In the northern island of the southern sea, seagulls with flashing wings cooed and threw bird droppings everywhere above the construction site.

It's not just the North Island residents who are being fed.

As the battle to land in Haiya Province is about to begin, a large number of players are pouring into the North Island, and all kinds of birds on the island are being fed fat and strong.

Some are even fat enough to fly.

Looking at the various faces on the construction site, the [warlike wolf] held the shovel in both hands and said with a strange expression.

"Is it my delusion?"

The dog of the conduit, who was dusting, looked up at him. "What?"

The warlike wolf touched his chin and muttered. "Why do I feel like there are more people stealing business with us?"

Originally, there were only about thirty people on this construction site, and excluding him and the three civil engineering brothers, there were less than thirty NPCs.

However, I don't know what happened in the past few days, the number of people on the construction site has been rising, and before I know it, it has doubled and doubled, and it looks like it's up to two hundred!

In reality, this number is normal, but the problem is that this is the southern sea of "Wasteland Online", and the total population is just over a million.

Where the hell are so many people coming from in this place?!

"It's not an illusion," the farsighted eagle narrowed his eyes and said lightly, "the war is over, and the rational analysis should be that there was an outbreak of baby boom, which led to an increase in the population?????? No problem. ”

Catheter Dog: "it!" Your baby grows up so fast?! ”

-stirring sticks:

Although how many? Players can't figure out what the reason is, but one thing to say, the number of people in the North Island has indeed increased these days. Not only on the construction site, but also on the dock, as well as supermarkets and restaurants.

These people seem to have been painted out of thin air, and most of them are fresh faces.

Aside from their thin physique and cowering eyes, these people looked a little like the residents of Luoxia Province.

Listening to the old brother who entered the game in the early days, he bragged that many of the survivors in Luoxia Province migrated from the Great Desert in the early wasteland era.

Of course, at that time, the Great Desert was not called the Great Desert, but should be called the four major industrial areas in the southeast, northwest and northwest.

I was really curious about where these NPCs came from, and the warlike wolf, instigated by a group of bad friends, stepped forward and stopped one of them and asked.

"Hey, where are you from?"

The man obviously didn't want to deal with him, but he didn't dare to offend people, so he muttered for a while.

"Mammoth State." The warlike wolf was stunned. "Where is Mammoth State?" The man explained. "Borneo."

The warlike wolf nodded in confusion.

"Oh, that place?????? That's far enough. ”

The man did not speak, and hurried to move the bricks, and after borrowing a word, he hurried away.

The warlike wolf didn't stop him, but followed the rickety man to the group of people in the distance.

Although their looks are different, some are young and some are old, some are handsome and some are ugly, but their temperament is surprisingly the same.

He couldn't think of how to describe these people, but subconsciously thought of cows. This is the most bizarre place.

He remembered that the Ox people were supposed to be the nobles of the Borneo Province, but these people were more like the sacred cows of the Ox than the Ox people.

They seemed to have an invisible rope around their necks, their backs to the scorching sun, no one was leading them, but everyone seemed to be led by the nose.

The stick brother who was standing not far away sighed, took off the miner's exoskeleton, and stepped forward to stop a brother who was a little over the standard.

"Old ?????? Sir, you're too tired of moving bricks, wear my equipment. ”

He didn't come to the construction site for money, but for the prestige and contribution points of the region, and by the way, to brush up on the experience of the power sequence, as well as "social practice".

This is the game mechanic of Wasteland Online, which was settled a long time ago.

When players want to use VMs and the mechanics attached to them to carry out activities in a certain region, they must start with some grassroots missions to farm the reputation of the region to more than 1000.

The man who was suddenly accosted was a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly excused himself and said. "I, I won't use it."

Thinking about how a good person can be in the end, Brother Stick said enthusiastically. "It's okay, I'll teach you!"

"No, no, my lord, I'm afraid I'll break it for you, I'?????? I can't afford it. The man had a sincere and frightened expression, and waved his hands desperately, but he refused to continue.

