Chapter 202: Housing Renovation
Zhou Huang was causing chaos at home, and the Great King happily entered the lottery draw.
Youzhou's autumn harvest is in!
His new round of hunger index and happiness index have been completed!
Just saying, compared to the chaotic Great Jin everywhere, the former Youzhou that could barely survive morning to evening has truly ushered in a good era.
The Great King's efforts were not in vain; every merchant caravan from Zhuti, traveling south and north, besides vigorously promoting his Imperial Academy and buying slaves, would bring back news from all places upon return, then spread it throughout Youzhou via the bustling Vermilion Bird Avenue.
The people of the Great Jin suffer in dire straits; what reason does Youzhou, which saw initial success in its second year of land reclamation, have to be unhappy?
Their potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peanuts are all planted in the newly reclaimed land; this year they promoted higher-yield corn, and as long as a family isn't exceptionally lazy, their food and warmth are basically secured. Any surplus potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peanuts can be sold at the Shengping Grain Store for cash.
When Youzhou's autumn harvest kicked off, the Great King's main tasks one and two were completed, leaving only the Imperial Academy task hanging there with no apparent progress.
The Great King assigned the Heaven-Covering Gate Guard, took a bath himself, then caught his Great Auspicious Beast and rubbed it, after which he opened the reward.
As usual, the two main tasks are two A-rank spin wheels, and the Great King eagerly anticipates them.
Soon, after a single spin, two blind boxes popped out—one crimson-gold, one brown.
The Great King couldn't wait to open one;
【Congratulations, Lord, you have drawn an A-rank top-grade reward: Wealth Foundation Blind Box x1, already placed in the warehouse; please check.】
"Ahhh ore, silver mine? Another one? No no no, maybe it's a gold mine."
Because he had quickly opened the warehouse with his fast hands, the first slot now had an additional crimson-gold small box, whose pattern was the same as when the silver mine was first opened—a copper coin design!
The Great King struggled to keep a straight face, "This king has already seen the world and owned mines, alright!" He hurriedly clicked to claim it.
【Wealth Foundation Blind Box: Non-ferrous metal deposit x1, after placing it in the city you can view its attributes.
Producer: Jiuli Realm
Placement terrain requirement: mountainous
Mining period: until the City Lord's lifetime ends.
Additional functions: conforms to Youzhou civil mining area construction x1; conforms to Youzhou civil mining area collection tools and facilities x1;
The Great King scratched his head: "Done done, it's not a precious metal like the silver mine—what's a non-ferrous metal?"
This classification is quite broad; the all-knowing Bai Ze thought for a moment and gave him a pop-science explanation: "It seems everything except iron-based can be called non-ferrous; you'll know once you find a place to put it down."
With the silver mine as a base, the Great King already knew this kind of mine is best located far from human habitation. You can't put all your eggs in one basket; exposing another is also dangerous. The silver mine is in the south of Pingkang County, and the Great King found a deep mountain in the southwest for the new mine.
He already knew the mine would bring corresponding buildings and equipment, even constructing concealed roads; anyway, the silver mine only needs manpower to transport a stretch before vehicles can enter, so the Great King didn't worry about logistics.
The Great King clicked to place it, still praying in his mouth: "Gold, gold, I want gold!"
As soon as the selected mountain was placed, it immediately turned crimson-gold on the map; Bai Ze glanced and clicked his tongue, "No luck." Gold would definitely be golden yellow.
Sure enough, a new bubble popped out:
【Congratulations, Lord, you have obtained the Wealth Foundation: Copper Mine;
Copper mining tools and facilities x1 set, already placed in the warehouse. After constructing the mining area, you can directly extract and place it on the 'Youzhou 3D Full Terrain Map'.
Whether to start construction of the copper mine supporting facilities now, yes/no】
Not a gold mine, the Great King was disappointed for two seconds then bounced back; windfall gains must be cherished! He eagerly poked Bai Ze, "Copper, uh… wait, what can copper do? When I'm excited I can't think right away—could it be privately minting copper coins? …Then, before the chaotic age arrives, my royal father would have to chop me first!"
Bai Ze was poked and shifted a bit away: "Then let's wait until the chaos comes to cast it."
The Great King gave it a resentful little look; Bai Ze amended: "The affairs of a state are nothing more than sacrifice and war—these two coppers can handle both."
The Great King thought, "Exactly!"
"Have the Internal Affairs Office immediately set up a workshop for copper products, mainly making ritual vessels to sell across the myriad realms! Mark it with an 'in-house made' label—it'll surely be valuable. I'm of the royal clan, how could that be fake?" The Great King enthusiastically plotted a new path to wealth.
After thinking, "Ah, copper weapons may not be as good as those of Yuehan Pu, but with the materials we have, making some is fine." The Great King got carried away.
【Whether to secretly construct the copper mine supporting facilities? Yes (choosing secret construction will fully enable NPC technical labor, NPCs kept confidential throughout) / No】
The Great King was very familiar with the process, so he directly clicked yes.
【According to the
Official subsidy: all raw materials, all tools;
On-site technical labor x3000 (recovered after task completion);
Logic chain supplement: none;
Estimated duration: 15 days;
Starts automatically immediately.】
Although there's no wool, this secret construction is very convenient. Letting the new slaves bought by Zhuti work here, the visible manpower is more than enough; the Great King even wants to send a batch to the Liaodong Peninsula to reclaim land and boil salt—what a shortage of people!
The Great King, full of drama, shook his head with a sigh, and casually clicked open the brown one;
【Congratulations, Lord, you have drawn an A-rank top-grade reward: Housing Renovation Task for the city's Poor Household District, already placed in the warehouse; please check.】
Upon seeing the two characters "top grade," the Great King jumped up, then looked at the housing renovation……
"Changing houses for the common folk? This infrastructure dream is for real!"
Had the Great King not feared drawing sideways glances from the Wei mansion's servants, he would have wanted to put his hands on his hips and burst out laughing.
【Congratulations, Lord, you have received the Myriad Realms subsidy
Sub-task: One, according to the
Two, according to the
Notes:
Plan One: Housing compensation. Per household, new housing will be provided at 1.5 times the original housing area.
Plan Two: Monetary subsidy. Per household, forego Plan One (housing subsidy) and instead receive monetary compensation. Each household: silk x10 bolts; ten taels of silver. (Compensation based on four times the market price of housing in the five wards)
Task description: According to the
Official subsidy: five copies of the required drawings, all raw materials, all tools, relocation compensation xn (distributed after the Lord uploads the register)
On-site technical supervisor NPC x1 (recovered after task completion); professional technical labor x8000 (recovered after task completion);
Logic chain supplement: Recruit local manpower from Youzhou x8000;
Estimated construction period: 45 days
Mission supplies: work uniforms x8000; work meals x8000x45; labor cost x8000x45】
The king, after reading it, became anxious and paced on the ground, saying, "You see so many people, the construction period has been shortened; surely they want us to settle the frozen Youzhou before, but I am still a thousand li away! Going back will also take a month, I still want to make a trip to the Liaodong Peninsula—what to do, what to do, what to do?"
Bai Ze pressed him down with one paw: "Summon your steward; worst case, we don't go through the previous dynasty—anyway they can't spare a single coin to support the renovation."
The king thought about it, and that's right.
Before Youzhou's finances have money, they'd better stay honest and keep quiet, not make a sound.
The king immediately went to the myriad realms to summon Zhu Ti over.
While waiting for her to arrive, the king wrote a handwritten letter regarding the relocation compensation for those five workshops, demanding to see a complete and correct roster within three days.
End of Chapter
