[Frost and Snow, the front desk of the Merchants Guild: Recently, the trading price of copper ore in Honghe Town has fluctuated greatly. Affected by the increase in supply, the reserves of copper ore and sulfur in the New Alliance have approached the reserve limit. The purchase price has been reduced by 10% compared with the benchmark value, and the supply price has been reduced by 6%. Please pay attention to the risks. ]
[Charlie, the president of the Merchants Guild: Warm reminder, the Merchants Guild provides NPCs with a trading level of 3 or above, which can help you get a better price in the transaction. If you are not confident enough in your negotiation and language skills, it is recommended that players hire 1~2 NPC followers]
[NPC followers with VM will be 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 injuries and deaths will cause them to leave the team permanently, so please be sure to protect their safety! ]
Official forum.
Today is as lively as ever.
The first batch of caravans that went to Honghe Town have returned one after another. Thanks to the strategy written by Brother Mole, these first little players have made a lot of money.
Since the transaction was done early, they didn't even feel the price fluctuations, and they had already exchanged the goods they brought back for silver coins.
Tail: "Huh??? The price of copper ore has increased?"
Sis: "Emm... It seems to have nothing to do with us. When you were discussing the price increase, we were already on our way back."
In fact, she had expected this situation to happen, so she kept urging Tail to leave quickly, although in the end she was delayed by the team name.
Fortunately, they went at the right time and completed the delivery before the copper price rose. When they woke up the next day, the price had directly increased. .
Thinking of this now, Sis couldn't help but feel lucky.
Fortunately, she insisted on spot settlement at the beginning. If she was given a ticket at the time, or waited until tomorrow for settlement, they would have made at least 10% or 20% less on this trip to Honghe Town.
Makabazi: "Tell me the truth! How much did you earn!"
Tail: "Not much, just a few hundred thousand! Uh-huh, we have made another big step towards the dream of the Mercenary Union! (Proud)"
As soon as the message was released.
The post exploded instantly.
Silver Father: "Hiss..."
Quit Smoking: "Hundreds of thousands?! Are you talking about RMB or silver coins?!"
Sissi: "Ahem... Tail is talking nonsense, don't believe it."
Edge Pad: "I can't tell which one is more outrageous for a moment."
Canyon Runaway Mole: "Wait, where did Tail get so many silver coins!?"
Tail: "Hey, this is a girl's secret! (ゝω·)☆"
Canyon Runaway Mole: "Hey what the hell! Tell the truth! (Going crazy)"
Debt Big Eyes: "I'm afraid there is a hidden PY transaction behind this!"
Stop bullshitting: "PY transaction?! Where is it?"
Makabazi: "Pass it on! Tail is not clean!"
Lost Newbie: "Woo woo woo, rich woman is hungry, I don't mind!"
Tail: "?!Σ(?Д?;)"
In the end, no one figured out where Tail's silver coins came from.
After all, this guy is just an ordinary and stupid netizen no matter how you look at him, and he doesn't have the temperament of a rich player.
Sisi, Zhimahu and Rourou knew some of the truth, but they didn't spread it everywhere. After being educated by her bestie in private chat, Weiba also slipped away from the post with grievance.
Compared with the first batch of players who were almost lucky enough to pick up money, the second batch of players felt a little uncomfortable.
When many people arrived in Honghe Town, the price of copper had already started to go uphill. Many people spent more than 1,000 blue tickets for a ton of copper in just one day.
But some people were very lucky and just caught up with the crazy shipments from major mining areas.
As of a few hours before the official website announcement came out, except for the trading station in Mati Town, almost all trading stations could buy copper ore at almost the same price as cabbage.
Investing needs to be cautious. Many rookies who are just starting out have been taught a lesson by NPCs.
The economic system of Wasteland OL is not just about buying low and selling high, especially when the copper price suddenly fell later, many people felt that an invisible big hand was affecting everything.
Canyon Escape Mole: "In fact, I have always suspected that someone took advantage of the expansion pack to buy goods before it started. I thought about it a long time ago. If there is a war, the price of copper and sulfur will definitely rise."
Lightning King Professor Yang: "Why didn't you buy anything, buddy? (grin)"
Canyon Escape Mole: "Well, I do want to, but this business can't be played without tens of millions of silver coins."
