223-224 The production base in Wuwei City

Zhan Xiaobai, Zhao Wu and Zhou Meng were wandering around the streets in Dongcheng District.

There are dozens of streets in Dongcheng District, densely packed with a large number of shops, workshops, blacksmiths, houses, butchers, restaurants, money shops, inns, clinics, inns, stations, pharmacies, trade markets, courtyards, and other high-end buildings. Most of them are operated by NPCs.

Zhan Xiaobai wanted to understand the business situation of Wuwei City clearly, so he looked at the shops one by one.

Store products are usually very high, and a level 10 weapon costs hundreds of copper coins, so ordinary players can basically not afford it and will not buy it here. The weapons made in the player's village are much cheaper than the store.

However, the NPCs in the store often release some small tasks such as "delivery", "bodyguards", and "purchase". Ordinary players can get some small money. If the store is out of stock, merchant players can still go shopping in the city and between cities.

Zhan Xiaobai was in a drawing shop and was planning to sell something. In the shop, a wealthy NPC old man was coming out of the counter. When he saw Zhan Xiaobai, he suddenly shouted in surprise, "Oh, isn't this Xiaobai Village Chief?! I was so clumsy that I almost recognized the village chief. I was ashamed!"

Zhan Xiaobai was stunned, what is this npc?

He recalled and corresponded the old man in silk to the npc he knew in his impression, and a flash of inspiration in his mind, Wuwei Monopoly! Shortly after Xiaobai Village was built, a monster came from Wuwei City and bought land to shop. Isn’t it just this old man with a big belly? But later, the monster came to Xiaobai Village and almost forgot.

Zhan Xiaobai immediately smiled and said, "The old man hasn't seen him for a long time, so it's always good."

The Monopoly smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, but my body and bones cannot be tossed, so I rarely go out. The village chief Xiaobai is radiant, it seems that he has been very comfortable recently. I haven't been to Xiaobai Village for a long time. I wonder if the village is in good condition now?"

Zhan Xiaobai laughed and said, "Thank you for your concern. The village used to be a big village now. The territory has expanded several times, so I guess the old man will not recognize it even if he goes there."

The Monopoly was quite surprised and hurriedly said, "So quickly? Oh, that old man wants to congratulate the village chief. After becoming a big village, he should not be far from the town. This is amazing. After becoming a small town, he can manage one party, and the future is limitless. I don't know when the village chief can upgrade the village to a town, so I can go and congratulate him."

Zhan Xiaobai shook his head and said, "I don't have the town upgrade drawings in my hand, nor do I find any place to get it. I'm afraid it will take some time."

Monopoly said: "The town drawings are very complicated and cannot be designed by ordinary people. However, there is a high-end construction drawing store in Wuwei City with town drawings. These high-end drawings are usually not placed for sale, but are kept in a secret library and will be taken out for sale after private contact. Does the village chief want them? If you want them, I will tell you."

Zhan Xiaobai said happily: "How much does it cost?"

Monopoly said: "The price is a bit expensive, it costs about 2,000 taels of silver. I will give you a 9.5% discount, which costs 1,900 taels. What does the village chief think of the price?"

Zhan Xiaobai was ashamed when he heard this terrifying price and said, "The old man was joking. Even if he sold my Xiaobai Village, it would not be enough to pay for so much money. Now my village can earn 1,000 guan of copper coins per month, and it will take at least 2 months to raise so much money. Moreover, the village is also very expensive in other aspects. You can't use up all the income for two months just to buy a small town drawing."

In fact, it’s not that Zhan Xiaobai is reluctant to give up money. Money is all small things. The most important thing is that the Yellow Turban Rebellion happened to happen in two months. If there is no war, it is worth investing in this money in peacetime. But at this critical moment, Xiaobai Village must have a batch of financial reserves. If all the working capital is consumed on the drawings of this small town, it will be very uncomfortable in other aspects.

He could only politely decline the kind help from the Monopoly.

Seeing that Zhan Xiaobai didn’t have enough money, the monument had to give up and said regretfully: “Then I can only wait until the village chief has money. The shop also has some good weapons and equipment drawings. The village chief will see if he wants to buy something.”

Zhan Xiaobai glanced at the many drawings on the counter and smiled: "Is this store owned by the old man? The drawings in the store are worth tens of thousands of yuan. The old man is worthy of being a Wuwei Monopoly."

The Monopoly laughed and said, "Overall, I have three grocery stores in the city, one rice shop, one money shop, one horse shop, and three large mansions. This shop is just a shop of the old man. The village chief has to pick a few items in the small shop, and I will give you a 50% discount."

Zhan Xiaobai shook his head and smiled, "The 50% off is also expensive. A 30-level cutter design drawing is originally priced at 200 guan, and a discount of 100 guan. I don't know how many months it will take to make a return. I can't compare to the old man's wealth, and I have to save some money on a copper coin, so I can't afford it. If it can be reduced to about 20% off, maybe I can consider buying a few drawings."

