Chapter 672: Street scene in Winterlow City, preparation for purchasing supplies

"Please guide me to the largest market or trading market in Winterloo State."

(The three major trading markets in Winterlow City have been marked for you, namely the Wharf Market, Babbitt Trade Market, and the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market.

Among the three major markets, the Pier Market is the largest, followed by the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market. These two markets have large quantities of grain and basic commodities traded. As for the Babbitt Trade Market, it is run by the local consul, Mullen. ·Established by Marquis Babbitt, merchants from the Babbitt family often bring exquisite goods. There you can buy exquisite clothing, cloth, ironware, mixed-breed mountain horses, and even a small amount of excellent quality equipment with good workmanship. )

Zong Shen mentally asked the strategy module for help.

Not to mention other aspects, the navigation strategy module is also very good.

The picture in front of his field of vision was like a holographic combat display in science fiction.

In addition to the dynamic position of the Eye of Cthulhu in the corner, there are three more golden circle markers.

The name and distance of the market to which the golden circle belongs is marked with small golden characters.

intimate! convenient! Fast!

Zong Shen didn't have much demand for exquisite goods. What he wanted was bulk grain, cloth, iron farm implements and tools.

If you can buy it directly with dinars, you don’t have to use the productivity of the territory.

At the very least, it can be maintained for a period of time before proceeding.

Part of the more than nine million dinars must be spent appropriately and converted into territory assets and logistical reserves. The rest is enough to be placed in the "Greed Lord's Purse" to earn interest.

After thinking carefully, he decided to go to the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market.

Because this market is relatively close to the Little Ear Tavern, the straight-line distance is only seven or eight kilometers.

The dock market is located on the Nivare River and needs to cross most of the city, a distance of 20 to 30 kilometers. .

As a large city with a population of one million, the urban area of ​​Wentro State is several times larger than that of Boss State!

In comparison, the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market is the most convenient.

After making a decision in his heart, Zong Shen activated the [Levitation Technique] of the [Levitating Ring (Blue)] to bless Betty. Her strength was weak, and the [Levitating Ring] came with the [Levitating Technique]. [Air Technique] has a higher level, and its flying speed and height are better than the [Levitation Technique] he mastered.

He himself took out the [Leiro Horn] and used the low-level [Levitation Technique] he had mastered.

"Let's fly out from the terrace, don't fly too high."

"Otherwise, it is very likely that we will be attacked by the Bangcheng Army sentry tower."

"Just take advantage of the night and fall on the nearby blocks."

"I want to go to the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market first to purchase some food supplies."

"Then go and save your brothers and sisters."

Zong Shen explained in a low voice.

Betty's body was surrounded by light cyan wind magic, making her as light as a swallow.

She silently adapted to [Levitation Technique] and nodded solemnly.

After the two looked at each other, Zong Shen took the lead in pushing open the terrace door and slowly rose into the air.

After raising it to a height of thirty or forty meters, after confirming that there was no danger, he asked Betty to float up.

This height is neither too high nor too low, about ten stories high, right in the dark light area of ​​the sky.

As long as no one is looking at the sky, they won't be discovered.

But Zong Shen did not intend to fly directly to the destination by relying on [Levitation Technique].

The air near Bangcheng is also dangerous, and defense towers and sentry towers are deployed everywhere.

There are also shooter sentries who stare at the sky.

Under such circumstances, it is very dangerous to fly over Bangcheng for a long distance.

He only needs to fly a hundred or two hundred meters away from the Little Ears Tavern and head to another neighborhood.

The city of Wintropolis is huge, and there are many blind spots in the corresponding blocks. There is no problem in flying for one or two hundred meters in the air.

In this way, the two flew away from the Little Ear Tavern in the dim night.

Flying towards the direction of the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market.

After flying about two hundred meters, they happened to fly over two blocks.

Zong Shen looked at a dark alley between two houses and took Betty down there.

At midnight, the most eye-catching thing is the lights.

The alley was dark, with most street rats or homeless people hiding in it to rest.

