successfully placed three orders, two of which are for grain, and they are all in stock, so
After the reward from the third prince is delivered, let’s settle these two orders first. After all, it’s better to get the food in our bags as soon as possible; the remaining order is for various fabrics, although now
Summer has just arrived, but autumn here is very short, so the temperature will drop very quickly after summer is over, so we have to prepare winter clothing in advance to avoid being in a hurry."
"Of course, these fabrics actually have another use, that is, they are used to make Molotov cocktails! At present, the alliance is ready to produce high-altitude wine, and the head and tail of the high-altitude wine must be cut off, because these two parts
Wine contains too many impurities, and people will have problems after drinking it; so Huo Zijun is planning to use this waste wine to make Molotov cocktails, so that we have a new trump card, regardless of
It will be very useful in defense and offense. Of course, we are planning to use scraps and old clothes as production materials. It would be better to make those new fabrics into new clothes."
Liu Xing nodded and said with a smile: "The Molotov Cocktail is a good thing, especially since no one in this module has seen its power, which makes it even more effective.
Effect! But having said that, how are the acquisitions of livestock such as cattle and sheep? There are not many large-scale breeding farms in this module, so after the start of next month, we basically can’t expect to buy them.
There is enough meat on the market."
"This is already being discussed. Yang Yu said that they have found a ranch in Far West City that is willing to ship. Now they just have to make a final decision on the price. Moreover, this ranch has some relationship with a player in the alliance, so they also
We are willing to accept installment payment, so we only need to pay a deposit to bring back all the livestock we bought; if nothing else happens, these livestock should be able to be brought back to Sweetwater Town before next month, plus we can buy them from other retail investors.
The livestock received from the farm should allow our ranch to achieve the most basic level of self-sufficiency."
Meng Fugui said affirmatively: "Besides, although the Baijia Ranch is only a cooperative relationship with us in name, we all know that the Baijia Ranch is our alliance's ranch when necessary, so we should not be too short of meat; not to mention that there will be no shortage of meat in the future.
There will be many NPCs who will come to us with their families, and we can also let these NPCs be responsible for raising some chickens, ducks and geese. Anyway, there is no shortage of insects here in Tianshui Town to feed these poultry."
"That's right. No one has lived here in Tianshui Town for many years, so the natural environment couldn't be better. It would be perfect to use it as a free-range poultry farm."
Liu Xing stretched, stood up and said, "It's already getting late, so I'll go to the intersection first and wait for the NPCs to arrive, and arrange them all in a suitable place."
After surveying and mapping conducted by professionals, the alliance has currently designated three living areas with different functions for NPCs, such as the foothill area suitable for raising free-range poultry, the old city suitable for living dependent on the alliance, and the ordinary new city.
Of course, the old city here refers to the old site of Sweetwater Town, and the new city refers to the woods where the wine gorilla lives. Anyway, this forest has been almost bulldozed by the alliance, so it can be used as a new city.
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As for the foothill area, it is located near Tianshui Mountain. After a fire in Tianshui Mountain, the mountains and fields are now covered with weeds as tall as a person. There are countless grass seeds and insects in them, so they are used to raise various poultry.
It couldn't be better.
"Then, Alliance Leader, you should go and do your work first. I happen to be going to the warehouse to check the ledger." Meng Fugui nodded and said.
After leaving Juyi Hall, Liu Xing went directly to the intersection of Tianshui Town. At this time, a pavilion had been set up here, and a dedicated person was responsible for providing large bowls of tea and some simple food to the NPCs who came to join the alliance.
Although he is a hands-off shopkeeper, Liu Xing's reputation in the league is still quite high, because his pockmarked face really makes Liu Xing look special.
That's right, after establishing the alliance, Liu Xing basically no longer wears the mask before, because "Liu Peng" at this time is no longer the man with low self-esteem back then!
Anyway, I'm not the only ugly player in the league...
After all, in this martial arts module, most players still value their understanding more than their appearance, so Liu Xing found that the current alliance can be said to be a depression in terms of appearance, not to mention that there are not many good-looking people.
There are not many good-looking ones, even those with popular faces.
Therefore, Liu Xing has no idea of continuing to wear a mask. Anyway, as long as everyone is ugly, he will not be ugly either.
But, "Liu Peng" is actually very ugly, because his background is not bad, but he has pockmarks on his face due to leprosy, which suddenly makes "Liu Peng"'s appearance drop several times.
