Real Cthulhu Running Game

  Chapter 1938 Balance of Payments

After Yu Lei left, Liu Xing asked Baihe City to notify Ding Kun, asking him to dig out the scabbard within three days, and to dig the hole upside down within today to see if there was anything left. other important stuff.

   "If we can gain control of the Zhengsheng Chamber of Commerce, then the alliance can be responsible for its own profits and losses, and there is no need for us players to continue to advance money."

Meng Fugui looked at the ledger and said: "Currently our alliance's expenses are deducted from the funds provided by the players. After all, the alliance's current self-healing ability is still too poor, and we can only rely on some scattered income to maintain the most basic expenses. That is the cost of hiring those NPCs; fortunately, the players in the alliance are reasonable, and they have not complained much about it, because there is indeed no place to spend much money now, but if it continues, we will The alliance is really going to be in the dark."

Liu Xing looked at Meng Fugui in surprise, and said in surprise: "Ah, I always thought our alliance was quite rich, because didn't we raise a lot of money at the beginning, and then we relied on inventions such as air conditioners With some stable income, and I haven’t moved much in Tianshui Town recently, I should only eat and drink in terms of expenses, right?”

   "Leader, you are really a hands-off shopkeeper. If you are not in charge, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are."

Meng Fugui shook his head and said: "That's right, our expenditures during this period are mainly concentrated on food and drink, because the number of NPCs we employ is not too large, so the expenditure in this area can be equal to the income of the air conditioner. The local air conditioners are selling very well now, but the net income of each local air conditioner is only so much, and recently many NPCs have begun to copy our local air conditioners. After all, the production of the local air conditioners is not difficult; Have the players in the alliance ever thought about asking for wages, so we must not treat everyone badly in terms of food and drink, so we need to consume a lot of fine grains and meat every day, and at the same time, we need to supply enough drinks and fruits to maintain the players their morale."

   "Uh, it does cost a lot of money."

Liu Xing touched the back of his head, and said with embarrassment: "The alliance has just been established, so it is normal for everyone to have no income, so we should not treat everyone badly in terms of food and drink! But now the situation has improved. Well, the third prince will never be stingy with the rewards he gave us. As for the Zhengsheng Chamber of Commerce, even if we can't get it, we can organize a chamber of commerce by ourselves. Anyway, we now have the endorsement of the third prince, so there should be no problems in doing business. of."

   "It should be. After the third prince's reward arrives, we may be able to turn losses into profits."

Meng Fugui put down the account book and said, "By the way, the auction in Far West City is in progress. Yang Yu and the others have successfully placed three orders, two of which are for grain, and they are all in stock, so After the third prince's reward arrives, let's settle these two orders first. After all, it's better to put food in the bag as soon as possible; the remaining order is all kinds of fabrics, although now Summer has just arrived, but the autumn here is very short, so the temperature will drop very quickly after the summer is over, so we have to prepare winter clothes in advance to avoid being in a hurry."

"Of course, these fabrics actually have another purpose, and that is to make Molotov cocktails! Currently, the alliance is ready to produce high-grade alcohol, and the head and tail of high-grade alcohol must be pinched off, because these two parts Alcohol contains too many impurities, and people will have problems after drinking it; so Huo Zijun is going to use the waste wine to make Molotov cocktails, so that we have an extra card, no matter what Whether it is defensive or offensive, it will be very useful. Of course, we are going to use leftovers and old clothes as materials, and those new fabrics will be better made into new clothes.”

Liu Xing nodded, and said with a smile: "Molotov cocktail is a good thing, especially in this module, no one has seen its power, which can make it play an excellent role. Effect! But having said that, how is the acquisition of livestock such as cattle and sheep? There are not many large-scale farms in this module, so after the start of next month, we basically don’t expect to be able to There is enough meat in the market."

"This is already being discussed. Yang Yu said that they found a ranch in Far West City that they are willing to sell, and now they have to make a final decision on the price. Moreover, this ranch has a relationship with a player in the alliance, so they also Willing to accept installment payment, so we can bring back all the livestock we bought as long as we pay a deposit; The livestock we receive from the ocean should make our ranch self-sufficient at a minimum."

Meng Fugui said affirmatively: "Besides, although the Baijia Ranch is only a cooperative relationship with us in name, we all know that the Baijia Ranch is our alliance's ranch when necessary, so we should not be too short of meat; There will be a lot of NPCs coming to join us with their families, and we can also let these NPCs be responsible for raising some chickens, ducks and geese, anyway, there is no shortage of insects in Tianshui Town to feed these poultry."

   "That's right. No one has lived in Tianshui Town for many years, so the natural environment can't be better. It's better to use it as a free-range poultry farm."

  Liu Xing stretched his waist, stood up and said, "It's getting late, so I'll go to the intersection and wait for the NPCs to arrive, and arrange them to a suitable place."

  After surveying and mapping by professionals, the alliance has now designated three living areas for NPCs with different functions, such as the mountain foot area suitable for free-range poultry, the old urban area suitable for living with the alliance, and the ordinary new urban area.

Of course, the old city here refers to the old site of Tianshui Town, while the new city refers to the woods where the wine gorilla lives. Anyway, this forest has been flattened by the alliance, so it can be used as a new city .

As for the foot of the mountain, it is located near Tianshui Mountain, because Tianshui Mountain is now full of weeds as tall as a person after a fire. I don’t know how many grass seeds and insects are in it, so it is used to raise all kinds of poultry. It couldn't be better.

   "Then leader, you can go to work first, I just have to go to the warehouse to check the account books." Meng Fugui nodded and said.

