Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't want to be pushed down by the players

The early morning sunlight shines into the house through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study.

Floating dust floats in the air, forming beams of light in the sunlight.

In the quiet study, the only sounds that could be heard were the rustling of quills across paper and the turning of files.

It formed a stark contrast to the bustling lobby of the city hall in front.

To the natives of the Hefno continent, those foreigners always seemed so energetic and full of vitality.

Whether it is night or day, on the streets of Wade City, you can always see these people working day and night like ants.

They cleared out wilderness creatures, took care of chores in many public places in the city, ran errands, delivered letters, and moved goods.

They are always busy making money and having some experience that the natives cannot understand, but they are also always spending money.

These strangers made the entire city of Weide more prosperous and bustling than ever before.

As for this, Chris is the one who knows best how much changes these players have brought to her territory.

However, she has a headache now.

Almost all the players in Vader City participated in this Vader Defense War.

And today is the day when she asks the city hall to distribute rewards to these players.

So, even though it was still early in the morning, the city hall in front was already filled with players coming to claim their rewards.

What is worrying Chris now is that she found that the treasury of the City Lord's Mansion in Wade City seems to be insufficient to distribute coin rewards to all players.

Do I have to delay paying my own wages?

She rubbed her forehead with a headache. This was absolutely not allowed.

This is about her credibility with the gaming community.

Beautiful appearance alone is not enough to keep those players driven by themselves, there must be sufficient rewards.

Money, equipment, and experience automatically given to players through tasks issued by the system, this is an important reason why Chris has been able to get along well with players since the launch of the server, and even made a good impression on players.

Players provide her with a large amount of cheap labor to accelerate the development of the territory and produce various goods, and they give them money so that they can buy equipment.

If we can't even distribute money, the castle will probably be captured by those angry players in no time.

I was also defeated by players two versions in advance.

That would be too embarrassing. Does this mean that one dies before achieving success?

"Rodran, how much money do we have left?"

Chris turned her head and looked at the desk on her left.

Donald, who should have been enjoying his first vacation in two months, was sitting behind his desk with a blank expression, dealing with a pile of documents.

Hearing Chris's question, he pulled out a folder from the pile of documents beside him and rummaged through it.

"Except the 3,000 gold coins that have been allocated to the front hall, there are still 5,423 gold coins, 6,400 silver coins, and 12,000 copper coins in the treasury."

"Is this money enough to distribute to those strangers?"

“It’s not enough.”

Donald, who had already calculated it, gave Chris a negative answer without any calculation.

As an assistant minister, concurrently serving as the financial officer and political officer of Wade City, he is very familiar with the current situation of Wade City, even more so than Chris.

"According to the registration in the front office, Your Highness, there are now nearly 170,000 foreigners in your territory. During this war, they are mining, helping various workshops manufacture weapons and equipment, participating in various battles, and completing all the tasks assigned by Your Highness."

The list Donald listed made Caris, who had returned early this morning, and Rodlan, who was sitting next to him, fully understand how great a contribution the strangers had made.

They could be said to be the biggest contributors to the defense of Weide City, so the two of them hesitated for a moment and swallowed back the words they originally wanted to say, which was to persuade Chris not to give too many rewards to strangers.

"That's going to be troublesome."

Chris felt even more headache after hearing this.

"Donald, keep busy. Let me think about it first."

Chris waved to Donald, then held the teacup and began to think about what method to use to replace the monetary reward.

Donald opened his mouth to say something after the report, but in the end he could only helplessly and rarely reveal a trace of grievance.

Your Highness, why is my vacation gone?

Early this morning, he had already prepared the carriage and taken care of his clothes and hairstyle.

By now, he should have gone out with a few ladies he had made an appointment with to enjoy the beautiful and lonely autumn scenery on the Snow Crystal Plain.

Drinking black tea, eating desserts, sitting on the vast plains, exchanging poetry and discussing life with those charming and mature ladies.

But now I find myself sitting behind this desk that I have been working at for two months, facing the piles of documents that I thought I could say goodbye to temporarily.

why?

Rodlan, who was sitting opposite Donald, saw his best friend's confused and aggrieved expression, as if he wanted to say something but had no idea how to say it.

He silently raised his hand to his mouth to hide the smile on his face.

"Lord Rodran, what happened?"

Karis, who was next to Lordran, had just returned and missed yesterday's celebration, so he had no idea what had happened.

"nothing."

Rodlan glanced at his friend, chuckled and shook his head.

"Ok."

Caris could only sit there in confusion and deal with the military affairs of Vader City.

"Lordran, Karis, I remember there are still a lot of equipment that was replaced in the barracks armory."

Just at this time, Chris had already thought of a solution and looked up to ask Caris and Rodlan.

"Yes."

Caris, who was handling the relevant matters, nodded.

"In addition to the old leather armor and other items that have been replaced, the armory also contains a lot of new equipment that has been forged by the city's blacksmith shops recently."

