Chapter 4460 The next step of development (1)
Chapter 4460: The next step of development (1) Chapter 4460: The next step of development (1) Lou Cheng issued a notice that another group of people had obtained the qualifications to live in the city and would go to the designated place to collect their items.
The residents who received the notice were all smiles as they happily lined up.
When the candidate residents saw this scene, their hearts were filled with envy.
Similar incidents had been happening over the past few days, and many people had been notified without any preparation.
Some people were envious and jealous, while others were working harder, thinking that it would be their turn soon.
Being in a city, there was no lack of hope. Just like the slogan on the wall said, loyal and hardworking people would definitely be rewarded.
Even the most cunning person would change their behavior after a long period of influence.
There were more than 200000 people in the loucheng area, most of whom were refugees from the border.
They had experienced death in the war and had been homeless and miserable all the way. Naturally, they knew how happy Lou Cheng’s life was.
After learning the rules of loucheng, their biggest wish was to become an official resident of loucheng.
Other than loucheng, there was no other place to consider.
Their loyalty was like bamboo shoots after the rain, constantly rising madly, and more and more candidates met the criteria.
Tang Zhen would increase the speed of their advancement when dealing with this group of people. He did not want to wait for too long and cause their confidence to suffer a blow.
However, there were some things that couldn’t be rushed, and the same was true for the residents ‘promotion.
They had to follow the rules and pay attention to gradual progress.
If all of them were to make an exception and advance, people would probably have all kinds of thoughts and even doubt the fairness of the tower’s rules.
To Tang Zhen, such a hidden danger had to be avoided. Otherwise, it might affect Lou Cheng’s advancement.
The building spirit could handle it properly. It would control a reasonable amount and promote a few thousand official residents every day. It would be able to gather a hundred thousand in less than a month.
However, the consumption would increase again.
Tang Zhen knew better than anyone how much money it took to maintain the normal operation of the City Tower. The money spent every day was like flowing water.
Without the foundation stone grade platform, it would be difficult for hundreds of thousands of people to even fill their stomachs, let alone think about improving their own rapid development.
At this moment, Tang Zhen was looking at the map. The distribution of the mines in the DA Qi Kingdom was marked on it. Copper and iron mines were ignored, but the gold and silver mines had to be marked.
He was going to send the residents of Lou city to the gold and silver mines with automatic mining equipment.
If he did it right, he should be able to obtain a large amount of gold and silver to ease his financial distress.
Tang Zhen had indeed obtained more than one billion taels of silver from the occupation of Da Qi this time, but it could only meet the temporary needs.
Now, he was training a large number of cultivators and promoting them to residents of the city. All of these required a huge amount of money.
Not to mention the daily operation of the city, where hundreds of thousands of people needed to eat and drink. These were all expenses that were like running water.
In such a situation where he was short of money, Tang Zhen would definitely not let go of the mines and would definitely grasp them firmly in his hands.
The mining equipment sold by the cornerstone platform was extremely efficient and safe. Once it was put into production, it would not take long for them to earn back.
In addition to mining gold and silver, Tang Zhen was also prepared to continue doing business.
The employees of Ruixiang trading company had all joined loucheng and were working in the newly established business department.
In the next few days, they would take the transport airships equipped with armed guards to sell the products in loucheng to various places in the Daqi state.
If there was a need, they could also go to neighboring countries and earn more wealth.
Don’t underestimate the civilian market, and don’t underestimate the ability to make money from loucheng products. Once this channel is completely opened, it is likely to make more money than mining.
Tang Zhen’s goods all came from the foundation stone stage, and the cost of purchase was simply absurdly low.
If he did it well, he would make a profit of a thousand times.
However, there was still one thing that caused Tang Zhen to feel a little depressed. There was a restriction on the sale of medicinal pills and magic tools. If they were sold to the outside world, it would cause the price to increase.
There weren’t that many restrictions when it was used inside the building.
This should be the cornerstone platform’s protection rule. There was no problem with using it internally, but it could be used to guard against any hidden threats to the tower after obtaining it from the outside.
Tang Zhen’s original plan was to earn more wealth by selling medicinal pills and magic tools. Cultivators were the true rich.
However, the existence of this rule made Tang Zhen unable to make a fortune by reselling it.
Fortunately, after some research, Tang Zhen found a way to bypass the restrictions of the cornerstone platform’s rules.
