Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Shortly after returning to Waterdeep, Drogo received an email from the Adventurer's Guild.

It turns out that poverty can greatly motivate a group of people, and the efficiency is so high that it is beyond Drogo's imagination.

The online shopping platform is still under testing, and the couriers and outlets in the North, Royal City, and Twin Towers City are all ready.

He also prepared the couriers to send goods to Waterdeep, and even urged Drogo in a tactful way to ask when other cities would be able to purchase goods online.

In an Internet industry, the offline entity part is progressing faster than the online business.

Out of curiosity, Drogo looked at the terms used by the Adventurer's Guild to recruit couriers.

"Extremely dangerous, with a high chance of coming into contact with a giant dragon..."

It's amazing that he could write that.

However, Drogo still reminded him that this was suspected of false advertising, which was somewhat different from Drogo's common practice of taking things out of context, and he might be sued.

Because most couriers can't touch dragons.

Long, a truck, will only deliver express to distribution centers. After being divided into areas, small vehicles will deliver them to various express stations. Most couriers start from express stations and have no access to Long, a truck that delivers express to distribution centers. Perhaps only 10% of the personnel will be assigned to distribution centers.

In response, the president said, "10% is a high probability, and the final right of interpretation lies with the guild anyway."

At this moment, Zhuogo clearly realized that the express delivery industry had reached cooperation among the three parties: the group, the bank, and the guild.

None of them are human.

Fortunately, inversely proportional to the moral level is everyone’s very good business ability.

Several major banks in Sutton are promoting online payments and credit cards at a very fast pace.

Although people still felt that this would be unsafe at first, they could not resist the temptation and applied for the cards under the various preferential policies of the banks.

However, not many users have enabled online payment functions for their existing savings accounts.

They were worried that if that happened, the money would be secretly swiped away by the greedy Drogo.

Most people choose to open a new account specifically for online payments. They don’t usually put money in it, but transfer as much as they need when they need it.

No trouble.

But I have accepted this new thing.

The unexpected surprise came from banks in other countries. After noticing Sutton's actions, they immediately discovered the advantages of credit cards and began to imitate and promote them in their own countries.

Never question the ability of capitalists to catch the trend.

At the same time, the Adventurer's Guild closed many small branches that no one visited and directly converted them into express delivery stations.

The reason why these deserted branches that were actually useless had not been closed down before was because there was no place to accommodate those staff members. Now it is easier, and they can all change their jobs where they are.

It is much easier to help civil servants change careers than adventurers. There is no need to use any tricks. Just tell them that their salary will increase and be paid on time every month.

Once these two conditions are put forward, anyone who stops those people from switching careers and dedicating their youth to the express delivery industry will become their enemy.

They felt the decline of the Adventurer's Guild most clearly.

I watched helplessly as the salary that was originally paid at the beginning of the month was changed to the middle of the month, then to the end of the month, and finally delayed to the next month.

It was almost written on his face that it was over.

Compared to the rapid progress of the bank and the guild, Drogo's progress is much "slower".

More than a dozen new dragons capable of hauling goods have been added to Deepwater City, the largest of which is three hundred years old, which can basically meet the initial express delivery capacity needs.

And now, every few days, one or two dragons are brought to Waterdeep.

The adventurers found them one by one according to the locations provided by the green dragon.

But this time they didn't carry guns, but gold coins and contracts.

Drogo is estimated to be three or four hundred years old and should be the largest dragon that comes to Waterdeep. Anything older is strong enough to survive.

There was one exception, however: an ancient brass dragon that Drogo was not very familiar with came to the city.

Barosaris, who calls himself a scholar, transforms himself into an old wizard like Gandalf.

There was no acquaintance between them and Drogo's small group, at most they had heard of each other.

The brass dragon had no intention of hiding his identity. He went straight to Drogo and stated his purpose.

One is to observe Waterdeep and see how this city will develop after accepting the dragon.

This fits in with Drogo's stereotype of the brass dragon, who is keen on research.

Second, I want to learn the principles of firearms.

This is a bit subtle.

At first, Drogo thought that he was trying to find a way to counter firearms for the future of the dragon race.

So he told the Brass Dragon that he could only research the guns that were available on the market. As for more advanced research, it would be out of the question unless he joined the Drogo Group.

The original intention is to dissuade people from doing so.

