Chapter 75 Inquiring about the Situation

Originally, Wu Yucheng's team happened to meet Lin Zuo at the restaurant. Knowing that they were from other cities and had settled here, Lin Zuo was happy to answer their questions.

"We also just recently started collecting food, but everyone only needs to get enough to last their family through the winter. As for other residents, they're there to exchange for money."

Some people wondered, "Exchange money? How do we exchange money?"

Lin Zuo drank the remaining rice wine in his cup. "Because the city lord has always been offering business in the mission hall, collecting everything from haystacks and firewood to various grains and materials, many ordinary residents in our city have made some money from this and later started their own small businesses."

When everyone heard this, they were surprised to find that there was such a business that would accept anything.

"Money is good, but it can't compare to real supplies." Ordinary residents generally don't need too much money as long as they have supplies and materials.

Lin Zuo patted the other person's shoulder and said, "That's wrong. Although ordinary residents don't need many equipment and potions, there are still many things they can buy, such as plaid backpacks. Self-defense and attack equipment should also be purchased just in case. Even low-grade ones are better than going without anything. There are still many more. Anyway, if you want to live a comfortable life, you still have to have money."

This is completely different from Wu Yu City. In the past, ordinary residents there collected food and sold it to professional players, or exchanged it for meat. Although there were people setting up stalls, there were not many.

Only after arriving in Xuantian City did they feel the difference. This place and the previous Wuyu City were like a big city and a small county town. The difference in prosperity was not even a little bit.

"So that's how it is..." Following Yao Bing'an to Xuantian City was really the best decision. It was worth it for them to leave their original team and come here.

Lin Zuo also noticed that these people were not a small team, but had gathered together temporarily in Xuantian City. He wanted to pick out the good friends among them and recruit them into his own team.

Of course, he also learned from these people about the situation of the city-states they had lived in before. Only after comparison did he realize how good Xuantian City was.

"So if you have ordinary people in your family, you can go gather food and firewood or something. Anyway, you can exchange whatever you have. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will never be short of money. You can go out and clear the fields and earn some money. You can always live a good life."

These words inspired their originally somewhat uneasy hearts. One of them saw that Lin Zuo was of extraordinary status and raised his glass to toast him. "Thank you for telling us so much. At least we know that there is a future in life here."

Lin Zuo laughed heartily and shouted to the restaurant owner, "Boss, give me another bottle of wine!"

The wine was brought over quickly. The rice wine was a new product recently added to the restaurant, and Lin Zuo often came here to drink to satisfy his cravings these days.

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Yao Bingan paid for the hotel he was staying at, and then put down his things and came to the stalls in the commercial street to buy something to eat. After the game was updated, they felt hungry, and only now did they feel like they were still human beings.

Although I used to eat, it was mainly to replenish my energy and satisfy my appetite. I would feel bloated if I ate too much, but I didn’t feel hungry normally.

They happened to come to Old Man Zeng's stall. The braised food and sausages at Old Man Zeng's stall were now well-known in Xuantian City. Tang Yi was even roasting sausages on a small charcoal stove next to it.

Cheng Yunhong bought a few grilled sausages and gave one to his sister. After sharing them, he took a bite himself and found it was really delicious.

"This grilled sausage is delicious." The sausage is meaty and the mouth is full of meat after one bite. Cheng Yunshi feels like she is buying snacks just like before.

Old man Zeng smiled and said, "There's a milk tea stall not far away, you can try it."

Cheng Yunshi's eyes widened, "Milk tea!" She had just come out and hadn't even had time to go shopping. The last time she came, there was no drink like milk tea.

She took her sisters to the milk tea stall that Old Man Zeng mentioned. Yao Bing'an, Captain Xiang and others were still in front of his stall, preparing to buy all the grilled sausages.

Yao Bing'an glanced around before asking, "Old man, we came here from other city-states to settle down. Is it really okay for you to set up a stall instead of worrying about your own food supply?"

Old Man Zeng smiled and waved his hand. "We have no shortage of food. Are there any ordinary people over there arguing with those powerful young people?"

After all, he had lived to a certain age, and when he heard Yao Bing'an ask this, he knew that this situation probably happened over there.

Yao Bing'an nodded. "That's right. The relationship between the two parties was too tense, so the city lord had no choice but to disband the city-state. We came to Xuantian City last time and thought it was a great place, so we settled here."

"I've noticed this before. Some of the city lords are young, so it's normal for them to be unable to handle this situation."

Yao Bing'an felt that the old man's words hit the nail on the head, and she really couldn't deal with it.

Old Man Zeng continued, "After our city-state's update, ordinary people like us were also afraid. However, the city lord has said that her food reserves are large, and it is definitely enough for everyone in the city-state to survive the winter. Even if it is not enough, she will buy rice balls for us from the mall at her own expense."

Yao Bingan certainly knew that food was sold in the system mall, but she couldn't afford the amount for so many people. The Lord of Xuantian City was indeed a rich man.

"Since the founding of our city, we've had a business in the mission hall where all the materials we collected can be exchanged for money. I, an old man, relied on trading there to earn the capital to open this stall. My grandson still goes there every day to collect materials and exchange them, and he has his own small treasury."

When Tang Yi heard his grandfather mention him, he grinned at Yao Bingan and the others.

"The city lord has also threatened that anyone who wants to do this doesn't care, because in the end, they still have to go to the mission hall to exchange it for money, so no one is worried about it. We know that the city lord has traded a lot of food, and the food storage is definitely large. Naturally, no one would specifically collect large quantities of food and keep it for themselves. To do so is just to be bored."

"Ever since the City Lord made his harsh words, Xuantian City has been very peaceful and stable, with no major incidents."

Old Man Zeng’s words made Yao Bing’an and others understand why Xuantian City was still so prosperous. It was because of the confidence given by the city lord’s abundant supplies.

"No wonder, then we made the right decision to come here." Captain Xiang said with a smile.

Cheng Yunshi waited in line for more than ten minutes before she could buy milk tea. The rich lady waved her hand and gave a cup to everyone in the queue. While drinking the milk tea, Yao Bing'an was full of confidence in his future life.

Lin Zuo got along very well with several professional players from Wu Yucheng, and invited them to join the team, to which they readily agreed.

Li Aoting did not decide to disband the city-state because of Yao Bing'an's incident. Such conflicts in her city were not yet obvious. As the city lord, she was also trying her best to mediate, thinking that she had to at least survive the first winter in the game world before deciding on the future path.

Now they can only clear the fields near the city-state and have no time to go to Pingjing Mountain.

Finally one day she received an email from Yao Bing'an, which described the situation in Xuantian City and the actions of the city lord there.

Although I know there is a huge gap, I still decided to learn from some of the measures here to try to ease the conflicts between ordinary residents and professional residents in the city.

Thinking that his city-state might be disbanded next spring, Li Aoting didn't worry about whether to install weapons.

If we are unlucky enough to have a winter beast tide, we will see what happens then.

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