  After leaving the Juyi Hall, Liu Xing came directly to the intersection of Tianshui Town. At this time, a pergola had been set up here, and a special person was responsible for providing a large bowl of tea and some simple food for the NPCs who came to join the alliance.

  Although he is a hands-off shopkeeper, Liu Xing is quite well-known in the alliance, because Liu Xing is indeed very special because of his pockmarked face.

   That's right, after the establishment of the alliance, Liu Xing basically didn't wear the previous mask anymore, because "Liu Peng" at this time is no longer the man with low self-esteem in the past!

  Anyway, I am not the only ugly player in the league. . .

After all, in this martial arts module, most players value their savvy more than their appearance, so Liu Xing found that today's alliance can be said to be a depression in appearance, not to mention that there are not many long-term players. So good-looking, even the faces of the public can't be found much.

  So Liu Xing has no idea of ​​continuing to wear a mask. Anyway, as long as everyone looks ugly, then he will not be ugly.

But, "Liu Peng" is actually ugly and quite unique, because his background is not bad, it is because of leprosy that he has pockmarked face, which suddenly makes "Liu Peng"'s appearance drop several times Therefore, in today's alliance, if a newcomer asks the leader what he looks like, the answer he gets will most likely be two words - pockmarked.

  So the player in charge of guarding the arbor recognized Liu Xing's identity as soon as he saw Liu Xing.

   "Leader, you are here."

  The man immediately brought a Maza to Liu Xing, and said with a smile: "For the sake of convenience, there are no tables and chairs for the pergola. After all, it is quite troublesome to carry it around."

   Liu Xing nodded and sat down, and asked, "How many NPCs are here today? And friends, what do you call them?"

   "Leader, you can just call me Xiaolou, because my name in this module is a bit unpleasant, and it belongs to the kind of cheap name that can make a living, so I like people to call me Xiaolou now."

While talking, Xiao Lou took out a notebook, "From today to now, only a family of five came here, and they brought a few cages of chickens, ducks and geese, so I arranged for them to go to the mountain foot area; I heard It is said that a lot of tents have been set up at the foot of the mountain, so the NPCs who have come in the past two days can be sent there first."

Liu Xing thought for a while, then nodded and said: "That's right, the NPCs who have come to join us these two days are basically from the countryside. It is normal to be assigned to the foot of the mountain; but soon some NPCs from Heshan County will come to join us, and they will only bring some daily necessities, so they have to be assigned to live in the old and new urban areas .”

   "I understand this."

Xiaolou nodded and said: "Several sets of simple wooden houses have been built in the old and new urban areas, and everyone can still live there if they are crowded. Anyway, these NPCs can not bring us many benefits, so we still need houses or something. Letting them build it themselves, or paying someone to build it, would also take some of the financial pressure out of our league."

   Liu Xing was a little surprised, because he didn't expect the player in front of him to think so much.

Seeing Liu Xing's expression was a bit surprised, Xiaolou said, "Actually, I was studying finance in the real world, but I accidentally joined the game lobby of the Cthulhu Running Group halfway, so I simply chose to drop out and go home. Anyway, the money given by the game hall of the Cthulhu Running Group is enough for me to eat and drink, so I might as well start enjoying retirement life directly; as a result, after a while, I found that my situation is a bit embarrassing, simply put It’s just that I don’t know anything, and those half-baked financial knowledge can’t be put on the table at all...so I am a bit embarrassed in this martial arts mod now, because I really don’t know anything, at most I just talk about it.”

Liu Xing frowned, and said with a smile: "Then you really came to the wrong place this time, because this martial arts module can be described as very unfriendly to financial professional players, after all, the financial knowledge you have mastered It's really useless."

   "That's right, there is no need for this place at all, so I can only volunteer to come here to guard the arbor, and it can be regarded as playing my only role."

Xiaolou sighed, and said helplessly: "Fortunately, leader, you triggered the alliance system, otherwise I really don't know what to do now, because the basic ability of my character card is really poor, so there is no If it’s an alliance, I might just find a place to hang out and wait to die.”

   "Hey, who knew that the character cards given by the martial arts module this time are also based on our occupations in the real world?"

Liu Xing said with a smile: "However, I don't think you should be too discouraged, Xiaolou. After enough NPCs come to join the alliance, I think you will be able to use your skills! Because it is only a few days before next month. It's time. In order to ensure the normal operation of the alliance and to allow these NPCs to integrate into our alliance faster, we have to come up with a new set of rules to determine how much value these NPCs can contribute to the alliance; and The third prince's reward is coming soon, and our alliance finally has some spare money to pay the players, so how much should the various goods and services provided by the alliance be worth?"

Hearing what Liu Xing said, a gleam flashed in Xiaolou's eyes at first, but soon he became depressed again, "Uh, what you said, leader, is right, but I'm really not sure about my professional ability." Confidence, because I dropped out of school directly in the second semester of my sophomore year, so professional knowledge can really be described as empty-handed, and now I can remember some basic knowledge points; so you don’t count on me, leader If you can achieve any results in these things, it will be good if you don’t lag behind.”

   "Don't be so unconfident, Xiaolou. Although you can't make the decision on this matter, you can still help with some things."

   Liu Xing said old-fashionedly: "Now the alliance is still waiting to be rebuilt. As long as you are a player, you can contribute to the alliance, so you can find your own position in Xiaolou."

   One thing to say, at this time, Liu Xing began to feel that he was a bit like a lecturer on success, and he could already open a paragraph of chicken soup.

   At this time, a familiar NPC appeared in front of Liu Xing.

  (end of this chapter)