The news of the lottery cards being resold soon reached Ye Miao's ears. She did not intend to intervene because this was expected, but the price was a little surprising to her.
"It's just a spot, and it's sold for tens of thousands of gold coins. Our territory can't afford that, right?" Ye Miao complained with a complicated expression while going out to kill monsters with Chu Cheng.
Chu Cheng smiled and said, "If it can be sold at such a high price, it means that it is really that good in the eyes of those people."
Ye Miao shook his head: "They haven't been here before, so I think there are some false rumors."
Chu Cheng didn't comment. After thinking for a while, he asked her, "What if they are really dissatisfied after they come?"
"Hey, that's none of my business?" Ye Miao said confidently, "I didn't ask them to buy it, and the money didn't go into my pocket. I don't care about after-sales service, okay?"
That evening, Ye Miao had the general make new raffle cards. This time, there were 10,000 of them, 400 of which were for territory membership. If all were distributed, even if some didn't show up, the number of members would easily exceed 800.
In the evening, in the corner of the small market, the newly opened hot pot restaurant was bustling with people.
Even with the territory's abundant food variety, hotpot remains one of the more expensive options. Unlike other dishes, where a single serving is generally sufficient, hotpot requires a separate price for the base, and the other dishes are also charged separately. Even though the so-called "dishes" in hotpot are essentially simply prepared "ingredients" in the game, the prices in the restaurant are uniformly marked at 10 gold per vegetarian dish and 20 gold per meat dish, which may not seem expensive, yet when dining at hotpot, almost everyone will easily order a large table.
At the square table in the southeast corner, a steaming hot pot was bubbling with heat. Zhou He, Liu Yin, Song Feifei, and Fang Siyu were sitting around the table, all busy boiling the hot pot.
Song Feifei said to herself: "I think I ordered too much..."
Fang Siyu: "It's a bit much, but it's okay. There's no need to worry about the ingredients in the game. If you can't finish it, just put it in your backpack and ask the cooking player to make something else to eat later."
"That's right." Song Feifei laughed. Liu Yin, who was beside her, was dipping a piece of cooked venison into the sauce, blowing on it to cool it down before putting it into her mouth. She exclaimed, "It smells so good!!!"
Then he exclaimed, "Oh my god, we're actually using hot pot to cook venison? Before the Doomsday System arrived, no hot pot restaurant was this extravagant, right?"
"Hahahaha, indeed! Everything changes once the game starts!" Zhou He happily grabbed a piece of venison. Just as she took a bite, she heard the boss rushing over, shouting, "Make way, everyone, make way!" Then a plate landed on their table. "Blood tofu. Hmm... you're all set! If you need anything else, just call me."
"Okay, thank you!" said Zhou He, who was closest.
The boss, Zhou Qin, was a middle-aged woman. She wiped her hands on her apron, looked them over, and said hesitantly, "You're all young, so I want to ask you something."
The four people looked at her at the same time: "You say."
Zhou Qin said, "You young people, do you like the idea of having the hot pot restaurant staff sing happy birthday songs around you on your birthday? I'm thinking about learning that..."
"..." The four people looked at each other and waved their hands hurriedly, "No, no, no, please don't!!!"
"B-some people might like it...but we all want a low-key birthday!!!"
"It's so embarrassing to be surrounded and singing! I dug my way out of a three-bedroom apartment with my toes! Help!"
Zhou Qin was speechless: "Is that so? Okay, thank you." She didn't bother them anymore and walked away thoughtfully.
She returned to the kitchen, which was enclosed by a curtain, and prepared several more pot bases for later use. Then, taking advantage of the free time, she sat outside the kitchen's door curtain and enjoyed the bustling crowd in front of her.
For restaurant owners, a bustling atmosphere like this is undoubtedly the most reassuring. Zhou Qin originally thought that this kind of peace of mind would never be found again in the apocalypse, but she never expected that there would still be a place like "Pure Land".
