Ten minutes later, all four of them had a plate of Kung Pao Chicken in their hands.
The rice was out of the pot by then, and He Kailai quickly filled four bowls and placed them on their plates. Before the four of them could react, Hu Hao came down from the nearby RV with a tray of bone broth ramen. "Come on, bone broth ramen...try it, try it!"
…
Sitting in front of the campfire, Ye Miao watched the food pile up in front of her. However, she knew the variety of food available in the camp. Furthermore, the game world was different from reality, so even stir-fries could be stored directly in her backpack for two days without getting cold. So, she accepted the members' hospitality without hesitation.
But Chu Cheng felt uncomfortable. Everyone was rushing to feed him food, which made him overwhelmed. At first he could still express his gratitude repeatedly, but later he unconsciously started to decline politely.
After placing a variety of foods in front of him, including Kung Pao Chicken with rice, bone broth ramen, marshmallows, butter bread, hand-pulled pancakes, egg fried rice... the team members who were wandering around finally came back.
Yi Hang, clutching a kebab in each hand, said as he approached, "Chu Cheng, you know what? This camp is amazing! Most white-quality food is only three or five gold coins, blue-quality food is mostly thirty or forty, and purple-quality... ah, that Kung Pao Chicken in front of you is only 90 gold!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ruhuan couldn't wait to add, "And, there's more. It's only 50 gold to have a player make a piece of blue equipment here, and it's only 150 gold to buy the finished product. If a purple item drops, it'll only cost an extra 100 or 200 gold."
Shen Ruhuan said as he sat down next to Ye Miao: "I probably shouldn't ask, but I'm really curious... Can they make money doing this?"
"Of course I make money." Ye Miao said as a matter of course.
Yi Hang stood behind her, puzzled by her answer. "How do you make money? Most of the drops from monsters you kill have to be turned in to the camp, so you don't keep much. And you sell the finished products so cheaply. What can you do with the money?"
Ye Miao turned his head and laughed: "Our camp does not accept members' drops."
Yihang:?
The case is solved.
If the camp does not collect supplies from members, members will have abundant raw materials and can pursue small profits but quick turnover, which can indeed keep prices at a relatively low level. However,
"You spend a huge amount of money to build a territory but don't collect supplies, and you still have to go out and fight monsters yourself. What are you trying to do? Are you doing charity?" Yi Hang was puzzled.
Ye Miao shrugged: "No one is omnipotent. In the end times, it is always easier to live in a group than alone."
For example, she couldn't cook. If it weren't for the chefs in the territory, she would probably have to pick fruits to fill her stomach or go out to buy food at high prices.
"Besides, spending a huge amount of money will pay off sooner or later. I've read the introduction to territory upgrades. Once we become a settlement, I can set taxes. Then, everyone will invisibly contribute to the construction of the territory, and the accumulation of small amounts will add up to a lot."
Chu Cheng thought about it and asked, "How much tax do you plan to collect?"
"I don't know, maybe 2%-5%. I haven't thought about this issue specifically yet." Ye Miao said frankly.
The five-member team fell silent again.
Fearless settlement.
Xu Wu was full of confidence when organizing this operation. He brought all the high-level players in the territory, a total of thirty or forty people, and looked very aggressive.
As a result, this strong team of thirty or forty people came back in disgrace. Not only was their morale crushed, but the other players who did not go were also demoralized and subconsciously questioned the team's ability.
Xu Wu sensed that the situation was not good, so she promptly announced that evening: "Because my wrong decision caused the team to suffer setbacks, the territory will be exempted from three phases of taxation. I hope everyone will upgrade well and fight again in the future!"
Three installments of tax exemption!
The members' eyes lit up and they became more excited.
Since the territory was upgraded to a settlement, it has started to have taxes, which are collected every 10 days at a rate of 30% of the newly acquired resources in those ten days, and are automatically deducted by the system.
That is, after everyone has completed the last-place elimination system to ensure their survival, they still have to pay 30% of the remaining materials as tax. Now that three installments have been waived, everyone has a much easier time.
The community became cheerful. The members who had been PUA for a long time had long been accustomed to high-intensity work. Now they subconsciously felt that the boss was quite understanding and willing to take responsibility.
