Chapter 475

Chapter 475

"It makes sense, I will set it up right away." Add a setting on Transmission Formation. As long as the guild that passes Transmission Formation is the first time you pass, you will always ask if you want to set it up Friendly relationship, I don’t think anyone is stupid enough to disagree, the attributes of one plus one minus are very different.

I also notified Lei Chuan, Xiao Chuan also modified the settings, but she has a price. Which Japanese guild wants to get attributes plus achievements need to spend money to buy relationships, guilds who want friendly relationships need to pay 100,000 crystal coins at a time, and alliance relationships require 200,000 crystal coins. The purpose of this setting is actually to not want Japanese people. To get bonuses for nothing, making money is second.

After finishing the setup, I explained some things that need to be paid attention to in Union City, and then went to Steel City to customize some bauble. When the Japanese fleet was intercepted last time, the long spear's bombing ability was very good, so I plan to carry it forward and let Steel City help build the long spear bomb.

In fact, the so-called special bomb is just the propellant part of the shells removed, and the mounting parts have been improved. The new type of bomb can be increased without changing the weight, ensuring that a long spear can carry 8 bombs at a time, and the formidable power is much larger than that of a cannonball. In addition to high-explosive armor piercing bombs and incendiary bombs, we also specially produce aviation shotguns. Fulcrum City is likely to face the offensive of tens of millions of players. It is estimated that it will not be able to defend without strengthening the weapons!

When I returned to Fulcrum City again, the buildings in the city were basically completed, but it was getting dark. In addition to the buildings in the city, we are still further strengthening the defense. I really don’t know how many Japanese players will participate in this battle, so I cannot guarantee that I will defend the city. The only thing I can do is to improve the city’s defensive ability as much as possible.

Isinger’s garrison team was almost all drawn by me to participate in the defense, and even the patrol team did not let it go. Now the city is overcrowded, but I still don't feel at ease. The ghost knows how the Japanese will react when they know that the Chinese have built a city on their territory. It is understandable for a few Chinese people to enter Japan. If we let them know that we have repaired the city to Japan, the problem will be big.

At around 9 p.m. Beijing time, a team of cavalry appeared outside the city of Fulcrum. To be precise, it was a mixed assault battallion composed of a mage and a Knight. I stood on the top of the mountain and saw the team. I quickly informed the city to hide it. It is not suitable for the Japanese to find out. Our project is not over yet, and it must be hidden now.

Hong Yue stood in front of a giant machine and ordered loudly: "The mirage system is activated."

A control guillotine was pushed up, and the giant octopus machine suddenly started to operate. , The whole city suddenly disappeared on the shore, as if it had never existed before. Actually, the Shanghai mirage system only hides the city. As long as the enemy is close, they will still encounter the city wall. Of course, they must first pass through those terrifying monster flowers.

People in the city stopped. We must keep quiet and never make any noise. I activated the invisibility function of Phantom Cloak, and then stood on a protruding rock on the cliff of the valley. I watched the cavalry so close, but they couldn't see me.

After the team passed through the narrowest part of the valley, the city was already in front of them. They stopped, and a Knight asked the person next to him: "Isn't it said that a new city was built here?" A mage said strangely: "Obviously, I said I saw it, why can't it? What? The screenshot of the game I saw seems to be building a city here, I would never read it wrong. Unless that guy forged the screenshot."

"Can the screenshot be forged?"

"It’s because I can’t, that’s why I’m surprised! The rocks and mountains here are the locations in the photo, so there should be nothing wrong!"

A female ninja urged the horse to come up: "To Otherwise, let’s take a look forward?"

Knight extended the hand to the mage: "Let me see the picture again." The mage handed it over, and Knight looked at Heavenly Dao for a while: "It looks like the size It's not small!"

"There are photos from several other angles." The wizard passed a few more chapters over, and Knight took a few more chapters to the female ninja.

The female ninja just glanced at it and cried out: "Fortress. This is a fortress of war. It's a big gun, with a caliber of no less than 500 millimeters! This should be a magic crystal cannon, and it’s better than we can buy. Those who arrive will be much bigger."

Knight handed another chapter to the female ninja. "Look at this chapter."

"Gosh!" the female ninja cried. "The Chinese fleet? It's so big! That's the Tyrant? It's bigger than the Musashi and Yonghe combined!"