"It's okay! This thing is not expensive, only 2000 silver coins, forget it if it is broken, I just need to change it to a new one. Brother Stick turned on the translation function of VM, smiled and said these words again in an unstandard human language.

When the man heard this, he smiled bitterly and did not speak.

2000 credits.

He only worked for more than 100 ?????? a month

However, even 100 silver coins were much better than when he was farming in Mammoth State.

In the manor of the noble lord, there are beans to eat when there is so much food that it cannot be sold, and usually it is necessary to eat a meal of soil for three days.

Not only did the people here take care of food and shelter, but they only had to work for eight hours a day, and he could save the 100 silver coins and send them home.

I heard that some hard-working young men move a lot, and they can earn 5~8 silver coins a day, and they can get more than 200 a month!

200 silver coins is 2,000 gallons, even if you put it in the Golden Gallen Harbor, it is a high salary, not to mention that you don't need to spend your own money to eat and live here.

As soon as he thought of those few mouths at home, he stopped wasting time with this stranger who was not at ease at first glance, and hurriedly said that he borrowed it and walked to move the next one?.?.??

Sometimes fate is so wonderful, a seemingly unsolvable problem can't be solved even after trying to break through, but in the end it is perfectly solved in an unexpected place.

Mammoth State? What a great place.

Later, when the trade relationship between Mammoth and the South China Sea Alliance is established, perhaps the South China Sea Alliance can really consider investing there.

Li Minghui never thought that he was going to put it badly, but before he could start dozing, someone handed over the pillow.

And 100,000 were handed over as soon as they were delivered.

These young and middle-aged laborers from Mammoth State are all between the ages of eighteen and thirty, and they are all married, with at least two children at home, and some of them elderly people to support.

The Mammoth State authorities promised him that these people who came to work through labor dispatch companies would never run around, let alone commit crimes, and that they would leave after finishing their work, and that they would not take any public resources and social welfare from the South China Sea Alliance.

The only requirement is that the South China Sea Alliance provide ships to transport these populations, as well as to be responsible for the training of these personnel.

In other words, they are only responsible for the dispatch and management of people.

As soon as Li Minghui heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately agreed, and even transferred all the nuclear-powered cargo submarines that had just been launched to pull people in.

Up to now, 50,000 mammoth laborers have been working in the South China Sea Alliance, and the construction sites on the northern islands are rising like rockets.

Although he didn't want to do too many superfluous things in the rest of his tenure, if he didn't pick up this kind of cheap that only has benefits and no harm, he would be too sorry for the people of the southern seas who supported him.

However, what Li Minghui didn't expect was that even so, he was still found fault with the representative meeting of the southern seas. It was a sunny afternoon, and he was sitting in his office drinking tea and reading the newspaper when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor outside.

As soon as he put down the newspaper in his hand, Si Wen, the secretary general of the congress, pushed the door and walked in, glared at his nose and said.

"What's going on with those people on the North Island construction site?"

The representative council of the South China Sea Alliance is similar to that of the alliance, except for the general delegates, there is a committee elected by the deputies, and the secretary general generally represents the unanimous opinion of the members.

Although Li Minghui doesn't like these noisy guys, after all, they have the final say in the law, so they still have to pay attention to it, explained.

"That's a refugee from Mammoth."

"Why are refugees from Mammoth State in the southern seas?" Si Wen stared at his eyes and said aggressively, "The representative council has not passed the relevant resolution, how can you make a decision without authorization!" ”

Li Minghui did not answer his question, but asked rhetorically. "Will there be a ban on labor dispatch on behalf of the representative?"

Si Wen frowned, not knowing what kind of geoduck was hidden in his shell, but he still said according to the rules. "Nope."

Li Minghui continued to ask.

"Will there be a ban on coalition companies to work in the North Island?" Siwen said impatiently.

"No, what the hell are you trying to say, are those guys all from the Alliance?"

