Chapter 254 Betrayal

In October, Langshan Mine and Beimu Salt Farm handed over 17,000 gold coins in profit, Ouyang Shuo withheld 5,000 gold coins, and transferred the rest to the Finance Department.

The Sanhua distillery in the western suburbs has been completed and will start production next month. According to Du Chun's prediction, in November, the winery can achieve about half of the target production capacity, and turn in profits of three to four thousand gold coins.

The expansion of the mulberry garden has also been completed, but the cultivation and planting of mulberry trees requires a relatively long growth cycle. To realize the operation of the mulberry garden, at least until next year.

With the promotion of [Luoyuehui] and the establishment of the Wangcheng Office in Shanhai County, new players and NPC skilled talents poured into Shanhai County every day.

The influx of talents was diverted by Ouyang Shuo to various affiliated territories to promote the balanced development of the territories.

As a large number of life professional players and NPC skilled talents recruited by Cui's Chamber of Commerce were injected into the three major army workshops in the East District, the output of weapons and equipment increased exponentially.

The sequelae caused are the shortage of materials such as leather and tendon. The leather is a little better. You can buy some from nomadic tribes through the market in Youyi County.

Beef tendon is more difficult to deal with. This kind of material is a controlled item, and the Cui Chamber of Commerce has nothing to do.

In the end, it was my aunt who helped him solve this problem.

In fact, adventure players have to go to the wilderness to kill monsters every day to earn experience. In the wilderness, there are the most monsters like wild wolves and bison. Such monsters do not drop equipment, and players can only collect some materials.

Therefore, in the hands of every adventurer, there are more or less materials such as leather and tendon.

Reminded by my aunt, Ouyang Shuo made a decisive decision and mailed her 10,000 gold coins, and asked [Shangxue Meimei] to help him buy various materials from players for a long time.

Of course Lin Jing was happy. In fact, [Shangxue Meigui]'s guild warehouse stored a large amount of leather, tendon and other materials. In their view, these materials not only take up space, but also cannot be realized. If it was sold to Wangcheng Store, it would be too cheap, and they would be unwilling.

Now Ouyang Shuo, a big lord, is willing to buy without restrictions, so it is naturally the best of both worlds. The purchase price agreed by the two parties is double the price quoted by Wangcheng Store.

Even so, such a price is still the price of cabbage in terms of the huge profits of weapons and equipment.

Ouyang Shuo knew in his heart that the reason why the materials in the hands of adventurers have not attracted the attention of lord players is because they have not yet mastered the corresponding technical manuals and cannot get involved in the military industry for the time being.

Even Ouyang Shuo himself, didn't he only notice something after his aunt reminded him.

But this situation will eventually be broken slowly, and the lord will always find other ways to obtain the weaponry manufacturing manual. At that time, the price of various materials will skyrocket.

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo didn't buy this kind of material for speculation. As Shanhai County, which aspires to become the largest arms dealer in China, the demand for materials in the future is very scary, and he has to plan ahead.

In this way, when no one was paying attention, all kinds of materials accumulated in the hands of adventure players began to flow quietly into the hands of the merchants sent by [Shangxue Meigui], and then flowed into the warehouse in Shanhai County.

First it was Jianye, and then expanded to all the system king cities.

Players are very happy and highly motivated to acquire merchants. Some players originally threw these materials in the guild warehouse, so as not to occupy the storage pouch. After getting the news, they took out the stored materials from the guild and sold them to the merchants who bought them.

Therefore, the materials stored in each row will disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Such anomalies naturally attracted the attention of the guild executives. After understanding the situation, they simply did not do anything, and directly packaged and sold the materials in the warehouse to the merchants. Naturally, everyone was happy.

When the player puts the materials in the guild warehouse, the guild is allowed to handle it by default. Of course, after the guild is processed, it will calculate the contribution value for the members based on the value of the item.

Suddenly, a wave of material purchases sweeping across China was quietly staged.

With the intensification of acquisitions, it can no longer be concealed. Whether it is the top ten guilds or the influential lords, they already know that [Shangxue Meigui] has been buying all kinds of materials frantically recently.

Players' hearts for gossip are endless, and their ability to inquire about news is also amazing.

Gradually, the relationship between [Shangxue Meimei] and Shanhai County was picked up by the players, and the mystery was slowly torn away. The close cooperation between the two has attracted the attention of a large number of interested people.

At this moment, the family relationship between Ouyang Shuo and Lin Jing was exposed. The person who broke the news was a core member of [Shang Xue Mei Mei] who had followed Lin Jing to Shanhai County.