"But now...?" The mage pointed to the front: " Don’t the Chinese think this is a good landing place, so they changed the place?"

Knight tapped the guy with the scepter: "A city is not built randomly. This place has definitely been surveyed many times. , Impossible suddenly came up and decided to change place temporarily."

The female ninja said: "Could it be ninjutsu?"

"You stupid? Where is the ninja from China? "

"But they have Taoist priests." The female ninja solemnly vowed: "Chinese people secretly learn our ninjutsu and then develop Taoism, maybe there is one hidden one in their Taoism at a time The method of the city."

Master nodded said: "This is very possible. I think at the beginning, how great our country’s cloisonne technology was. Didn’t the Chinese have secretly learned the past and declared international intellectual property rights. Our great art has become their thing. Maybe they really developed the urban Camouflage Technique from our ninjutsu."

"Pu chi!" I really didn't hold back a smile come out.

"Who is it?" While the woman held back her cry, a kunai had already flown over.

Ding, I caught the dart with two fingers. This weapon of the Japanese ninja is very fast, but the strength is very small, as long as you are fast enough, it will definitely be blocked. Now that it has been exposed, hiding has every meaning. I flung the cloak to remove the disguise, and stood on the cliff with a look that I thought was pretty good.

"What are you laughing at?" the mage asked me angrily.

"I laugh at something ridiculous."

"We are discussing the culture of the country. What is so funny about it?"

"Culture is not ridiculous, The ridiculous thing is human." I spread my wings and flew up in a light posture. Night shadow suddenly appeared, and I landed firmly on his back. Ye Ying led me slowly to land in front of them. "The great culture created by the civilization of the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years. You actually said that it is Japanese culture. Isn't it funny?"

"What do you mean? Why do you slander us?" The ninja was quite angry. .

"Slander? Well, as far as your thinking is concerned, you really should think that this is slander, but because of this, it's ridiculous." I suddenly started telling the story calmly. "A long time ago, a greedy guy lived on an island. One day he suddenly heard that there was an erudite old man on the continent next to him, so he pretended to be very religious to ask the old man for advice. The old man decided to pass on some introductory knowledge first. This person, but this greedy guy who learned this thing immediately thought he was already very smart, so he left the old man and declared that this knowledge was created by him. Unfortunately, fisheyes are fisheyes, and they may look like pearls. , But it will never become a jewel. Everyone knows that this knowledge belongs to the learned old man. No one believes in this greedy guy. But this guy refuses to admit it, and tells his son that they all are him all day long. The old man stole his culture. As a result, the child who was considered a despicable old man in the father’s education school stole the father’s knowledge, but in fact, except for this son, everyone knew that these things belonged to the old man instead of this. Despicable guy."

I paused suddenly, then looked towards the person in front of me: "You said that such a ridiculous cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell is not worth my laugh? Cloisonne and Taoism It’s all Chinese culture. You children fooled by the despicable father all agree that father is the victim. As the offspring of the old man, don’t I find it funny?"

"The offspring of the old man?" Everyone at this time Knowing what I was concealing, the mage even stupidly asked.

I just made it clear. "The old man's name is Yanhuang, and I, you can call me the descendants of Yanhuang. If you still don't understand, I can help you explain. Who told that idiot who only learned a basic knowledge of the world? As a result, even children are educated. No good, so poor understanding!" I shook my head: "Sad, ridiculous, sigh, pitiful!"

Even if you are a fool, you should understand what I mean at this time. Before the mage had time to make a fuss, the female ninja did it first. A row of cross steel darts flew towards me. I didn't even flash, the steel darts settled in the sky out of thin air. The female ninja was taken aback. Someone had done it before to avoid or catch her darts, but this was the first time it happened.

Chili sticks out his head from behind, and I hold her to the front. Pepper looked at the Shuriken and then at the Ninja, and Gang Shu suddenly flew towards the Ninja. She didn't think in a hurry that she would be attacked by her own weapon, but none of the seven darts flashed out.

A Japanese warrior next to Knight suddenly jumped up from his horse, and slashed it down with the help of the falling inertia. Pepper raised his head and kicked him. The guy suddenly flew back like a punch and knocked down a row of people.