The Monopoly did not force it and said, "Forget it, the drawings dealer has regulations. The minimum discount price for drawings in the store is 50% off. No matter how low it is, I can't make the decision. The village chief might as well sit at Lao Jiu's mansion. How about it? Since I went to Xiaobai Village last time, Lao Jiu has been unable to visit him anymore. The village chief came to Wuwei City. Let's talk about other cooperation?"

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "Okay, I'm idle and I'm going to the old man's mansion to sit down."

The Monopoly handed over the shop affairs to several NPCs. He and Zhan Xiaobai took a carriage and went to his mansion to visit and discuss cooperation in detail. Zhao Wu and Zhou Meng and others were guarding outside.

The mansion of the Monopoly is in the North District, which is the residential area of ​​the powerful and wealthy people in Wuwei City. After they left Dongcheng District and came to Beicheng District, they saw luxurious mansions along the way, and not many players were there. They were carriages and NPC servants.

The public security situation here is also very good - these powerful families have many NPC servants, disciples, heroes, and righteous men. Many of them are NPC generals, ranging from dozens of people to hundreds. Who dares to cause trouble here?

Dozens of NPC generals and cavalrymen were guarding a luxurious carriage and galloping past the streets, one by one, arrogant and domineering, not taking anyone seriously. They almost hit the Monopoly's carriage.

Zhou Meng was furious and was about to jump out and scold him, but Zhao Wu quickly stopped him. Zhao Wu was a local NPC and knew that these people could not afford to offend them.

Zhan Xiaobai asked, "Who is the person sitting there? Is it very powerful? Why are there so many NPC generals escorting them?"

The Monopoly shook his head and snorted: "Just a small official in the lieutenant's mansion. The people living in the Beicheng District are all powerful, bureaucrats, and rich people. They have average family backgrounds and can only afford dozens of military generals. If you go to Xicheng District, you will find that all the wealthy and geniuses live in Wuwei City, that's amazing. None of the guests is thousands of thousands, and there are many servants! The officials in the Beicheng District are just here to have fun. When they arrive in Xicheng District, they don't even dare to breathe. Don't pay attention to them, sit in Lao Jiu's mansion."

Soon, the four-wheeled carriage they were riding was parked in front of a tall house.

The Monopoly's house in Beicheng District is not big, with several acres inside and outside, and the gate courtyard looks very low-key. Although the Monopoly is rich, he is not considered a rich man in this Beicheng District.

"Mr. Village Chief, please!"

The Monopoly walked in front and entered the house. The interior was quite magnificent, and dozens of NPC servants were busy. They walked into the courtyard and came to the main hall. The host and guests sat down separately. The NPC servants soon brought tea and stood on both sides.

Monopoly said: "What do the village chief thinks about our cooperation?"

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "The old man said it, the old man thinks that the cooperation is appropriate, so we can cooperate." He kicked the ball back to the Monopoly.

"Okay, then I'll just say it."

The Monopoly drank half a cup of tea and sighed: "This business is big and expensive. Although I have so many shops, I don't make much money. The few shops basically don't make money. The most profitable one is Maxing, but it is only enough for the expenses of the mansion. If I don't make some extra money, I'm also very tight. It's hard to make money in Wuwei City. It just so happens that your village is already a big village, and our cooperation can also be further improved. When we cooperate, let's choose a few who can make money to do it. Oh, what does the village chief think make the most money?"

The Monopoly fooled him for a long time and kicked the ball back to Zhan Xiaobai.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled. It seemed that the Monopoly was indeed going to do some good business with him.

He thought for a moment and said, "There are many projects that make money, but it must be within the scope of Xiaobai Village's ability. My Xiaobai Village can now produce a large number of low-level commodities, various primary processing of animal skins, various low-level handicraft products, low-level weapons and equipment, raw materials, etc. The money you earn is all coolie money, and the profit is not high. If you really want to make money, you need to produce high-level products."

He paused and continued, "But the problem is that there are too few craftsmen in Xiaobai Village who master advanced skills and their level is too low. If there are some advanced drawings for craftsmen to learn the language, it will be easy to deal with, and products that can make a lot of money can be sold soon. Old man, I have an idea. Why not, if you draw the drawings, I will produce craftsmen. Let's share the profits earned by the products according to a ratio of 5:5?"

After Zhan Xiaobai threw out his suggestion, he savored the tea and smiled at the Monopoly's reply. His suggestion was obviously that Xiaobai Village took advantage of it, and the Monopoly's possibility of agreeing was very low. However, he was just throwing bricks and attracting jade. If the Monopoly does not agree, then continue to think of other solutions.

After listening to Zhan Xiaobai's suggestion, the Monopoly thought about it carefully. After a while, he laughed: "Mr. Village Chief, you turned around and wanted old drawings! The idea is very good, and you can really make money. However, the drawings in this store have the rules of the Chamber of Commerce and cannot be used for investment. I dare not break the rules, otherwise the business will not be able to be done. Let's think of other ways."

