"Second brother, what's the matter!" When Wulei heard me call his name, he immediately became energetic.

"Wulei, our next step is to auction 30 pieces of construction land for the ironsmith, we are going to do it in the Iron Valley, you go to find some people, right here, that is, the location of the future auction hall, clear out a large area, and then set up an auction table there. Are you willing to do this task? I asked Wulei and said.

"Good! That's what I'm going to do. Wulei said. He looked left and right, and finally he said to the Phantom, "Phantom, I'll lend you a few people, you don't have an opinion!" ”

"Whoever you like, you can pull whoever you like, everyone wants to do some work for Iron Valley, and they won't have any opinions." The Phantom said.

"Okay, then you're welcome." He counted 50 people in a row, and then walked away.

"Dragon, the current situation in Iron Valley seems to be very unfavorable for our auction!" Lan Zhan looked at Wu Lei and called his relatives and friends, and said to me with a frown.

"Lan Zhan, I know you're talking about those ironworks left behind by the Jiangshan League, with their existence, our auction doesn't seem to be very attractive, but no matter what, there will always be some players with a long-term vision who know the value of this Iron Valley! As long as we can buy some land, we will have the first pot of gold. What we lack most now is start-up capital! I said helplessly.

Lan Zhan shook his head helplessly, and said nothing, and I turned to the phantom and said, "When the auction is held, it's up to you to maintain the order. ”

The Phantom nodded and said, "There's no problem with this, the guys I brought with me usually like to fight the most, and they are very handy at maintaining law and order." ”

There was nothing else to do for the time being, and the Phantom and Cairo went to help clear the land, and Xun Long and Lan Zhan stayed. Lan Zhan looked at the blast furnace that was being smelted and asked us, "Dragon, is this blast furnace like this?" Is it efficient? ”

"Not to mention, our normal smelting, only about 15% of the conversion rate each time, if according to this efficiency, counting the loss of things, even if we don't count labor at all, the metal we refine will be 3-5 times that of the system's metal. At such a price, in the game, there is no market at all. If we can't improve the conversion rate of this metal, we want to monopolize this raw material, which is just delusional. I shook my head.

"Dragon, come and see this, this is what they gave us when I was looking for someone to design the blueprint of this Iron Valley." Lan Zhan handed me a stack of papers.

I took the papers, and found that they were all drawings and a lot of illustrative things. If you look at it carefully, it is a new type of blast furnace.

"Dragon, this blast furnace is 50% more efficient than the blast furnace that Tiegu is using now, and if we use this blast furnace, the conversion rate of the metal will definitely be improved." Lan Zhan said.

"Lan Zhan, can this outside thing also be moved in like this?" I asked, a little strangely.

"Of course not, you know, although this game is very similar to reality, this game still has its own set. We want to bring something from our reality into the game, and even if it's designed to make perfect sense, it still has to be practiced to make it work in the game. Lan Zhan said.

"Then let's send someone to make it immediately!" I said quickly.

"Dragon, this thing is very complicated, and it was built with a blast furnace, and if we want to test it, we have to build a new blast furnace." Lan Zhan stopped me and said.

"There's no problem with this, let's leave this matter to Liu Zi!" I said.

"Sister Liu, this latest blower, if the installation test is successful, it will be the most powerful blower in the entire game, when you find someone to install it, you must keep it secret." Lan Zhan said to Liu Zi.

"Brother Lan, don't worry, I can save this." Liu Zi took the design from my hand and said.

"Lan Zhan, let's go and distribute the information, in order to make our start-up capital as rich as possible, our first batch of special construction sites for the blacksmith must be vigorous!" Liu Zi was busy, and I pulled Lan Zhan and said.

The auction of the land dedicated to the construction of the blacksmith has finally kicked off in our intensive planning. This auction is still presided over by our world's best auctioneer. Because it created a turnover of more than 3 billion in the last auction of skilled people, its auction skills have risen like a rubber rocket. As soon as the auction of that skilled person ended, it became an 8th-order auctioneer.

