With the help of the Batasin Chamber of Commerce, the construction and decoration of the Treasure Bay Casino went very smoothly in the next few days, and Lao Huo mobilized the entire village to take care of two meals a day in exchange for the villagers' active participation in the clean-up operation.

Of course, they can't do any delicate work, but of course they can do the work of cleaning and tidying up.

The night before the soft opening, the head of the "Lion King's Pride" village, Pink Cat and Rabbit, personally escorted several large carts to deliver the machines brought back from the Under Armour Hills to the still busy Treasure Bay.

The villagers of the whole village have not rested, Lao Huo worked overtime tonight and gave the villagers a supper and added meat, and a few large pots were cooked on the spot next to the construction site, making the atmosphere of collective labor very warm.

Skillful women, led by Sinking Fish and Falling Goose and several civil servants, put the finishing touches on the casino, while men dismantle the scaffolding and carefully paint the exterior of the three-story building.

These paints are special items bought from Lady Trace's alchemy hut, and they can be completely dried overnight, and they can effectively ensure a smooth appearance without cracking, and they also have a strong waterproof function.

According to Lao Huo's request, Tracey also added some flavors to the paint so that they would not emit an unpleasant smell.

If you get close enough to even smell the fragrance of roses, it's enough to surprise the pretentious rich.

Of course, the money spent on such a miraculous paint is also very "beautiful", and the high price is probably its only drawback, and more than half of the forty gold bars supported by the little rich brother were used to buy this paint.

But Lao Huo thinks it's worth it!

"Yes, it looks a bit old-fashioned on the outside, but considering our current situation, it's pretty good to be able to do this, not only does it contrast to the landscape of the surrounding villages, but it can be considered 'luxury' second to none in the whole of Translasia.

Although this kind of luxury is still a bit shabby, our business has just opened, and we can't pursue so many details. ”

Pink Cat Mao Rabbit was wearing a Greenie style dress, a cane and a high hat standing next to Lao Huo, and he looked at the "Treasure Bay Casino" that was being put the finishing touches in front of him with a critical gaze.

He whispered:

"Tomorrow afternoon, the Earl of Baishan will have a banquet here for the Northern Yan merchants, and then it will be the time of the final appearance, and it will be at that time. Boss Huo, are you confident? ”

"If I want to say that I don't have faith, that's false, but if I answer it, I guess I don't believe it myself."

Shaking his head, he said to his fellow village chiefs beside him:

"So I can only prevaricate you with the most vulgar answer, and I will say, I will do my best."

"Well, great answer."

The pink cat and rabbit nodded, not liking or disliking.

This guy has been in the game for a long time.

He was one of the first to get involved in the administrative profession, but he was really very low-key, and not many people even knew him among the administrative players.

But this guy is very "famous" among NPCs.

In the eyes of Archon Miriam, his administrative ability belongs to the kind of role that can be "delegated" to it, and when the administrative players participated in the assessment and allocation of places, Miriam also specifically asked him if he wanted to stay in the administrative office as an assistant secretary.

Anyone who has worked in administration knows that this is a shortcut to promotion, but Pink Cat and Rabbit decisively refused, saying that he didn't want to be special, but in fact, he had long been annoyed with office politics.

Rather than continue to work in the office in the game, he would rather be transferred out to show off as a village chief.

And he set the development direction for his "Pride of the Lion King" village is the logistics industry and transportation industry, and made a set of professional plans that make the four sisters feel ashamed when they see it.

From this point of view, this guy's identity and experience in reality can also be imagined.

At least in Lao Huo's opinion, the real title of Mao Maotu should not be low, at least it can never be just his modest self-proclaimed clerk or the uncle who watches the door.

This guy has a sleek but calm temperament that also proves this, but Lao Huo has a tacit understanding and never asks about these realistic things, so the cooperation between the two in Transncia seems to be very pleasant at present.

"After the cooperation with your side is completed, I will go to the Novice Village to talk to the chief of Tempal again."

Mao Mao Rabbit took out a pocket watch and looked at the time, and he said to Lao Huo:

"The Novice Village is backed by the Whitewater Knights, and their stronghold is expected to be formally established in the near future, with an entire area to provide them with supplies and development opportunities, so that the potential of the Novice Village is currently the largest of the five collective farms.

This can't even catch up with the treasure bay of Ling's 'sword going sideways'.

Therefore, I think that if we want to maintain unity and development, we need to focus on the novice village, at least at this stage.

I'd like to ask for your opinion.

If you don't object, I can propose a partnership to Typal on behalf of our two farms, and counting Farm Five, which has been positioned as the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Stonemasons, the union of the four farms is enough to make us work together!

It doesn't hurt for everyone.

The only pity is that Farm No. 4 'Lost Island' is a bit far from our side, and it is a mountainous area with difficult transportation. ”

"So you already have a plan for the future of the Barony of Lim?"

