Global Lords: Start as a Desert Lord

The wedding of Sam and Zannah was definitely the most lively carnival since the creation of Twilight City.

Everyone was in high spirits and had smiles on their faces.

After the grand dinner, there was a bonfire party with singing and dancing.

Richard did not join the residents in the carnival. With him around, most people couldn't let go.

Returning to the lord's mansion alone, I felt quite comfortable listening to the lively sounds coming from outside.

Watching your territory prosper and grow gradually, until now, everyone loves and recognizes it.

That feeling is difficult for outsiders to understand.

Full sense of accomplishment.

After recovering his thoughts, he looked at the system prompts.

The leadership skills that have been stagnant for a long time have finally been promoted to a high level with the blessing of this wedding.

Leadership skills: special skills, advanced, 1. Have extremely strong personality charm, which greatly increases the attraction to the opposite sex; 2. Can easily persuade and influence subordinates, making them have fanatical trust in you; 3. Have a high probability of letting people Field units with lower levels than you and heroes with lower potential than you take the initiative to join.

Compared with intermediate leadership skills, several key attributes of advanced leadership skills—personal charisma, trust among subordinates, and attracting the support of field troops and heroes—have all been improved.

Although there is no specific data to be quantified, it is definitely not bad.

The only pity is that this is a fucking desert.

"If it were placed in a rich place outside, I'm afraid a large number of refugees would seek refuge in the territory every day, and heroes would be seen every now and then."

In a ghost place like the desert where you can't even see a single person, what's the point of being so attractive?

Make bricks without straw.

No matter how charming you are, do you want to show it to the public?

Richard could only shake his head at this.

Move on to another tip.

After the popularity of the people increased to 95 points, the attached attributes also improved significantly.

Brilliant City: Activate when the people's support reaches 95 points, and obtain the special skill - United as One. Once the Twilight City is in danger, it will protect the residents and troops of the Twilight City, and all attributes will be increased by 20%.

Incidental features - 1. The residents live and work in peace and contentment in the territory, live happily, and worship you extremely. Everyone will implement the policies you have formulated 100%, and will promote your greatness to the new residents without encountering special circumstances. Public sentiment will no longer decline.

2. Residents will not be incited by the enemy to rebel, and will defend the territory to the death. If they find suspicious outsiders sneaking into the territory, they will report to you as soon as possible.

3. The attraction of Twilight City to refugees is increased by 100%. After arriving in Twilight City, they can integrate into the city faster and have a higher probability of attracting high-level talents or high-level heroes to join them. The charm of the city is greatly improved.

After reading its attributes, Richard felt better.

The Brilliant City fits well with his positioning of the Twilight City.

Not only does the new attribute gain a passive skill - united as one, when encountering an enemy siege, everyone's attributes will be improved.

Other features have also been improved.

The thing that matters most to him is that without encountering special circumstances, the people's moral support will not decline again.

This means that Twilight City can develop freely.

Whether it is expanding the number of residents or formulating policies, there is no need to worry about poor reactions from residents and a decline in public sentiment as before.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip.

It's true that he invested so much in people's livelihood, and the rewards now are so sweet.

The only pity is that the higher the public sentiment, the more difficult it will be to rise. I wonder if there is still a chance to see what 100 points will look like.

On the third day after the wedding, the newlywed Sam gave up the honeymoon vacation specially approved by Richard, returned to the blacksmith shop, and began research on the attack technology of the stone statue of the dead.

It must be mentioned that Richard originally wanted to try to improve the technology of the sandstorm controllers first, but in the end he had to give up.

Because of the caster class, research must be conducted in the mage tower.

The Twilight City has not yet built a mage tower.

He does have drawings in hand, but he has no plans for this at the moment.

Once the mage tower is opened, this thing will definitely be a big gold hog, which is really hard to resist.

Slow down for now, wait until several industries have developed, and you will have enough confidence.

"Ding~ The primary attack of the Stone Statue of the Dead, estimated development time: 30 days, estimated resources required: 10,000 units of crystals, 10,000 units of gems, 10,000 units of sulfur, success rate: 80%."

The stone statue of the dead is indeed terrifying, and the rare resources required to research primary attacks have reached 30,000 units.

When we studied the poisonous scorpion warriors before, we only needed tens of thousands of units of ordinary resources.

The difference between the two is huge.

By the time you get to the advanced, special, or even master level, you may only need hundreds of thousands to get started.

Richard could only be sad and happy about this. Who made the stone statue of the dead so strong?

With the Scorpion Warrior's master-level technology ahead of him, he had high expectations for the technology of the Stone Statue of the Dead.

There is no need to reach master-level technology. As long as there is special-level technology, the combat effectiveness of the stone statue of the dead can definitely be improved to a higher level.

Moreover, after the stone statue of the dead has been strengthened by psychic gems, the initial level recruited from the troop lair has been increased to level 10.

It is the same as the Crown 1-star Skeleton Blood Dragon.

This makes it logical for it to win the title of the strongest unit in Twilight City.

A well-deserved ace.

Without blinking an eye, Richard piled 30,000 resources directly into the blacksmith shop's warehouse.

