Chapter 12: Expanding the Fleet
It is not a matter of one or two days to start a national war, anyway, the gold merchants who are determined to bring the entire East Asian continent to the chariot put all their skills into it.
The gold merchants once again completely controlled the price of gold in their hands and controlled the circulation of gold coins, and their position in the game will be unshakable.
Defeated, the in-game industry is ruined, and the gold merchants who are also injured outside the game are likely to be driven out of the game, then the lords and guilds led by Shi Fei will begin to dominate the market in the Chinese region of the game.
The five major gold merchants began to implement their plans by relying on the mansion at No. 312 Angel Avenue, and Daliang, who had money in his hands, also began the construction of his territory and the expansion of his army.
With the gradual delivery of artillery and ship peripherals to Boss Jin's Jiuding Business Alliance, Da Liang's account suddenly increased by more than two million gold coins, so the squandering began.
First, he handed over 500,000 gold coins to Sidney, and used the daily maintenance and training of the Black Fire Fleet.
Construction of all buildings in the secondary territory then begins.
From Chongming Island, Astro used spiritualism to bring nearly 3,000 skeleton soldiers to Da Liang, with sufficient labor, and the Black Fire Collar and Flying Dust Island were all buildings under construction for a while.
After this round of large-scale construction, Daliang's territory can be upgraded to a third-level territory with 500,000 funds. Marquis Stanley promised Da Liang that he could provide all the basic architectural drawings before the level 5 territory, and the remaining funds in Da Liang's hand could also support the construction of some buildings in the level 3 territory.
There is also the purchase of walking corpses.
Although the Plague Creepers cost too much, they can be used at critical times to receive miraculous results, so it is still necessary to have a Plague Creeper army on hand.
Da Liang intends to keep the Plague Creeper at a reserve size of 300, plus the total number placed on the battleship should be 400, so he needs to buy 2,000 walking corpses and 64,000 gold.
According to the calculation power of the Marquis of Stanley, it is 65,000 gold. Forget it, brother endures, not only is it slow to collect from ordinary players, but it may not be sold at this price.
Next up is shipbuilding.
Now Da Liang has one blueprint of a three-masted battleship, two blueprints of a two-masted battleship, and four blueprints of a sloop.
Pudong fleet internal price
Dhows: 1,000 gold for bare ships; 10 artillery pieces, 200 gold for one gate, a total of 2000 gold; Peripherals 1000 gold.
One dhow costs 4,000 gold, and four costs 16,000.
Brigs: 5,000 gold for bare ships; 20 artillery pieces, 200 gold for one gate, a total of 4000 gold; Peripherals 3000 gold,
One brig costs 12,000 gold, and two are 24,000 gold.
Three-masted battleship: bare ship 25,000 gold; 44 artillery pieces, 200 gold for one gate, a total of 8800 gold; Peripherals 15000 gold price.
A three-masted battleship costs 48,800 gold.
The total cost of building a new ship is 88,800 gold, a good auspicious figure.
A few days ago, Da Liang would never have built these ships. But now, not bad money, all made.
All seven warships were commissioned to be built by the Pudong Fleet Shipyard, and the great light is still unfinished, how can the money in the purse be like it can't be spent?
So Da Liang returned to No. 312 Angel Avenue to find Boss Kim.
In just one day, a large number of players were stationed in the mansion rented by the gold merchants.
The rooms are labeled and functional, and a sand table in the center of the hall is being arranged, and the outline of the Chinese section is revealed.
The soldiers deployed by the Black Fire Collar have begun to patrol the entire mansion, and any outsiders who are not authorized to enter will be attacked by them.
Alas...... In my brother's imagination, my brother's mansion should be full of beauties of all races, and surprises are waiting when you open a door at any time.
But now ...... I can only endure it first, after all, it is 100,000 gold coins, and it is only rented to them for a month, and after a month, this will be my brother's happy nest.
"Brother Jin, do you have any shipbuilding drawings above the brig in your hand?"
Entering this room named study, Da Liang saw Boss Jin drinking tea with a teacup and asked bluntly.
"Now all player groups are working hard to build sea power, shipbuilding drawings are the most sought-after commodity right now, if you want dhow blueprints, brother, I'll try my best to get you two at the bottom of the box. Drawings of two-masted battleships, which are so scarce that they simply cannot circulate on the market. ”
The other four gold merchant tycoons also said that they all built ships directly with the drawings, and they didn't think about selling them out at all, and they were of course giving priority to the development of their own fleets in the early stage of grabbing maritime resources.
Look at the shipyards in the coastal system cities now, they are all dumplings and spit out the ship, but there are no shipbuilding drawings on the conventional market, and occasionally as long as the price is not very outrageous, the sloop drawings are bought in an instant if they are less than 5000 gold, and then they don't know which shipyard they are thrown into.
It's just that most of the current warships are mainly sloops, and a small number of brigs are used as flagships. Merchant ships are a little better, there are more drawings of two-masted merchant ships, and it is not uncommon for players with good luck to build a three-masted merchant ship.
In short, the player's Age of Discovery has arrived, and the seas will no longer be calm.
In their spare time, the five big gold merchants began to discuss how the future maritime business would be carried out, and Da Liang, who did not know anything about business, could not understand a word.
Since he couldn't buy a boat map here, Da Liang was ready to leave.
At this time, a big guy said in surprise: "Shi Fei reacted so quickly!" They are no longer crushing the price of gold, they are desperately buying gold coins like us, and it seems that he guessed that we are going to start a national war. ”
Boss Jin said: "Flying Sand and Walking Stones, this person is very shrewd, and it is not unusual for him to guess it. They are certainly trying to find ways to find out about our plans, and secrecy must be strengthened again. ”
"Don't worry, I'll plant a legion flag here, and I won't leave the gate in and out. No one but cronies knew I was here. ”
"I hope that the real plan, especially the starting point of the national war, will only be known to the six of us. Raising the price of gold, we are actually fighting against the players in the entire China region, and we are at a strategic disadvantage in the face of flying sand and stones. ”
The others nodded approvingly, ordinary players must have hoped for a sharp drop in the price of gold.
Da Liang said: "I promise not to say the plan. My Silver Pegasus troops have already flown to the national war, you guys are ready to replenish along the way, and the big guys are busy first, so I will leave. ”
Just as Da Liang planted a legion assembly flag in the study, Xu Man said to Da Liang on the legion channel: "Order to adjudicate the assembly of the legion, we are besieged by a large number of players. ”
Da Liang immediately used the return city to teleport out, and then rode the silver pegasus to the ruling station, and asked Xu Man at the same time, "What happened?" ”
"I don't know for the time being, it seems to be the collective action of the major guilds in Shangjiang, and now our legion station and the cloud collar have been collectively attacked by these guilds, you hurry back to command the battle of the legion station, and I will go to the cloud collar to organize the defense."