Chapter 42 Contractor
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"You've got a lot of appetite! Isn't this tantamount to giving the troops and cities of the Temple of Light to the same pot? "I really don't see that Ah Ni is still a careerist!
"I have to pay such a big price for you to defend the city, and you still call me black-hearted! The dragons help you to save your life, you yourself are to defend the city, I have nothing, I don't have anything, I don't lose too much if I don't occupy a few cities? β
"I'll say it casually, don't take it seriously!" Ah Ni's face is not very good, I don't dare to offend her anymore!
The dragon king saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, and hurriedly came out to play the round. "That's it, our dragons and the Dark Legion will jointly defend the city, and after the war, we will attack the city belonging to the Temple of Light."
"I think since you're going to run anyway, why don't you have a good run?" I thought of a darker way again.
"Tell me about it!" The Dragon King is very enthusiastic now, and any plan may decide the life and death of the Dragon Clan.
"I've seen the attack of the Temple of Light, and I'm also present in the Lost Battle, do you think we can think of a way on the way to the other party?"
"What do you mean?"
"The troops of the Temple of Light have a special way of attacking the city, the last time they attacked, they used a large number of air cavalry to carry the teleportation mage to break through at high speed, and then set up a teleportation array near the city to let the troops rush out. This tactic can greatly shorten the time that the troops stay in the area covered by our artillery fire, and in turn, it can greatly reduce casualties. However, if we can inflict heavy damage on the air cavalry carrying the mages when they break through, and the number of mages will drop significantly, then the troops will appear for a long time, and we will have more time for artillery battles! If the attack is good enough, it can even force them to abandon the teleportation and run over. β
Ah Ni shook his head and said, "No, no, no!" Don't do that! β
"Is my method bad?"
"It's not bad, it's not good! Forcing them to attack on foot can indeed increase casualties, but it doesn't work very well! β
"And what do you think?"
"Perform a low-intensity attack first and still let the Temple of Light use teleportation, but wait until a third of their strength appears to destroy the teleportation mage system, if they can't completely destroy it, at least most of the teleportation array will fail. A third of the Temple of Light's troops are stuck here, so that's the best time for us to attack, and when the rest of the troops rush over, this third should also be ineffective, right? β
"Yes! Good way! "The dragon king will nod his head now!
"By the way, His Highness the Dragon King!" I suddenly remembered that Lucky said that the Dragon King's guards went back to carry things, and I don't know what it was!
"What's the matter?"
"I heard that luck said that you sent someone back to Dragon Island to move things, I don't know what it is?"
"Oh! That's the dragon's special weapon - the thunder cannon! β
Ah Ni obviously knew about this thing, and when he heard the name, he was immediately surprised: "Isn't that the treasure of the Dragon Clan's town island?" How did you move out? β
The Dragon King shook his head and said, "It's not that one, this time this one is a trumpet, and we made it ourselves." This time is the moment of life and death of the dragon clan, if there are good things that are not taken out, can they be kept for burial? β
I don't know what that thunder cannon is, but it sounds amazing! "His Royal Highness the Dragon King has really made a lot of money, and even took out the things at the bottom of the box! Isn't the goddess Aerni also meaningful? "At this time, it is a little bit to be blackmailed!
Azini may have thought that the things that the dragons had come up with were very good, but the Dark Temple, which was famous for making magical equipment, did not have decent equipment, so she was embarrassed, only to see her secretly gritting her silver teeth. "I have good things, but you have to pay for them. I can't do a loss-making business! β
The dragon king didn't care about anything for the survival of the dragon clan anyway, and before I could speak, he said first: "I'll come out, how much?" β
Ah Ni didn't expect the Dragon King to agree so quickly! "1 billion one, I have a total of 5 films, and at most I will sell you 4 copies. I've got to keep a sample! β
"It's only 4 billion! Surprise me! "The Dragon King is rich anyway, and this little 'little money' is not at all at ease." Tell someone to move in! I'll give you the money when I get back! You don't believe in the credibility of the dragons, do you? β
"Of course I do! The dragon's financial resources are still very famous! β
"Okay, that's all the power you can gather, and you've all got your tasks clear, right? Now let's get moving, shall we? β
"Okay! I'm going back and gathering my troops! "Ah Ni is quite straightforward!
