The first batch of 25 sets of men's and women's copper weapons and equipment produced by the Xiaobai tribe and the sheep tribe were transported to Zhoushui City, a dumb shop. It was sold out between 7 and 8 p.m., and all of them were sold to players within the Little White Army, and the first amount of funds was returned, totaling 62,500 copper coins.

The production of the two camps has entered normal, and the copper can be minted and minted without the presence of the player. Qin Xiaobai took the drawings, left the camp, and rode back to the dumb shop in Zhoushui City.

The sheep held this large amount of copper coins, and was almost speechless in front of Qin Xiaobai, revealing a money idiot: "Big brother, this is the biggest amount of money I have seen." I didn't expect to earn so much money in one day, it's so bright, so happy! I've never achieved anything this in the business of various games before. For the first time, the younger brother felt that he was a rich man. ”

Qin Xiaobai stored the drawings and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, you will earn more money, so much so that you don't even know how much money you have." But now we don't have time to count the money, we have to work right away. ”

The sheep hurriedly woke up from the money idiot and said, "Big brother, what should we do now?" We have tens of thousands of copper coins in our hands, and we can hoard a lot of raw materials! I think the hoarded materials are enough for us to use even more than ten days. ”

"No, don't rush to stock up on raw materials just yet. There are more important things, do you know where my copper smelting technology and casting technology came from Qin Xiaobai looked at the sheep.

The sheep was stunned for a moment and shook his head. Qin Xiaobai didn't tell him about this, and he didn't ask.

Qin Xiaobai changed the entire set of copper equipment on his body into an ordinary animal skin coat. He said lightly: "Of course, it is the only NPC coppersmith in the city who has the drawings in his hand. Yesterday I spent 15,000 copper coins from one of them for a complete set of technical drawings for copper smelting. In addition, 9,000 copper coins were spent to buy a set of casting drawings from a coppersmith in a bronze workshop that made weapons.

But unfortunately I didn't have enough money at that time to buy more. Now that we have enough copper coins in our hands, how long will we wait if we don't do it now? Let's go and find the other three NPC coppersmiths right away. Buy all the copper smelting technology in one go and monopolize the copper smelting technology! We don't want a small part of the market, but the entire market of Zhoushuicheng. Eliminate the player's competitors in advance. ”

There are a total of three copper workshops in the Zhoushui Walled City, one of which is a copper smelting workshop, and the only one who has mastered the technology of copper smelting can smelt copper ore into pure copper. One is a copper weapon workshop, which specializes in casting weapons and bronzes. One is a copper armor workshop. Specialized in casting armor bronze objects. There are two bronze workshops in the back. It is the casting technology that is mastered, not the copper smelting technology. They all bought copper ingots from the workshop in front of them and used them for processing.

Qin Xiaobai now wants to do the land, but he monopolizes the copper smelting technology and blocks competitors from the source.

The sheep was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand how many kinds of drawings Qin Xiaobai had bought from how many NPC coppersmiths.

However, Qin Xiaobai wanted to monopolize the copper smelting technology, and he raised his hands in favor. The profits of this thing are too lucrative, and only by occupying the market exclusively can you enjoy such huge profits. Otherwise a competition. The price is about to go down.

Qin Xiaobai took all the copper coins and went to various civilian residential areas in the city with sheep to look for them; Qin Xiaobai and Yang soon found the coppersmith's earthen house.

