Star Tycoon

Chapter 186 New Hero

[The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month has arrived, and the village has officially entered the New Year countdown. Every household in your village has surplus grain, and the maximum morale of all villagers has been restored to 20.]

Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month; the chances of encountering good things are increased!

Two perfect heroes have appeared in this tavern refresh.

"Cool!" Tian Ersan grinned broadly. "This is the only time I get to have this much fun every year!"

"Two heroes..."

Tian Ersan looked at his current level three administrative office.

The functions of the Level 3 Administration Hall are only slightly improved, with more entry and exit discounts than Level 2, and one more hero slot.

Level 4 requires double the resources and takes significantly longer to build.

The maximum limit now is three.

There are three heroes in the tavern, two men and one woman.

Tian Ersan ignored the blank-slate heroine and focused his attention on the old man and the young man.

Name: Yang Shuming
Type: Military
Qualification: Perfect

Rating: 0
Skill: Archery Training (Archers' base attack power +5, base range increased by 5, one archer is added to the general's city for free every hour, and they cannot leave the city's area)

Stamina: 100 (Vitality, equivalent to Qi and Blood and Stamina)
Energy: 100 (Consumed when using spells)
Commander: 60
Domestic Affairs: 63
Bravery: 81
Intelligence: 71
Loyalty: 80
Hiring requires: 10000 copper

Daily wage: 1000 copper

Dismissal requires: 10000 copper

Standing outside the tavern, Tian Ersan saw this data and then looked at the salaries of his two heroes.

Lu Changlin

Hiring Requires: 0 Special Heroes
Daily wage: 100 copper

Dismissal requires: 0 copper

Hiring a farmer requires 1000 copper coins.

Daily wage: 100 copper

Dismissal requires: 1000 copper

Tian Ersan could understand why Yi Xiannong was priced low, because he was an ordinary hero, a level below a perfect hero.

"Old Lu, why is your salary so low? You're even firing me for free."

Lu Changlin stroked his long beard and smiled, saying, "Because I am a special hero who came on the Lord's birthday, other heroes, even those at the Immortal level, would betray you, but I will not. So, Lord, you can train me to your heart's content. Don't worry about wasting countless pills and skill books to train me, only to have me recruited and switch sides."

Tian Ersan suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. What happens to the ordinary heroes after I fire them?"

Lu Changlin replied, "Go to the tavern and wait for the next person destined to meet you."

Tian Ersan clearly no longer intended to be human. After being betrayed by a group of female employees who kept switching jobs, Tian Ersan was not angry at all.

Leaving doesn't count as betrayal.

Resigning doesn't count as betrayal, and neither does being fired.

In reality, the employees resigned on the same day, even though they should have given a month's notice according to the contract.

Tian Ersan treated his subordinates very well, but they would still strive for a better tomorrow.

After seeing so much, Tian Ersan felt that he should also pursue a better tomorrow.

"If he's a hero from outside, like Yi Xiannong who's outside, does that mean he'll just stay outside forever after I fire him?"

Lu Changlin replied, "We can go outside because of our lord. After our lord dismisses him, he will forget this memory and become an ordinary person. If we bring him in and dismiss him, he will have a chance to appear in the inn again in the future. In this way, he will die suddenly from illness outside."

“As long as our people don’t go out anymore, their identities outside will be terminated in a reasonable way, and they will never be able to go out again.”

The last entry is free.

Tian Ersan calculated the time; it was currently nighttime.

Old Yi is probably still working overtime...

Tian Ersan sighed. He paid to hire them, and he paid to fire them.

"Don't worry, Lao Yi. Gold shines wherever it is."

"It's not that you're not good enough, it's that I can't afford to pay you anymore. We'll meet again someday!"

Tian Ersan comforted himself and decided to take action.

After this incident, Tian Ersan believed that he would be more tolerant of his subordinates leaving in the future.

Lu Changlin timely reminded him, "My lord, our Star Kingdom is the main city, and the Lighthouse Kingdom is a branch city. Although our technology and people cannot communicate with each other, you and the heroes can enter. Why not let Yi Xiannong go to the branch city to oversee agricultural development and not waste time outside?"

Lu Changlin believed that reality was meaningless; developing the city was the only way forward.

Tian Ersan said with difficulty, "But there's no money for development in the branch city. We can't collect taxes there, so we don't have the money to upgrade the administrative hall."

Lu Changlin smiled and stroked his white beard. "As long as the identity outside is fixed, it will automatically be locked back. This kind of opportunity only comes once, and it requires your personal action, my lord. I can't do such a thing."

Stuck BUG?

It's not so much a "block" as it is support for this particular case. As long as Yi Xiannong's external activity status is revoked, he can return to the city for free, regardless of whether there are available seats in the administrative hall; he can simply circumvent the system to get in.

Tian Ersan made a decisive move. After leaving, he entered the branch city and summoned Yi Xiannong, who was working, into the quiet Lighthouse City.

"Old Yi, you can work here from now on."

Yi Xiannong, having clearly learned that his identity had been revoked, excitedly exclaimed, "Thank you, my lord! This is my home! I've always wanted to be a hero, not a baby formula seller!"

Tian Ersan reached out and patted Lao Yi on the shoulder. "Then you can keep busy here. I'm leaving this place to you. I'll have to go back in a few days to take care of your business."