The price of copper is almost ten times that of iron, and this thing is more suitable for processing into bullets than steel, so it is very difficult to find in the wasteland.
The market price of making a set of 100 kg pure steel breastplate is 100 silver coins, and if it is pure copper, it will cost 1,000 silver coins... Although no one uses copper to make armor.
According to this calculation, one ton of copper costs 10,000 silver coins. The NPC warehouse reserves start at 100 tons, and now it is said to have reached thousands of tons.
Ten million silver coins!
The silver coins in the pockets of all the players in the server are not that much!
This game has a loan function, but you can only apply for loans for "production and business purposes" in the name of the enterprise. Once it is determined that the funds are used in violation of regulations, or there is suspected interest transfer in the accounts, you will be fined to bankruptcy in minutes.
Unprofessional retort: "Fuck, now that you say that, this price is driven up by the NPC?"
Irena: "The NPC in this game is quite good, and they know how to cut the leeks of players. (Funny)"
Although the fluctuation of the copper ore trading price is just a small episode on the eve of the expansion pack, many wealth myths really envy many people.
Especially now that there is an official silver coin consignment platform, not only players can participate in the transaction, but also cloud players can participate.
Looking at the posts in the entire gossip section predicting whether the silver price of the new expansion pack will rise or fall, Ye Wei, who was sitting in the classroom playing with his mobile phone, had a helpless expression on his face.
The main reason was that the topics these people were talking about were getting more and more profound, and he couldn't understand them.
"Aren't you tired of discussing this on the forum every day?"
Professor Yang, the King of Thunder and Lightning: "You don't understand! This is also a kind of fun! (Proud)"
Ye Wei: ...
Good fellow.
This is completely unaware that A Guang has treated him as a leek.
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 flexibly uses the rule that "any form of virtual assets can participate in transactions".
He contacted players with closed beta qualifications through the trading platform to register a company, and he provided money and technology himself, and asked players with closed beta qualifications to help hold shares on his behalf, and produce inverters for converting DC to AC, turning "Wasteland OL" into a simulation business game.
Although it is not a very high-tech product, it sells surprisingly well and has received orders from many downstream manufacturers.
The official website recognizes the right to freely dispose of "non-bound" 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 loopholes in the rules to maliciously brush money.
Ye Wei thought about it carefully. Although A Guang often painted pie in the sky with them, he was actually very friendly to the players.
Other game manufacturers treat players as family members, and only Brother Guang treats players as brothers. He has never cut their leeks, and even cuts the leeks of cloud players to give them benefits.
Thinking of this, Ye Wei couldn't help but burst into tears.
Such a plan is too conscientious!
...
"A-choo!"
Chu Guang sneezed.
"Cold?"
Xia Yan, who was standing aside, glanced at him.
"No, I guess someone praised me for being handsome behind my back." Chu Guang rubbed his nose and muttered.
It's probably a pollen problem.
Xia Yan rolled his eyes at him, and seeing that it was not a cold, he stopped caring.
Today is the first weekend of April, and also her first day off this month.
As the number of players gradually increased, the work in the weapon shop became busier and busier. A black-hearted boss finally found his conscience and arranged a few more people to help her, and she finally got a day off every week.
On this day, she didn't have to go to work, so she could fish openly.
With a rare leisure time, Xia Yan originally planned to stay on the sofa in the browsing room to read novels for a day, but was fooled by Chu Guang with a sentence "I'll take you to see a treasure".
This guy didn't wear the iconic azure power armor for the first time, and even didn't wear a blue coat. He went out very low-key.
Xia Yan was embarrassed at first, wondering what treasure this guy was secretly planning to take her to see, but she was stunned when she arrived at the destination.
Next to the refugee village, there stood a tall red brick mill, and behind the muddy ridge not far away, there was an endless green swaying.
The residents nearby were busy in the fields, with thick-armed and round-waisted two-headed cows beside them, and several rumbling tractors running on the road, pulling cargo boxes filled with bulging sacks.
This is the north of Shuguang City, west of Changjiu Farm.
The scenery is pretty good, but...
Is this the treasure he was talking about?
Xia Yan blinked, her expression a little confused.
Okay.
She admitted that the endless farmland was indeed spectacular.
It was just a little different from the tryst she imagined.
