Otherworld Management Manual

It's morning now, and there is still a long time before the dinner party.

Now that the problem of the lion orcs has been temporarily solved, there is no need to leave. Zhang Feng is still very curious about this Moore City, and he hasn't had time to take a good look around. He just went to an enchanted hall.

For breakfast, Zhang Feng originally wanted to invite the Niujiaoniang and the Lion Beastman together, but they might not agree because they were still a little upset with Zhang Feng, saying that they had something to eat.

Zhang Feng didn't force it either, so he saved himself a meal.

After dinner, Zhang Feng took Marlowe and Abe out.

He didn't drive and prepared to walk. Before the city lord of Moore expressed his attitude, he kept a low profile.

Although snowflakes are still falling outside, there are still many pedestrians on the road. From this, it can be seen that the prosperity of Moore City is still very high.

Zhang Feng wore two more clothes, it was too cold outside.

Regarding the question of which places in Moore City are the most prosperous, Zhang Feng has done his homework in advance. In addition to the Ecstasy Hall, there are Morgan Tavern and the Slave Market.

These three places are the most famous in More City.

There is a saying in Moore City: In Moore City, there is no place that can be more prosperous than the Ecstasy Hall, unless you are in the daytime.

It can be seen from this that the gold-absorbing ability of the maze hall at night is terrifying, and Zhang Feng has already seen this.

If it is said that the Ecstasy Hall is the king of the night in More City, then the king of the day must be the slave market in More City.

The slave market is only open during the daytime. It opens when the first ray of sunlight hits the earth, and closes when the last ray of sunlight leaves. It is so punctual every day, and it doesn’t matter who comes.

Logically speaking, this kind of inflexible place will definitely not do very well in business, and may even cause some troubles unknowingly.

But the slave market has been doing well for so many years.

In addition to its large number of slaves, there is another most important reason, that is, the real master behind it is the city lord of More City!

It is the only commercial place directly under the city lord in More City!

Why do you say directly under it? That's because in More City, some places don't belong to the city lord himself. She only collects taxes and doesn't participate in management.

Regarding this issue, let’s talk about cities in other worlds.

Although the lord of a city has absolute control over the city in name, the city is privately owned by him.

But in many cases, you can't completely control it. For example, you are a viscount, but there is a shop in your city opened by an earl, then you must give the other party face, and you have to turn a blind eye to some things. only eye.

This kind of thing is very common, and even these city owners are happy to do it, because in addition to strengthening the relationship between the two parties and cultivating a community of interests, there is another point, and the most important point.

That is, not all city lords can run their own cities, they would like those capable people to come to their cities to do business!

Running a city and your own territory is not that simple. It is not playing games, and there is no chance to come again. If you accidentally play the city, then congratulations, you will become a noble without a territory, that is, People often say that the down-and-out nobleman.

After becoming a down-and-out nobleman, it is basically impossible for anyone to give you a territory except for rewards. If you want to become the lord of a place again, you can only buy it with money.

But let's not talk about the huge amount of gold coins needed to buy a territory, it's a question of whether you can buy it or not.

Naturally, people won't sell a good territory, and it will be more difficult to manage a bad territory, and it is likely to repeat the same mistakes. Wouldn't it be a waste of work by then.

Therefore, almost most of the city lords will not intervene too much in the affairs of the entire territory.

Especially in the city, the city is one of the two most important sources of gold coins for the city owner, and the other is food.

As for those other places, just hand them over to others, and the city owner only needs to collect taxes.

Like Moore City, although it is a bit special, its business model is similar to other cities. Many places in Moore City have been sold to other people, including merchants, nobles, and even their own subordinates.

The city owner doesn't care how others are doing, as long as the other party does not violate the laws of More City, she only needs to collect taxes.

This is very convenient for the city lord, and he doesn't have to worry so much, and the other party will definitely be very careful in the management, and it is also very good for those who buy shops and sites. After all, for business, the bigger the plate, the better.

Moreover, due to some rules, those who bought property in the city, although they bought the freehold property, this was only limited to the case that the city owner recognized it.

In other words, if the city lord changes, or if the city lord is killed, the contract they signed with the former city lord will become a piece of waste paper.

Therefore, for their own benefit, these people must support the rule of the city lord. For the city lord and the businessman, this is a win-win situation.

Just like the nobles of the Kingdom of Buck, they must support the rule of King Buck, otherwise their aristocratic status will be gone if the king is killed.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. For example, if you just want to rebel and want to be a king yourself, then you will definitely not support it, or you will be obedient and obedient. This kind of thing has been seen a lot in the long river of history.

There are those who want to rebel in the country, and in the territory of the city lord, there will naturally be those who want to replace them and want to be the city lord themselves.

Therefore, how to manage these people is also a compulsory course for a good city lord.

And these are precisely what most city lords are good at. After all, they were born in noble families since they were young. They basically have several brothers and sisters. They can stand out among them.

The above is only in terms of business. As for military affairs, the city lord will basically not let anyone intervene. After all, the armed forces are the real backing of a city, and only in their own hands can they rest assured.