He hurriedly went over and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a young NPC coppersmith walked out humming a little tune. See Qin Xiaobai. Immediately bowed down and smiled: "My lord, may I ask what you are looking for in Xiaodi?" ”

Qin Xiaobai smiled, "I heard that you are one of the only five copper smelters in the city. I want to buy the technical drawings of copper smelting in your hand, and the price is open for you. ”

The coppersmith glanced at Qin Xiaobai, shook his head regretfully, and said, "This lord, you are a step too late. An hour ago, an adult had already offered a high price that Ling Xiao couldn't refuse, and bought the set of copper-smelting animal skin drawings from Xiao Di's hands. With this money, the little one will soon be able to open a Xindi copper smelting workshop alone like my elder brother, become the owner of the workshop, and no longer have to endure the nagging of the old employer. ”

"What? You sold? ”

Qin Xiaobai was taken aback, "Who did you sell it to, what is his name?" ”

The coppersmith said: "Mountains and seas." ”

"Mountains and seas? Mountains and seas of shops in the mountains and seas? ”

"Yes, it is the owner of the Shanhai shop, Lord Shanhai. If you want a copper smelting drawing, look for him. If there's nothing to do, please come back. ”

Bang, the door to the tsuchiya slammed shut.

Qin Xiaobai was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the one who bought the drawings would actually be Shanhai. He and Shanhai met at dawn on the second day of coming to Zhoushui City, when they went to kill Shanrong, and later cooperated to buy land and build a Shanhai shop, which can be regarded as old friends. Now they're not just partners, they're competitors. This competitor made him feel a little tricky.

The sheep in the back hurriedly said: "Big brother, this NPC sold the drawings to Shanhai?!" He's, he's your friend, what should I do?! Shall we work with him? ”

Qin Xiaobai waved his hand and said, "He can only be regarded as half of my friend." The city of Shanhai is very deep, and he usually likes to be a peacemaker, and rarely reveals his true thoughts. To be honest, I don't know much about his intentions, and in case of a conflict of interest, it is difficult to say whether he will be friend or foe in the future. Let's go to the remaining two coppersmiths and see if any other players have purchased the blueprints! ”

Qin Xiaobai turned to leave, and the sheep hurriedly went to find the other two coppersmiths.

It didn't take much effort to find it.

But the answer of the two coppersmiths was even more bleak.

Coppersmith: "I'm sorry, my lord, but the villain's smelting blueprints were sold in the morning." It was about three hours ago. ”

"Who did you sell to?"

"Nameless. Nameless shop, nameless adult! ”

Another coppersmith: "This villain's blueprint for copper smelting has been bought this afternoon." The man gave out sixteen thousand copper coins. My lord, how are you? ”

"Who did you sell to?"

"God, God-King. The god king of the God King's shop. ”

When Qin Xiaobai heard the answer, he turned his head and left without saying a word.

His face was not very good-looking.

Not only will there be four more NPC Copper Smelting Workshops in the city, but there will also be three competitors who have mastered copper smelting skills, which will be in a very short time. The market profit of copper smelting has been squeezed to only a little residue.

Without profits, his huge investment will not be rewarded enough, and he will be forced to fall into the quagmire of price-cutting competition. However, the strategy of blocking competitors from the source of copper smelting can no longer be achieved. Mountains and seas, nameless, and god kings, it turned out to be these three people who bought the copper smelting technology. Needless to say, Shanhai and the God King, Qin Xiaobai had dealt with them a few times. If the mountains and seas are still half friends. It is possible to talk cooperatively. Then the god-king is half an enemy.

As for the nameless, nameless shop, it is actually very famous in Zhoushuicheng. Because he is the second player to build a shop, the first is a dumb shop, and the second is a nameless shop. This Nameless is a pure merchant player, more than a sheep.

"Morning! This morning, the nameless person bought the copper smelting technology, and it has been at least nearly * hours since the morning. He had a blueprint for copper smelting, and it was impossible not to have a little movement. Copper ore will be hoarded immediately and ready to be smelted. Sheep, are you sure you didn't hear about him buying copper in the market today? ”

Qin Xiaobai's tone showed a rare hint of reproach.