Because she had the hot pot skill card, she had tried to open a hot pot restaurant in her original territory before joining Pure Land, but unsurprisingly, it failed. Prices in those territories were too high, and supplies were scarce. It was impossible to sustainably offer such a wide variety of dishes, and finding suppliers and attracting customers to spend money was difficult.
But in the village where people get rich overnight, she doesn't even need to contact other players to "order" anything. She can easily buy all the ingredients she needs by just going to the market.
That’s great…
Zhou Qin was filled with emotion when she heard a newly seated player shouting, "Boss!" from afar. She quickly snapped out of her thoughts, stood up, and greeted him with a smile, "Here you are! What would you like to eat? Let's choose the hot pot base first!"
The next morning, another wave of new people poured into the village that had become rich overnight.
There have been quite a few new players joining daily lately. If you count carefully, the number of newcomers should have already exceeded the old members. However, since the territory mechanism has long been established, the old players are not worried about it and continue to do their usual work. Especially since the situation has been calm recently, everyone wants to seize this opportunity to stock up on supplies to prevent the system from causing trouble in the future.
As for the personnel changes in the territory, they have little to do with ordinary players like them.
In the reception hall, Zhou Xiaorui and Liu Yuhang were looking at the panel together, carefully understanding the housing prices in the territory.
They were an engaged couple before the end of the world. Later, when the end of the world came, they could not contact their parents who were far away in their hometown, so they had to live together on their own. They have changed three or four territories.
Recently, Ye Miao had the business team hand out raffle cards. Zhou Xiaorui was lucky enough to win on the first try, but Liu Yuhang only got a "Thank you for your patronage" card. After much deliberation, the two finally invested heavily in buying a card on the black market, allowing them to join the "Pure Land" together.
After flipping through the last page of housing prices, Zhou Xiaorui pondered and concluded, "Housing prices here are generally affordable. Although villas are more expensive than in my previous territory, everything from thatched cottages to red brick houses is cheaper. Besides, have you noticed..." Zhou Xiaorui paused, glancing at Liu Yuhang, "Even though we're so broke, we can still afford a stone house!"
Private residences in the territory now have attribute enhancements starting from the Stone House level. Having spent all their wealth on lottery tickets, they originally thought they could only afford a thatched hut or an old tent after arriving in the Pure Land. Unexpectedly, they could even afford a Stone House!
Liu Yuhang smiled and said, "I also fell in love with the stone house at first sight, but the stone house is not much bigger than the wooden house. I was afraid that you would think I was wasting money, so I didn't dare to tell you."
"How can this be considered wasted money?" Zhou Xiaorui rolled her eyes at him. "We're all combat players. Getting buffs is crucial. This is like spending money wisely!"
As she spoke, she flipped the panel back to the stone house page and pressed "Buy".
The next second, gold coins -800, the system immediately popped up a prompt: Congratulations on your successful purchase of a [Stone House], please follow the navigation to get there.
Looking down, Zhou Xiaorui saw a jumping arrow under her feet. She took a step forward and the arrow also moved forward.
"Let's go and take a look!" She smiled and pulled Liu Yuhang to follow the arrow and head to their new home.
In the residential area, Fan Yuan walked around with his backpack, trying to convince himself to buy a better house, but finally decided to make do with a thatched house.
He was a beast tamer, and his most stable source of income previously came from raising chickens and ducks, waiting for them to mature and then selling them for food. However, the first step in raising these animals was to tame them in the wild, and his combat skills were poor, so he was easily attacked by other monsters on the way back and forth. Therefore, he had to buy chicks and ducks from other beast tamers and slowly raise them until they grew up and laid eggs, and then his business could slowly begin to develop steadily.
This meant a considerable initial investment. Although Fan Yuan had made a small profit by selling all his livestock before coming to the Get Rich Overnight Village, he was hesitant to spend recklessly and was saving as much as possible on things like housing.
After buying the thatched hut, he went to find Ye Miao first, hoping to rent a piece of land to raise animals.
