Chapter 250

"When did a survivor settlement suddenly appear in the northern suburbs?"

"I don't know. I haven't heard the voice of boulder mentioned here for a month. I thought the Hicks in the northern suburbs didn't survive this winter."

"I remember it was a forest last year. I remember there was a predator stronghold in the north and a mutant territory in the East."

"Have you been here?"

"Only once."

The South Gate of the outpost.

Several mercenaries carrying rifles looked curiously at the town hidden in the woods and guessed how many people lived here to pass the time.

Some say a hundred, others say a thousand, and no one has reached a consensus.

Not far from them stood two men in formal clothes. Although they didn't make a fuss like these mercenaries, they still had some accidents on their faces.

Of course, this accident can not completely cover up their arrogance under their eyebrows.

Even if their formal clothes are washed white and their buttons are sewn again and again, they are still more noble than these waste visitors wearing fur.

But the blue coat said otherwise.

The exception is shelter residents born with a golden spoon.

Even the people living in the Great Wall have to admit that those blue coats living in iron cages are superior people who can be on an equal footing with them.

"Have you ever seen blue coats building houses on the ground?"

"I haven't seen it. It's strange that they actually allow waste visitors to live on their heads."

The two engineers whispered a few words.

For the sake of 1200 chips a month, they lowered their voice and whispered in a voice that only they could hear.

The paymaster can't offend.

On the other side, Qian Lai came up to Liszt and said respectfully.

"Boss, I have brought what you want!"

Two engineers, a complete set of equipment needed to produce solid-state hydrogen batteries, have all camel from ten double headed cattle to the South Gate of the outpost.

Although the mode of transportation is a little simple and rough, it is already the best choice. The situation in the city is much worse than that in the suburbs. The raised roads and embedded deep pits often form a sudden cliff in some areas. Coupled with some collapsed viaducts and building debris, most of the roads marked on the map can't go at all.

On the roads that are a little easier to walk, four tire vehicles are difficult to pass, and they are not as good as animals with a handful of grass every ten kilometers.

However, despite the difficulties on the road, they were lucky when they returned.

Except for a cave animal and a few birds of unknown species, I basically didn't encounter any other conditions or predators.

But even so, this time, including the three days in the middle, it still took a full week.

Not far away, the warehouse workers have gone to unload.

"Well done."

Liszt patted Chandler on the shoulder, gave him an encouraging look, and then continued.

"Now I need you to go back and send a ton of spirit leaves to our warehouse in Boulder City, and then go to the pirate ship tavern to find the bar there. You can talk up according to the price of 60 chips per kilogram. Don't be polite to him. He will be interested in this batch of goods. If he is not interested, he will keep it until I go back and deal with it in person."

"In addition, I need 10 iron horse 60 pot camel machines. Remember to pick up the goods from my old friends. Our orders are large and their inventory is high. You know how to bargain with him. These goods should be delivered here within a week as far as possible. Don't let our friends wait too long."

A ton of spirit leaf?!

Winter?

Qian Lai's face was full of surprise, but he didn't ask much, just nodded seriously.

"Good boss, what else can I do for you?"

"Yes," Liszt nodded, looked at the young man next to him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "this, and some residents of the shelter, will follow you."

"My name is Shuyu." the expression on the young man's face looked a little nervous, not afraid of strangers, but a little like the one who worked too hard.

Qian Lai looked him up and down.

The first impression is that they are young, and the second impression is that their family conditions should be good. Although they can see that they have been tortured by life, they are obviously different from other wasteland customers.

The audio and video are from the north of the valley province, and they should have dealt with businessmen, but they are not very skilled.

Probably guessed something, Qian Lai smiled, stretched out his right hand and shook his hand.

"Qian Lai."

"We should get along very happily!"

……

In order to give the players a better game experience and to prevent the players who go to the new map from running around like headless flies in other people's homes and causing trouble, Chu Guang plans to set up an office in Boulder City to meet the players who go there from the shelter.

And gather information about Stonehenge.

In fact, his initial idea was to set up an embassy or something similar, but after reading the post of elder brother Fang, he gave up the idea.

One is meaningless, the other is asking for nothing.

