At this time, it was also the second day after the ancestor rituals were completed.

This year has passed more than halfway already.

Of the three events crossing the new year, only the New Year Market at the foot of the mountain is still fully operational.

But they let Su Yuniang set up a stall at the foot of the mountain, and the weapons didn't seem to sell well.

People weren't interested, and the Rabid Dog Series was even less practical.

On the contrary, Su Yuniang's reselling of various meats obtained from merchants received high praise from the villagers.

It felt like this year had a relatively unsuccessful stint at the market.

So, taking advantage of the fact that there was still a long time before the market closed on the fifteenth day of the new year, everyone enthusiastically started working to try to hit the market task once more.

The other two have hidden elements.

There's no reason this task can't trigger a hidden task!

The blacksmiths understood how to think from the planner's perspective:

What if, at the market, they encountered a special customer? A special market event?

This is the kind of gameplay a management game should have!

However, after they started today's blacksmithing, they quickly discovered that the copper ingots stored in the smithy weren't much.

The batch of raw ores and copper ingots left by the demon men earlier occupied several rooms.

Piled up like a mountain, they were never in short supply.

So most of them focused on blacksmithing at the smithy, and very few went mining.

But now that the stock was nearly depleted, mining was unavoidable.

"What, almost out of copper ingots, and the raw ores are running out too?"

Jiucai Rong was shocked and received a distressing report from Daojiu, then rushed to the task board and urgently issued the first post-New Year task:

[Mining Copper Ores: The manor's copper ores are in short supply, and a batch of blacksmiths is urgently needed to mine them in the caves.]

And reluctantly added a 30% extra reward.

"It's actually a price hike."

"Limited time task, they say."

"Digging."

"I still owe seven magic coins."

In front of the task board, everyone excitedly ran to the mines, grabbed their pickaxes, and began to work, seeking to explode gold coins from Jiucai Rong, this Old Deng.

They even ignored the plot involving the Legendary Eye Squad.

Seeing those four idly hanging out, things certainly won't get settled quickly.

Better to dig a little first, then come back to watch the black screen.

After all, traditional mining and labor is the most enjoyable and classic gameplay!

And Jiucai Rong, in front of the mine, started counting the manpower, "Trouble, it seems the manor is starting to run low on manpower?"

Previously, everyone wasn't short on raw ores, and they all gathered at the smithy.

But now, a batch has been reassigned to mining raw ores, and another batch to smelt the ores into copper ingots, which has unexpectedly caused operational problems at the manor.

One hundred people are still not enough.

Also, those Money Lolitas are all in the textile shop and accessory shop, keeping themselves beautiful.

Although, after persuasion, they no longer affect the Manor Master's income.

They are willing to sell their arts, allowing more people to know them, aiming to become the world's number one designers, fashionistas, and Hairpin Ladies.

But they rarely participate in these labor tasks.

"It's becoming a little annoying,"

Jiucai Rong pondered whether to develop an electric magical artifact pickaxe, a fully automated copper ingot smelting assembly line?

But all this requires time and costs a lot of money.

The manor is too busy right now.

In front of him, the manager's office already had a manor technology tree drawing on the wall.

1. Muddy Artifact Research: Creating a dirt collector, setting traps to deceive "Them" into it and kill them, initiating the top-tier war.

2. Nether Artifact Development: Paper House, Nether Weapons, furniture, and other matching developments to give the embers babies a home.

3. Demon Artifact Development: Collecting the Spiritual Root illustrations of cultivators.

4. Development of new weapon series outside the Dog Tail series.

5. Mining and ore smelting, the development of two production lines.

...

"This is too difficult for me."

He sighed.

Friends who have played farming management games know, this kind of farming flow comes with a technology tree for skill allocation!

Generally, the creators provide you with many development options, wishing for ten or so pages.

There aren't many here, but there are still six technology trees!

This branch line of the technology tree needs correct choices.

If the manor's technology tree development goes astray, or points are wrongly allocated, development will stagnate, or worse, regress, potentially bankrupting the manor due to cash flow shortages.

What is a management game?

Point allocation direction is the real core of management.

On the other side.

Ning Zheng watched them redirect their focus to their work at the manor, relentlessly mining, and let out a sigh of relief.

After all, what's so great about that Demon?

In such a manner, should I also practice needlework on frogs every day broadcasting it live, and attract a crowd to watch such a boring activity?

Click.

Ning Zheng pushed open the manor's main gate and saw the blacksmiths surrounding the bulletin board, looking at today's daily tasks.

"Old Manager, you've arrived!"

They appeared joyful.

Their playful demeanor became more restrained.

Some even behaved like typical villagers, trying to appear more composed.

Some even emitted human laughter.

Ning Zheng ignored this and said to Jiucai Rong, who hurried over:

"For this ancestor ritual event, you contributed to the manor. The Manor Master in seclusion is also very satisfied. To reward you, you may choose one of two rewards."

Everyone was elated upon hearing this.

Finally, it's here??

Our ancestral ritual rewards are within reach.

Ning Zheng saw their happiness and thought they were quite easily satisfied.

The risks of ancestral rituals are so high, yet the rewards they seek are just a little bit.

Although there's a significant twenty-year generation gap.