"I'm going to give the Light God a war letter!" The dragon king also turned around and ran out.
After leaving the Gathering Spirit Tower, both sides of the group left to do their own business, and now it's time for me to be busy! Isenger is in dire need of a lot of cleaners now, and there is also a need for manpower in the construction of the city, according to the introduction of the dragon king, I should go to the dwarves and elementals to help me tidy up the city, although Isenger has risen, but to put it bluntly, he is just a huge ruin! After the elementals have cleared the building, they should find the dwarves to rebuild the city! Wait-dwarf-gem! "Ahh His Royal Highness the Dragon King! Don't go! You haven't given me the gem you promised yet! β
I danced and chased out of the main hall of the Gathering Spirit Tower, but the speed of the dragon clan is so amazing, now the dragon king has flown and there is no shadow! Oh my jewels! What should I do now? Do you want me to pay for the gems myself to bribe the dwarves?
"Master, what about these things?" Ling came over from the side and called out to me.
I turned around and saw Lucky, Plague, and Crystal standing in a row, Ling standing in front of them waiting for my command. "Something? What is it? β
Plague and Luck took a step to the sides to reveal the hill behind them, a mountain of red gems was piled up behind them, and a pile of rubies nearly three meters high shone brightly, and my eyes were dazzled! "Haha! The old man of the Dragon King really does what he says, and he is actually ready! β
I ran to the bottom of the gem mountain and looked at the large pile of gems and felt like I was about to suffocate, these gems didn't know what their properties were, and I don't know what would happen if I left some for my brothers and sisters in the guild! I picked it up and almost fainted. "Name: Dwarven Yearning; Level: Mission item (not tradable); Purpose: Increases the Dwarf's opinion of the user! "Completely fainted! I thought I could upgrade my equipment!
Now that you have the gem, you have to hurry to the dwarven tribe. This is not a difficult thing, the dwarves' residences are relatively open, players must need dwarven craftsmen to build their own cities, and some players who like auxiliary professions are dwarves themselves, so everyone knows where dwarves live, the only trouble is that the city of craftsmen inhabited by dwarves does not have a teleportation array, you must first go to a relatively nearby city and walk over!
I have the impression that there is a player city called Ghost Snake, which is relatively close to the city of craftsmen! That player just took a fancy to the city of craftsmen and there was no teleportation array, and a large number of players needed to go to the city of craftsmen to find craftsmen, and build the city there to receive Dabi's entrance fee! (There is no admission fee for system cities)
I opened the teleportation ring directly, and the target was the ghost. I was a little dumbfounded when I walked out of the teleportation array of the ghost, the density of players around me was even greater than that of the three major system main cities, and the streets were full of people as far as the eye could see! As soon as I walked out of the teleportation array, I was surrounded by people, and I habitually took a step back, my hand on the hilt of my sword, ready to strike.
A guy who almost didn't have two profiteers engraved on his face leaned over with a lewd smile. "Don't be nervous, brother, we have no ill will!"
"Then why are you surrounding me?" Although the action has not changed, I am already basically sure that they are not going to attack me, because almost none of these people are warriors, and it stands to reason that it is unlikely that the mage will rob, not to mention that there are still a few people in it who still have books in their hands, and I have not heard of robberies with books!
It was the profiteer who spoke as a representative: "We are the guide of the city here, and you look like a big customer who wants to build the city, and we want to see if you need our services!" β
"Service?" I took my hand off the hilt of my sword. "What services do you provide?"
"It depends on what service you need!" Profiteers are indeed profiteers, and they have a level when they speak!
"I need a lot of things, I just don't know what you can do!"
Probably seeing that I was indeed a potential customer, this guy politely said to me, "If you really want to build a city, come with me!" I'll take you to the reception room for a detailed discussion! β
"Alright! You lead the way! β
The profiteer explained a few words to the small profiteers next to him and then took me to the city, and the reception room he said was a shop, although the door said the City Union Office, but it was arranged like a teahouse! In addition to us, there are several tables with pairs of players negotiating something. At this time, I noticed that these people were wearing the work clothes of this office, although their clothes were somewhat different, but they were all about the same, and it was estimated that the different appearances were only different grades! I don't know what level of receptionist I'm talking to, but judging by the way he just ordered those people to do things outside the teleportation point, his level should not be low!