"What's the problem with the 10,000 workers sent to the North Island by a labor dispatch company registered in the port of French fries?" Li Minghui's face showed a dagger smile, and he looked at the stunned Si Wen spread his hands, "This is not a violation of any law, if I refuse their kindness, you will rely on me to abuse the power in my hands?????? I'm sorry, I'm not going to be that stupid, or you can go back and discuss it and re-define the status of the dispatched employees of the labor company, but that's your business. ”

A president who cannot and is not interested in being re-elected is invincible.

Looking at Si Wen, who was speechless with a deflated face, Li Minghui didn't mention how cool it was in his heart.

These "%¥#@", relying on the support of the alliance behind them, are used to lawlessness, and they always find fault with him when they have nothing to do.

They used to guard him every day when he wanted to be Charas, but now he doesn't want to be and he is still honking at him every now and then.

This time, he finally raised his eyebrows and let them eat a deflated meal on their home turf. "Is there anything else?"

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Li Minghui looked at the secretary general who couldn't hold back a sentence for a long time, and said teasingly.

"Why don't you go back and have a meeting?"

Si Wen glared at him fiercely, and was about to turn around to leave, but suddenly another person came outside the office door. This time, however, it was not the representative council, but the secretary of the presidential palace.

Seeing that the door was open, the secretary walked straight in, looked at Li Minghui who was sitting at the back of the office, and said quickly.

"Mr. President, Duke Nehak from the Xilan Empire asks to see you! On behalf of the Xilan royal family, he expressed his willingness to provide a loan for the South China Sea Alliance for post-war reconstruction, a total of 10 billion Xilan coins, which can be repaid within 20 years without interest. ”

Li Minghui was stunned for a while, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't remember what this Xilan coin looked like, so he subconsciously asked. "How much is it for silver coins?"

The secretary was also stunned and said with an embarrassed expression.

"Well, the Alliance's direct trade with the Empire is minimal, and it's usually through the port of Golden Gallon?????? The current accepted exchange rate is 4 gallons or about 5 silans, and the anchors are mainly cotton for textiles and beans for feed. ”

After the end of the embargo, the market price of a pound of beans in Huzhou and Baozhou was about 5 Xilan coins, and the market price of the port of Jingallen averaged about 4 gallons, mainly for oil extraction and feed.

Although the Xilan coins of the Golden Gallen Port Bank were "lent out and sold in large quantities" before, resulting in the Xilan coins in Luowei State and even Huzhou and Leopard Prefectures for a time, the empire is not a boulder city after all, not only has a large population but also bears hardships and stands hard work, and the blood and sweat of nearly 100 million serfs flow into Huzhou and Leopard along the Yongliu River, and the Xilan coins are carried back.

Not only that, but the value of the Xilan currency was originally determined by the two single export commodities of slaves and livestock, but now due to the existence of the port of Golden Gallen, the import and export business of the empire has suddenly become busy, and the original "no outsiders are interested at all" has changed to "has a relatively stable exchange rate".

Using the data given by his secretary, Li Minghui crossed his fingers and roughly calculated, and it didn't matter if he did, the whole person was shocked.

800 million silver coins?!

If this exchange rate is reliable, it is equivalent to the Xilan Empire lending 8 silver coins to the South China Sea Alliance per person?! Is this empire so rich?!

Li Minghui felt that his hands were shaking, and he had never trembled so much when he was bombarded by ships on Anle Island.

Si Wen, who was standing next to the desk, was also stunned, unable to speak with his mouth open, just glaring at Li Minghui with his eyes, eager to snatch the pen on this guy's desk and sign the loan agreement for him!

800,000,000 silver coins??????

Each citizen of the South China Sea Alliance can get an average of 800!

In fact, there was no need for the crazy hints of the congress at all, Li Minghui just swallowed his saliva, and then stared at his secretary and asked hurriedly.

"How do they pay? No, I mean when are they going to send the money? The secretary whispered.