The leader of Knight was surprised to watch his man fly behind, and when he turned his head back, I was already not in. When he looked around, a voice suddenly appeared above him: "Where do you look?" A rock suddenly fell, scared him and ran away. Knight successfully avoided the attack, but the wizard next to him did not dodge.

"Shoot him down." Knight shouted, pointing at me.

I also pointed at him and shouted at the same time: "Burn them to charcoal!"

When Knight heard what I said, he felt an oppression in front of him and turned his head. Shocked. A giant dragon rushed down at him, and Knight was strike certain kill without counterattack. Then came the bonfire party of the giant dragons. Our Totem giant dragon is different from the lucky ones who are dissatisfied. They are real giant dragons with a full level of 1000. The flame double-teams on both sides block the players in the middle and burn all the others. Some people took out the scroll of returning to the city and wanted to run, but when the scroll was taken out, it was burned before it was even opened.

I went back to the city and asked them to close the mirage system and speed up the construction progress. Hong Yue asked me excitedly: "What are you doing to expose the target? Isn't this courting death?"

The rose beside her laughed: "This is the best way."

< p>"The best?"

"Purple Moon suddenly came down to put those guys down and then wiped them out. These people must be very angry when they go back, and then they will come to take revenge."

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"Then our city is not dangerous anymore?" Hong Yue asked excitedly.

Sumi said on the side: "I don't understand this? Those people must have not thought about it seriously, and they have forgotten the problems of the city. To put it bluntly, it was the Purple Moon big brother who interrupted and got them. Confused. These people must be desperate to summon people to come back to avenge the Purple Moon big brother, but they simply don’t remember that we still have a city. When they are defeated again, they will remember that there is a Chinese city here. Then they will go around to preach that people from all over the country are invited to help."

Hong Yue finally understood: "Oh! It turned out to be like this. Only after they are defeated again will they understand that they were fooled, but When they are ready to attack, we have already finished everything that should be busy."

Su Mi exclaimed: "You finally understand."

I stopped the two of them from continuing to talk. He went down and said: "Don't worry about anything now, first build the city and then talk about it."

"Understood." Hong Yue immediately nodded and left.

This time I have spent my money in Fulcrum City. A large amount of capital investment is definitely not hesitating. The artillery array behind the city wall alone is enough to arm a very large city, but now I only use it to blockade An entrance to a valley.

The seabed race sold a lot of new weapons to us at my request. Among them, the sonic weapon of the Great White Shark race has the largest formidable power. This thing looks a bit like a radar antenna, but it is actually an offensive weapon, and it has a very large coverage area. I used 100 million crystal coins to buy and rob 20 of them. Anyway, their pigtails are in my hands. How can I not take advantage of this opportunity?

The construction in the city was finally completed at midnight, and I quickly arranged the operation of the guild store hosted by NPC to start. After the city was operating normally, the connection between South Korea and this side was opened. Almost one minute after we announced, a large number of players began to crazily cross the Transmission Formation. We put up a sign on the outside of Transmission Formation and repeatedly notified that anyone who traverses here must carry enough funds with them. The system will automatically deduct the transmission fee when crossing, and if there is not enough, the transmission will not be possible.

The response work in Fulcrum City went quite smoothly. When those players came out, they looked around. Our NPC immediately guided them away from the Transmission Formation to prevent the people behind it from coming out. Fulcrum City was originally not big, and so many NPCs were packed, this time so many players came in and it was even more crowded, but it can barely be installed. The streets are like commercial streets during the National Day, full of people, shoulder to shoulder is not enough to describe the degree of crowding here.

We keep telling these players some precautions on the broadcast. "Hello Korean friends, this is the Fulcrum City located in Japan. I know you are in a hurry to go out, but I need to inform you about some things before then. First of all, because we are not Japanese, we cannot use the system in Japan. Coordinates, maps and Compass can still be used, but the coordinates display are all question marks, this is a normal phenomenon. In addition, since everyone is not familiar with the place where people are born here, and the attitude of Japanese players is very unfriendly to us, I suggest you to go out before leaving the city. Get everything you need to bring. For example, the fulcrum city's return to the city scroll and the medicines you need in battle, you may not be able to enter the Japanese city to supply it. If you don't supply it here, you can't get it out again. Back It is recommended that you don’t bring just one city scroll, and you must purchase the fixed-point return city scroll of Fulcrum City. Otherwise, if you run too far, you will be transported to the Japanese city when you return to the city. I think you have nothing to do except hang it back. Hope."

