Chapter 323 City Lord
It took more than an hour for Chen Jiu to tour the Wood Divine Kingdom.
There is no way. Now there are no longer twenty-four Wood-type Divine Kingdoms in the Hall of All Stars, but more than sixty Wood-type Divine Kingdoms of various sizes.
Next are the Kingdom of God of Gold, the Kingdom of God of Fire, and the Kingdom of God of Earth.
If he wanted to visit all the four cracked divine kingdoms, it would take most of the day.
At this time, he didn't need to count the number of king-level and general-level ones. He already had a rough idea in his mind. What he had to consider now was how to earn as many elixirs as possible.
Otherwise, his rapid development momentum would inevitably slow down due to the shortage of elixirs.
Now, what are the things ?
Refining materials are a big expense, and he just so happens that he also needs to visit the Gold Kingdom and the Fire Kingdom.
He thought about it and decided to go directly to the Fire Kingdom where there was a large equipment refining field.
It just so happened that he could take a look at the equipment refining site as well.
However, the refining materials and the refining sites for immortal weapons in this Fire God Kingdom are not in the same place.
After he came in, he did not go directly to the refining site, but came directly to the place where refining materials were refined.
The place has changed a lot now. Not only are there more people refining materials, but the venue is also more standardized.
The place where the earth immortals and mortals with fire spiritual roots refine refining materials has been built into a huge city. In this city, there are not only countless blast furnaces and several huge underground fire pools, but also huge temples and temple squares, as well as special places to eat, special places to rest, special warehouses for storing and transporting various refining materials, and even a street dedicated to selling various things.
He actually had the idea of building a city a long time ago, but he did not have enough manpower before, and it was difficult for him to build a super-large city, let alone build dozens of cities at a time.
It's much better now. At least he has enough manpower under his command, and the city is built quite well.
He walked around the city, greeted Sun Diyou who was sitting cross-legged in front of the temple and practiced, then came to the city lord's mansion next to the temple.
The city lord here is not a fire-type earth immortal, because fire-type earth immortals have to refine materials to earn elixirs, and they are too lazy to waste time to be the city lord.
The city lord seemed to be an old man in his sixties or seventies, and his cultivation had only reached the general level.
As soon as Chen Jiu came in, the city lord hurriedly came up with his officials, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "I am Ma Ji, the humble official, and I pay my respects to the God."
Okay, we still have to follow the rules in the officialdom.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Everyone get up."
The city lord Ma Ji quickly got up from the ground with a group of officials, and then asked carefully: "God, do you want to sit in the court or in the study?"
Chen Jiu thought about it for a moment, and then said decisively: "There's nothing interesting in the court, let's go to the study."
The city lord Ma Ji quickly led him into a large study.
This place is really big, with several rows of bookshelves and books on them so neatly arranged that I have no idea how many books there are.
Chen Jiu was quite curious and asked: "Why do you have so many books here?"
City Lord Ma Ji quickly explained in detail: "God, these are not books, but account books. We need to calculate and record the amount of various materials delivered every day, the amount of various materials refined every day, the amount of various materials transported every day, and the amount of materials produced and the remuneration of immortal pills for labor at all levels, as well as their daily meals, taxes on shops, etc."
Well, this matter is already very complicated. He just didn't let anyone formally manage it before. Once it is formally managed, there will be more details.
This is good, at least the input and output can be calculated clearly, and it can also prevent someone from taking advantage of loopholes and embezzling gold, silver, and even refining materials in the future.
After all, his Divine Dynasty was not going to be run for a year or two, but was going to be run for a long time, possibly for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, so the rules still needed to be gradually improved.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "Do you have a specific number of how much gold essence, silver essence, copper essence and iron essence are produced here every month?"
Of course there is this.
City Lord Ma Ji hurriedly walked to a bookshelf, pulled out an account book, and said respectfully: "God, this is the total amount for more than a month."
very good.
Chen Jiu couldn't help but take the booklet and open it to read it carefully.
The construction of this city did not take long, only more than a month.
However, over the past month, the daily production of gold essence, yin essence, copper essence and iron essence has been recorded clearly.
At the beginning, the output of gold essence, yin essence, copper essence and iron essence was not very high, and the output of each was only about 100,000 kilograms. However, the output has been increasing, and the growth has been faster and faster. Now the output of various materials has increased to more than 500,000 kilograms per day.
