Star Tycoon

Chapter 137 The Wangzhuang Tycoon
Before entering, Tian Ersan left a sucking mark on the back of his hand with his mouth. After entering, Tian Ersan looked at the back of his hand.

It still exists.

Two worlds can affect one body simultaneously!
Tian Ersan looked at the prompt in front of him. The last time he came in was last month, which was more than a month ago.

Discontent is running high in the village, and the production of all resources has decreased by 50%!

After a heavy snowfall, your summer grain yield may increase slightly next year; summer grain harvest +5%.

A homeless person passed through this area, but left after finding it unsuitable for habitation.

Villager Wang Helu found some money and decided to share half with you. Copper coins +10

[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!

A day passed, and everyone stayed home; nothing happened.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, a safe day; no negative probability events are expected in any region.

Happy New Year! (A lucky event is guaranteed to trigger today)

[Wishing you prosperity! (At midnight, twenty New Year dumplings will fall from the sky. Eating one gives you a chance to win a grand prize of 888,888 copper coins.)]

[Congratulations on triggering a tailor-made Level 0 lucky event! Wounds Healed! You and all your wounded soldiers have received a lucky recovery!]

Tian Ersan felt a surge of heat throughout his body, while the area on his back where he had been scratched and left marks by sparrows felt cool, and his whole body suddenly felt much lighter.

"It was indeed a lucky event, but it's a bit of a pity. I feel like it was a waste of talent."

Tian Ersan gave a helpless smile, looking at the village where nothing seemed amiss, and then at the red Spring Festival couplets pasted on every household's door.

Wang Bomin and the others quickly came out and smiled at Tian Ersan.

Even the wealthy man who had been cursing last time was now wearing a forced smile.

The annual tax was reduced to 30 points, and it was restored by 5 points per month. In addition, it was restored by 20 points during the Lunar New Year, which barely brought it back to 55.

Restoring public morale during the Lunar New Year should be considered a special, fixed event, occurring only once a year.

The previously chaotic state of public opinion has gradually returned to a state of consensus.

However, the taxation interval has not been restored.

The restoration of public support does not mean that taxes must be paid. For example, Wang, Jin, silver, copper and iron have generally paid taxes for two or three months, and only one month has passed.

Tian Ersan said sincerely, "Happy New Year. I apologize for the tax collection in advance for the sake of development. If we can get more copper coins today to build up the warehouse, I will definitely treat everyone well in the future and let everyone live a good life."

The wealthy man's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but Wang Helu smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord! Everyone knows that you are doing this for the good of the village! Everyone understands you!"

Wang Guodong also sincerely said, "My lord, you don't need to worry about those things. It's all thanks to you that we can all stand here safely!"

Wang Bomin patted his chest and said, "My lord, don't just stand there, hurry up and harvest the wheat! We'll all help you with the work!"

Public support has increased, and everyone has become good friends again!
"Okay! All good!" Tian Ersan smiled and agreed, then went to the fields to harvest wheat and delivered a lot of wheat to each villager's home.

While working, Tian Ersan suddenly thought of something and quietly watched Wang Bomin carry the wheat from the field back to the house.

One second, two seconds... eighty-nine seconds...

While Tian Ersan was handing wheat to the others, he was mentally calculating when Wang Bomin would return.

Ten minutes later, Wang Bomin returned.

Tian Ersan gave the wheat to Wang Bomin and then carefully calculated the time it would take for the others to move it.

More than half an hour later, Tian Ersan noticed that everyone's round trip time was more than ten minutes!
The furthest distance is Wang Helu, which will take twelve minutes.

How much wheat did each person carry?
How long does it take to harvest wheat?
When there are few farmers, is it not worthwhile to study transportation and harvesting techniques?

Tian Ersan pondered how he would spend the money if he had it later.

As midnight approached, everyone stopped tacitly.

"Where can I find dumplings?" Tian Ersan looked around, but it didn't look like there were any dumplings nearby.

Everyone looked up.

At that moment, golden dumplings fell from the starry sky.

Tian Ersan quickly ran to collect the dumplings.

These dumplings were all concentrated within a five-meter radius of Tian Ersan, and their descent speed was very slow.

Even so, Tian Ersan still needed to run around constantly.

After catching the first dumpling that fell from the sky, Tian Ersan took a bite of the large dumpling, which looked like a gold ingot.

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

Tian Ersan, forgetting his surprise, quickly reached out to take the second dumpling.