Who knew that the other party would agree to join without saying anything, and didn't even care about signing the contract, which made it difficult for Drogo to do anything.

I've never seen anyone so willing to be a slave.

After signing the contract, Barosaris couldn't wait to see the cutting-edge research.

After a period of observation, Drogo and the researchers working with the brass dragon came to a unanimous conclusion.

This ancient dragon simply likes to study arms, and he's also a chatterbox who can get along well with the goblins.

On the one hand, he is working with the goblins to study bigger and more powerful explosions, and on the other hand, he is hanging out with Old El, reportedly for some lofty ideal.

Old El has been "secluded" in the laboratory for a long time since he talked with Drogo at the gate of Shenzhen Research Institute.

Drogo seriously suspected that he was inspired to "plant the sun".

Although Drogo felt that there was little hope, if the sun was grown by himself, it would be a good sun.

In addition to these adult dragons, there are six baby dragons and even two eggs.

It can be seen that he came here with his family.

For this reason, Drogo had to build a dragon kindergarten, separate from the kindergartens for other races.

The brains of young dragons are not very good, their brains develop slowly, and they cannot learn what other races learn. Compared to intelligent creatures, dragons are closer to animals when they are young.

Moreover, the physical strength of the young dragon is a bit too high. If it fights with other children, it will cause a tragedy...

However, kindergarten is still necessary. If the dragon people want to integrate into society, they still need to receive education from an early age.

It's just that the childhood stage is a bit too long.

It takes at least fifty years to grow a dragon from an egg into a dragon strong enough to carry goods.

Huge sunk costs.

Is there any way to help the young dragons earn some income?
Drogo thought...

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In the woods in the north-central part of the Kingdom of Sutton, a nimble green dragon was running at full speed.

This was his first official freight trip.

He mainly traveled the distance between Waterdeep and the Royal City. Before he officially started working, he had made the trip back and forth more than ten times and was quite familiar with it.

There are not many express delivery orders at the moment, and the work is still easy, but Green Dragon is not happy. He is paid based on the number of freight shipments, and the fewer orders he has, the less he earns.

As an ambitious dragon, his goal is not limited to express delivery.

Although it is much better than living in the wild, the upper limit of express delivery is obvious.

The future is limited.

If other races can perform important jobs, there's no reason why dragons can't.

So in his spare time, he began to make up for his lack of knowledge.

The first thing he tried was to learn magic, but within two days he realized that he was not cut out for it.

It was completely different from the magic he had come into contact with before. Written knowledge was much more important than spellcasting, and he could not learn it at all. He could not even understand the principles of the Green Dragon Poison Magic that he had inherited.

It seems that there is no possibility of imitating Ms. Fulin's route.

He then turned his attention to the field of management. Since he could lead a group of dragons, didn’t it prove that he had some talent in managing a team?

If he wanted to be promoted to a management position, he had to know the Common Language. So in addition to taking the free Common Language classes provided by Drogo, he also set up a Common Language exchange corner to practice speaking the Common Language.

The communication corner is filled with dragons, goblins who speak incoherently, demons who come to the main plane to work, and orcs who have just come to the big city from the tribe.

And a bunch of citizens who came to watch the fun.

The sight of four deformed creatures stumbling over their common language with strange accents is something you don't usually see.

Therefore, in the communication corner, one can often hear the laughter of the onlookers that is almost enough to make them choke.

Many students were afraid to speak because of this, but Green Dragon didn't care.

First of all, while citizens are laughing, they will also point out what is wrong with what is said, making fun of it “effectively”.

Secondly, he has the most standard accent in the communication corner because he speaks through a voice machine, which was recommended by Drogo.

While learning the language, Green Dragon also tried to understand the entire online shopping system.

The lack of Dragon language version of the information caused considerable difficulty, but he still managed to read a lot of it with great effort.

You won’t know until you see it. It turns out that Drogo’s conception of the entire online shopping platform is so complicated.

The ultimate goal is to enable express delivery to every small town and make online shopping a habit for all people.

How to ensure the survival and transformation of physical stores under the impact of online stores.

In the future, online shopping platforms will be differentiated and different platforms will be set up according to the habits of different consumer groups.

All in all, the current website is just a small step in the overall grand plan.

For example, the current platform will serve as a platform mainly targeting middle-class consumer groups in the future.