These words are really effective. As soon as I finished talking about the major medicine and scroll shops in our city, they almost got crowded. I opened more than a hundred scroll shops, hundreds of drug stores, and more blacksmith shops in this small city, but I was almost trampled by this. Our store sells medicines made by players in our guild and NPCs. The effect is better than those sold in the system store. In addition, the price is acceptable and it is a monopoly, so the desire of those players to buy is unprecedented. powerful. The weapon shop and the scroll shop were okay. Our pharmacy was closed collectively after an hour of persistence, and the words "all medicines in this shop are temporarily out of stock" were hung on the door.

An NPCold man ran up to me and said: "President, our medicine is not enough, please get some more? If you don't sell medicine anymore, those people will step on the store door!"< /p>

"I see, you go back first, and the medicine will be here soon."

This is the first time that the goods are so popular that they have a headache. Why are Koreans buying things so crazy? Could it be the reason for the monopoly?

When I returned to Isinger to assemble medicines, the radio here was still broadcasting various notifications repeatedly. "Attention, everyone, in order to prevent the Japanese from attacking here, we planted a ferocious plant outside the city. They can provide protection for the city, but these plants do not distinguish between enemy and me. Even players in the guild will attack. But you don’t need to. Worry, there are special perfumes sold in major stores in this city. This plant is especially afraid of this perfume. Just buy a bottle and open the cap every time you pass.” As soon as the broadcast was broadcast, the perfume in the city was out of stock. It's so fierce!

Isinger's medicines finally failed to meet the needs. I had no choice but to sweep Yunxiao City, and even the backlog of stocks for many years were sold out. It's really amazing!

I returned to Fulcrum City, and the broadcast was still propagating: "The Fulcrum City is definitely a good place for you to level up. Although the players are much better than monsters of the same level, the EXP that kills a player is also The same level monster is several times or even dozens of times, and the player’s familiar experience alone is definitely the best choice to upgrade. However, the players in the home country are easy to be famous for attacking each other, so everyone can only choose to attack the monster. But here is different. Killing players from other countries will not make you famous, but will increase your own personal justice points. You can only encounter such beautiful things in Fulcrum City. Please rest assured to do it boldly."

The emotional mobilization is almost the same. Yes, the city gate has also opened. The Japanese team expected to retaliate against us has never appeared, but our Korean players have already been dispatched.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Beijing time, a Korean player finally left the canyon and started heading for the Japanese mainland. The first thing Korean players encountered was the nail we arranged-Leichuan City. As soon as the people here left the city, I immediately notified Xiao Chuan. Leichuan City almost started shelling as soon as the Korean players left the canyon. The Korean players shouted EXP and rushed towards Leichuan.

In order to make the trick more realistic, Xiao Chuan deliberately refused to call for reinforcements. Those Korean players started to suffer a bit because of Chuanyang Lake, and they had to be beaten if they couldn't cross the lake. But soon the Korean players who followed got ladders and boats, and some organized guilds even got cannons. Of course, there is also a charge for cannon transmission from South Korea.

Leichuan City was finally approached by Korean players, and then they stepped onto the city wall and started fighting with the people in Leichuan City. Xiaochu immediately contacted the nearby Japanese guild and told them that the attackers were all foreigners, and that these foreigners had built a new city within the valley. In the video Xiao Chuan showed them, they could only confirm that these were Asians, and Xiao Chuan said that these were foreigners, and the president naturally guessed that they were Chinese. Of course, they don’t want the Chinese to occupy Japan. Raichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Everyone can see that if they keep Raichuan, they hope to block the mountain pass and counterattack the city inside. If Raichuan is lost, they will become these. A base for foreigners to expand. The presidents of those guilds almost immediately agreed to send troops to help.

One hour after Raichuan Castle was topped, the Japanese from behind began to appear one after another, and the city immediately became chaotic. Those Japanese wearing ninja costumes are the best signs, and Korean players rushed up excitedly. People on both sides began a long strangulation battle, and a large number of casualties were inevitable. The Japanese were injured to buy medicine near Leichuan, while the Koreans of course came to Fulcrum City to buy the medicine. The money on both sides actually went into our pockets. After all, Lei Chuan was also opened by us, but the Koreans and Japanese didn't know it.

