Virtual World - Earth Online
Ch.17 - Industry
After a simple tour, everyone returned to the room. Since Shanhai Village had just been upgraded to a 2nd class village, it was time to let everyone know what their next move would be.
Everyone sat down, and Ouyang Shuo headed straight to the main topic. “With the joint efforts of everyone, Shanhai Village has been successfully upgraded to a 2nd class village, and we are also the sixth in China to achieve this feat! This is the result of the hard work of all the villagers and all of you gathered here. It's really worth celebrating! Therefore, I have decided that tonight we will have a big bonfire party to celebrate. Tonight's celebration should be prepared by Cui Yingyu. ”
CuYingyu nodded. “Sister, you can rest assured, I will make it as grand as possible. By the way, this is the first time our region has done such a celebration! You should personally do the show to help with the entertainment! ”
As he finished, General Shi took the lead in praising the idea. Even the usually calm Zhao Dexian looked excited and cheered at the idea.
Ouyang Shuo smiled wryly. “Yingyu, you are trying to assess me. But your idea is very good, I'm very supportive of it. Hmm, it's more fun to share likes than to keep them to yourself. Everyone here should prepare for at least one show or game. If you want to cheer, how can you be dragged into the water? If your father has to contribute, then you do too. ”
Yingyu laughed, because doing the program, to her, was naturally something that required no effort. The other people looked rather ominous and depressed as if they were lifting a rock, only to drop it on their own feet.
“After the upgrade, there are many things to do. Here, I'll make a general arrangement. We have a lot to do, so please take your advice and opinion until I'm done. ”
“First of all, work arrangement for Construction Division. Private schools, hospitals, and other buildings cannot be built today due to the lack of building plan blueprints. However, there is still a big responsibility that lies with you. We don't need a blueprint to build a basic mining field and a simple arrow tower, so make it as fast as possible. The Materials Backup Division needs to keep in touch with you to choose the field to be developed. Build two arrow towers, one on each side of the village entrance. In addition, the second phase of 15 small residential pages needs to be done quickly, and you should pay attention to it. And the most important of all was to work together with the Pan Salt Division to carry out the construction of the second phase of the North Salt Field. ”
“North Salt Field is the only industry in the region at the moment. It is also a very important source of funding for the future of the region. I have decided that the second phase is to open up your 400 again, with a total size of 500 you. It will require a lot of labor. The Household Registration Office should actively cooperate with the current stage, and make it a priority to channel people to the salt fields. The total number of salt workers will need to reach 250 people to maintain full productivity in salt harvesting operations. ”
“Material Reserve Division, the amount involved in excavation and logging will remain the same at 20 people after the completion of the primary mining field. The number of fishermen should gradually increase to 30. As for the militias, we will directly expand them to 50 people. Make formal preparations, 10 men in a squad, led by a Sergeant; five squads as a platoon, led by a Lieutenant. The rest of the labor will be sent to the Reclamation Division to cultivate more farmland, up to a total size of 2,000 mu. As with the above arrangement, the Household Registration Division will allocate labor as needed, and confirm proof of residence for the new work arrangement. If you have any questions, you can now ask. ”
Digesting the orders that Shuo made before them, the directors considered their areas of specialization and divisions before they spoke with any comments or suggestions.
General Shi was the first to stand. “My lord, I have something to say. With the militia expanded to 50 men, it was necessary to have 5 sergeants to lead the team. ”
“General, on your recommendation, report to Me for approval. As far as possible, please choose from veterans for your recommendations, but make sure your choices are a good choice, do not promote unconditionally. ”
“Ability is the only premise. Moreover, Zhang Daniu and San Gouzi could be directly promoted to team leaders. The leader of the militia forces is naturally you. Since North Salt Field is on track, it is time for you to move on and concentrate on training the militia team. Regarding the security of the fields, turn Zhang Daniu and San Gouzi around with the militia team in charge. ”
General Shi smiled. He was no longer placed in the salt fields, which obviously made him very happy. However, he was not a fool and had long since concluded that something had happened from Ouyang Shuo's words. He immediately asked, “Tuanku, what is the main reason behind the expansion of this militia?”
Ouyang Shuo nodded in agreement. “The expansion of the militia is to face a variety of new security challenges. With the new upgrade, our territory has increased to 250% of its original size! I hope that in half a month, the beast riot will come out of the wilderness, and we will face the attack of a huge savage beast. Therefore, General, you must not only see the development of the militia, but you must build a detailed defense against the onslaught of ferocious beasts and combat programs, report to Me for review. ”
General Shi spoke loudly, “Baginda, I will see this done!”