"You may be seated!" The profiteer sat me down, and a young man next to me immediately brought me two cups of tea. After taking a sip of tea, the profiteer took out a huge book like a large encyclopedia from behind him, and the guys outside just now seemed to have a copy in their hands, could this thing be their tool? He placed the book on the table and turned it in a direction and pushed it in front of me. "This is the catalog, you can refer to this catalog to see what services you need, there are detailed instructions and fees!"
I was surprised to open the catalogue without a cover, and there were a few simple categories written on the first page. There are six categories in total: New Cities, Individual House Construction, Guild Residency Upgrades, City Residency Upgrades, Housing Renovations, and Other Artisan Needs. Looking at this preliminary directory, I already have a rough idea of what they do! This man is the contractor foreman, who specializes in contracting the business of craftsmen!
"I want to build a city!"
"Really? Are you sure? "The profiteers looked a little disbelieving when they heard my words.
"What? Do you suspect I can't build it? β
"Ugh! No, no, no! I'm so excited! Building a city is a big project, and I'm so excited! Since you're building the city, come with me to the VIP room on the second floor! β
I picked up the catalogue and walked up to the second floor with him, which is much more gorgeous than the first floor, and the VIP is really more expensive! We sat down in a single room on the second floor, and the waiter quickly delivered a drink, but the color is not the kind on the first floor, and it is estimated that this is more expensive!
"Let me introduce myself first, I am Yang Kun, the general manager of the customer service department of this company, what do you call me?"
"Purple Sun!"
"Yes, Mr. Purple Sun. Do you need to outsource or entrust recruitment? β
"Outsourcing? Is there any difference between outsourcing and recruitment? "After working in various industries for a long time, there will be terminology, one is that the industry personnel can understand it, it is convenient to speak, and the other is convenient for customers!
"Outsourcing is more worry-free, you tell me the city's capital level, location, scale, style and delivery time, and then you can ignore it, and wait for the time to come to acceptance! If you entrust recruitment, it will be more troublesome! All the details are up to you, and I'm only responsible for hiring and assigning the craftsmen. β
"Let's recruit workers! My city is more responsible, and it may not be convenient for you to build it! β
"Yes, yes! It's better to entrust recruitment, so that you can build a city that is more in line with your preferences! So what is the name of the city you want to build? How big? Yang Kun took out a formatted form, on which some basic things had been written, and he took out a pen to fill it out.
"His name is Isenger."
"Ai ...... Laborious...... Case! Kindness! Nice name! He listened and memorized. What about the size of the city? β
"You mean the area?"
"Yes!"
"Are you talking about floor area or saleable area? There are dungeons in Isengard! "It's not easy to calculate the strata area of the city!
"I need floor space, but if you need a dungeon, you need a detailed area of each floor!"
"Wait a minute, I'll do the math!" Yang Kun nodded, and then took the pen and waited for me to report the number. I did the math for a moment and said, "The city is divided into six floors, and the underground part is an inverted model of the above-ground part. The ground floor is 100 square kilometers on the third floor, 841 square kilometers on the second floor, 7,569 square kilometers on the first floor, and a total of 17,020 square kilometers on the sixth floor! With a bang, Yang Kun overturned the bench. I quickly stood up: "Are you okay?" β
"It's okay! It's okay! Yang Kun crawled out from under the table. You're not kidding me, are you? How can you defend such a big city? The largest guild now has only a million people, and you won't find it in your city! β
"Defense is my business, you just need to build it for me!"
"Okay! Is the customer God? "This Yang Kun is a profiteer, so good at building the wind and rudder! After quickly filling in the area, Yang Kun continued: "How to arrange the city's city walls? How high to build? What materials are used? Is it necessary to dig a moat? β
"The walls are all finished, and there are only a few gates left. The moat is not needed, the city is too big, and the moat construction project is too huge! "Actually, I'm afraid that he will open his mouth! You want to! The walls of Isenger are so long, digging a moat is no different from digging the Grand Canal, and the cost of the project must be heavenly!
