I Become a Landlady in the Game World-Chapter 835 - 400: The Feeling of Being Chosen with Conviction Is Truly Wonderful!
Receiving the gazes from others, Zhou Bai felt a bit helpless.
In reality, she had been exploring territory development on her own.
She’s not professional herself, and every time she commanded, seeing everyone follow her lead, she never knew what to say, so this time she just had to keep pushing through.
However, as she handled things more and more, she got used to it.
She just needed to follow her intuition; after all, under her "reckless" management, Hope Town hasn’t been too bad, has it?
"For the next month’s focus, I want to concentrate on the economy, while also strengthening exchanges with other territories, to better understand the conditions outside and the distribution of major forces on Stan Continent. The territory’s current military force is sufficient and is planned to be centralized for enhancement, so there’s no need for further investment. After all, Hope Town resolved an invasive territory this time and seized all their resources, so we can’t let other territories see us as the next invasive territory; let’s be a bit more low-key," Zhou Bai added, "What do you all think?"
Having intimidated enough, at this new stage, let’s continue to develop stealthily!
Because she glanced at the territory’s panel data, according to the current situation, it’s likely that Hope Town could soon meet the conditions for promotion to Level 2 town.
Therefore, during this period, she needs to prepare silently to "amaze" everyone later.
This too comes from her intuition that if the territory can be promoted, it shouldn’t be delayed.
Indeed, the strength of a territory, regardless of the situation, is better the stronger it is; the stronger it is, the less likely it is to be bullied.
Just like last time, when she defeated Fasal Village, during the territory war, most territories "sensibly" did not come to challenge us.
"No problem at all, our Commercial Management Office will take good care of leasing the shops," Locke replied to Zhou Bai immediately, "However, earlier shops could only be leased to Hope Town residents, but now, with so many shops, relying solely on residents to lease won’t consume them all, according to our calculations. We hope to lift this restriction."
After pausing for a moment, Locke added, "In fact, although there was this restriction before, many people borrowed Hope Town residents’ names to lease at high prices. Lifting it doesn’t make much difference and is actually not conducive to management."
Zhou Bai naturally knew about this matter. For example, Wendell’s Magic Equipment Store operates like this, and the monthly sales in Hope Town are considerable, making it one of the top taxpayers among ordinary shops.
Of course, the special shops supported by factories, such as Zhong Yongnian’s Convenience Hall, Zhang Bulun’s Sauce Pavilion, and Meng Chengzhou’s Wooden Products, are the major sales contributors.
"Of course, but there must be requirements for external leasing personnel, and they should sign contracts with the territory to protect the interests of both buyers and sellers," said Zhou Bai directly.
This point she realized after establishing so many Commercial Streets, even if Locke hadn’t mentioned it, she planned to relax the requirements.
Initially meant to protect the business environment of the territory, but now, it’s unnecessary, so let it return to the market for self-regulation.
Currently, Hope Town is seen as a distribution center for many goods in many villages, and she wants to continue leveraging this advantage to strive to become a distribution center in the eyes of town-level territories.
By then, the financial resources will continue to roll in.
Another reason is she covets the good things from other towns and city-level territories!
Wolf’s possession of good things is truly abundant; if it weren’t for Philaya, he would have long escaped with those items, quickly rising again as the claw of Marquis Boyer.
Alternatively, had Wolf possessed more defensive weapons, Hope Town might have paid an even greater price.
Overall, this combat made her aware of some issues in Hope Town, or rather, problems prevailing in all Blue Star territories.
Lacking foundation.
Thinking about it, Zhou Bai added, "The territory will soon open to more town-level territories, try to reserve some quotas for merchants from town-level territories, or introduce more shops focusing on rare materials and energy, offering them tax incentives."
"Alright." Locke immediately took note.
After saying this, Zhou Bai looked at others, waiting for their opinions.
"We have nothing to say, we will definitely cooperate with the Commercial Management Office’s leasing work."
"Lord Mayor, don’t worry! We are on the same page."
"We will manage the territory’s order well."
"Developing the economy is great; once we have money, everything becomes easier to manage."
"The barracks will also send them out for missions, preparing to investigate the situation of other territories."
"Lord Mayor, you can leave the Beastman Kingdom to me; when I go back to recruit people, I will definitely have the situation clearly figured out for you."
"At the Warehouse, we will focus on collecting the resources needed by the territory."
"..."
The representatives from the various departments on site all expressed their stance to Zhou Bai without hesitation, simply offering full support.
Basically, whatever Zhou Bai said, they would do.
Zhou Bai: "..."
—Just knew it would be like this.
However, being chosen with such steadfastness feels really good!
