Chapter 175

"Currently, the weekly income of Store Street has reached 3,000 Xide. The highest earner is the painting studio opened by Ai Ai; this studio paints portraits for at least two nobles every week, yielding a handsome income, and we hold a 35% stake in it. Ranking second is the corner grocery store. They are now able to steadily sell Red-tailed Dragonfly and Petrified Frog eyes, and we hold a 30% stake in them. Recently, they have also started selling various finished parts. In short, there are many people purchasing parts, and there are even people from the Storm Church coming to buy them..."

"People from the Storm Church?" Chen Zhi tapped his hand on the ground. "They came to buy Ship parts?"

"Yes, our parts are much cheaper than driving to the Royal Capital for repairs," Andrew explained. "Moreover, many parts are not covered by insurance, so they have to purchase them themselves. The price of buying them in the Royal Capital is too high, and buying directly from the Port City is even less cost-effective, so it is better to come here and have them custom-made directly."

You'eryuan is quite good at doing business; he mass-produces the parts he purchases, and then these parts become bestsellers.

Word of mouth spreads quickly, and now that many people travel between Port City and Tana City, there are quite a few people coming over to purchase parts.

A part that sells for 5 Xide at the port can be bought for only 3 Xide at the grocery store in Tana City, and the quality is even better than at the port.

The reputation hasn't fully fermented yet, but over ten Captains have already come to purchase them for emergencies. If the reputation expands in the future, even more people will come to purchase them.

"Very good, you have done a good job this month, and many newcomers will be coming next," Chen Zhi thought with satisfaction. It was fortunate that the Lord of Calamity still had Believers back then, otherwise he would have been truly helpless and could only rely on the players to explore on their own.

Fortunately, there are now Andrew and Saina as guides.

"You need to screen the Believers who are going outside well; don't let them run around," Chen Zhi added as a reminder. "Especially these newcomers; I will have Evans conduct the screening."

"I will strictly follow your holy decree," Andrew said, bowing his head humbly. "The Believers going out now are all going to do business; our church's treasury will be more massive than before."

"Next week, a batch of new Believers will arrive. You are already prepared, right?" Chen Zhi reminded the other party.

Andrew took out the printed manual in his hand. "We have already prepared the notebooks, charcoal pencils, and corresponding industries you require. However..."

"Did you encounter any difficulties?" Chen Zhi's several arms lifted and swayed slightly.

"It is like this: those Believers who already have quite a few industries hope to be able to assist me in receiving those new Believers," Andrew said with some difficulty.

Tana City is currently quite short of people. Recently, the Slaves transported by the Wealth Church are snatched up instantly, and there is absolutely no situation where they remain unsold.

Nobles need a large number of Slaves to ensure their own safety, and they also need Slaves to work in the factories.

The War Church needs a large population to fill the gaps on the front lines; this is not something that can be accomplished by transferring them from other cities in the short term.

The Wisdom Church's factories are running at full capacity almost every day, and even those old bachelors who believe in the Sun God have been busy in the Sun God Cult's factories from morning until night recently.

Apart from the urgently needed weapons, medicines, and various tools and equipment for defense projects, the economy of Tana City has also become more active. Many merchants coming to look for opportunities have discovered that they can invest in factories here, and there is a large amount of land available for planting crops, so they all want to come and take a gamble.

After all, Tana City is protected by the War Church, and most people believe that with the power of the War Church and the Formation of the Wisdom Church, it is impossible to be attacked by those barbarians.

Even the players think so.

"Don't worry, we can transport the goods to you on time. Look, that is the Cement Ship under construction over there; yes, it is built by ourselves. And these, these are all our docks. You don't need to worry about protection; the Arrow Tower being built over there will ensure the safety of the river, and we even have a professional search and rescue team..." Miguali is a college student, but she has been interested in sales since she was born. After getting a Helmet and completing the novice tasks, she has been looking for an opportunity to make money.

She has heard that some players trade gold coins outside the game and have obtained quite a lot of money.

