For the next three days, the territory was calm. Seeing that the first system auction was approaching, Ouyang Shuo began to gather territorial funds.

……

On March 29, Shanhai Town sold sea salt for the second time.

Since the last salt production, the North Dusk Salt Farm has undergone two expansions. On February 16, the third phase of the salt farm was built, and the scale was expanded to 2,000 acres. On March 3, the fourth phase of the salt farm was built, and the scale was expanded to 5,000 acres. Based on the average yield of 500 units of sea salt per mu per month, deducting the time occupied by the construction of the salt pan, the sea salt produced by the Beidui Salt Farm this time reached a staggering 3.5 million units.

The price of each unit of sea salt in the market is 20 copper coins, and 3.5 million units of sea salt is 7,000 gold coins, deducting 20% transaction tax, and the actual income is 5,600 gold coins. After deducting the operating costs of the Beidui Salt Farm, the actual income is 5,000 gold coins. Ouyang Shuo's heart was dripping blood, such a heavy transaction tax would kill him.

……

On March 30, the Wolf Mountain mine delivered gold to the base camp for the first time.

At this stage, the Wolf Mountain Mine has 1,500 miners. One thousand of them are dedicated to mining, and the other five hundred are responsible for transportation, refining, etc. The Wolf Mountain Mine can mine an average of 100 tons of gold ore per day, refining 2,000 grams of gold, or 100 gold coins. After deducting the operating costs of the mine, it took more than half a month to earn 1,500 gold coins.

Don't look at the income paid by the Wolf Mountain Mine is much lower than that of the North Dusk Salt Farm, and think that the North Dusk Salt Field has the advantage. A Wolf Mountain mine has been established for a short time, only more than half a month. The second is that there are only 1,500 miners in the Wolf Mountain Mine, while the North Dusk Salt Farm has 2,500 salt workers.

Based on the average earnings per worker, a salt worker can make a fortune of two gold coins per month, while a miner can make a fortune of three gold coins. In addition, the Wolf Mountain Mine does not require the payment of a 20% transaction tax, so it actually has an advantage over the North Twilight Salt Farm.

As for the territory's fiscal revenues, the territory's finances have improved slightly since the transfer of large breweries to the Financial Services Department. But now is not the time to hand over profits. First, the infrastructure construction of the territory is continuous, which requires continuous investment. Second, the economic stimulus policy of the Department of Commerce also requires continuous additional support funds. Therefore, the Financial Services Department was able to maintain a balance between revenue and expenditure, and Ouyang Shuo was already very satisfied.

At the end of the inventory, Ouyang Shuo had a huge amount of 7,570 gold coins in his hands, and he was full of confidence in the upcoming system auction. At this stage, even the richest Chun Shen Jun, the territory capital will definitely not exceed one thousand gold coins. It's not that they don't have so much money, but the construction of the territory needs to be continuously invested, and the military expenditure alone can consume the lord. In Shanhai Town, the two golden roosters that lay eggs in the Beidusk Salt Field and the Wolf Mountain Mine have such confidence.

……

On March 31, Gaia finally announced the news about the auction and the real-life exchange.

"System announcement: In order to celebrate the three-month operation period of the game, the system will hold the first system auction at 10 a.m. on April 1. There will be many rare items that are rarely seen in the public auction, so stay tuned! Friendly reminder: Lords must upgrade the market to at least Intermediate to participate. ”

As soon as the announcement came out, the lords of those big forces were gearing up to take the lead. They kept urging the people below to take advantage of the last day and buy as much in-game currency as possible at all costs.

……

In Handan Town, Di Chen asked Fenghua Peerless: "How much money can we use now?" ”

Fenghua peerless frowned, and said in embarrassment: "After we upgraded to the third-level township, just buying the architectural drawings of the basic buildings and upgrading the high-level military camp have almost exhausted the funds, and the army has no funds to expand the army. Where else can I use my funds? ”

"What can I do about this, according to the news that the family has heard, this auction will be a rare sight of the weapons and equipment manufacturing technical manual, and it must not be missed. I'm going to go offline now to raise funds and take advantage of the day left to buy as many gold coins as I can. Di Chen said helplessly.

"That's all there is to it." There is no other good way.

……

In Danyang Town, Chun Shenjun called the chief housekeeper of the territory's finances, looked at Erlang's legs, and asked lightly, "How many gold coins have you hoarded now?" ”

The real person of the big housekeeper is a big fat man, with a rich face, and said with a smile: "Young master, rest assured, after two months of accumulation, the funds that can be used now have reached two thousand gold coins, and I believe that no one can compare." ”

Chun Shenjun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Hey, it seems that it is correct that we have resisted not being promoted to the third-level township." We have been preparing for two months since the family found out about the auction, and it is finally time to reap the fruits of victory. Hmph, that idiot of Emperor Chen, who was promoted to a third-level township in such a high-profile manner, must be so regretful that his intestines are green now, haha. ”

"The young master is wise!" The chief butler said sycophantly.

