Chapter 88

【Wow, selling Red Iron is really too profitable; I just finished recruiting troops, and now I actually have 5,000 Energy Points in my hands; I can't spend it, I can't spend it at all!】

【Brothers, do you have any Red Iron for sale? Lend me some first, or sell me some; I listed all the Red Iron yesterday and sold it out, and only found out this morning that I have a bunch of Energy Points in my hands, enough to upgrade the territory, but there is no Red Iron!】

【Same here, my territory suddenly rose to Ordinary Three-Star, and I'm almost able to upgrade to Black Iron Grade! Other resources are enough, just missing Red Iron; the Red Iron ore mined today is estimated to be unsellable, so I can only keep it for my own use!】

【Envious of the big shots upstairs; a little newbie like me just upgraded to an Ordinary Two-Star territory!】

【It's really exaggerated; I found that all the Red Iron on the market is gone; I didn't expect that such high-priced Red Iron would actually be sold out!】

【That's natural; the merchants selling Red Iron now have at most 100,000, while our Resource Trade Alliance accounts for 80,000, and the number of Lords is in the billions. A few days ago, maybe Red Iron wasn't needed, but now, including the next period of time, it is exactly when a large amount of Red Iron is needed!】

【That's right, the main thing is that the Red Iron needed to upgrade the territory and Barracks is too much!】

【Not only that, besides ordinary troops, recruiting high-level troops also requires Red Iron!】

【What is this? The Red Iron used to build various buildings is even more, especially building metal walls, which requires a massive amount of Red Iron ore!】

【Big shot, I only dare to plan to build stone walls; are you all building steel city walls?】

【Now there is a Novice Protection Period, so it doesn't matter if there are city walls or not, but what about later? Not to mention the Monster Tide, the defense of the territory in the future is the top priority. If the territory is gone, then everything is over; what's the use of collecting more Energy Points!】

【Makes sense; the Monster Tide is getting closer and closer, and I am also preparing to build some defensive works; whoever has the blueprints for defensive buildings, sell me one or two!】

【I have extras; let's trade!】

【I haven't reached the upgrade yet, but listening to you all, should I reserve some Red Iron so that I don't have any when I need it!】

【...】

The chat topics in the group chat were obviously completely different from yesterday.

Now no one is worried that Red Iron won't sell.

Instead, they have large amounts of Energy Points in their hands that they can't spend at all!

Qin Luo can spend 250,000 Energy Points at once to recruit 100,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers, spending more than half of the Energy Points.

But other Lords can't; their daily recruitment quotas are extremely limited!

The current situation is that they have plenty of Energy Points but nowhere to spend them.

Even, as resource merchants, they are asking to buy Red Iron in the group; this is the funniest thing!

Even the Lords of the Resource Trade Alliance are so short of Red Iron, one can imagine how short of Red Iron the market is now!

Actually, the main reason is that everyone is in the stage of upgrading the territory and Barracks at the same time, so the demand for Red Iron has soared to the peak.

Even Qin Luo himself plans to reduce the sales volume of Red Iron.

Although selling Red Iron at this time can make a big profit in Energy Points.

But after thinking about it, Qin Luo still feels that upgrading the territory and Barracks is more important.

If there is extra Red Iron, we'll talk about it!

"Perhaps, I can let the skeleton soldiers participate in mining work!"

"Although the work efficiency is a bit low, even if they only mine 1 unit of Red Iron, it is equivalent to an income of ten Energy Points!"

"And sweeping wild monsters, the resources harvested are by no means so rich!"

"Moreover, the current territory is relatively small, and the expansion area is not large, so there is no need for more than 100,000 skeleton soldiers to participate in the battle!"

Qin Luo thought about it and felt it was necessary to separate a portion of the skeleton soldiers to mine!

Currently, there are three mineral deposits controlled by Qin Luo!

The first is the Red Iron mine cave, hidden deep underground, which is a Red Iron-rich mine with a very high iron content. Although there is only this one type of metal mineral, its total reserves are extremely rich!

The second is Red Flame Mountain, which is the mine occupied by the Dwarf Race, which has two types of metal minerals: Red Iron and Bronze, and the reserves are also very huge.

The third mineral deposit was discovered by Wu Shiwu!

Located less than 100 meters from the territory of the Kobold Lord Jian Shengyuan, it is a surface mine. Those Red Irons don't need to be mined at all; you can just pick them up. No wonder Jian Shengyuan had 500 units of Red Iron on the second day!

But this mineral deposit is relatively small, estimated to be about 100,000 units, and it will be gone after mining!

"Yes, that's what I should do!"

Qin Luo ordered the Undead stationed in the territory to pass orders to the four major legions, letting the skeleton soldiers participate in the battle as cannon fodder when encountering enemies, and act as coolies to mine when free!

Kill two birds with one stone!

Only in this way can profits be maximized.

After all, 1 unit of Red Iron is worth ten Energy Points!

One skeleton soldier is only worth 2.5 energy!

Thinking of this, Qin Luo wished he could use the remaining 30,000 Energy Points to recruit skeleton soldiers and send them all to mine!

"Calm down, calm down!"

"Don't be too aggressive!"

Qin Luo tried hard to persuade himself, although this is definitely a good way to earn a large number of Energy Points.

But don't forget!

Undead Skeleton Soldiers do not consume food, but they need energy to maintain their actions!

If all the Energy Points are spent, it is equivalent to "cutting off the food" for the skeleton soldiers, which is simply an act of drinking poison to quench thirst.

Before, the number of Undead was small, and the consumed Energy Points were also small.

But now the number of skeleton soldiers exceeds 140,000, and the Energy Points consumed every day are definitely not less than 5,000 points!

Qin Luo had calculated it before.

An ordinary Undead Skeleton Soldier consumes about one-tenth of an Energy Point to maintain actions for a day!

140,000 skeleton soldiers consume at least 14,000 Energy Points a day!

This is still under normal circumstances; if in a high-intensity work or combat state, the consumed energy is at least doubled!

Therefore, Qin Luo must ensure that the number of Energy Points is above 10,000 to prevent accidents!

Relatively speaking, although Undead Skeleton Soldiers consume energy, they are also the most energy-saving troop type!

If they were replaced by other troop types, they would need to provide a large amount of food, and they would also need to rest, recover physical strength, and provide a place to live.

Eating, sleeping, and resting all take a lot of time.

Unlike Undead troop types, as long as there are enough Energy Points, they can maintain operation for 24 hours!

"Although Undead troop types are a bit weak, there are many advantages!"

"If it were other Lords, having 140,000 combat troops at the current stage, I guess even maintaining normal life would be a big problem!"

Qin Luo rejoiced.

Seeing the Lords in the group chat talking enthusiastically, Qin Luo didn't participate.

As the group owner, he naturally wants to maintain a cold and mysterious posture, maintaining his majestic image in everyone's hearts.

Unless there is a major event or major information to be released, Qin Luo will not speak casually!

(End of chapter)