"That's right, if you really want me to dig a canal-like moat for you, I really can't help it! You know, we middlemen don't get much, and the asking price of those NPC dwarves set up by the system is very high! By the way, speaking of dwarves, I'd like to ask you if you're going to hire dwarves or humans or elven artisans? β
"Does it make a difference?"
"Of course! The number of human craftsmen is relatively large, the efficiency is average, and the technology is also very average, but the wages are cheap. If you don't have any special requirements for the city, hiring a human craftsman is a common and cost-effective method. The elves are more artistic, and the cities they build will be very elegant and beautiful, with a romantic style, and of course the price is more expensive than humans! If you're looking to build a financial or cultural center, it's best to choose Elven Artisans who can turn your city into a temple of art. As for the dwarves, it's more troublesome! Dwarves have quirky personalities, they don't do everything, they ask for exaggerated prices, and most importantly, dwarves don't have any aesthetic concerns, although their pieces are usually more durable and cleverly designed, but they are all square in appearance. Of course, if you have a special hobby of making your city like a fortress, the dwarf aesthetic will definitely have an appetite for you. But my clients tend to have some humans do the infrastructure, and then the elves take care of the structure and style. This is a good way to reconcile the cost of the city with the aesthetics! β
It seemed that Yang Kun still had the intention of continuing, so I stopped him. "I want to hire a large number of dwarves and a small number of elves, no more than 3,000 elven craftsmen, all the rest should be dwarves, I am building a seaside fortress, it doesn't matter whether it is beautiful or not, it is strong first!"
"But ......!"
"It's nothing, I'll pay you to find someone, it's as simple as that!"
After thinking for a little and seemingly making a decision, Yang Kun raised his head and said, "Okay!" I'm going to contact the Dwarven Craftsmen, but I'll make sure I won't be responsible if they don't come! β
"I'll go with you, I promise they'll come!"
"Oh well! The craftsman solved, and what to do with the materials? β
"Materials?"
"Yes, it's building materials, mainly stone and wood, and other things like ceramics, jade, all kinds of metals, crystals and the like are also used in large quantities! Do you have any preparations? Most of my customers have stocked up on a lot of materials in advance, and they usually only need to buy a small amount! β
"I don't know, the plan to build the city was relatively hasty, and I didn't prepare so many things. Can you buy cheap materials? β
"I'm afraid this is more troublesome! The materials in the system store are prohibitively expensive, and if you go there to buy them, the cost of materials alone can bankrupt a medium-sized business! But players usually don't have too many materials in their hands, and it may take a lot of time to acquire a large area, and the size of your city seems to be a bit exaggerated, even if the most expensive city wall has been built, the remaining things still require more than 100 times more materials than other cities, such a large number of acquisitions, it must be very troublesome, and it is not cost-effective! Ultimately, building materials can't fit into storage, and players can't transport them except for a little bit of it that someone with Craftsman skills can carry. We buy so many things at once, even if we collect all of them, the transportation costs will cost lives! So I asked us to hire some carpenters and stonemasons for you, and we mined the raw materials ourselves. The greater the demand, the lower the cost of hiring someone to mine, and the nearby mining can save an astronomical amount of transportation costs! β
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"It's a good idea, Isinger is next to the forest, there is as much wood as you want, and the stone is easy to find, and I have a friend who knows this, and she went to see it, and said that we have a lot of crystalline rock buried in the ground. The entire wall of Isengar is carved out of a single piece of crystalline rock! "Boom, Yang Kun fell under the table again." Feed! What's wrong with you? β
"It's okay, it's okay!" Yang Kun got up from the ground again. "Are you sure your friend is talking about crystalline rock?"
"Sure! Do? β
Yang Kun took out a gray object from his arms and brought it to me. "Is that so?"
"yes, that's the kind of thing. You don't know, this thing is hard and dead! But what are you doing with a rock? β
Yang Kun didn't answer me directly, but took out a lot of strange stones from his arms. "This is a sample, you always have to show it to customers when they choose stones, right?"
"What is this?" I picked up a red stone, it looked like a ruby, but it wasn't transparent, it just had a good luster.