……

In Swordsman Town, Feng Qingyang looked at his sister and asked unwillingly: "Little sister, is there really no way to be stumped?" ”

Feng Qingyue said crisply: "Big brother, although we have successfully harvested a large amount of funds through the operation of the Qingyang Sword Sect, these funds have already been used to purchase cheats. Tomorrow's auction, we can only give up. It's no wonder that the news of the family is too closed, and even such an important insider story was not found out in advance. ”

Feng Qingyue was obviously a little unwilling, she originally had thousands of funds in her hands, but because of the blockage of the news, she used it in the wrong place.

"So, why don't we sell these cheats first and get the money for tomorrow's auction?" Feng Qingyang asked tentatively.

"Absolutely not, it's not worth it to charge a 20% transaction tax to resell cheats to the market." Feng Qingyue flatly refused.

"Okay, listen to you." Feng Qingyang could only accept his fate in the end.

……

Overlord Town, Xiongba sat in the middle and asked eagerly, "How is it, have you negotiated with Drifting Illusion?" ”

Sitting opposite Xiongba was a fifty-year-old man with a shrewd face, nodded and said, "Don't worry, young master, everything is going well in the negotiation." Drifting Illusion has agreed to lend us all of their funds, on the condition that Fallen Leaf will have the right of first refusal once we can build the equipment using the technical manual. ”

"Okay, it's worthy of being my good brother, and it's still reliable at the critical moment. Well, we can't treat him badly, you tell him that once we make the equipment, we'll give it to Fallen Leaf Town a hundred sets for free. Xiongba said happily, worthy of the old fox, he actually came up with such a means to raise funds.

"The young master is wise!" The old man said respectfully.

"Haha, if you want to achieve hegemony, you still need to have this kind of bearing." Xiongba said proudly.

……

Lingxi Town, blue, red, purple and white gathered again.

"Sister, what strategy are we going to adopt for tomorrow's auction?" It was Violet who was questioned.

Bai Hua shook his head and said, "We only have less than six hundred gold coins, so we will have to improvise when the time comes." ”

"Not bad. Tomorrow we're going to focus on one or two unpopular items and try to take them down in one fell swoop. As for those big favorites, let those big forces grab it, we won't join in the fun. Tsing Yi suggested.

"Well, the fourth sister's suggestion is very good, so let's do it according to this." White Birch is the final word.

……

The forces of all parties are surging, the balance between supply and demand has been completely broken, and the game currency has risen in response. From the original 1 copper coin to 2 credits, it has continued to soar to 3 credits, 4 credits, and 5 credits. In the end, it was exaggerated to 1 copper coin for 10 credits, that is, 1 gold coin can be exchanged for 100,000 credits.

If Ouyang Shuo sells the gold coins in his hand, he can immediately withdraw more than 700 million funds, which is really crazy. For a while, Ouyang Shuo couldn't help it, thinking about whether to sell some of the gold coins at a high price, wait until the exchange price of the game currency dropped, and then use credits to buy the game currency to earn the difference in the middle, but in the end he couldn't help but not make a move.

One doesn't know what good things will be in tomorrow's auction, so it's better to have more gold coin insurance. Second, this kind of reverse operation requires a lot of energy from him, and overall it is still a little unworthy.

"System announcement: In order to standardize the exchange between players' game currency and real credit points and protect the legitimate rights and interests of players, the system will officially open the currency exchange platform at two o'clock in the afternoon on April 1. At that time, players can trade game currency through the exchange platform anytime and anywhere, and the system will take a 2% handling fee. ”

The opening of the exchange platform, although it is not like other games, can directly exchange credits for game currency, but it also expands the trading scope of game currency in disguise. Those players with big forces can take advantage of the platform and absorb the game currency in the hands of players very conveniently.

Ouyang Shuo knew that the original idea of those big forces was to directly exchange credits for game currency, but because it affected the balance of the game too much, they were rejected by the federal government. The federal government fears that if the truth is revealed, it will provoke a popular uprising. The exchange platform in front of us is the product of a compromise between the two sides.

Hearing the latter system announcement, Di Chen and Chun Shenjun turned pale. The system is really lacking in virtue this time, so it puts the time of opening the exchange platform after the auction. This is to prevent these local tyrants from using the exchange platform to scavenge game currency in advance to ensure the fairness of the auction.

According to normal logic, such an arrangement is certainly inappropriate. It's a pity that "Earth Online" has not been a normal game since the moment it was born.