In this way, Zong Shen and Betty successfully landed in a small, dark alley.

There were some ragged homeless people huddled in the alley.

As soon as they landed, they were discovered by a little homeless man who was on guard duty.

A total of twenty or thirty homeless people were hiding in the alley.

Among them were many half-grown children and some with disabilities.

These people are all refugees, living on the outskirts of the city. The leftovers from the taverns are their only source of food. In order to survive, they choose to huddle together for warmth.

Since they have no fixed source of food, these homeless people are all emaciated and sallow, and their bodies exude a sour smell and a faint smell of decay.

Even the most dissolute mercenaries are unwilling to touch these tramps.

Not even slave traders were interested in them.

Because the physical condition of these guys is so bad that they can't even serve as laborers.

They might even be suffering from serious diseases. If you want to make them meet the minimum standards of the slave trade, you have to keep them healthy, which is a waste of blood.

When the little tramp found Zong Shen, he blew a whistle.

All the homeless people stood up immediately, staggering or frightened. They grabbed branches and sticks and stood on guard.

Zong Shen looked around in the darkness, naturally showing no interest in these people.

He can use the big bag to kidnap these people, but he has to bear certain risks, because the big bag will open the space door when storing living creatures. The blue light is too eye-catching at night. Although it can be opened and closed, it is said that It might attract the attention of the patrolling state troops.

He said nothing, and after thinking for a moment, he grabbed a handful of dinars and threw them behind him.

Dozens of 10 dinar coins fell to the ground, making a loud crunching sound.

These homeless people were stunned and immediately started looting.

Zong Shen took Betty to dispel the effect of [Levitation Technique], so that there was no longer light blue wind magic around him, and just walked out of the alleyway.

This time he also spent several thousand dinars on his visit to Winterlow.

Including Betty's 1,000 dinars for the night, the two to three hundred dinars for bribing the ax warriors and rangers who entered the city, as well as the mountain horses thrown at the door of the tavern and the dinars given to the homeless people just now.

If the other lords knew that he wasted such dinars, they would probably be angry to death.

But if other lords knew about his dinar balance, they would probably be furious twice.

The average lord has one or two thousand dinars in his entire possessions.

The richer ones may have ten thousand or twenty thousand.

There are no lords like Zong Shen with a net worth close to tens of millions.

The way to obtain dinars for security is to work for the indigenous people or accept tasks.

The second is to obtain it accidentally from various ruins and events.

But the fastest way to get it is through robbery.

And instead of just robbing farmers and civilians, you have to rob the big traveling merchants, or directly harvest the wool of dragons and goblins like Zong Shen in order to get millions of dinars.

Previously, the wealth left by Mr. Mars’s father’s generation was only over one million dinars.

This can basically determine the wealth of each indigenous class in the mainland.

Of course, the richer the aborigines, the more difficult it is to rob!

Again, all lords develop based on their abilities, wolves eat meat and dogs eat shit.

The progress of development and the accumulation of property basically depend on the strength of the territory and lords, and a small amount of factors are luck. For example, if a money box full of dinars is found in the wild, who can say for sure?

In the Endless Continent, everyone's ability, talent, and luck form a multi-dimensional data related to development.

It is also the data that widens the gap between lords and lords.

Let the strong rise and the weak return to mediocrity!

After scattering the coins, Zong Shen escorted Betty out of the alleyway and came to this new street.

This is also on the outskirts of the city. Most of the products along the street are various taverns and hotels. It is a mixed place. From time to time, there are drunken mercenaries staggering around, talking obscenities.

Troops of rangers riding mountain horses passed through the streets.

They crossed paths with the Nord Axe-crazy warrior team, forming a patrol mode that integrated fast and slow!

In a state city, the worst security areas are often found in these peripheral areas.

Those permanent residents with small assets in the city are relatively peaceful.

A state is like a piece of soil, with both fertile parts and poor parts.

Betty looked heroic after putting on leather armor, and her appearance attracted many passing mercenaries.

