398. Chapter 396: 395 Trial operation a big success, next start

Chapter 396 395.Trial business was a big success, next began to change jobs as a slave trader-[Monthly votes plus more 210

Having received material assistance from the Batasin Chamber of Commerce, the construction and decoration of the Hidden Treasure Bay Casino went very smoothly in the following days, and Lao Huo mobilized the entire village, managing two meals a day in exchange for the villagers’ enthusiastic participation in the cleanup operation.

They certainly couldn’t do any fine work, but cleaning and tidying up was something that could be left to them with their hands.

On the night before the trial operation, the village head of “Lion King’s Pride”, Pink Cat Rabbit, personally escorted a few large vehicles to deliver the machines from Andromeda Hills to Treasure Bay, which was still busy.

This will be the entire village villagers have not rested, the old Huo tonight overtime and give the villagers tube a late-night snack also added meat, a few large pots set up in the construction site next to the scene of cooking, make the collective labor atmosphere is very warm.

Handy women led by Sinking Fish and Falling Geese and a few civil servants are doing the final decoration and cleaning up in the casino, while the men are dismantling the scaffolding and at the same time carefully applying the gray paint on the exterior wall of the three-story building.

These paints were special items bought from Mrs. Tris’ alchemy hut, and as long as they were applied overnight, they could dry completely and effectively ensure a flat appearance without cracking, as well as powerful waterproofing.

Tris also added some flavorings to the paints according to Lao Huo’s request, so that they would not emit an unpleasant smell.

If you get close enough, you can even smell the rose fragrance, which is enough to make those pretentious rich people feel surprised.

Of course, the money spent on this amazing paint is also very “beautiful”. Expensive is probably its only drawback, and a large part of the forty gold bars supported by the little rich brother was spent on the purchase of this paint.

But Old Huo thought it was worth it!
“Not bad, the appearance still looks a bit old-fashioned, but considering our current situation to be able to make it like this is already quite good, not only is it a stark contrast to the surrounding landscape of the village, but it can even be considered as the premier ‘luxury’ in the whole of Transylvania.

Although this kind of luxury is still more or less a bit shabby, but our business has just opened, we can’t pursue so many detail level things.”

The pink cat and rabbit wearing a Grimmie style dress, leaning on a cane and wearing a tall hat stood beside Old Huo, he looked at the “Hidden Treasure Bay Casino”, which was undergoing the final treatment in front of him, with a critical eye.

He said softly:

“Tomorrow afternoon, the Earl of White Mountain will host a banquet for Yankee merchants here, and that will be the moment of the final appearance, whether it works or doesn’t work will depend on that time. Boss Huo, are you confident?”

“It would be a lie for me to say that I have no confidence, but if I answered that it would definitely work, I guess I wouldn’t believe it myself.”

Live Whole Quite Well shook his head as he said to his fellow village chief beside him:
“So I can only put you off with the most vulgar answer, I would say, I’ll do my best.”

“Well, great answer.”

The pink cat and rabbit nodded, not indicating a like or dislike.

The guy hadn’t really been in the game for long.

He belonged to the first group of guys to get involved in the administrative profession, but he was really, really low-key, and not many people recognized him even among administrative players.

But this guy is very “famous” among NPCs.

His political ability in the eyes of Miriam consul belongs to the kind of completely can be “entrusted” role, administrative players to participate in the assessment of the distribution of the place, Miriam also specifically asked him to stay in the administrative office as an assistant secretary.

Done administrative know that this is a shortcut to promotion, but the pink cat cat rabbit but decisively refused, said on the surface that do not want to engage in specialization, but in fact he has long been annoyed with the set of office politics.

Than in the game continue to do the office, he would rather be transferred out as a village chief big show.

The direction of development he set for his “Lion King’s Pride” village was logistics and transportation, and he made a set of professional plans that would make even the four sisters feel ashamed of themselves.

From this point of view, the identity and experience of this guy in reality can also be imagined.

