Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

The spider lair directly under the exile town is the first novice spawn point that Yang Qiu "designed" for players.

When "designing" this monster-spawning point, Yang Qiu of course put his heart into it.

In order to ensure that there will be a steady stream of first-level spider monsters to provide "services" to the players around the clock, he first explored a huge cave, and then worked hard to carry out spider holes and spider nests within a radius of tens of miles, forcing Gather these low-level spider-type monsters of various "variety" in the same cave.

This kind of unreasonable forced cohabitation operation has led to a strange situation where multiple monsters "mixed" in a monster lair-this situation must not occur in the real monster ecology-but anyway, players As long as there are monsters to kill and violent things, it is enough, and I will not care about the ecological problems of monsters.

But... the frequency of monster "refresh" is to meet the needs of players to stay in the spot to spawn monsters, and the problem of excessive monster density has emerged again - not to mention the newly "born" cute new players, fully armed old players go in to spawn monsters , It is not uncommon for a little carelessness to trigger monster riots, lead to attrition and even group destruction.

The desolate stronghold is open, and there are more poisonous fog swamps, which can attract a single monster to spawn. After the player's enthusiasm for the spider lair, which is easier to kill monsters, has been greatly cooled. As long as you can form a monster-bearing knight, go to the poisonous fog Swamp running, already shows that the "design" of the spider's lair, a novice spawn point, has failed...

Although the design of the spider lair is relatively unsuccessful as a novice spawning point, after all, spider poison sacs are relatively commonly used spell-casting materials and alchemy materials. Players still need to turn in spider poison sacs for changing jobs, exchanging reputations, and designated equipment materials for the Undead Chamber of Commerce. , so Yang Qiu doesn't plan to change it... Just develop a newbie spawn point that is less difficult and easier to survive.

The open-pit coal mining area is located in a hilly area. To the west and north, there are large areas of surface fruit dew, rocky beaches with only weeds and moss. tidal flats.

Yang Qiu climbed up a hill about [-] meters high and looked around.

From time to time, monster roars could be heard from the dense forest in the east farther away. At the end of the line of sight, one could vaguely see a huge harpies rising and falling among the canopies deep in the dense sea of ​​trees.

There are a large number of ooze monsters with muddy colors lying on the beach to the south, and there is also a rotten skin crocodile half buried in the mud.

The large rocky beach in the northwest seemed to be calm, but when a lizard crawled through the seemingly ordinary thorn bushes, a sandworm as thick as a thermos suddenly drilled out of the sand, biting the lizard, and lightning retracted into the sand.

"Ooze monsters and sandworms count as level zero, and rotting skin crocodiles count as level one. The density of monsters is lower than that of spider lairs. If only tidal flats and rocky beaches are included, this place is enough for novice players to move around."

Yang Qiu stroked his chin and pondered: "The only problem is that it is too close to the dense forest. If the higher-level monsters in the dense forest wander out, they will slaughter the active players here...Forget it, just treat it as a surprise in the process of spawning monsters. Then put a zombie NPC on the edge of the dense forest, and remind players not to enter if they approach, and the obligation will be fulfilled.”

"The skin of the ooze monster can be used as an armor lining... No, it seems that the outer skin of the alchemy puppet needs to be extracted from the skin of the ooze monster? Well, this is worth a lot. One copper coin and five pieces can be recycled from the player."

"The Sokri people seem to have the habit of feeding livestock and poultry with sandworm meat, which can save feed money... Sandworms are also more difficult to kill. A sandworm corpse can be recovered for one copper coin."

"It's unfair to veteran players that novices can earn reputation by spawning monsters. It will reduce the gold content of reputation, and the settlement reputation will not be given."

"The old players have worked hard to get the spider lair to open. This mining area cannot open the monster spawn point casually... let them do a big task!"

Figured out a rough outline, Yang Qiu immediately acted...

First, he went to the "Corpse Source"—that is, the ruins of the ancient battlefield on the Tarantan Wasteland.

The Tarantan Wasteland, where wars have been fought for hundreds of years, is full of relics of such ancient battlefields. The [-] accounts of these new players were picked out by Yang Qiu from countless thousand-year-old corpses after running through several relics...

To the east of the town of exile, more than 80 kilometers away, in a naturally formed grand canyon.

