Chapter 35: The Mysterious Middle-aged Scholar
[Ding, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. In order to celebrate the annual Dragon Boat Festival, and at the same time to build a perfect Luoyang City and improve the strength of players, Han Emperor Liu Xie has released the latest mission. 】
[Players are asked to collect 300,000 units of logs, 150,000 units of stone, and 50,000 units of sand within a week. Each unit of material can be exchanged for 1 point. 】
[If you fail to collect them within the time limit, the Emperor of Han will be angered and the reward will be halved.]
"Brothers! Come to life!" A player immediately shouted in the chat room after hearing about this mission.
"Hahaha! Collecting supplies? I'm good at this!"
"One point per unit? This is completely free! Brothers, follow me!"
"Boss, where can I collect these materials? Mengxin is asking for advice."
"Brother upstairs, there are logs in the nearby mountains. You need to cut down the trees yourself, as well as the stones, and the sediment must be fished out in the Luoshui River! Tell me more, brother, have you not done any previous material collection tasks?"
"Hahaha, the ace lumberjack from the three provinces, please join the war!"
"Brother upstairs, are you a bald man? And you have two pet bears?"
The players who had nothing to do at first, after hearing about this mission, immediately felt like they were on fire and ran out of the city in a swarm.
After all, for players, this mission is really like giving away points for free.
If a player wants to collect one unit of supplies, which is 1 cubic meter, it will take up to half an hour. A total of 500,000 units of supplies is only the amount required for one person to complete the task with 3 units of supplies.
Therefore, the main reason why players are so anxious is because the amount of supplies is really small, and they will be gone if they run slowly.
As the players swarmed out of the city, a carriage slowly came towards Luoyang City.
A middle-aged scholar dressed as a counselor opened a corner of the carriage curtain when he heard the commotion outside.
He quietly watched the enthusiastic players running past his carriage.
"Are these people the so-called heavenly soldiers?" the middle-aged counselor murmured to himself.
"Jia Da, go and ask them what they want to do."
"Yes, sir." Jia Da heard his master's words and responded quickly, then ran towards a small group of players.
"Guys, guys." Jia Da was worried that these players were running too fast and he would not be able to catch up, so he shouted quickly.
The leader of this group of players is none other than Nanshan.
He heard someone calling him and stopped involuntarily.
"Masters, please ask, are you some heavenly soldiers?" Jia Da said very politely, and at the same time he took out a sling of money from his arms and handed it over.
Nanshan looked at the big money handed over by Jia Da and pushed it back without even looking at it.
From the player's perspective, this large amount of money may be useful to NPCs, but it is really of no use to them.
After all, the big money is in the hands of the players. Apart from trading with NPCs and buying some daily necessities, it is of no use. Among players, the hard currency for transactions is points and military merit.
Therefore, big money, gold and silver are not attractive to players, so just use enough.
"We are heavenly soldiers, uncle, what do you want?" Although Nanshan did not accept the money, he still answered Jia Da's question politely.
After all, these days, you really don't know whether an NPC that appears out of nowhere will give you a task or something.
They have encountered this kind of thing before, so when it is not necessary, the players are still very polite to the Han aborigines.
"It's really a heavenly soldier. I dare to ask Master Tianbing, what's the matter with you running towards the outside of the city in such a hurry?" When Jia Da heard that the other party was really a heavenly soldier, he immediately asked.
"Does this have anything to do with you?" Nanshan suddenly became suspicious when he heard that the other party was asking what they were doing.
"No, don't get me wrong, Master Tianbing. My master came to do business from Jiangdong. I heard that the Emperor has defeated the Xiliang bandit army, so I came to see if there are any opportunities for the Emperor to make a fortune."
"Now I see all the heavenly soldiers running out of Luoyang, so I came to ask out of curiosity." Jia Da said with a smile on his face.
"Oh, that's it. Actually, there's nothing we can't say. We're on a mission. His Majesty the Emperor ordered us to collect supplies, so we rushed to collect things." Nanshan didn't get too excited after hearing Jia Da's words.
I'm too skeptical, after all, there's actually nothing to say about this mission, it's just a collection mission.
"Oh, so that's it." Jia Da nodded quickly after hearing Nanshan's words.
"Do you have anything else? For example, do you have any tasks for me? Let me tell you, my legs and feet are very fast, and my martial arts skills are very good! If you have any errands, or want to wipe out some bandits, you can just
Tell me, I will handle it for you steadily." Nanshan asked tentatively.
"Ah? Mission? No, no, no, no, no, I don't have a mission, so I don't dare to bother Master Tianbing." After hearing Nanshan's words, Jia Da quickly waved his hand and said.
As soon as I heard that this NPC simply wanted to inquire about information and had no tasks for me, Nanshan's situation changed instantly.
"Since there is no mission, why are you stopping me? I still have to complete the mission assigned by His Majesty, get out of the way, get out of the way." As he said that, Nanshan pushed the NPC away and faced his army.
As soon as the members waved, they ran towards the valley in the distance.
Jia Da, who was pushed away, did not dare to complain at all. After watching Nanshan and others leave, he ran to report the situation to his master.
"So, these are indeed heavenly soldiers? Are they in such a hurry to complete the tasks assigned by the emperor?" the middle-aged scholar looked at Jia Da and said.
"Yes, sir." Jia Da nodded.
"Okay, got it."
"Then Master, what should we do?" Jia Da asked with some doubts.
"Let's go to the city first, then find an inn to stay at, and then adapt accordingly." The middle-aged scholar said.
"Yes, sir." Jia Da nodded, then drove the carriage directly towards Luoyang City.
Not long after, they entered Luoyang and walked on some dilapidated streets.
The scholar once again curiously opened the curtain and looked at everything around him, but after just looking for a moment, he lowered the curtain.
"Hey, Luoyang used to be the best in the world. It was so prosperous, but I didn't expect that it would be ruined in just a few years. It's really sad."
"But now that the Emperor has taken control of Luoyang, perhaps Luoyang can prosper again in the hands of the Emperor."
"But I don't know how the emperor views the heroes of the world and whether he can accept my lord. If he can accept it, it will be a good thing for both the emperor and the lord."
"The problem is that my lord's position is too important. He can be regarded as the throat of the world. I don't know if the emperor has such courage to accept my lord's surrender."
"Hey, forget it, let's take it one step at a time. If the emperor is unwilling to accept my lord, then I will have to find another way out. But the world is so big, who dares to accept me?" the middle-aged scribe murmured to himself.
Chapter completed!