Chapter 18: Promotion to a Second-Level City-State
Tang Yi remembered that when he was setting up a stall two days ago, a short-haired aunt from out of town looked at his spicy rabbit legs with disgust.
"That's all we have here. How much is one rabbit leg?"
The tone of voice made Tang Yi very uncomfortable.
"3 copper coins each." Tang Yi didn't treat her as warmly as he treated other guests.
"3 copper coins? How much stamina does it add?"
"It adds 10 stamina, but it tastes great." Tang Yi explained dryly.
The short-haired woman frowned even more tightly. "A rice ball that adds 10 stamina in the mall is only 2 copper coins each. The prices in Xuantian City are too high." She said with disdain in her eyes.
Old Man Zeng pulled Tang Yi aside and said, "Guest, you can try a piece first. If you are satisfied, you can buy it. If you are not satisfied, you can go find other food you like."
As he said this, he handed the small plate of food for tasting to the short-haired woman. The woman said with disgust, but still reached out for the food to be tasted.
After eating, Zeng Laotou noticed her satisfaction, but he quickly hid it. "That's all right. I'll buy it for 2 copper coins each."
The old man smiled, but in his heart he was extremely contemptuous of the girl. "It's just a small deal, so I won't give you a discount."
The short-haired woman's expression was even uglier, and Tang Yi didn't even want to look at her.
In the end, he didn't buy it, rolled his eyes at the grandfather and grandson, and left with a twisted back.
Old man Zeng shook his head at the time. The girl's clothes and things looked so luxurious, but she was still trying to be cunning for a copper coin. Tsk tsk.
Back to the present, that group of people has not left yet, mainly because most of the people they wanted to persuade have not been persuaded to leave, and they still want to try again.
Zhuang Yun killed several powerful wild monsters today and had a pretty good harvest. As soon as he reached the door, his daughter An An ran over and hugged his thighs.
"Dad, I used the haystack to exchange for 5 copper coins at the mission hall today." The girl took out the copper coins and showed them to him.
Zhuang Yun squatted down and touched her head, "What's going on? Talk to Dad." There was no copper coin exchange program before.
An An pulled him, jumping up and down, "I went to the mission hall this afternoon and found a button that can be exchanged for copper coins. Dad and I wanted to eat rice, so we didn't exchange it. But I exchanged the haystack because I couldn't eat it."
After hearing what she said, Zhuang Yun roughly understood what was going on. It was most likely an acquisition by the city-state.
"An An can exchange whatever she wants. The collection is the result of your labor. It doesn't matter if you exchange some of it for money." Zhuang Yun wanted his daughter to understand that she could earn money through her labor.
"Well, Dad, I bought a rabbit leg from Brother Tang Yi today. You must eat it when you get home. It's delicious." An An smiled, revealing her porcelain-white teeth.
The mission hall has opened a new business, which is procurement. Everything from various edible ingredients that can be collected to furs such as rabbit skins can be exchanged.
The price is not very high, but it is fair. A little bit of money accumulated over time is also an income. Many people began to go outside the city to collect large quantities of crops in exchange for copper coins. At present, everyone has enough food, but they lack money.
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In order to ensure a smooth acquisition, Lu Jiu took out 10 gold coins and exchanged them for copper coins. In the game world, 1 gold coin = 100 silver coins, and 1 silver coin = 1,000 copper coins.
One million copper coins, she believed, would be enough for the short-term acquisition.
As for starting the acquisition, she was planning to upgrade the city-state to level 2 so that she could open an official store with professional NPCs provided by the system, such as chefs, tailors, etc.
Upgrading a city-state from level 1 to level 2 requires 45,000 Glory Crystals, 5,000 Glory Dust, 1,500 Glory Fragments, and 50 Glory Hearts.
Currently, no one in the city-state has quickly paid the 5,000 contribution points. Lu Jiu feels that it is unrealistic to rely solely on residents to upgrade the city-state in a short period of time.
People coming from Phantom City are not registered residents here and cannot go to the mission hall, but they still learned from other residents that the city-state is purchasing supplies.
The short-haired woman that the old man and his grandson had met before was from Phantom City. After hearing this news, she knew that the city lord here wanted to open a shop.
"Didn't our city lord use his own resources to build a second-level city-state? Who can guarantee that the city lord of Xuantian City also has a certain amount of resources to contribute."
Another tall, crew-haired man nodded in agreement. "That's right. Those who have established city-states now are all advanced players, but there are still differences between players. It's a pity that the lord of this city has concealed the information."
Otherwise... they still want to find out who the city lord is.
The short-haired girl was disdainful of this attempt to conceal information. "Why are you being so mysterious? City Lord also represents strength. Are you trying to play the pig and eat the tiger?"
She was also an early adopter, but unfortunately she didn't have the ability to spend much gold. Although there were many players who established city-states, the city-building order had to be purchased in the game for 998 yuan each.
She was still a college student, and her living expenses were only 2,000 yuan, which she usually used for food and cosmetics. How could she be willing to spend half of her living expenses on tokens?
The buzz cut guy knew the short-haired girl was jealous, so he changed the subject and said, "Anyway, if we work harder these few days, if we open a shop, those people will stay even longer."
They are people from the second-tier city-state and know that the things sold in shops are more affordable than those in shopping malls. A few days ago, they used this as a publicity gimmick to persuade two teams to leave.
The other people nodded silently after hearing what the man with the crew cut said. If they could recruit people to their city-state, the city lord would give them a commission, and the more people they had, the more money they would make.
Those who were recruited could be exempted from one month's accommodation fee by reporting their team's name at the accommodation center in Phantom City. The city lord would settle their commission based on the registration records.
Three days later, all residents of Xuantian City received the reminder.
System prompt: Congratulations to Xuantian City for officially upgrading to a second-level city-state!
Is this a Level 2 city-state? They remembered that upgrading to Level 2 required a lot of resources, and the total resources required were 96 permanent residents. Not to mention that no one had ever seen the Glory Fragments and Glory Hearts.
Zhuang Yun saw the prompt and recalled what he had read earlier. "It seems what the conversation channel said is true. Those who establish city-states are all players with the first move."
Only players with the first mover advantage can build a city-state at the beginning of the doomsday, and there are so many city-state resources.
"Dad, those uncles and aunts haven't left yet." An An leaned against the window and looked at the people coming from Phantom City downstairs. She still remembered that when she went outside the city to collect supplies, these people pestered her father and asked him to go with them.
"Don't worry about those people. Dad won't go out today. I'll take you to see the shops in the city."
"Okay, okay, I wonder if the shop looks good."
An An remembers the shopping malls in high-rise buildings that used to have toy stores inside.
After Lu Jiu reached level two, he got several initial shops and initial store managers NPC, who had various skills, and each store manager had two apprentices.
The city lord can choose what kind of shop to open. There are three free ones, and the rest have to be opened with his own money.
She chose a restaurant, a tailor shop and a pharmacy for free, and added 40 gold coins to add a forging shop, a department store, and a professional mining team of 10 NPCs to dig ore and iron materials for the forging shop.
(End of this chapter)
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