Get rich camp.
After all, it was late at night, and everyone needed to rest. The celebration lasted for more than an hour before dispersing. Ye Miao offered the remaining empty stone house to Chu Cheng's five-man team and went back to sleep.
The next morning, when the five-member team woke up, the camp was just beginning to bustle. When they opened the door, they saw the camp members seriously considering what to eat for breakfast. The scene, filled with the atmosphere of fireworks, was no different from before the apocalypse.
Some members who were preparing to form a group to kill monsters were standing in front of He Kailai's stall. He Kailai sold butter bread every morning. It could not only restore physical strength continuously for 3 hours, but also be eaten with ham slices, poached eggs and other things. Paired with the soy milk sold at a low price in the camp, it was a good breakfast.
Some people also choose to ask Hu Hao and Miao Lin to pack a bowl of bone broth ramen before going out, saving it for lunch. A bowl of bone broth ramen instantly restores your stamina, slows down your stamina depletion in the afternoon, and increases your chances of dropping gold coins. At 40 gold coins per bowl, it's not expensive at all!
As for the medicine Zhu Yihua was selling at her stall, it was sold out in almost ten minutes. When Chu Cheng and the others came out, the other pharmacists in the camp were setting up their stalls. They always waited until Zhu Yihua was done selling before they could get any business. They would make a few bottles of medicine every day to sell, and keep a few for themselves to kill monsters.
The atmosphere throughout the camp is friendly and thriving.
Chu Cheng took a breath of the fresh morning air: "Let's see what to eat."
Everyone then walked towards the small market together. Yi Hang took a look at the medicines sold by the pharmacists and was shocked by the prices again.
Ten minutes later, the five people bought breakfast and returned to the stone house. Chu Cheng bought a hand-pulled pancake, a fried egg and soy milk, Yi Hang bought bone broth ramen, Shen Ruhuan bought a low-priced breakfast sold at the official grocery store in the camp, and the other two team members each bought a bowl of rice noodles.
A unique mixed aroma of food filled the stone house. Everyone was eating their breakfast. Except for Chu Cheng who was silently thinking with his head down, the other four people exchanged glances.
Finally, Yi Hang, who was closest to Chu Cheng, spoke up under the eager anticipation of his teammates: "Ahem, Chu Cheng, let's discuss something..."
Chu Cheng raised his eyes.
Yi Hang said, "How about we join this camp? Don't be so quick to reject me. Listen to me..." He cleared his throat, "Look, we've been stuck for a while. On the one hand, we're not in the mood to establish a territory. On the other hand, we don't like the atmosphere in those territories and don't want to hand over so much supplies. So we just rely on our fighting ability to get by on our own."
"But it's not a good idea for us to keep wandering like this. I think the atmosphere in this camp is pretty good, and they don't charge for supplies. As for if we have to pay some taxes in the future, then we can pay them. I don't think it's too much. We paid taxes well before the apocalypse, right?"
Yi Hang said as he looked around the stone house he was in. "Look, now that we've moved in, it's much better than living outside. We have food and drink every day, and it's convenient to buy medicine. Isn't that great?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Chu Cheng nervously.
Chu Cheng looked at the other three teammates: "Does everyone think so?"
Shen Ruhuan said frankly: "We all think this territory is good, but if you think it's not suitable, we can discuss it."
Chu Cheng laughed: "Actually, I was thinking about this too. Since everyone agrees, let's discuss it together."
“???” The four were overjoyed.
In the open space outside, Ye Miao had finished his breakfast and was walking his Pixiu.
She had fought monsters late last night and had a good record, so she planned to take a day off today and rest up in the camp. If she had nothing to do tomorrow, she would go to T City and grind the Blood Corpse dungeon for another day.
According to the rules of Fantasy World, some big bosses are "one-time" and disappear after defeating them, such as the Night Demon and the Frost Giant. Others will spawn repeatedly, and the Blood Corpse Boss is one of them.
This kind of boss will drop a lot of rewards when the player defeats it for the first time, but will only drop basic materials after that. But even so, it is worth it because Hu Haomiao Lin said that the blood tofu is almost used up, and she can get some more to sell to them.
Maybe it was because all the camp members were waiting for her to come back outside last night, but Pixiu didn’t seem to sleep well. She yawned every two steps.