Zong Shen seemed to have anticipated such a situation. Before leaving the alleyway, he took out the [Big Bearded Hank's Explosive Warhammer (orange)] and put it directly on his shoulder.

As a legendary weapon, the warhammer is densely covered with runes. Just by looking at the appearance, you can tell that it is of a high level.

Weapons are the best warning to those with bad intentions!

Betty hung the hand crossbow on her waist and placed one hand on the crossbow handle to ensure that it could be used at any time.

The streets are not neat and tidy. The road surface is made of rubble. Sometimes there is a short section of compacted dirt road. There are two drainage ditches about 30 centimeters wide on the side of the road, which follow the terrain and converge into several ponds. inside.

Since the city does not have a complete urban sewage system, sewage and feces along the streets are often poured into drainage ditches and collected in ponds, becoming smelly.

Countless flies and insects were flying over the pond, and the smell was nauseating.

In addition, those mercenaries and adventurers also defecated everywhere.

The feces will be picked up by feces pickers and sent to the saltpeter factory in Bangcheng.

The people who do this are basically some homeless teenagers, carrying baskets and wooden folders to collect the feces along the street. Each basket of feces is about 20 kilograms, which can be exchanged for 2 dinars.

They can also be considered as contributing to the cleanliness of the city.

As for urine, there is basically no one to deal with it, so the streets are always filled with the smell of urine.

This smell reminded Zong Shen of those rarely maintained public toilets on Earth. It was exactly the same smell!

This is the style of Bangcheng, which is really not that beautiful.

In terms of hygiene, Bosbon has done a pretty good job, at least it's not as dirty as here.

Maybe the central area of ​​Wintrobon City would be better.

After all, the area here is much larger than Bospan, and the corresponding management difficulty and logistical pressure have also increased exponentially.

Zong Shen had considered health issues during the construction of his territory.

A large number of toilets were built near the living areas.

Toilets are also installed at regular intervals in agricultural and pastoral areas.

All feces will be collected by the building and converted into primary fertilizer.

It can also be used as the raw material of [Stanley Compound Fertilizer].

Feces and urine are actually a useful resource, in addition to the most common fertilizer.

It can also be used to make nitrate from nitrate fields, by burying feces and urine into the soil to obtain nitrate soil.

Then use the saltpeter soil to make nitrate. The nitrate obtained can not only make ice, but also gunpowder!

Of course, toilets are one thing, and urban sewer systems are also crucial.

If one day the territory belongs to a natural disaster and heavy rains continue, unreasonable building layout and terrain will lead to waterlogging in the territory, including agricultural areas.

This is why when planning the four major areas of the territory, we deliberately chose the southwest direction where the terrain is relatively high.

Zong Shen was on guard while taking stock of Winterlow Bang's situation.

He can summarize some problems from the situation in aboriginal cities, and apply them to the development of the territory to avoid or solve these problems in advance.

He walked quickly, and Betty followed diligently.

More than half an hour later, they finally arrived at the Traveling Merchant Free Trade Market!

It is also located near the outskirts of the city and occupies a huge area.

The transaction form is also very simple.

Each traveling merchant would park a covered carriage on the spot.

And display some of the actual products.

After agreeing on the price, we went out of town to pick up the goods.

There is a traveling merchant camp outside the city, about ten kilometers away from the city.

Zong Shen plans to purchase more this time, at least a large business worth hundreds of thousands of dinars.

Mainly practical commodities such as grain, cloth, iron tools, etc.

So he was going to find a big, powerful travel businessman.

It was difficult for him to tell the difference just by looking at the surface. After all, everyone was just a covered carriage with a few physical samples.

Unless he goes to chat and ask one by one, but this is a waste of time.

In order to save valuable time, he directly asked the strategy module.

A few traveling merchants with relatively honest goods inventories exceeding one million within the jurisdiction of Winterlow City were screened out.

As for the price, there is no need to worry. Market bidding has been formed here, and the price is very transparent.

The most recommended strategy module is a traveling merchant force called Golden Pocket Watch.