Duke Nehac didn't say?????? But he's in the North Island right now, aren't you going to meet him face to face? Li Minghui quickly looked at Si Wen, who was as docile as a well-fed seagull, and consciously retreated to the door of the office.

"I'm fine, I wish you good negotiations, respected General Li Minghui, I hope you can lead us from one victory to another."

This guy has never called himself a general, especially in this presidential palace.

Looking at Si Wen, who had already exited the door, Li Minghui was proud in his heart, but he couldn't help but scold. "These guys who see money!"

With that, he coughed and looked at his secretary.

"Invite Duke Nehac to dinner for me?????? The highest standards, don't snub your guests. ”

On the front line of Haiya Province, the battle is as fierce as ever.

With the update of the version, the upper limit of players in the closed beta has been increased to 100,000 and a large number of new players have entered the alliance.

For example, the "imitators" of the Burning Corps - the Hellfire Corps.

As the second player-based airborne corps of the Alliance, this corps has grown to a thousand men.

However, unlike the Burning Corps, they are more akin to light paratroopers without power armor, and are accustomed to using W-1A unpowered gliders and an airdrop motorcycle vehicle produced by Goblin Technology.

Although the veterans of the Burning Corps always ridiculed them as ghost fire boys, the performance of this corps on the northern front was still quite good, and it faintly reached the T3 level, which was even surpassed by the Silver Corps, which was firmly in the position of the leader of the miscellaneous troops in the A test stage.

At least it's much more reliable than an all-encompassing corps like an abstract corps.

In addition to this, a new "Mountain Regiment" has come to the fore, which is called the Climber Corps!

There are many hills in the north of Haiya Province, and the more than 1,000 players of this army have not only figured out their own unique tactics in dozens of deaths, large and small, but also developed a set of special mountain combat equipment with the NPCs in the Dawn City Industrial Zone.

Includes a hook gun and short combat boots with hook claws, among other things.

Without equipping exoskeletons, with these simple and cheap equipment, they can even burst out with combat effectiveness that is not inferior to exoskeleton soldiers.

In addition, the Raptors of Prey were quietly established by the Strongman and I, who were keen on preaching.

Class 99, who originally belonged to the Burning Corps but never followed the Corps, finally retired from the Burning Corps and officially joined the newly formed Corps.

At present, the actual combat performance of the corps is still a question mark, but the future is promising.

Due to the players being too powerful, Chu Guang has been feeling more and more like an NPC recently.

His daily job was to stop at the resurrection point, and then watch the players on the front line charge forward with a roar, and the cannonballs smashed forward without money.

The status quo of the northern front is ground meat, and there is room for maneuver tactically, but there is basically no room for it strategically.

This is true from the 100,000 troops reinforced by the Legion, to the Alpha Task Force Mobile Team of the Academy, and the mercenaries and rookies that the enterprise has sent to the front line one after another.

However, it is encouraging to note that under the siege of the coalition forces, the fatigue of the Torch Church has become increasingly apparent, and it may not be long before this protracted war ends.

The area of Haiya Province is less than that of Mammoth State, and the fact that this war can be fought for so long is really because the Torch Church is too capable of tossing.

On the first weekend of November, Chu Guang planned to give himself a half-day vacation to pick up some scriptures on the Internet on the earth to see how other "operators" cut leeks, but Cheng Yan, the foreign minister of the alliance, suddenly made a video call.

“?????? Dear Mr. Administrator, while you may have noticed, I have to warn you that the Empire seems to be making a small move around us lately. ”

Chu Guang raised his eyebrows and asked curiously. "Oh? What action. ”

Cheng Yan continued cautiously.

“?????? They gave the South Sea Alliance an interest-free loan of 10 billion Xilan coins, and only made a simple request for the use of the funds, which had to import goods from the ports of the Xilan Empire itself. In addition, they also negotiated an export order for steel and cement worth one billion silans at a price 50% below the market price. ”

Chu Guang was stunned for a while and didn't speak.

It's not that I'm scared by the empire's big deals, but I don't understand what kind of sassy operation this is.