"Are you so sleepy?" Ye Miao squatted down and picked it up. The Pixiu suddenly became limp, resting its chin on her arm, snoring sleepily.
Ye Miao scratched its head, the fur touching his fingers, it felt good: "Then let's go back. I won't go out today and sleep with you!"
The Pixiu yawned again and made a "wooo" sound. Ye Miao just stood up holding it when Yi Hang's voice rang out from a few steps away: "Wait a minute... Is that a Pixiu?!"
"Yes." Ye Miao looked over and saw Yi Hang with envy: "He even has a high-level divine beast! Where did you get it?"
"I caught it myself." Ye Miao told the truth.
Yi Hang gasped: "Hiss—then what's your level in animal taming?!"
"Hmm..." Ye Miao avoided the question and asked, "Do you have something to talk to me about?"
"Yes." Chu Cheng saw that she didn't want to talk about the level issue, so he took over the conversation at the right time and got straight to the point, "We want to apply to join your camp."
Ye Miao: “?!”
Chu Cheng: "Is it okay?"
Ye Miao's eyes lit up, and he looked at them as if they were gold: "Of course!!!"
Five senior archers offered to join her camp, only a fool would say no!!!
But the problem is – there aren’t that many spots left in the camp!
When the shelter was upgraded to a camp, she had actually left two or three empty slots, just in case a big boss suddenly appeared. But she hadn't expected five big bosses to appear at once, and the two or three empty slots she had left were not enough.
It was obviously inappropriate to expel other members just to let them in, so Ye Miao decided without hesitation: upgrade!
She had actually thought about upgrading the camp to a settlement before, but at that time she had no idea about the situation of the frost giants and was worried that it would cost a lot of money to repair the barrier stones after they attacked, so she postponed the upgrade plan.
As a result, she successfully lured away the Frost Giant last night. The barrier stone was attacked two or three times in total, which was completely negligible.
Ye Miao immediately opened the panel, which still displayed:
Have at least 40 members [47/50] (Completed);
Own at least 5 public buildings [6/5] (Completed);
Own at least 30 private residences [47/50] (completed);
Own at least 4 defensive buildings [0/4] (Not completed).
"Wait for me ten minutes." She said as she opened the building interface, selected the arrow tower and bought all the raw materials for building four arrow towers with one click. Then she walked to a corner of the camp and started building at a rapid speed.
"...How can she build a house so fast?!" Yi Hang scratched his head as he watched her figure, which seemed to have fast-forwarded. "We're level 100 thanks to our professional archery training, but she's obviously got pretty good combat skills. Her beast taming skills can even tame mythical beasts, and she even possesses a construction skill that allows her to build houses at lightning speed... What did she do before?!"
"There are always some people who are gifted." Shen Ruhuan seemed to be thinking about it.
Yi Hang couldn't think of any other explanation and could only accept this setting reluctantly.
Forty minutes later, the four arrow towers were completed. Ye Miao dusted off his hands and returned to the archer team, opening the territory mission panel again. A line of small words appeared at the bottom.
"You have achieved all your goals. You can upgrade the [Get Rich Overnight Camp] to the [Get Rich Overnight Settlement] by spending 30,000 gold coins."
Further down, in bright yellow font, it read:
——After upgrading to [Get Rich Overnight Settlement], you will get:
Larger territory area;
The area covered by the barrier stone expands with the area of the territory;
The maximum number of people in a territory is increased to 100 (current limit: 50);
Enable taxation permissions and customize taxation frequency and ratio;
· Enable the "Post Station" function. You can set up a post station to provide temporary accommodation for players and earn income. Players staying there will have some of the rights of territory members (details can be viewed after setting up the post station).
30,000 gold coins...!
Ye Miao said to himself: It’s equivalent to buying a high-level archer for 6,000 gold coins, it’s worth it!
Then, with my heart bleeding, I pressed "Confirm Upgrade".
The next second, all members, whether inside or outside the territory, received a pop-up window at the same time:
"Your [Get Rich Overnight Camp] has been upgraded to a [Get Rich Overnight Settlement], with the territory area and maximum number of people increased."
"The territory owner [Ye Miao] will be granted tax authority, and you may need to submit taxes."
