god simulator

Chapter 502 Supply and Demand is the Truth

Supply and demand is the truth!
This is why the black market exists.

For many years, Kaka lived on the largest black market in the empire [Treasure Island].

This is a small island located in the south, with only one channel from the mainland.Various practitioners living on the island live on the black market, such as merchants, looters, gamblers, tinkers, pharmacists, thieves and so on.

Everything that exists in the empire can be bought on Treasure Island. As long as the price can be afforded, someone will put the goods on the shelves.

In fact, the Empire has been cracking down on black markets everywhere.But [Treasure Island] is an overseas territory directly under the empire, which is under the direct management of the imperial capital, and is protected by the laws and legal principles of the empire. This is something that other black markets cannot do.

Because the tax brought by the transaction here is too much.

When taxes were low, the Empire overtook the taxpayers.

When taxes are high, imperial policy tends to favor the taxpayer.

When taxation exceeds the limit that the law can contain, the empire will unconditionally protect the taxpayer and become the most staunch backing of the taxpayer.

This is well known to imperial merchants.

Mallet Kaka was hired by a merchant to Booty Island as a tinkerer.It is not difficult to tell from the name that he is a goblin who does woodworking.

Due to the increasing number of transactions on Treasure Island and the continuous increase in the number of talents in various industries, the mallet Kaka settled in Treasure Island.

He married a female thief and gave birth to his son, Quickfoot Kaka.

The female thief lived with the mallet for many years until the child was named when she was eight years old. She suffered from an occupational disease and swept away all the family's property, and has never been heard from since.

Kuaishou wandered around the streets at a very young age. He quickly grew into a black market reseller, and later gave birth to a son with a female pharmacist who made generic drugs.

After growing up, little Kaka got her own name: Kuaishou Kaka.

The reason why he got such a name is because Kaka has been dexterous in his hands and feet since he was a child, and he is especially good at delicate work.

He can repair a scrapped long-tail truck by himself in just a few days, and he can transform a pile of scrap metal into a working heating stove, fishing bench and storage rack.

Kaka is very good at imitating and learning.

Such as some expensive mechanical items, such as mechanical pocket watches owned by nobles and rich people, multi-layered silver jugs, portable multifunctional belts, walnut wood chairs with copper rods that can be lifted and rotated...these are high-end and exquisite props made by the Invention Department , he can imitate and repair.

On Hidden Treasure Island, Kaka is known as the "High Imitation Master".

Some goblin merchants began to secretly ask him to make some imitations, and add them to the expensive genuine products to mix them up and sell them.

Relying on craftsmanship, although Kaka is not rich, she is not hungry either.

However, the high imitation and renovation ability also brought him troubles.

He was asked to make some special imitations.

For example, driving a wind-up locomotive that will explode when it is driven, placing poisoned needles in the pocket watch, adding some handcuffs and iron hoops that can be ejected in the swivel chair, and a flagon with mercury hidden...

This made Kaka shudder.

He is very clear that these things will affect some people, causing some people to disappear or die suddenly, and the follow-up will bring him endless troubles.

But employers are also very difficult to mess with, and it is difficult to refuse.The people who came forward were nominally local looters and thieves, but they were all just running errands, and behind them were big figures who held power and wealth.

Kaka felt very painful.

"Why does it have to be me? Other tinkerers and engineers can do this too."

This question made the employer laugh: "You are the best at imitating and renovating. Who is such a good person in Treasure Island? You often do these jobs, don't you?"

Some also said: "Isn't high imitation just stealing other people's things? What you want is your craftsmanship. You'd better be sensible, accept the gold coins, and make things for me. It's good for us."

The title of high imitation teacher, which used to represent the recognition of technology, has become Kaka's trouble.

He finally understood.

The reason is not that other engineers can't do it, but that the high imitation master is an evil goblin who steals technology and craftsmanship in everyone's eyes.

Evil imitators should do the dirty work.

Those engineers in the invention department are the inventors who stand under the sun and do serious things.

Kaka tried many times and wanted to enter the invention department.He applied to start as an unpaid and overworked apprentice, and if he couldn't evaluate technical advancement, he accepted it.

