Chapter 56 Five Party Base
The base where Qian Guanzi is located is called the Five-Party Base, which is managed by five large teams. Each team has a captain and five deputy captains as the core personnel for base management.
Qian Guanzi was originally just an ordinary member of the team, but he accidentally learned about the purpose of the agricultural work station blueprints he had obtained in the chat area.
With his keen intuition, he gritted his teeth and spent a large sum of coins to have his classmates use a workbench to build a farming workstation.
After the agricultural workstation was completed, Qian Guanzi saw the details of the workstation and was glad that he had made a wise decision.
Agricultural workstations can cultivate saplings, seeds, and create farmland.
Its role becomes particularly evident during periods of continuous torrential rain that severely disrupt travel.
As a result, Qian Guanzi was promoted to vice captain, and thus gained a considerable position in the Five Elements Base.
However, he wasn't truly without worries.
The agricultural work station wasn't tied to him; if he didn't guard it, anyone could steal it from him.
Because of the base's rules against stealing from fellow residents and killing or assaulting people within the base, he is currently safe, and no one dares to directly steal or rob him.
However, Money Jar himself was trapped in the base, and he could only obtain other survival supplies by trading with others.
In essence, he didn't actually have much "power".
Just then, a lazy bum from the White Moon Base came knocking on his door. He thought of the information he had obtained from the chat area and began to ponder it.
Looking for a strong partner?
Unless he can offer something the other party can't refuse, is the reason that "lying flat and salty" (a derogatory term for someone who is lazy and unambitious) is looking for him for seeds or farmland?
To be honest, seeds don't necessarily need to be obtained from agricultural work stations; the only option is to create farmland.
Thinking of this, Qian Guanzi saw that the private message interface was silent, so he took the initiative to send a message.
"Money Jar: You're looking to build farmland, right? What will you use for trade?"
"Lying-down-and-play-with-the-couch-fish: Seeds are needed too. Do you need materials, coins, or weapons and medicine?"
Qian Guanzi's heart skipped a beat. Indeed, even a lazy bum like Qian Guanzi still had a pharmaceutical platform. As long as he formed an alliance with this person, at least the people from the Five Elements Base wouldn't dare to touch him for the time being.
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: Our base also has a boutique shop. If you need a backpack, I can buy some for you."
Jiang Baiyue felt that the chances of success were still very high. The 50-slot duck bag from the boutique was very attractive to players.
Now, a 10-slot backpack is simply not enough.
To develop, more materials are needed. With 10 backpacks, the weapons, food and water that can be carried on a single trip may take up nearly half of the backpack slots, which means that the types of materials that can be collected are very limited.
"Money Jar: Let me think about it. Shall I pre-order 10 duck buns?"
"Lying Flat and Salty Fish: I can only reserve 3, which is already the number I can keep by using my authority as the base leader. The boutique store limits purchases to 20 per day, and our base's players are still not satisfied."
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: I want 200 farmland. I can trade with coins, duck bags, torches, a small amount of basic healing potions and bandages."
Jiang Baiyue switched to another page and waited for the other party's reply.
She twisted her neck, took a set of pajamas from a wooden box on the floor of the cabin, put it in her backpack, and then went out towards the public restroom.
Midway through, she sent the ingredients she wanted to eat that day to Cabbage Buns and Mantis Shrimp, who were also eating pancakes with meat porridge – a warm and delicious meal.
I got tired of barbecue the other day, and coincidentally, another player mastered the art of making pancakes. Although the method wasn't very refined because I didn't have yeast powder and used white sugar instead, the taste was still pretty good.
The base is lush and green, full of vitality, which makes people feel less anxious.
Jiang Baiyue moved the public toilet to the side of the farmland.
This is because one night when she was setting up the layout, she accidentally moved the public toilet next to the farmland, which triggered a special effect, reducing the ripening time of the crops in the farmland by 10%.
In 10 days, the corn has been harvested once. Each field yielded 4 ears of corn from one corn stalk, for a total of 408 ears of corn.
She gave each person two ears of corn, a total of 20 ears, to the planting staff as a reward, and stored the rest in the warehouse.
The field is still planted with corn, but it's not ripe yet; the plants are only a little taller than my calves.
A person walked past Jiang Baiyue, chatting idly with his companion.
"I don't know when the base will start selling corn. There's been so little food available these past few days that I don't dare to be greedy and have it processed."
His companion rubbed his stomach: "I haven't eaten my fill these past few days, but I've kept my hunger level below 40. I think it would be great if the base allowed us to grow our own food."
"Yes, we feel more secure if we grow and store our own food. But I think it's unlikely. The base has built so many wooden houses now, there's not much open space left. If everyone can grow their own food, there definitely won't be enough land."
Jiang Baiyue agreed in her heart.
That's true. Over the past 10 days, many players have built wooden houses. With the existing wooden houses and base buildings, the area of a level 1 base can no longer accommodate any more buildings.
Aside from farmland, there's still some space available for building construction.
Jiang Baiyue also focused on collecting base upgrade materials and blueprints, as well as stockpiling food with a long shelf life.
She was also troubled because she hadn't been able to acquire 1,000 iron blocks to upgrade to level 2. She could only stockpile food for now, hoping that some bases would need to exchange for it later.
After taking a shower and having dinner, Qian Guanzi finished his discussion and sent Jiang Baiyue a transaction request.
"Money Jar: We want 5 duck buns, each duck bun costs 10 plots of farmland and 20 seeds of each of the 3 types."
Jiang Baiyue chuckled twice. This was the result of their discussion. They'd dragged it out for an hour, and now they were holding it in.
The duck bag sells for 2 energy crystals to outsiders, but also costs 3000 coins to insiders. They're just trying to fool her with 10 plots of farmland.
Is she really that easy to talk to in public?
That's exactly what Qian Guanzi thinks.
Because the rules of the White Moon Base are comparable to those of a moral exemplar base: no stealing, robbing, smashing, or littering; no letting the elderly or children go hungry; low taxes; and low accommodation fees.
He has even opened up permanent residency... He seems like a kind and good-hearted person no matter how you look at it.
The free-spirited lynx twirled the ends of its red hair with its fingers: "I think this is a total rip-off. Even if you said it was 20 plots of farmland, it wouldn't be so bad."
Qian Guanzi kept his eyes down and didn't say anything. He had just become the vice-captain and didn't have much say yet. He should wait until the first batch of cucumbers and cherry tomatoes ripened before he could show his skills.
His team is called Starwind Team, which was founded by the two sisters, Little Star and Evening Breeze, who are the captains and vice-captains, along with five neighbors.
Therefore, Captain Xiaoxing has a lot of centralized power, and this price was also set by her to test the waters of those who are lazy and indifferent.
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