The cornerstone platform sold pill formulas and various medicinal herbs. Tang Zhen could buy them at a low price.
There were also restrictions on the sale of these pill recipes and medicinal herbs, which were similar to the rules of finished pills and magic tools.
However, if there was an Alchemist in Lou city who could refine it into a finished elixir, there would not be so many restrictions when selling it again.
However, there was no way to guarantee the perfection of such a medicinal pill in terms of quality, and the medicinal effects would naturally be reduced accordingly.
Perhaps it was for this reason that the cornerstone platform did not have any restrictions.
It was the same for pills and magic tools.
This made Tang Zhen determined to train Lou Cheng’s own Alchemist and armament master so that he would not have any restrictions when making money.
The cornerstone platform actually had good intentions. It didn’t want Lou Cheng to suffer too much damage. At the same time, it also used this method to urge Tang Zhen to grow up as soon as possible.
In order to earn more wealth, they had to take the initiative to nurture alchemy and artifact refining Masters. This could actually be considered a kind of progress.
After seeing the cruelty of war, Tang Zhen was actually very disgusted with it. The main purpose of working hard to strengthen himself and upgrade his city was still to protect himself.
If he did not become stronger, he would have to face the cruel reality of the cultivation world. Whether it was the South Alliance or the northern border, or the sudden emergence of the God advent secret cult, they could all swallow Lou Cheng without leaving any bones behind.
Tang Zhen wanted to do business and earn money. He didn’t want to obtain wealth through war. As for whether his wish would be fulfilled, he would still need to see how the situation developed in the future.
Tang Zhen summarized and formulated the next action plan.
They would develop the gold and silver mines in the territory of Da Qi and increase the intensity of mineral exploration in order to discover more gold and silver mines.
He would expand the scale of the caravan and equip it with enough armed guards to travel to various places of Da Qi and other countries to do business.
Then, he would pick a group of talented seedlings from the transformed cultivators and train them to become artifact refiners and alchemy Masters.
He also had to increase his efforts in nurturing other types of cultivation craftsmen. Who knew when he would need them in the future?
Tang Zhen’s heart was secretly pleased when he thought of this.
From now on, he didn’t need to worry about the source of cultivators, and the number would only increase in the future.
He could do whatever he wanted to cultivate.
Of course, it had its own shortcomings. It required a certain amount of time to grow and required a huge amount of resources.
When he thought of the investment in cultivating cultivators, Tang Zhen felt pain in his heart. Every time he successfully transformed a batch of cultivators, his money bag would shrivel a little.
Just as Tang Zhen was thinking about whether he should go to other countries and Rob those fatuous monarchs, he suddenly received a message from Liu Hanyan.
He had his own communication channel and had added a few friends, Liu hanyan being one of them.
The ancestor of the Liu family came to visit with three other families. They originally belonged to Yunxiao sect, but their descendants had all joined loucheng.
Liu hanyan’s three junior sisters and brothers belonged to these three families, and they came to join them with dozens of juniors.
Tang Zhen naturally had to treat these people who knew how to adapt to the situation differently. He took the opportunity to show his attitude to the outside world.
Although Lou Cheng could implant spiritual roots and mass-produce cultivators, it didn’t mean that cultivators from outside didn’t need to seek shelter.
The cultivators who were trained in batches were still different from the Orthodox cultivators. They were even far inferior in many aspects.
To become an Orthodox cultivator, not only did one need an opportunity and identity, but one also had to pay a lot.
In terms of knowledge, he was not inferior to a learned man.
Lou Cheng’s cultivators were different. As long as they were loyal enough and were lucky enough to get a place, they could be reborn as a cultivator.
Even if they could not read, they could still become cultivators.
Fortunately, this situation was only temporary. As Lou Cheng’s cultivator continued to grow, the gap between the two sides would become smaller and smaller.
Sooner or later, Lou Cheng’s cultivators would be respected and looked up to by the cultivators outside.
Although this was the truth, the recruitment still had to continue. In terms of quantity, the more the better.
Being able to determine loyalty, Tang Zhen naturally didn’t need to worry about traitors. Once they reached a dangerous area, the building spirit would automatically activate its anti-traitor mode.
Loucheng was different from a sect. If they dared to have any dirty thoughts, it would not be long before they tasted the bitter fruit.