Chapter 173: The Benefits Are Too Good

Besides this, there were wine jars from Fred on Bob's ship; these useless items could be sold directly to the fishermen in Port City, as those fishermen also needed these jars for pickling canned fish.

Watching the cargo being reloaded onto the freighter, the corners of Bob's mouth were almost stretching to his ears.

This business deal of his was truly too profitable; just by sailing the ship from Port City to Tana City in one day, he could earn the money he used to make in half a month of sailing on the sea.

Perhaps soon, he would be able to save enough money to trade for a Steel ship, which was simply something he wouldn't have dared to imagine before.

"Bob, you're too diligent; I thought you would stay at the Bar Street here for a few more days to drink the good wine here," Bulutuo said to Bob on the shore. "I even feel there's no need for you to run the sea; you just need to transport these supplies from Tana City."

"I think so too, but whether the War will still be going on in half a year is another matter; I will naturally go to the sea when the time comes. But for now, my old friend, the current Tana City is the most suitable for me," Bob said with great interest. "The business opportunities here are simply everywhere; I really don't understand why the Tana City of the past only allowed the Train to transport goods. If you ask me, isn't Ship transport better?"

"You also know that was the Tana City of the past," Bulutuo laughed loudly; only the Believer of Calamity could bring such huge changes to Tana City.

Whether it was the Wealth Church, or Wisdom and War, what they brought to Tana City were true Calamities.

Only Calamity can resolve Calamity.

"Enough talk, I'll set off as soon as this batch of cargo is finished loading; these people still need to go to Port City to purchase supplies," Bob's smile deepened. "Perhaps after finishing this haul, I might even be able to retire."

"If you retire, you can come to Tana City; there are opportunities everywhere here," Bulutuo said with a smile.

Bob whistled, "That depends on what my children think; I always feel that I should spend more time with my family."

Bulutuo didn't say much more; this old friend had always opposed his youngest son going to sea.

Because on the sea, he had already lost three children.

"The cargo has all been loaded; it would be best to reach Port City a bit faster," Fuling urged. "The supplies we purchased have already been piled up in the warehouse for two days."

"How do you know?" Bob said in surprise. "Right, there are more and more Cement Ships coming to Tana City now."

After saying this, he looked at the new ship's keel not far away.

The Captains coming and going here must have all seen it; the people of Tana City were actually attempting to build ships themselves.

They chose a Steel frame to build this ship, which looked very spectacular.

It was just that everyone doubted whether these Tana People could actually build a new ship with a Steel frame.

"Perhaps there will be more in the future," Fuling said confidently. "We estimate that in one month, we will be able to build our own Cement Ship."

This project was indeed very complex, and because of the backward conditions, it was not easy to succeed.

But the players still dragged those two craftsmen along to do this kind of work, it was just that those two craftsmen didn't know what they were doing.

Inside the factory, a player holding the board provided by Ai Ai said: "Yours is truly too detailed; I need to find a craftsman to do it. The specific price might need to be discussed between you and the craftsman, or you could find those apprentices."

You Sun pursed his lips and said to the two children on the side: "The assistants to these two craftsmen are our Believers. We originally wanted them to teach a few more people, but they refused no matter what."

"I know, the price of those two craftsmen..."

"It's not expensive; my personal suggestion is about 10 Wade, I think you have this money," You Sun said straightforwardly. "You can go in and take a look in a moment, provided that the sign outside has been flipped over."

"Hiss, is it that cautious?" Ai Ai said, unable to believe it. "I thought you had already completely fooled them."

"If we don't give this kind of respect, they won't be fooled by us," You Sun continued to instruct. "Don't look around after going in."

"There shouldn't be anything to look around at, right?"

"Yes, just keep your eyes on the workbench; we have already captured five types of Magic Rune," You Sun said proudly. "The next step is to study the effects of these Magic Runes."