“For more new features, please return to the territory.”
"Upgraded again?" Lu Weiwei, who was picking fruits, was stunned.
Before Su Xinran could react, she heard Zhang Tingting screaming not far away: "Oh my god, taxes!"
Lu Weiwei, Su Xinran, and Sun Chen all looked over. Su Xinran was puzzled: "What's wrong with the tax?"
Zhang Tingting looked nervous. "A distant relative of mine lives in a territory that was upgraded to a settlement a few days ago. The tax rate is 25%, and the supplies she's submitting haven't decreased... She's almost dying, and she came to me to borrow money."
"Is the tax so high?" Sun Chen was stunned, but then he calmed down. "But our territory doesn't need to hand over supplies, so maybe it's okay if we only pay taxes."
Not only them, but the monster-killing team was also talking about it. On the one hand, everyone felt that collecting taxes was normal, and it didn't make sense to let Ye Miao spend money alone to build a territory. On the other hand, they were afraid that the taxes would be too high. After all, even elementary school students knew that life with "heavy taxes and levies" was not easy.
After the territory upgrade was completed, Ye Miao quickly approved the application of the five-person team, and then returned to the stone house to seriously think about the tax issue.
The territory taxation in the game "Fantasy World" is very flexible. The territory owner can set various values such as amount, ratio, period, etc., set the tax-free amount, and increase taxes on the "rich".
Ye Miao took a piece of paper and wrote and drew for a long time, and finally decided on the tax rate:
Taxes are collected every 30 days at a rate of 2% of the total gold coins earned in those 30 days.
If the total gold earned by a member within 30 days is less than 1,000 gold, the current tax amount will be exempted;
If a member's total gold income exceeds 10,000 gold within 30 days, the tax rate will be increased to 5%.
The moment the tax amount was determined, all members received a pop-up reminder again.
He Kailai, who was counting the remaining food at home, was stunned for a moment and quickly calculated in his mind.
His stall seems to be doing a booming business every day, but in fact it is a "small profit but quick turnover" business, and the profit from each piece of food is not high.
So, if you do the math, it's not difficult for him to earn 10,000 gold a month, but after deducting the cost of ingredients, the profit might be only 4,000-5,000 gold. If he also spends money on new skill cards during this period, the profit will be even lower.
but……
He Kailai thought carefully. 5% of 10,000 gold was only 500 gold. Even if the profit was low, he could still afford it. Moreover, he already had a house. If he only ate the cheap food provided by the territory for three meals a day, his living expenses could be kept very low. He didn't have any big expenses.
In addition, the wages Ye Miao paid him for cooking for the territory was also an additional income.
After figuring out the bill, He Kailai had no objection to the tax ratio.
Combat players have even less objection.
He Kailai needs to spend money to purchase goods, and they are the "suppliers".
While the materials you farm are cheap in bulk, the cost is negligible. Stamina, health, and HP all regenerate automatically. Regenerating them through medicine or food costs money, but it regenerates faster and allows you to farm more materials to cover the cost.
So, if they were asked to pay 2% tax on their monthly income of several thousand dollars...
There doesn’t seem to be any pressure!
With the tax plan finalized, Ye Miao chose a nice house to use as his "inn." The small house consisted of two floors, painted a clean white exterior and a light blue interior. Each floor had four rooms, each accommodating two people. If players brought along an NPC, they would also occupy a bed.
After choosing it, she named it "Post Station", and the system jumped out of her shoulder, guiding her to build the post station not far from the gate of the settlement.
After the house is built, the system pops up a prompt:
"Members of the settlement can freely enter and exit the post station to trade, make friends, and engage in other activities."
"Non-settlement members will also be granted access to the inn, but before confirming check-in, they can only move around within the inn and cannot go to other parts of the settlement. After checking in, non-settlement members can move around freely within the settlement and trade and make friends with settlement members and NPCs, but they cannot enter other buildings without permission."
"If an attack occurs, non-settlement members within the post station will also be protected by the barrier stone."
"You can freely set the accommodation fee of the post station."
Ye Miao's eyes fell on the last sentence, hesitating for three seconds, and then she smiled unkindly: "Oh, you bastard who doesn't make money is a bastard." She couldn't bear to cut the leeks of her own members, so why couldn't she cut the leeks of outsiders?
