"System Notification: Congratulations, Mountain Town has been upgraded to an Intermediate Town. Liegeman Loyalty increased by 5. Liegeman Popular Support increased by 5."
After Mountain Town had been upgraded to an Intermediate Town, Yang Rui was not in a hurry to upgrade his Territory as there was no urgent need for it.
After upgrading to an Intermediate Town, the population limit of Mountain Town had increased to 20000 people. There was no need to worry about the population limit in the short term. Yang Rui's three Territories had increased the population limit to 32000 people. Compared to the other players at the current stage, it was a huge lead.
Since Mountain Town had been upgraded to a Town, the system had not announced the creation of a second Town in the game. Most of the other players' Territories were limited to Advanced Villages with a population limit of 2,000 people. It was only a fraction of the population limit of Yang Rui's Territory.
However, with the progress of the various civilizations' storyline, it was believed that players who had obtained Official Positions would soon appear. By then, Towns would definitely appear one after another. Moreover, with the strength of large player organizations or groups, it would be much easier to upgrade to an Intermediate Town and Advanced Town after upgrading to a Basic Town.
Therefore, the gap between Yang Rui and the other players was not that big. When the other players had also figured out the hidden conditions to upgrade their Territories, the speed of upgrading from a Town Level to a City Level might not be slower than Yang Rui.
Of course, the appearance of Towns in the game should only happen after the Yellow Turban Uprising storyline. This was the situation in his previous life. Players would obtain Official Positions in the Yellow Turban Uprising storyline, which would fulfill the hidden conditions to upgrade their Territories. It was the same for the other civilizations' Territories. At this time, they were also experiencing a large-scale storyline similar to the Yellow Turban Uprising. If they did not progress to the later stages of the storyline, it would be very difficult to fulfill the conditions to upgrade their Territories.
When Mountain Town was upgraded to an Intermediate Town, the system once again rewarded him with the upgrade of a specific building. Yang Rui did not hesitate to choose to upgrade the market again.
"Super Trade Market: Super Building. Tax rate in the three civilizations' area is 0.5%. Tax rate in the neighboring civilizations' area is 10%. Tax rate in the other civilizations' area is 30%. Can conduct long-distance transactions in all civilizations' areas in the game. Ultimate Building. Cannot be upgraded … "
The upgrade of the market in the past had created a lot of advantages for Mountain Town in terms of purchasing. As the range of purchasing increased, many rare items and resources could be purchased through the market. This provided Yang Rui with a lot of convenience. He could often buy items and resources that were scarce in the nearby markets!
Taking food as an example, Yang Rui had accumulated a huge amount of food from the market. The price of food had increased from 4 copper coins to 5 copper coins per unit to more than 10 copper coins to dozens of copper coins per unit. Yang Rui had always been able to pick the cheapest items from the market. He did not have to limit himself to the food market!
Another example was warhorses, iron ore, and other strategic resources. Yang Rui also bought a lot from the market! So far, Yang Rui had bought more than 300 horses from the market. At the beginning, it cost more than 1000 silver coins per horse. Later on, it cost more than 2000 silver coins per horse. Although the price Yang Rui bought horses was not the lowest in the market, horses were subject to various restrictions. Being able to purchase them in large quantities already showed the huge value of the special market.
This was also the reason why Yang Rui did not hesitate to upgrade the market to an Ultimate Building!
Now that the market had been upgraded to an Ultimate level, its functions had been further enhanced. The trading range had expanded to all civilized areas in the game. In other words, Yang Rui could buy all the goods that players and NPC residents from all over the world put up for sale in Mountain Town's super market without leaving his house! Moreover, the tax rate for purchasing items had also decreased by a lot compared to the special market. The tax rate for the areas around the three civilizations had decreased from 50% to 10%. The other civilized areas only had a tax rate of 30%!
The market function was so powerful that Yang Rui immediately checked the list of items for sale.
