Chapter 204: New Life in Shanlin Town

While Luoning was talking with Andongni, Wilson had already announced the Lord's benevolent policy to the Slaves, which to a certain extent dispelled the fear and anxiety in their hearts.

At the same time, he also arranged for Assistants to register the information of the Slaves transported to Swamp Town, recording their names, ages, and whether they had any special skills one by one.

In the evening, when Luoning received this registration roster, the "Gongchengluedi" achievement, which had been quiet for Along time, finally reacted.

【"Gongchengluedi" achievement reached, Attribute Point +200, Energy Essence +400】

Checking the achievement interface, the new Gongchengluedi achievement had also been updated—possess two cities, reward: Attribute Point +400, Energy Essence +800.

Luoning analyzed it; he had only completed this achievement after receiving the registration roster, and the key lay in the change in population numbers.

He had previously guessed that only a territory with a certain population could be called a "city." Combining this situation, he estimated that this "certain number" should refer to ten thousand.

In other words, he needed to possess one more town with a population of ten thousand to complete the second tier of the "Gongchengluedi" achievement.

"Swamp Town can be renamed Swamp City."

Luoning looked at the current Attribute Panel with great satisfaction; he now had 270 Attribute Points and 1630 points of Energy Essence.

The gains brought by achievements in the short term were still very significant.

The next morning, after Luoning saw Andongni off, he rode his Tayunjv and embarked on the return journey to Shanlin Town.

He had stayed in Swamp Town for ten days this time; whether it was stabilizing the people's hearts or using Magic to help with the mining of swamp fertilizer, these matters could come to an end, and it was time to go back to Shanlin Town to take a look.

However, although he left, he only took Qiaofuli with him.

Maiken remained to continue training the Guards, while Ruidar led the other Knights to continue the clearing mission.

It shouldn't take more than two days for the dangerous locations in Swamp Town to be swept clean, and by then, Ruidar would also have to lead his men away from here to clear other places.

Luoning had already made arrangements; at that time, Jennie would remain in Zhaozebao, and as a Water Attribute Mage, she was very compatible with the environment of Swamp Town.

Besides Jennie, Luogena and Kelami would stay here; they were responsible for maintaining law and order here, and also responsible for the subsequent procurement of 300,000 catties of grain.

Of course, the role of the Transcendental was only to hold the fort; the specific government affairs in the town would be presided over by Wilson and others.

Although Wilson, as the Administrative Chief, would run between several places, the Administrative Clerk Sailin here and the several newly recruited Assistants were already in place, and the cadre team of Village Chiefs and Group Leaders was also being formed; promoting farmland fertilization, spring plowing, and other agricultural tasks would be no problem at all.

Wilson, Jennie, and these people were like Civil Officials and military officers, each responsible for different fields.

Luoning did not pass through the forest from the outside to return directly to Shanlin Town, but under the guidance of Qiaofuli, he passed through the swamp and stone forest from the northwest corner of Swamp Town, finally arriving at Black Earth Village.

The group of "savages" in Black Earth Village were stunned to see their leader Qiaofuli return; they did not expect their leader to become a follower of the new Lord.

The appearance of their former leader did make the residents of Black Earth Village feel more at ease, which was also Luoning's purpose in bringing Qiaofuli over.

For the next two days, Luoning stayed in Black Earth Village, mainly to inspect the land here.

As expected, the soil here was not only very fertile, but the area of black soil was also quite large; as long as it was reclaimed well, the grain yield would not be low.

Black Earth Village would also be one of the main grain-producing areas of the Wubei Territory in the future.

After staying here for two days, Luoning passed through Huitu Village, Ziguo Village, and Qingzhu Village in turn, inspecting the progress of the local spring plowing.

Although there were no Knights stationed in these places, Ruidar had left Guards to maintain order, and the few leaders were all Wushan Castle Guards who had followed Luoning early on, so there was no problem with their loyalty.

Luoning also appropriately increased the salaries of these people to let them work with peace of mind, and at the same time, to prevent this group from acting recklessly once they had power, he would have people supervise them.

For example, in Ziguo Village, Jennie and Huoen's Steward were responsible for government affairs, and he would supervise and report on the situation of the Guards; the same was true for Qingzhu Village and Huitu Village.

Later, when Wilson arranged roles like Village Chief, it would be even more rigorous.

Walking and stopping along the way, it was seven days later before Luoning returned to Shanlin Castle.

"Woof~"

Before Luoning had even walked into the castle, a loud, impure dog bark came from inside.

This sound was seven parts like a dog's bark and three parts like a wolf's howl; without looking, he knew it was Black Tiger.

Sure enough, a black figure darted out from the Inner Castle, pounced straight at Luoning, and rubbed against him enthusiastically like a dog.

"Black Tiger has grown so big?" Luoning was very surprised.

It had only been three months since he got Black Tiger, and this guy's body length had already grown to sixty centimeters, which was about the same as the body length and weight of the Golden Retriever in Luoning's memory.

"If it grows a bit bigger, can I ride it?"

Luoning wanted to see which one was faster, an adult Black Tiger or a Cloud-Stepping Horse; he estimated that Black Tiger's explosive power was stronger, but the Cloud-Stepping Horse had better endurance.

"Not bad, you still remember me, your master, after a month apart; you didn't let me down."

Luoning affectionately stroked Black Tiger's head and pinched its soft ears; the texture was quite good.

At the gate of the Inner Castle, Ailin followed, panting.

She had just been playing with Black Tiger and didn't expect the usually well-behaved Black Tiger to howl and rush out; she guessed that Luoning had returned.

Looking now, it was indeed so.

A surprised smile hung on her face, and she pounced into Luoning's arms as enthusiastically as Black Tiger.

"Brother Luoning, you're finally back!"

Luoning stroked the dog's head with one hand and the little loli's head with the other; the texture of both was quite good.

"Long time no see, Ailin, look what I brought you."

He withdrew his hand and took many books out of his Space Ring.

"These are all carefully selected by me; there are Knight novels and various knowledge books, oh right, and a necklace."

As the only little loli in the castle, Luoning was still very fond of her, and he had bought some gifts while shopping in Wushan City this time.

Ailin took the gifts with a grin, but it was a pity that there were too many books and they were too heavy; she could barely hold them.

"Master, welcome back!"

The manservant and maid, Jialun and Beila, also ran out of the castle and happily helped take the books.

These days, the two of them had been very worried.

It wasn't that they were worried about Luoning's safety, but that their jobs would be gone.

After all, they already knew that Luoning had become the Viscount of Wubei Territory and had taken Swamp Town.

And the Lord had only let Chahaer and Wilson go over, but hadn't let them, his two personal servants, go over; would he find new people there?

Thinking of this, the two of them had been unable to eat much these past few days.

If their master were never to return to Shanlin Castle, where would they all go?

Fortunately, their master had finally returned, and their hanging hearts were finally set at ease.

Luoning greeted them and casually put the necklace on Ailin, "Is Aierlong in the castle?"

"Teacher has gone out."

Ailin replied, "Village Chief Haen of Jingye Village's wife is giving birth today; it is said the situation is not very good, so Village Chief Haen had no choice but to invite Teacher over to take a look."

Luoning was stunned for a moment, "Aierlong can even help women in labor give birth?"

He had no idea that this Magician with the Light Attribute possessed such a skill.

"Over the past month, several families in the town have had children born, and Teacher has gone to see them several times; one time, he even used Magic to save a woman who was hemorrhaging!"

Luoning exclaimed in great approval, "Let's go, we shall go to Village Chief Haen's house to take a look."

A new life arriving is a joyous thing. (End of chapter)