Chapter 210
In the end, Tang Yu'an could only reply to Chi Hao that they would take Kang Kang to Lanhu Town when they had time.
There is indeed no time to spare in a short period of time. After all, they are about to reach the center of the deserted city. They can only make time to do other things after they find Lao Xie.
"It seems that the guidance of Brother Yunqing can enter the next stage!" Tang Yu'an said as he watched Zhou Qi put the exercise book into his personal storage.
Guide him step by step to open the teleportation array, and Kang Kang will be able to travel back and forth between the two places to play.
Granny Guo could also go with them, so she could keep an eye on Kang Kang and also get more suitable land for planting in Lanhu Town.
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "How much salary commission did he receive this month?"
Two weeks have passed since Lan Yunqing's salary was paid. With the addition of Blue Moon, the sales of Store No. 5 have also increased.
Of course, Blue Moon is still no match for their lord.
Lan Yunqing’s highest sales record in one day was 752 orders, while Blue Moon’s was only over 100 orders at most, so there is no way to compare them.
However, starting this month, Lan Yunqing's transaction volume has dropped significantly, but the points earned per transaction have increased significantly.
Because in addition to selling brown rice and wheat, he began to use purchasing points to exchange for other commodities for trading.
After all, he has 100,000 purchasing points.
And there is also the meat source obtained from Chi Hao. The previous mutant pigs weighed several hundred pounds, so it is profitable to exchange one pound of meat for two blue beard leaves.
In short, his sales this month plus the bonus from the branch manager has brought his personal commission points to 26,000 points.
By the time the month ends, the amount will definitely be more than this.
Hearing Tang Yu'an's answer, Zhou Qi nodded and said, "Then let's release the task to unlock the all-weather function of the protective barrier."
"Then how many points are needed this time?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Zhou Qi smiled and said softly, "All of them."
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Lanhu Town, Central Lakeside.
The farmland that was previously developed for growing brown rice is now all planted with mutant star chain fruits.
After the mother tree of Lanhu was willing to give in, these star chain vines showed amazing growth power. In less than a month, they had climbed all over the racks built for them by the Lanhu people.
Although it has not yet produced delicious fruits, its ability to enrich soil nutrients has begun to show.
The mother trees of the Blue Hu finally accepted them, and the Blue Hu people are also actively planting this star chain fruit vine in the areas surrounding the Blue Hu forest.
This is a good thing, but as time goes by, the mother blue beard tree misses Kang Kang more and more.
As the second favorite human of the Blue Hu Mother Tree, Lan Yunqing had to spend more time every day to comfort it.
Such frequent communication actually helps Lan Yunqing understand the mother tree.
The blue beard mother tree, which was able to receive understanding and correct responses, could basically be appeased by him, but this did not make it truly happy.
"The mother tree really likes Master Kang Kang..."
Lan Yunqing looked at the reply Chi Hao gave him in the private chat and couldn't help but sigh.
He also understood Xiaotang and the others' concerns. After all, Master Kang Kang was too young, and it was too dangerous to travel through the wasteland with him.
I can only continue to comfort the mother tree and let it wait patiently...
Fortunately, now that we have the Star Chain Fruit Vine, the townspeople will have a new source of food after the harvest, and he and Blue Moon will trade food with them every day.
However, at present, the only thing the townspeople can trade is still blue beard leaves.
Lan Yunqing felt that the townspeople should have more supplies to trade with, but for the time being, there was no good way to implement it.
After all, even if there is a good harvest of Star Chain Fruit, its shelf life is limited and it cannot be an item that can be used for long-term trading.
He really wanted to communicate with the store managers of other branches about this matter, but the only branch managers he knew were Xiaotang and Xiaozhou...
Thinking of this, Lan Yunqing replied in the private message.
[Hongshenghuo]: I hope to set up a private chat thread with them, and they will post it, and I will pay to enter. Can you help me ask them?
[Green as Blue]: You still want to ask about Master Kang Kang? Why not just ask them to come to this thread?
[Hongshenghuo]: Do you want others to see our chat content?
When Chi Hao saw this reply, his heart skipped a beat.
But soon, he replied to Lan Yunqing as if nothing had happened, then took out his exercise book and started communicating with Zhou Qi and the others.
He was in the middle of a forest, and through the treetops, he could vaguely see a small fortress appearing on the horizon.
[Green as Blue]: I will help you contact them, but Xiao An and the others are very popular. If they post, I feel that we won’t be able to achieve the purpose of private chat.
Lan Yunqing looked at Chi Hao's reply and frowned slightly.
This is indeed...
So the final result of the communication was that Lan Yunqing sent the payment post, and then let Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi purchase and unlock his post.