Ye Miao thought about it and quoted a fair price: "10 square meters, monthly rent 1,000 gold."
Fan Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll take 20 square meters first." After that, he simply paid 2,000 gold.
Ye Miao told him: "I will set it up in the system, and the monthly fee will be automatically deducted from it."
Fan Yuan: "Okay."
Ye Miao: "Then pick a suitable place and send me the coordinates. It can't be built near a bonfire, in a residential area, or inside a small market, but anywhere else is fine."
"Okay, thank you." Fan Yuan took it seriously and then left Ye Miao's residence to find a place.
After finding a good place, he sent the coordinates to Ye Miao, then turned and headed straight for the existing animal enclosures in the territory. With the guidance of the breeding team members, he found Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran, and carefully asked them if they wanted to sell their cubs.
"Cubs? You can sell them." Lu Weiwei nodded readily and then asked, "But why don't you go out and catch them yourself? It's not cost-effective to buy so many. Domesticated livestock basically give birth to cubs all the time, so it wouldn't be cheap if we sold them."
"I know, I know." Fan Yuan smiled bitterly, "I'm too weak. I can't beat anyone, so I don't dare to go out."
"Oh..." Lu Weiwei nodded in understanding. She took Su Xinran away to discuss for a while, then returned and gave him a quote. "Poultry: 120 for males, 150 for females. Livestock: 240 for males, 300 for females."
"?" Fan Yuan was surprised, "Ah?!"
Just now I said it wouldn't be cheap, but this is it?!
Su Xinran and Lu Weiwei thought to themselves: What do you think? It's not cheap, is it? Are you regretting this? I could catch dozens of them in a day, so if you round it up, it's free, and you're forcing us to make a killing!
Then Fan Yuan said, "We need three male and three female chickens and ducks, and a pair of sheep and a pair of cows for livestock. Thank you!"
Su Xinran and Lu Weiwei: “?”
Are you really buying it? What kind of a big leek is this?
In the small market, Li Rang, who had been in his new territory for three days, gradually adapted to his new life. Every day, he would lament: Why did I build such a territory? A Buddhist like him should live in a place like this!
Back in the Dark Night Settlement, while he had some privileges as a territory owner, life wasn't exactly comfortable. After all, the conditions in the territory were poor, and the players had to worry about their livelihoods, so sometimes even if they wanted to give him face, they couldn't.
Take the time when crop yields decreased a while ago for example. At that time, prices in the entire territory skyrocketed. Even though he was a lord, he did not enjoy any "discounts", and his own savings were also limited. In order to survive, he could only eat steamed buns every day.
It’s different now.
Now Li Rang has arranged a "2+1" lifestyle for himself, that is, he spends two days frantically killing monsters, and on the third day he sets up a stall to sell the spoils. His life is fulfilling and not hard, and the most important thing is that he makes money steadily.
Moreover, the food here is so diverse! Li Rang has been here for three days and has eaten nine meals, and no two meals are repeated. And if he wants, he shouldn't have to repeat them for the next month.
Is this the end of the world?! Before the end of the world, he was a working dog and he still ordered the same takeout every other day!
"Hey? A purple hoe!" a delighted female voice came over, clearly a gathering player who had stumbled upon something valuable. Li Rang looked up enthusiastically, and the next moment, both of them were stunned.
Liu Yin: "Boss?!"
Li Rang recognized her, but he couldn't remember her name at once: "You...you...that...Liu...what's her name?"
"Liu Yin!"
"Ah, yes, yes, Liu Yin!"
Liu Yin was quite surprised: "Why are you here? Where is our old territory?"
Li Rang smacked his lips. "You might not believe this, but all the members of our former territory are here now." Then he half-jokingly said, "Including you."
"Hahaha, don't be like that! Welcome, welcome!" Liu Yin paused, "Can you contact everyone? I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight?"
"Are you sure?" Li Rang asked frankly, "More than forty people?"
