For the next three days, the territory was calm and peaceful. Seeing that the first system auction was approaching, Ouyang Shuo began to gather the territory's funds.
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On March 29th, Shanhai Town sold sea salt for the second time.
The Northern Sunset Salt Works had been expanded twice since the last time. On February 16th, the third phase of the salt works was built, expanding to 2,000 mu. On March 3rd, the fourth phase of the salt works was built, expanding to 5,000 mu. Based on the average monthly output of 500 units of sea salt per mu, after deducting the time taken to build the salt pans, the Northern Sunset Salt Works produced an astonishing 3.5 million units of sea salt.
Each unit of sea salt was sold for 20 copper coins on the market, so 3.5 million units of sea salt was 7,000 gold coins. After deducting the 20% transaction tax, the actual profit was 5,600 gold coins. After deducting the operating costs of the Northern Sunset Salt Works, the actual profit was 5,000 gold coins. Ouyang Shuo's heart was bleeding. Such a heavy transaction tax was simply asking for his life.
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On March 30th, the Wolf Mountain Mine delivered gold to the base camp for the first time.
At the current stage, the Wolf Mountain Mine had 1,500 miners. 1,000 of them were in charge of mining, while the other 500 were in charge of transportation and refining. On average, the Wolf Mountain Mine could mine 100 tons of gold ore every day, refining 2000 grams of gold, which was 100 gold coins. After deducting the operating costs of the mine, the actual profit was 1,500 gold coins in half a month.
Don't think that the Wolf Mountain Mine had the upper hand just because the profit was much lower than the Northern Sunset Salt Works. Firstly, the Wolf Mountain Mine had only been established for half a month or so. Secondly, there were only 1,500 miners in the Wolf Mountain Mine, while the Northern Sunset Salt Works had 2,500 salt workers.
Based on the average profit per worker, a salt worker could earn two gold coins per month, while a miner could earn three gold coins per month. In addition, the Wolf Mountain Mine did not need to pay the 20% transaction tax, so it actually had an advantage over the Northern Sunset Salt Works.
As for the territory's financial revenue, since the large brewery was placed under the jurisdiction of the finance department, the territory's finances had improved slightly. However, it was not the time to hand over profits yet. Firstly, the territory's infrastructure was constantly being built and needed continuous investment. Secondly, the business department's economic stimulus policy also needed to constantly increase support funds. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo was already very satisfied that the finance department could maintain a balance of payments.
At the end of the inventory, Ouyang Shuo held a huge sum of 7,570 gold coins and was full of confidence for the upcoming system auction. At this stage, even the wealthiest Lord Chunshen would not have more than a thousand gold coins in his territory. It wasn't that they didn't have that much money, but the construction of the territory required constant investment. Just the military expenditure alone could exhaust the lord. Only the Shanhai Town, which held the Northern Twilight Saltworks and the Wolf Mountain Mine, had such confidence.
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On the 31st of March, Gaia finally announced the news regarding the auction and the exchange in reality.
"System Announcement: In order to celebrate the completion of the game's three-month operation, the System will be holding the first System Auction on the 1st of April at 10am. At that time, there will be many rare treasures being auctioned. Please look forward to it! Friendly Reminder: Lord-class players must be at least Intermediate in order to participate. "
As soon as the announcement was made, the lords of the major forces rubbed their palms together, determined to take the lead. They kept urging their subordinates to use the last day to buy as many game coins as possible at all costs.
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Handan Town. Di Chen asked Peerless Elegance, "How much funds can we use now?"
Peerless Elegance frowned and said awkwardly, "After we advanced to a Level 3 town, just buying the basic building blueprints and upgrading the Advanced Military Camp has nearly drained all our funds. The army doesn't even have the funds to expand. How can we still use any funds? "
"What do we do? According to the information our family has gathered, a rare weapon and equipment manufacturing technique manual will appear at this auction. We definitely can't miss it. I'll go offline and gather funds now. While there's still a day left, we'll try to buy as many gold coins as possible, "Di Chen said helplessly.
"Then that's the only way." Peerless Elegance had no other good ideas.
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Elixir Town. Lord Chunshen called the chief steward of the territory's finance department. He crossed his legs and asked in a relaxed manner, "How many gold coins have we accumulated?"
The chief steward was a fat man with a face full of riches. He said with a smile, "Young Master, don't worry. After two months of accumulation, the funds that can be used have reached two thousand gold coins. I believe no one can match that."
Lord Chunshen nodded in satisfaction and said, "Heh, looks like we were right to hold back from advancing to a Level 3 town. Ever since the family found out about the auction, we've been preparing for two whole months. It's finally time to reap the fruits of victory. Hmph, that idiot Di Chen must be regretting his decision to advance to a Level 3 town in such a high profile manner. Haha. "
"Young Master is wise!" The chief steward said flatteringly.