This ancient battlefield site where countless thousands of people were buried has been covered by dense vegetation. Yang Qiu destroyed some of the plants at the entrance when he came to pick up "materials". The entangled skeleton came to life, prowling the entrance to the canyon he had cleared.

"This place feels very suitable for use as a plot scene... I will use it when there are no activities to restrain the player's energy in the future."

Without squinting, Yang Qiu passed through the undead of the original ecology wandering unconsciously and slowly, and entered the depths of the canyon.

There are very few "zombies". Except for the special environment in the swamp that can produce zombies, most of the corpses will inevitably turn to bones.

It is absolutely impossible to use a skeleton with bones as an NPC, because the player will definitely attack the NPC with cheap hands... The skeleton NPC cannot be resurrected infinitely like a player.

After searching the canyon for a while, Yang Qiu finally found several waxed corpses in a cave that had been used as a temporary material storage point and collapsed for unknown reasons to form a closed space.

"One, two, three... Are there only five? Zombie NPCs are really hard to add."

Yang Qiu shook his head, took out the tent cloth from the space ring, wrapped the five waxed zombies, summoned the undead lizards, and dragged them back to the mining area.

The next step is to arrange suitable "story NPC" identities for the five wax zombies, and then arrange a prototype of a mining stronghold to wait for the arrival of the players...

While Yang Qiu was conscientiously planning the content of the game for his anchor plan, Westham, Rex and Ji Tang, the lord and mayor combination three hundred kilometers away, were facing a severe test.

"There is still one week until September, and in September, the villagers will start selling grain and paying taxes."

In the meeting room, Ms. Shirley, who has lived in Westham for more than six years, spoke first solemnly: "At this time in the past, the butler of Baron Marcus would bring the team to Westham to purchase the villagers and send them to Westham. Wheat, corn and soybeans that come into town and pay the duty on the spot."

"The housekeeper of the Marcus family will keep the price very low, forcing the villagers to sell at least [-]% of the output to barely pay the tax." Another lady who was once the top card like Ms. Shirley said, "But just I've heard...they also need to prepare more than [-] gold coins."

"Mr. Rex canceled the local tax. In the autumn tax period, we only need to guarantee the tax of the king and the church." Ms. Shirley continued, "To ensure that the tax is paid throughout the territory, at least three thousand gold coins are needed."

"Three thousand gold coins..." Rex pressed his forehead with a headache.

Three thousand gold coins are equal to thirty thousand silver coins and three million copper coins.

300 million copper coins evenly distributed to the more than 2 people living in the Westham territory does not seem to be too much. Each person only needs to pay more than 100 copper coins. It is just a matter of taxation. It is impossible no matter which world To adopt the flat apportionment model, it must be done according to the system.

The urban population pays taxes in proportion to the income of the male owner with the highest income in the family. The average annual income of adult males in Westham is around 100 silver coins, that is to say, the average annual tax for each family is about [-] silver coins— ——Because most of the urban population is a large family, although this tax is painful, it will not hurt the urban residents.

Farmers pay taxes not based on the annual income of the family, but on the output of the land.

According to the laws of the Rhine Kingdom, the taxes paid by farmers are not too harsh... [-]% of the output is handed over to the Church of Lady Gold Coins, [-]% of the output is handed over to the king, and [-]% of the output is handed over to the direct ruler The lords of this area will hand in a total of [-]% of the harvest.

But everyone who has read history knows that the rules made by the superiors are used to restrain the people below, and those who are qualified to influence the rules often like to desecrate and trample on the rules.

The agricultural tax of [-]% of the output does not seem too heavy, adding a regulation that can only be paid in coins and not accepting tax in kind, and a rule that local farmers can only sell grain to the local lords, can the farmers It depends on whether the local lord is willing to be a person to ensure food and clothing by relying on the grain grown for a year.

Rex's father was a landed Viscount, and he was well aware of how much power the actual landed nobles had over the natives.

Pushed to the position of lord by Yang, the first thing Rex did was to abolish the taxation model for big families in cities and towns, and only pay according to personal income, and he didn’t have to pay a penny if the monthly income was less than eighteen silver coins; Farmers directly cancel the [-]% tax in the local lord's share - he knows too well how much the impact of the exemption of this [-]% tax will be on the local farmers.