The city Lord is indifferent to the affairs of the city, and the autonomous city hall does not have much real power. It is far better to bribe several local powerful aborigines than to engage in confusing diplomacy.

They may speak better than the city hall masters. Behind many industries are the big people in the inner city.

The young man named Shu Yu was selected by Chu Guang from the logistics department.

At first, he was responsible for the health of Changjiu farm. Later, he was responsible for literacy and arithmetic for the refugees. Finally, he returned to Changjiu farm to assist the warehouse to release relevant tasks in Yumu district. He was a rare cultural person among the refugees, and he also knew the language and behavior of "players".

It was learned from Jiuli that the young man's family once operated a trade station in the north. After careful consideration, Chu Guang decided to appoint him as the first civil servant of No. 404 office in Jushi city.

Although the young man looked nervous and his business was not very skilled, Chu Guang thought it was worth cultivating.

No one is born competent for his work. Since his previous work resume is pretty, it shows that he still has some abilities.

Although Luca is skeptical about the refugees from the north and thinks they are untrustworthy, Chu Guang doesn't think so.

Standing on the third floor of the sanatorium, looking at the south gate, after listening to old Luca's advice, Chu Guang thought for a moment and said in a relaxed tone.

"They are a group of people who have no family. They are more eager to be recognized than anyone. We need to promote some capable people from them and let them see the example of promotion. This can not only stimulate their work enthusiasm, but also gain their loyalty."

"I don't doubt your decision, sir. It's just that he's too young even without considering his identity. I'm worried that his mind is not firm and boulder will corrupt his loyalty," old Luca said cautiously. "Maybe you should choose a more stable person."

It sounds like a good idea.

Stable personality, outstanding ability, well-educated and rich experience in management.

If he had such a person, Chu Guang would have entrusted him with an important task.

Like old Charlie on Bette street.

Although he only manages a village with 100 households, there is a pilot of the street office, and the work is very important.

The elderly are not only responsible for the literacy of local residents, but also have to train civil servants for themselves.

As for the residents of the Sanctuary - that is, players, that's not realistic.

Even if the word "player" is understood literally, it is difficult to match the word "steady".

Instability is the nature of players. They are natural adventurers and inventors. This long-term, repetitive and stable position is destined to be held only by NPC. This is the experience gained by Chu Guang in the early version.

Few players can be competent for a long time to stand guard, warehouse keeper and other positions that need to stand or sit for a day. In most cases, they need to rotate frequently to keep the position occupied all the time.

Not to mention, letting some players release tasks to other players is a very influential thing for either side of the game experience.

Of course, this does not mean that players are not suitable for management at all, but have to change their form.

For example, the guild system existing in most MMORPGs is more flexible in rules and functions. It can not only strengthen social attributes, improve user stickiness, but also stimulate krypton gold, but also improve "daily life". It is a good helper for operators and is quite worthy of reference.

He doesn't want much.

Epoch making games do not need to worry about stickiness. Unacceptable people will not choose from the beginning. Choosing people means accepting.

It is enough for him to improve "daily life" and stimulate consumption.

Looking at the worried old Luca, Chu Guang smiled faintly and said.

"When a coin falls on the ground, there may be pros and cons, not to mention people? Even a coin tosser can't face up 10000 times in a row."

"What we have to do is not to ensure that we can face up every time, but to pick up the coin in time and toss it again when the back is up."

"Try more than nothing."

The other side.

Just when Liszt introduced the potential young man to Qian Lai, the mayor finally met his friends.

As soon as we met, Yeshi grabbed Fang Chang's arm and said excitedly.

"Good brother, you are back!"

The man standing next to me couldn't help feeling.

"It's too difficult to practice level with Meng Xin!"

Lao Bai: "

Strong wind: "

"Think so, dad? I'm so sorry."

The square commander hehe smiled and suddenly noticed a strange player next to him. His expression suddenly said.

"This is the end of the world..."

"The lone wolf! I'm the lone wolf!" for fear that he would read his full name, the lone wolf quickly took the initiative to open his mouth and turned off the topic, "boss, I've seen your strategy. It's so awesome!"

The square chief said with a smile.

