Chapter 35: Give the players a reason they cannot refuse

"Lord, are you alright?"

The moment the battle ended, Zhang Qiang and the other eleven NPCs rushed to Su Li's side.

"I'm fine." Su Li shook his head with some fatigue and said, "First, confiscate the weapons of these people; return them only after they have been converted into our Bai Yun Village troop types."

"Additionally, send people to clear the battlefield and collect the loot."

These surrendered rioters and bandits were also a significant fortune that could be directly converted into the territory's population.

It was just that their loyalty would be lower than that of directly recruited farmers, so they would need to be strictly managed.

"Yes, sir!"

It wasn't until Zhang Qiang and the other eleven NPCs had confiscated the weapons of the rioters and bandits, locked them in the barracks, and begun clearing the battlefield that Su Li sat down to rest.

Su Li had done almost all the work in this battle.

The vast majority of the enemies had been killed by him alone.

The physical strength consumed was naturally immense.

Fortunately, it was all worth it.

Not only had he wiped out the enemy and accepted the surrender of over twenty soldiers, but Su Li himself had also gained a bountiful harvest!

Over a hundred enemies had brought him a total of over ten thousand experience points, directly raising his level from 14 to more than halfway to 15!

Especially the bandit leader.

He alone had provided 2000 experience points!

Next was skill proficiency.

Two waves of enemies had raised Su Li's Archery skill to LV. 9, just one step away from breaking through to the Advanced stage.

Killing the bandit leader had also allowed him to raise his Advanced Blade Arts by a small level.

Finally, there was the long blade dropped by the bandit leader.

【Fine Iron Long Blade】

【Quality: Superior】

【Attribute: Martial Strength +1, Lethality +20%】

【Description: A superior weapon crafted from fine iron, capable of boosting combat power to a certain extent.】

A superior weapon had much better attributes compared to the Coarse Iron Long Blade, which only added a tiny bit of lethality.

Su Li immediately equipped this Fine Iron Long Blade.

After resting for a while.

Zhang Qiang and the eleven combat units finished cleaning the battlefield and walked toward Su Li with excitement, "Lord, the battlefield has been cleared."

"How is the harvest?" Su Li smiled lightly.

"A total of 52 inferior weapons, 58 sets of inferior armor, one steed, and 12 gold coins were obtained."

Listening to Zhang Qiang's report on the loot list, Su Li nodded.

With these weapons and armor, Bai Yun Village could recruit more combat units and improve the overall strength of the territory.

Besides that, there was a steed.

At the current stage, players had no qualifications to build a horse farm, so horses were absolutely a very rare resource.

And 12 gold coins.

Although there was currently no place to spend money, currency was always better to have in abundance at any time.

Overall, the harvest was quite good.

The battlefield was also cleared.

Next was a new round of recruiting farmers, gathering resources, and developing the village.

Having survived one enemy raid on the village meant the player's territory was temporarily safe.

As long as enough resources were gathered, Bai Yun Village could upgrade from a Level 2 village to Level 3, unlocking more buildings and higher-level barracks.

And only by unlocking higher-level barracks would Su Li have the opportunity to continue improving his strength.

Advancing the current basic archer class to a higher-tier troop type.

However...

Although Bai Yun Village's farmer skills were improving rapidly due to 【Hundredfold Growth】, and the speed of gathering resources was two or three times that of ordinary people, it stood to reason that resources shouldn't be lacking.

But because there was no iron mine, iron blocks could not be gathered, leading to slow upgrades.

To rapidly increase the territory level, the problem of iron blocks had to be solved.

And the fastest way to solve this problem was to rely on the system's trading function.

After pondering for a while. ===== CHAPTER 37 =====

He pondered for a while.