Chapter 28

The second day after returning to the territory.

Bai Hao finished the city defense construction of White Cloud Village, and four watchtowers and sturdy walls appeared around White Cloud Village.

White Cloud Village also met the conditions to upgrade to a Level 4 village.

At this time, Su Li finally had a sense of presence.

Only he could open the lord panel and choose to upgrade the territory!

Consuming 2000 units of wood, 2000 units of stone, 100 units of iron.

A moment later, White Cloud Village upgraded again.

The upgrade process, like before, did not require farmers to be invested; it was all completed automatically.

In less than half an hour, White Cloud Village upgraded to Level 4.

This time, the land area was several times larger than before, the buildings were thicker, and even the newly built watchtowers and walls looked more solid.

There were winding roads in the middle of the entire territory, and there was much more greenery.

Everything was starting to develop in the direction of a town.

Well, the next step is for White Cloud Village to upgrade to a town.

Check the territory attributes.

"Check attributes!"

[Territory]: White Cloud Village (Level 4)

[Lord]: Su Li

[Affiliation]: Eastern Han, Jizhou, Changshan Commandery

[Specialty]: Fine Wine

[Population]: 302/1000

[Public Order]: 40

[Security]: 30

[Prosperity]: 40

[Internal Affairs Official]: Bai Hao

[Administrative Efficiency]: 40

[Agricultural Efficiency]: 30

[Economic Efficiency]: 30

[Cultural Efficiency]: 30

[Military Rating]: 50

[Natural Disaster Value]: 20

[City Defense Works]: Watchtower (4), Wall

[Existing Buildings]: Lord’s Mansion (current function, recruit farmers, 20 people per day), Barracks (Level 3), Blacksmith Shop, Warehouse, Medical Hall, Residential Houses...

[Buildable Buildings]: City Gate, Breeding Farm, Smelting Plant, Horse Farm, Winery, Infrastructure (greenery, roads...)

[Territory Upgrade Requirements]: Possess all buildable buildings, 5000 units of wood, 5000 units of stone, 500 units of iron

With Bai Hao as the internal affairs official, the territory’s administrative efficiency, agricultural efficiency, economic efficiency, and cultural efficiency have all been significantly improved.

After the territory upgrade, the number of farmers that can be recruited has also become 20 per day.

The barracks have also been upgraded directly to Level 3.

Besides that, several new buildings can be built: City Gate, Breeding Farm, Smelting Plant, Horse Farm, Winery, and infrastructure.

Infrastructure is necessary for upgrading to a town, but it doesn't have much practical effect.

Su Li first checked the construction conditions of the other types of buildings.

[City Gate]

[Required Materials: 500 units of wood, 100 units of stone, 10 units of iron]

[Breeding Farm]

[Required Materials: 200 units of wood, 200 units of stone, 50 units of food]

[Smelting Plant]

[Required Materials: 100 units of wood, 100 units of stone, 20 units of iron]

[Horse Farm]

[Required Materials: 100 units of wood, 100 units of stone, 20 units of food]

[Winery] (Special)

[Required Materials: 200 units of wood, 100 units of stone]

"The first few buildings are no problem, but the last one, the Winery, is actually a special building?"

Su Li discovered something unusual and immediately checked the details to learn more about the Winery.

It turns out this is a specialty-type special building.

After it is built, it can produce fine wine.

Fine wine is a specialty item that can bring extra gold coin income to the territory, and also has a chance to attract special talents who love good wine.

Other players’ territories will also have such special buildings after upgrading to Level 4.

It’s just that the categories are different.

Some might produce copperware, some might produce porcelain.

Different specialties have different effects.

However, for the time being, it does not have much use.

Because brewing alcohol requires grain.

Although the cycle for harvesting grain in this game world is not as long as in reality.

Once the fields are cultivated, it still takes a month to harvest.

After understanding this clearly, Su Li began to have the farmers build all these structures.

This time, the workload was immense.

Even with Bai Hao’s political attribute bonus, it took nearly half a day to complete the construction of all the buildings.

First was the city gate, to improve the territory’s defense.

If they were to encounter a large-scale bandit raid again, relying on the city gate’s defense and the city walls would be enough to keep them blocked outside for a long time.

Then came the livestock farm and the smelter, which could increase food production and refine iron blocks to forge better equipment.

Finally, there was the horse farm, which could produce horses.

Su Li specifically checked the production conditions for horses.

This was the most important part of establishing the Red Blood Cavalry.

As long as he could produce horses in large quantities, he could build a powerful Red Blood Cavalry unit in a short time!

New book setting sail, seeking flowers, seeking ratings!!! ===== CHAPTER 67 =====

【Horse Farm】 (Level 1)

【Production Condition: 10 units of food/horse】

【Production Cap: 5 horses per day; increasing the horse farm level can increase the cap】

Su Li: emmm......