"Don't dare, brother, you are the boss. I heard that after using your design, the efficiency of our brick factory has doubled."

Although the game has been outside and didn't come back, it doesn't hinder his water group.

Before, the strong wind pulled the brother into the group. They had known each other on the Internet for a long time, but they met for the first time in the game.

The lone wolf smiled shyly.

"No, no, just a little improvement. It's not twice as exaggerated. It's about 70% or 80."

He couldn't help sighing.

"Unfortunately, the foundation of our industrial zone is still too thin. If we don't build a large rotary kiln, the brick embryo directly passes through the door furnace from the track, and the bricks in the back have just entered, and the bricks in front have been burned. Controlling the temperature of the furnace and the speed of passing through the door can also adjust the production capacity. If it is fast, it can produce millions of bricks a day, and the speed can be reduced to 20000 or 30000 a day. It only needs two operators, which is more efficient than this Too high! "

Quit smoking: "cow force!"

Unfortunately, he doesn't have any special skills. At present, he can only be said to be awesome.

Businesses blew each other for a while.

The chief looked at his little friends and began to talk about business.

"There are a lot of contents in the new map. I've been shopping for three days and my exploration degree has only reached 60%. We'll go again soon."

"Not surprisingly, this time it should be testing a new version of the business running system... Have you received the task?"

Lao Bai said with a smile.

"Yes, I did. I picked it up early in the morning. Now I'm even ready."

Night ten can't wait, urged.

"When do you start? Hurry up."

The square commander cast his eyes at the door. The staff of the warehouse are unloading the refined and expensive goods from the cow's back, and then loading the large and small packages of goods from the warehouse.

Those should be spiritual leaves.

The food of the devil moth and its larvae in the greenhouse site is said to contain some ingredients that can weaken pain and improve concentration, but it is of little significance to players.

The pain of this game has been blocked, and it is unnecessary to weaken it again by drugs.

"Look at the NPC... What did you bring? Why are you moving so fast? At least let me have a rest."

Night ten hehe smiled and said.

"Not much, not much. There are clothes made by little sister Tengteng, mushrooms made by boss crow, big bird vodka made by fried egg brother with potatoes, gadgets in No. 81 steel plant, the surroundings of goblin technology, and... Some messy things."

Fang Chang was surprised.

"Shit, so much?"

Said the wind.

"We only brought a little of everything. In the words of the manager, we are exploring the market this time."

The face of quitting smoking has an expression of envy.

"Hey, I cried with envy."

"If you upgrade faster, you can go with us."

Lao Bai patted on the shoulder of quitting smoking, smiled and said, "come on, brother, you should practice your level first. Lv8 to lv10 are two levels, but it still takes some time to get up."

Although I can go without taking the task, I can't do any task after I go. I can spend a few days at most to take a look at what has been done on CG, and I'm not sure if there will be a bug... This is the original words planned by a dog.

Even if continuous bugs are the norm of closed beta, small players who have experienced bugs in the last expansion really don't want to experience it again.

Quit smoking and sigh.

"Practice again, practice again."

The mission of going to Boulder City this time is to reach lv10 and the contribution level is to reach intermediate citizens.

After all, it is a test of the new system. It may be planned that it is more appropriate to arrange reliable players, so the threshold is set very high and the number of recipients is limited.

The process of the task is very simple. Escort the goods to Boulder City and act as the escort of NPC after the goods are delivered to ensure the smooth establishment of shelter 404 and the office in Boulder City.

During this period, you can move freely, and an NPC will follow you to act as an interpreter and be responsible for communicating with the local people.

Incidentally, in addition to the office in Boulder City, the chamber of Commerce in the outpost base is already under construction. A piece of land was circled at the north gate early in the morning, waiting for the planning bully to cash in the contents of the new folder.

Not surprisingly, these facilities should be the prototype of the "commercial guild" of refuge 404 in the future.

According to a Guang, they plan to set up an "interface" in the game, which is more in line with the game style and setting, so that players can find NPC employees more easily.

After the function is realized, all operations can be completed through VM.

Thinking of the lights that brother pancake drew for him, he looked at the NPC at the door, who were busy loading and unloading goods, and his heart couldn't help but be full of power.

