Doomsday Game is Coming
Hope Village has long been famous, and more and more territory mercenaries and mercenary teams are coming to Hope Village, both to play and to do business.
The former makes them happy, and the latter fills their pockets.
Word of mouth among mercenaries made Hope Village even more famous, and its income continued to rise.
At the same time, the emergence of parks, swimming pools, sports arenas and amusement parks has also made the experience of tourists visiting Hope Village better, and the novel buildings make them linger.
Hope Village also ushered in a period of population explosion.
Hope Village is now on the rise in every aspect, and many people believe that Hope Village will be a rising powerful place.
With the addition of this halo, more and more people want to invest in Hope Village when it is just starting to make a fortune.
These days, Zhou Bai, the village chief, has received many olive branches from families who want to send their children to Hope Village to serve as officials.
"You can get 10,000 gold coins by recruiting one person into the lord's mansion. The highest offer is 50,000. I hope you can let me join the business management office." Bayer said this with a scrutinizing look on his face.
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This investment amount is really too high.
Even he was a little moved.
As long as you recruit one person, you can get a large sum of money. Isn't this what is called making money while doing nothing?
Controlling the numbers would not have any impact on the operation of the entire territory, and he felt that he could do it!
He thought so but didn't say it. The final decision-making power was in the hands of the lord.
Zhou Bai was a little surprised when he heard this, such a high price!
Then, Zhou Bai asked directly, "Is this kind of thing common in other territories?"
Bayer listened, paused, then nodded and said, "A lot. Basically, every territory has such people. After all, the development of a territory requires money everywhere. Sometimes the territory will have special circumstances where the turnover is not smooth. Even if there is no turnover problem, who would not want free money! But..."
"But what?"
"However, there was a territory that collapsed due to the sale of various positions. In order to make enough money, the lord marked a price for all the positions in the territory and allowed anyone to buy and sell them. Because there were too many people pursuing them, the prices were raised very high. In the end, although all the positions were sold, the lord also earned millions of gold coins. However, because those people had too much money, they tried every possible way to dig money out of the territory and its residents. In less than a few months, a small town-level territory was breached in a beast tide and lost in the subsequent territory war. It completely became a piece of history and was later used to warn other major territories." Bayer introduced briefly.
Zhou Bai listened and couldn't help but twitch his lips. As expected, no matter which world, the development of history always has similarities.
After calming down, Zhou Bai said directly to Bayer, "Reject them all! Hope Village has developed to what it is now, which is also the result of the hard work of each staff member. This result should be enjoyed by all staff members, not by others. But you can tell those who want to buy positions that if they want a position, they should take the exam themselves. Apart from other things, there are many supplementary teaching books in the territory now, and I remember there is also a training institution."
Bayer looked at Zhou Bai's determined expression and nodded, "I understand what the Lord means."
As expected! Only this is the Lord he knows.
"When they pass the exams and get the corresponding positions, as long as it complies with the territory's code of conduct, I won't care what benefits they and the families behind them gain from it." Zhou Bai continued.
These people have family support behind them, and if they become staff members of Hope Village, it will also be beneficial to Hope Village.
Hope Village has reached this stage. In addition to the strong personnel of the territory itself, external investment is also very important. However, she hopes to attract those who do not follow crooked ways, so there must be rules.
Bayer listened and understood what Zhou Bai meant, and said directly: "I will take care of it."
"Then I'll leave it to you." Zhou Bai said.
"Yes." Bayer agreed.
At this time, there was a knock on the office door.
"Village chief, Lord Bayer, please go to the blacksmith shop." The person who came in was Su Xuejia, the assistant Bayer had just hired.
She was able to get this position after going through many trials and tribulations, thanks to her strong memory.
After becoming an assistant, she remembered all matters concerning the territory clearly.
She was no exception to the situation at the blacksmith shop. She had also learned about it. It was because the village chief and his men had gone out to dig up a new type of metal material.
These days, the dwarf blacksmith in the blacksmith shop has been studying this metal material and has made a lot of weapons for it.
After these weapons were built, although they were still gold weapons, they were very close to platinum weapons, and many people were eyeing them.
Now he comes to see their village chief, I'm afraid he knows about the situation of this metal.
When Zhou Bai heard Su Xuejia's words, he also thought of this and his eyes lit up instantly.
"I'll go take a look." Zhou Bai said, and went straight to the blacksmith shop.
After a while, Zhou Bai arrived at the blacksmith shop.
Unexpectedly, when we arrived, there was another person besides Harrison.
When he saw Zhou Bai, Harrison introduced him directly, "This is Yu Xiaoxiao, my new apprentice."
When Zhou Bai listened, he looked a little surprised.
Harrison actually accepted a disciple.
Yes, apprentices are different from students. Apprentices are people who help others. They can learn from others in the process of helping others. They learn basic operations and basic knowledge in the process. The students may keep their knowledge to themselves. How much they can learn is their own ability. But what about apprentices? They are used to inherit the mantle. Therefore, many technical professionals, such as blacksmiths, have descendants who are their direct relatives.
Harrison had taken in many apprentices for the development of the blacksmith shop, but this apprentice was
Because it was so rare, Zhou Bai concluded that there must be some hidden story behind it.
"She has a very strong learning ability and a rich knowledge reserve. I don't need to worry about anything. Now she has begun to learn how to make weapons. Once she understands some basic operations of making weapons, she will be able to get started quickly." Harrison had no idea what Zhou Bai was thinking. After the introduction, he began to praise his apprentice.