At least in the old Huo view, the cat cat rabbit’s real title should not be low, at least never just his modest self-proclaimed section staff or the old uncle of the gate.

This guy has a smooth but calm temperament that also proves this point, but Old Huo has a tacit agreement never to ask about these realities, so the cooperation between the two people in Transylvania seems to be very pleasant so far.

“After I’m done with your side of the cooperation, I’m going to go over to the novice village next to have another chat with Mayor Tepal.”

Cat Rabbit fished out a pocket watch and looked at the time as he said to Old Huo:
“The Novice Village has the Riptide Knights at its back, and their stronghold is expected to be formally established recently as well, having an entire area to provide them with supplies and development opportunities makes the Novice Village’s potential the greatest of the five collective farms currently.

This is something that even you, the ‘Sword and Sorcery’ Treasure Bay, can’t catch up with.

Therefore, I feel that if we want to maintain the unity and development of these five farms, we have to use the Novice Village as the centerpiece, at least at this stage.

I would like to seek your opinion.

If you don’t object, I can represent two of our farms to propose cooperation to Tepal, and counting the fifth farm that has already been positioned as the headquarters of the Stonemasonry Brotherhood, the union of four farms is enough to make us a united force!

There’s no harm in that for everyone.

The only unfortunate thing is that Farmhouse #4, ‘Lost Island’, is a bit far from our side, and it’s a mountainous area that’s difficult to access.”

“So you already have plans for the future development of Barony Lim?”

Live Whole Quite Well pursued curiously:
“Where do you think the end of our farm’s future development path will be?”

“That’s not easy to say.”

Cat Bunny played with his cane as he pondered for a moment and replied:
“The location of the five farmsteads is very delicate, when Old Chen Tou did the planning he clearly wanted to rely on the unity of the settlements to make a ‘production core’ in the Lim Barony, according to my estimation, if the farmsteads can continue to maintain their unity without disagreements, then the end result will be that we will gather together to form a piece of urban area.

Looking at the terrain, the Novice Village is the most suitable for a city, and the remaining four farmsteads can be used as satellite towns for this city, which I reckon is Lord Murphy’s plan.”

“In other words, the first player city lord of Transylvania in the future will be chosen from our five village chiefs? No wonder you don’t want to work as an assistant secretary in the administration office, but you want to come here to become a village chief. You have big plans.”

Old Huo narrowed his eyes.

He knew why Cat Bunny wanted to initiate a conversation with him about this matter, Old Huo rolled his eyes as he whispered to Cat Bunny:
“I can fully support you, but I have to guarantee the interests of my ‘Hidden Treasure Bay’, do you understand what I mean?”

“It’s too early to say that, Boss Huo.”

Cat Rabbit, a steady but cunning middle-aged man, waved his hand and smiled:
“Let’s just get through the Black Plague and talk about what happens afterward. But I’m sure that if I were to become the consul of Barony Lim at the administrative level, I wouldn’t be so foolish as to give up the profits that could be brought in by a commercial hub in the territory.

Also, I didn’t run out to become a village chief just to become a city lord, to put it in a more moderate way, my ambition isn’t as humble as that.”

The pink cat and rabbit reached up and pushed back his tall hat as he spoke softly:
“As Transylvania’s power expands, Ms. Miriam won’t always be a consul, she’ll be promoted as well you see, this land was fought down by us helping Lord Murphy, it’s our homeland on this continent, so why shouldn’t we enjoy its control and management?

Transylvania is the size of one and a half central provinces.

A high-ranking official.
That’s something you can’t get in reality no matter what, so having a good time in the game is like fulfilling your own little expectations.”

“Hahahahahaha.”

Old Huo laughed out loud and bent down, saluting the pink cat and rabbit as he said:
“Then, let me salute His Excellency, the future Second Consul, as the village chief! But I have one more little question, you can leave it unanswered ah oh.”

“You say, I always have an obligation to answer my partner’s concerns.”