Work harder and try to brush the level above lv10 before the new version.

In this way, you can experience more game content in the new version!

"Brother lone wolf, will you go to the fifth ring line to brush the grade?" quit smoking and looked at the newcomer next to him, with a energetic smile on his face.

The lone wolf was slightly stunned.

"Me? I don't need it. The firewood mission has been completed and the VM has been obtained."

Looking at this spiritless guy, he quit smoking with a serious face.

"You've just arrived at LV3. How can you be such a salted fish! The game starts only after you get the VM! Don't you want to go to a higher-level world? Don't you want xiaomengxin to hold your legs and call you a big man?"

To be honest, lone wolf really doesn't have this idea. He enjoys the process of the game more than pretending to force in the game.

Moreover, in reality, many people call him big brother

"Oh, no," the lone wolf smiled shyly. "I'm in the intelligence department. There are many ways to gain experience. I don't have to fight strange to upgrade. I'm going to go to the industrial zone later, or you can find someone else?"

Quit smoking: "Gan!"

Damn it!

This guy!

As soon as I got the VM, I abandoned him.

What about friendship?

Fangchang and Laobai discussed whether they should bring some more specialties. Those chips are very important task props.

At this time, a large figure wrapped in cotton padded clothes and green skin swaggered out of the south gate and gave a happy cry.

"Hahaha, spring! It's spring! I finally got through it!"

Hiss——

It's still a little cold!

However, his level has risen, his metabolism has also improved, and with his cotton padded clothes, it is not as difficult as it was some time ago.

The garbage gentleman was happy, but the people at the door were frightened.

In particular, several mercenaries next to the caravan were frightened and even took out the guys in their hands.

Fortunately, the guards nearby quickly stopped them and stopped a bloody conflict.

"Hell, where did you get such a big lizard?! is this a dead clawed cub?!"

"He can speak human words!"

Looking at the two frightened mercenaries, Xu Shun coughed and explained.

"This is our manager's pet... He has special training methods."

The two mercenaries looked at each other and saw the capital ignorant force from each other's eyes.

Blue coat and that ability?!

Never heard of it!

They have seen the nobles in the inner city dress dogs, and it is the first time they have seen someone dress death claws.

Is it really all right not to tie a rope?

"... I've never seen anything so outrageous."

Hearing his companion's speech, another mercenary also swallowed his saliva.

"I bet I haven't seen those lazy people in the pub."

……

It didn't take long to load and unload the goods.

Before noon, a caravan composed of players and NPCs set off again in the direction of boulder with the spirit leaves worth tens of thousands of chips, radio stations for communication, commodities used to explore the market, and the hopes of countless small players.

The scale of this caravan is much larger than last time, and both the number of people and the volume of goods have doubled several times.

I hope they can bring back good news in a week.

The 404 refuge that has already taken the fast track can step on the accelerator again, so that his game player and NPC can't suck up.

"Good luck with you!"

"Warriors of the future."

Standing upstairs, Chu Guang watched them disappear at the end of the cement road outside the south gate, sent a blessing to their backs, and then turned and went downstairs.

Liszt, who finally got the equipment, couldn't wait to take the personnel and equipment to the industrial zone.

Thirty workers are ready.

According to Liszt himself, the equipment can be installed within one week, and the engineers will complete the induction training for the workers within three weeks and begin to guide the production.

Efficiency cannot be guaranteed for the time being.

After all, the educated workers promised by Chu Guang are in fact only literate and numeral.

But Liszt was full of confidence.

Because he has little cost.

silver coin?

The Bank of the shelter lent it to the company. Whether it was paying wages or buying raw materials, it didn't spend his chips. For him, it was the number on his account.

Chu Guang promised him that the debts of the factory would not affect the transactions between them. Even if he went bankrupt, he would liquidate the "assets of the factory" at most, and the insufficient part would not be counted on him.

In Chu Guang's own words, it is a limited liability system, and legal persons only bear limited liability.

This is a new word in Stonehenge, but maybe it was common in the pre war era?

In any case, the deal won't cost him anything.

Liszt is only thinking about one thing now, that is, as soon as possible!