But the technical officer in charge of the recruitment of the Invention Department told him: "You have to understand that the Invention Department cannot accept a person with serious misconduct. The Invention Department has created great and brilliant inventions for the empire. It is a respected temple and no one is allowed Defile the cause of the Holy Spirit here!"

"Go back to your treasure island, that's where you should be."

This hit Kaka hard.

Being born on Treasure Island is not his choice, but technology and invention, is it true that those born in the Ministry of Invention are bright and righteous, and the technology on Treasure Island is dirty and indecent?
When Kaka was confused and distressed, his father quickly gave him a gift.

It was a little golden turtle.

In the Empire, this is an expensive and popular pet among goblins.

"Although this gift is a bit late...you need a little motivation and change, fast feet." The elderly father said: "Take it, remember that you will be responsible for its life, and you will find yourself soon direction."

Kaka raised this turtle named "Little One", he hadn't thought about his future, but the outside world has turned upside down.

The emperor of the empire was exiled overseas, and the electors began to compete for the orthodox imperial capital in turn. The entire empire fell into uninterrupted war and turmoil.

Treasure Island can't stay out of it either.

The chaos ended the tax privileges, and there were troops from different numbers levying military expenses on the island, saying that they would defend the island on behalf of the empire.They did not stand out for Treasure Island, but repeatedly levied taxes for various reasons and even went directly to the island to arrest people, causing many people on the island to leave and migrate one after another.

Kaka also took his father and "Little One" and followed the merchants to the Resurrection Kingdom to avoid disaster.

……

The Kingdom of Resurrection is a young country, and the main ethnic group is the ancestors of bones.

Unlike the empire, there is no old-fashioned aristocratic group here, and there are no lords and armed forces from all over the place. As long as you work hard and produce something, you can get a unified payment from the kingdom.

Relying on his ability to learn and imitate, Kaka quickly adapted to the local area and was hired as a senior craftsman of the kingdom.

His main job is designing and testing new skeleton creatures.

There are two common skeleton creatures in Resurrection Kingdom, one is the bone horse, and the other is the skeleton dog.

King Raymond asked: "We can't be limited to these two species. We must make full use of the advantages of bones, use bone horses and skeleton dogs, and transform and strengthen more types of skeletons. It is said in the oracle that diversity means stability."

In this regard, Kaka also deeply agrees.

King Raymond was a tech-savvy national leader, and many of his policies were skewed toward better production and manufacturing.

The Twin Snake Empire is based on a small number of elites such as merchants and nobles as the main body of interest, while the main body of interest in the Resurrection Kingdom is the public craftsmen and farmers.

The entire Resurrection Kingdom is a huge machine with the country as the unit. Regardless of agriculture, animal husbandry or manufacturing, the country uniformly distributes materials and tools, and uniformly recycles the output, so everyone takes this as a matter of course.

Because the divine power of God Yao shines, and the apostle Maocao is on the side to supervise.King Raymond also set an example, with his strong personal charm and prestige, he made every effort to promote the progress of the main body of the country so as to protect the interests of every citizen.

At work, Kaka participated in the [Bone Cow] and [Bone Lizard] projects.

Although these two projects were eventually abandoned due to their poor practicality, they made him meet a like-minded friend Bucky.

Bucky was one of the first bone mages in the kingdom.

Unlike most bone mages who tend to refine their spells, he pays special attention to the basics.

"Without a foundation stone, there is no house."

Bucky always said: "We need more ghost beacons, more scholars, so that more people can accept and master knowledge, even the simplest knowledge. This must be done for the kingdom to complete Otherwise, farmers will always be farmers, and craftsmen will always be craftsmen. This rigid status, which is almost determined by birth, will make the kingdom unable to be full of vitality and creativity."

"We need the foundation of mathematics, language, writing and rhetoric, mining, smelting, casting, astrology, navigation... every kind of basic knowledge will meet on the way forward."

Buji went to the seminary in the world of the Yao people for three years, and after he came back, he became more firm in this view.

As an experienced engineer, Kaka recognized Bucky.

Many employers feel that the key to making a mechanical pocket watch is to have the most important design drawing.As long as there are blueprints, craftsmen can be found to restore them.