[Hong Shenghuo]: I will find a way to repay you for these 2,000 points.
【Dongtu Datang】: Just convert it into blue beard leaves^^
Lan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief. Because of the transaction, blue beard leaves had filled up his warehouse. What he lacked the least now was blue beard leaves.
He was about to ask them how to solve the problem of the townspeople's limited purchasing power and possible future shortages when a system prompt suddenly popped up.
Congratulations! Triggering the elite mission "Upgrade the Guardian Barrier - Unlock all-weather protection against destructive natural disasters"
Description: "Ping An Grocery Store No. 5" is developing smoothly. Considering the dangers lurking in the wasteland, the protective barrier needs to be further upgraded.
[Task content: Deduct store popularity and points, and apply to unlock this function in the store panel]
[Reward: Activate the "Ping An Grocery Store No. 5" protective barrier function to resist destructive natural disasters 24/7]
Lan Yunqing's eyes suddenly lit up.
All-weather protection against destructive natural disasters! Yes, that's what he needs!
He quickly opened the shop panel and saw that the button for the protective barrier was lit up.
In addition to all-weather protection against destructive natural disasters, is there also all-weather protection against dangerous creatures?
It seems that these two are opened by No. 1 Store, but unfortunately, the latter is dark on its current interface, and it is not known under what conditions it can be triggered.
He clicked on the first one to apply.
[You are requesting to upgrade the Guardian Barrier. This will require deducting 300 store popularity points and all commission points for this month. Do you want to continue the application? ]
Are all points used as commission? Does that include personal points and purchase points?
Lan Yunqing looked at his sales for this month. With the help of Blue Moon, it would be no problem for him to get a commission of about 200,000 points.
He nodded and chose to continue applying.
Only this amount is worthy of the function of "all-weather protection against destructive natural disasters".
Although only half of the month has passed, Lan Yunqing has no intention of slacking off in the coming time. He feels that this may also be a test for him from the mysterious businessman.
Only by passing this test can the "all-weather defense against dangerous creatures" function be activated.
As long as these two functions are achieved, and the issues of quota limit for overnight guests and scope of protective barriers are further resolved, Lanhu Town can become a new "fortress".
If you can enable these two functions, then no matter how much effort you put in or how many points you spend, it will not be too much!
Seeing the notification that his application was approved, Lan Yunqing couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The God of Commerce is truly a great, benevolent and kind god!
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Deserted city home.
Seeing that Lan Yunqing applied so quickly, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but sigh.
Is Brother Yunqing really generous, or is he just too stingy? After reflecting for a second, Tang Yu'an put the question behind him.
I saved 200,000 points this month, so great!
Then he saw that Lan Yunqing posted his own questions in the private chat thread.
I didn't expect him to consider this. He's truly worthy of being the Lord of Lanhu Town, whose civilizational heritage hasn't been completely interrupted...
Tang Yu'an, who had already completed junior high school courses and had a deeper understanding of economics, immediately thought of -
"Can we introduce currency in Lanhu Town?" Tang Yu'an asked Zhou Qi.
"Well, it's really a good time."
Zhou Qi pondered and said, "But the salt currency used now is not suitable for the situation in Lanhu Town."
In fact, the problem of lack of large-denomination currency has already emerged in the deserted city home. They also realized this during the conversation with Old Li just now.
As the planters' productivity increased, they exchanged potatoes and sweet potatoes for currency. Although they spent some of them every day, they still had a large amount stored.
This resulted in most of the salt coins being collected and saved by planters and not put into circulation in the market.
Also, because salt coins are not paper money, they are made of metal and cloth, which to some extent causes waste of resources.
However, the scale of the deserted city home is not large, so there are no problems for the time being, but we still need to find a way to solve it.
"We need to produce currency with larger denominations." Zhou Qi said seriously.
"So it's still made of metal?"
Tang Yu'an scratched his head. "But if we use metal, the larger the denomination of the currency, the heavier it will be, which is not conducive to circulation."
They had tried it before, and the salt coins worth 100 points were already as heavy as a lump of iron.
Because they need to earn points, they cannot issue paper money, but need to issue general equivalents such as gold and silver, which is more troublesome.
Zhou Qi turned his gaze to a nearby blue beech tree and said, "We need to add new materials."
Tang Yu'an blinked and quickly realized: "That's right, blue beard leaves are very light and valuable!"
They did it as soon as they thought of it. After replying to Lan Yunqing that they would help him solve this problem the next time they went to Lanhu Town to collect Star Chain Fruit points, they returned to the RV.
Taking out the super printer, they then added cotton cloth, mutant metal and a blue beard leaf into it.
"Once the steel mill in our home is built, we can use steel to replace the mutant metal." Zhou Qi said.
