Virtual World - Earth Online
Ch.7 - Markets and Dogs
After sending Zhao Dexian and the others to the office, Ouyang Shou did not sit still. He was ready to go shopping at the Starter Market to see if there was any chance of getting good items.
The Base Market is located in the northwest corner of the village, close to the village entrance. The market covers a large area. In addition to the small wooden buildings used to conduct transactions, the west side had an open area to receive goods.
He headed to the small, empty building. On the left side of the hall was a screen, similar to a computer monitor. On the right was a teleportation formation, illuminated by magic lights with a touch of mystery to it.
The in-game market is far beyond the game timeline it sets. On the left is a technology product, while on the right is a magic product. To achieve long-term transportation of goods, these two things must be achieved and combined.
The Basic Market transaction area is in the area around Dali City. Transport crystals cannot send live objects, and all transactions by the seller must pay a transaction tax of 20%.
Ouyang Shuo went to the left side of the screen, finding that the entire trading program was divided into four parts. They were the Material Trading Platform, the Special Item Trading Platform, and two unopened gray areas, the Limited Time Auction Platform and the Negotiation Cooperation Platform.
Opening the Material Trading Platform, everything had started from food, wood, ore, clothing, and even salt. The only thing was that weapons and armor and other military equipment were forbidden items and could not be sold.
Looking at the price, one unit of grain was 10 copper, 20 copper wood, and 100 copper iron ore, definitely not cheap. In his territory the thing he needed the most was wood resources, so he immediately bought 500 units, spending gold coins.
He was really interested in the Special Items Platform. Opening the screen, he found that the special items were also divided into four areas. They are architectural blueprints, article creation, skill books, and more.
Needless to say, every building in the region needs a building drawing to be installed and there are basic, medium, advanced and special sets.
For the construction of the area, in addition to upgrading the necessary buildings, the additional construction of other buildings is not at all restricted, as long as you meet the construction requirements.
For example, as long as you have a blueprint of a brothel building, then you can build it in a village even though it is usually a third-level county building. As for whether you can run a brothel normally, that's another matter.
Even so, most players would build their infrastructure step by step, instead of jumping up levels. The main reason was that the blueprints of high-level buildings were too expensive.
A blueprint of a brothel building cost 1000 gold coins. Just ask the village chief if they have a lot of money. Even if they had money, no one would be foolish enough to waste it on one building like this at this point.
Ouyang Shuo first needed to purchase construction blueprints for the dining room, public bathroom, residential building courtyard, blacksmith shop, grocery store, and barracks. They each spent 2 gold coins, so he spent a total of 12 gold.
In fact, doing this is a bit unusual, most players are unwilling to go directly into the market to buy blueprints. Building a blueprint was one of the most common dropped items obtained by killing bandits. All human NPCs had different chances of dropping the plan on death.
Ouyang Shuo did that to bring his 100 gold to the fast game, using his money early in return for the quick development of his village. He wanted to be one step ahead of the others.
In addition, he spent another 15 golds to purchase three more special plans: the blueprint of ferry construction, the blueprint of dock construction, and the blueprint of shipyard construction.
These are water-related buildings, and can only be built near the shoreline. Therefore, they will not be included in the territorial enhancement of important buildings, as they are special.
After purchasing the blueprints, Ouyang Shuo pointed to the area of article creation and technical manuals. This area is about making certain items and starting an industry using special conditional manufacturing technology advances, not common skills for people to understand talent.
For example, a master-class winemaker can, in theory, make a variety of advanced beverages. But, in fact, it has no way of brewing the special liquor of the "Heavy Earth Pub". Wh why? Because formula is secret. Without technology, those skills are useless.
Ouyang Shuo chose, Two technical manuals, the first 20 gold, the second 10 gold. In fact, in ancient times, salt was sold by government officials. The game is not the same. Except for military goods, anything can be traded.
If the Sea Lords do not master the technology to get salt from seawater, they are simply wasting their natural resources. As for the compass wagon, it was a key item to complete a certain task later. His reward would be comparable to obtaining a gold-level Village Creation Token.
The third type of skill book contains all the professional skills, and some special ones are on it. There were only skill books for players, NPCs could only learn them through guidance. Ouyang Shuo chose a novice book on horseback riding, swordsmanship, archery, and scouting, spending gold coins for each book.
The fourth category of items varied, all kinds of strange items could appear. It's more than luck to find something.
Ouyang Shuo was disappointed, there was nothing practical or affordable. When he was ready to close the screen, it was suddenly refreshed with a new list.
A new item appeared in his eyes: A statue of Mazu God (Patah), priced at 20 gold. Looking at his property, Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate to buy it.
Name: Mazu Idol (Broken)
Grade: Silver rating
Evaluation: This is Mazu's broken idol, with a weak trace of Mazu's god power. It took a long time to restore the statue.
Property: Blessing of the sea god (Navigation of maritime to survive a storm increases by 40%)
In order to offer prayers to the Mazu gods, Ouyang Shuo also had to buy a plan for the construction of a village temple. A village temple was a must for the upgrading of a third level village and would require another 10 gold.