If we start work earlier, we can turn those garbage into chips earlier.

He is also one step closer to his dream of being promoted to high society.

……

That night.

Chu Guang, who had been busy back and forth in the industrial zone and the outpost for a day, returned to the shelter, turned on the computer and did the planning work.

Today's official website is as lively as ever.

The mole who went to Honghe town finally came late and sent out the strategy.

In fact, it's not that he didn't go to the forum these days, but he was playing strange all the way. There were no characteristics. The heat of the whole forum was absorbed by the elder brother alone.

Now the strategy of Stonehenge has been updated. Brother mole who saw the opportunity immediately posted the strategy and sucked those players who still had more to say.

"... MMP, we're really unlucky along the way. Those aliens are like taking drugs, one by one. I finally know why I can't see a few people in this area. Eight Chengdu was taken away by those monsters!"

"Monster's lair! I've marked it on the map, but it's outside the communication range and hasn't been updated to the big map. On the way, we passed a survivor settlement, which seems to be a small trading station, where two caravans are resting."

"According to the leaders of the two caravans, the snake clan is expanding eastward. The territory of the bone chewing tribe is getting bigger and bigger. It has completely cut off the business road in the north, and it is becoming more and more difficult to do business here. However, if you want to go from the eastern provinces to the western provinces, the river valley province is still the best of a bunch of bad ideas... This may be good news for us."

"In addition, today I finally came to Honghe town! In a word, it's so desolate!"

"The soil is probably polluted. There are basically no taller trees. Flowers, shrubs and mushrooms grow. As long as they are drilled out of the ground, they are basically poisonous! However, there are a lot of arthropods here and groups of double headed cattle. They seem to be able to separate these toxins, and the survivors here eat them or make them into nutritional creams!"

"Those who trade with us are the horseshoe chamber of Commerce, those who bought captives from us before. There are several soilless cultivation boxes in their residence, but I'm afraid that's not enough for everyone to eat. It's probably for the rich."

"When I took out the dry food, many people had a green light in their eyes. It should sell a lot of money to transport the endless food here."

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot to say! People here don't use chips, gold or Cr, but tickets issued by the local mining guild."

"Anyway, most traders won't stay here much. The locals simply reflect slaves and minerals on the banknotes and mark them with numbers. Red tickets buy slaves and blue tickets buy minerals. The numbers correspond to the mining area. They can be cashed in the mining association or directly in the mining area... I feel more like a place where several big slave owners collect money than a guild."

"In addition, although it is desolate here, it has a large population, which is basically scattered in the settlements of various chambers of Commerce. The main components are bounty hunters, mercenaries, cowboys raising two headed cattle, and their family members or bought slaves."

"Maybe it's because there are no mother nests in this place. I don't see slime fungi like gnawing eaters. But that doesn't mean it's safe here. These people don't have a clear relationship with the predators around them. The NPC named qianduo said that they can't trust them completely, but they can't do their business. This may be the largest slave market in the southern suburbs. Whether it's captives or clones People will be sent here. We even met a bounty hunter who came from the east coast to help employers find lost relatives! "

"However, the life of the slave owners has not been very easy recently. Some days ago, the rise of the bone chewing tribe made them a fortune, and the major mining areas were full, but now those barbarians who like hair and blood have gnawed away the bones in the middle of the province and stretched their toes to the south."

"It seems that the leader of the snake clan intends to do this profitable business by himself, but those slave owners do not intend to hand over their treasures. It is said that those garbage mountains can be dug for centuries, which is much more valuable than gold mine!"

"In a word, we need weapons, tools to improve the efficiency of slaves, and food! The priority is lower, and weapons are the first priority! The picture is painted by ourselves. People outside the service area can only take off their helmets and draw by hand. They will have a look."

"(picture), (picture), (picture)."

Unlike the elder brother Fang, the mole's writing is sloppy.

However, he probably drew inspiration from the mayor, and he also told the whole situation there.

More than that, this guy's hand-painted skills are good. He also attached several illustrations to the post.

Maybe it's because of these illustrations that this late strategy has been delayed for so long.

Quit smoking: "brother mole is a cow!"

