As he spoke, Zhang Kunlin began to read from the paper.

"Among the zombies in this engineering project, there were over a million mutant beasts, including large mutant beasts, with five hundred thousand mutant rats and five hundred thousand mutant birds."

"These are all meat, which is usually obtained by hunting them down everywhere, not only dangerous but also extremely inefficient."

"This time, they followed the Corpse King to attack the city, and there weren't many left the previous nights, mostly devoured by other zombies. But on the last day, we made a significant gain."

"According to post-battle statistics, we accumulated approximately fifty thousand tons of mutant beast meat, and on the market, the price of such meat starts at three gold per kilogram, with the most expensive reaching one hundred gold per kilogram, depending on the type of meat, the parts, etc., a typical luxury item."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a bit overwhelmed.

In the current market, some people indeed sell mutant beast meat. For example, mutant rat meat is generally bought for three grams of gold per kilogram.

And some mutant fish meat can sell for five grams.

Finally, certain mutant wild boars, sika deer, black bears, and large birds are usually sold for ten to dozens of grams.

Mutant tigers and rhinos can indeed sell for an astronomical price of over a hundred grams of gold.

Despite the Dawn Army seemingly having no money, it's because any money they have gets spent by Ye Fan.

Meanwhile, adventurers collecting gold and silver isn't difficult when they venture outside.

They can obtain it from female zombies or by searching residential areas. For example, many supplies in Qinghe County, which Ye Fan's troops captured, were looted by adventurers.

In a county with a population of several million, the amount of collectible supplies is unimaginable, so many residents are quite wealthy, especially those adventurer squads, who quietly accumulate wealth and are filthy rich.

So neither crystal cores nor mutant beast meat lack buyers.

The officers couldn't immediately calculate how much these things were worth, and some impatient officers asked Zhang Kunlin, "Commander Zhang, just tell us how much gold these things can be sold for?"

Zhang Kunlin smiled and said, "After calculation, if sold entirely at market prices, these things should fetch around five to six billion in funds. Of course, selling in bulk will affect market prices, and we won't sell that much. Besides, we need to keep some mutant beast meat for our troops to improve their meals, so I estimate we can secure two billion in funds."

Some officers immediately got anxious: "Then hurry and sell it. With two billion, we can fully equip our troops."

"Not yet. Our market scale is still insufficient, and our reputation hasn't been established. Simply relying on our city's internal absorption isn't enough. Let Chief of Staff Zhongjing explain his plan."

The Chief of Staff is an idea person, and Zhongjing wouldn't have become Chief of Staff if he were incompetent, so he directly presented the plan at this time.

"Commander, fellow officers, our staff department has this plan: First, we should capitalize on the opportunity to boost our reputation greatly, and this process requires cooperation from the television station. Whether it's crystal cores, mutant beast meat, or even military weapons, all can be sold in the market. Many adventurers now need these things. As long as they're willing to spend money, we're ready to sell, turning the Dawn City market into the province's largest trading hub!"

An officer asked, "What about the market over in Ice City? It should be the largest, right?"

"Not quite. The situation in Ice City is different from ours. Think about it, would Guo Zhun willingly bring out mutant beast meat, crystal cores, or military weapons?"

After some thought, everyone understood.

The Dawn Army's soldiers have system enhancements and can undergo star promotions. Three-star soldiers are equivalent to Level 1 mutants.

And Level 2 mutations are roughly equivalent to their heroic units, so they hardly need crystal cores and can train them themselves.

For other bases, these things are of great significance.

The combat power of ordinary humans without mutations compared to mutants is massively different. These things are strategic materials for them and are in high demand, far from being sold.

Even mutant beast meat is the same; this stuff can strengthen the body. Consistent intake can bring ordinary people to the verge of mutation, and it can gradually increase a Level 1 mutant's evolution value from 1.0 to 1.9.

Only with an evolution value of 1.9 can one possibly become a Level 2 mutant.

So they wouldn't sell mutant beast meat; they'd only buy it.

Military weapons are another story altogether; no one has production lines, and once a gun breaks, there's nowhere to repair it. Everyone lacks weapons.

As for bullets, grenades, explosives, practically every adventurer squad stocks up on these as essentials when heading out. They're hard currency in this world.

As far as the Dawn Army is concerned, these items can all be mass-produced with money.

Take bullets for example, initially dropping from 0.1 gold to 0.05 gold, and later providing raw materials, the manufacturing cost in the arsenal was only 0.005 gold.

In the market, the price of a rifle bullet is generally about 0.1 gold, the profit here is enormous.