"Thank you, my lord!!" Yi Xiannong finally had an opportunity to showcase himself.

After Tian Ersan left, he returned to the main city.

"Hire Yang Shuming!"

With a straight, healthy, and robust physique, Yang Shuming solemnly clasped his hands in a salute, saying, "Greetings, my lord!"

Tian Ersan nodded. "After you leave, will you increase the number of archers?"

Yang Shuming stood up and said, "Yes! The summoned archers can only move around inside and outside the city and cannot work. They will not provide resources after being disbanded, but everything else is the same."

If it can attack, that's good enough. One soldier per hour is basically enough to handle most things in the early game.

What is your identity in the outside world?

"28 years old, retired soldier, graduated from Zhongzhou University of Technology, from Yangzhuang Village, Tao County, with 300,000 yuan in retirement pay. If you recruit him now, Yangzhuang will appear, and if there are enough people, it will become Yangcun Village."

Tian Ersan, embarrassed by his embarrassment, said, "I don't have any money now; I'll have to wait until the New Year."

Yang Shuming said, "Then I'll go out later."

Tian Ersan looked at Lu Changlin and asked, "What's your identity in the outside world? I always forgot to ask that."

Lu Changlin replied, "I have no identity. I am a special hero. Once I get out, my lord can just give me an identity."

Tian Ersan was very puzzled, "How can I give you an identity?"

Lu Changlin said, "With so many of us, it's not difficult for us to fabricate something. We have people in villages, towns, and counties. Who can't hang a picture of a sixty-year-old man at their house?"

That's true... Tian Ersan nodded, admitting that his thinking wasn't flexible enough.

With so many people in Sanhe Village, if everyone in the village recognizes this person, and with the certification from the village committee and neighborhood committee, then they should be registered in the household.

Tian Ersan then looked at another perfect hero.

Name: Duan Tiande
Type: Work
Qualification: Perfect

Rating: 0
Skill: Forging (Masters metal forging techniques, increases mechanical manufacturing speed by 15%, increases the defense of all mechanical components by 5, and upgrades manufacturing technology by one level)
Stamina: 100 (Vitality, equivalent to Qi and Blood and Stamina)
Energy: 100 (Consumed when using spells)
Commander: 48
Domestic Affairs: 82
Bravery: 9
Intelligence: 72
Loyalty: 80
Hiring requires: 10000 copper

Daily wage: 1000 copper

Dismissal requires: 10000 copper

This old man seems to fit the perfect hero's traits better than Yang Shuming.

"Greetings, my lord!" Professor Duan Tiande said quickly after he came out, "My identity outside is that of a retired professor of process materials science."

Tian Ersan nodded and said, "Okay, then go to Cotton City and build rockets!"

Lu Changlin was indifferent to the two new colleagues.

"My lord, Yi Xiannong suddenly died outside. He might ask you to attend his funeral."

Tian Ersan pondered the matter, "That's true, then I'll go after the New Year. Let someone make the arrangements first."

Lu Changlin nodded and said, "That's good. My lord should focus on development now and not bother with trivial matters outside."

Tian Ersan glanced at the money. Most people had been taxed until next year, and now they were relying on the new people to pay taxes.

The next step was to tax those who didn't work and train them into soldiers to bring in new taxpayers.

Those who didn't work were also recruited into the army, freeing up space for those who worked, served in the army, and paid taxes to live in.

Those who neither work nor serve in the military should be taxed to zero, so they can escape.

The most troublesome are the four types of talent who don't work, don't serve in the military, don't pay taxes, and don't run away.

If we add another criterion—not reducing loyalty—then there are five types of talent.

Fortunately, there are no five categories of talent yet; the strongest family of three is only the fourth category.

Loyalty may decline slowly, but it doesn't disappear entirely.

***
Chengbang Trading Company's official website displayed white flowers to mourn Yi Xiannong, and also showed videos of Yi Xiannong's last three days and his work overtime records.

On a cold, snowy winter night, Yi Xiannong, who had been working overtime at a milk powder factory for 47 consecutive hours, was supervising the milk powder production line when he suddenly lost his footing and fell to the ground, under the surveillance of more than a dozen workers and cameras.

This elderly man, who worked 150 hours a week, lived and ate at the factory, and spent his time either reading, studying, and researching or personally overseeing quality control, died from exhaustion.

According to the will that Tian Ersan had spoken of before his death, there would be no reception after his death, no waste of land to build a memorial hall, and the operation of Tiantian Milk Powder Company would not be affected. Tian Ersan would be fully responsible for his descendants and estate.

Although the cause of death was heart disease, after everyone saw his overtime records and the video of him working 47 hours before his death, they all knew that he died from overwork.

This man, who was not greedy for money, not lustful, did not engage in power corruption, did not provide any benefits to his wife, fellow villagers, or son, did not buy a car or a house, had all his clothes costing less than thirty yuan, and did not even use a mobile phone, risked his honor and life to guarantee scientific endeavors, and either toiled in the fields for half his life or silently dedicated his entire life to factories and offices, was truly unprecedented and unparalleled.

Holy man!
Yi Xiannong raised the bar for becoming a saint!
(End of this chapter)