The game manufacturer has not banned accounts for these offline trading behaviors, which means that as long as she is willing and willing to lose face here, it is not difficult to make money.

She is very satisfied with the game's approach. Poor students like her were originally short of money, and because the game allows players to "grind," she has already earned over forty thousand recently.

Although this causes her life in the game to be very frugal.

Mona Romero, a merchant who came to inspect, frowned as she looked at the Arrow Tower under construction. "Your safety measures are good, but if the people of Gannaer really came, isn't it a bit late for you to start building the Arrow Tower now?"

Miguali shook her head. "We have people patrolling the river 24 hours a day, and there is also a Defense Array."

"Where is the Defense Array?" Mona asked with interest.

"I don't know about that; it's confidential," Miguali said with a smile. "But please rest assured, there are traces of the Defense Array everywhere here; you don't need to worry."

Mona pursed her lips. "I feel relieved hearing you say that. I am really worried that this batch of my goods will be hijacked by the Gannaer people; I encountered their looting three years ago."

"Rest assured, respected lady, we will protect your safety throughout the entire journey, and you can also take out insurance at the dock." The Wealth Church has insurance in every part of the country; even three years ago, various commercial insurances existed in Tana City.

However, if it passes through a place like Gannaer...

Miguali said while walking: "If you are worried, you can also purchase a Cement Ship. Now Tana City can import Cement Ships directly from Port City; one ship costs between 8,000 Xide and 10,000 Xide. If you need weapons, they can be customized."

Hearing the price, Mona shook her head. "I am also a small-time business."

"I don't know what exactly you are planning to sell?" Miguali has seen many small-time merchants; most of them would not choose to run the Ship themselves but would hand it over to a chamber of commerce.

If they are not satisfied with the chamber of commerce's price, they can also entrust it to players; the players' prices are at least half that of the chamber of commerce.

And they all have commercial insurance as well.

"Uh, it's some vegetable oil. I purchased some vegetable oil from Arudo, and it has already arrived at the Train warehouse. I plan to transport it overseas for sale in a few days," Mona explained.

Miguali took a breath. "Since it has already arrived, why not sell it quickly? You are going to go to sea anyway."

Miguali was already a bit suspicious.

It is true that she is a salesperson, but she still has basic vigilance.

Mona's behavior is obviously a bit abnormal.

You must know that a real merchant is not willing to wait even for a day; even the most indecisive Flande would place an order immediately.

Recently, the price of warehouses near the Train station is expensive; staying for one more day means the price will rise the next day.

How many merchants are willing to keep those goods that need to be sold urgently?

Not to mention, that vegetable oil is not the most urgently needed material in Tana City right now.

The price to get on the Wealth Church's Train is expensive.

"I still have to wait for another batch of goods to arrive." Mona obviously did not want to continue this topic. "In short, thank you very much. I think if the time matches, I might choose dock transport."

"I believe you will definitely choose us. If your warehouse price increases, you can also transport the goods to our dock warehouse. The price here is relatively low and will definitely satisfy you."

After sending Mona away, Miguali went to the dock management office at the first opportunity to report the situation.

There are people sent by Andrew here specifically to connect with the people from the chamber of commerce and then handle this matter.

"You are already the seventh person to come and report this kind of problem today. You Xiahui People really have high vigilance." Miguali shrugged. "It's always right to be cautious during special times, but there are so many people with problems? Can't the people of Gannaer get in?"

"Hard to say. After all, the people of Gannaer also look like humans, right? The difference from the barbarians is still quite large. However, their characteristic is that there are more females; after all, the Queen's power is quite large. It is said that in recent years, there have even been cases of male infants being abused to death. In short, you still have to protect yourselves. They might run over from other parts of the Federal; after all, Gannaer is not only bordering our Tana City." After the old man in charge of registration finished speaking, he handed the form to the young man beside him.

That young man went out and jumped onto a public carriage heading to the city center; in less than ten minutes, the person had already disappeared.