After checking the horse farm, Su Li was somewhat speechless.

The production condition was not very high; each horse only required 10 units of food.

But the production cap of 5 horses per day was excessive.

A mere 5 horses a day meant only 50 horses in ten days.

What could he do with such a small number of horses?

It was far from the quantity he had hoped for.

"Sigh... It seems relying solely on the horse farm to produce horses won't work; I must find other ways to obtain horses."

With no other choice, Su Li could only sigh and shift his gaze away from the horse farm.

He turned his attention to the Level 3 barracks, which had also upgraded after the territory leveled up.

After the barracks upgraded.

On top of the original foundation.

New units were added: Shield-Armored Soldiers, Heavy Spearmen, Elite Longbowmen, and Heavy Cavalry.

The strength of these units was higher than the advanced units, belonging to the high-tier category of ordinary unit professions.

At this stage, the advancement of ordinary units had reached its peak.

To increase their strength further.

One must train the unit profession proficiency to the advanced level, thereby entering the Elite Barracks to transition into elite units.

Of course!

The requirements to transition into these high-tier units had also become more difficult.

Not only did it require prerequisite unit professions like Blade-Shield Soldiers, Longbowmen, and Light Cavalry.

It also required replacing the original inferior equipment with high-quality equipment.

This could be achieved through the blacksmith shop, which had also upgraded.

【Blacksmith Shop】 (Level 2)

【Resident Blacksmith: Linglong】

【Currently Exchangeable: High-Quality Iron Blade, Material Requirement: 6 units of iron blocks, 4 units of wood】 (Materials)

【Currently Exchangeable: High-Quality Leather Armor, Material Requirement: 4 units of iron blocks, 4 units of wood】

【Currently Exchangeable: High-Quality Iron Spear, Material Requirement: 8 units of iron blocks, 6 units of wood】

【Currently Exchangeable: High-Quality Longbow, Material Requirement: Beast Tendon x2, 10 units of wood】

【Currently Exchangeable: Wooden Arrows, Material Requirement: 10 units of wood = 1 set (100 arrows)】

【Extra Exchangeable: High-Quality Short Crossbow, Material Requirement: Beast Tendon x2, 2 units of iron blocks, 6 units of wood】

【Blacksmith Trait: All materials halved】

【Blacksmith Function: Decompose (Equipment can be decomposed back into materials; there is a 10% loss during decomposition)】

It is worth mentioning that ever since Su Li brought Linglong back to White Cloud Village.

Linglong had taken up residence in the blacksmith shop.

Due to Linglong’s bonus, exchanging for equipment at the blacksmith shop not only halved the material cost but also allowed for the extra exchange of one type of equipment: the High-Quality Short Crossbow.

Although the High-Quality Short Crossbow had 50% less range compared to the High-Quality Longbow, its power was twice as strong.

Furthermore, it possessed a rapid-fire characteristic, making it a weapon very suitable for defending the city and launching surprise attacks.

To increase the combat power of White Cloud Village.

Su Li decided to phase out all the old inferior equipment and replace them with high-quality gear.

As for how to replace them.

Naturally, it would be through the additional decomposition function that became available after Linglong moved into the blacksmith shop.

He would decompose all the old inferior equipment into materials and then re-exchange them for high-quality equipment.

It must be said that this decomposition function brought by Linglong was simply fantastic for him.

From now on, he wouldn't need to go to the trading channel to sell equipment at low prices in exchange for materials.

He only needed to decompose them to recover 90% of the raw materials.

This not only saved a large amount of cost but also saved time.

Currently, White Cloud Village had 302 people.

Based on this population count.

Su Li prepared to convert two-thirds of them into high-tier units.

That is, 200 people.

Still following the old rule from before.

First, select the 200 people with the highest base martial arts values from these 302 people.

Then, exchange for the corresponding high-quality equipment from the blacksmith shop.

Finally, distribute them.

50 Shield-Armored Soldiers!

50 Heavy Spearmen!

50 Elite Longbowmen!

50 Short Crossbowmen!

Additionally, the horse farm could produce a maximum of 5 horses per day.

Although this number was small, Su Li did not want to waste it.

He planned to use this to recruit 5 cavalrymen every day.

Consider it a steady, long-term effort.

With so many unit guards.

The safety of White Cloud Village could be set aside for now.

For the next day or two, Su Li prepared to explore further regions, hoping to find one or two more wild mountain strongholds.

Hmm, he had already tasted the sweetness of attacking strongholds.

As long as one stronghold was taken down, the rewards obtained were astonishing. ===== CHAPTER 68 =====