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

Seeing the 666 copper coins that had just been deposited into his account, Tian Ersan excitedly accepted the third, fourth, and fifth coins!

……

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

188、288、666、888、1888、3888……

Tian Ersan ate the most dumplings with the numbers 666 and 288. When he received the eighteenth dumpling, the sky stopped falling dumplings, and it was 12:10 a.m.

Looking at the last dumpling in his hand, Tian Ersan carefully put it into his mouth.

is it you?
88 thousand 8888!

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

Tian Ersan breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I was lucky enough to get a four-figure sum."

The maximum is six eights, even two fewer is still pretty good.

Copper Coins: 22601
Looking at the more than 20,000 copper coins, Tian Ersan smiled at everyone and said, "Thank you all! I'll go to the academy now, upgrade the technology first, and then build more buildings!"

Wang Guodong chimed in, "We'll go with our lord. More people means more work. Our lord can study the construction techniques first, and then we can all build houses together!"

When public morale is high, everyone will work together with one heart and one mind!
Tian Ersan quickly led everyone towards the city and began setting up a research and technology center in front of the academy.

Construction Technology: Allows you to build more buildings and upgrade to higher-level buildings; requires 1000 copper coins.
"Research construction technology!"

[Research successful, countdown: 59 minutes 59 seconds]

The group entered the academy together and watched a movie playing inside, featuring an old farmer wielding a large hammer, leading a large group of farmers in a collaborative effort to build a house.

Inside, besides the old farmers working, there was also a bearded man dressed as an ancient official supervising the construction. The group worked together efficiently, quickly building the house as if assembling building blocks. Tian Ersan watched intently, completely absorbed.

An hour passed quickly, and when Tian Ersan and the others went outside, they found that there were more buildings that could be constructed.

[Warehouse] A building for storing supplies. A level 1 warehouse has a space of 500 square meters. Construction requires one cubic meter of wood, one cubic meter of soil, and 2000 copper coins. It takes 12 hours to build.

[Granary] A building for storing grain. A level 1 granary has a space of 500 cubic meters. Construction requires 2 cubic meters of wood, 1000 copper coins, and takes 12 hours.

[Beacon Tower] A building for early warning. When scouts are stationed there, they gain reconnaissance capabilities. The higher the level, the larger the range and the more detailed the intelligence.

建造需要粮食1方、泥土3方、石料15方、金属0.5方，铜币2000，建造需要360小时。

[Residential Buildings] Urban residential buildings that provide population. Each level increases population by 5. Urban population does not participate in resource collection, pays more taxes, and can be recruited into the army.

Construction requires 5 cubic meters of wood, 3 cubic meters of dirt, 2 cubic meters of stone, and 3000 copper coins. Construction time is 72 hours.
The Tavern is a building for recruiting heroes and requires the Hall of Governors.
[Altar] A building for recruiting special heroes; requires the Hall of Governors.
[Government Hall] The place where various decrees are issued. It requires 10000 copper coins and 100 cubic meters of various resources to build. It takes 1000 hours to build.

Tian Ersan was not surprised at all; construction required not only food, but also all other types of buildings!

"Build ten farmhouses!"

－10000
Tian Ersan also wanted to build various resource buildings, but he was even clearer that what he needed was money!

Residential buildings consume too many resources and take too long to build, so farmers who can get things done quickly are currently given priority.

Tian Ersan cannot continuously collect resources on his own.

"Build three mud fields!"

－1050
"Build five forest fields!"

－2500
"Build two stone quarries!"

－2000
We still have some metal, so there's no need to build metal fields for now. 2000 copper from one mine is too much.

There are seven thousand copper coins left.

"Research and harvest technology!"

－1000
Six thousand copper coins remain!

Logging, mining, and quarrying techniques each require two thousand, and then we'll have to wait until next time.

Tian Ersan and the villagers learned harvesting techniques together, watching the information displayed on the screen showing the harvesting of wheat and the transportation of heavy objects.

After they went outside, the ten people outside also arrived.

Wang Youli: An 88-year-old man who pays 8 copper coins in taxes, who neither works nor serves in the military nor runs away, and who has an 88-year-old grandmother.

Wang Huaixin, a 66-year-old man, pays 6 copper coins in taxes. He is capable of working, does not serve in the military, and has a 66-year-old mother-in-law by his side.

Wang Huaiyuan, my second uncle, is 60 years old. He pays 6 copper coins in taxes, is hardworking, doesn't serve in the military, and has a 60-year-old aunt by his side.