Therefore, in today's alliance, if a newcomer asks what the alliance leader looks like, the answer he will get will most likely be two words - pockmarked.
Therefore, the player responsible for guarding the pergola recognized Liu Xing's identity as soon as he saw him.
"Leader, you are here."
The man immediately brought a maza to Liu Xing and said with a smile: "For the sake of convenience, there are no tables and chairs prepared here in the pergola. After all, it is quite troublesome to carry it back and forth."
Liu Xing nodded and sat down, then asked: "How many NPCs are here today? What do you call your friends?"
"Leader, you can just call me Xiaolou, because my name in this module is not very nice, and I am the kind of person who makes a living with a cheap name, so now I like others to call me Xiaolou."
Xiaolou took out a notebook as he spoke, "Only a family of five has come today so far. They came with several cages of chickens, ducks and geese, so I arranged for them to go to the foot of the mountain area; I heard
It said that many tents have been set up at the foot of the mountain, so the NPCs coming in the past two days can be sent there first."
Liu Xing thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right. The NPCs who have come to us in the past two days are basically from the countryside. They all come with their families, and they also bring their livestock with them.
It is normal for them to be assigned to the foot of the mountain area; however, some NPCs from Heshan County will come to join us soon, and they will only bring some daily necessities, so they have to be assigned to live in the old and new cities.
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"I understand this."
Xiaolou nodded and said: "A few sets of simple wooden houses have been built in the old and new cities. Everyone can still live in them if they are crowded. Anyway, the benefits these NPCs can bring to us are not many, so houses and other things still need to be built.
Let them build the house themselves or pay someone to build the house, which can also alleviate the economic pressure on our alliance."
Liu Xing was a little surprised, because he didn't expect the player in front of him to think so much.
Seeing Liu Xing's expression of surprise, Xiaolou said: "Actually, I studied finance in the real world, but accidentally joined the Cthulhu Running Group game hall halfway, so I simply chose to drop out and go home.
Anyway, the money given by the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall is enough for me to eat and drink, so I might as well start enjoying my retirement life directly; as a result, after a while, I found that my situation was a bit embarrassing. To put it simply,
It’s just that I don’t know anything, and those half-baked financial knowledge can’t be put on the table at all... So I seem a bit embarrassed in this martial arts module now, because I really don’t know anything, and the most I can do is talk.”
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Then you really came to the wrong place this time, because this time the martial arts module can be described as very unfriendly to financial professional players. After all, you have mastered financial knowledge.
It’s really useless.”
"That's right, there is no need for this place at all, so I can only volunteer to come here to guard the awning, which can be regarded as playing my only role."
Xiaolou sighed and said helplessly: "Fortunately, leader, you triggered the alliance system, otherwise I really don't know what to do now, because the basic ability of my character card is really poor, so there is no
If it were an alliance, I might just find a place to eat and wait to die."
"Hey, who knew that the character cards given by the martial arts module this time are also based on our professions in the real world?"
Liu Xing smiled and said: "But I don't think you should be too discouraged, Xiaolou. Once the number of NPCs who come to join the alliance is large enough, I think you will be useful! Because there are only a few days until next month.
When the time comes, in order to ensure the normal operation of the alliance and to integrate these NPCs into our alliance faster, we have to come up with a new set of rules to determine how much value these NPCs can contribute to the alliance; and
The reward for the third prince is coming soon, and our alliance can finally have some money to pay the players’ wages, so how much are the various goods and services provided by the alliance worth?”
Hearing what Liu Xing said, Xiaolou's eyes flashed with light at first, but he soon became depressed again, "Well, Leader, you are right, but I really have no idea about my professional ability.
Confidence, because I dropped out of school in the second semester of my sophomore year, so my professional knowledge can really be described as a bamboo basket, and I only remember some basic knowledge points now; so don’t count on me, leader.
It would be great if we can achieve something in these matters without being held back."
"Xiaolou, don't be so unsure. Although you can't make the decision on this matter, you can still help with some things."
Liu Xing said in an old-fashioned way: "Today, the alliance is still waiting for development. As long as you are a player, you can contribute to the alliance, so you can also find your place in Xiaolou."
At this time, Liu Xing began to feel that he was a bit like the kind of successful lecturer who could already write a piece of chicken soup.
At this time, a familiar NPC appeared in front of Liu Xing.