"Amazing, if these little apprentices can learn it, that wouldn't be bad," Ai Ai said. After she finished speaking, the door sign in front of her was flipped over. She knocked on the door directly and heard the voice of the craftsman inside.

"Please come in." Osman Berna stretched; the technical level of the workers here was quite good, and the parts they crafted were very much in line with their needs.

Matters that required outsourcing could be handed directly to those workers, saving them a lot of time.

It was just that their mental energy was a bit insufficient.

After all, creating Magic Rune required mental energy.

Pushing the door open, Ai Ai held her work and said to Osman: "Hello, I am a painter from Tana City, my name is Ai Ai."

"What can I do for you?" Osman looked up; this beauty was very pretty, even looking somewhat unreal.

He blushed, lowered his head, then touched his nose and hurriedly tidied up his desk.

In Ai Ai's view, this craftsman was truly overly cautious.

She hadn't even seen clearly what the Magic Array he was drawing looked like before it was put away.

"It's like this, I hope to turn these two drawings into Woodblock Prints that can be used for printing," Ai Ai stated her request directly. "No one in Tana City can do such fine work; only craftsmen from big cities can complete such work."

"Let me see." Osman reached out and took the two drawings Ai Ai handed over.

The lines on these two drawings were smooth and exquisite.

The woman drawn on them looked very familiar; Osman quickly realized that this was Miss Luolita, who was said to have subdued a mutated Sea Monster with one hand, and she hadn't even awakened! She was even a faithful Believer of the Wealth Church.

This story was known to everyone in the Royal Capital; after all, plots that only appeared in novels like this would always make people interested.

"This is, an advertisement? And it's in the form of a drawing?" Osman gasped.

It wasn't that there were no drawings in the advertisements of the Royal Capital.

Not just drawings, there were even photographs.

But there weren't many with a sense of design.

The advertisement designed by Ai Ai was absolutely the most novel thing for Osman, especially those smooth lines and the beautiful font; it looked like it had a feeling that particularly attracted one's gaze.

Just like she herself.

"I am willing to pay 8 Wade to make the prints of these two pictures, I wonder if you think..."

"No problem." Osman nodded. "You can come to pick them up the day after tomorrow; the deposit is half of the production cost."

"That's great." Ai Ai didn't expect the other party to not even consider bargaining.

Of course, she also hadn't considered the true purchasing power of Wade.

In the Royal Capital, one Wade could be exchanged for 13 Wade, one Wade could be exchanged for 8 Ade, and one Ade could guarantee a person's daily living needs.

Of course, these living needs referred to a piece of black bread enough to fill a person's stomach; for most people, their daily salary might be between 2-3 Ade.

Don't look at the status of a craftsman as being very high-end in Tana City, but in the Royal Capital, this status was just ordinary middle class.

Their weekly salary would be around 20 Sid, and if they could take on a private job to earn 8 Sid without needing mental energy, that would be a profitable deal for a craftsman.

It's just that for this kind of business, bringing it to Tana City requires doubling the price.

But for a beautiful lady and a sufficiently interesting job, this matter doesn't need to be calculated so closely.

At least Osman felt it was worthy enough of his work.

Taking out a steel plate, Osman started engraving directly on it; this kind of work was a breeze for an awakened craftsman, and three hours passed, he even forgot to eat, having finished two Woodblock Prints.

Seeing his masterpiece, Osman was extremely satisfied.

It's just that his stomach had started to growl.

He pushed the door open directly and then said to the little apprentice standing at the door: "Haven't you eaten yet? It seems we missed the meal time."

"It doesn't matter, the cafeteria here always has hot food prepared," the little apprentice said respectfully, "I just knocked on the door to ask, but you didn't answer me, so I had them specifically save a meal for you."

"Then have you eaten?" Osman said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"My little friend brought me some fruit; for me, I don't need to eat that much in a day." In reality, most children in Tana City grow up hungry, and many don't even have the chance to grow up.