Zhan Xiaobai guessed that this was a hard rule in the system, and it was impossible for a Monopoly to let go, so he said, "Then this is better. Can the old man invite some master-level craftsmen? If he can invite some master-level craftsmen to Xiaobai Village, he will specialize in producing high-end products and the effect will be similar."

The Monopoly thought about it and still shook his head: "It's easy to find a master-level craftsman. There are some in Wuwei City, but they don't want to live in a village far away from the city. This method may not work."

Zhan Xiaobai has no choice now. The two methods he proposed are all to improve the production capacity of Xiaobai Village. If the purpose of improving the production capacity of Xiaobai Village cannot be achieved, the value of cooperation will be significantly reduced. It is not his goal to make a few small amounts of money.

The Monopoly suggested: "My village chief, I have an idea. It is better to transport some rare raw materials from your village to Wuwei City. I have some channels to sell them to workshops in the city. These raw materials are relatively cheap in the player market, but they can be sold at a good price in Wuwei City. The difference between them is a considerable amount of wealth."

Zhan Xiaobai didn't think much about it, and directly ignored this suggestion.

Selling raw materials is the practice of a small village, and it has no help to improve his ability in Xiaobai Village. Xiaobai Village itself urgently needs all kinds of rare raw materials, so how can I foolishly send raw materials to Wuwei City? Isn’t that causing trouble for myself? And it also requires deducting transportation fees and bodyguard fees, so I can’t make a lot of money at all. On the contrary, the Monopoly can make a lot of money by sending raw materials to various workshops in Wuwei City through his own channels.

Seeing that Zhan Xiaobai did not agree with reselling raw materials, the Monopoly was embarrassed and said, "It seems that the guy can't think of any good cooperation method for a while. The village chief's method doesn't work, and the village chief is unhappy with the old method. It's really a embarrassing me!"

Zhan Xiaobai smiled bitterly.

The cooperation between players and NPC is a difficult thing, and he does not have much hope. It is difficult to improve Xiaobai Village's production capacity.

Uh... wait!

Zhan Xiaobai suddenly became excited and almost jumped up: "Old man, you just said that master-level craftsmen are unwilling to live in the village. So the method of cooperating in producing products does not work?"

The Monopoly nodded and asked in confusion: "Yes! Why?"

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "Then let's change it. Let some of my craftsmen come to Wuwei City and work with master-level craftsmen. Then find a workshop in the city to produce the various products produced. Then sell them. What do you think about the old man?"

The Monopoly was stunned for a moment and suddenly laughed: "The village chief is really smart! It's a good idea to open a workshop in Wuwei City! It's not only absolutely safe, but also easy to recruit master-level craftsmen. The village chief is indeed extraordinary, and he solved a problem for me at once. This can make me earn money, satisfy the village chief, and also have safety guarantees, which is wonderful!"

Zhan Xiaobai laughed. There is another advantage in this unexpected idea - opening a workshop in Wuwei City can diversify and avoid the risks of some Xiaobai Village. Even if there is a problem with the production of Xiaobai Village, Wuwei City can be safe and sound. In other words, he can now put the eggs in two baskets.

When the iron was hot, the two of them negotiated the details.

"Let's solve the source of raw materials, which products are produced, how to sell, profit, and these links can basically determine the content of our cooperation. The most important thing is the sales market, which determines whether we can make money.

Sales are divided into the player market and the npc market. The player consumption market is mainly weapons, equipment and medicines. The higher the grade, the higher the profit. I am responsible for selling various products in this market. I know too little about the npc market. What products are needed, and all this needs to be decided by the old man.

After determining what to sell, then decide what type of master craftsmen to hire, master blacksmith, master pharmacist, master leather armor master. These all depend on the old man, and only you can invite these craftsmen.

Then we can start purchasing raw materials. All the required raw materials are purchased nearby near Wuwei City, eliminating the troubles and costs of transportation, protection. I will come forward to solve this problem and ensure that the purchase price of raw materials is the lowest."

Zhan Xiaobai threw out a series of plans, which made the Monopoly stunned and nodded repeatedly. The two sides clearly divided the labor and cooperated to achieve the highest profit. It took more than an hour of discussion before all the action plans were determined.

The Monopoly was not delayed, and immediately looked for some places in Wuwei City to build workshops, and sent people to hire the required master-level craftsmen to work in the workshops. All the expenses in these aspects were paid by the Monopoly.

In terms of raw materials, Zhan Xiaobai was responsible for collecting them. In addition, he also needed to send some NPC helpers from Xiaobai Village to assist the master-level craftsmen. Because this cooperation, the Monopoly gave a big head and got a big head. Zhan Xiaobai made a little head and got a little profit. Both sides divided according to 6:4.

Zhan Xiaobai doesn’t have to count, he will definitely not lose money in this deal.
Chapter completed!