It's good to live and ask curiously:

"Where do you think the future development path of our farm is?"

"It's hard to say."

The cat and the rabbit played with his cane, and he thought for a moment, and then replied:

"The location of the five farms is delicate, and it is clear that the old Chen Tou planned it to create a 'production core' in the Barony of Lim by uniting the settlements, and according to my estimate, if the farms can continue to maintain unity and not cause disagreement, then the end result will be that we will come together to form a city.

From the topography, the Novice Village is the most suitable city to build, and the remaining four farmsteads can be used as satellite towns of the city, which I guess is also the plan of Lord Murphy. ”

"In other words, the first player city lord of Translancia in the future will be chosen from among our five village chiefs? No wonder you don't want to be the assistant secretary of the administrative office, and you want to be the village head. It's a big picture, you. ”

Lao Huo narrowed his eyes.

He knew why the cat and the rabbit took the initiative to talk to him about it, Lao Huo rolled his eyes, and he whispered to the cat and the rabbit:

"I can fully support you, but I want to guarantee the interests of my 'Treasure Bay', you know what I mean?"

"It's too early to say this, Boss Huo."

Maomaotu, a steady but cunning middle-aged man, waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Let's survive the black plague first, and then talk about the development after that. But I'm sure that if I become the administrative consul of the Barony of Rim, I won't be foolish enough to give up the profits that can be generated by the commercial hubs of the realm.

In addition, I didn't just run out to become a village chief to become a city lord, and in the words of the middle two, my ambition was not humble to this extent. ”

The pink cat rabbit reached out and pushed his high hat, and he whispered:

"As Translasia's power expands, Lady Miriam will not always be the Consul, she will also be promoted, you see, this land is what we helped Master Murphy to conquer, this is our homeland on this continent, so why can't we enjoy its control and management?

The area of Translasia is equivalent to one and a half central provinces.

O high officials.

That's something you can't get in reality anyway, and having a good time in the game should be to satisfy your little expectations. ”

"Hahaha."

Old Hohaha laughed and bent down to salute the pink cat and rabbit, and said:

"Then, let me salute the future Second Consul as the village head! But I have a little question that you don't have to answer. ”

"You say that I always have an obligation to answer my partners' concerns."

"Brother, your momentum, your ambition, and your style of doing things so steadily and boldly are really admirable, but why did you give yourself such a name. It doesn't work at all! ”

"Well, when you have a baby girl and a little padded jacket, you'll know why."

——

"Click"

The textured mechanical lever pulls down, and the three-row wheels above the desktop machine begin to rotate rapidly as the gears and levers move, and the patterns representing the various beasts native to Translancia begin to fly at a dizzying speed, and slowly slow down under the control of a "pseudo-random program" of the arithmetic orb inside this unique machine.

A few gorgeously dressed young men and women with a northern style gathered around the machine held their breath with wine glasses.

Especially the drunken young man who was sitting in front of the machine stared intently at the roller in front of him, and there were words in his mouth:

"Flying Lion! Flying Lion! A Griffin will do! ”

"Smack"

The first motif is a golden flying lion, which makes the young man clench his fist.

The second pattern then stopped, and the flying lion appeared again in the three-frame frame, and the young men and women next to the machine began to cheer until the third wheel stopped, and when the third flying lion appeared in front of everyone, the slightly drunk young man stood up with his fist and roared.

It seems that all the anger and unwillingness of losing thirteen times in a row just now turned into the sweetest joy and victory in this moment, and this time he won back all the chips he had lost before and earned a third.

"Hahaha."

The young man, who was as strong as a bear, laughed and grabbed the waist of his coquettish lover, who had the sight to kiss the luckiest man of the night.

And with the opening of the machine's buckle, the clanging sound of the chips falling into the box was so pleasant, as if the lure of gold coins made the eager guys next to them also gear up one by one.

There are a total of six such mechanical gambling equipment, which are placed next to the hall of Treasure Bay, which will be surrounded by the children of the wealthy merchants of the North Yankee.

Young people always love this novelty.

Especially when its gameplay is simple enough but exciting enough and even cool enough, it can always quickly become the new favorite of entertainment.

But the older ones don't like this kind of blatant gambling on luck, they don't think it's technical at all, and they prefer to win through their own actions to taste the real sweetness.

For example, at four smooth stone tables carved from black stone next to the mechanical gambling equipment, three merchants with all origins are sitting in luxurious velvet chairs, holding three Transcaia playing cards in their hands, observing each other's expressions and micro-movements to guess each other's hole cards.

The three of them had large and small chips in hand, while Shen Yu, who was acting as a temporary dealer, smiled professionally and calculated the proceeds of tonight's soft opening.

Well, it's much better than expected.