"Purple Crystal Stone: 1,000 pieces. Grade: 8. Price: 1000 silver coins. Delivery fee: 100 silver coins. (USA: 30% tax rate) "
"Fine Iron Knight Sword: Fine Iron Equipment. Attack: 65-95. Durability: Level 30 and above. Attack Points: 70 and above. (UK: 30% tax rate) "
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Since he was already familiar with the items in the domestic market, Yang Rui did not look at them carefully. He directly flipped to the list of items from other civilizations. Most of the items that entered Yang Rui's eyes were unique items from various civilizations. However, most of them did not have any practical value to Yang Rui at the moment.
However, there were also some common items that piqued Yang Rui's interest! For example, the price of food in Europe's civilized areas was mostly 10 to 15 Copper Coins per catty (the units between civilizations were automatically converted) compared to the three civilizations. It hovered around 30 Copper Coins per catty. Even if Yang Rui bought a lot of food, after including the tax, it was still slightly lower than the three civilizations. In the three civilizations, the price of food often rose to close to 50 Copper Coins per catty. The average price was already 45 Copper Coins per catty!
This difference in the price of food was mainly determined by the degree of disaster in each civilization's storyline. Although all the civilizations were currently suffering from plagues and disasters, some civilizations focused more on plagues, while others focused more on disasters. This also caused a big difference in the price of natural resources!
Regarding this, Yang Rui called Chi Zhong over and told him to always pay attention to and calculate the price after tax. As long as there was room for profit, he had to buy it all! Then, he could sell it or keep it for his own use! This way, not only could he obtain a portion of the profits, but he could also increase the amount of food that the three civilizations had. Although the increase would be very limited, it was still good to be able to feed a small number of people! If they wanted to starve to death, they should starve more foreigners!
As a result, Chi Zhong was once again reduced to a market "trader"! The last time Yang Rui wanted to earn 1,200 Gold Coins and was in a hurry to complete the Yellow Turban (Food Priority) mission, Chi Zhong was specially assigned the task of buying the lowest price of food from the market …
Apart from buying the lowest price of food in the world, Yang Rui also asked Chi Zhong to keep an eye on some special items and resources that appeared in the market. If he felt that something was valuable, he could buy it first and inform Yang Rui later! Of course. Yang Rui only left 5,000 Gold Coins for Chi Zhong. How he wanted to operate it was up to him!
As Yang Rui wasn't familiar with the other civilizations outside of the Three Kingdoms region, he couldn't determine the use and value of the items in the market. Thus, he quickly gave up looking at the list of items in the market and left the supermarket to Chi Zhong to manage.
After dealing with the matters of the market, Yang Rui called for Wang Hai. He handed over the 3,108 Fourth Grade skill books and equipment for cavalry, 1,566 Third Grade skill books and equipment for archers, and over 10000 riding skill books that he had obtained from the Battle of Southern Sun region storyline to Wang Hai! He also instructed Wang Hai. In the future, focus on the cultivation and advancement of these two types of soldiers!
"My … my lord!"
After receiving the skill books and equipment, Wang Hai's hands trembled. His face was flushed red, and he did not know what to say. Yang Rui's harvest from this trip had completely exceeded Wang Hai's expectations! These skill books meant that in the near future, Mountain Town would have a matching number of Fourth Grade Cavalry and Fourth Grade Archers (the rebel army could be upgraded by one Grade)! Yang Rui could more or less understand Wang Hai's feelings, so he didn't reveal the fact that he had obtained 300,000 gold coins. If Wang Hai found out that he had plundered money, Yang Rui wouldn't be able to help him. If Wang Hai knew about it, he would not know how to react!
For the next day, Yang Rui dealt with the various miscellaneous matters in Mountain Town. He also made a trip to Jiang Ji's Wutun Town and other places. During this time, he even went to Water Origin Village and gave a set of [Basic Neigong Mantra * Soul] and [Beginner Neigong Mantra * Soul] skill books to Xiaohui, instructing her to practice them as soon as possible!
