Chapter 561- Strengthened Escort


    Trantor: ryangohsf


    Editor: Nora


    Apart from that, Gaia also had other reasons for removing the Super Auction tform.


    Although the territories in the wilderness were basically self-sufficient, as they were in different regions, they had different distribution of resources. Hence, each territory, including Shanhai City, needed to trade with other people.


    Either to sell products, buy raw materials, or conduct other transactions.


    After the Super Auction tform went down, the Lords could only use channels to fulfill their trading needs.


    The first method was to pass through the wilderness to trade with the imperial cities. However, this matter was impossible in a short period of time, since the territories were too far away from the imperial cities.


    As such, the second method remained, which was to trade with other territories.


    The most convenient method would be to trade with their neighbors.


    However, the main point of the wilderness was the survival of the fittest.


    In normal scenarios, there were basically no good neighbors. Hence, it was tough to start trades.


    Gaia knew this, and it wanted to use this to tell the Lords in the wilderness that their race did not only include war, there was also trading.


    After all, when they reached Hope, there was a chance they would need to trade with the natives there. As future leaders, they naturally needed to be prepared for such events.


    Since the four city-states surrounded Shanhai City, apart from dealing with Consonance City, they had no other easy option. Luckily, Ouyang Shuo had already nned for this matter, and he had opened up the sea trade route with the Quanzhou Imperial City.


    Hence, although they were not close to the imperial city, they could use the convenience of sea trade to continue trading with the Quanzhou Imperial City. They onlycked the ability to trade with the other imperial cities.


    Of course, challenges still existed for Shanhai City.


    Firstly, the salt trade of Shanhai City would be affected.


    Quanzhou was a city located near the ocean, so it did not need to import food salt. Hence, Shanhai City would have to sell the food salt they did not consume internally to other territories.


    Food salt was a huge pir item for the territory.


    Be it Beihai City at the beginning, Qiongzhou and Leizhou Prefecture, or even Zhenhai City, the profits brought from food salt marked one of the primary financial inputs of the territory.


    Secondly, the channels to purchase iron ore, coal, and simr resources were limited.


    Although Ouyang Shuo had already made preparations for this particr problem, it was not a long-term n. Their ability to find a stable supply would impact the future industrialization strategy of the territory.


    As for other impacts, they would need the Industry Division to perform some analysis.


    All in all, the removal of the Super Auction tform was a massive test toward all territories.


    When Chun Shenjun received the news, his face instantly turned ashen white.


    One must know that his family was based around business. Members of his family were running the chambers ofmerce in the imperial cities. The removal of the Super Auction tform would mean that these chambers ofmerce would be independent from the main family.


    This matter was huge for Pill Sun City, which relied on their support.


    2: removal of the global channel, the guild channel, and the alliance channel. Communication between yers will either be through the ry or through the forum.


    This was another update that made the yers feel ufortable or even pained.


    This move was to make the wilderness more realistic.


    Removing the global channel would make yers more independent, as they could notmunicate through the same channel. Regional powers would be strengthened or even solidified.


    Removing the guild channel made it extremely difficult for one to run a guild. In turn, it also restricted the scale of guilds.


    Obviously, Gaia wanted a simplified guild structure.


    Removing the alliance channel forced members of alliances to increase face-to-facemunication and interaction.


    This point did not really affect Ouyang Shuo.


    In hisst life, he had already grown used to not having these channels.


    In truth, when yers slowly got used to not having such channels, it would liberate the game and make one feel much closer to the wilderness.


    At the same time, the lines between yers and NPCs would also grow blurrier and less defined.


    3: removing yer levels, recing it withbat strength evaluation.


    The evaluation levels were split into copper, ck iron, silver, gold, dark gold, and god rank. Each rank was divided into three tiers.


    Thebat strength value was a moving value that fluctuated. It was an all round evaluation of a yer''s level, stats, equipment, cultivation methods, and other rted elements.


    Ouyang Shuo took a look, and his evaluation standard was high-silver rank.


    With that, one could see how difficult it was to achieve a highbat strength value.


    In hisst life, the top expert in China had only reached the low dark gold rank. The further the game progressed, the harder it was for yers to raise their rank and the longer it would take.


    For yers to break through to god rank, there were also specific quests.


    Removing the yer level was naturally Gaia''s attempt to make the game more realistic. Ouyang Shuo also knew that in the future, even personal stats and equipment stats would be removed.


    4: all round upgrade to the ry, officially opening up the carriage system.


    The ry from before was only in charge of sending letters, which did not fit its name. After the update, all the rys in the city would have carriages.


    Be it yers or NPCs, they could sit on these carriages to head to various cities.


    Naturally, it would cost gold, so the profits would be split half-half between the system and the territory. This also meant that the more prosperous the territory, the higher their ie from this area.


    Apart from these carriages, the ry also rented carriages and helped to transport goods.


    The goods transport service was simr to an improved olden escort service.


    Of course, it cost gold too.


    The unique part of the ry system was the speed of the carriages. It was twenty times faster than ordinary carriages.


    With that, not only did it reduce the ten times map expansion element, it even made traveling two times faster.


    One could foresee how popr the various rys in each city would be. Even officials and the yamen would have to use the ry system.


    Of course, to use the ry to move arge number of troops was impossible. Gaia had ced strict restrictions on such actions.


    The upgrade of the ry showed that Gaia was keeping a good bnce between making the game realistic and keeping it somewhat convenient for the yers.


    At the very least, Gaia did not go all out in chasing for realism.