But these days, Ning Zheng has been secretly observing and learning.

He roughly understood what they currently wanted and offered two options.

"First, you can introduce your kin to work here; the manor is willing to provide room and board and hire an additional one hundred blacksmiths."

"Second, it seems you really want your own rooms; the manor will allocate an area where you can temporarily purchase land to solve accommodation issues."

Jiucai Rong's eyes lit up.

The first option doesn't need much explanation, an increase of 100 people.

The second option, land? Private rooms?

That's fantastic!

Everyone mines every day, dreaming of having their little home.

The hanging rotating wire mesh beds in public dorms, are those fit for living?

You should know, the previous manor buildings were all public assets, requiring reporting to the old steward for construction, with no private unauthorized constructions allowed.

Now private dormitories are allowed!

Publicly, this weather seems a bit cold, and individual dormitories would greatly alleviate winter problems compared to the iron frame bunk beds.

Privately, flipping land, it's real estate economics, spurring the manor's development!

If you buy land, you'll have to have someone build the house, buy furniture, and then there's decorating too, right?

A series of expenses!

Just a small house, how much will that earn for our Manor Master?

Even if they have no money, they can pay a down payment, forcing them to work double mining to pay off loans, driving the economy...

Perfect!

But desires apart, he remembered those who said if he doesn't take 100 plus a beta test slot, they'll slice him up.

"The option for a hundred people is also good; it seems it can solve the manor's labor shortage issue, but my real estate..."

For a moment, he was torn between choices.

Ning Zheng saw his hesitation and said nothing more; giving people time to choose is normal.

Instead, he walked around the manor.

Now, the manor has planned a stall area, bustling with lively buzz, like a small New Year market.

Someone's selling snacks, "Candied hawthorn with a personal secret recipe, seven layers of filling, one bite makes your tongue bite-off, ten sticks for one Magic Coin!"

Owning a treasure trove of various gourmet sweets, they've recently developed various ingredients and cooking methods.

Earth-eating technique advances rapidly.

It's a gourmand manor, blacksmiths there strive to satisfy their cravings, even taking out loans to eat.

It's now recognized gourmet game, their first interest is eating, the second is smithing.

Ning Zheng was not particularly interested, nor cared.

After all, he doesn't eat dirt, and really has nothing to do with him.

And because Money Child has good teeth and some surprising mind-blowing foods.

At the stall, there's a small Lolita selling matches, dressed cutely in red, selling big glowing red matchsticks:

"Stuffed matches, crunchy with one bite, over 300 degrees high temperature, guaranteed hot and fresh, made with the finest red peach wood, hollowed out and filled with iron pulp, mixed with secret dirt... five sticks for one Magic Coin."

"Little girl, the matches you sell, hot and fragrant? Can I see my great-grandmother if I eat it?"

"To see your great-grandmother, eat a human race blacksmith and you'll see her; if it's Money Child, it'll only burn your mouth. I suggest you buy a pipe from the Food God over there; smoking it will show you."

"That guy's a rip-off, one Magic Coin for a pipe, I can't afford it, give me five sticks, I'll share with my brothers."

"Alright."

"Here's one Magic Coin for you."

The price of the Food God's pipe is indeed extortionate, yet he's monopolized Dizzy Mushroom material:

That makes many want to obtain Ember evermore.

Now, the number of babies is too scarce.

Even if the quality isn't good, dispatch them to the surrounding mountains and forests to gather; idle adventuring can still get many monopoly materials.

But unfortunately,

Even with 50 Magic Coins spent to buy a high-probability treasure, only a 10% drop rate, not to mention most people are debt-laden now.

Of course,

The smoking money is not earned by the cafeteria, but the manor.

Jiucai Rong took most of the profits.

The pipe industry, belongs to the manor's monopoly assets, only the manor itself can sell pipes.

Of course, the most popular is the Medical Fairy's stall:

"Everyone, would you like to see? My concocted potions."

"Pain Relief Powder, so you won't tire while mining."

"And this, Blood-Burning Ointment, burns blood vitality, increases strength, each use shortens lifespan by seven or eight years."

"I suggest using these two together for faster brick-moving and iron-smithing."

The Medical Fairy smiled warmly, handing them over.

However, whenever she came to sell potions, everyone snatched them up quickly.

Taking potions to move bricks, that's worth it.

What's a short life?

They never planned to live long anyhow.

Near death, popping the Three Flowers, jumping into the Forging Furnace, making the blacksmiths clank away indiscriminately, it's no big deal.

With this, they can better burn themselves out, light the future, and benefit the manor.

One can transport more bricks in a day, earn more Magic Coins, and have more Gold Coins burst, better than anything.

Incidentally, each time they come to buy medicine, they involuntarily, instinctively stare at the Medical Fairy.

Because her clothes feature a fat, lively bouncing Pikachu, vividly creating a 3D effect.

Simply too cute!

Looking at those two distracting large bladders that attract eyes, everyone felt a mix of emotions.

Thinking their tastes are getting heavier, previously obsessed with jade feet, now even with urine...

Suddenly feeling like crying without tears.

They looked at the old steward beside them, silently signaling, and unanimously said, "Old steward, can you control this woman? It's too disgraceful!"

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