Not at all.

Drawings are indeed important, and the more accurate the drawings, the more useful they are.

But the craftsmanship of hand-polished parts is also important, and the final result will be much worse if the accuracy is poor.

The material is also important. Taking copper as an example, the same parts made of brass, red copper, bronze and cupronickel will have huge differences in effect.

……

Each foundation is a stone brick, and many stone bricks can be piled up to form a flat and stable foundation.

Manufacturing is laying the foundation layer by layer, but in the eyes of laymen, it is stacking up and stacking plates one by one.

Bucky once asked Kaka: "What kind of tools do you think we need to develop more skeleton creatures?"

"It must be something that conforms to the usage habits of the bones ancestors, is easy to operate, and can have a lot of plasticity."

Kaka raised the bone in his hand: "I've always wondered, why can't bones be used as the core material to make a series of tools?"

"Since bones can be combined to form skeleton dogs and bone horses, this is a material with strong innate possibilities. The Kingdom has rich experience in use and production, why should it do the opposite and want to use wood and metal to create Replacement?"

"Compared to metal, bone is too hard."

Bucky shook his head, and the upper and lower jaws of the skull opened and closed, making a sound without ups and downs: "Compared with wood, it is not flexible enough. Bone is a common raw material, but it cannot bear too much weight... …and to make it alive, the bigger it is, the more difficult it is. As you can see, skeleton dogs are easy to make, bone horses are much more difficult, and bone cows tend to fall and disintegrate more often.”

"Then change the angle."

Kaka squeezed a piece of bone in his hand: "Bone is more flexible and lighter than metal, and much harder than wood. It can also be combined with each other, which naturally reduces a lot of processing procedures. Isn't it?"

"...It makes sense."

"Why not try to use bone as the core material and support it with wood, stone and metal?"

"This……"

The more Kaka talked, the more he felt that it was feasible. He waved the bones in his hand: "It is not necessary to pursue skeleton creatures. Even if you just use bones to weave to construct a complete and extensible frame, you can fill it with various stuff, right?"

"Bones are so lightweight that they can be used to make all sorts of large-scale contraptions, such as vehicles, houses, ships, and even castles and fortresses."

Bucky was stunned for a moment, and then his body began to tremble: "You guy... You are right! Why didn't we expect that we have very good natural materials ourselves!"

The two hit it off and began testing their guesses.

After a lot of experiments and records, they came to an astonishing conclusion.

The hardness of bones far exceeds that of wood, and the hardest skull is almost as good as fine iron in terms of resistance to blows.

The hardness and flexibility of the bones of different populations are slightly different, and the superhuman bones are far superior to ordinary bones in both aspects.

Blood elements are injected into bone horses and skeleton dogs to further enhance the hardness and flexibility of bones, and blood elements will also make the bone structure more active.

……

When the [Mediation Army] officially entered the Twin Snake Empire to mediate the war, Kaka and Bucky sent the thick application "On the Feasibility, Necessity, and Decisive Impact on the Kingdom's Future of the "Bone Project"" to the king. Raymond's desk.

Kaka and Kaka waited anxiously.

One day, two days... They couldn't even settle down to read newspapers.

Eleven days later, they received a reply from the king himself.

"I have read it. I have verified your conclusions. The kingdom approves your plan and will provide you with all necessary resources."

Kaka and Bucky are overjoyed.

They immediately began to form a research team, inviting not only goblin engineers and inventors, but also scholars from the Yao nationality to participate.

However, at this time, a major event happened.

The bone barnyard giant headed by the hero Siddhar made its official debut, killing all directions on the battlefield of the Twin Snake Empire, inspiring countless bone ancestors and triggering a wave of genetic sequencing.

Since the gene sequence allows a Bone Ancestor to have giant-like strength, is the Bone Project really necessary?
The Bone Project is like a sandcastle built with hard work by the sea. Facing the flexible giant evolved from the genetic sequence, it is almost full of flaws and defects.

Kaka and Bucky are hit head-on by the gene sequence and plunge into self-doubt.

Does the Bone Project still exist?

　Thanks: Colonel Pumpkin YH supports 500 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)