This time, we are auctioning 30 pieces of land for the construction of the ironworks, which are of different sizes and are scattered in different places in the Iron Valley. And in order to achieve the effect of attracting players, the location of these plots is quite good. And our starting price is also very low, only 10-300,000 yuan. The price for a plot of land of this size is not half as high as in other cities.

In the humble auction, there were a lot of players, all of whom stood at the bottom of the auction table, looking at the world's number one auctioneer, pointing and discussing. Seeing this bustling scene, I said to Lan Zhan: "Lan Zhan, our more than 200,000 publicity expenses are still valuable, you see, almost all the players in Iron Valley have come over, it seems that there are really a lot of players with a long-term vision!" I thought, in a minute, there will be a dragon fight. ”

"It seems that our start-up capital will be quite generous?" Lan Zhan saw this crowded scene, and his mood was also very cheerful, and he said to me with a smile.

The level of the world's No. 1 auctioneer has risen to the 8th order, and its spirit seems to be much better, it first talked about the significance of this Iron Valley, and then went on to talk about the future prosperity of the Iron Valley.

"Dragon, things seem to be a little bad! Our world's No. 1 auctioneer said a lot about the benefits of Iron Valley, but those players don't seem to have any big reactions! Lan Zhan stabbed my hand and said.

"Lan Zhan, it doesn't matter, as long as a small number of people understand." I comforted Lan Zhan and said, in fact, after I saw those players who seemed to watch the performance of the world's number one auctioneer with a mocking attitude, my heart had already sunk.

However, something very embarrassing for us came up. After the world's No. 1 auctioneer started the auction of the first piece of land, no one on the scene raised a sign. The players present were all saying in a very joking tone: "***, you bought this land!" After waiting for ten or eight years, will this land become very valuable? Or they said, "***, you buy this piece of land, after you build an iron mill on this land, next time we don't have to queue up to strike iron." That's a lot worth it! Maybe if you have worked here for a hundred years, you will be able to pay off the money for the land? ”

The world's No. 1 auctioneer saw the cold field and immediately tried his best to promote the benefits of this land, but even if it said that it was hungry, no one raised a card. At such a result, we looked at each other, which was a really big blow to us, and our first move was about to die.

"Lan Zhan, this first shot, it must be red, no one will buy it, then we will buy it ourselves!" I said to Lan Zhan.

Lan Zhan nodded helplessly, and in this way, a very dull auction ended in a hurry. The land in the auction was not purchased by any other player, and it was all our own people who bought it. And of the 30 pieces of land, I bought 9 pieces, Lan Zhan bought 7 pieces, and Xunlong actually bought 7 pieces, it seems that Xunlong is also a very rich lord! As for the remaining 7 pieces, the old pig who came to hear the news bought two pieces, the Phantom and their dragon team, pooled the money and bought one, and the remaining four pieces, Cairo, Blue Blood and Blue Sky They all borrowed our money and bought one each, Sister Hua and their sisters bought one piece, and the last piece, I bought it and gave it to Liu Zi.

In this auction, we got a total of more than 6 million yuan from the auction, and half of this money was taken away by the system, and only 3 million yuan was left for our construction. More than 3 million is a very large amount of money for individuals. But for our Tiegu construction, it is simply a cup of salary. It can't even be built with a decent building.

"Lan Zhan, it seems that things are not as good as we thought!" I said to Lan Zhan.

"Dragon, we need to be patient. We must be sure that this Iron Valley, its development prospects, is very good. We wanted to build it all at once, but we were a little too impatient. If you think about it, those players come to this Iron Valley only because they are here, and when they practice their iron striking skills, the success rate is relatively high, and the experience they get is higher than that of other places. Now there are so many free blacksmiths in the Iron Valley, think about it, who would want to spend so much money to buy a piece of land? "Lan Zhan gave me an analysis.

"Lan Zhan, do you think we should scrap all those blacksmiths?" I said with some evil.

"Dragon, is this what you really think?" Lan Zhan asked me rhetorically.

"Hehe, I really want to scrap these blacksmiths, but this situation is not allowed, not to mention that those players will be suspicious, just the loss of those blacksmiths, we will lose more than we gain." I shook my head and said.