Cu Yingyu rode up next. “Kakak, about the number of fishermen, I have a different view. At the moment, we only have four fishing boats. Each boat can only carry two people, while the shipyard only makes a boat a day. To get 30 fishermen to work would need at least 11 more days. As far as I know, a fisherman can harvest an average of 50 fish a day. With the amount of fish harvested, we cannot eat everything. Why do you need so many fishermen? ”
Ouyang Shuo understood his point. Fish cannot be used as a staple food and is not easily stored for long periods of time, fish cannot replace the role of food harvested and forage. For this, he had his own plan.
“Yingyu, what you said is naturally true. But you have not considered, if the fish can be salted, then dried. Dried fish are not living things, and can be easily stored. The market price of one unit of dried fish is 15 copper. It takes two units of fish to make one unit of dried fish, and one unit of salt can be used for 50 units of dried fish. Excluding the cost of salt, a fisherman's daily harvest can yield a profit of 355 copper for the region. Once the first salt piles in the salt fields were produced, the development funds of the region could be fully financed by the sea! As for the fishermen who have not been on board, arrange for them to work on salting the live fish. ”
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand. “I'm not a genius. I have been worrying about funds and plans for this region for some time, and came up with this idea. ”
This was definitely not Ouyang Shuo who had only come up with words to comfort him on the spot. He had considered all these plans and points as early as when he had chosen the Lianzhou Basin to establish his village. As a noble player, if he could not make full use of the resources of the sea, then he actually remained deliberately blind to his geographical advantage.
Sea salt and salted fish are two ways to accumulate the initial capital he wants to build. To this end, he did not hesitate to spend the initial prize money on and three sets of special building blueprints.
This is the benefit of rebirth. While a strong representative paid a lot of money to buy gaming currency, he developed the perfect industry to provide a steady flow of development funds. This advantage will become more and more obvious later.
The industry is just getting started, making limited profits, but it is just getting started. Once he expanded the scale of development, of course his profits would increase by several folds.
It was the consensus of powerful rulers in the past that for sustainable development, they had to develop their own industries. After all, they could only use credit points to purchase game currency for less than a year.
Finally, Zhao Dexian stood up, saying, “Master, I have some questions. Since Sire had arranged the Reclamation Division to cultivate 1500 mu of farmland, there was naturally no problem. My question is, for you from this farmland, I wonder what crops do we want to plant? ”
Ouyang Shuo decided to test it, asking, “Secretary Zhao, based on the climatic conditions of Lianzhou Valley, what do you think is the most appropriate plant to plant?”
Zhao Dexian was a farmer, and had a lifetime of experience dealing with farmland, and was clear at planting time for all kinds of crops. He replied, “It's mid-season. Winter is not over yet, spring is not here, it is not suitable for growing any crops at this time. ”
Ouyang Shuo smiled mysteriously, and said, “Good answer. However, the Lianzhou Valley has a special climate, and there is one plant you can grow in winter here, namely sweet potatoes. Although the best growing season in November is passed with the rainy season, we still have suitable growing conditions. If we plant now, we can harvest it in April and May, and fully solve the problem of crop shortages. ”
Zhao Dexian was startled for a moment, and then replied grimly, “I'm ashamed to say that I didn't think about such a plant.” His previous village, Zhao Jiagou, was in the forest and very rarely grew yams, so he did not think of such a plant all of a sudden.
Ouyang Shuo smiled. “So, your farm should be planted with sweet potatoes as soon as possible and should be completed before the end of the month. As for the seedlings, I will buy them from the Market. ”
After answering Zhao Dexian's question, another doubt was removed, and Ouyang Shuo announced the end of the meeting. Waiting until the crowd dispersed, he headed to the Basic Market to buy some items.
The finance department only has 10 gold coins at the moment. But he had set aside four gold coins to cultivate the militia, so he really only had six gold to use.
He first spent a gold coin to get enough seedlings to plant 3000 mu of sweet potatoes. Three mu is the maximum amount of area he wants to devote to the sweet potato for now.
Then, he spent one more gold coin and bought 500 units of salt. This salt is enough to make the fish salty for now. Then, his salt fields would produce more than enough salt on their own.
As for the remaining four gold coins, he had only bought 4000 units of wheat directly. With 3100 food units left over from the previous purchase, as well as fishermen harvesting fish as a supplement, it would be enough to support the entire village on its way to becoming a 2nd class village.
With the procurement done, Shuo's pouch was now empty. After arranging for people to put the purchased items into warehouses and barns, he did nothing more for now.