She originally thought that this guy would take her for a walk by the lake, or go to the woods to pick 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 was incredible that it could become like this in just three months.
Following behind Chu Guang, Xiaoyu, who had been curiously looking around, had an expression on her face as if she had discovered a new world, and pointed to the front excitedly.
"A lot of green wheat!"
"Hahaha!"
Chu Guang smiled and rubbed her hair, explaining in a friendly manner.
"That's not called green wheat, it's wheat. Pancakes made with wheat flour are much more fragrant than dry green wheat pancakes!"
Xiaoyu swallowed unconsciously and looked up at him expectantly.
"Really?"
Chu Guang smiled and nodded.
"Of course! Not only pancakes, wheat flour can also be used to make bread, steamed buns, dumplings and noodles... In short, there are so many ways to eat it."
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 the field needs to be topdressed and pests need to be controlled.
If these problems are not handled properly, the wheat fields will not only have yellow leaves and dry leaf tips, but may even age prematurely.
It is no exaggeration to say that whether the work at this stage can be done well directly determines the grain output in July and August this year.
At present, whether it is refugees or players, whether it is contracted fields, resettlement fields or collective farming fields, all use seeds cultivated by the shelter plantation.
Although the genes of these seeds are already excellent, if you want to get a higher yield, you still have to spend some time to take care of them.
Chu Guang allocated at least half of the pot-camel machine purchased from Boulder City to the irrigation canal in order to solve the water supply problem.
The fertilizer issue is a little easier to solve. There are a lot of bird and animal feces on the edge of Linghu Lake. These are all natural high-quality fertilizers that can be used directly after a little processing.
As for pesticides, the most widely used one in Changjiu Farm is an organic phosphorus produced by a chemical plant in a nearby industrial zone.
It is said that the large plantations in the prosperous era all use integrated planting technology with an integrated infrasonic killing device.
Although long-term exposure to high-intensity infrasound waves can have a serious impact on human health, farmers in that era 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 was no problem of affecting health.
The New Alliance does not have this condition.
At present, only relatively primitive pesticides can be used to control pests.
"What's over there?" Xiaoyu tiptoed excitedly, looking at another field not far away.
Chu Guang looked along her line of sight and said with a smile.
"Over there, it's leeks."
Leeks are also a good thing. Unlike other vegetables, other vegetables are only planted one or two seasons a year, but leeks can be eaten all year round.
And the most important thing is that leeks grow fast and can mature in more than 20 days, especially in early spring, leeks are the most tender and fragrant.
After discovering leek seeds in Shelter No. 117, he immediately asked people to plant them.
Thinking of scrambled eggs with chives and dumplings stuffed with chives and pork, Chu Guang swallowed unconsciously and began to think about the recommended recipes on the official website tomorrow.
Just as his thoughts drifted away, the head of the farm, Old Luca, walked towards him and looked at him in surprise.
"Mr. Manager? Why are you here?"
Due to the busy farming season these days, he stayed in the fields almost every day, and almost moved his bed here.
Chu Guang looked at Old Luca and smiled.
"I'm just taking a look, don't worry about me. By the way, how is the harvest of the farm this month?"
When talking about this, Old Luca's face suddenly showed joy.
"3,000 mu of vegetable fields and 5,000 mu of early-maturing potato fields are already being harvested!"
"Thanks to the harvesters made by your residents, we hung the machine in front of the tractor and watched it push forward. Soon all the crops were in the basket!"
At this point, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"That harvester is so useful. It not only harvests the crops, but also turns the land over! We don't even need to turn the soil over again. We can just sow the new seeds and plant them!"
Listening to Old Luca's excited speech, Chu Guang also showed a happy expression on his face.
"Great!"
The vegetable fields have a wide variety of varieties, mainly cabbage, Chinese cabbage and other leafy vegetables that mature quickly, which can basically mature in 20 to 30 days.
The only drawback is that these vegetables are not kept for a long time, and are mainly used to improve meals.
But the potato is very useful. It is not only nutritious and can be eaten as a meal, but also has a high yield.
Although they planted an early-maturing variety that matures in 60 days, and they were planted at the end of January, they still had a yield of two to three thousand kilograms per mu of land.
Calculating 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, especially awakened power animals. They eat as much as three or four adult residents in one meal. If they are not human, they can even eat as much as five people.
