Chapter 375 Dedicated Miss Linda
On January 3rd of the new calendar in the alien world, 1033, just four days before the annual winter festival, a cargo ship from the territory of Odysseus docked at the town of Newin in the territory of Innadri.
At the dock, the logistics department purchaser who had been waiting for a long time was cheered up and trotted towards the undead who had just gotten off the ship: "Mr. Orange Cat, here, here!"
The player with the ID "There is an Orange Cat", commonly known as the Orange Cat Boss, glanced at the green words above the buyer's head - the natives could not distinguish the appearance of the undead, and it was actually not easy for the players to distinguish these "NPCs" whose looks were not particularly outstanding.
After confirming the buyer's "ID", the orange cat boss quickly took out a list of goods: "The first floor of the warehouse is full of your goods, please inspect them."
The buyer took the order sheet, glanced at the numbers on it, and immediately arranged for the workers to unload the goods.
The Newin Town Pier, where no large ships usually dock, suddenly became lively...
John, who has been promoted from a contract worker to a full-time employee of the Labor Support Department of the Logistics Department, is also on the cargo ship rented by the Orange Cat Boss.
Although he no longer worked for the orange cat boss, this slum youth who was used to working since childhood was not someone who could sit idle. He walked out of the cabin with his luggage, and seeing that the people moving the goods seemed too busy, he immediately put down his luggage, took off his operator uniform jacket, rolled up his sleeves and went forward to help.
Miss Linda, secretary of the orange cat boss and general manager of the Knights Territory, came out of the cabin and was amused to see John, an agent sent by the Innadri City Hall to the Knights Territory to check the employment conditions and welfare of workers in the building materials company and lotus farm under the name of the orange cat lord, busy unloading the goods with the workers in a sweat.
Miss Linda was just about to dissuade this government employee who didn't treat her as an outsider, when the orange cat lord who had just got off the boat suddenly ran up from the dock: "Linda, Linda!"
"What's the matter?" Miss Linda quickly retracted her attention.
The orange cat boss didn't stop the whole time. He ran onto the deck and rushed into the cabin like the wind: "Help me watch them count the goods and settle the bill. Once you're done, sail to Adler to take them away. I'll be back before dark... tomorrow!"
"You, you don't keep an eye on it? We have to settle a quarter's accounts!" Miss Linda was shocked.
"Just watch. Damn it, I forgot today is our wedding anniversary. I have to book a hotel right away, or my wife will kill me!"
Miss Linda: “???”
The anxious orange cat boss didn't care about Miss Linda's reaction, he jumped into the captain's room and logged off.
When the confused Miss Linda came over and wanted to ask more questions, she only saw a pile of bones, clothes and other debris scattered on the carpet.
Miss Linda, took a deep breath...
Miss Linda, who was once a capable general under Phoenix, assisted the Undead Lord in managing a small knight territory, which also included a building materials company and a lotus farm with a particularly single business project and an extremely stable customer base. It was really effortless for her - and because of this, the orange cat boss was particularly confident in her, a "highly intelligent butler-type all-round senior NPC."
The dock workers and the crew on the ship worked hard for more than two hours to unload more than 60 tons of fresh lotus roots from the first-floor cargo hold. When the purchaser from the logistics department came over with the cash box to check the accounts, he glanced at Miss Linda who came alone to collect the money, and then looked at the crew behind Miss Linda who were all resting in confusion: "Where is Mr. Orange Cat?"
"It's falling apart," Miss Linda replied expressionlessly.
buyer:"……"
The buyer has already joined the Matrix and has worked with the national team on a daily basis. He knows that these undead spirits will indeed suddenly fall apart... So he said nothing and quietly settled the payment for the two transactions with Miss Linda.
The river beach led by the orange cat boss knight, (in the other world time) started selling river sand and pebbles for a while . One day, the orange cat looked at the bumpy ground and had an idea, remembering the wealth-making program he had watched... so he decided to grow lotus roots on the river beach.
The land is ready, the water source is drawn from the nearby Barcelo River, and the silt can also be dug directly from the river.
Even lotus seeds are readily available. When players in the first test were "heading west" in the Tarantan Wasteland to support the civilians in the town of Camor, they saw large areas of wild lotus on the road.
It would be a fantasy for ordinary people to bring the lotus roots grown in the Tarantan Wasteland to the Odysseus territory to plant them... But this kind of distance barrier does not exist at all for the players; the orange cat boss found a few friends in the Blood Alliance to help, teleported to the Exile Town, dug up a bunch of lotus vines in the wild, and then carried them to the Knights' Territory, and that was it.
The half-meter-deep shallow lotus pond covers an area of about 200 acres. Relying on the experience copied by the orange cat boss from Earth, the people of the entire territory (village) take good care of it. In addition, the climate in Odysseus Territory is indeed quite warm, and the silt dug from the riverbed is fertile enough. After entering the harvest season in September, the output, although not comparable to that of professional lotus farms on Earth, has reached a gratifying level of over one ton.
What made the people of the small knight territory of the orange cat boss even more ecstatic was that lotus roots could be harvested twice...
The first batch of lotus roots harvested in the fall was transported partly to Moshi Port and partly to Innadri. The purchasers at Moshi Port were people from the Odis family, and the payment was settled on the spot; Innadri, because the autumn tax had not been paid at that time and the finances were tight, the Logistics Department gave an IOU.
Now, the output of this second batch of lotus roots has increased rapidly, reaching one and a half tons, and the total output has increased by more than 40%, because the residents know that this thing is more profitable than digging river sand. They take care of it more wholeheartedly and almost live and eat by the lotus pond.