"Oh! This is Star Rock. This thing has very good magic resistance attributes, and it has the highest magic defense in the building materials except for magic silver! Your walls of Isengar are made of crystalline rock, and their physical defense is high, but not magical defense! But it's too expensive to make a magic reflection layer outside the walls entirely out of magic silver, so why don't you buy some of this stuff and grind it into powder with crystalline rock to make paint and brush it on the outside of the wall? β
"No, I have my own way of magical defense." The two scrolls I took out of the Gate of Truth last time are still with me! Isengard's walls have already crystallized, so the crystallization scroll is useless, but that magic resistance scroll is very useful, as long as you use it on Isengard's wall, you can get a wall with magic resistance!
Yang Kun put away all the things on the table, and then said, "Okay, that's all for the registration content, then let's talk about the price now." Because you choose the entrusted recruitment method, you are responsible for the specific cost, and our company only charges you an acceptance fee of 500 crystal coins. Also, according to the rules, I use counter-offer skills to save you money when buying materials and hiring NPC Tinkers, and you need to take a 5% of them as my rebate! β
The 500 Crystal Dollar processing fee is a bit expensive, but it's acceptable. It's understandable to help bargain and get kickbacks, the more he helps me save money, the more he earns himself! "Okay, deal!"
The system contract is very simple, Yang Kun directly opened the contract to me, and applied to sign it, I directly confirmed, and then the contract took effect. After the contract came into effect, my money was automatically deducted, but this is more than the money did not reach them immediately, only the system temporarily kept, the other party can get the money when the contract ends, if the contract is not completed, the money will be returned to me.
After I confirmed the contract, Yang Kun immediately said with a smile on his face: "Will I take you to the City of Craftsmen to find craftsmen now?" β
"Yes!" I followed Yang Kun out of the ghost snake and headed towards the nearby city of craftsmen.
I was bored on the road, so I began to talk to Yang Kun: "It's 3 o'clock in the morning!" You're still working? Don't you usually sleep? β
"I'm in charge of the night shift! The game industry is different from ordinary work, and the networms like to climb up in the middle of the night, and we can't do business if we want to! β
"When I first came to Oni, I felt that there were a lot of people here, didn't they all come to find craftsmen?"
Yang Kun shook his head and said, "It's not all, there are many people here for a reason." The City of Craftsmen is indeed one of the reasons, and another reason is that there is a huge mine nearby, and many players who practice skills come here to mine, in addition to burning skills, they can also make up for the cost of leveling up! He stopped abruptly and said, "It's here!" β
"Where?" I didn't see the city at all.
"There!" Following Yang Kun's finger, I saw the entrance to a cave.
I'll look at him. "The cave, you say?"
He looked at me curiously, too. "You don't know, do you?"
"Know what?"
"The City of Artisans is a semi-underground city, where elves live on the outskirts of the city, humans live in the center of the city, and dwarves underground. The above-ground part is actually only inhabited by humans and elves, and the real main body of the Artisan City is still underground. To put it bluntly, the city of artisans is a network of dwarven mines! β
"I was dizzy, I thought the city of craftsmen was a city!"
"It's a city, but it's underground, and the terrain is a bit more complicated! Come, let's go in! Follow me, it's easy to get lost in the tunnels here! β
I've heard before that the roads in the City of Artisans are complicated, and at the time I was very strange what the roads in the city were complicated, but it turned out that this City of Craftsmen was actually a city composed of huge underground mines, no wonder it was so complicated.
Following Yang Kun into the mine, you can see dwarves, these short guys are constantly digging ore in the mine, and there are some humans next to them who are also mining. Although there are a lot of people, the mine is very spacious, so they dig them, and it has no impact on traffic.
Although there were many forks in the mine, it was not very long, and we soon entered the interior of the city. This city from mine to transformation is really huge and magnificent! The surrounding buildings are obviously the work of the dwarves, all of them look as solemn as the court, and all the buildings have no soft curves, only hard edges and corners! But the dwarven aesthetic is very much to my liking, and I love this solemn structure, and I have always thought that the soft design is only suitable for the bedroom!