Karis bowed his head guiltily to Chris and apologized.

"These replaced weapons were supposed to be sold to mercenaries, foreigners, and other cities according to your instructions, but due to the war, they were delayed."

"Oh, that's just right."

Chris nodded, and instead of being angry, she felt relieved.

It seems that the previous promotion did not completely deplete the stock, so if that's the case, let's do it again.

"Eunice, go notify the front office immediately."

Chris took a document and started writing on it.

"For strangers who have reached a certain contribution point, their contribution points can be exchanged for ordinary equipment as a reward; those in the top 10,000 are eligible to exchange their contribution points for a piece of excellent standard equipment."

"The first five thousand strangers can exchange for three pieces, and the first thousand can exchange for one set with their contribution points."

"If your contribution is insufficient, you can use money to replace it."

"Then announce that to celebrate the final victory of this war, all stores in the city will offer a 30% discount, and everyone can enjoy it."

That’s about it. Use equipment instead of monetary rewards, and use promotions to recover the money that has been distributed and redistribute it to the next players.

However, I still have to find a way to make money quickly.

Chris held the teacup and thought about where else she could make money.

PS: I slacked off again yesterday.

Chapter 61.46 First version update and game maintenance

As Chris gave the order.

All the players in Weide City knew that the promotion had started again.

"I say, didn't the last promotion just end a few days ago?"

One player felt in his pocket.

He and his companions gained a lot of contribution points in the faction battle this time, although they died a few times and lost some experience.

But the money he got and the equipment he exchanged for contribution points made him look forward to the next upgrade journey.

However, when he saw the promotion, he couldn't help but look down at the blank equipment he had left on him.

“This promotion is too frequent.”

"I feel like my wallet is about to be emptied again. Are they forcing me to work in the mines?"

"But isn't this promotion at the City Hall normal?"

Of course, there were also players who did not participate in the promotion a few days ago because they did not have enough money.

They had received many rewards in this faction war, and they were very excited to see the promotion started again.

"Look, this is a thank-you event the princess is holding to thank us players for our selfless performance in this Faction War. It's not some promotion."

"Exactly. Princess Chris is so kind. Yesterday during the celebration, the whole city was provided with free food and drinks, and today all the stores in the city are offering discounts."

A group of players in the city hall were standing in front of the bulletin board, having a heated discussion.

Of course, there were a few players who felt that Vader City’s two consecutive discount events were a bit too frequent, but as soon as they said it, they were stared at by other players as if they were idiots.

"Princess Chris gave you a discount to help you save money, and you actually thought she was trying to cheat you out of your money. Tsk tsk, aren't you stupid?"

"That's right. I saved you money so you could buy more good equipment. You're not happy that you leveled up faster than players in other regions."

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What you said makes a lot of sense.

The players stood there with bitter smiles, but they couldn't help but want to say something in their hearts.

But when you say this, can you please not say things like "My wife is so kind"?

However, they were right. Although those players said that Chris was going to cheat them of their money again.

After receiving the rewards for the faction war, they walked out of the city hall very honestly and headed towards the commercial center in the south of the city.

There is a 30% discount city-wide as a thank you gift. Of course, you should seize this great opportunity and replace all the remaining white equipment on your body. You must get a full set of green equipment.

As for money, you can still go mining.

Chris was sitting in the study, drinking black tea and comfortably enjoying the service of her head maid.

In particular, Donald on the left was overwhelmed by a mountain of work documents, while Rodlan and Caris on the right were also busy with the defense and military affairs of Vader City.

However, in order not to irritate his subordinates who were working hard, especially Donald, who was about to go on an autumn outing but was pulled back by himself after his vacation was reimbursed.

After touching the fish for a while, Chris sat up straight and stopped leaning on the chair.

Since I'm bored, I might as well work on the subsequent construction plan for Vader City.

However, when Chris picked up the major construction plan that she had made yesterday, she was stunned.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Yuni, who had been sitting behind Chris and not forgetting her identity as a maid while handling intelligence work, noticed Chris's condition at the first time.

"Oh, nothing, I just had a good idea."

Chris came back to her senses and smiled to indicate that she was fine.

However, she did not notice that when she said she had a good idea, Donald on her left suddenly raised his head.

Chris put down the document in her hand and looked at the game prompt she suddenly received.

Dear players, after four weeks of service launch, this game has achieved very good results and has attracted a large number of players. In one hour, this game will undergo its first maintenance and update, which will last for one day. Please see the official announcement for more details.

The game is going to be maintained. Doesn't that mean that in an hour, all the players in her territory will be offline?

And it will take another day for maintenance.

Chris couldn't help but wonder how long a real day was in the game.

Although from the gossip of the players, she already knew that the ratio of game time to real time was 2:1.

But that was when the game was launched and operated. It should be different during maintenance.