“Older brother, you’re so powerful, you’re so ambitious, you’re so steady and bold, but why did you give yourself this kind of name? It doesn’t fit at all!”

“Uh, when you have a baby daughter and a black-hearted little cotton jacket, you’ll know why.”
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“Click.”

A textured mechanical lever was pulled down, and as the gears and levers caused the three rows of wheels on top of the desktop machine to start spinning rapidly, the patterns representing the various beasts native to Transylvania began to fly at dizzying speeds, and then slowed down again under the manipulation of a certain “pseudo-random program” of the algorithmic jewel inside the unique machine.

The young men and women gathered around the machine, dressed up in the Yankee style, held their breath as they held their wine glasses in their hands.

Especially the young man who was sitting in front of the machine and was already slightly drunk, he was staring at the wheel in front of him with his eyes glued to it, and his mouth was still chanting:
“Flying Lion! Flying Lion! A Griffin too!”

“Snap.” The first pattern settled on a golden flying lion, causing the young man to clench his fists.

The second pattern then stopped and the flying lion reappeared in the three-frame picture, which would have the young men and women next to the machine already cheering until the third tumbler stopped, and the slightly inebriated young man rose with a fist in his hand and a roar when the third flying lion appeared in front of the crowd.

It seemed that all the anger and resentment of losing thirteen times in a row had been turned into the sweetest joy and victory in this instant, and this hand he had won back all the chips he had lost before and even made a third of the profit.

“Hahaha.”

This strong and bear-like young man laughed and held the waist of his flirtatious lover, who had the good sense to offer a passionate kiss to the luckiest man of the night.

And as the machine snaps open, the clinking of chips falling into the box so pleasurably, as if the lure of gold coins had caused each of the guys next to him who were eager to try to get their fists in the air as well.

There were a total of six such mechanical gambling machines, placed at the side of the hall of the Treasure Bay, which would have been surrounded by the sons and daughters of the families of the Yankee magnates.

Young people always like this kind of novelty.

Especially when it’s simple enough to play but exciting enough and even cool enough, it always quickly becomes the new favorite of entertainment.

But the older ones don’t like this kind of revealing behavior of betting on luck, they think it has no technical content at all, they prefer to get the victory through their own operation so as to taste the real sweetness.

For example, at the four smooth stone tables carved out of black stone next to the mechanical gambling equipment, three merchants with a history were sitting on luxurious velvet chairs, holding three Transylvanian playing cards in their hands, observing each other’s facial expressions and micro-movements in order to guess each other’s bottom cards.

There were large and small chips placed in their hands, while Sinking Fish, who acted as a temporary dealer, was wearing a professional smile in his heart calculating the revenue of tonight’s trial operation.

Well, it was much better than the expected dismal.

Moreover, she and Old Huo seemed to have overlooked the point that for people who craved for relaxation and leisure, the fun itself was much more important than the environment in which the fun was found.

In the face of the “Treasure Bay” launched a wide range of people and are never before seen entertainment, but also from the otherworldly music accompaniment and exotic food served, even the big merchants of the northern brotherhood can not hold a little.

What’s more, the honorable Earl of White Mountain was playing bridge with the most important people in the merchants in the VIP box on the second floor.

In the case that the queen’s royal brother didn’t leave, the merchants present had to put on an expression of full interest even if they had no interest in this form of entertainment.

They had already learned from their respective channels that this casino had a portion of the Earl of White Mountain’s shares.

Never mind how this news got out!

The important point was that the news was true, just knowing that was enough for the shrewd merchants to understand the significance of this casino’s existence. Although the Earl has always clarified that he doesn’t participate in domestic politics, yet his status and position have determined that his friendship is very expensive and precious.

Therefore, who would give up this good opportunity that was right in front of them?

Old Huo was red-faced at this moment as he gazed down from the railing at the edge of the second floor.

In order to increase his popularity tonight, he had purposely invited all the idle small players over, and from here, he could clearly see Brother Stick and Brother Woo Meow playing mahjong with two Yankee businessmen at one of the tables, with a few of his more adept brothers beside them pointing out the game.

