I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 99 Cold Trade Merchant

【This Waaaagh simulation ends. 】

【Start simulation settlement. 】

[You killed 30 Eldar Pirate Warriors, score +90. ]

[You received 1 praise from the orc pirate leader Big Black Fang, score +100. ]

[You received 10 praises from the human navigator Yara Solar, score +1000. ]

[This simulation has a total of 1190 simulation points. ]

[You choose to save the technician boy - Gujia. ]

[This is your second Sim, save price is 10 points. ]

【Saving completed.】

[Remaining simulation points: 1180 points. ]

[Number of magical spores: 12.]

Praise from humans can also earn simulation points.

This was something Li Nuo had never thought of.

However, he was not in the mood to celebrate for the time being.

The simulation just now was the longest so far, lasting about 5 hours.

Most of the time was spent searching the cargo ship, and at the end he went through an ideological struggle with intense emotional ups and downs.

Although the human body will enter a deep sleep and restore energy and physical strength when in a simulated state, the mental aftermath caused by strong emotional fluctuations will not dissipate immediately.

Li Nuo sat quietly in the study for a while, and only then did he completely calm down the ripples in his heart.

"Brandy, get me some fruit." Li Nuo pressed the communication button on the table and gave an order, then stood up and stretched his muscles.

Brandi knocked on the door, walked in with a fruit plate, gently put it down on the table, and folded her hands on her lower abdomen:

"Master, in the past five hours, you have received two communication requests waiting for a call back. The first one was from the nickname 'Boss'. I followed your instructions and did not answer this communication request. The other communication request was from Isabel of the Crum family, who hopes to get your response as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll check it out."

Li Nuo subconsciously thought that there was a problem with the tobacco supply of Baiguo Manor, and Isabel wanted to discuss countermeasures with him.

When he clicked on the communication recording, he found that Isabel had brought him good news.

After heated discussions within the Crum family, the conservatives represented by Isabel finally won a hard-fought victory.

The radicals advocated going all in on the ghost potion and pouring all the family's resources into cultivating ghost mushrooms.

This faction lost in the family's internal voting meeting due to its smaller number of members.

However, the defeat of the radicals does not mean that the Kram family will not bet on the ghost potion, but the resource allocation will not exceed 50% of the available resources.

But no matter what, Isabel kept her existing family resources and also received additional investment due to the hot sales of White Ridge cigarettes.

"Li Nuo, we'd better meet at Baiguo Manor today and tomorrow. I hope to expand the planting area of white spine tobacco and occupy more Xiachao market as soon as possible."

Expand production?

It's really rare.

When everyone was optimistic about ghost mushrooms, instead of planting them, we increased the production capacity of tobacco leaves.

This courage to increase production against the trend deserves praise.

Currently, the planting area of Baiguo Manor is only one-fifth of its peak period.

Large tracts of farmland had been abandoned due to years of poor harvests. The manor only needed to recruit people to plow and sow seeds to make use of these idle fields.

Li Nuo tapped his fingertips on the table, calculating the profit distribution and risk allocation plan after the new production capacity was put into production.

The more income Isabel generates for the family, the higher her status within the family and the greater her say.

In the future, if I want to enter the field of food processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or even genetic engineering, I will definitely need the support of resources and connections.

Isabel is undoubtedly the right partner
Not only must this line be maintained, but appropriate additional investment must also be made to further consolidate the interests between oneself and the other party.

Also, don’t forget the irrigation water.

While Baiguang Manor is expanding its production, the production capacity of Xiachao Water Purification Plant must also keep up.

Li Nuo edited a short message and sent it to Isabel, making an appointment to meet her tomorrow morning.

After finishing the fruit plate in a few bites, Li Nuo asked Brandi to take the plate out and close the door.

After Brandi walked away, Li Nuo took out his agent data pad, clicked on Chief Delton's communication code, and sent a communication request.

All communication codes marked with nicknames are Governor's agents.

Delton's correspondence nickname was "The Boss."

Li Nuo specifically emphasized to Brandi that if a call comes in with a communication code, don't answer it, just wait for it to hang up by itself.

"Sir." Li Nuo stood up and saluted with a double eagle.

