Super Gene Hunting Ground-Chapter 720: The Great Production Movement (3 updates)
The Wildman King sighed and said:
"Yang Xiao, do you know how many wildmen there were on the Purple Origin Planet when the Witch Star Sect first started invading?"
Yang Xiao shook his head.
"Back then, Purple Origin Star was a paradise to us wildmen, with millions of us thriving. There were countless Emperor Level Evolvers among us. At that time, wildmen were extremely powerful; even the demon beasts would retreat at the sight of us.
However, even with our strength, we were no match for the expeditionary force sent by the Witch Star Sect. Over more than a hundred years, ninety percent of our people died.
Your plan is good, and your ideals are grand, but I must warn you not to underestimate the combat power of the Witch Star people.
You once advised me to live peacefully with the Witch Star people so that wildmen could survive for a long time.
Now, I'm using your words to advise you to be cautious and not lead to a total annihilation!"
Yang Xiao nodded and said:
"Great Chief is right, I am not reckless enough to confront the Witch Star people directly. My goal is just to unite all wildman tribes so that we can negotiate with the Witch Star people.
Perhaps, one day, the Witch Star people might leave the Purple Origin Star, and we wildmen tribes can provide the Crystal Stone resources, living in peace with each other. Achieving such a result would be good, as it would allow the wildmen to continue to thrive for generations."
The Wildman King and Qing Mu nodded in agreement.
Three days later, Qin Lu brought two spaceships to the Wildman Valley.
"Yang Xiao, I asked my father to order three spaceships, so in the future, we can shuttle freely between Wildman Valley, the mine base, and other locations."
"Good, was your father happy after receiving the Crystal Stone Mine?"
"Happy, he also passed the Crystal Stone Mine to Uncle Dai on his way, and he was very happy too. I bought five hundred professional ore shovels from Karachi City specifically."
Yang Xiao took everyone back to the mine base, bringing forty miners from Wildman Valley this time, which was the maximum limit of Wildman Valley.
Most of the main workforce of Wildman Valley had been transferred here, and now even the Wildman King had to take on the responsibility of patrolling and security. Naturally, with the Wildman King present, one could match a hundred others; no monster could withstand a single strike from the Wildman King.
Wildmen working in security in Wildman City could earn 2 million Crystal Coins monthly.
Yang Xiao found Lao Jiu,
"Lao Jiu, how is your research on this plain area going? I want to open new mines to increase our ore revenue."
Lao Jiu handed Yang Xiao a blueprint and said:
"This past month, I led three people in a grid-style patrol of this plain area. I found more than ten Crystal Ore Veins just on the surface alone.
According to my estimates, this is a dense area of Purple Origin Crystal Stone Veins. The few veins we are currently mining are less than one-tenth of the potential."
"Can we immediately send people to dig the veins you found?"
"It's best not to do that. Otherwise, digging a pit here and a hole there will become complicated to manage later. According to our mining design, it's best to conduct a rough exploration of the entire area's veins and then plan everything as a whole to achieve the highest efficiency."
Yang Xiao smiled:
"If, as you said, this is a densely concentrated area of veins, then if we hired a Prospecting Team, each vein would cost a hundred million Crystal Coins, which is too costly. Can we explore them ourselves?"
"That's not difficult, as long as we have the equipment, we should be able to do it ourselves."
Yang Xiao sought out Qin Lu to discuss his exploration idea.
Qin Lu shook his head and laughed:
"Have you thought about why the Prospecting Team can charge a sky-high daily price of ten million Crystal Coins, plus an extra hundred million Crystal Coins for finding a vein?"
"You mean, they hold a monopoly?"
"Of course, there's only one team in Karachi City specializing in prospecting services, and they are under the Fourth Prince. If someone wants to prospect, they can only hire them, and there's no room for negotiation.
After prospecting, drilling the mining wells is another separate service, led by the team under the Eldest Prince, charging a hundred million for each well, no negotiation, and you even need to queue for an appointment."
Yang Xiao was startled and said:
"If we have fifty veins in this mine, the cost for prospecting and drilling would be ten billion Crystal Coins? That's a substantial expense!"
"Indeed, otherwise, how would people understand that mining is not easy? Luckier ones continually find new veins and can keep making money. Unlucky ones spend all their earnings on exploration fees. In the end, we're all working for them. Fortunately, our mine's veins are shallow, which saves us quite a bit of money. Plus, the first year tax exemption allows us to break even in the first year, which is quite fortunate."