The sheep said worriedly: "Big brother, I and a dozen of my partners have indeed not received any news in this regard today. There are almost tens of thousands of players in the entire Zhoushui City, and there are too many player gangs. Many gangs stock up on raw materials internally. It is not on the market. If the God King buys copper ore raw materials in small quantities within the gang organization, a few of us will not receive any news at all. That nameless is also a businessman. The wrist is very shrewd, and it has a relationship with many gangs. Our main area of activity is the trade market, and we do not venture into anonymous shops, whose details we do not know. As for Shanhai, he was a friend of the eldest brother, so I didn't pay attention to his business moves at all.

However, there has been no major change in the overall copper price in the trade market, and I am sure they have not openly eaten copper in large quantities. Otherwise, I would have known about this right away. ”

After listening to the explanation, Qin Xiaobai nodded, and his face softened.

"Well, you've done a good job. You can't be blamed for this, it's only a matter of time before a competitor appears. The most important thing now is to take immediate countermeasures to suppress the competitors of Zhoushui Walled City, so that they do not interfere with our copper profits. Whoever he is, either cooperate or suppress. ”

They walk the streets. At night, the streets of the city are bustling with players. Most of the players are still dressed in normal animal skins and carry small hunting bows. Occasionally, a player appears on horseback, with bronze gear, or with a bow on their back, which will attract a lot of attention.

The sheep thought for a while, and when he saw some players with war bows on their backs, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "Big brother, since the skills of NPC craftsmen can be bought and sold, why don't we just buy war bow technology and other production technologies!" Buy as much technology as possible, let's carry out a comprehensive exhibition, and find some partners to expand business production. Avoid running into competitors in the copper equipment, even if the profit of the copper equipment drops, it doesn't matter! ”

Qin Xiaobai listened to the suggestion, thought for a while, and said slowly: "Buy battle bow technology?" There are five bow and arrow workshops in Zhoushui City, and each workshop has four NPC craftsman apprentices who have mastered the art of making war bows. If they have a warbow blueprint for sale, then there are at least twenty blueprints. Soon, the Warbow will become the most in-demand weapon, and it will be impossible for a single player to buy these technical blueprints and capture the entire huge Warbow market. At most, the player buys a handful of blueprints. If we venture in, we will have more than a dozen competitors in the blink of an eye, plus three competitors in copper smelting.

The production front is lengthened, we have more and more competitors, but our funds are limited, and our production capacity will be dispersed, and the situation will be more unfavorable to us. Every production project can be defeated by an opponent. Now a lot of our manpower and capital are invested in copper smelting, casting copper equipment, before the copper this piece of foothold, we can not easily get involved in other competitive production industries, otherwise we will only find their own hardship. ”

Seeing that the proposal had been rejected, the sheep hung his head listlessly, "What then?" In a few days, those players who have mastered the copper smelting technology will definitely produce a large number of copper ingots, and then they will make a large number of copper equipment, uh," said this, the sheep suddenly felt a shock, "Big brother, do you think they will buy the technology of copper casting equipment?" Without casting technology, it's useless for them to refine copper! ”

Qin Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, "If they bought the copper smelting technology, it was impossible for them to be negligent enough not to buy the technology of casting bronze." Otherwise, what use would they have just made a bunch of pure copper? Isn't it possible to sell it to NPC workshops? However, the only reason that determines whether they will buy the casting technical drawings is that they don't have the money in hand, not whether they want to buy them or not. A set of copper smelting technology is more than 15,000 copper coins, and a complete set of minting technology is more than 9,000 copper coins. After Nameless, Shanhai, and God King finished buying the copper smelting drawings, how much money did they have in their hands to buy the casting drawings? They still don't have copper mines to buy in bulk on the market, so money must be tight. ”

The sheep said excitedly: "Nameless, Mountains and Seas and God King, big brother, are you sure they have so much money?" If they don't have much money in their hands, they are very passive. Here's our chance to beat them! ”

Qin Xiaobai patted his head and said, "Yes, I neglected this." Immediately go to the seven NPC coppersmith apprentices in the other two bronze casting workshops and see how many casting drawings they have sold! Walk! ”