It was worth mentioning that [Beginner Neigong Mantra * Soul] of the two skill books was one that Yang Rui had prepared beforehand. This time, when he urgently needed it in Wan City, he redeemed another skill book. After Yang Rui redeemed the second [Beginner Neigong Mantra * Soul], this skill book no longer existed in the points exchange list! In other words, the number of [Beginner Neigong Mantra * Soul] that could be distributed was limited, just like [Beginner Neigong Mantra * Normal]!
After that, Yang Rui brought Li Dong, 15 other beginner generals, and 38 Fifth Grade bandit leaders to the Lu Kingdom to meet up with Cheng Yu. The remaining personnel in Mountain Town and Jiang Ji's Wutun Town remained the same!
According to Wang Hai and the others. While Yang Rui was participating in the regional storyline [Battle of Nan Yang], Cheng Yu had already led the Dong Ah County soldiers and Yang Rui's subordinates. They had successively pacified the southern part of Ji Bei Country, the entire Dong Ping Country, the northern part of Ren Cheng Country, and most of the northern part of Lu Kingdom. Currently, they were exterminating the Yellow Scarf forces in the southern part of Lu Kingdom!
It could be said that in a month's time, almost half of the Yan Province's Yellow Turban forces had been pacified by Cheng Yu. His efficiency could be seen at a glance!
"Blazing Sun is here! I have something to discuss with you … "
Cheng Yu's bandit extermination had already caused a huge commotion, and the news had spread far and wide. Yang Rui did not have to spend much effort to find him in the Lu Kingdom's Sishui region! At the same time, Cheng Yu also had something to discuss with Yang Rui.
"Blazing Sun is late, what can I do for you, Mr. Blazing Sun?"
Yang Rui quickly asked after greeting Cheng Yu.
"… A few days ago, Dong Ah County Magistrate Chen sent me a letter. In the letter, he said that Yu has been mobilizing his troops for more than a month, and the soldiers' rations are running out. Now that Dong Ah, Juping, Ji Bei, Dong Ping, and other Yellow Turban forces have been pacified, he hopes that Yu can lead his troops back to Dong Ah as soon as possible …"
Under Yang Rui's questioning, Cheng Yu told him the whole story. It turned out that Dong Ah County Magistrate Chen wanted Cheng Yu to withdraw his troops!
At the moment, there was a shortage of food, and the price was very high. With so many soldiers fighting outside, the consumption was not small! It was normal for County Magistrate Chen to use food as an excuse to urge Cheng Yu to withdraw his troops. Originally, Yang Rui provided the food for the soldiers of Mountain Town, while Cheng Yu's tens of thousands of soldiers were provided by Dong Ah County free of charge.
However, Yang Rui could tell from Cheng Yu's words and actions that he was unwilling to withdraw his troops!
"It's a pity to give up on eliminating the remaining Yellow Turban forces. Why don't we let Blazing Sun think of a solution for the food issue? Or maybe we can withdraw all the soldiers from Dong Ah and use only the soldiers of Mountain Town. What do you think, Mr. Cheng?"
Yang Rui saw the opportunity and said. He had received a lot of merit and credit points from working with Cheng Yu, as well as many other benefits. Naturally, he wanted to continue riding on Cheng Yu's fast train!
"Very well!"
Cheng Yu agreed without hesitation. He had probably been waiting for Yang Rui to agree to this!
The two of them immediately came to an agreement. Cheng Yu immediately sent the soldiers of Dong Ah County back to Dong Ah County. The five beginner generals in the army led the soldiers back to Dong Ah County and delivered a letter to County Magistrate Chen. Meanwhile, Cheng Yu and Yang Rui continued to exterminate the remaining Yellow Turban forces in Yan Province!
During the extermination process, Yang Rui had also transferred many newly promoted Fourth Grade knights and archers from Mountain Town. Naturally, the military strength of the army had increased significantly! With Cheng Yu's powerful support and Yang Rui's constantly increasing military strength, the army was invincible and unstoppable. The Yellow Turban forces were unstoppable wherever they went!
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