A holographic bust of Delton shot out from the datapad and hovered over the tabletop.

He was wearing a light grey vertical striped shirt and a burgundy vest, with a cigarette between his lips. He sat in front of the thinker and typed away on the keyboard, looking very busy:
"Kang Wen, sit down and talk. There's no need to be so serious. You haven't watched the news today, have you?"

"Yes, sir. There have been a lot of things going on recently." Li Nuo sat down and asked, "Did something big happen?"

"Of course. Since the cleanup operation ended, the hive has become more and more lively." Delton called up the hive news on the holographic screen:

"Have you seen the headlines? Six days from now, the first district of Upper Nest will hold a grand banquet that will last for three days. There will be many alien visitors to the nest, and ghost mushrooms will be auctioned every night."

Li Nuo understood a little:

"Sir, do you need help maintaining order at the banquet?"

"You reacted pretty quickly, that's true. But now I have second thoughts." Delton took the cigarette out of his mouth, exhaled a puff of smoke, squinted his eyes to observe the label on the cigarette and asked:
"The tobacco for White Ridge cigarettes is produced by the estate under your name, right?"

"You are really well-informed." Li Nuo smiled, "Next time I will bring you two."

"Ha, that's not necessary. Few agents have a talent for business, and I just happen to lack talent in this area."

Delton laughed, flicked the ash off his cigarette, and continued to smoke:

"I originally wanted to call you back to watch over the banquet with Wick and the others. But after seeing your achievements in the business field, I changed my mind. I will get you an invitation to the banquet. Six days later, you will attend the banquet as an alien, get close to the invited guests, and help me test their opinions."

Aliens are citizens of the Empire outside the planet, generally interstellar merchants, wandering traders, representatives of the Imperial Army, legion representatives, and envoys from other Imperial worlds.

Delton sent a file to Lino's agent data pad:
"Here is all the information about your new identity. You should familiarize yourself with it as soon as possible. Come to my place before the banquet begins, and I will contact you then."

"Yes, sir." Li Nuo glanced at the document on the data board. "Excuse me, what is my mission objective?"

Delton paused typing, crossed his arms and thought for a few seconds before saying:

"Your mission goal is to find out which imperial worlds the local coin guilds buy corpses from, and which aliens are doing business with the Binis family."

Li Nuo nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, I understand."

Delton uttered, "You don't seem surprised at all? Do you know about the corpse trade?"

"Yes, Isabel from the Crum family told me about it."

Delton raised his eyebrows and said "Oh" meaningfully:

"So that's how it is. Back then, I borrowed the special medical room of the Kram Cigarette Factory to perform genetic modification on you, which seemed to have indirectly contributed to your close friendship with Isabel. Hmm... not bad."

Li Nuo couldn't tell whether the other party was teasing or sighing, so he could only maintain an awkward but polite smile.

The two chatted about some things related to the mission.

Before hanging up the call, Li Nuo asked:
"Sir, do you want to invest in Baiguo Manor? What I've encountered recently has made me realize that there is strength in numbers. Baiguo Manor's background is too weak. If I rely on myself alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the storms ahead."

Delton slowly exhaled smoke, his eyes flashing rapidly:
"Invest in the estate under your name? ... Of course, you can, but it has to be in Amy's name."

Speaking of Amy, Li Nuo's eyes appeared with her lovely face. He wondered how she was doing in the experimental department of the Kram Cigarette Factory.

Delton reached out and pressed the button to hang up the call:

"I'll send you Amy's private communication code, and you two can discuss it between yourselves. I'll pay for the investment, and Amy will be responsible for signing."

"Okay, sir."

Communication ends.

Delton sent Amy's private communication code.

Li Nuo didn't call Amy immediately.

It's almost midnight now. According to Amy's daily routine, she should have gone to bed.

Li Nuo stood up, took a shower and went to bed.

As he lay on the bed, he recalled his many shortcomings in the previous simulation, and gradually fell asleep during the review process.

The next day.

The expansion of Baiguo Manor has been finalized.

Increase capital and expand shares, subscribe for equity, and upgrade production capacity.

Li Nuo needs to be involved in everything.

To this end, he was busy around the clock.

The world suffers from both scarcity and inequality.