When I entered the city, I felt that there were many more dwarves, and there were many elves shuttling here. Elves are mostly players, while dwarves are mostly NPCs, and very few players are willing to make themselves that tall! In contrast, elves with tall bodies and soft faces are more popular, especially small mm, almost a quarter of female players are from the elf clan, so you can imagine the girl's love for elves, right?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a fiery elf appear in front of me, and there was a demon pet floating above her head that was absolutely unsuitable for elves-demon! It's a little devil, but it's really strange to be led by an elf!
"Are you looking for artisans?" The elf spoke to us first.
"Yes! What did you make? Is it a carpenter? β
"It's not!"
"And you're building a house?" It is unlikely that a girl will become a miner, and there is a certain possibility of house construction.
She still shook her head: "It's not up to me to build a house, I just have to tear it down!" β
"Demolition?" Yang Kun and I were stunned at the same time, are there any craftsmen who are responsible for demolishing houses?
"I'm an expert in blasting, mining, digging mountains, and demolishing illegal buildings. Do you have any work to take care of me? I've had nothing to do for a few days, and I don't have enough money to level up and buy medicine! β
Demolition specialists? There is still such a profession! But it's not surprising to think about it the other way around, gunpowder and cannons have come out, and there is no reason why you can't have a career in learning explosives! But aren't the elves a peace-loving and nature-loving race? There was actually an elf with a little devil who specialized in explosives, and she was a big beauty!
"Hello, my name is Ziri, we really need people like you, and the workload is relatively large, I don't know if you have any companions?"
"Do you want it? That's great! A smile immediately appeared on her face. But I'm a hidden professional, and I'm the only one who has explosives! But don't worry, I like to blast the most, no matter how many things you do! Oh yes, forget jΓ¬ sΓΉ you and my name, my name is crystal chocolate. β
This violent woman actually has such a cute name, I think she should be called nitroglycerin (the main ingredient of liquid explosives, which is extremely unstable and the explosion is huge)! "How do you get paid?" When negotiating the price with the player, the counter-offer skill is not used, so I didn't let Yang Kun come forward but asked the price myself!
"You have to tell me how long you have hired me and what kind of work you have to do before I can decide how much to charge!" She may seem like she's big and aggressive, but she's actually very shrewd!
"My city needs to be rebuilt, there are a lot of buildings in the city that need to be cleared, many houses are only half still standing, I need you to blow them all down so I can build new ones! And I'm planning to collect the stone by myself, and I need you to help me blow up the mountain and open the stone! The specific working hours are not necessarily, but my city is very large, and you can't do it in three or five days! β
"That's a long-term worker, how about I charge you 100 crystal coins a day?"
"100 Crystal Coins?"
I thought about it for a moment, and Crystal Chocolate immediately said, "If it doesn't work, 90 Crystal Coins a day is fine!" β
100 crystal coins a day is indeed a high salary, but she is the only blasting expert, and it is not much to get so much, if it weren't for her, I would have asked the miners to come over and spend more money, and she may not be as fast! "Do you have a guild?" This rare profession should be wooed, and she is still engaged in explosives, and she is about to fight a siege war, so it would be good to bring her to help me bury some mines outside the city!
"You want to admit me?" She was visibly taken aback.
"Would you like to?"
"I'm ......!" She hesitated, and asked me to join the club, with conditions.
"Say!" I'm also a rich man now, and I talk loudly!
"First, I want you to give me a piece of land of more than 100 square meters in the city, and I want to build my own real room!"
"No problem! I'll give you 1,000 square meters of underground real field! "I'm worried that Isinger's land is too big!
"Really!" She didn't expect me to be so generous. Yang Kun didn't care at all on the side, he knew the area of Isenger, so the land couldn't be used at all!
"What else do you want?"
"I don't charge money for this work, but you have to cover my leveling fees in the future!"
"Okay!" One person leveling up, even if it is purely based on the top of the medicine, it will not cost much! As for the equipment, I have a lot of money, and I don't have to spend any money!
Although I planned well, but unfortunately, my wishful thinking was wrong this time! I didn't know much about the way to level up in crystal chocolate, so I thought I just had to pay enough for the medicine. In fact, the medicine she used for leveling up was much more expensive than I thought! She didn't want red pills, but ......
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