Wang Huaiyang, 58 years old, third uncle, pays 5 copper coins in taxes, is hardworking, does not serve in the military, same as above.
Wang Huaichun, the youngest son, is 50 years old. He pays 5 copper coins in taxes, is hardworking, and could join the army. (Same as above)
Wang Shouyu: The eldest grandson of the Wang family, 40 years old, pays 4 copper coins in taxes, works as a soldier, and has a wife, Zhao Shufen, and an 18-year-old daughter, Wang Xinmei.

Wang Shouren: The second eldest son of the Wang family, 38 years old, paid 3 copper coins in taxes, worked as a soldier, and brought his wife Qian Huifang and 16-year-old daughter Wang Xinli with him.

Wang Shouzhen: The third brother of the Wang family, 33 years old, paid 3 copper coins in taxes, worked as a soldier, and brought his wife Sun Yali and 9-year-old son Wang Xinqi with him.

Wang Shouzhen: The youngest son of the Wang family, aged 20, paid 2 copper coins in taxes and worked as a soldier.

Wang Li: Aunt Wang, 55 years old, pays 1 copper coin in taxes, does not work, does not serve in the military, and does not run away.

Looking at the large group of Wang family members, Tian Ersan discovered a hidden setting.

Are they all family members who came out together?

This large family earns 43 copper coins a day, which is enough for a new farmhouse in about a month.

"Research logging techniques!"

Tian Ersan must build the granary as soon as possible, otherwise he won't be able to support these people.

These people all need to eat. Unless we provide them with food, they are not able to bring the wheat from the fields back home and can only carry it to the warehouse.

The grain belonged to the lords, not to the peasants.

The grain in the granary can guarantee that everyone has enough to eat and wear.

If Tian Ersan had to move the wheat to the granary by himself, he would work himself to death.

So we need to build granaries, but building granaries requires wood, and getting wood requires harvesting, which in turn requires logging technology.

A warehouse is not needed for the time being, as resources can be accumulated in the forest.

Tian Ersan has 4000 copper coins left. After deducting the 1,000 copper coins used to build the granary, he still has 3000 copper coins available.

After a slight hesitation, Tian Ersan selected the digging technique and then led a large group of people to harvest enough wheat to last ten days.

After the matter was almost resolved, Tian Ersan looked at the 88-year-old man.

"After you leave, will you be in the United States, or in Taoyuan County?"

The old man replied, "At our home."

Tian Ersan asked, "So what are your identities?"

Wang Youli took out four household registration books. "Yes, our Wang family is a prominent family in Beiwangzhuang, Tao County. My branch has four household registration books."

Tian Ersan quickly learned about the situation of this large family.

The old man, his wife, eldest son, daughter, eldest grandson, and great-grandson were registered under one household registration book, while his other three sons were registered under separate household registration books.

Wang Youli: 88 years old, born in 1926, primary school education, member of the Communist Party, principal, retired correspondent, retired village secretary.

His wife, Ma Erya, is 88 years old and has only an elementary school education.

Wang Huaixin, 66 years old, junior high school education, is the village head of Wangzhuang Village.

Wang Huaiyuan, 60 years old, junior high school education
……

Wang Shouyu: The eldest grandson of the Wang family, 40 years old, with a high school education, is the principal of Wangzhuang Primary School. His wife, Zhao Shufen, is a homeroom teacher, and his 18-year-old daughter, Wang Xinmei, is a student at Zhongzhou University of Science and Technology.

Wang Shouren: The second oldest member of the Wang family, 38 years old, with a high school education. His wife, Qian Huifang, is a school teacher, and their 16-year-old daughter, Wang Xinli, attends high school in the county.

……

Wang Shoujie: 25-year-old Wang family's youngest sister, a graduate of Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology.

Identification in place! The entire family of nineteen from Wangjiazhuang is now under our control!
Tian Ersan had already checked the location of Wangjiazhuang, a quiet little village ten kilometers away from the Taoxian gas station.

It's easier if they're not orphans; otherwise, it would be too obvious if so many orphans gathered together.

We'll find ways to develop Wangzhuang Primary School and Wangzhuang Junior High School in the future!
Tian Ersan looked at the two hunched-over old people and said earnestly:
"You two old geezers don't work, don't join the army, and don't run away. You're useless in the village, so you might as well go to the county to guard the gate!"

The elderly couple nodded and bowed, happily saying, "Yes, Mr. Tian!"

(End of this chapter)