Zong Shen also had no ink marks, so he followed the guide's location and found the traveling merchant with the gold pocket watch left in the market.

Through inquiry, he basically knew the latest prices for Aboriginal people.

A basket of wheat without bran removal costs about 20 dinars and weighs about 30 kilograms.

Converted to a maid standard, it is equivalent to one month's salary of a chore maid in Baron Bezos's castle.

The price of white flour of the same weight is more than double, reaching 1.5 dinars per kilogram.

Because the white flour has been bran removed and ground, the intermediate processes are different and the pure weight of the grain is also different.

Moreover, when the flour is taken back, it only needs simple processing to make bread, scones and other staple foods.

Although the price is broken down into kilograms, traveling merchants do not retail.

Flour is usually packed in baggage barrels. Each barrel weighs 200 kilograms and sells for 310 dinars. The baggage barrels count as 10 dinars. As for the weight, it doesn't matter. Those third-level warriors with a strength attribute of 30 or 40 points can carry it and run. .

In addition, common fruits and vegetables such as apples, melons, watermelons, and tomatoes are also sold.

A basket of apples costs 35 dinars, and other fruits and vegetables are similar.

After all, a basket can only hold so much, and no one would spend all their salary on fruits and vegetables.

The nature here is similar to a wholesale market and does not do scattered business.

There are small shops selling food, vegetables and fruits and various restaurants in Bangcheng.

The small batch purchases include a small bag of flour, two or three apples, and occasionally some fresh meat or dried meat.

In addition to flour, vegetables and fruits, dried meat, standard shelf-stable military rations, eggs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks are also sold. Considering consumption, storage period and price, shelf-stable military rations, eggs and live poultry and livestock are not considered for the time being. After all, Master Mars and the ranch are almost ready.

A preliminary poultry and livestock raising system is easy to set up.

Even if there is really a shortage of supplies by then, at worst, one more trip will be enough.

With the portal and the mobility of the Raptor, a round trip can be completed in a few hours.

He plans to purchase flour in large quantities, dried meat in medium quantities, and fruits and vegetables in small quantities.

This jerky is also divided into several grades.

From beef and mutton jerky to duck jerky, the cheapest is "wild meat jerky".

The so-called "dried wild meat" is stuff of unknown origin.

The price of a barrel of beef and mutton jerky is 22 dinars per kilogram. The weight of the barrel is about 150 kilograms. The length of each jerky is 30 centimeters. It is a dried product after being dried, dehydrated and reduced in weight, so the price is relatively high. expensive.

The batch of supplies worth 20,000 yuan given by Baron Bezos, the dried meat was calculated on a per-portion basis.

If purchased in large quantities, this thing is quite expensive.

The price of second-class duck jerky is 15 dinars per kilogram, and the weight of the baggage barrel is about 145 kilograms. Each piece of dried meat is fifteen centimeters long, and it is basically duck breast.

The cheapest "dried wild meat" is the most outrageous. The price per kilogram is only 3 dinars, which is only twice as expensive as flour. God knows what kind of strange meat it is. This makes Zong Shen couldn't help but think of the one he found in the rogue camp. Those [unknown jerky].

The conditions were poor at that time, so he gave the dried meat to the farmers who rescued them to eat, and later fed them all to the wolves.

Now that he is not short of money, he will naturally not buy any "dried wild meat".

As for the price of cloth, there are many ranges, from the cheapest linen burlap to cotton and linen mixed cotton and pure cotton cloth, as well as expensive silk cloth and silk cloth.

It’s just that the stocks of the latter two are relatively small.

Zong Shen planned to purchase cotton, linen or pure cotton cloth, which would be enough to meet the reserve needs of the territory.

The width of the cloth here is fixed at three meters, and the length can be cut as desired.

A piece of cotton and linen cloth of 3 meters by 1 meter costs 8 dinars. If this piece is used to make simple long-sleeved trousers, it can be used for one or two sets.

Pure cotton cloth of the same size costs 15 dinars, which is less than twice as expensive.