Since Amy will be given some shares of the manor in the future, we have to be fair and Isabel should also get some to avoid invisible cracks in the partnership.

Li Nuo planned to discuss the possibility of investing in Baiguo Manor based on the expected returns after the new production capacity was put into operation. After three consecutive days of high-intensity work, the rigorous expansion plan was discussed.

Half a day later, the agreement was signed.

李诺的持股比例从71%下降到63%，伊莎贝尔的持股比例达到11%，白果家族从20%下降到17%，员工持股保持9%不变。

It is expected that all expansion projects will be completed within one month, and the results will be visible on the 15th day after the expansion is completed.

During this month, the estate's water consumption will gradually increase to five times the current level.

This means that the water purification capacity of the Xiachao Water Treatment Plant must also be increased fivefold.

After settling the expansion matters, Li Nuoma rushed to Xiachao Water Purification Plant without stopping and asked Laiya to work overtime frantically. Finally, they completed the preliminary transformation of the water purification plant two nights before the banquet.

The water treatment plant’s daily water purification capacity has tripled to 30,000 cubic meters per day.

In the next half month, the daily supply of 30,000 cubic meters can meet the daily consumption of the manor.

But it stopped working after half a month.

Laiya is unable to handle the work alone; 30,000 liters of purified water per day is already her limit.

Li Nuo must find a way to improve efficiency, or find a few trustworthy helpers for the other party.

"Laya, is there any news about Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang recently?"

In the lounge of the water purification plant, the two sat at the table and ate dinner. On the table were mushroom soup, mushroom pancakes, grilled mushrooms, and mushroom dip.

There has been no news of the mice since they went to the shelter.

They also took away the canned germs that the Bridging Teachings had taught them.

Both Li Nuo and Laiya were concerned about them.

Whenever Laiya has time, she will go to that alley and look for the meeting mark left by Shushu.

"No news. Alas, I don't know where they went. Could they have been killed by the Hunting Lord during the cleanup operation?"

Leia was a little depressed and worried about Shushu's loss of contact.

Li Nuo shook his head slightly, denying this guess.

During the cleanup operation, no rats appeared, Li Nuo was sure of that.

Since there is no news about Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang, let’s change our thinking to improve the efficiency of the water purification plant.

The orcs' mechanical sorcery can create mechanical devices without machine souls.

These mechanical devices are not prone to temper tantrums like the creations of the Mechanicus.

Find an opportunity to use mechanical witchcraft to transform the water purification plant and increase the water purification capacity to a level equivalent to the manor's water consumption as soon as possible.

These things may be done after the banquet is over.

Speaking of the banquet, Li Nuo thought of the commercial spy he had killed.

People who have had contact with the spy should appear at this banquet.

When the time comes, I will have to observe their situation carefully, so as not to find myself in a place full of bone-drinkers without knowing it.

After eating and drinking, Li Nuo took the remaining food waste out and threw it away, then returned to the upper nest to rest.

After a night passed, it was the day before the banquet.

Li Nuo got up early and devoted himself to the work of familiarizing himself with his mission identity.

He practiced repeatedly in front of the mirror in his study, integrating every detail of the mission identity into his body, and forcing himself to temporarily change many of his habitual movements and instinctive reactions.

The whole day passed like this, and the banquet was about to begin.

The salon session of the banquet will be from 3pm to 8pm, and the auction of ghost mushrooms will begin after 8pm.

Just after breakfast in the morning, Li Nuo received a communication request.

It was not Delton who called, but Isabel and water merchant Elena, both of whom planned to invite Li Nuo to the party as an escort.

Li Nuo had a mission to complete, so he could only decline.

Just after hanging up the phone with the two ladies, Delton's call came in.

"Are you almost ready, Kang Wen? I'll drive to your place in 10 minutes."

"Okay, sir."

Li Nuo changed into casual clothes and waited for a while on the first floor.

An unmarked black delivery truck stopped at the door.

After getting in the car, Li Nuo saw the driver, who was his superior, Delton.

"I will go with you on this mission." Delton said shockingly.

He took out a bead the size of a glass ball from his pocket:
"Put the communication beads in your ears. From now on, all our private communications will be conducted on the encrypted channel of the communication beads."

