Chapter 19: Short of Money

  2 weeks, 4th day. Lin Tian still hadn't noticed the beastman's movements and was still indulging in his gentle village life, with no intention of going out to level up or continuing to pursue Qian. He wanted to build a 4th-level town hall, but unfortunately, this building didn't appear at all, it seemed that he hadn't met the unlock conditions yet. However, another possibility made him very anxious, as if he remembered that in some game maps, certain towns couldn't build ultimate town halls. If that was true, it would be a disaster for Lin Tian! Under these circumstances, he decided to build a barracks first.

  The 5th-tier Humanoid Barracks has two variants, "Church" and "Temple", which seem to be used for recruiting Priests and some kind of bald creature. Considering that the bald ones save electricity, but...

  "Constructing Human Tribe 5-tier Church - 10,000! Recruiting 10 Pastors - 10,000!" Remaining 40,000 gold.

  He thought he still had a bit of money, but now this pseudo-rich guy is stunned. He's already spending so much at level 5? What about levels 6 and 7? The homeowner is getting anxious, circling around the single gold coin on the table several times. He needs to think of a way to make some money quickly, or else he'll definitely have no money to recruit high-level troops next week and will be mercilessly wiped out by the system.

  5th-tier Human Cleric, wearing a white clerical robe, with a benevolent appearance, holding an old-fashioned cleric's staff. To be honest, it doesn't seem worth the price. Special feature: Can use Ice Shard magic for long-range attacks, making them a magical shooter type, and Ice Shards can also reduce enemy movement speed slightly. In close combat, they can use their staff to bludgeon opponents, but their attack power is halved, which is inevitable. What surprised Lin Tianxi was that these guys have the ability to use healing magic once a day, with great potential as a "nanny"!

  "Building Unicorn Paradise for 5-star Spirit Tribe - 10,000! Recruiting 10 Unicorns - 10,000!" Remaining: 20,000.

  My lovely gold coins have been stolen again in large quantities.

  The 5th-tier Unicorn of the Elf tribe is majestic and powerful, stronger than ordinary warhorses, with a snow-white body, its mane dancing in the air, and an unparalleled divine aura. Especially the silver-glowing spiral-shaped horn on its head gives this pure holy beast even more powerful special abilities: Blindness!

  Blindness: Unicorns can use their horns with special magic during attacks, which have a small chance of causing the opponent to enter a blind state, making them unable to lose all vision for a short time. However, once attacked, they can quickly recover. This ability makes them warriors that make enemies headaches and fear. These noble and pure creatures can be used as high-speed vanguard troops.

  "I heard that the pure unicorn only accepts the touch of a virgin, could it be because this elf girl was deflowered by me? Let's try another original one." The otaku muttered to himself again, earlier he tried to let an elf archer ride on the unicorn but his attempt failed once more.

  Warning: Due to system restrictions, unicorns refuse to mount other troops! If forced to ride, the consequences of violating operations are that they will all be annihilated!

  Don't be superstitious and try another one, but it still failed. It seems that the system won't let you have any luck!

  Warning: Due to system restrictions, the unicorn refuses to mount other troops! If forced to ride, the consequences of violating operations are that they will all be annihilated!

  Warning: Due to repeated malicious rule violations by Hero Lin Tian, these two troops have been forcibly sent back to the hero space and cannot be summoned within 1 day. Next time will not prompt again, forced elimination!

  Lin Tian wiped his forehead, which didn't have any sweat to begin with. Even a big coward like him knew when to be afraid. It seemed that this system aunt had quite the temper, and this time she hadn't blown up yet. If she had directly killed him off, who knows what would've happened? From now on, he really couldn't do such childish things anymore.

  Today, building and recruiting cost 40,000 gold coins. Looking at the remaining 20,000 gold coins on the interface, Lin Tian felt like crying. It can be imagined that tomorrow when building a 6th-level building, there will be no money to use, what a embarrassing state it would be? Must make money! Must make a lot of money, it seems that some control over potions and equipment must be relaxed in advance!

  Someone was sent to invite President Jones over, and Lin Tian received him in the great hall.

  "Lord of the castle, it's been a few days since we last met. What brings you to look for me? I've brought the reward for this task, 10,000 gold." The fat man seemed to sense something and spoke quickly and anxiously.

  "We'll talk about that later. I've been thinking a lot about your proposal recently, and I think it's still feasible. So I invested heavily, now we can basically double the weekly supply of goods." Jones rubbed his hands excitedly...

  "There are 400 small bottles of red and blue potions, as well as 20 pieces of equipment. Half will be used to supplement this week's quota, and the other half will be entrusted to Lord Jones for direct sales! You know, in order to increase the source of goods, I've almost emptied out the gold coins from the City Master's mansion. From now on, every week on the 1st, I will provide 400 small bottles of potions and 20 pieces of equipment!" Fatso eagerly agreed to Lord Chengming's promise, which would quickly fatten up his own purse.

  "Don't be in a hurry! I'm making conditions! I've spent a lot of money, and my sincerity is already out. There's no free lunch in the world, now it's time for the president to show some sincerity!"

  "I'd love to hear more! If it's something I can do, I won't shirk from it. Please, Lord, speak your mind!"

  Lin Tian took a file bag from the steward's hand, ignoring the old man's eyes full of resentment towards the prodigal son, and said with a hint of amusement: "This is a mansion in the south of the city, worth about 50,000 gold. You also know that I'm short on money!" Seeing the fat man reveal a knowing expression, after all, this was easy to guess.

  "So this deed and half of the goods from today, plus the 10,000 gold reward for the task you assigned to me last time, totals 120,000 gold. But I'm willing to do it for 110,000 gold coins, on the condition that I receive the gold coins by tomorrow noon at the latest. I have an urgent need and I don't want to hear any refusals. And next week, you must provide a profit of 240,000 gold coins, which is double the original amount. If not, our agreement to double the supply quantity every week will also be cancelled!" Lin Tian's expression was calm and collected as he gazed at the fat man in front of him, silently waiting for him to weigh his options.

  "Deal! Hand these over to me, I'll go gather the cash right away. With the credibility of the Golden Scale Merchant Guild, I guarantee that 110,000 gold coins will be in your treasury by tomorrow at noon! And next week, as you wish, a profit of 120,000 gold coins will be provided. I'm going to hold an emergency auction now, time is pressing, Lord Mayor, please stay behind, farewell!" The fat man quickly received the goods and rushed out in a flurry, it seems that 110,000 gold coins are not a sum he can easily come up with at present! It's as if he has been forced into a dead end, this time I owe you one.

  Money! It really makes me love and hate it at the same time!