Liu Yin: “…”
"Oh no," she said with a bitter smile, "I knew you were a kind person and wouldn't let me die of poverty... Well, how about this, I'll treat you to dinner tonight! See you at the small market at 6:30?"
"Okay." Li Rang agreed and handed her the purple quality hoe in front of him. "Here, a reunion gift."
Liu Yin quickly declined: "No, no, no, it's not suitable!"
"It fits, it fits!" Li Rang said without hesitation and firmly stuffed the equipment over.
"Then...thank you." Liu Yin had no choice but to accept it. While thanking you, she couldn't help but complain in her heart: Why didn't I know you were so generous before?
It turns out that the economic base determines the superstructure!
Back in the Dark Night settlement, everyone lived a tight life and were naturally stingy in their dealings with others. But now that they had some spare money, they naturally became more generous.
"Then I'll treat you to hotpot tonight!" Liu Yin also became generous and chose Jiagui's hotpot to treat him.
The peace in the territory lasted until the 8th day. Ye Miao woke up early in the morning and found that the goal of 800 people had been achieved. The display on the panel changed to:
Have at least 800 members [852/800] (completed);
· Upgrade the post to Lv2 [2/2] (completed);
Have at least 4 mortar towers [10/4] (completed);
The total tax revenue reached 50,000 gold coins [50,000/50,000] (Completed).
"You have achieved all your goals. You can upgrade [Get Rich Overnight Village] to [Get Rich Overnight Town] by spending 300,000 gold coins."
After upgrading to [Get Rich Overnight Town], you will get:
Larger territory area;
The area covered by the barrier stone expands with the area of the territory;
The upper limit of the number of people in a territory is increased to 3,000 (current upper limit: 1,000);
·Open more rare item trading permissions;
Enable the world auction function;
Unlock more public facilities.
Ye Miao no longer hesitated and decisively pressed "Upgrade".
The gold coins instantly decreased by 300,000, and the territory expanded immediately. The members who had just gotten out of bed exclaimed in surprise, with one exclaiming, "Holy crap! Has it really been upgraded to a town?!"
"That's amazing! The territory I was in before was still a settlement. I couldn't even save up enough money to upgrade it to a village, but this place was directly upgraded to a town!"
"So, do we have to call the boss mayor from now on?"
"...Forget it, I think I'll just call you Boss."
Inside the room, Ye Miao saw a new pop-up window prompt: The new feature [World Auction House] has been unlocked. Please set the auction house's commission rate and build a new public building as the auction house.
Ye Miao pondered for a moment, first set the commission rate to 10%, then picked out something on the panel. He thought the auction house sounded like a place that looked very wealthy, so he chose a building in golden color and started construction next to the reception hall.
After the construction was completed, she named the new building "Get Rich Overnight Auction House" and the new function was immediately launched.
All territory members received a system notification at the same time: "[Get Rich Overnight Territory] has unlocked the [World Auction House] (current level: City Auction House). Please follow the system navigation to view it."
Immediately afterwards, guiding arrows appeared under everyone's feet.
Out of curiosity, the members followed the arrow to the auction house. When they arrived and looked up, they were shocked by the rough style of this Tuhaojin.
Their boss always seems to have some uncontrollable bad taste and dry humor...
As we walked into the auction house, we saw new pop-up windows:
[System] In the auction house, you can auction your personal items.
[System] You must set a "Reserve Price," "Minimum Bid Increment," and a "Deposit" for your item. The "Deposit" defaults to the same as the "Reserve Price," and can be set up to 200% of the reserve price. Bidders must pay a deposit upfront. If the bid is unsuccessful, the deposit is fully refunded. If the bid is successful but the auction fails due to default, the deposit will be paid to you as compensation.
【System】The auction time is available in three levels: 3 days, 7 days and 14 days.
[System] For all transactions and deposits, Territory will charge a 10% handling fee.
"Wow, this is so interesting!!!" Someone in the crowd was already excited, calculating quickly, "Looking around T City, we have the most delicious food here. If we auctioned off all the delicious food, wouldn't we make a fortune?!"