The local lord's tax can be exempted, but the king's tax and the church's tax still have to be paid. Regardless of whether he wants to suppress the farmers' food prices or not, as the current lord, Rex still needs to prepare a large amount of currency, and the lack of currency is precisely because they biggest problem facing.

"Based on the current cash of the town hall and the Sukri caravan supplies seized by the undead a while ago, we can barely get together a thousand gold coins at present." Rex sighed, "Before the autumn tax deadline, We must find a way to make up for the shortfall of the two thousand gold coins... Otherwise, the Bartles family will have an excuse to interfere with Westem."

Ji Tang frowned and said, "Aren't there many manor farms in the local area, and those manor farms don't have to pay taxes?"

"It's really not necessary." Rex said extremely painfully, "The land of these farms has been bought out at one time, and the ownership is all in the name of a family member of the big family. right to ask about their tax status."

Ji Tang is expressionless... Land ownership can be bought out, and big families can legally avoid tax by buying properties in different places. He does not comment.

"If you want to raise funds quickly, you can only do business with Innatrix." Zhao Zhenzhen, who was invited by Rex to listen in, opened her mouth and pointed to the point, "Rex, is the attitude of the Bartles family unfavorable to Wei?" A deal between Sturm and Inadari?"

"Yes." Rex mentioned this, and his face became even more painful, "Gould, who visited a while ago, proposed... a settlement request that all soldiers of the city defense army be released unconditionally, return the captured equipment horses, and prepare three Thousands of undead cloth and twenty undead servants, as an apology for offending the Bartles family."

The entire meeting room fell silent.

The clerks felt that this request for compensation was unreasonable, but what Ji Tang and Zhao Zhenzhen thought was what twenty players would do to the Bartleys house...

"How about bypassing the Bartles's house and doing business with Inadoli directly?" Zhao Zhenzhen asked.

"This may not be possible, Ms. Zhao." Rex said with a sad face, "Without the intervention of the Bartleis family, the city defense army and the city superintendent will not allow it, and all our goods will be forcibly confiscated."

Zhao Zhenzhen thought for a while and said, "Then what if we sell some kind of service instead of goods?" Before Rex could shake her head, she added, "Don't worry about whether people will be controlled, we These undead are not afraid of being imprisoned and can escape at any time."

Players must not be afraid of being restricted in personal freedom, and return to the city after committing suicide... As long as they are not broken, their equipment will not be lost.

Rex was very surprised. He invited Zhao Zhenzhen, of course, hoping that this undead lady who had more ideas would help him find a solution, but this proposal was still difficult for him to understand: "That's it...but our undead friends, What kind of service can you provide?"

Zhao Zhenzhen smiled slightly: "If you can apply for a batch of 'special supplies' from Lord Yang for us, then we can organize the undead to go to Inadoli to earn enough currency for Westem."

Yang Qiu, who was busy designing new spawn points, received a request from Rex through the branding matrix. He only glanced at the so-called "special supplies" list, and guessed with his knees who played the trick.

"It's really trying to test my bottom line." Yang Qiuru said to himself.

Zhao Zhenzhen, a "tool man", has been very honest since she went online, and she is more worry-free than Ji Tang. Her feelings are accumulating energy to read the article, and she is just waiting to seize the opportunity to make a big move...

Yang Qiu, the [-] huskies that just came online, must not dare to release them. For veteran players, the problem is not that big—the veteran players have already proved themselves in the two defensive battles, whether it is against the city defense army or against the Saukri caravan , the players have not spoiled the crops along the road, and have not harassed the civilians. They are much more civilized than most of the armies in this world.

As long as you don't act like a "special NPC" with hidden missions and no equipment to grab, at least for civilians, these old players are not much more dangerous than drunks who appear on the streets.

Yang Qiu weighed the pros and cons, turned around and opened the space-time rift, and went back to the earth to buy...

Soon, a batch of "special materials" was delivered to Rex and then to Zhao Zhenzhen.

After receiving this batch of supplies, Zhao Zhenzhen took a deep look in the direction of Tarantan... Then she used her authority as "tool worker of the Undead Chamber of Commerce" to issue a task to the online players who had earned the reputation of the Undead Chamber of Commerce.

It’s not the first time for players to receive missions from "tool player players". Last time, they took over Ji Tang’s missions and performed their talents... while complaining about "what kind of weird mission is this?" Come to Westham to find Zhao Zhenzhen.