By this calculation, the total output of all kinds of materials is more than two million kilograms a day, and more than sixty million kilograms a month. This is just one Fire God Kingdom. If you count ten, it would be about six hundred million kilograms, twenty, it would be about twelve hundred million kilograms, and forty, it would be two hundred and four hundred million kilograms!
Of course, the remaining sixteen divine kingdoms have just begun construction, and their output certainly cannot be compared with that of the twenty-four old divine kingdoms. However, it is only a matter of time before they catch up.
By this calculation, he can earn nearly 20,000 bottles of elixirs a month just from refining materials!
Not bad, not bad.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "How do you think the output of this refining material has been increased?"
City Lord Ma Ji thought about it carefully, then said carefully: "God, there are many aspects to this. Do you want to listen to me explain it to you in detail?"
Chen Jiu nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course, the more detailed the better, just tell me."
The city lord Ma Ji quickly introduced in detail: "I think that in order to increase the output, the site must be well organized first. We must try our best to find ways to make it convenient for everyone to refine the tools. For example, how far apart should each furnace be , how can the refiners sit comfortably, how can the refined materials be conveniently stacked, how can they be transported without disturbing them, etc.
Then there are the people who refine the equipment themselves. For example, some people refine gold, silver, copper and iron quickly, while others refine them slowly. In that case, we have to let those who refine quickly guide those who refine slowly, so that we can refine faster and faster.
There is also the issue of transporting various materials and refined refining materials. We have to arrange enough manpower to transport them and even help them stack them up so that they don't have to stop due to lack of materials when refining, and they don't have to pile up too many refined products everywhere. In short, we must try our best to prevent them from wasting time on these things.
In addition, everyone's diet, daily life, washing, clothing, etc. must be arranged so that they can be as energetic and comfortable as possible, so that the refining speed can be achieved as quickly as possible.
The most important point is the furnace for refining artifacts. As more furnaces are sent by the gods, the output will continue to increase dramatically."
Well, not bad, really not bad.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "You have been an official in the Kingdom of God for quite some time, right?"
City Lord Ma Ji nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Lord, I was originally a city lord of Tianchen Country and have been doing this for nearly thirty years. It was only because Lord's disciples found out that I have fire spiritual roots that I came to this fire-related kingdom to practice. Later, Lord ordered people to hire officials, and I became the city lord here."
No wonder, he has been doing this for nearly thirty years and is quite experienced.
Chen Jiu thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you know other city lords? I mean the new city lords of the Gold Kingdom and the Fire Kingdom."
City Lord Ma Ji nodded repeatedly and said, "I know them all. At the beginning, the disciples of the Supreme God gathered us, the newly elected city lords, together and discussed for a few days before deciding on the general layout of the cities in the Gold God Kingdom and the Fire God Kingdom."
There is no doubt that this disciple is Sun Wukong. The other three don’t seem to be smart enough to do this.
This guy Sun Wukong is really smart. He doesn't need to think for himself, just let others think for him.
This disciple is really good.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "Are there other city lords like you who used to be city lords of those wood-based divine kingdoms?"
City Lord Ma Ji shook his head slightly and said, "No, most of them were minor officials in the cities of the former Wood God Kingdom."
Then you are the most experienced among these gold-based and wood-based kingdoms.
What good luck! I can meet such a talented person just by running into the kingdom of God.
However, it seemed that he did not just run into a kingdom of God casually, because there was a large-scale equipment refining site in this kingdom of God.
Perhaps, Sun Wukong also took this into consideration, and that is why he sent the most experienced person here to be the city lord.
Well, this talent needs to be trained well.
Chen Jiu thought about it carefully, then took out ten bottles of fire-type immortal pills and said solemnly: "This is a reward for you. You should eat it as soon as possible and cultivate to the peak of the king level as soon as possible. If it is not enough , tell me and I will give you ten more bottles. In short, reach the peak of the king level as soon as possible, and then I will open an immortal palace for you."
ah?
Ma Ji was stunned when he heard this.
He really didn't expect that just by chatting with him for a few minutes, the God would enlighten him to become an immortal!
This opportunity is simply unbelievable.
