Star Tycoon

Chapter 158 Tavern
[Food, Soil, Wood, Stone, Metal, Troops, Copper Coins, Equipment, Skill Books, Heroes, Speed-Up Items, Treasures, Medicine]

First, exclude resource rewards. A single resource has no significant effect and may even lead to inventory overload.

The shortage of construction materials is money, not resources.

As for the military units, they might consume a lot of food, and it seems I don't have much money left to farm.

Equipment is selectable.

Skill books are available for selection.

Heroes... if there's no money to pay their wages, they'll run away and even turn the tables, so let's not gamble on that for now.

Speed-up items are pretty useless.

Treasures, optional.

It seems that the medication is not needed for the time being.

After eliminating several options, the final choices are equipment, money, skill books, and treasures.

Tian Ersan considered which of the four options best suited him.

As for equipment, if it's something like the Sparrow Slayer Sword, that's pretty good. But if it's just regular attack equipment, there doesn't seem to be much difference.

Skill books are too broad a category. Are they for agriculture, military, internal affairs, or magic skills?

Treasures are definitely a good choice; they can be used both here and there.

But we can choose next year too, right?

Once Tian Ersan realized that he still had a year ahead of him, he already had a choice.

"Copper coins! I choose copper coins!"

We can no longer pay taxes this year. If we don't have the money to invest in construction and technology, the past six months will be wasted, a huge waste of precious time.

[Reward confirmed! Shake the lottery machine now! Good luck!]

A hand-cranked lottery machine appeared in front of Tian Ersan.

888
8888
88888
888888
88888888
Tian Ersan stared wide-eyed at the last group of 8s!

"Eight eights!!"

"Is this 80 million?"

Tian Ersan raised his hand nervously and excitedly, "I have a 200 in 1000 chance of winning 80 million!"

With 80 million copper coins... there's no way to spend them all!

"shake!"

Tian Ersan shook the lottery machine vigorously, his gaze shifting to the farmland outside, not daring to look at the lottery interface at all.

There was no notification, and I waited for many seconds without any response.

Tian Ersan thought he hadn't moved the joystick, so he looked up.

Congratulations! You've won 88888 copper coins!

The lottery interface slowly disappeared, and Tian Ersan slowly sat down on the ground, gritting his teeth.

"Why!!"

Why did you have to let me see this?!

Tian Ersan, who received 88,888 copper coins, was not happy at all.

This isn't the worst reward; it's somewhere in the middle, and it's still very useful for my current development.

But the 80 million and 8 million gave Tian Ersan expectations, made him have unrealistic dreams, and even made him think for a moment about how to use the huge sum of 80 million.

Tian Ersan struggled to adjust his mindset.

Now it's time to make good use of the huge sum of 88,000 yuan.

Tian Ersan walked into the city, trying to calm down and think about development issues.

"Let's go and take a look at the buildings in the city first. Building takes a lot of time. If the working population is busy, resources can only be relied on those that are automatically accumulated, which can easily lead to disaster."

"However, after I build the building, the warehouse will have fewer resources, and the accumulated resources will have a place to be used."

"Resource fields aren't urgent for now. Let's see what the altar and tavern produce."

Theoretically, we should build houses and farmhouses to expand the population of both the residential and resource-based populations, but there is a fear that the resulting workforce will consist of people who are neither here nor there.

[Tavern]: A tavern where various talents can rest and relax. Each level adds one slot, and one slot is refreshed every seven days.

The higher the tavern's level, the more talented and better-quality people it attracts. You can also spend copper coins to inquire about information.

需建造需要粮食15方、木头35方、泥土15方、石料25方、金属1方、铜币10000
Construction time: 150 hours
[Altar]: Revives your fallen hero units. The higher the attributes, the more items and resources are needed for revival. The higher the altar level, the shorter the revival time and the more units can be revived simultaneously. Construction requires 1000 cubic meters of food, 5000 cubic meters of wood, 80000 cubic meters of soil, 60000 cubic meters of stone, 10000 cubic meters of metal, and 100 million copper coins.