Besides, the prices outside are already quite high. If they spend the night here, they can save money by buying food with the other members of the settlement. So what's wrong with her charging a little more for accommodation!
So Ye Miao set the accommodation price very domineeringly: 500 gold coins per person per night.
As for if no one comes to live...
If no one comes to stay, she can slide down and kneel down to adjust it.
However, Ye Miao's concerns were clearly overblown. The concept of "commercial activity" had existed since the early days of human civilization. Now, nearly a month after the apocalypse, many players, such as Ren Guoqing, had become full-time merchants.
In the area around City T, some territories have already upgraded their settlements. The "post station" function that was unlocked simultaneously during the upgrade made the members of these territories realize that this was a hidden convenience provided for business players, and the exchanges between settlements were very frequent.
So that night, the first group of business players arrived.
This small team set out from a settlement in the south of T City, trading supplies along the way, and planned to visit all the settlements outside T City before returning.
They set out from the previous post at dawn, still quite a distance from the next settlement, and had already prepared to pitch their tents outside tonight. The sudden upgrade of the camp to a settlement gave them an unexpected place to stay, and by dusk they were heading towards the settlement marked on the map.
When I walked to the entrance of the Get Rich Overnight settlement, a system prompt popped up:
"You have arrived at the [Get Rich Overnight Settlement]."
"You are not a member of the [Get Rich Overnight Settlement], do you choose to enter the [Inn]?"
The team leader pressed "yes" without hesitation.
The next second, all the team members were called into the post station.
The system pops up a new round of prompts:
"Would you like to stay at the [Get Rich Overnight Inn]?"
"Accommodation fee: 500 gold coins/person/night."
“So expensive?!” the members exclaimed it was outrageous.
The current prices are indeed outrageous, but the accommodation prices at the post stations in various settlements are actually very cheap. This is because in the minds of most settlement owners, post stations are not used to make money, but to attract merchants like them.
When merchants come, they can buy local goods and provide income for members; they can also bring in goods from outside to make up for the shortcomings of the settlement.
Why would anyone want to take advantage of a merchant right after entering the store?!
The leader laughed angrily and said with great backbone: "Are you bullying a fool? Come on, let's go out and set up the tent! Set up right in front of their settlement!"
However, a young female member said, "Um... let me remind you of a small matter."
She coughed. "I heard that the frost giants have recently come to this area. What if they choose to attack this settlement tonight..."
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
If the Frost Giants came to attack tonight, this settlement might not be able to survive, but they still have a chance of survival because they are protected by the barrier. If they were outside, they would probably die in a second.
But the person who had spoken thought about it and felt that 500 per person was too expensive, so he suggested: "How about we not formally check in, but just stay in the inn and just take advantage of the barrier protection?"
"Smart!" Someone immediately agreed.
The team leader curled his lips. "If we have to stay here anyway," he sighed unwillingly. "Then we should get some sleep. Otherwise, our strength will decrease instead of increase. How will we do business tomorrow? Luckily, we made a lot of money reselling potions yesterday..."
However, before he could finish his words, he realized that the team had six people in total, and it would cost 3,000 gold a night. After deducting the cost of buying potions, it was equivalent to not only not making any profit, but also losing hundreds of gold.
The team leader gritted his teeth in anger, a desire to challenge him rising inexplicably in his heart. After a brief hesitation, he steeled his resolve: "Stay! Everyone stay! I want to see what good things this settlement that dares to charge 500 yuan a night has! Could it be that they've built a Forbidden City within their territory?!"
That's right.
The members were all complaining in their hearts: What kind of settlement is this? The prices are as exorbitant as a tourist attraction!
Several people complained while silently paying money, and each of them felt that they were being wronged.
This money is enough to buy a good blue quality weapon!
After paying the full 3,000 gold coins, the system friendly said: "Welcome to the [Get Rich Overnight Settlement Inn]. During your stay, you can move around the settlement freely, trade with other players, and make friends, but you cannot enter other buildings except the Inn~"
The business team rolled their eyes at the prompt: Tsk, a bunch of black-hearted villains, who wants to trade or make friends with them!
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