Chapter 27: City-State Store Opens
This time, Lu Jiu only kept 100 kilograms of pork for himself for regular barbecue, and gave the rest to the restaurant.
The generous rich woman directly invited Shen Jufeng and Zhuang Yun, father and daughter, to have barbecue together. An An, who has always been sensible, also ate too much black pork for the first time.
After a hearty meal, Zhuang Yun took his daughter back home so as not to disturb the two bosses, while Lu Jiu lazily leaned on the sofa.
"I won't be able to keep a low profile after defeating the BOSS this time." There's nothing he can do about it. As the city lord, if he gets something good, he must let his shop share in the good stuff.
"As long as the City Lord's vest doesn't fall off, it's fine. Also, when will you open the City State Store?"
Shen Jufeng was asking about the small shop that could only be opened in a second-level city-state. The authority to open this shop was in the hands of the city lord, who also set the rules for who could consume in the shop.
Of course, it can also be open to all city-state residents, it depends on the city lord.
None of the second-level city-states they knew about had mentioned the convenience store on the dialogue channel, and the things sold in the store were indeed good.
There are also some early players who want to keep the conversation channel open to them only.
Why? Because the convenience store has morning glory seeds. When you buy them, they will grow into small trumpets. Then everyone will have the opportunity to speak in the dialogue channel.
Maybe no one started it, so other city-states followed suit and did not open it to all residents.
"Probably in the next two days. We can't keep a low profile anyway. Let's just make Xuantian City famous overnight. I will definitely open the store to all residents."
The first-mover players have certain resources of their own, and they want to stay firmly at the top, but development still depends on everyone.
"Are there enough flower pots?" Shen Jufeng himself had bought a few flower pots early on, waiting to buy morning glory seeds.
"Probably. I've already had the forging shop working on an expedited basis, added two mining teams, and assigned the shop manager a deputy and two apprentices."
In fact, anyone who has learned the blacksmith skills can make flower pots, but the NPC she hired has good talents, and the flower pots he made have an acceleration effect, which can speed up the maturity of the morning glory.
This flowerpot can accelerate the ripening process. It requires not only soil but also certain specific minerals.
Only when everyone has a loudspeaker can they trade in the dialogue channel. As for whether there will be better loudspeaker seeds after the upgrade, Lu Jiu, the city lord, does not know.
"Once we get on the right track, we can gradually attract more people. I think it won't be difficult to collect 5,000 contribution points in the future."
Lu Jiu thought so too. "Then I guess many early adopters will hate me to death, because once I take the lead, they will have to take out the benefits, unless they don't realize the importance of the number of residents."
She felt a little excited when she thought of this, as she could also influence the decisions of other city-states.
"Even if we open it the same way, we have to be the best one." Shen Jufeng tapped his fingers on the sofa, thinking of other plans in his mind.
"But I still want to impose purchase limits. I can't let those with more money monopolize the market. I'll limit each person to five flower pots. What do you think?"
Lujiu needs his opinion, after all, he has managed a large enterprise.
Shen Jufeng raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lu Jiu. He suddenly felt that this girl was teachable. "Okay, I think there should be a purchase limit. Each person only needs a few of these things. We can relax the purchase limit policy after it becomes popular."
"That's settled then."
Xuantian City here has aroused the curiosity of many early players. Within two days, Xuantian City announced the opening of a city-state convenience store in the city.
[System prompt: Xuantian City's City-State Store is now open to all city residents. You can check and purchase store products in the mission hall.]
It was the first time that the residents of the city heard of a convenience store. There were already shopping malls and department stores, so why was there a convenience store?
Immediately, a large number of residents went to the mission hall and indeed found a small shop that sold only three kinds of things: mission manuals, morning glory seeds, and low-level fertilizers.
[Quest Scroll]: Wearing it can increase each gain by 5%.
[Ordinary morning glory seedlings]: This is a magical plant. After it blooms, you can harvest small trumpets. The small trumpets can be used to speak in the same-city dialogue channel. It takes 42 hours to mature, and 8 small trumpets can be harvested from each flowerpot.
【Low-grade fertilizer】: This is a magical fertilizer that can reduce the growth time of plants by 10 hours.
Although the quantity is small, they are all good things, especially the mission manual and morning glory seeds. Many people also want to speak in the dialogue channel.
The mission book can be purchased by the number of days, which are 7/15/30 days. The price varies depending on the number of days, which are 7/13/20 copper coins respectively. It can be purchased in stacks.
It’s okay for the rich to buy 365 days at a time, as long as they have enough copper coins.
Ten morning glory seedlings cost 5 copper coins, and can also be purchased in stacks.
"That's great. With the little speaker, I can at least post a missing person notice on the chat channel. I'm sure I can find my family."
"Once I grow it, I can try to trade it with other cities. Other cities haven't started selling it yet."
Professional players not only value the morning glory seedlings but also the mission book. Buying one and using it will increase the benefits of killing each wild monster by 5%!
At this time, the only thing on the residents’ minds is shopping!
Soon, all residents registered to live in Xuantian City received an email from the city lord.
Dear residents of Xuantian City, I've opened a city-state shop. I believe many of you will be purchasing morning glory seedlings. These seedlings must be planted in pots. Pots can be crafted by anyone with the Blacksmith skill, as long as they're certified as pots by the system. The Xuantian Blacksmith Shop also sells pots, which accelerate maturation. Currently, each resident is limited to purchasing 5. The Mission Manual recommends that every resident who leaves the city to clear the wilderness wear one, but don't buy too many for too long; once a month is sufficient. There will be better updates as the city-state upgrades in the future. Finally, I hope we can work together to survive.
The sender of this email is named "City Lord". Since you cannot reply to it, it is just a system email, but it was edited and sent by the City Lord himself.
"I didn't expect the city lord could send system emails to residents. I've learned a lot."
"Why haven't I heard anything about the commissary on the chat channel?"
They knew that shops had opened in the second-level city-states before, but they thought that they were all city-states established by advanced players, so there was no need to run around, and life here was easier.
So when people from Phantom City came to recruit people, no one really wanted to leave.
“Who knows…”
Although they said so, some people probably understood the intentions of those city lords.
Some people simply don’t buy things from the convenience store first, since there is no purchase limit on these things anyway, and they are mainly flower pots.
A long line formed in the forging shop in an instant. The strong manager and deputy manager were still busy making flower pots, and several cashiers at the front desk were speeding up transactions.
It was written at the entrance of the shop that the purchase limit per person was five, and everyone was very conscious.
Although Zhuang Yun himself has the skills of a blacksmith, he still came to the shop to buy it. After all, he estimated that he could not make a flower pot with an acceleration effect.
After buying the flowerpot, he found that it looked like an ordinary flowerpot with a diameter of 18 cm. He was the only one in line today, so his daughter's five spots would have to wait in line later to buy.
(End of this chapter)
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