"Congratulations." Zhou Bai quickly echoed.
These words were said to Harrison and also to Yu Xiaoxiao.
This person is definitely capable as he can make Harrison admit it.
"I didn't expect to find a disciple that suits my taste in your human territory. Anyway, my disciple will definitely inherit my mantle in the future. No! She will definitely be stronger than me. The upper limit of my lifetime is probably to be a high-level blacksmith, but she will definitely surpass me. It is possible that she will become a saint-level blacksmith in the future. Then I will die without regrets." Harrison spoke babble, which was a little inconsistent with his usual arrogant appearance. It was precisely because of this inconsistency that people could know how satisfied he was with this disciple.
Yu Xiaoxiao blushed when she saw her master praising her like that.
She herself is a socially anxious person. If she had not been interested in this profession, she would not have had the courage to ask Harrison questions, nor would she have become his apprentice.
After saying a lot of things, Harrison quickly got to the point. "I have no other purpose in introducing my apprentice to the village chief, but my apprentice happens to know the metal material you gave me this time."
"Know her?" Zhou Bai was a little surprised. Yu Xiaoxiao was a resident of Blue Star. Could it be that this metal material was also available on Blue Star?
Seeing Zhou Bai's confusion, Yu Xiaoxiao stood up and said, "I used to be a student majoring in mining, and I know a lot about ores. The ore you brought back, village chief, is exactly the same as an ore I know."
"What is it?"
"Tungsten is gray-black in color, hard and brittle, highly ductile, has a high melting point, and is not corroded by air at room temperature. It can be used in many fields. Together with titanium, steel, and lead alloys, it can be used to make lethal weapons - guns." Yu Xiaoxiao said bluntly.
Zhou Bai listened and was stunned for a moment, then he realized the purpose of Yu Xiaoxiao's words.
Hot weapons.
In this world, magic is king.
Speaking of which, because of magic, the creativity of the residents of Blue Star in this world has actually declined a lot. Many things do not need to be studied at all and can be solved with magic power.
For example, ice cubes can use magic to cool anyone down.
Even Zhou Bai himself rarely thought about it.
But what Yu Xiaoxiao said gave her a reminder.
That is, even in the magic world, the existence of thermal weapons is absolutely a huge destructive existence. It even has an advantage, that is, it is not like magic, which is not restricted by the amount of magic power. In the absence of magic power, as long as there is magic power, non-professionals can use it.
She would not have considered these things at first, but after realizing that the world might be facing its end and that many things could be traced, she felt that perhaps making some weapons that were not related to magic was also something the territory needed to prepare.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand things, just be prepared for the worst.
What if the magic suddenly fails for some reason one day? Then the territory will suddenly lose its combat effectiveness.
Even if it doesn't have it, Hope Village will definitely not lose out by having hot weapons with great destructive power as its trump card.
Thinking of this, Zhou Bai quickly said to Yu Xiaoxiao: "Then can you do it?"
Yu Xiaoxiao listened and said directly: "If we study it for a while, there will be no problem. Besides, we have my master here! We will definitely be able to figure it out."
"Then I'll leave this project to you. How much does it cost?" Zhou Bai asked directly.
"I need more different varieties of minerals for research, so that I can make some substitute materials. Also... I need an independent studio." Yu Xiaoxiao quickly put forward her requirements.
"Okay, I'll have someone prepare it for you." Zhou Bai said directly. It just so happened that she was also planning a military factory, so it wouldn't be a problem to set up a studio in it.
"That's all." Yu Xiaoxiao said readily. She knew that if she could figure it out, she would definitely gain both fame and fortune.
Harrison, who was standing by, listened to them talking in a language he did not understand, and did not say much. He waited until they finished talking before he stood up and said, "This material is very good for use as a weapon in addition to the guns you made. Just adding a little bit can increase the defense of the weapon a lot. It would be great if the village chief could dig up more."
Zhou Bai: "...This is a mine we found near the town of Benguela. We have mined it all. This is all we have now."
"What a pity, but giving me some will be enough." Harrison said with some regret.
"I'll ask someone to look for it again." Zhou Bai promised. After all, she might have quite a lot of minerals to look for.
Previously it was limestone, now it is tungsten ore, and next we have to find saltpeter.
If you can't find saltpeter, can you make saltpeter soil yourself?
Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time.
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
"Then I'll wait for your good news." Harrison said bluntly.
Zhou Bai knew Harrison's character and nodded directly.
"Then I will continue my research with my apprentice. By the way, the name of tungsten has been recognized, and it was named by my apprentice." Harrison added.
Although he also wanted such fame, it was indeed his apprentice who knew about it first, so he was too lazy to infringe on the honor that belonged to others.
"Yeah." Zhou Bai nodded, looking at Harrison with some admiration.
The other person's character is indeed worthy of respect.
Yu Xiaoxiao was moved when she looked at Harrison. She had originally strongly requested not to have her name signed, but her master finally gave it to her.
Afterwards, the master and disciple ran to the back and continued their work.
Zhou Bai left the blacksmith shop and headed straight for the animal training ground behind.
The message she sent to her father yesterday had already been sent out. I wonder if they have reunited with the goblins? And has the limestone mine started to be dug?
While Zhou Bai was thinking, the magic pigeons carrying the message of Hope Village did find Zhou Zhengping and his group.
Two changes in one
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