The mutant metal is harder, so it would be a waste to use it as currency. It would be better to use it as weapons.
"Then we can recycle the old salt coins and process them into other things." Tang Yu'an set up the super printing machine and then entered the production time.
While waiting, they were not idle and continued to drive the RV towards the center of the deserted city.
When he heard the sound of completion, Tang Yu'an quickly opened the super printing machine and took out a new currency from it.
The size of this coin is the same as the original salt coin. It has the toughness of metal and the softness of cloth, and its color is dark blue.
"It feels so comfortable to touch, just like blue beard leaves." Tang Yu'an said, using an identification skill on the new currency.
"The new currency is worth 51 points!"
Tang Yuan stroked the new currency, feeling that it seemed to have turned into a blue beard leaf that could be preserved forever. Although it had lost its edible function, there was no need to worry about it rotting.
Moreover, the normal temperature cloth and low temperature cloth they produced would lose their effectiveness after a few years as time passed - this was the result Tang Yu'an found using his intermediate identification skills.
After the identification skill is upgraded, the information provided is more detailed.
Now, with the addition of metal, a magical reaction seems to have occurred, which has slowed down the loss of blue carotene a lot. Judging from the identification results, the effect will last for decades without any problems.
"It seems that after people exchange for the new currency, they may not want to trade it anymore," said Tang Yu'an.
"It doesn't matter." Zhou Qi said, "Saving money is a natural thing to do, not to mention..."
The probability of this happening in Lanhu Town would be relatively low, after all, the people of Lanhu don’t need to worry about climate issues.
Tang Yu'an nodded, "It seems so."
So he threw the new currency back into the super printing machine, then added new materials and made continuous adjustments, and finally produced a batch of new coins that were about the same size as the original currency and had a face value of exactly "50".
This new coin is dark blue all over with a metallic luster. It feels tough and soft to the touch, cannot be torn or rubbed, is waterproof and fireproof, and can regulate temperature.
The two capital Chinese characters "５５" are printed on the front, and "50" is printed on the back. At the same time, the original character "盐" is replaced by "和平".
Yes, this new currency is called "Ping An Coin".
It was no longer limited to the exchange of salt and sugar, but could be exchanged for anything from a grocery store.
Although the system's point pricing is different from what people in the wasteland know, this problem still exists, but it is no longer relevant now.
Because this currency is mainly issued in Huangcheng Home and Lanhu Town, in these two places, they have absolute pricing power!
They said that the price of this kind of product is what it is, and there is no need to consider the thoughts of the wastelanders.
Therefore, the value of currency can also be written on paper for easy calculation.
In addition to the 50-yuan currency, they also created new currencies of 5, 10, 20, and 100 yuan based on the original world currencies.
These denominations are new currencies with blue beard leaves added. As for the 1 yuan and 2 yuan notes, they are still made of metal and cloth.
So they brought the super printer to another dimension and had household robots operate it.
By the next day, a new batch of Ping An coins with a total value of 100,000 points was produced.
This batch of currency consumed less than 2,000 blue beard leaves, and Tang Yu'an's inventory could still supply them.
Moreover, in the home, several branches have grown in October, so there is no need to send people to pick them up. Tang Yu'an can just use the item list function to collect them.
Of course, because he is sometimes too busy, he still asks Grandpa Li to arrange someone to do this job.
Originally it was just because of the special effect of blue beard leaves, but now he can definitely say: This is all money!
When receiving this batch of new currency, Old Li was undoubtedly surprised. He did not expect that the two teenagers could solve the problem so quickly.
He stroked the new currency and quickly noticed a difference: "Did they add something like room temperature cloth to the production materials?"
Tang Yu'an nodded.
Old Li was stunned by the two young men's generosity. He thought for a moment and said, "I see. What about the old currency?"
"The transaction will still follow the original rules, except that the money will not be sent out after recovery, and new Ping An coins will be used instead." Tang Yu'an explained.
Only then did Old Li notice the word "Ping An" on the new currency.
He smiled slightly: "It's a good idea for Ping An Chamber of Commerce to use Ping An coins."
The question is when can Ping An Coin be promoted to other places... This can only be solved by time. In any case, it will definitely be limited to the deserted city in the short term.
but……
Old Li looked at the two teenagers and said, "The water level is starting to drop."
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were both stunned. "Grandpa, do you mean... the flood is about to recede?"
Old Li nodded and said, "Based on past experience, the flood will be completely over in one to two weeks."
He said, "I plan to put the housing issue on hold for a while and build one or two more reservoirs."
When he found out that 1L of water required 1 point to redeem, Old Li looked at the water outside and often sighed: This is all money!