After this huge purchase, Ouyang Shuo only had 11 gold left, he actually passed his money like water. After finishing his purchase, Ouyang Shuo headed to the crystal on the right side of the hall.
As for the 500 wooden units, right in front of the entrance of the small building. He stuffed most of the items into his storage bag, but directly used the skill book.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for mastering basic equestrian."
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for mastering Basic swordsmanship."
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for mastering Basic archery."
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for mastering the Basic Law."
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Outside the small building, Zhao Dexian and his seven crew were in full swing building a fence. Ouyang Shuo could not do much other than manage it. The territory of the third level village covered one square kilometer. The whole fence will be 4 kilometers long, a big project.
In Ouyang Shuo's plan, the fence in the middle of the north side would open the main door. At the same time, there will be side doors on the east and south sides for comfort. A logging field is being built on the west side of the region, as well as subsequent mines. Therefore, the role of the western side is to regulate the import and export of resources.
Similarly, the next wharf and shipyard will be built on the east side of the river, so that the east door will connect the village and the pier. The boundary line between the side door and the central shaft divides the village into four sections.
The buildings along the central axis would form the most prosperous village area, while the territory would be divided into East and West. In the southernmost area of the shaft is Lord's Manor already built. In front of the House of God there is an open area, which is intended to be used as the Square of the City. To the north would be a commercial building road. All shops, lodging, training rooms and other buildings will be distributed to the two sides of the commercial street.
To the west there will be a residential area. The southwestern area will be home to agricultural workers, such as farmers and tree loggers. The northwestern region would be set up for industrial workers, such as miners, blacksmiths, tailors, masons, businessmen, and other craftsmen. Northwest of the northern region is already occupied by Pemula Market.
The Eastern District will be a military zone, a science, and an educational training area. The southeast area will be zoned for science and education, with private schools, hospitals, ancestral halls and village temples located there. The northeast area will be a military zone, with weapons repair shops, strategic barns, and upcoming barracks all located there.
Ouyang Shuo spent the afternoon near the fence, while checking the plans for his town. The fence was already a quarter built, with tomorrow bringing more people, he should be able to build it all in just one more day.
Towards dusk, General Shi finally returned from the patrol. From the side of his horse hung birds, rabbits, and other game animals, while on the other side, objects moved inside the bag.
Ouyang Shuo stepped forward and saluted as a greeting. "General, do you seem to be working hard, and your crops aren't small?"
General Shi quickly descended, his hands cupping respectfully. “I only encountered a few petty thieves, of no value. I also brought you a game sir, I hope you enjoy it. ”
"Oh, what is this? If the general I see it, of course I'm sure it's a good thing. ”
General Shi laughed, and returned to the bag of wriggling his horse. Opening it, a young black wild dog became visible to Ouyang Shuo.
The little dog was clearly born recently, still a puppy, with narrowed dark green eyes, very cute.
"Is this the young wolf?" Ouyang Shuo asked doubtfully.
"Good, your little one should be a good hunting companion."
Shi Wanshui was overjoyed, "Haha, to be more precise, it was a Black Wolf Dog puppy. Although it looked like a wolf, it was not a wolf. "
"The Black Wolf Dog? Not bad, not bad. He would be of great help in hunting in the future. "
Zhao Dexian and the others also came, looking strangely towards the bag with the little puppy. Despite trying to look satisfied, they could not hide their interest.
Ouyang Shuo did not want to dampen their spirits, so he asked curiously, "General, you obtained such a good harvest while on patrol, there must be a story to share! Since everyone is here, tell us your story, tell us what happened. ”Ouyang Shuo quickly made the workers sit on the floor, making a circle.
General Lui laughed, having no problems with stage fright. He sat down, too, and began to tell her about his experience.
"According to master's orders, I left the village during the day, and began to explore the territory. The atmosphere was calm along the way, but there were birds and rabbits here and there, and it was easy to shoot them down. Sometimes, I would find one or two bandits, so poor that they didn't even have mounts. I went up and killed them. On the way back, I met a group of wolves who were harassing a herd of wild goats. I said nothing more and stormed into their midst, killing most of them before they could leave. Following them, I actually found their nest. I was surprised to see this little puppy and thought he might be useful to master, so I brought him along. "
Hearing that the general had encountered a wild goat, Ouyang Shuo was silent for a moment, already making plans for tomorrow. It's too late to leave again today.
Before long, Zhao Youfang's work crew returned, having set up a basic logging camp. Starting tomorrow, the logging field can be officially opened and become operational. Taking this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo proposed to everyone that there would be a double dinner tonight that would be considered a celebration of the formal establishment of Shanhai Village.
The only fly in the ointment was that it was a group of workers, and none of them could cook. Fortunately, there are plenty of wild games to add to the fun, or they don't have much to celebrate. Ouyang Shuo is really looking forward to the arrival of the settlers tomorrow, hoping the chef can help with the cooking.
The quarters for Shi Wanshui were set on the east wing while Ouyang Shuo returned to his own room hall, ready to rest.
Lying on the hard bed, his eyes closed, Ouyang Shuo sent a thoughtful voice, "Get out of the game!" When he opened his eyes, he was out of the game.
