Chapter 3355

Master Meng's common sense is not very good, but his premonition is still very accurate, the price of the paper increased to 131 gold coins the next day, which really reached the level of a one-third increase in price.

Rainy days do not make trees grow better. Only a small number of trees prefer shade to accelerate growth. Most trees are not suitable for long-term wet weather, including the raw materials for making paper.

Because of the rain, Dongfang Herring didn't go out these days and hid in the city lord's mansion. The city lord's mansion does not have air conditioners and dehumidifiers, but there are magicians. Fire magicians are more effective than any air conditioners and dehumidifiers.

Lin Qian'er and Xiao Yiren knew that he was idle, so they naturally handed over the matter that needed him to decide. There was no way to get it into their hands before, and they couldn't find Dongfang Herring. Wang Feiyan is a qualified secretary, but Dongfang Herring is not a qualified boss.

Dongfang Herring looked at the pile of documents, and he felt a little regretful, but looking at the rain curtain outside, he was really in a dilemma as to whether he had the courage to step forward.

In the end, he had no choice but to pick up the document, which happened to be an urgent document about logging and papermaking sent from Nanban.

Days of rain made logging work difficult. Loggers could not work outside for a long time, otherwise they would be prone to illness. Nanban didn’t pay attention to this matter at the beginning. In fact, they were inexperienced, and many employees had already fallen ill.

However, this is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that the trees absorb too much water, resulting in a decline in quality. The quality of the paper produced is only 90% or even lower than before.

In addition, wood will be affected by moisture during the process of transportation, storage, and manufacturing. The paper produced has a large number of inferior products, and the output is seriously reduced.

In addition, many players in Nanban were infected with the epidemic. First, they coughed, then had a runny nose, then had a fever, and were weak all over. They would die after 48 hours.

Dongfang Herring was secretly startled, isn't this the flu?

"Who is that? Didn't Nanban say that there was only one person coming back? What's his name, I can't remember it all at once." Dongfang Herring asked Wang Feiyan.

"Pineapple fried rice." Wang Feiyan said.

"Does he have time now? Tell him to come over. I have something to ask him." Dongfang Herring said.

"You are the boss, if you say you have time, he will have time." Wang Feiyan said.

"Your thinking is wrong. Regardless of status or position, we must respect everyone." Dongfang Herring said seriously.

"If I hadn't personally experienced the fact that I was often called up by you in the middle of the night, I would have believed your words." Wang Feiyan said.

"..." Dongfang Herring said with a guilty conscience, "It's all for work."

Wang Feiyan called someone over within 3 minutes of leaving the house. It turned out that she had expected that Dongfang Herring might ask Pineapple Fried Rice to find out about the situation, and asked him to wait in the City Lord's Mansion in advance.

"The report said that the trees absorbed too much water, which led to a decline in the quality of the paper produced. If I remember correctly, the trees have to go through a drying process, right?" Dongfang Herring asked.

"There are two main steps, one is air drying and the other is high temperature baking. In theory, there should be no difference between a little more water and a little less water that will be evaporated in the end, but in reality, the difference is very big, which belongs to technology. The above problem may be solved if the research is more thorough in the future, but there is no way to do it now." Pineapple Fried Rice replied that he was a very calm person, and he was not as trembling when he saw Dongfang Herring.

"That is to say, rainy days have a great impact on papermaking." Dongfang Herring said.

"It's huge!" replied Pineapple Fried Rice.

"What about the output? How much is the daily output now?" Dongfang Herring asked.

"Only 65.5% of the usual." Pineapple fried rice replied.

"Is the epidemic in Nanban very serious? What about wizards and priests, why don't they go to treat them? Or can they not be cured?" Dongfang Herring asked.

"Wizards and priests can heal and can heal, but the efficiency is very low. Each wizard or priest can only heal 10-15 people a day, but there are as many as 1,000 players infected every day." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"If you don't give treatment, will you die?" Dongfang Herring asked.

"Without any treatment measures, the fatality rate is 95.8%." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"This is almost certain to die." Dongfang Herring said.

"The Nanban players more or less master some earthworks, some can save themselves, and some play themselves to death." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"Perhaps they have the idea of ​​treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Dongfang Herring felt that he still couldn't tease him, and asked, "How does the epidemic spread? Will it be brought to Yanhuang?"

"It's mainly saliva and air. A person who is infected with an infectious disease is restricted within a radius of 10. The place where he stayed, within 60 minutes, the virus is still alive." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"So scary!" Dongfang Herring was surprised.

"There is also a saying that the virus will spread along the running water, but this statement has not been confirmed." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"Are there many people in our factory who are sick?" Dongfang Herring asked.

"0 people!" said Pineapple Fried Rice.

"No?" Dongfang Herring was a little surprised, "Does infectious disease still recognize people?"

"Our living conditions are better. Our factory area has always paid attention to hygiene. Everyone's dormitory is distributed with charcoal. The room is very dry and there is no environment for the virus to survive. In addition, our factory management is strict. Production and living Outsiders are not allowed to enter the area," said Pineapple Fried Rice.

"It's raining every day and I still have to go to work. Do the employees have any objections?" Dongfang Herring asked.

"No, the employees are very grateful." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"Why?" Dongfang Herring was puzzled.

"The rain continued, and many productions in the Nanman area were greatly affected, or stopped, or reduced production, killing monsters, and doing tasks. The same is true. Only our factory is still working normally, which ensures the income of employees. In addition, we have also increased rainy weather subsidies. , the employees will only worry about not having a class, and will not feel that it is not good to go to work." Pineapple Fried Rice said.

"What's the salary level of Nanman now?" Dongfang Herring asked, and the pineapple fried rice continued for more than an hour before the pineapple fried rice stopped. Dongfang Herring basically understood the current situation of Nanban.

The influence of rainwater is all-round. Great changes have taken place in clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The most direct reaction is price increases, food prices, equipment prices, medicine prices, travel prices, and accommodation prices. Prices... As the rain lasts, the range of price increases is expanding, and the amount of price increases is also increasing.

Players are complaining, but there is nothing to do. Production activities are decreasing, but living consumption is increasing, and price increases are inevitable. While the players were still hating the evil businessman, a piece of bad news came...