The people of the Rhine also eat lotus roots, but they don't eat it very often and buy small quantities. If the players hadn't conquered Adler Territory and gained an additional sales location, it is possible that the orange cat boss would have experienced the outrageous treatment of unsold agricultural products in the "game".
After selling lotus roots twice, the orange cat boss earned hundreds of gold coins just because of Nadeli.
Miss Linda took the money and said goodbye to John, the city hall clerk who worked for free. She did not stay in Newin for too long and ordered people to sail directly to the city of Dutata in Adler.
The orange cat boss, whose wealth is already higher than that of all the players, not counting the real estate, is not yet rich enough to afford a cargo ship with a displacement of more than 100 tons. Everything from the ship to the crew is rented from the Innadelli City Hall. One more day's use will cost one more day's rent. No matter whether the orange cat is there or not, Miss Linda dare not waste time.
Well, this is also the reason why the orange cat boss dares to hand over the stall to Miss Linda at any time - this secretary is really dedicated.
The next day, the cargo ship sailed into the port of Duta City.
Miss Linda rushed to the captain's room to find the Undead Lord, and then... she opened the door, and the pile of bones on the carpet was still there.
Miss Linda took another deep breath...
After serving the Undead Lord for nearly ten months, Miss Linda was very impressed with the abilities of her boss, at least his ability to make money.
Ten months ago, the Knights' territory was extremely poor, and even with a magnifying glass one could not find a single fat person among the people.
Now, ten months later, many of the two hundred or so residents who have shares in building materials companies and lotus farms (although very low), and whose salaries and dividends exceed the income of ordinary citizens, have fat visible on their bellies.
For common people, body fat is definitely the most practical tool for showing off wealth... The people of the neighboring barony have already begun to actively interact with the relatives of the knights, hoping to marry their daughters/sons to them.
But even though she is convinced, Miss Linda also has a lot of resentment - no matter how important the matter is or how formal the occasion is, this undead boss can suddenly let you down!
For example, now, the business with the Duta City Municipal Hall is no longer under control!
Miss Linda had to muster up her courage and step forward on behalf of the lame Undead Lord.
The logistics department of Dutata City also sent professionals who were specifically responsible for purchasing to the port to wait for contact with the cargo ship led by the Knights. When Miss Linda got off the ship, she saw from afar a man in the uniform of a City Hall operator standing on the dock, peering at the cargo ship with the skull mark.
Because the sea is very dangerous and merchant ships mostly only sail near the coast, this alien world has not developed a pirate "culture", and the skull naturally has no chance to become a pirate symbol. If a ship sailing on the Barcelo River has a skull printed on the hull, everyone knows that it is an Innadelli ship.
Miss Linda got off the boat and walked straight towards the man wearing an operator uniform with an azalea badge on his chest.
The operator looked at Miss Linda in confusion, then his gaze drifted to the cargo ship behind Miss Linda.
"Mr. Orange Cat Lord is busy and can't come out, so I will handle the lotus root transaction on his behalf." Miss Linda suppressed her anger, put on a standard smile on her face, and extended her hand to the other party. "Nice to meet you. I am Linda, the secretary of the Orange Cat Lord."
The operator seemed a little nervous. He fixed his eyes on the azalea emblem on Miss Linda's collar for a while, then reluctantly reached out his hand, gently shook Miss Linda's fingers and let go: "Nice to meet you. I'm a buyer from the Logistics Department of Dutata City."
Miss Linda knew that the operators in Dutata City were similar to those in Innadri City. Many of them were promoted from the bottom. John, who had worked for the Orange Cat Lord, was one example. These operators had strong enthusiasm and motivation for work, but they would appear a little nervous and flustered when dealing with more important matters. She took the initiative to speak:
"At the invitation of the Undead Archon, Ms. Zhao, we have brought 80 tons of fresh lotus roots. They are in the cargo hold of the ship behind me. The lotus roots produced by our Knights are sold at 1.2 copper coins per pound in Moses Port and Innadri, and five gold coins per two tons. The total payment for this batch of goods is 400 gold coins. Please arrange for someone to count them."
"Okay, okay." The operator from the Logistics Department was a little nervous when facing the beautiful Miss Linda, probably because he was too young. Without saying a word, he led his men past Miss Linda and went on board to count the cargo.
Miss Linda sighed with toothache. It was because the Orange Cat Lord was originally a family with Innadri and Adler... Otherwise, this rash action of running onto the ship would definitely arouse suspicion if it were someone else.
The workers and crew brought by the Logistics Department worked together for a while to move all the goods in the warehouse.
The city of Dutata had just collected the autumn tax, and the city hall had money, so the payment was settled on the spot and the time and quantity of the next lotus root delivery were agreed upon.
After selling the lotus roots, Miss Linda's mission is not over yet - the national team will help the orange cat boss solve the problem of lotus root sales and collect the products of his farming management game at one time, but there are conditions.
As an additional condition for purchasing lotus roots, the orange cat boss had to bring ten people back to use his ready-made lotus root farm as a teaching venue and pass on his experience in growing lotus roots... The climate in Dutata City is also very warm, and there are larger river beaches, which is also very suitable for growing this high-yield crop.
Dutata City is even closer to the royal capital and the other two earldoms, and lotus roots can be sold directly there due to the Basilo River.
The orange cat boss has no objection to this. It is quite interesting for players to teach NPC skills in return. He even plans to shoot a few videos and post them online...