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Swordsman Town. Feng Qingyang looked at his little sister and asked unwillingly, "Little sister, is there really no other way?"
Feng Qingyue said crisply, "Big Brother, although we've successfully harvested a large amount of funds through the Azure Sun Sword Sect, these funds have already been used to purchase secret manuals. We can only give up on tomorrow's auction. We can only blame our family for being too ill-informed. We didn't even find out about such an important inside story. "
Feng Qingyue was also somewhat unwilling. She originally had over a thousand gold coins in her hands, but because of the ill-informed, she had used it in the wrong place.
"Then, why don't we sell these secret manuals first and get the funds to deal with tomorrow's auction?" Feng Qingyang asked tentatively.
"Absolutely not. Selling the secret manuals back to the market will require a 20% transaction tax. It's not worth it." Feng Qingyue flatly refused.
"Alright, I'll listen to you." Feng Qingyang could only accept his fate in the end.
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Overlord Town. Xiong Ba sat in the middle and asked anxiously, "How is it? Did you negotiate with Wandering Huan?"
Sitting opposite Xiong Ba was an old man in his fifties. He had a shrewd look on his face as he nodded and said, "Young Master, don't worry. The negotiations went smoothly. Wandering Huan has already agreed to lend us all their funds. The condition is that Fallen Leaves Town will have the priority to purchase the equipment after we use the technique manual to manufacture it. "
"Good, as expected of my good brother. Wandering is still reliable at crucial times. How about this, we can't treat him badly. Tell him that once we manufacture the equipment, we'll give 100 sets to Fallen Leaves Town for free. " Xiong Ba said happily. As expected of an old fox, he actually thought of such a method to raise funds.
"Young Master is wise!" the old man said respectfully.
"Haha, if you want to achieve hegemony, you must have this bit of magnanimity," Xiong Ba said proudly.
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Spirit Rhino Town. Green, Red, Purple, and White gathered again.
"Big Sister, what strategy should we adopt for tomorrow's auction?" Violet asked.
Bai Hua shook his head and said, "We only have less than 600 gold coins. We can only adapt to the situation when the time comes."
"That's right. Tomorrow, we'll focus on one or two unpopular items and strive to get them in one fell swoop. As for the popular items, let those big forces fight for them. We won't join in the fun, "Cyan Yi suggested.
"Yes, Fourth Sister's suggestion is good. Let's do it." Bai Hua made the final decision.
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Various forces surged, and the balance between supply and demand was completely broken. Game coins rose in response. From the original exchange rate of 1 copper coin to 2 credits, it continuously rose to 3 credits, 4 credits, and 5 credits. In the end, it actually rose to 1 copper coin to 10 credits. In other words, 1 gold coin could be exchanged for 100,000 credits.
If Ouyang Shuo were to sell his gold coins, he would immediately be able to obtain more than 700 million credits. It was really crazy. For a period of time, Ouyang Shuo couldn't help but wonder if he should take advantage of the high price and sell some of his gold coins. When the exchange rate of game coins fell, he would use credits to buy game coins and earn the difference in the middle. In the end, he resisted the temptation.
First, he didn't know what good items would be sold at tomorrow's auction. It was better to save up some gold coins to be safe. Second, this kind of reverse operation would consume a lot of his energy. In general, it wasn't worth it.
System Announcement: In order to regulate the exchange between game coins and real world credits and protect the legal rights of players, the System will officially open the currency exchange platform at 2 p.m. on April 1st. At that time, players can trade game coins with each other through the exchange platform at any time. The System will take a 2% processing fee.
Although the opening of the exchange platform wasn't like other games, where players could directly exchange credits for game coins, it also indirectly expanded the trading range of game coins. The players of the big forces could use the advantage of the platform to easily absorb the game coins in the hands of players.
Ouyang Shuo knew that the big forces had originally thought that they could directly exchange credits for game coins. However, because it would affect the balance of the game, the Federation government had rejected it. The Federation government was worried that once the truth was announced, it would incite a civil war. The exchange platform in front of them was the result of the compromise between the two sides.
Hearing the last system announcement, Di Chen and Chun Shen Jun's faces turned ashen. The System was really too immoral this time. It just had to wait until after the auction to open the exchange platform. This was deliberately preventing them, the tycoons, from using the exchange platform to plunder game coins in advance. This was to ensure the fairness of the auction.
According to normal logic, this kind of arrangement was obviously not appropriate. Unfortunately, from the moment "Earth On Le" was created, it wasn't a normal game. There was nothing that could be done.
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