209 The village is busy

Zhan Xiaobai roughly read the accounts, had a bottom in his heart, and said to everyone: "The construction situation of our village last month was better than I imagined. We have some money and savings in our hands, and we have the funds to run some projects. But I see one of the big items - horses, the volume of transactions is skyrocketing, what is the situation? ”

Jianba explained: "A month ago, when I brought 50 copper coins to Ma Ta Yin Mountain Village, I negotiated with some horse catchers on the grassland to buy them, and Ma Ta Yin Shan himself also hoped to have a reputable partner as a sales channel in the hinterland of Wuwei County. After getting in touch with them, I started to try to introduce a few 20-level riding horses and set up a horse market in my village to sell horses.

The purchase price of our single horse is 300~400 copper, and the sales price in the terminal market is usually more than 700 copper, which is very expensive, and it is still a high-end player equipment, and only a very small number of people buy it. It can be said that the profit of horses is extremely high, almost reaching 75%~130% profit. However, various costs are also high, and all aspects of purchase, transportation, and feed are very costly. If you can't buy and sell in bulk, you won't actually make much money.

Another point is that the transportation is very risky, if a village buys 10 horses in the grassland, but is robbed along the way, it is enough to put the village in serious danger. It is difficult for an ordinary village to form a full-fledged horse market. So this horse market can't be built in just that village. For the time being, there is only a preliminarily developed horse market in our Xiaobai Village in Wuwei County.

This market is slowly taking shape, with extremely high profit margins, and it is one of the most potential to tap. There are not a few villages that are keen on this market, and villages such as Sengoku Village have begun to buy horses from the grassland for sale, but the number is too small and the influence is a little lower. Our village now trades about 6 to 10 horses a day, and we can sell them to dozens of villages. ”

Zhan Xiaobai nodded. It is only a matter of time before there is fierce competition in the horse market, and Xiaobai Village does not have the strength to control the entire grassland after all. In the early stage, profits were high, but in the middle stage, when the price war in the horse market in various villages broke out, and the price plummeted, I was afraid that the profits would drop sharply.

Zhan Xiaobai asked Jian Ba about this question.

Jian Ba naturally had a way to resolve it, and said: "The best way is to control the high-quality riding horses in our hands as much as possible to avoid a price war." ”

Zhan Xiaobai thought for a moment, and then asked, "After the player buys the horse, how does their horse forage solve?" ”

Jian overbearing: "Forage, as a supporting market for horses, has also begun to appear now. Many villages did not have the ability to sell horses, so they began to cultivate high-quality pasture and sell it to those who owned horses. At first, it may seem unremarkable, but as the horse market expands, the forage market will certainly flourish. I've discussed it with Sycamore, and there are many places where the grass is good and suitable for pasture. He is now researching how to process the grass into finished forage for sale. ”

Zhan Xiaobai couldn't help but smile, "That's good, Wutong can cultivate a good project to make money, which is very beneficial to the development of his village." In the future, we will buy the forage we need directly from Wutong Village, and support this industry in Wutong Village. ”

Sword Boss smiled and nodded. Even if Zhan Xiaobai doesn't mention it, he will do it. Xiaobai Village is the core horse trafficking industry, and Wutong Village is a variety of supporting industries, which is the best high-efficiency match.

After Zhan Xiaobai asked about the horses, he began to deal with a more important matter - the industrial upgrading of Xiaobai Village.

"We have a wide variety of industries in our village, from cutting wood to producing light armor and catapults, and that's not good," he says. Some low-value properties can be transferred to other villages.

Like Lumber, 1 unit of Timber is not valuable, but it consumes several hours of labor from an NPC farmer. The timber was purchased entirely from nearby villages. Let the farmers in our village free up time to do more important and lucrative work. ”

He pointed to dozens of large and small production projects on the financial books, and said, "In the early stage, 20% of the inefficient and irrelevant projects will be transferred to other nearby villages." Like: logging, stone, fish...... We try to buy from other villages, so we don't need to waste our own manpower.

However, it is important to note that there must be sufficient stockpiles of these supplies to avoid a sudden halt in supplies from other villages that will affect our construction.

And the labor force in our village only produces some important, profitable products. Such as: food, weapons, equipment, blood medicine, herbs, tea..... Wait. When the farmers are slack, let the peasants engage in more urban defense construction, build more arrow towers, stone towers, and build roads. ”

Lin Yang, Li Ting, Zhang Cong and other NPCs suddenly opened their houses and nodded again and again.