And further away, Professor Chen was smilingly instructing a few noblewomen in a game of bridge.

Tsk, it’s true that the old professor, a man of letters, is still popular with women, and those few ladies are close to sticking to old Chen.

The young students “hogged” one of the machines to gamble their luck, and even hooked up with some of the younger youngsters to discuss some topics that only interested them at their age.

Because the training of the service staff is completely substandard, resulting in the old Huo also had to invite the members of the girl group temporary guest appearance of the dealer, and then he was not surprised to find that Mrs. Water’s table guests are especially many!
Alas, the world is going down ah!

“How is everyone’s acceptance?”

Old Huo joyfully picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, and asked Shy Flower, who was following beside him.

Shy Flower lowered his head and said in a jar:
“There are no bad reviews, at least there are no bad reviews at the moment, but the acceptance of the more complicated types of play is not high, while the lottery tickets placed at the door by the Blood Rat Gang are selling very well.

The merchants are buying them as they go, but their servants are keen on this chance to ‘get rich overnight’, plus I’ve noticed a phenomenon.

The servants of the merchants would not follow them into the casino hall, perhaps due to the difference caused by the status of the inferiority system, but they would wait outside the door until the merchants finished their tour.

This is manpower that can be utilized!
I suggest that when the second phase of the project opens later, we build a casino venue specifically for them, the name can be a bit more low-key, but the interior decoration should be the same as this side, as a way to satisfy the vanity of the merchants’ attendants.

This is something we neglected to do before, localization is still not done well enough.”

“Hmm, write it down and change it afterward.”

Live Whole Quite Well nodded, then he glanced at Shy Flower, who had her head down, with odd eyes and said:

“Sinking Fish didn’t beat you up, right?”

“Oooooooh.”

Hearing this matter, Shy Flower cried out in distress as she begged:
“These two days she has been coldly violent to me, and also told the other two bad guys not to pay attention to me as well, I’m dying of pain. You should hurry up and marry her, so that she can move out quickly.”

“It’s not something I can decide either.”

Boss Huo sighed, his face full of depression.

However, someone soon came to his door, a Yankee businessman took the initiative to approach Old Huo wanting to invest in the casino, from the glowing expression on his eyes, you can tell that this guy is not spending money out of a desire to ride on the relationship of the Earl of Baishan, he really saw the talent of the “Treasure Bay”.

Old Huo for investment this kind of thing has always come to those who do not refuse.

He assured Lord Murphy that the casino could absorb foreign funds for local construction, you see this is not a large amount of gold coins actively sent to the door?

The two had a pleasant talk and quickly finalized the amount, but when it came to the payment method, Old Huo refused gold coins or supplies.

“I heard that there are a lot of serfs over in Nordtorf?”

Live Whole Quite Well said smilingly to the merchant in front of him:
“Payment can be made in serfs!

You see, Transylvania is in need of a lot of manpower right now, if you can send us honest and reliable serfs to work for us, then not only will we be very thankful, but the local Governor Lord will even commend you as well.”

“Serfs?”

The Yankee merchant hesitated as he said:

“Serfs have masters, and those stubborn landowners won’t give up their slaves so easily, but if you only want people, I can think of something.

The good farms in the Kavhoka Great Plains region have all been divided up, a large number of peasants have lost their land and can only become vagabonds, the Winter Wolf Legion won’t care about their deaths, and it’s a hidden danger to let them roam around everywhere.

My brother happens to be a manager in the Kavkhoka region, and he is recently worried about the homeless in his territory, once winter comes, these guys will have a hard time getting through it.

I just wonder, how many landless farmers can you take in on your side? Want more vulnerable women and children? If you accept dragoons, then I think recruitment will go much smoother.”

“Of course! We’ll take them all.”

Old Huo’s eyes lit up as he said seriously:
“More is better.”

(End of chapter)