If it weren't for Tana City being located in the tropics, where one can go to the mountains to pick fruit, even more people would have starved to death.

Of course, there are also many who died from being attacked by wild beasts on the mountains.

Osman patted the little one's head; this child was truly sensible, and even among children in the Royal Capital, one couldn't find such an excellent child.

Because he is literate, knows how to read, and also has strong hands-on ability.

He can endure hardship and also understands a lot of basic industrial knowledge.

This is also because the factory teaches well; these children seem to attend the school in the factory, learning cultural knowledge in the factory, and after understanding basic knowledge, they start learning industrial knowledge.

There is even a library here that allows the workers here to browse during their breaks; the library doesn't worry about everyone getting the books dirty, and it is completely open to everyone.

Bringing this apprentice along, Osman arrived at the cafeteria.

He usually eats here too; the people here gave him meal tickets enough for a month, and every time he comes over, he can choose the food here at will.

Unexpectedly, even if not eating at mealtime, there is still hot food.

And the taste is still just as good.

Having stayed here for a few days, he had already been captured by the delicacies here.

He even felt that the decision to come to Tana City back then was simply the most correct one; one must know that there are all kinds of processing benches he needs here, and there are even people to do some simple processing for him.

Every part is finished as if in batches, the precision is very high, which is very useful for his completion of the engraving of the Formation.

Every piece of Formation equipment assembled is just like those manufactured by machines; he is extremely satisfied with the equipment here.

Not to mention the delicacies here.

"Give me one order of stir-fried three delicacies Rice Bowl, another order of Tata fruit juice, and give this child a kid's meal, it must have tomato scrambled eggs," Osman said, then found a nearby table and sat down.

"I heard there are quite a few delicacies on the Store Street here?" After Osman finished speaking, the player on the side blinked, realizing this was the newly arrived craftsman NPC.

That player immediately leaned over and said, "You can go check out the Store Street on your day off; we have a regular shuttle bus."

"Shuttle bus?" Osman sized up the person in front of him.

The other party was dressed very strangely, wearing a suit that was loose and baggy, carrying a kind of ruffian feeling.

But it was matched very well; this suit jacket had also been modified, without obvious tails, and had more of a uniform's crispness.

He didn't know what material it was made of either.

Amao drank a few large gulps of fruit juice and then said to Osman: "We take the shuttle bus every day from Tana City to the factory. You don't need to spend money, you only need to show your work permit to ride for free; it runs every hour, and it can definitely satisfy the needs of most people."

"Free?" Although Osman is a worker with quite a bit of wages, he generally wouldn't consider taking a carriage.

Because it is too expensive.

One trip there and back, and two Sid are gone; he still hopes to save the Sid to use for getting married in the future.

Of course, he still needs to maintain the proper decency, but that is another matter entirely.

"Yes, once you get to the Store Street, you can use the discount coupons issued by the factory to spend; like us factory people, we get 20% off when we go there to spend," saying this, Amao took out the vouchers in his pocket, "Here, it's this."

Only then did Osman recall that these people had given him quite a few vouchers at the beginning.

He only remembered that the meal tickets were for eating, and he really didn't remember having discount coupons.

Unexpectedly, the benefits here are actually this good.

He suddenly felt that when he has time, he really must go to Tana City to take a look, instead of just staying here stifled and engraving Formations.

"How about it, do you want to go take a look right now? I remember that friend of yours already went to Tana City to stroll around the day before yesterday; why don't you do the same?" Amao continued to tempt the other party.

Players are indeed very good to these NPCs, regularly giving these NPCs who work for them discount coupons.

These discount coupons not only make these NPCs have more favorability toward the Xiahui People, but also make them spend their wages in the shops opened by the players.

It can be said to be killing many birds with one stone.

Clearly, Osman had already been persuaded; he looked at the apprentice on the side and then said: "You take a rest today; it just so happens that I have already finished the Woodblock Print engraving for that lady, so I'll just go deliver it to her."

(End of this chapter)