With these 5,000 tons of potatoes, Chu Guang no longer has to worry about the list of food stocks, no matter whether his little players eat them steamed, fried or in various ways.
Potatoes are good in every way, but the only disadvantage is that they have too high water content, 70% of which is water. If you want to store them on a large scale for a long time, you either have to dehydrate them or make them into powder.
But in this way, they can't be used as seeds.
Coupled with the debuff of continuous cropping and reduced yield, few countries will use it as a staple food.
However, when there is not enough food, it is still very good to rely on potatoes for emergency.
Using high-yield potatoes and vegetable crops with short growth cycles to meet the nutritional needs of the residents of the New Alliance in spring and summer, and to support the harvest of staple foods such as wheat, rice, and corn in July and August, this is the highest priority task Chu Guang has issued to the New Alliance Logistics Department.
Only when the granary of the new alliance is full of grain can he absorb more NPCs and recruit more players.
Only then can life really get better.
"... Remember what I told you before, don't keep planting the same crop in the same field. You can plant spring corn after planting potatoes, and you can switch to rice after planting leafy vegetables. Rotate water and land."
Although Chu Guang knew that Old Luca had written down what he said in a small notebook, he couldn't help but remind him again.
Old Luca replied with a smile.
"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely not forget what you told me! In fact, when we worked at Brown Farm before, we usually planted a round of crops and sowed a handful of green wheat seeds, which would mature in one or two months. We kept half of the harvested crops for ourselves, half for feeding livestock, and the remaining wheat straw was burned into ash and turned into the soil as fertilizer."
"This should also be considered crop rotation!"
Chu Guang said with a light cough.
"Green wheat... don't plant it on a large scale in the future. Although it 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 benefits."
The most important thing is that it tastes bad.
No matter how long it is cooked, the sour smell of grass can't be removed, and the baked cakes are dry. Chu Guang has always suspected that it may have reacted with the alkali used for dough, generating calcium salts or something else.
Since there is enough arable land, Chu Guang still prefers to let his residents and players eat better things.
As for wasteland crops such as green wheat and sheep's horn potatoes, they are good for helping refugees, supplying prisoner-of-war camps and pastures for tribesmen.
He heard from the people of the Frost Spear Tribe that two-headed cows fed with green wheat not only grow meat faster, but also produce more milk than those fed with green grass.
It's okay to plant a little in the pasture.
Old Luca nodded seriously.
"I'll remember it!"
After not interfering with old Luca's work and letting him do his own thing, Chu Guang walked around the ridge of the field.
Admiring the lush chive seedlings in the field, Chu Guang's mouth curled up unconsciously.
This thriving scene is really never boring.
If only autumn could come soon.
By then, the scenery on the north bank of Linghu Lake will be more spectacular.
Xia Yan, who had been following behind Chu Guang, asked curiously.
"Is this how you spend your vacation?"
Chu Guang smiled and joked.
"Where do I get my vacation? Is there anyone else taking turns with me?"
Xiao Yu looked at him with some concern.
"Brother Chu, you should also pay attention to rest and don't get too tired."
Chu Guang smiled and said.
"Don't worry, although I don't have holidays, I don't work 24 hours a day. I can still squeeze out time for rest and collecting materials."
However, it is true that he has been very busy recently. He only comes here to take a look.
The day of the Northern Expedition is getting closer.
On the one hand, he has to discuss with the General Staff to formulate a specific offensive plan, and on the other hand, he has to coordinate the production of the industrial zone and develop the economy of the new alliance.
Although Xiaoqi has helped him a lot, it is impossible for her to do everything for him.
Using AI to assist management is the municipal experience of the People's Alliance era, but leaving it entirely to AI to make decisions is an unimagined path.
Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang in surprise and said nothing.
Seeing Boss Xia staring at his face motionlessly, 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 will we stay here?"
Chu Guang guessed that she had no interest in farming, so he smiled and said.
"It's just a side trip to come here... Let's go, I plan to show you something good, it's on the north street of Changjiu Farm."
"Speaking of which, it's already developed bigger than the market at the north gate of our base, let's go there for a stroll."
When Xia Yan heard about shopping, he was immediately excited, and all the fatigue in his body was swept away.
"I want to buy clothes!"
