Chapter 188: An Idea

Lu Jiu has been idle these days and has seen several messages on the dialogue channel asking for help from her city-state. They all say that there is not enough medicine, and they want to know if they can purchase some here.

Xuantian City is already very famous in Long Province, although she doesn't know why. It is likely that they gave it a try because they helped Paradise City last time.

Lu Jiu now has two pharmacies in the city. The store she often goes to is the one with the beautiful store manager, while the other one she rarely visits.

Now, the beautiful store manager continues to refine various potions, while the other pharmacy only produces potions that can alleviate the negative effects of typhoid fever.

Regarding the procurement requirements of other city-states, she approached Shen Jufeng to discuss them.

Recently, tailor shops have produced winter clothes with thermal properties of up to 50C. Perhaps due to this reason, not many people are sick in the city.

Shen Jufeng also immediately bought the clothes. The style was still customized by him. The style was smooth and fashionable. It was a winter coat, but he wore it as if he were going on a catwalk.

Seeing Lu Jiu wrapped in a down jacket, Shen Jufeng averted his eyes slightly and said, "It's not impossible for those who want to make a purchase, but the price can be raised slightly." After all, those people are not residents here.

They are trading, not doing good deeds.

Lu Jiu said, "Of course, the price will be one-third higher, but compared to the prices sold in other city-states, this is good enough."

The medication to treat the negative effects of typhoid fever is not excessively expensive, and adding one-third of the cost is generally affordable.

Moreover, prices in Xuantian City have increased by one-third.

But Lu Jiu had other ideas: "Our NPCs are so capable. Several of my stores have NPCs with advanced talents. Although they are not store managers, they are serious about producing high-quality products. I want to export our products. All of the goods."

She had this idea when the city-state was upgraded to level three because most of the city-states she knew were not as good as Xuantian City, and the goods they produced were not as good.

Therefore, when upgrading to a third-level city-state, all the shops that existed in the second-level city-states were specially opened to establish branches. This was done with the aim of increasing production and selling more goods to other city-states at higher prices.

Her prices within the city have always been relatively low. However, for residents who are not in the city-state, there is no need to worry, as she will keep the price right.

Shen Jufeng folded his hands in front of his belly and asked, "Yes, is that why you opened so many branches?"

Originally, he thought that this rich little woman had too much money and nowhere to spend it, so she opened a new store. However, he did not frequent those stores often.

Lu Jiu sat cross-legged and discussed her plan, "I thought, since the equipment and props produced here are so good, why not export and sell them? There is a gap between NPPCs, even if they possess the same high-level talents."

This is what she found interesting. High-level talent NPCs are not necessarily at the same level, and there are differences.

Maybe Shen Jufeng was there when it was built and got some of his European style. Anyway, the NPCs hired so far are very good.

Shen Jufeng nodded happily and said, "You have made a lot of progress. I thought you wouldn't consider this."

In the past, he only participated in minor affairs in this city-state. The truly significant matters were all decided by Lu Jiu herself. Even so, she still made progress.

When Lu Jiu heard his praise, she immediately became a little carried away. "That's right, after all, my father also made hundreds of millions of dollars from nothing back then. His daughter takes after her father, and I have also inherited some of his business talents."

Shen Jufeng just chuckled and asked, "What is your father's name? He's made hundreds of millions from nothing." His ability to own a large company is the result of the accumulation of generations of ancestors, who like Lu Jiu's father, also started from nothing.

"My dad's name is Lu Hongzhi. You don't know it, but my dad went to Yanjing before, and I don't know where he met you. He even mentioned your name at home, but I didn't care at the time."

She had just met Shen Jufeng and didn't even remember who he was.

Shen Jufeng searched his mind and found that he had never heard this name before. "Perhaps I attended a banquet in the past, and coincidentally, your father happened to be there too."

After all, he is a wealthy man with a net worth of hundreds of millions, so he can still attend some banquets.

Lu Jiu didn't want to dwell on the past and sighed, "Anyway, my dad once told me that the larger the business, the easier it is to manage, while the smaller the business, the more challenging it becomes. I have always kept this in mind and tried to improve the city-state. The business will grow larger and become a city-state that exports a large amount of goods, gaining fame throughout Long Province."

"Your dad is right. Since you have this idea, go ahead and do it boldly. Anyway, there are strengths and weaknesses among city-states, and each city-state will always have some weaker city-states that can accommodate an unlimited number of residents."

A first-level city-state can accommodate 10,000 residents, a second-level city-state can accommodate 500,000 residents, and a third-level city-state can accommodate one million residents.

Therefore, the current city-state grid area is extremely large. However, the area where residents move is very concentrated due to the relatively low population in the city.

And where strong and weak exist, there will be demand. Only by acquiring powerful weapons can the weak strengthen themselves and become less weak.

Then the two began to count and discuss the number of city-states that needed to purchase and how to sell them in batches.

A city-state in Qiuyu City.

The city lord of Ruan Fanyao's city-state waited anxiously. Unexpectedly, he received an email later. The city lord of Xuantian City agreed to his request to purchase potions. Not only that, he also listed other practical commodities in their city-state along with their selling prices.

Seeing the marked list, the city lord smiled bitterly, "Is this a GG promotion..."

But the things inside really made his heart flutter. A large number of bronze-level weapons, winter clothes that can withstand temperatures of 35-40, various effective potions, and props.

He was very interested in one of them called the Picture Stone, and it could be recorded. If there were any conflicts in the city, it would be beneficial to use this as evidence.

Finally, he replied to the letter and chose to purchase the maximum limit of 400 bottles of medicine to alleviate the negative effects of typhoid fever, over 200 pieces of winter clothing, and various weapons provided by the city lord.

Lu Jiu was very satisfied after receiving the money. It turned out that this was a business. No wonder her father loved telling her about business every day.

In this manner, numerous city-states are aware that Xuantian City offers a wide range of equipment and props. Admirers are reaching out to Xuantian City through the dialogue channel, eagerly anticipating a response.

With the winter clothing and potions sold here, many city-states have recovered. Winter clothes are very important. Only by wearing warm clothes can you effectively prevent getting sick again.

Some city-states are in good condition, while others are in worse shape.

There was no protective shield, and there were not enough medicines or winter clothes. Many residents died this winter.

These people are looking forward to the end of winter and leaving the current city-state. If they are still here next winter, they will not be able to survive.

Lu Jiu was still worried that her city-state could accommodate so many but not many residents.

Little did she know that a great human migration was about to take place. By then, city-states with favorable living conditions would experience their first population boom.

But at this time, she was content to trade goods with various city lords.