Speaking of Moore City, the only property that belongs to the city lord is the slave market.

Therefore, the background of the slave market is very strong. In addition, the city lord can mobilize all her resources at any time, even force to support the slave market. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the slave market is the king of More City during the day.

Many people even think that if the slave market is open at night, the business may be better than that of the maze hall. After all, the richer the place, the more it will not worry about the sale of slaves.

Of course, this is just a hypothesis.

As for the other Morgan Tavern, it was considered a relatively balanced place, open 24 hours a day. It's not as good as the slave market during the day, and it's not as good as the maze hall at night, but on the other hand, it's more powerful than the maze hall during the day, and it's more powerful than the slave market at night.

Zhang Feng is naturally very interested in this Morgan tavern. He wants to see how the tavern here is different from his tavern in Hongye City, and whether there is anything he can learn from.

However, the tavern is open all day, and you can go there anytime. Now Zhang Feng's destination is the slave market.

If it is said that in the city of More, the slave market, the Psychedelic Hall and the Morgan Tavern are the three most well-known places, then outside the city of More, people mentioned the first impression of the city of More - this is a slave city.

For example, Abe and Anne, although they have never been to More City, they also know that this is a city famous for its slave trade. This shows how powerful this slave market is.

But after walking for a while, Zhang Feng realized that the slave market was really far away.

The hotel and psychedelic hall where Zhang Feng is located are both in the east of the city, the tavern is in the middle, and the slave market is in the west of the city. Moore City is very big, and it would be a waste of time to walk there.

And Zhang Feng didn't find any means of transportation in the city, let alone a carriage, not even a rickshaw.

On the street, Zhang Feng looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky and felt a little uncomfortable. Do you think this is going to drive back or not?

Let's drive, he has traveled so far, wouldn't it be a pain to go back.

Don't open it. It's still so far away. If you walk over there, it's probably noon.

It's not that Zhang Feng doesn't have this little physical strength, it's just that he's lazy.

"Hey, why don't you even have a rental carriage in such a big city of Moore! These people don't know how to make money!"

Zhang Feng complained helplessly.

Both Marlowe and Abbe were helpless.

It was Zhang Feng who didn't take the car himself. He said he wanted to walk more and exercise, but he just walked a few steps and he didn't want to go. It's a nobleman!

Even someone as outstanding as Zhang Feng has the common problem of nobility, that is laziness.

When Marlowe was about to speak and allow Zhang Feng to let him go back to drive, an ordinary carriage passed by Zhang Feng, and then stopped beside Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng raised his head with some doubts, the window of the carriage opened, and a mature and charming female face was revealed. She looked in her thirties, but she didn't look old at all. Instead, she had a delicate face like a little girl, with fair skin.

But the most attractive thing is her pair of peach blossom eyes with slightly upturned tails, which has a kind of intimacy of the big sister next door.

"It's you?"

The voice is soft and melodious, very pleasing to the ear.

Hearing what the other party said, Zhang Feng was a little puzzled.

"Huh? Do we know each other?"

After searching in his mind for a long time, Zhang Feng has no memory of the other party. After all, once someone with such good looks is met, it is generally impossible to forget him.

Facing Zhang Feng's doubts, the woman smiled, and said indifferently, "Maybe I made a mistake." Then she spoke very familiarly.

"I heard you just said that you rented a carriage. May I ask what you mean? Where is your car? Where are you going?"

"car?"

The other party asked several questions in a row, Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then understood that this woman must have seen herself and the steam car when she entered the city yesterday, otherwise she would not have asked about the car.

Seeing that the other party had a good attitude, Zhang Feng had nothing to hide, so he said helplessly:

"I was going to the slave market, but I didn't notice that the city of Moore was bigger than I imagined, and it was a little far away from the slave market. I didn't plan to drive before, but now I want to take a car, only to find that there is no rented carriage or even a rickshaw on the road. , such a good business, the city lord of More City didn't even do it, this is..."

The woman who heard the word "horse hire" again was a little puzzled.

"Horse hire? Business?"

"That's right. You see so many people walking on the road. If there is a carriage on the roadside that can be rented, as long as the price is not very expensive, there must be someone willing to take it."

"The cost of carriages is not low. This business doesn't seem to be very cost-effective."

The woman shook her head. Of course, there are horse-drawn carriages for sale in Moore City, in a special horse market, but the price is not cheap. An ordinary carriage costs fifteen gold coins.

If it’s too expensive to do this business of renting a carriage, it’s better for someone to buy one, but if it’s too cheap, how many people will have to be hired to pay back the cost? It’s too long, it’s not worth it, it’s not worth it!

Seeing the woman shaking her head, Zhang Feng felt a little strange.

"Why is this not a good deal? Considering that a carriage costs 15 gold coins, that is, 150,000 copper coins. For such a long distance from the east to the west of the city, the carriage charges are based on the distance. One hundred copper coins per person is not too much, right?" ?”

"Not too much, but..."

The woman nodded. The price is indeed not expensive. One hundred copper coins can buy three large pieces of black bread. People in other places may feel distressed, but this is the city of Moore. People who can survive in Moore City, or More or less, they have some savings, otherwise they would have been driven out of More City long ago.