And she and Lao Huo seem to ignore the fact that for people who crave relaxation and leisure, the fun itself is much more important than the environment for having fun.

In the face of the dazzling and never-before-seen entertainment offered by "Treasure Bay", accompanied by music from other worlds and exotic delicacies, even the big businessmen of the North were a little unable to hold back.

What's more, the noble Earl of Baishan was playing bridge with the most powerful people in the merchant in the VIP box on the second floor at this time.

With the Queen's royal brother not leaving, the merchants present had to put on a look of interest even if they had no interest in this form of entertainment.

They have already learned from their respective sources that this casino has a part of the shares of the Earl of White Mountain.

Don't care how the news gets out!

The important point is that this news is true, and knowing this alone is enough for savvy businessmen to understand the purpose of this casino's existence. Although the Earl has been clarifying that he is not involved in domestic politics, his status and status have determined that his friendship is very expensive and precious.

So, who would pass up this great opportunity in front of them?

Lao Huo's face was red at this time, and he looked down from the railing on the edge of the second floor.

In order to increase his popularity tonight, he specially invited the idle little players to come over, from here you can clearly see that Brother Bang and Brother Woo Meow are playing mahjong with two Northern businessmen at a table, and there are several brothers who are good at this next to them.

Farther away, Professor Chen was smiling and guiding several ladies to play bridge.

Tsk, sure enough, the literati temperament of the old professor is still popular with women, and those ladies are about to stick to Lao Chen's head.

The young student party "occupied" a machine and yelled at it to gamble on their luck, and even hooked up with some of the younger little Yankees to discuss some topics that were only of interest to them at this age.

Because the training of the service staff was completely substandard, Lao Huo had to invite the members of the sister group to make a temporary cameo appearance as a dealer, and then he unsurprisingly found that there were especially many guests at Mrs. Shui's table

Alas, the world is going down!

"How's the reception?"

Lao Huo Xi picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked the shy flower who was following beside him.

Shy Flower lowered her head and said angrily:

"There are no bad reviews, at least there are no bad reviews at the moment, but the acceptance of several more complex ways to play is not high, and the lottery tickets placed at the door by the Blood Rat Gang are selling very well.

The merchants bought it casually, but their servants were keen on this opportunity to 'get rich overnight', and I noticed another phenomenon.

The merchant's minions will not follow them into the casino lobby, perhaps due to the difference in their status, but they will wait outside the door until the merchant's game is over.

This is manpower that can be utilized!

I suggest that the second phase of the project be built for them in the future, with a low-key name, but with the same interior decoration as this one, to satisfy the vanity of the merchants' entourage.

This was an oversight on our part before, and localization was still not good enough. ”

"Well, write it down and change it later."

He nodded his head with a strange look in his eyes, and said:

"Shen Yu didn't beat you, did he?"

"Woo woo"

Hearing this, the embarrassed flowers cried out uncomfortably, and she begged:

"In the past two days, she has been cold and violent to me, and she has made the other two bad guys ignore me, and I am so uncomfortable that I am dying. Marry her and let her move out. ”

"It's not something I can decide."

Boss Huo sighed, his face full of depression.

But soon someone came to the door, a businessman from the North took the initiative to find Lao Huo and wanted to invest in the casino, from the expression of his eyes shining, it can be seen that this guy did not spend money out of wanting to catch up with the Earl of Baishan, he really saw the talent of "Treasure Bay".

Lao Huo has always refused to invest in this kind of thing.

He assured Lord Murphy that the casino could absorb foreign funds for local construction, don't you think a lot of gold coins have been sent to the door?

The two talked very happily and quickly finalized the amount, but when it came to the payment method, Lao Huo refused gold coins or supplies.

"I heard that there are a lot of serfs over there in Nordov?"

It was very funny and said to the businessman in front of him:

"It is possible to pay with serfs!

You see, Transencia is in ruins, we need a lot of manpower, and if you can send us honest serfs to work for us, we will not only be very grateful, but the local governor will even reward you. ”

"Serfs?"

The Northern merchant hesitated, and then he said:

"Serfs have masters, and the stubborn landowners won't give up their slaves so easily, but if you only need people, I can think of a way.

The good farms in the Kafhoka Great Plains have been carved up, and a large number of peasants have lost their land and can only become vagabonds, and the Winter Wolf Legion will not care whether they live or die, and it is also a hidden danger to let them wander around.

My brother happens to be an administrator in the Kafhoka area, and he's been having a headache lately with the homeless people in his territory, and they're having a hard time getting through the winter.

I just don't know, how many landless farmers can you take on this side? Want more vulnerable women and children? If you accept the drag of your family, then you want to come to the recruitment process much smoother. ”

"Of course! We all want it. ”

Lao Huo's eyes lit up, and he said seriously:

"The more the merrier."

(End of chapter)