Fairy Wang Fugui: "order other illustrations! I want to see Heya!! I want to see little fish! (crazy)"

Night ten: "boss Xia said he was very happy. (funny)"

Professor Yang, king of thunder and lightning Law: "I feel that Jushi city is like a beggar's version of the city that never sleeps, and Honghe town is a bit like a luxury version of a wilderness escort... (Khan)"

Midnight chicken killing: "although I feel you are forcibly looking for connection, er, it seems a little?"

Roller shampoo machine: "I can't imagine that such a large number of Feng Shui treasures have gathered in a small river valley province!"

Lao Bai: "it's not small, that is, in the game, which provincial administrative region can include two great plains and a mountain? There are two urban agglomerations on the two great plains respectively."

Irene: "the morning breeze saves laughter and doesn't speak. (funny)"

Night 10: "do you play mod? It's not necessarily OK not to play mod. (funny)"

Chu Guang read the post around, his index finger lightly clicked the mouse and thought a little.

"The specialty of Honghe town is population and mining, and the demand is weapons and grain."

"There are a small number of production facilities there, which can process iron tube weapons and even export specialty runner rifles. However, the slave owners there did not have the power to industrialize, not even a stable currency, but traded with tickets."

In fact, a ticket can not be counted as money, but more like a transaction receipt.

Payment is destroyed, production is issued, and no production can be issued. In terms of attributes, it is a bit like futures.

The mining industry association is more like a conventional guarantee organization. For example, today, a's bills can't be cashed, but B cashed them first. The provincial fool affected everyone's credit because of a small matter, resulting in that everyone's checks are not recognized.

This is why the area code of the mining area is marked on the ticket.

After receiving the ticket, Party B will use it as a debt voucher to urge Party A for debt.

If a doesn't come up yet, he will roll it out in a civilized or uncivilized way.

Counterfeit money?

Does not exist.

Few outsiders will leave the tickets in their pockets. When they leave, they basically cashed them and delivered them with one hand.

Because the local chamber of Commerce often does business with mine owners and slave owners, it will save some red and blue tickets, but they all know the bottom of each other. No one will break the rules for a small profit.

"Interesting."

Chu Guang raised his eyebrows with great interest. First, he added a fine to the post, and then copied the content of the strategy post in the text document.

He plans to wait a few days to slightly modify and update the setting set on the official website for other players' reference.

I found my brain hole and accidentally guessed the next version. I think the little player must be very excited.

Predicted version.

Isn't that much better than going to the hall of fame?

Of course, these are trivial things.

"... if the trade route to here can be opened, it should be able to meet the growing demand for raw materials in the industrial zone."

Food is not suitable for trading for the time being, and his demand for this thing is also large. An awakened person can't wait to eat the rations of three people a day, not to mention those refugees from the north. They can't send them to the factory until they are fed.

In addition, only with more grain can more players be recruited, and a little processing of grain can empty the wallets of past traders.

Weapons are a good choice.

Waste soil is not ancient. Others will buy it from others if they don't buy it from you.

If you buy it from others, you have to find a way to cut off the supply line when fighting. It's much easier to buy it from yourself. As soon as you get a card in the neck of the exit, just stare at the inventory. When the rest of the bullets and shells can hit, you can't stand it. Just try to rub them with your hands.

This is also why Chu Guang stopped importing weapons and took weapon R & D and production as a key support project.

He is willing to pay for anything made by mosquitoes.

Whether it works or not, you must use your own.

"... the only trouble is that Honghe town is too far away from here. There are many exotic nests on the road, and predators fight guerrillas. If you are fast, you can walk there in two or three days, and if you are slow, it may take a week."

"However, it shouldn't be a big problem if there are awakened people as guards!"

"Moreover, the target is outside the city. Trucks and tracked vehicles can be arranged. It is far less difficult to expand the transaction scale than to buy and sell with survivors' strongholds in the city."

"This commercial road can be arranged after spring ploughing!"

Chu Guang glanced at the calendar and suddenly moved in his heart.

"It's been almost three months."

"The corn at the greenhouse site seems to be ripe?"

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(the difference is 1.2k ten thousand.)