Jian Ba very much agrees with Zhan Xiaobai's proposition, and it is very necessary to pursue the most efficient means of wealth.

It took nearly an hour for the financial work to be adjusted.

Zhan Xiaobai looked at Qiushui, who looked bored on the side, and asked with a smile: "Qiushui, how is the progress in military affairs?" ”

Qiushui was refreshed, and it was finally his turn.

She immediately reported to Zhan Xiaobai on the work of the Military Affairs Department last month, and said: "The work of our military department last month mainly focused on the following five aspects: militia units, player army construction, city defense fortifications, armament logistics, and public security.

In terms of militia, there are 150 militiamen, 15 militia leaders, and 3 Shipin guerrillas. The main daily tasks are tactical training, guarding the village gate, arrow tower, and lookout. There are 30 player legions in our village, with a total of more than 7,000 player members. The main daily tasks are village defense, leveling points, and raw material acquisition.

In terms of city fortifications, 10 watchtowers, 50 primary arrow towers, 20 stone towers, 1,000 traps, and 2,000 horses have been built. The stone wall is 56% complete. 5 small catapults - The production of catapults was low because the craftsman who had mastered the art of catapults was now responsible for the production of numerous transport carts.

In terms of armaments and logistics, the main focus is on the hoarding of war materials, mainly including: "medicine", weapons, equipment, horses, carriages, and roads.

The existing reserves of "medicine" and weapons and equipment are enough to support our village legion to carry out a large-scale regional war.

At present, our village has established a preliminary transportation system, with roads as the cornerstone, and improved transportation between small villages within ten miles. The transportation system is centered on Xiaobai Village, and a gravel road has been built between Xiaobai Village and Wutong Village, Hutou Mountain, and Daqi Village [Hualing Village], and the gravel road greatly facilitates the walking of horse-drawn carts and ox carts transporting stones. In addition, a strong wooden bridge is built over the river between Xiaobai Village and Haw Par Village, so that the player and the horse-drawn cart transporting iron ore can pass directly.

Because there are not enough war horses, the player army in our village is mainly infantry, and the effective range of activity is 20 miles, which can strongly strike and destroy the enemies of any village, and the incoming enemies. Beyond that, you are likely to suffer a fiasco.

Finally, in terms of law and order in the village, there are very few incidents of private fights between players in the village. ”

Qiushui finished talking about the main aspects in one go.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled: "Well, it's done well. This is especially important when it comes to logistics. For a long-term war, logistics is the most critical point. ”

Qiushui nodded.

Zhan Xiaobai said to everyone: "There are still a few departments of work, let's pick the key points and briefly describe them."

Li Ting was in charge of the work of the Ministry of Urban Engineering, and Zhang Cong was in charge of the work of the Tai Academy, and hurriedly stepped forward to make their own reports.

"Report to the Lord, the Ministry of Industry of our city ....." "Report to the Lord, there are 300 craftsmen in Tai College, including 70 senior craftsmen, 130 intermediate craftsmen, and more than 100 junior craftsmen......

A morning passed in the midst of various debriefings.

The meeting finally ended.

Zhan Xiaobai let everyone disperse.

Ah Fei hurriedly jumped up in surprise, and hurriedly pulled the Spring and Autumn Young Heroes and others to run to the lively market, "Wow, I'm depressed!" Hurry up and catch your breath. Shaoxia, let's go to the tavern for a drink, it's been a long time since the brothers have had a few drinks together. ”

The Spring and Autumn Young Man said hello repeatedly.

Cheng Jian, Wang Gun, Zhao Wu and others also followed.

Zhan Xiaobai couldn't cry or laugh.

He forced Ah Fei, Chunqiu Shaoxia and others to observe various reports, hoping that they could learn from them and improve their ability to handle government affairs. However, it seems that his thoughts have been in vain. Except for the sword lord and Qiushui, who were slightly interested in this aspect, the rest were not interested.

When Qiushui was about to leave, Zhan Xiaobai suddenly remembered something, stopped her and said, "Ah, by the way, Qiushui, I brought back a good horse for each of you, go to the stable and choose one, as well as Shaoxia, Wang Gun, Zhao Wu, and a few of them, each of whom has a horse." You go and call them up and go to the stables to pick them up. In addition, Jiang Hu and Jiang Ti, brothers and sisters, also have a war horse each. You can take care of the extra horses, just don't sell them. ”

Qiushui raised his eyebrows lightly, and said happily: "Is it Brother Bai who brought back the horses from the grassland?" I haven't seen it yet, right now. ”

After she left, there were only Zhan Xiaobai, Jian Ba, and Li Asan left in the conference hall.