These guys who only know how to fight, upon hearing this, felt like they were seeing gold and silver glistening before their eyes; at this rate, the Dawn Army was going to strike it rich.

But Zhongjing wasn't finished, he grinned: "Scooping up money in the market isn't enough, Commander, I suggest we establish a bank, establish the Dawn City Bank, and then issue our own currency, using paper money to replace gold and silver, that way we can scoop in all the surviving funds from the survivors. As our troops capture more cities, our territory keeps expanding, the survivors trust us greatly, and issuing currency could be very profitable."

Ye Fan lightly tapped the table with his hand, also falling into deep thought.

There's no denying that Zhongjing's words were very tempting.

The money he had on hand was nothing, even the Dawn Army's collecting capability was nothing, the real collectors were still those numerous Adventurer Squads.

Issuing currency, as long as you have credibility, is absolutely the most profitable since you can print a lot of money.

Of course, the Dawn Army, now dwelling in its small corner, might not be heavyweight enough yet, but in this small territory, its name is still significant.

Unfortunately, there's still a stumbling block now, Guo Zhun wants to be the boss, if he's not placated, issuing currency would also be criticized.

After thinking for a while, he told Zhongjing, "Select a piece of land, let the engineers construct the Dawn Bank, construction will also take time, recruiting employees will also take time, securing machines will also take time, first complete these preliminary preparations, and when the time is ripe, we can directly launch our currency."

"Okay, Commander, I will definitely do it well!"

Zhongjing was very excited; he further suggested, "The Seven-Star Riverfront can be developed, right? Many wealthy people are already tired of living in crowded residential areas, we need to create a high-end district, a money-squandering place for Dawn City."

Ye Fan nodded: "Alright, the East District is mainly divided into three parts, one is an office area, in the future, our departments, like the bank, can be set up there, another is a high-end residential area, specifically for those rich people, and another is a commercial district by the Seven-Star Riverfront, creating some bustling entertainment venues, there must be a place for those rich people or Adventurer Mercenaries to spend money."

"For example, bars, bathhouses, KTVs, and even some special venues from the past, make them all available, we will soon form a tax department to levy heavy taxes on these departments, this is also a way to generate wealth."

"Don't worry Commander, I will quickly make the plans."

Chief of Staff Zhongjing was extremely delighted, this was what the post-apocalyptic world should be like, with everyone living day-to-day, the long-term oppression, along with some post-war aftereffects, all needed a life of allure and indulgence to numb and ease.

The Commander making such arrangements, the future East District is going to be both chaotic and lively.

Ye Fan continued at this moment: "Our current city is too congested, send out the order, the Engineer Corps to begin constructing the city wall, demolish the existing Ice City Wall entirely, and expand the city east and south."

"Commander, how much should we expand?"

"You all make the specific construction plan, my requirement is that the area of the entire city should not be less than one hundred square kilometers, divided into three parts, the core area, the Inner City District, and the Outer City District, the city wall of the Outer City District will uniformly use those ten-meter high walls, Light Prism Towers and Giant Cannons are now to be dismantled and moved to the wall, you all prepare the plan and give it to me, I will be responsible for the construction."

"Also, underground sewage, water supply, heating, cables, and network fiber optics, everything must be prepared, don't let the public go to the Outer City District during this time, open it only when the city wall construction is complete."

"Okay, Commander, I will handle it after the meeting."

Ye Fan was also determined, wanting to compete with Guo Zhun for the position of top dog in Divine Dragon Province, having a prosperous rear is necessary.

He himself collects funds very slowly; he still needs to rely on the power of the masses, these survivors also need to be mobilized into action.

Having said all this, Ye Fan faced all the officers.

"While the city develops, the troops must develop too, initially I have already drawn up the establishment of our entire brigade, the army component is twenty-two thousand people, the air force is about four thousand people."

"As for the navy, I haven't decided yet because we currently have no way to develop a navy. Now concerning the army and air force issues, I'm preparing to reorganize the troops."

"Today, five army regiments, including four field regiments and one City Guard regiment. Additionally, there's one Land Air Force Group, one directly subordinate battalion, one guard battalion, one armored battalion, one artillery battalion, and one engineer battalion, the framework for all these units must be set up, all regimental and battalion commanders I will appoint together."

"Now, if any of you have thoughts, feel free to bring them up, here we promote based on competence, those with abilities rise up, anyone with ideas, please speak up!"

All the officers were sitting upright at this moment, knowing that the pivotal moment was here.

But who would be the first to speak?

People looked at each other, eventually turning their gaze toward Company Commander Shen, the first heroic unit in the whole army.

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