However, this dream was shattered right at the start: "Look, the shortest auction period is three days, but most food only has a shelf life of three days. Once it's made and put on the shelf, it's spoiled before the sale can be completed."
The ecstatic player before: "..."
What a crappy system, the calculations are clear!
"So, in other words, the system has imposed restrictions on the types of items. Finished food cannot be sold, and only various materials, potions, equipment, and cards can be sold?"
"That's quite a few," the person next to him nodded. "I have several cards I don't use anymore. I want to sell them but don't know the price, so I've been leaving them there. Putting them up at the auction house is a good way to get away with it. I'll just sell them for whatever I can get!"
The members of the territory were discussing the specific functions of the auction house. In a corner of the hall, Ye Miao stared at the panel and noticed another detail.
"(Current Level: City Auction House)."
This kind of introduction usually only contains the most basic information, and there's not much useless information. The inclusion of this kind of labeling specifically means...will there be provincial, national, or even truly "world-class" levels in the future?
Then can she further believe that the entire world will gradually be connected in the future, and then not only the auction house, but people in various maps will be able to move around and start to have more contact?
This didn't seem to have any impact at the moment, but she still took note of it.
After walking out of the auction house, Ye Miao looked at the remaining gold coins in his hand and upgraded the fortifications. The "Mortar Tower" was upgraded to a "Shotgun Turret" and the "Concrete Wall" was upgraded to a "Reinforced Concrete Wall".
What we need to do next is to continue saving money and supplies!
If the system could really make peace last for 15 days, she would try to save up 300,000 gold coins and stock up on food, medicine, and other supplies. With this reserve, she should be able to handle any crisis that arose in the next 15 days with ease.
Red Maple Village.
An assassin hid at the door and watched for a long time, then finally went out.
There have been a lot of bad rumors in the territory recently, but after careful observation, he felt that they were not true. Although the system of Red Maple Village was harsh and the members could not leave anything except a small amount of gold coins, they could still come and go freely and leave whenever they wanted.
The assassin then rushed all the way and pressed the "Exit" button as he walked out of the door, but he was stopped just a few dozen meters away by someone shouting, "Stop!"
"Huh?" The assassin turned around in silence. A few steps behind him were several senior members of the Red Maple Village. He subconsciously felt something was wrong and panicked. "You...what are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" One of the melee fighters said with a leisurely smile, playing with the dagger in his hand. "I don't care if you want to leave, but who gave you the confidence to think you could leave with the territory's supplies?"
"I don't have any..." The assassin hurriedly shook his head and immediately showed off his backpack. "Look, I... I only have a little over 200 gold coins. Isn't that too much?"
"Not too much." Melee's gaze shifted downwards, landing on the only empty space. "But you have to keep that card."
It is a lottery card to join the "Pure Land".
The assassin was shocked and hugged his backpack: "I drew it myself, how can it be a territory resource!"
"Heh." Melee sneered, "It's because there's territory here that the 'Pure Land' caravan comes here. Otherwise, how could you get it? So, of course, this is a territory resource."
"You are making nonsense!!!" The assassin was stunned by his bandit logic.
However, Jinzhan just stood there nonchalantly, not saying anything more, just waiting for him to hand over the things.
The assassin's arms, holding the backpack, began to tremble in fear and anger. "No! This is for you, then where should I go?"
"That's none of my business." Melee laughed sarcastically, paused, and then said, "How about we sell it to you at the black market price? This card would fetch 10,000 gold on the black market right now, but considering our past friendship, we'll give you a discount, 8,000."
The author has something to say:
I found this Omicron, it's too much
This morning my temperature soared to nearly 39 degrees Celsius twice, but when I took it in the afternoon, it was 37.6, 37.3, and 36.9...
Plus I slept all morning, so I felt refreshed.
It was as if it was saying to me: Why are you taking a break? Get back to writing!
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