"Dragon, you said that this Iron Valley is very important for its survival and development, that is, the foundation of this Iron Valley is unstable. Iron Valley didn't give the blacksmiths a reason to stay. Therefore, what we can do now is to continue to develop the resources around Iron Valley, so that our Iron Valley has something that attracts players and just wants to stay in Iron Valley. Lan Zhan said.

"What attracts players? Lan Zhan, do we really want to develop that yin vein? I asked.

"Looks like that's all there is to it." Lan Zhan nodded.

"But the value of that Yin vein is so great, we will damage a lot of our interests if we develop it so rashly!" I said anxiously.

"Dragon, it seems that I really shouldn't tell you about this Yin Vein, otherwise you wouldn't know the magic of this Yin Vein, so you had the idea of dominating this Yin Vein." Lan Zhan shook his head and said.

My face turned a little red, my nature, is it too greedy? I asked Lan Zhan about the wonderful use of the Yin vein, and then I found a lot of ways to use the Yin vein in the library of the Butterfly Dream Realm, and after realizing that this Yin vein was actually a huge wealth, I had a crooked idea and wanted to enjoy this yin vein alone.

"Dragon, think about our 4 billion, and the future of Iron Valley. Moreover, we are only developing the snow water in the Yin vein, which is the most worthless thing in the Yin vein. The Yin veins are not broken because you put some ice water out, and you still have a chance to get them. Lan Zhan said.

"Alright! We then apply to the system to drill wells. I gritted my teeth and said. Actually, you don't need to apply to the system to drill wells, but since I knew how good the Yin Vein was, I made it a decree that you can't drill wells without permission within the Iron Valley. So we have to submit an application to the system now, and of course, we are the ones who answer the application, and we do this just to complete the formalities prescribed by the system.

Before applying to the system to drill a well, we used our auction to get more than 3 million in one place, and asked the system to build us a house, which was only temporary, but we built it only to protect the well.

The well was finally built, and it was in the big house we had already built. According to the system, this well is a resource, and its ownership is Iron Valley, and we, as the person in charge of Iron Valley, can decide whether to let all people use this resource for free, or how much to charge for the use of this resource, of course, this fee is the property of Iron Valley, and it cannot fall into our hands.

"Dragon, with the icy water in this Yin Vein, we can use it to attract those blacksmiths. Dragon, you say, how high should we charge? Or, we can simply make it completely free, so that we can also attract more people to our Iron Valley. Lan Zhan said.

"Lan Zhan, do you want those players to come at our Iron Valley, or let them come at our well?" I shook my head and said. After a pause, I continued: "Blue War, this well water, is our means of attracting those players, but it is not the only means. This well water should only be a signboard for our Iron Valley to attract those players. ”

"Only what is not easy to obtain can show its preciousness. If this well water is used casually by those players, it will lose its most precious thing, so our well water must not be free, and we cannot let them be obtained by those players casually. We are going to offer them as treasures. Of course, in order to let those players know the benefits of this well water, we can take the approach of making it free to use. I said with a wicked grin.

"Dragon, you kid has a lot of ghost ideas, tell me, what do you think of this well water?" Lan Zhan said.

"I'm planning to make a rule, after our Iron Valley is upgraded to a village, as long as they apply to settle in our Iron Valley, and their iron striking skills reach level 4 or above, we will give them a bucket of water for free every month. Of course, we also have to adopt the method of treating people of different levels differently, we can stipulate that anyone who settles in the Iron Valley, as long as the iron-striking skill reaches the 5th level, will be given two buckets of water, 3 buckets of the 6th level, 4 buckets of the 7th level, and so on. We can also stipulate that as long as the iron-striking skill reaches level 9, you can buy water at will, and below level 9, you need to use more price, and you can only buy a fixed amount of well water. In addition, we can also have some particularly good blacksmiths ready to use the ice water we provide. In this way, we can use this ice water to unite a group of particularly good blacksmiths. "I told the Blues what I planned.

"Dragon, you're planning more than that, aren't you?" Lan Zhan said with a smile.

"Of course, after I have selected these particularly good blacksmiths, I will make a contract for them, and I can make our second in the world, set up a special counter for them, and help them sell what they have made." I said.