Before Sam's wedding, at the end of October, he went to the underground world.

At that time, in addition to appeasing the dungeon forces who were uneasy about sharing forging skills, they also purchased all the weapons and equipment exchanged by Bloodhoof City from other forces.

The weapons forged this time are all new, not the junk from previous times.

Therefore, the price has been greatly improved.

What’s interesting is that Richard’s large-scale sale this time caused a sensation among players.

With an affordable price that is 10% lower than the average selling price, this batch of weapons was sold out instantly.

Although they are easy to sell, Richard also found that the quality of weapons on the trading market has gradually improved.

At least the shabby weapon he used to cut players' leeks a few months ago has now completely lost its market.

This also alerted him and strengthened his idea of ​​promoting the sharing of forging technology in the underground world and improving the overall forging level.

And once again urged the Furnace City to increase research and development in this area.

If alchemy technology can meet his requirements - like Blue Star's mechanically driven steel factory, it can produce weapons and equipment on a large scale and in a standardized way.

Then Twilight City will definitely occupy a place in the weapons trading market.

The special circumstances of the underground world can also minimize production costs.

Other players may have higher levels of forging skills, but they definitely don't have the advantages of Twilight City - not everyone can rule an underground world.

In this transaction, Richard did not treat Bloodhoof City badly and gave half of the resources sold as the purchase price.

If you want a horse to run fast, you must feed it good fodder.

Bloodhoof City saved him a lot of worry and was worth training.

This made Thel Bloodhoof smile from ear to ear.

Although 70% of this is the purchase price, and he can only earn 30% of it, this is earned simply by being a middleman. Bloodhoof City does not need to pay anything. It is making money while lying down.

From this transaction, Richard earned a full 100 million units of ordinary resources.

This also made his empty resource panel fuller.

During this period, Twilight City did not only have this income.

At the beginning of November, 5,000 units of White Tail Ultimate Brew produced in October were delivered to Solan City.

This transaction brought back 300,000 units of rare resources.

After excluding the production cost of 50,000 units, the net profit is 250,000 units.

In this case, he also conveniently sent 500 units of special-grade Desert Crown Honey to the Luanwei Flower Chamber of Commerce.

After the Desert Crown honey is upgraded to the special level, it can produce 140 units per week, which is 560 units per month. Except for a certain amount of retained honey, all the others are sold.

The price of special honey is very considerable, with 1000 rare resources per unit.

This transaction directly earned him 500,000 units of rare resources.

In total, 750,000 units of rare resources were earned this month.

The Flame Dragon Rabbit was originally a big earner of resources, but due to the deal with Rebecca, the rabbit fur produced was sent to the Frostwolf family's shop in Solan City along with the White Tail Juexuebrew.

But that's the case.

After this transaction, Richard's resources have reached an unprecedented level of abundance.

But the faster you earn resources, the faster you spend them.

From the end of October to November 17, the troop nests were refreshed a total of four times.

A total of 440 stone statues of the dead were produced, each costing 300 gems and 300 crystals, consuming a total of 264,000 rare resources.

The other top unit, the Sandstorm Controller, originally had 10 unit nests, but could only produce 50 units per week.

But Richard felt that the number was small.

Nearly 40 million units of resources were spent to purchase and upgrade the lairs of the Kuangsand Mage and Sandstorm Mage, and re-synthesized 10 rare-level Sandstorm Controllers.

In this way, the Sandstorm Controller's troop nests have reached 20.

Production increased to 100 units per week.

But in this way, the 20 sandstorm controller nests were refreshed four times, bringing the number to 400.

In addition, when 10 units are recruited for the first time, they can recruit an additional week's production of 50 units, which adds up to 400 units.

Each consumes 200 units of sulfur, for a total of 90,000 units.

Just by recruiting these two units, he consumed 354,000 units of rare resources.

There are still 400,000 units of the rare resources just acquired.

It may seem like a lot, but there is so much to do in Twilight City.

Not to mention other things, activating the bloodline in the body of the divine blood dwarf will consume 1 million rare resources.

There is a big gap here.

This is based on the fact that he does not plan to continue upgrading the troop nests for the time being.

If the Sandstorm Controller is promoted to the Brilliant Level, the rare resources required for recruitment will definitely skyrocket again.

However, the resources at hand are not enough to upgrade 20 sandstorm controllers, so Richard can only postpone his actions.

After a month of violence, the number of troops in Twilight City has reached a new height.

Rare arms——

1. Bandage mummies (3 nests, weekly output 21) Current quantity: 336

2. Poisonous Scorpion Warriors (20 lairs, 140 weekly output) Current number: 554

3. Mummy Guardians (3 nests, weekly output 30) Current quantity: 720

4. Sand Archers (10 nests, 50 output per week) Current quantity: 1,000

5. Cursed Pharaoh (1 lair, 5 weekly output) Current quantity: 105

6. Great Ax Death Knight (5 lairs, 25 weekly output) Current quantity: 466

7. Sandstorm Controller Mage (20 lairs, 100 weekly output) Current quantity: 500

Brilliant arms

8. Stone statues of the dead (11 nests, weekly output 100) Current quantity: 1050

Troops without troop nests

Rare - Ax of the Dead 515, Kuangsand Mage 420

Brilliance - Dark Gargoyle 240, Ax of the Dead 70, Heavy Sword Warrior 20.