"Can we buy exploration equipment from Witch Star? Just this mine base could save us several billion Crystal Coins, and we'll likely have to prospect other places in the future."
"That's not possible. Forget about it, such equipment is not available for sale by the Great Dragon Empire; they've monopolized it completely. Yang Xiao, resign yourself to it; unavoidable expenses cannot be avoided."
Yang Xiao fell silent for a moment, then turned to Lao Jiu.
Lao Jiu laughed:
"That's not necessary; this area is a plain. We can arrange for people to dig up this plain area in a grid pattern to locate the veins, which should uncover quite a few of them."
"We have already found more than ten additional ore veins; saving a hundred million per vein. Calculate it yourself, how much we've saved. For the remaining areas, we will invite the Prospecting Team to come and explore, haha!"
Qin Lu: "..."
Yang Xiao nodded:
"Although Old Nine's method is a bit crude, it is indeed feasible, and it saves a significant amount of prospecting expenses. It would be foolish not to save this money."
Old Nine suddenly remembered something and asked:
"Last time I entrusted the custom mining conveyor machinery to you; how is that going?"
"Ah, you'll have to ask Station Chief Dai about that, I almost forgot myself."
That day, Yang Xiao took forty guards from the mining site, along with forty newly transferred people from Wildman Valley, armed them with mining shovels, and started a thorough combing operation across the entire plains.
The plains are several kilometers long and five or six kilometers wide.
The eighty people arranged by Yang Xiao dug with mining shovels for a month, finally turning over the ground. Besides the several veins found by Old Nine, they discovered more than forty new ones.
Old Nine marked these vein locations on the map and dug a large hole at the surface locations, making them very easy to locate.
Now, fifty or more veins have been found on the ground.
Nearly three hundred people at the mining site, regardless of being guards or miners, all joined in the mining efforts, creating a bustling scene at the site.
The base's Crystal Stone output began reaching six to seven hundred kilograms per day, five times the previous amount.
...
The Great Chief of the Wildmen brought several tribal leaders to the mining site for an onsite observation.
When these tribal leaders saw the large volume of Crystal Stones being mined and that miners could earn three million Crystal Coins per month, and saw for themselves that the base's Genetic Store could freely exchange goods, each was stunned.
"Great Chief, do you still need people?"
"Nonsense, why else would I call you here?"
"Great Chief, we can work at the mines, but what about our wives and children?"
"Hehe, we Wildmen have already built dozens of houses and are continuing to build more. You can move your entire tribe over here, and men above King Level are welcomed to work at the mines."
"That sounds very good."
"We Wildmen Valley own 20% of the mining site's earnings, and anyone who moves to Wildmen Valley can share in these earnings...
Yang Xiao, how much Crystal Stones can our Wildmen Valley expect to earn this month?"
The Great Chief purposely asked loudly.
"Based on the current output, at least fifteen thousand kilograms this month, meaning Wildmen Valley gets more than three thousand kilograms, worth 300 million Crystal Coins.
If all the Wildman tribes can integrate into Wildmen Valley, we could develop even more mining sites, and I think our income could increase exponentially, potentially reaching over one billion Crystal Coins per month."
"Ah!"
The tribe chiefs and their followers were agape, staring at Yang Xiao.
People are selfish, and Wildmen are no exception.
With miners earning three million Crystal Coins per month, plus participating in the revenue share of the entire Wildmen Valley, not coming would be foolish!
"Great Chief, I'll bring the tribe over tomorrow."
"Great Chief, you should've told us earlier, and we would have come sooner!"
"Yes, uniting our tribe, staying united, that's our goal."
...
The Great Chief of the Wildmen laughed heartily, yet cursed inwardly,
Damn it, I asked you guys to move to Wildmen Valley before, and you all said it was inconvenient and needed consideration. Now that you see there's Crystal Coins to share, you all want to come?
The Great Chief cleared his throat,
"Cough, the thing is, Wildmen Valley's newly built houses are limited, we can't fit so many people all at once. Let's move in batches, of course, first come, first served, the first to move in get the share of Crystal Coins, including children."
Upon hearing this, everyone became anxious,
"Great Chief, I was the first to apply, I'll move first."
"Why should you move first? We are the closest, we're moving tonight."
"Hey, we're all Wildmen, can't we live in the valley without houses? The square is so large, as long as we can sleep, it's fine."
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Great Chief: "..."
(The third update is completed, tired, want to take a break.)