In addition to the drugstore, the Resurrection Hall and the blacksmith shop have also become large income earners. The Japanese died and were resurrected in Raichuan. Of course, we took this considerable resurrection fee. Korean players should have been resurrected by returning to their country when they died, but these Korean players have established friendly or alliance guild relationships with us, so they can be resurrected in our city without being sent back to the country. Our resurrection fee is a little higher, but it is much cheaper than sending it back and spending money back, and it saves time. Needless to say, the blacksmith's shop, the durability of weapons dropped rapidly in battle, this time is a good time for the blacksmith's shop to make a fortune.

Anyway, after a day of fighting, we made enough money. After dark in the evening, the fighting went into a frenzied state. The Japanese knew that foreigners had invaded and began to concentrate here. The battleship of our guild on the sea, combined with the powerful group of turrets and our air superiority, completely blocked the idea of ​​the Japanese attacking from behind us, so the battle was concentrated at the mouth of the gorge outside Leichuan. Japan has dispatched more than seven million players, and South Korea also has more than six million people. This battle sequence is really huge.

The battle lasted all night. On the second day, I saw Masaka Matsumoto of the Black Dragon meeting. Then I showed my face and let him see me. Naturally, it triggered even more crazy attacks from the Japanese side. . But the situation soon became problematic. Japanese players are fighting locally, and they have an advantage in the number of personnel. The number of South Korean players is insufficient, and signs of retreat are beginning to appear. The mouth of the gorge was basically piled up with corpses, and the Chuanyang Lake was blood-red, showing how tragic the battle was.

The war outside is still going on, and I will have a meeting with Rose and the others. Eagle Road: "The Koreans are still barely able to withstand it, but they are retreating step by step. I think that the Japanese will soon be pressed to the edge of our city."

Ross said:" The proportion of people playing games in South Korea is relatively high, but after all, the population is smaller, and it is not native to South Korea. Impossible people from all over the country are coming. It is inevitable that they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers."

Hong Yue said:" But once the war is out of balance, we won’t make any money!"

Ross said: "Just get some people from the country? Build a transnational Transmission Formation in Yunxiao City, and people from both sides will come together. Fight, it will definitely withstand the Japanese."

I nodded: "Then do it, Hong Yue, go and inform Feng Yin Misiao, and do more publicity work. Eagle, you also go back and put The Transmission Formation of Yunxiao City is built. I don’t want other guild characters Isinger to run around."

"Okay, I will take care of this."

< p>Building a transnational Transmission Formation is very simple, anyway the materials are readily available. We quickly built a huge transnational Transmission Formation in the central square of Yunxiao City, with the help of the Hot Blood League and the Northern Alliance, and people began to arrive at Fulcrum City through this Transmission Formation early in the second day. We have slightly discounted the delivery fee in China, but the price of the medicine remains the same.

Through our efforts, we immediately see the results. Japanese players and players from China and South Korea fought fiercely at the mouth of the valley. The artillery of Fulcrum City and Leichuan City was just enough. Location, so the two sides began to support the players of the Three Kingdoms here. Of course, you have to say that we are not supporting but making trouble. I can't help it. Anyway, as long as the people on either side behave too bravely, the city on the opposite side will immediately use firepower to contain them. Anyway, it is enough to control these people at the mouth of the canyon.

The players on both sides are fighting like crazy, and I'm frantically making money. The reporters of several TV stations found what we hoped we could get a video of the battle. Their people died when they leaned on it. There was really no way to record it. Of course, the people in our guild could survive the melee. Of course I will not refuse the reporter's request, but there is a charge for broadcasting. A tall tower similar to the Spirit Gathering Tower was built in the city, of course, this one is not as high as the Spirit Gathering Tower. We put a set of ultra-long-distance observers imported from Germany on the top of the tower, and then set up a video camera behind that so that the battle can be broadcast. Any reporter who wants to buy broadcast rights must pay.