Crown troop - Skeleton Blood Dragon 160

Among them, the number of Sandstorm Controllers and Stone Statues of the Dead that he valued most was considerable.

Especially the sandstorm controllers. After 500 of them transformed into sandstorms, they have already formed a powerful combat capability.

He tried it once, and the combat effectiveness increased more than ten times compared to when there were 100 people.

The huge number of troops made the relatively spacious Twilight City seriously crowded and could no longer accommodate it.

As a last resort, Richard drew a large area in the west where the sandstorm intersects as a parking area for troops.

They are all undead troops. The harsh environment of the desert has no impact on them. They can even be strengthened in the desert because of their talents.

This solved the trouble of happiness.

The hands of time have reached November 20th.

In front of a huge warehouse in the food workshop, Richard looked at the packaged black ice cream in front of him with interest.

"Karu, how many black sorbets have we produced this month?"

Kalu, who has pale hair and is aging, is very energetic at the moment and said excitedly.

"Sir, the current inventory of black sorbet has reached 2.6 million units."

Two special-grade food workshops are producing day and night, plus five squadrons of troops from the underground world are searching for raw materials. The output is not that much.

If time were not rushed and some raw materials were not in supply, this figure could be doubled.

Richard nodded, reached out and took out a piece of black ice cream wrapped like a rice dumpling from a box made of a special plant.

Watching his movements, Karu introduced.

"The black sorbet is wrapped in a broad-leaf plant common in the underground world. It has high toughness and is difficult to tear."

"And it can last for several months without decaying. It can also produce a special fragrance after being stored for a long time. Dungeon life often uses this plant to store food."

In order to package the black gel sorbet, the food workshop put a lot of effort into research.

With great interest, Richard tore open along the obvious opening.

The jelly-like black sorbet appeared in front of me.

I took off the vegetable spoon attached to the package and took a shallow scoop.

Put it in your mouth.

The familiar cool feeling instantly filled the whole body, and the whole person immediately became energetic.

It's so comfortable to come here for a while on a hot day.

Although it doesn't have any great attribute bonuses, just because it can relieve the heat, the black ice sorbet is a surefire success in the desert.

Kalu seemed to have thought of something and spoke hesitantly.

"Sir, is the selling price of 20 units of ordinary resources for Black Ning Ice Cream too low?"

Although "Glory Era" is a world with extraordinary power, magic plants or magic potions are very expensive.

There are some black condensate sorbets that have magic plants added to them, which can help people get rid of the heat, but ordinary people can't afford them and won't consume them.

You can enjoy the taste of magic with 20 units of ordinary resources, which is simply unbelievable to the indigenous people.

When Richard heard this, he suddenly thought of a familiar product, Coke.

Coke, which always sells for only a few yuan, is one of Blue Star's most profitable businesses.

Hundreds of billions of bottles are casually sold every year.

If Hei Ning Sorbet can do this, then just lie down on Jinshan Mountain and sleep.

"The production cost of black sorbet is not high, and it can be standardized and mass-produced."

"Judging from the current situation, it is more suitable to take the ordinary route. The sinking market is in line with the positioning of this product as a daily consumer product."

"There are already similar products in the high-end market. If they have good attributes, there is no need to compete with high-end products."

"And it's not that you can't make money if the price is low. In fact, it's quite the opposite. As long as it's attractive to buyers, the low price means the frequency of repurchases will increase."

"Although the profits of expensive things are higher, the number of people consuming them will also decrease."

"As long as you grasp the profit point, the profit you can earn at a low price may be ten or a hundred times more than that at a high price."

As for how to grasp the profit point, Weier, who controls the Violet Chamber of Commerce, has already given the answer.

Kalu suddenly realized it, and then said a little ashamed.

"Sir, I am ignorant. I didn't expect you to have such profound insights when it comes to business."

Is this considered an opinion? This is just common sense. Looking at this aboriginal who has not received compulsory education, Richard can only pat him on the shoulder to express comfort.

"Send all the black gel sorbet to Solan City and let Weir start our plan."

"The Violet Chamber of Commerce needs a leading product to open up the market."

Carew immediately perked up.

Selling Twilight City's products to Solan City was something he never dared to think about when he came to this dilapidated territory a few months ago.

It feels like a dream now.

In just six months, everything has changed.

The current Twilight City is no longer the previous Twilight City.

After coming back to his senses, he looked at the mountains of black ice sorbet, feeling excited and troubled at the same time.

"Sir, shall we use sandworms?"

"Of course, let the Furnace City pull out the mechanical boat. This time, let the sandworm pull the mechanical boat."

2.6 million units. If they are transported by flying units, it will take time to come and go. They can't do it for ten days and a half.

Are you not doing anything during this period?

The sandworms have grown to 60 meters. With 10 sandworms, these black gelatin ice creams can be transported to Solan City in one trip.

Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while. He invested so much in this aspect in the early stage, not just for this moment.