"Yes, the pigeon coop."
Under the surprised gaze of the old steward, Jiucai Rong analyzed seriously:
"Big villas, individual three-bedroom apartments... these are too bloated, really unnecessary, and take up a lot of space."
"Winter is coming soon, and there's a lot for us to do, we can't spare too much energy."
"From a practical standpoint, I suggest sticking with the previous model of high-rise dormitories."
He confidently elaborated:
"These rooms are also elevated, with a line of beds strung together like a skewer that can rotate, and outside the beds are private partitions where you can place a desk, chair, and stool."
"When heading out, simply swing the bed around and grab an iron chain to glide down."
"As of now, rooms are tentatively set at five, ten, and fifteen square meters each, which is enough for them to store their personal belongings, and equipped with a heating supply."
"The price for permanent purchase is to be discussed later; currently, the manor's blacksmiths can't afford it. Monthly rent is 5, 10, 15 Magic Coins respectively."
Ning Zheng listened attentively.
In fact, he thought selling them would be at that price.
After all, it's just these mere two hundred people, the manor is quite large, currently usage rate is less than one-tenth, not even fully occupied.
Of course, this is Ning Zheng's perspective as a normal person; he won't offer suggestions to the abnormal from a normal viewpoint, which is pointless.
"You have to know, houses can motivate them."
Although Ning Zheng had no objections, Jiucai Rong still explained:
"For slaves, their dream is to have a home. Once they easily obtain it, they won't strive to create more value for the manor."
"I see." Ning Zheng nodded, "Well done."
No inclination to criticize the birdcage structure.
After all, it's obviously impossible to build ordinary rooms.
Everyone logs off at night, choosing a rotating suspended bed is more practical.
Of course, you can opt not to use this rotating bed and directly use the River Demon sleeping bag, that's your freedom.
Regardless of whether you buy the River Demon sleeping bag for warmth, the construction of heating pipes in the dormitory is still necessary.
After all, at night it's not cold in the sleeping bag, but during the day it's cold when working in various buildings.
Heating each workspace is imperative.
"When building new employee dormitories, we should also add heating."
Jiucai Rong continued:
"Indoor heating pipes essentially boil water, which for the blacksmith forge is just an added feature."
He took Ning Zheng to visit a newly built blacksmith forge.
Many people were working.
The Money Child tirelessly moved quickly back and forth.
"We plan to abandon the old blacksmith forge and build a new one, turning it into a large thermos water tank, so the blacksmiths forge Magical Artifacts while continuously heating nearby buildings and providing hot water storage."
"As long as the building structure's insulation facilities are appropriate, with blacksmithing for eleven hours a day, the stored heat is definitely enough to solely provide warmth to the dormitories at night."
Ning Zheng inspected the construction of the pipes, various foundational layouts, and insulation layers.
Even as an outsider, he instinctively felt it was very professional.
Previously many manor buildings were unreasonable; after all, when they first arrived, no one knew how to play, leading to haphazard construction.
Now many are being dismantled and restructured before winter arrives.
This structure can be used indefinitely unless they later become stronger and transform the buildings into large-scale Magical Artifacts.
Jiucai Rong continued to introduce the winter facilities:
"Next is the new building—a guesthouse, also known as the Tomb Tavern."
He led Ning Zheng to a rather remote corner.
A brand new large luxurious ancient-style house came into view.
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It's essential to let guests relax their guard and feel at home once inside.
He took Ning Zheng inside for a stroll.
Ning Zheng marveled at this extraordinary world, constructing things so quickly.
It had only been seven or eight days amid a manor defense battle, yet construction here was almost complete.
They were certainly diligent.
For some limited one-month NPC recruitment, it's like they're fueled by adrenaline.
"First, the guesthouse lobby must be clean and tidy."
"We've secretly installed a periscope on the ceiling to collectively observe the travelers visiting— their qualifications, hair, skin, appearance... various attributes."
They explained this action as: drawing cards.
The guesthouse lobby was their so-called "card pool."
After drawing cards successfully in the hall and selecting the opposite party's "card," a blacksmith issues a task to hire teammates and devises a way to conquer and recruit them.
At this point, the blacksmith skilled in the "Conan Assassination Technique" lays out the plan.
They took Ning Zheng to a room on the second floor.
"Take a look at this bed."
He activated the mechanism on the bed, revealing its true form to Ning Zheng.
"The semicircular headboard is actually a beheading axe."
"When the opponent is asleep, pulling the mechanism swiftly activates it, chopping off their head and dropping it into a box to swiftly slide away, granting them the headless treatment akin to the Crow King."
"After the head attack, we can then conveniently strike."
"The beheading is the signal for a group of Blade and Axe Wielders to rush in."
What a black shop on the Desolate Mountain.
Spot someone and straight away slaughter them; too wicked, everywhere are deadly mechanisms.
The neighboring city walls are gone, the populace would rather avoid the Ghost Tide, yet here you are opening a guesthouse to welcome guests.
Jiucai Rong patted his chest full of confidence, boasting:
"We must seize this Ash Disaster opportunity to show the demeanor of us Demon Cultivators!"
"Attack those ghosts with potential for cultivation to serve our manor, adding bricks and tiles, creating more profits for the Lord of the Manor!"
Jiucai Rong took Ning Zheng to a second room.
"This bed, when you lie down it suddenly sinks, the bed closes like a coffin, at which point you can knock on the coffin from the outside, 'Duang~Duang~,' the sound waves inside are very frightening, belonging to the portable bell room!"
"Actually, we've studied a luxury suite."
"Especially aimed at those more ferocious ghosts, the entire bed suddenly collapses, directly below is the Forging Furnace, immediately into the fire, several blacksmiths wielding sledgehammers doing ironwork on site, it's an integrated device."
"It's just that we might not have enough Forging Furnaces, we should purchase a few more, after all we'll eventually need them."
This opinion is actually very sound.
Forging Furnaces are definitely needed, especially since more blacksmiths have appeared recently.
Everyone wants to forge, but there are only a few Forging Furnaces.
And such large-scale Magical Artifact Forging Furnaces are very expensive, usually over three thousand Magic Coins.
Their manor's style priced at six thousand Magic Coins can be considered very extravagant.
The key is, recently non-combat materials have been decreasing in price; Forging Furnace is a stable commodity indeed, but one must endure to avoid annihilation, right?
Might as well sell it cheap, exchange for some resources!
Forging Furnaces will certainly depreciate, it's indeed a chance to acquire some.