Miguali immediately began to receive the next merchant. The dock area is always busy. In order to make a sale, Miguali continued to maintain a smile and began to introduce the various advantages of the port.

Usually, these merchants would immediately choose to place an order, even if the players' language was not fluent or smooth.

Having received another report, Sarana felt more confident. She originally thought that those Xiahui People were not particularly useful, but now she didn't think so.

With them operating the dock, all aspects of the dock's operations were quite steady; she didn't even need to send anyone to keep an eye on it.

Of course, she currently had no one on hand willing to keep an eye on the docks; after all, the business at the Train station was already enough to keep people overwhelmed.

"Tell..." Sarana turned her head back, discovered she had no subordinates left to use, rubbed her forehead, and then took that piece of paper directly to the archives.

Every warehouse had specialized registration records; Sarana pushed the door open and entered, where six Gold Ties were already busy searching through the contents.

"Another one has arrived. Have you found the problematic warehouses from before?" The entire Wealth Church was currently keeping a very close watch on the warehouses; all goods required someone responsible for registration, and at the same time, the quantity of goods stored in these warehouses needed to be recorded on file.

Yet the original management of the Train station had not been this strict; it was all thanks to Yun Xiao, who pointed out the various problems at the Train station.

First of all, regarding the protection against hazardous materials, the problems were quite significant.

They even dispatched hounds used to sniff out hazardous materials, and for the sake of efficiency, they even borrowed two fine hounds from the Governor.

Although those merchants had many complaints about this, a single mention of a state of War made those merchants shut their mouths.

In any case, it was all for the sake of making money; merchants would not care about their own dignity.

"There are some, here, here, and here." Bulu marked several locations on the map. "I have already sent people to patrol and check; the items inside these warehouses have not been transshipped for three days. I have already had people send hounds over."

"It would be better to have a few Awakened go over," Sarana said. "Forget it, I will go personally; I must see what those Gannaer are actually trying to do."

"That... should we tell the Wisdom Church and the War Church?" Bulu reminded her.

Sarana paused.

This was indeed a matter that should be reported to the other churches; after all, in terms of combat, the Wealth Church did not hold the advantage.

But after experiencing so many storms in Tana City, she really did not know if she should continue to contact these churches.

"Contact them. I hope they arrive as soon as possible, and they must be Awakened." Although the issue of reporting false information would aggravate the other party's misunderstanding of her, Sarana had no choice but to do so. The Train station area was currently the lifeline of the entire Tana City; relying on the sea port certainly could not solve the problem of so many supplies.

Just the time factor alone was unbearable.

After reporting the problems online, the offline players were not idle either.

Those problematic warehouses were directly marked on the forum for nosy players to go and take a look.

One must know that there would be a Helmet purchase event tomorrow, and all current events were time-limited; they should grind as much as they could. Once this time passed, 500 more people would come over to compete with them for work.

One only needed to look at the level of discussion on the forum to know the enthusiasm of the new players.

"Yun Xiao, wait for me, another new coordinate has appeared; this entire area, almost all of it." The bodyguards from the tavern had nothing to do during the day, so they all ran to the Train station to become inspectors there.

Because of this connection with the Wealth Church, these players very smoothly obtained two salaries: one paid by Yun Xiao's tavern, and one paid by the Wealth Church.

Yun Xiao glanced at the markings and hurriedly said to several players: "Seal this place off."

The workers who were moving goods began to be driven away; some merchants were cursing, but upon seeing the Gold Tie on Yun Xiao's neck, they did not dare to continue speaking loudly.

Only merchants knew the power of a Gold Tie.

By the time Sarana arrived, Yun Xiao had already isolated this entire area; what made people feel strange was that the person in charge of every warehouse, those merchants, were nowhere to be found.

"The problem is huge. Wait for the people from the War Church to come," Sarana said with a furrowed brow.

It seems those Gannaer came prepared; preparing these supplies that could affect the war situation so quickly was not that easy.

High fever of 39 degrees, I'm almost done for. I don't know if it's the flu, I have no strength at all o(╯□╰)o

(End of this chapter)