Later, we thought about it and we just set up a broadcast station by ourselves, applied to the system to broadcast the system, and then found two articulate handsome guys and pretty girls in the guild to become hosts. We are not the first in-game TV station, but we are the only ones who broadcast such visually impactful programs. The show was broadcast to South Korea and China at the same time, but instead it attracted more players to get involved. We also compared the TV broadcast fees. Each player needs a Silver Coin for one hour of viewing. Speaking of which is not expensive. In fact, the income is quite considerable with such a high ratings. In particular, the battlefield news I shot on the spot while riding a bird definitely had a shocking effect, and the ratings immediately went up every time it was broadcast.

The war went on for three consecutive days, and both sides gradually calmed down. These three days have been a 24-hour uninterrupted battle, with some people going offline and some going online, anyway, there are always people fighting. But after three days, the battle began to break. Scattered players asked us to transport them to other parts of Japan, and then they went to sabotage, and the guilds in clusters began to plan how to adjust the battle time and other related issues.

In the past three days, everyone has discovered many new situations on the battlefield, and some previously unexpected problems have appeared in front of us. The most deadly problem facing our guild is the corpse. The corpses of the players who died in these three days have almost turned the mouth of the canyon into a mountain of corpses. The Chuanyang Lake at first is obviously clear, and it was dyed red. It is now It became black completely, and there were corpses floating on the lake, almost filling the lake.

Later, Su Mei came up with an idea and we brought the Crystal Beetle from Steel City. Anyway, the crystal beetle eats everything, we just let them eat the carcass. Taking advantage of the armistice and hurriedly cleaning the battlefield, the corpses were eaten clean.

In addition to the corpse, we also found an opportunity to make money. Many players lose their equipment after the battle and cannot be recovered, and those who later go out to fight can always pick up the things that were exploded by the people in front of them. People who already have equipment have to sell them when they get them. We set up a recycling point in the city. If they find equipment, they can come here and sell them to us. We have someone to evaluate the price and buy it. People who don't have equipment can come here to buy equipment, so we make a lot of difference when we enter and exit. Some people do not want to sell to us, and we have no objection, and they have also taken the initiative to open up a trading market to let them sell things. Of course, the booth fee is indispensable. Fulcrum City is now extremely expensive land.

In fact, the equipment we retrieved will be screened, and some valuable ones will be kept by ourselves, and ordinary ones will be traded. Some players have also picked up Japanese equipment, such as ninja equipment, which is not needed here, secretly handed them to Raikawa’s Xiaobuki and the others to sell, and there are Japanese people who have picked up Taoist costumes and the like. If they can’t use it, we also get it back and sell it. It’s all money!

Three days of crazy fighting is really enjoyable, and our income has risen in a straight line. In these three days, Leichuan has made all the investment we have invested in building the city up to now, and we will start to make profits tomorrow.

For those players' requests, we naturally have to assist. Some players who thought they could sneak into the enemy asked us to send them to the interior of Japan, so we started the air express business. As long as we are willing to give out 50 crystal coins, we can send a long spear to any place in Japan. If you are willing to pay 60 crystal coins, you can also get insurance business. If you are shot down halfway, we will compensate for transportation and resurrection expenses. If we are willing to give out 100 crystal coins, we can send another long spear to escort. As for those whole guilds who want to go out, we simply use long spear group transportation.

These players really bloomed everywhere in the Japanese mainland. Some people ransacked the Japanese cities and got a lot of things. When they came back, they not only upgraded many levels, but also made a lot of money, which inspired the adventure even more. The craze, our long spear was too busy. In the end, we had to pay a long price, 70 crystal coins per person each time without insurance, so we still grabbed a fight.

Since we started the air transport business, Japan has been completely messed up. Those Korean players and Chinese players are everywhere, and the Japanese who often engage in groups of three or four are uneasy. In the end, the Japanese couldn't stand it anymore. They began to send a large number of air forces to intercept our long spear. The direct consequence of this action was that the long spear loss rate of our guild rose sharply. Now, on average, it will be shot down once every two transports. The Japanese use a group of flying creatures to deal with a saturated attack method. Our long spear can't stand up to dozens of times as many people together! However, the loss belongs to the loss. This does not cause us to make money. On the contrary, it allows us to continue to increase the price on the grounds of the large air freight loss.

The Japanese are also miserable enough. High-intensity aerial interception means huge logistics supplies. The nearest city except our fulcrum is Leichuan. The Japanese replenishment in Raikawa, Xiao Chuan cannot increase the price because of his current status, b