That is, a group with stable income, a material standard of life above the subsistence level, a certain pursuit of new things, and who also cares about cost-effectiveness.

The Green Dragon tried to understand and concluded that they were the main targets of the attack.

Just like now that the platform is just starting out, the main users are employees of the Drogo Group.

On the one hand, they are familiar with the platform and trust it more.

On the other hand, they are the target users themselves. Oh, and they are also the target users of food delivery platforms.

Hey, why does it feel like a life of working is a life of being harvested by different forces in turn?

The green dragon felt as if he had comprehended something.

It turns out that running is a good time to daydream.

He stretched his neck and prepared to run back to Waterdeep in one breath.

The Shenzhen Research Institute has developed a special backpack for dragons, which can accommodate dragons to the maximum extent without affecting their movements, making it very convenient.

The main focus should be placed on the upper back near the shoulders, avoiding the relatively fragile waist.

The green dragon now realizes that those humans are indeed amazing. They can develop a backpack suitable for dragons in just a few weeks.

It is indeed more useful than the random bags I made when I was wandering.

Even though the objects are of the same weight, it is easier to press them against the shoulders than against the lower body. It's magical.

It seems to be called something like "Dragon Body Engineering".

After the backpack is delivered, it can be unloaded by unfastening the buckle on the chest, without the need for help from others. Even the delivery dragon can help with the carrying, which is more efficient.

This optimization was specifically requested by Drogo.

The claim is to make the process more convenient.

Indeed, but the green dragon believed that Drogo was more or less motivated by the desire to hire fewer unloading staff.

He was beginning to understand Drogo's thinking.

"Ok?"

At this moment, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the right.

Something was tracking him, and it had no idea how to hide its tracks. It was quite large, and it made crackling sounds as it moved through the trees.

And it was obvious that the speed was not fast enough and he would soon be unable to catch up with him.

what's the situation?
The green dragon decided to test the waters, so he made an emergency stop.

The thing being tracked was shaken by this, and its legs became unsteady. It rolled out of the bushes and fell in front of the green dragon.

Now I see clearly what it is.

A black dragon.

And it's a black dragon that has not yet grown out of its childishness.

The horns have not grown out yet, the scales are small and somewhat smooth, and it is in the late juvenile stage and has not yet reached the stage of adolescence.

The stage of being a little brat who is hated by everyone in the dragon clan.

He is still a little stunted and it seems that he hasn't had many full meals.

After living in Waterdeep for a period of time, the green dragon's body size has gradually approached a healthy size.

This unfortunate child, let’s take him back to Waterdeep.

The green dragon looked carefully at the dragon in front of him.

Although she is very thin, she looks pretty good.

The black scales reflected a faint purple light in the sunlight, so the animal should have a good bloodline. It had a round head and a pair of big eyes.

Humans would probably like such a dragon.

After interacting with humans for a period of time, green dragons summed up one characteristic: they have no resistance to cute things.

I only express my love directly, and I am embarrassed to express my love directly because of the society's requirement for adults to be "mature".

The little black dragon staggered to its feet and growled at the green dragon.

Unfortunately, it has no deterrent effect at all in the eyes of the green dragon.

The double suppression of size and strength.

A weak and cute thing will only become doubly cute if it loses its temper...

"Traitor!" the little black dragon shouted.

The green dragon was confused, looking left and right, "Me?"

"Slaves of humanity!"

Good cultural level, favorability +1.

Being able to speak complete phrases at this age makes him a talented young dragon. Considering his bloodline, he must have a very powerful parent.

"First of all, I'm not a slave," the green dragon explained earnestly, "I'm working, in an employment relationship."

"Employment, what is it?"

"My employer pays me and I work for him. I'm not a traitor. Besides, my employer is also a dragon."

"Slaves of the Dragon Clan!"

"..."

Favorability -1.

"Then let's do this." Green Dragon took out a grilled lamb chop from his bag.

Whole row.

"Come with me, this is for you to eat."

Green Dragon felt like a bad uncle who kidnapped children.

However, the other party should be out of parental care. According to the tradition of the dragon clan, he should be kicked out of the house at this age, otherwise his adulthood rate would not be so low.

"I don't want to be a slave!" the little black dragon said stubbornly, but his dripping saliva had already betrayed him.

"Well, forget it." The Green Dragon put away the lamb chops.

"Wait!" (End of this chapter)