This kind of betrayal undoubtedly made Xie Siyun and Lin Jing extremely furious, and expelled the member from the guild on the spot. Not only that, but also sent a law enforcement team to hunt her down for a long time, making it impossible for her to gain a foothold in Jianye.

There is no doubt that there is someone behind this player's betrayal. Even if the betrayer is reincarnated, he can get a huge amount of compensation that is enough to make up for the loss.

As for who is behind the scenes, Ouyang Shuo doesn't even need to think about it. Dichen and his like can't be left behind.

Lin Jing and the others were furious, not because they were exposed, but because they heartbroken the betrayers. You know, that betrayer is a core member of the guild, a veteran who has fought with the studio for many years, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of outside interests, and brazenly left the friendship for many years behind him.

Obviously, as games become more and more involved with real interests, the interpersonal and organizational relationships in games will become more and more complex and unpredictable.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo could see it. As Shanhai County cooperates more and more with [Shangxue Meigui], it will be a matter of time before he is exposed, and he has already been mentally prepared.

There is no doubt that after being exposed, Shanhai County will be even more feared. Only then did many people realize that the influence of Shanhai County has extended to the group of adventure players. This is still being exposed. Are there any other forces hidden under the iceberg in Shanhai County? Everything is unknown.

Shanhai County, which had already been uncovered, has become mysterious again. Such a Shanhai County, how can it not be frightening.

Now that he had said it, Ouyang Shuo stopped being secretive and continued to send 20,000 gold coins to his aunt Lin Jing, making sure to wipe out all the materials in the hands of the players in China.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo specifically ordered the construction department to choose a cave and transform it into an exclusive warehouse suitable for storing such materials. Because there are too many materials, leather and the like take up a lot of space in the storage bag. If it is smuggled by player teleportation, the teleportation fee is even higher than the 10% transaction tax.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo simply traded through the super auction platform and had to grit his teeth to pay a transaction tax of as much as 3000 gold coins. For transactions on the super auction platform, Gaia is regulated. Players should not try to avoid the transaction tax that should be paid by lowering the price of goods.

As the acquisition progressed, piles of leather, bundles of beef tendons, horns and other materials were sent to Shanhai County through the super auction platform every day, and then transported to caves for storage.

Soon, the huge cavern was filled to a small extent.

Such a huge amount of materials, according to the calculations of Wu Peng, director of the Bow and Crossbow Department, and Wang Zi, director of the Jiafang Department, can produce at least more than one million bow strings, more than 400,000 sets of Mingguang armor and various leather armors.

The two of them were naturally extremely excited about Junhou's purchase this time. They didn't expect that the material problem they were worried about would be solved at once, and it far exceeded expectations.

Regarding Ouyang Shuo's actions, most of the lords still chose to watch from the sidelines. One had just experienced a food crisis, and their funds were basically drained. Second, even if these materials are purchased, they will not be used for a while, and occupy the working capital of the territory in vain, which is not worth the loss.

More importantly, in the eyes of the lord player, there are endless monsters in the wild. If you really need to use these materials in the future, you can just buy them from the players. Why bother to compete with Shanhai County for food.

Of course Ouyang Shuo knew what these lord players were thinking, so he just smiled coldly. When it comes to understanding the game, no one can match him.

In theory, the beasts of the wild are truly endless.

The crux of the matter is that the distribution of beasts is relatively even. Even in order to take care of adventure players, Gaia spawned more beasts around the royal city, but the number is still limited.

Most of the beasts are in the barren mountains and old forests, which are difficult for adventure players to touch.

As players pass through the novice period, it is no longer necessary to rely on wild beasts to gain experience. In other words, the experience gained from killing wild beasts is very limited. They must go deep into the wilderness to compete with rogues and bandits.

Therefore, the first year in the game is the period when players kill the most beasts, and it is also the best period for purchasing various materials. After that, the supply of various materials will gradually decrease. On the other hand, with the improvement of the player's level, personal savings are also steadily increasing. The little money obtained from selling materials is no longer in the eyes of the player. Naturally, there is no motivation to kill wild animals and collect leather and other materials.

Another point is that the bowstring is easier to damage than the bow arm and needs to be replaced. In the army of the Tang Dynasty, a bow was matched with three bowstrings. Therefore, the consumption of beef tendon and the like is very huge.

Ouyang Shuo's big sweep came at the right time. He wiped out the materials that the players had accumulated for almost a year, and ate the biggest and most delicious piece of the cake.

For this operation, Ouyang Shuo paid as much as 33,000 gold coins at one time. Except for the 100,000 gold coins that cannot be used, there is only a pitiful 3,000 gold coins left in his storage bag.

This magical stroke has also laid a very solid material foundation for Shanhai County to vigorously develop the military industry. For a long time to come, there will be no need to worry about materials.