Chapter 57 Seeking to Purchase Iron Blocks
"Lying Flat on the Salted Fish: You all know the current price of a duck-shaped bun through a proxy buyer. Exchange it for 40 farmland, plus 20 each of radish, cherry tomato, and cucumber seeds."
Energy crystals can replenish source energy, and their value is self-evident. Although farmland is also important now because it can be used to grow and harvest food, Jiang Baiyue has already acquired 100 of them.
There's no urgent need; she can wait.
However, the other side definitely wants the Duck Bun. With the resources at resource points decreasing recently, many people are hoarding supplies. The price of the Duck Bun for resellers has been inflated to 4 energy crystals, and the price of coins has been inflated to 4500 coins.
"Money Jar: 30 plots of farmland, 20 of each of three types of seeds. You can harvest the seeds once after planting, so you won't lose out. You can also double your profits by selling these foods."
Is it possible that the seeds planted can only be harvested once more?
Jiang Baiyue thought to herself, if that's really the case, she'll need to stock up on more seeds.
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: What percentage of your farmland's plants have reached maturity? I have a composting machine that can make fertilizer, which can shorten the plant growth time. I'm not in a hurry to have farmland. If the conditions I mentioned above are acceptable, we can make a deal."
After a long back and forth, Qian Guanzi, seeing that Tangping Xianyu was unwilling to budge, worried that the deal might fall through and ruin his plans. After some persuasion, he finally agreed to Tangping Xianyu's terms.
The farmland can only be traded to Jiang Baiyue tomorrow, so the two parties agreed to the transaction tomorrow night.
Qian Guanzi also ordered 50 portions of fertilizer from Jiang Baiyue, but she asked Jiang Baiyue to replace them with seeds instead.
Jiang Baiyue lay on the bed, wrapped herself in a thick quilt.
She has now outsourced all the workbenches, pharmaceutical workbenches, and grinding machines to Gu Zilin's group of children and Zhang Meizhi.
All you need to do is provide a daily list of materials and corresponding supplies, and we also have a relatively detailed price list for the production service.
Jiang Baiyue also renegotiated the work compensation for the group, guaranteeing a minimum of 5 food meals and 20 coins per day, as well as a 10% commission on the orders made on their behalf.
One night, a flock of crow monsters flew in and attacked the protective shield. She didn't sleep and used them to practice. When she returned to the cabin at 1 a.m., she saw Zhang Meizhi making something with two children.
The warehouse is stocked with 180 units of basic healing potions, 80 units of bandages, 120 units of splints, 500 units of torches, 1058 units of fertilizer, 1680 crossbow bolts, and 142 bottles of mineral water...
I stockpile no less than 100 of any item that can be crafted at the workbench or potion-making station, although that might not be much if it's intended for use by all the players in the base.
However, in case of an emergency, there will not be a shortage of supplies.
Jiang Baiyue was about to swipe through the chat area to see if there were any iron blocks for sale when a message popped up in the sidebar: "Don't use an umbrella in the rain."
"Rainy days without an umbrella: Do you have any extra spider silk? I'm still short 350 portions."
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: [Trade - Spider Silk * 350] Any news on iron blocks?"
"Don't use an umbrella in the rain: the chance of looting iron is too low. I found out that those level 2 bases were bought from wandering merchants."
"Don't use an umbrella in the rain: But there's a place called Kubayashi Base that seems to have mines nearby."
The player who didn't use an umbrella in the rain gave Jiang Baiyue a nickname, and that player then gave Jiang Baiyue another nickname: Phantom Wolf.
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: Hello, are you a player from Jiulin Base? I need iron ingots, you can trade with Duck Bags."
Phantom Wolf: How much?
"Lying flat and salty: 1000 servings."
"Phantom Wolf: !! A player can only mine 50 iron blocks a day in the mine, and the majority of them are taken by the base leader. Our base's individual players don't have much in stock. You'll have to find someone else."
Jiang Baiyue: ...
"Phantom Wolf: I can only get you 200 at most. The base chief doesn't allow us to sell more than that. Just give me a duck bun."
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: 500 servings. One duck bun plus 80 ears of corn. The corn has a shelf life of 12 days."
Phantom Wolf: It's really not possible. The money I can give you is all from friends I truly trust. If I give you too much, someone will report me, and I'll be fined myself.
Is it a bad deal to trade 200 points of iron for a duck-shaped bun?
"Lying Flat Salted Fish: Okay. We'll trade in my shop."
After receiving 200 iron blocks, Jiang Baiyue continued browsing the discussion area, occasionally posting messages asking to buy more.
Some players had a few or a dozen iron blocks scattered around, and she didn't mind having too few, trading them for corn or other materials.
It wasn't until 10 PM that Jiang Baiyue accidentally saw a message complaining about something.
"Scrapped Egg Pancake: I've never seen such a fickle person, a scumbag!"
"Gym selling protein powder: What's wrong now? Got scammed or robbed?"
"Scrapped Egg Pancake: He's not even the administrator of our base. We agreed at the beginning that we would hand over all the materials to the warehouse, and once we handed in enough, those of us who met the requirements could live there permanently. But today, I finally managed to gather enough materials. When I went to him, he actually wanted to charge me 2 coins every day."
"Yellow sand is flying everywhere: 2 coins isn't much. But I've been ripped off, and I'm a little upset about it."
"Scrambled Egg Pancake: Fuck him, you idiot. If he hadn't been hiding in the base, I wouldn't have been able to do anything to him. I'd beat him to death."
"Not eating vegetables: That's a huge empty promise, enough to make you choke. We can't just let it go like this. Why don't you all stage a collective protest?"
"Ball #7: What are they protesting? The outside is a vast expanse of water, and they dare not leave the base. Only the base itself hasn't been flooded."
Jiang Baiyue nodded as she looked around. She had initially thought that the water hadn't flooded the base because of her protective shield, but she later learned that the other bases hadn't been flooded either.
Although the base has a wooden door, the water outside will not seep into the base; the rain will also seep into the ground, but the speed of seeping into the ground is relatively slow.
So the base is now a truly safe place, as long as it is not breached.
Broken Egg Pancake continued to send messages to vent her emotions. She knew she couldn't do anything to the base leader, but she was still really angry.
"Scrapped Egg Pancake: &@&\￡&&...Aaaaah!! My iron block, my wood, my rubber and plastic!! I'm so angry."
"A butcher's knife: Hey, don't let your base commander see you posting these, or you'll get into trouble."
"Willow Leaf Flying Knife: A former resident of Peach Blossom Base, I feel this deeply. Now that I've lost a hand, I'd better be careful."
The scrambled egg pancake seemed to be frightened by the flying knife's words and stopped swearing.
Jiang Baiyue sent a private message to Sui Sui Egg Pancake.
"Lying-down-and-couch-fish: Do you guys have a lot of iron blocks at your base?"
"Scrapped Egg Pancake: Hmm. What, you want to buy some? Don't go to him, he'll rip you off."
"Scrapped Egg Pancake: There's a mine near our base with lots of iron ore and rocks. Go ahead and rip them off! Rip them off completely!"
Jiang Baiyue wiped non-existent sweat from her forehead. Sister, don't get excited, I'm definitely going to "rip you off"!
"Scrapped Egg Pancake: Take this nickname 'Unity of Knowledge and Action,' and rip him off!"
Jiang Baiyue nodded vigorously, even though the person on the other side couldn't see her.
The application was sent out, and it wasn't until midnight that Zhi Xing He Yi (a pseudonym) approved it.
"Lying flat on the salted fish: exchanging for ores and other materials. What are the prices?"
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