"Okay, no need to do multiple-choice questions."

Tian Ersan exclaimed in admiration and readily agreed to build a tavern.

Having choices isn't always a good thing, and not having choices isn't always a bad thing.

A large group of men went to work, while Tian Ersan went to the academy to continue his consumption.

“The resource fields are producing about five to ten cubic meters a day. I still have five months until November when public morale recovers.”

"If you're not in a rush, you can build more warehouses and granaries first, and then slowly work on some technology."

Tian Ersan pondered how to spend the 78,000 copper coins until November.

Building resource structures raises concerns about excessive waste due to stockpiling, as the current labor force is insufficient to harvest massive amounts of resources.

If we don't build it, we still have five months. One resource field can produce 150 cubic meters of resources!
"We must plan carefully, lest we squander all our resources just as something is about to go wrong!"

For this kind of thing, you first need to determine the date for resource production, then calculate the cost of each building, and find a roughly appropriate ratio.

The biggest problem right now is that there are too few people to do the work, especially the resource-rich population outside the city.

Inside the city, you can at least pay one copper coin in taxes, but outside the city, there are creatures that can come out without paying taxes, working, joining the army, or running away!

If you spend money on this kind of person, you'll get stuck with them and won't be able to shake them off. It'll disgust you to no end!
But there's nothing we can do; we had to accept the consequences of our own tax collection mistakes.

Looking at the huge sum of money on his person and then at the empty city buildings, Tian Ersan felt a little more at ease.

"If I had won 80 million, I would be even more upset now."

That's definitely impossible. With 80 million, you could easily upgrade your technology; you wouldn't be so stingy like this.

After deceiving and comforting himself with a thought, Tian Ersan felt much better.

In terms of technology...

After some technological upgrades, further research requires not only money, but also various resources.

Tian Ersan calculated the various required resources and time, and came up with a simple solution.

"Build two farmlands!"
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200
"Build three mud fields!"
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1050
"Build four forests and fields!"
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2000
"Construct four stone quarries"
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4000
"Build two iron ore fields!"
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4000
"Sigh, another 10250 gone!"

Since Tian Ersan had nothing better to do, he quickly went to help build the house.

We are not short of money, resources, or time.

But we'll have to wait until November to discuss everything.

Because the time gained by levying taxes in advance is now needed to slowly heal the wounded hearts of the people.

Tian Ersan swung his hammer and began pounding on the building.

Three and a half hours later, the tavern was officially completed.

Tian Ersan saw the tavern's attributes and the old man who had appeared inside as soon as it was built.

The Nameless Tavern

Current number of stays: 1
Name: Easy Farmer
Type: Agriculture
Qualification: General

Rating: 0
Skill: Deeply Inspired (Increases the effectiveness of designated agricultural technologies by 1%)

Stamina: 100 (Vitality, equivalent to Qi and Blood and Stamina)
Energy: 100 (Consumed when using spells)
Commander: 7
Domestic Affairs: 33
Bravery: 21
Intelligence: 16
Loyalty: 80
Hiring requires: 1000 copper

Daily wage: 100 copper

Dismissal requires: 1000 copper

Tian Ersan pondered the purpose of this thing.

"The skill is completely useless, at least for now."

"The salary is 100 a day, 3,000 a month, and 15,000 in five months!"

"The Yang family of ten only receives ten copper coins a day, so it would take a hundred people to support them."

After thinking about it for a moment, Tian Ersan decided to hire him.

"Hire them for a few days and see how they perform, then fire them if they don't do well. Let's see what effect the lowest-level agricultural talent can have here and outside."

Tian Ersan selected the hirer outside the tavern, and soon the old man excitedly ran out.

"This old minister is willing to devote himself to his lord until his dying breath!"

(End of this chapter)