But there is a problem. If one person can pull ten people a day for only one hundred copper coins, it will take one hundred and fifty days to earn back the money for the carriage, which does not include the salary of the coachman, the feed for the horses and the carriage. Maintenance work, etc., so in fact it is far more than 150 days. If the horse is sick or something, it may not be able to pay back for half a year or even a year.

If it was in other cities, this business might be possible, but not in More City.

In More City, it takes more than half a year for the business to pay back, which is unqualified. The competition here is too fierce, no one will give you such a long time to prepare, and from what Zhang Feng said, it is obvious that you are going to buy a lot of carriages. If this goes on, the investment will be very large. Unless you have endless gold coins in your hands and no worries at all, it is impossible to survive in More City!

"But there are some problems..."

The woman spoke out all the issues she had just considered.

Zhang Feng was a little surprised. He originally thought that the two of them were just chatting casually, but he didn't expect that the other party really understood business.

But after hearing her words, Zhang Feng was a little speechless.

"I said big sister, are you stupid, a carriage pulls a person? Why are you so extravagant!"

"For example, in your current carriage, it's no problem to take ten people, or even more, but it's a bit crowded."

"Assuming that ten people are counted, based on the statement you just carried ten times a day, the payback time is ten times earlier, and the payback time is 15 days! Even if the coachman's salary plus horse feed and so on, it will only take 20 days at most. , I’ll ask you if you’ve managed to get your business back in twenty days?”

"As for the horse's illness, unless there is a plague or something in a short period of time, it is impossible for it to have any problems. After all, when you buy a horse, you will definitely pick a good one."

"Even when you buy a horse, you can sign a contract with the seller, such as asking them to guarantee that the horse you bought will be free of problems within one month, otherwise you will return the product. Of course, you can raise the price a little. I believe that most of this business Merchants can do it, as long as their horses are fine, the money is worthless!"

"Based on this calculation, based on the flow of people in More City, within a month, it will definitely pay back!"

This is indeed a very good business. Zhang Feng felt that if he was in More City, he would definitely open a "rental company".

The reason why Zhang Feng’s Hongye City didn’t do this is that Hongye City is relatively small, and whether there are “taxis” has little effect for the time being. We will talk about it after it expands. Another reason is that Hongye City doesn’t have many horses, and Zhang Feng plans to make it later The "railway steam car" is used as the transportation of Hongye City, so there is no need to get these for the time being.

"Ten people at a time?"

The woman muttered to herself, and Zhang Feng's explanation made her eyes light up, as if she suddenly understood.

After thinking about it for a while, she felt that what Zhang Feng said made more sense.

"Of course, you can also carry more or less, but this is another way to play. In addition to carrying passengers, you can also have some additional benefits, such as..."

"Like what?"

Zhang Feng stopped talking suddenly, and the woman asked subconsciously.

"Why should I tell you?"

Zhang Feng shrugged. He felt that he had said enough. If this woman listened to what she said, she would definitely be able to earn a lot of gold coins from it. this.

Zhang Feng also just combined his own situation, and there happened to be another person who was willing to listen, so he spoke out, otherwise he would not talk too much.

Didn't you see that Marlowe and Abe both looked confused? Even if Zhang Feng told them, they might not be able to understand.

"..."

The woman was stunned by Zhang Feng for a while, but she was not angry at all. Instead, she showed a bright smile, like a hundred flowers blooming, especially her slender peach eyes, which looked like crescent moons when she smiled, very charming and very charming. Affinity, even a heart-pounding feeling.

However, Zhang Feng, who had read countless beauties, quickly calmed down.

"If you say you can't win, you just play tricks? Still want to seduce? Fortunately, I have strong determination!"

Zhang Feng complained secretly, unmoved at all.

What he said were some relatively simple things. When his own Hongye City developed in the future, people with quick brains would understand it at a glance, and it was nothing.

As for the rest, they are relatively high-level, so naturally Zhang Feng would not say them casually.

Seeing that Zhang Feng still didn't let go, and the woman didn't mind, she restrained her smile, and then said tentatively:

"I also happened to go to the slave market. If you don't mind, we can go together. Please don't refuse. I think we may have a lot of common topics. By the way, I have some small questions. I hope you can answer them. Of course, I will I will pay you. By the way, my name is Delia."

Zhang Feng was a little surprised by Delia's words. It seemed that she had listened to his own words, and she obviously had a lot of ideas.

At the same time, Zhang Feng also knew that the other party's financial resources should not be weak. After all, this business had invested a lot of carriages in the early stage, and it really couldn't work without some financial resources.

"Delia? Thank you very much."

Zhang Feng agreed.

After all, the other party is so polite, and the grown-up is harmless to humans and animals, and he happens to be going to the slave market. Moreover, neither Marlowe nor Abbe gave Zhang Feng a warning, indicating that the other party did not have the strength to threaten him.

Of course, the most important thing is that the other party does not prostitute for free, and is paid.

Zhang Feng likes paying for knowledge the most.