"Buy!"
Chu Guang laughed.
"Anyway, I've paid you your salary."
"Don't ask me how you want to spend it."
...
"... A copper mine was discovered in Yuanxi Town to our south? And it's a million-ton mine?"
The department store in Qingshi County.
After listening to his subordinates' report, Shi Ya, who was sitting on the chair, was instantly filled with surprise on his face with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Copper mine?
Yuanxi Town?
Is this true?
"Are you sure the information is accurate?"
During the heavy snow last year, he stayed in Yuanxi Town for several months and didn't find any copper mines. How come the group of blue coats found them as soon as they went there?
This is too coincidental!
Of course, it may also be that his subordinates don't have the vision.
As the boss, he knows best how stupid his subordinates are.
The plunderer who knelt on one knee at the bottom of the steps lowered his head and hesitated for a moment and said.
"I'm not sure... but I heard that the whole Dawn City is talking about this, and it has even spread to Red River Town."
Hearing this, the expression on Lion Fang's face became unsettled.
Copper mine.
That's a copper mine.
No matter how stupid he is, he knows that copper bullets are better than iron bullets, whether it's an iron barrel rifle or an automatic rifle.
And the most important thing is that copper is much easier to smelt than steel.
The lack of steel production capacity has always been a headache for the Chewing Bone Tribe. Although it has taken over a large number of legion arms, it is definitely not okay to always eat other people's leftovers.
The equipment is sufficient for now, but at least the bullets have to be made by themselves, right?
In fact, the Bone Chewing Tribe has 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 plunderers, corrupt mercenaries, and bounty hunters who came from neighboring provinces to join them, the development of industry cannot be solved by a few people and a few maps.
The carrier of technology is people, and the foundation of industrialization is also people, and educated people, but it just so happens that this itself conflicts with the "organizational concept" of the Bone Chewing Tribe.
What they want to build is a country of plunderers, not a country of civilized people. Other plunderers ran to join them for this purpose.
That's why.
Whether it is the Tooth Clan, the Snake Clan, or other clans, they have done quite abnormal things in developing industry.
They manage factories in the way they manage slaves. On the one hand, they use large furnaces to make steel, and on the other hand, they use primitive forging technology to hammer on the anvil, using quantity to make up for the disadvantages in quality.
Lion Fang was too lazy to think about how bullets were made, but he knew that the tribe needed copper.
A copper mine with a reserve of one million tons, and it was discovered so quickly, it would not be too difficult to mine.
Thinking of this, a trace of greed appeared in Lion Fang's eyes.
The loot of the plunderers has always been whoever takes it. If he can occupy the copper mine in the south, he can not only become a captain of ten thousand men with this merit, but also have his own clan flag.
Seeing the greed in Lion Fang's eyes, Bernie, the staff officer standing beside him, frowned and reminded him in a low voice.
"This may be a trap."
Lion Fang frowned.
"Trap?"
Bernie nodded.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out... Those blue coats deliberately released the news to lead us out of Qingshi County."
Lion Fang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud.
"Just those blue coats? Even if they lead us out, what can we do."
Bernie shook his head.
"Obviously, they are not the same people as they were a few months ago. Didn't you hear those charlatans from the Death Coast say that they even have airplanes?"
After a pause, he continued in a serious tone.
"A few months ago, they could defeat Black Snake without those things. We'd better be cautious."
Hearing this, Lion Fang calmed down.
Although he was greedy, he was not stupid.
Black Snake's equipment was much stronger than his, and he even had a powerful tank, but even this couldn'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 Lion Fang 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 intelligence is true or not. I suggest sending a team of scouts to find out the truth first."
"In any case, we have to first determine whether there is any and where it is located before we can make the next plan."
"That makes sense! We have to find out the situation first!"
Nodding his head in agreement, Shiya glanced around at his men and pointed to the big-faced and big-waisted burly man on his left.
"Tonglu, your name contains the word Tong, so you should know more about this. Take people there to have a look. If you find anything, come back and report to me immediately!"
The man named Tonglu was stunned, his face full of confusion.
Although his name contains the word Tong, he knows nothing about copper mines.
What does a copper mine look like?
But this was an order issued by the captain himself after all, so he didn't dare to ask, let alone say anything, and said with his head down.
"Yes, sir!"