Normally, this kind of situation where you can fix him only happens to players, and it is relatively rare for an "NPC" to be able to fix him.

The last time was when the Gray Wolf Army raided the port of fries, he looked at the map for a long time and didn't understand what the empire had caught in addition to begging for a beating.

It was the same this time, he didn't understand what new tricks the witch was going to play.

In fact, objectively speaking, there is nothing wrong with debt, as a lubricant for the economy, because after all, lending local currency can stimulate the export of local products, and exports are one of the troika of the economy.

Especially when the money supply in the domestic market is less than the actual market demand, that is, in the face of deflation, it is also a basic operation for small economies to actively "import" a small amount of inflation, especially in economies with rich pockets such as the South China Sea Alliance.

However, the problem is that Borneo itself is still a serf economy, and many of the survivors are in the "livestock" category according to the standards of "The Stars", and it is obvious that this is not a problem of deflation or inflation, but there is no market in the classical sense at all, so why force the use of market methods?

If it had to be considered from the standpoint of the imperial family, Chu Guang thought about adding a supplementary clause that "the equivalent amount of dinar or silver coins should be used when repaying", or requiring the South China Sea Alliance to also accept Xilan coins when selling things to the empire, which would not seem so funny.

And even the "benefits" per se aside, the operation itself is full of puzzlingness.

The alliance borrowed money from Boulder City before, and the reason why Boulder City was willing to borrow was because of the guns in hand, and on the other hand, the mutual investment between the two sides, and the scale was not small.

Just as it is impossible for the South China Sea alliance to default on its debts and not repay the alliance's money.

In fact, Boulder adopted a similar model of economic control over the farms in Geumcheon Province, including Liszt's investment in Cam tree plantations in Geumcheon Province long ago.

It's just that the nobles in the inner city are too greedy and arrogant, and the chips on the gambling table are stacked too high, and finally they collapse themselves.

As for the Empire??????

It may be that the blood is indeed much thicker than that of Boulder City, but none of the other conditions are available, at least in the eyes of an outsider.

Chu Guang thought about it for a long time and didn't figure out what the empire was doing, and it stands to reason that doing charity is not this practice, it is more like someone is giving Wu Tuo a bad idea.

However, someone gave money for nothing, which is a good thing for the younger brother of the alliance.

After all, the South China Sea Alliance is no longer inflationary, but a "direct collapse of the local currency", and even the salaries of government employees are paid with the alliance's silver coins.

At this time, some people are willing to come to the South China Sea Alliance to buy air that is worse than "beer bubbles", and the locals will not refuse as long as they are not fools.

Chu Guang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in addition to the academy in this wasteland, there was another guy he couldn't guess.

The Sticky Community and the Golden Gallen Harbor gave the Empire a sum of money, but the emperor there would use it like this, which he really didn't expect

"Why don't you ask the Duke of Galava and see if we can borrow some too?"

Cheng Yan was stunned.

"This ?????? Not so good. ”

He wasn't in charge of the economy, but he always felt that it was not a good thing to be too indebted, and he felt that Xilan coins seemed to be useless.

However, Chu Guang and him had different ideas, and just smiled encouragingly and said.

"If there's anything wrong, just go and ask?????? Of course, if others really don't want to, forget it, and don't force them. ”

Seeing that Chu Guang was not joking, Cheng Yan could only say with tears and laughter. "Okay."

After the communication hung up, Chu Guang originally planned to put this matter aside, but in the end, he couldn't hold back the itching of his hands, and went to the forum to update an announcement, revealing the news of this huge amount of money to the professional players of life in the southern seas.

No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and besides, the South China Sea Alliance may not be able to eat this piece of meat itself, so it is better to let the players who are active there help the locals digest it.

For example, help them cash out 50% of the unspent Xilan coins into silver coins or something.

While the Sillan Coins are not useful elsewhere, they are still useful for life pro gamers who are active in Golden Gallen Harbor??????

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