Jian Ba handed an official letter from the government to Zhan Xiaobai and said, "This is the document that Wuwei Taishou recommended you to be filial piety, take a look." I guess.,I'm afraid there's a lot of trouble inside.。。 ”

Zhan Xiaobai took it and took a little look, there was not much content on it. In addition to recommending him as filial piety in Wuwei County, he was also required to go to Wuwei City before December 10. In addition to him, there were five other people in Wuwei County who were recommended. After arriving in Qi, the government sent an iron cavalry escort to Luoyang to take the class test.

Zhan Xiaobai couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seemed that he wouldn't be able to stay in the village for a few days.

He asked, "Sword Tyrant, what do you think is the trouble here?" ”

Jian Ba smiled: "This filial piety is obviously a small part of the government's series of tasks, and it is by no means simple. In the blink of an eye, the Yellow Turban Uprising in February is coming, and this bone is named to go to Luoyang, what good things can happen? ”

"Ma Yuanyi plotted an uprising in Luoyang. The traitor Tang Zhou would report to the imperial court, and then the imperial court would carry out a major purge of the Yellow Turban forces, and a series of things happened one after another, and then the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out completely. ”

Zhan Xiaobai said, his thoughts became clearer and clearer. couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Luoyang is the first fierce battle point between the imperial court and the Yellow Turban forces, I went to Luoyang, but I am afraid that I will have to survive in the gap between the two major forces." Since I want to benefit from it, I'm afraid I can't help but go. ”

"However, there are at least hundreds of players who have been recommended for filial piety in the thirteen states and counties in the world, and it can be regarded as a gathering of super-first-class players in the world. When I went to Luoyang, I happened to meet them for a while. Sword Tyrant, you go and sort out their information for me, I'll take a look at it in the next two days. ”

Jian Ba nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and get their information right away, and give it to you tonight!" ”

Sword Boss soon went offline to collect the information of players who were recommended as filial piety.

Zhan Xiaobai called Li Asan to the secret vault to get the coinage mold, went out of the courtyard, and walked to the blacksmith shop of the iron soldier in a secluded place in the village. Zhou Meng, the number one guard, was guarding at the gate of the courtyard, and hurriedly followed.

Li Ah San was puzzled: "Lord, what did you just take?" Are we going to the blacksmith? ”

"We'll find out in a moment."

Zhan Xiaobai smiled but did not answer.

Came to the iron soldier's blacksmith shop and asked Zhou Meng to close the gate of the courtyard. is also loyal, Zhan Xiaobai didn't plan to let ordinary NPC villagers know about the mold, leaving only a few NPCs with the highest loyalty.

When Tie Dabing saw Zhan Xiaobai, he hurriedly greeted him, surprised: "The lord is back!" Alas, it's a sin for Lao Tie to miss the distance! ”

Zhan Xiaobai waved his hand and smiled: "Brother Tie, don't be polite, I'm here mainly to show you something, I don't know if you will use it?" ”

He took out the coinage die and handed it to the Iron Soldier. There are no coppersmiths in the village yet, so they can only be shown by the blacksmiths.

The iron soldier took it and looked at it, and lost his voice in disbelief: "This~, isn't this a coinage mold?!" ”

Li Asan looked at the mold from the side, his eyes widened, and he said in shock: "The lord wants to mint copper coins privately?" But you can't help it, this is a big crime to kill your head! Will be wanted by the government! ”

Zhan Xiaobai said with a smile: "Don't worry about it from the government side, the government has no time to take care of this matter." ”

Li Asan couldn't persuade him, so he could only shake his head and sigh, the lord was really bold.

"Iron brother, will you use it?"

The Iron Soldier came back from his surprise, he was an experienced old blacksmith after all, and nodded: "This doesn't require any skills, as long as there is a copper smelting furnace and copper ingots, melt the copper ingots into juice and pour them in." Although my old iron is a blacksmith, I can do some simple coppersmith work. ”

"Well, then you can see what you need, and see if you can mint the copper coins as soon as possible. By the way, Ah San, you take some peasants to build a safe basement and mint copper coins in the basement later. Try not to let anyone else know about it. ”

Tie Dabing and Li Asan were busy, preparing to mint coins.