Li Nuo took the bead and an instinctive reaction emerged in his body, guiding him to turn his head sideways, with his right ear facing upwards, and put the bead into his ear.

A weak electric current passed through, and a tingling sensation was transmitted from the cochlea to the brain.

"The code words to activate encrypted communications are 'Kangwen' and 'Sir'. The communication beads will recognize the words and automatically turn off encrypted communications. Let's try it out and see how it works."

Delton paused and said:
"Kang Wen, can you hear me?"

Delton, who was sitting in the driver's seat, made an extremely slight sound, but the voice in Li Nuo's mind was very clear.

This is the wonderful use of communication beads.

It can convert the whispers like the flapping wings of mosquitoes into intracranial voices that are loud enough for the wearer to hear clearly. It has built-in sound pickup and noise reduction functions and is extremely anti-interference.

"Sir, I can hear you." Li Nuo responded in the same weak voice.

"Okay, Kangwen, you have to listen carefully to what I'm going to say next." Delton drove the transport vehicle on the street:

"The alien you are going to play is an interstellar merchant from Terra. I am going to play a similar character. We met at the previous stop and decided to come to the banquet together. We need to find an opportunity to get close to the following people..."

Delton explained his arrangements in detail, which were quite different from the mission information Li Nuo had received previously.

After the other party finished speaking, Li Nuo asked:

"Sir, why do I feel like you decided to join the mission at the last minute?"

"Your feeling is correct. I just received news that illegal merchants engaged in cold trade have replaced the invitations of some alien visitors. I have to keep an eye on the scene and catch these illegal merchants as soon as possible."

Delton's tone was grim, like a blade in its scabbard ready to strike.

While there was still some distance to the destination, I introduced "cold trade" to Li Nuo.

Of course, as Yunchui, Li Nuo had some knowledge about "cold trade".

Simply put, this is an illegal trade chain engaged in alien trading.

In this trade chain, buyers, sellers, and middlemen may all be aliens, and what they buy and sell are alien technological products, cultural relics, antiques, and even aliens themselves.

The Hazy Star Region is where the Eye of Terror is located. It is in chaos, with orcs, elves, human pirates emerging one after another, and there are also chaos forces.

In this day and age, the Empire adheres to the "Imperial Truth" and does not associate Chaos Demons with "Gods", but simply regards them as a kind of "aliens".

In the Nebulous Star Region, cold trade is rampant, like a chronic disease of the Empire, and it has not been eradicated until the 40th century.

My superior is quite capable. He can even receive intelligence from the Misty Star Region. It seems that he has some extraordinary skills.

The transport vehicle drove into the winery of the Vougeot family, which is not only a place for producing wine, but also for hosting banquets.

After the vehicle stopped, the two entered the carriage of the transport vehicle to change their clothes.

Fake skin changes the face, artificial skin and fillers change the body shape, eye color is adjusted by contact lenses, swallowed compounds change the voice, and clothes and jewelry are changed to Terran style.

In this way, two interstellar businessmen who had accumulated some capital were invited to attend the banquet.

They arrived at the main entrance of the banquet hall from a secret passage and greeted the alien visitors who were queuing to enter the banquet hall in a formal manner.

A group of young nobles stood guard at the door, receiving the distinguished guests on behalf of the various hive families, fully expressing the hospitality of the local forces.

Li Nuo saw a few familiar faces among them, and at this moment he could only pretend that he met them for the first time and talked to them.

Hakas Binis, the son of the chief merchant representative, and Osgus of the Vuges family were also present.

Li Nuo used identification techniques combined with visual observation, but did not find anything unusual about the two people.

Just as he and Delton were about to enter the banquet hall, the captain of the guards of Hakas and Osgus came running from a distance, looking a little panicked.

The captain of Khakass's guards whispered something in the young master's ear. Osgus heard a few words and his face became gloomy. He could only put on a forced smile and pretend to be calm in front of the guests.

Li Nuo was a little curious, so he opened the system interface and activated the bacterial ability - vibration sensing.

A large amount of audio information poured into my mind.

Lino walked behind Delton, suppressing his discomfort and listening carefully to the whispers between Hakas and the captain of the guard.

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