1 cubic meter of water is worth 1,000 points. Each reservoir built in the home has a water storage capacity of more than 1,000 cubic meters, which is worth... 1 million points!
Providing food and wages to the residents is nothing. Can they eat up 1 million points?
"Okay, we got it."
The flood cannot last forever. Tang Yu'an has already prepared himself mentally. After the flood, Huangcheng Home will welcome new customers, but also face new challenges.
No matter what happens, it never hurts to be a little more prepared in advance.
Then, Old Li said, "You mentioned yesterday about hiring A-Lian as a new employee. I've thought about it and think it's feasible."
Originally, Old Li was more inclined towards Tiejin. He had a better relationship with Tiejin, and Tiejin also had experience in doing business with others using metals.
But after Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi talked about the new candidates, he observed and found that A Lian was indeed more suitable.
Since Tiejin came to his home, he has devoted himself to metal production. Recently, he was pulled by Lin Yu to do machine manufacturing.
The Tiejin family's transactions were basically completed by A-Lian, and what was amazing was that although A-Lian looked weak, she had a good relationship with the residents in the home.
No matter how eccentric or bad-tempered a person is, he will become gentle when he meets the mother and daughter, and may even chat with A-Lian.
Even the blueberry trees planted by Kang Kang in the field would shake their branches enthusiastically when they saw them.
Old Li also had this feeling. He was not sure whether this ability came from A-Lian or Jin Lili. After all, the mother and daughter always appeared at the same time and were inseparable wherever they went.
But no matter what, this ability is very suitable for becoming an employee.
In addition, if Tie Jin is recruited, he will most likely get half of Lin Zhen, so A Lian becomes a very good candidate.
"I talked to her yesterday, and she also wants to become an employee of the home." said Old Li.
There is not a single resident of the home who does not want to be an employee. Now that A-Lian has become a role model, they may be more actively involved in their work in the future.
"Okay, then I'll send her the recruitment information." Zhou Qi said.
As a branch manager, you can recruit employees, but they need to be reviewed by a mysterious businessman, and Old Li also knows this.
"Well, that's settled then. I'll have Shitou do the employee training for her."
After saying that, Old Li left to go about his business.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi stood by the window, looking at the thriving scene outside, and couldn't help but feel an indescribable sense of accomplishment in their hearts.
Downstairs, Ah Xiang, with a big belly, was carrying a basket and walking towards the factory.
"Sister Axiang should be giving birth soon, right?" Tang Yu'an looked at her back and said, "Should we make some preparations first?"
For example, arrange the midwife in advance, as well as the delivery supplies.
Giving birth is a very dangerous thing.
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "It's time to prepare. We can't be too hasty when the time comes, as it's easy for something to go wrong."
In addition to A Xiang, there are two other pregnant women in the family - yes, the couple who originally registered their marriage also has children.
In the end times without contraceptive measures, it is easy to get pregnant, and there will be more and more newborns in the home in the future.
They took note of this and prepared to build another obstetrics and gynecology room. Although the conditions were limited and certainly very simple, it was better than nothing.
"I know what the second message in the bottle said to Mom and Dad!"
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but clap her hands and said, "We can ask for knowledge in this area. Mom must know more than the residents."
Zhou Qi nodded slightly, "Okay, once their condition stabilizes, we can ask about other areas."
Although the content of the twelve-year compulsory education is rich and complex, it is relatively basic. If they want to learn more in-depth, they still need to obtain knowledge from more channels.
Next, they went to the swimming pool and built two more reservoirs to store water.
Just as Old Li said, the water level did drop. Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel sad when he thought that all the water would be wasted.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Let the robots dig a lake on the grassland to store water."
“This is good!”
They acted as soon as they thought of it. They moved their position again and placed several construction robots 1 km away from Store No. 6, asking them to dig an artificial lake.
Dig as much as you can before the flood completely recedes.
After building a fence wall to form a protective barrier to include several robots, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took the teleportation array back to the RV and continued to clear the way.
At night, they picked up Gan Lin's message in a bottle again.
"Lord Messenger of God, you have appeared in my dream again!" Gan Lin's excited voice rang out, "I haven't seen you for a long time..."
Tang Yu'an exchanged a few pleasantries with him and then got straight to the point.
"What? You're going to give us a fruit tree that can grow even in extremely hot and arid lands?" Gan Lin was shocked. "Is this fruit like bread?"
"Yes, both the taste and the texture are very similar to butter bread."
Then he heard Gan Lin's choked voice.
"You are truly a great and merciful god. I don't know how to repay you... I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life. Please allow me to be your most loyal believer!"
Tang Yu'an: ...
Actually, you can just exchange it for something ≥﹏≤
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