He was stunned for a moment, then he bowed and said, "Thank you, God, for your grace."
Chen Jiu waved his hand slightly and said: "This is a small matter. You can recommend someone to be the city lord here. From today on, you will follow me."
My God, I can still follow God!
Ma Ji couldn't help but said excitedly: "Okay, okay, the deputy city lord here is pretty good and should be able to do the job."
Chen Jiu waved his hand without hesitation and said, "Okay, go and hand over to him quickly, and then follow me."
Upon hearing this, Ma Ji immediately bowed and walked away quickly.
Chen Jiu looked at his back and couldn't help but smile.
Now, he doesn’t have to rack his brains to figure out how to make elixirs by himself, because someone will help him think about it.
The reason why he helped Ma Ji become an immortal was naturally so that Ma Ji could live hundreds or even thousands of years longer.
In fact, he also realized that Ma Ji's talent was average. If he hadn't met him, the king level would probably be his limit in this life.
However, it’s different when you meet him. It’s possible that you can become a god in the future!
Ma Ji was indeed efficient. After a while, he hurried over with a middle-aged man, clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "God, this is the new city lord. I have already handed him over."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and encouraged: "Well, do a good job."
After that, he waved to Ma Ji and said, "Come with me."
Ma Ji hurriedly followed him out.
Chen Jiu took him out of the door, and after walking a few steps, he stopped and asked, "Do you know where the place for refining immortal weapons is?"
Ma Ji quickly raised his hand and pointed to the right, saying, "God, the weapon refining site is about a hundred miles over there. Because we don't want to affect the immortals' weapon refining, the two cities were not built together. There is also a small city over there."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, then extended his spiritual sense to scan, and in a flash, he wrapped the horse with his spiritual sense and flashed past.
This city is indeed much smaller, and there are not many people inside. Those earth-type immortals are all refining weapons, and everyone else is basically sitting cross-legged there practicing. Even when they get up and walk, they are very careful for fear of making any noise.
Chen Jiu expanded his spiritual sense and scanned the place carefully. He felt that this place was not bad. At least there were enough people to take care of the food and daily life of these earth-type immortals. Moreover, the houses here were well built and should be comfortable to live in.
He couldn't see what the problem was, and he didn't want to disturb those earth-type immortals who were refining their weapons. It wouldn't be good to disturb them and have their weapons ruined.
It seems that there is nothing that can be improved here. If we want to increase the output of immortal artifacts, it seems that we can only increase the number of earth-type immortals and the number of artifact furnaces.
However, Ma Ji might have different ideas.
He looked at it for a while, then asked in a low voice: "What do you think we can do to increase the production of immortal weapons?"
Ma Ji hesitated for a moment, then said carefully: "God, this is not within my jurisdiction."
Chen Jiu smiled slightly and said, "I was in charge of this originally, but now I'll let you take charge. Think carefully about how to increase the production of immortal weapons."
Ma Ji pondered for a while after hearing this, and then said carefully: "God, in fact, I think that if earth-type earth immortals can refine weapons, then gold-type earth immortals and fire-type earth immortals should also be able to refine weapons. I wonder if my idea is wrong."
My God, you are embarrassed to say that to me!
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu just wanted to give himself a slap in the face.
What Ma Ji said is right. If earth-type earth immortals can refine weapons, then gold-type earth immortals and fire-type earth immortals can definitely do the same. Gold-type earth immortals and fire-type earth immortals are probably even better at refining weapons than earth-type earth immortals.
The reason why he asked the Earth-type Immortal to refine weapons was because the Earth-type Immortal had no other means of earning elixirs. It was that simple!
Now it seems that this idea is really flawed.
In fact, there was absolutely no need for him to let the gold-type and fire-type earth immortals desperately mine and refine the materials for refining equipment, because these things were not valuable, and Qingmu Market could not collect unlimited quantities.
He estimated that 200,000,000 kilograms a month would be enough. If there were more, they probably wouldn't be able to eat it all.
In this situation, there is absolutely no need for him to let those gold-type and fire-type earth immortals work hard to mine and refine materials. He can just let those who have talent in refining to do the refining!
Not bad, not bad.
This Ma Ji is really good. One of his words is worth at least ten thousand bottles of elixir. This guy is indeed a talent.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Come on, come with me and take a look around."