"Dragon, you kid, why don't you use this ice water to make money for you!" Lan Zhan scolded with a smile.

"I can't say that completely, I just want to get the sign of Tetsugu's weapon as soon as possible. Now, our main job is to let all players know the benefits of our ice water as soon as possible. I said.

"Whether this ice water is good or not, I think it should be up to the experts to decide, why don't we ask some particularly high-level blacksmiths to give them this well water, and let them show up to the majority of players?" Lan Zhan said.

"Lan Zhan, your set is too backward, and besides, when you do this, you still give others the illusion that the princess is selling melons and boasting about herself!" I said dismissively.

"Dragon, do you have a better idea?" Lan Zhan asked me.

I nodded and said, "In the past, we would have a level leaderboard, or a leaderboard in a certain area. But I don't know why, this "Taimeng" game has no such things at all, so everyone doesn't know who has the best iron-striking skills and who can build the best weapons. ”

"Dragon, you're saying we can introduce our well water by calling a weapon-building contest? Wonderful! Dragon, this method can not only push our well water to the people of this world, but also make our iron valley greatly famous. If we do a good job in this competition, we can also make others think that our blacksmith in Iron Valley is the best blacksmith in the whole game. "The Blues only listened to me and immediately knew what I was thinking.

"The prizes in our tournaments, as long as they are big enough, can attract a lot of blacksmiths in the game. And our games will be able to attract the attention of other players. When we successfully attract people's attention, our well water will be able to be launched, and our Iron Valley, the popularity will rise further, and our Iron Valley will be able to attract more players. I continued.

"Hey, Boulevard pedestrian, you know what? In a week's time, we will hold a fighting competition, and all blacksmiths above the third rank will be eligible to sign up. One of the blacksmiths, who was striking iron in the ironsmith in the Iron Valley, said to the other.

"Lao Dao, I'm not deaf or blind, I can't know about such a big thing?" The blacksmith called the pedestrian of the avenue said.

"Boulevard pedestrian, you say, is the award of the highest prize real? Eye-gouging demon, really give the first place that gold-level bust armor? The defense power of that bust can reach 800! It's like a mobile bunker! And the most surprising thing is that the half-body armor actually has warm skills, wearing that half-body armor to mine and strike iron, you won't feel tired at all, this is really a specially customized equipment for our blacksmiths! Lao Dao said.

"Of course this is true, although the eye-gouging demon is not necessarily a good person, his reputation is still reputable. Also, the second and third place rewards are not bad! They are also gold-level equipment, but their performance is a little worse than that half-body armor. Also, as long as you enter the top 16, you will have a chance to get a silver or gold level equipment. The attributes of those equipment are also quite good! Said the pedestrian of the avenue.

"But in addition to these expensive equipment, it's a bit inexplicable that the first place winner will be able to use crystal water completely free for life." Lao Dao said.

"Yes! What the hell is this crystal water? It seems like a very expensive thing on a par with those prizes. The pedestrian then expressed his doubts.

"Listening to the introduction of the eye-gouging demon, this crystal water is a kind of water, and this water is used for quenching. I heard that the use of this crystal water quenched weapon, both durability and sharpness, is more than a cut higher, is a kind of water, turning waste into magical water. Lao Dao said.

"This crystal water, really has such an effect?" The pedestrian asked.

"I don't know, but I've heard that as long as you are a blacksmith of rank 4 or above in the Iron Valley, you can get a bucket of such crystal water for free." Lao Dao said.

"Is there such a good thing?" The pedestrian on the avenue said with some surprise.

As they said this, a group of men came in carrying a bucket of water outside the blacksmith's workshop. The man who carried the water said to the whole blacksmith, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the water that I have come with great pain, and you will give me an iron-making furnace, and I will try to see if this water is as good as the eye-gouging man said." ”

Immediately someone prepared an iron furnace for him, and another handed him a long sword that was almost finished. The man took the sword and put it on the fire. It didn't take long for the long sword to be cleaned up by the man, and finally it was the quenching stage. The man expertly lowered the nearly finished sword into the bucket of water he had brought.