Chapter 42

Calculating the time, from leaving White Cloud Village to go to Changshan Juncheng to returning to White Cloud Village, five days had already passed.

Having been away for five days and returning to this familiar place.

Even Su Li felt like he had returned "home."

And he was right.

At least in the game world, this was indeed his home.

At this time, White Cloud Village was still a Level 4 village.

But standing a few dozen meters away and looking at White Cloud Village, one could see the stone city wall two or three meters high, as well as the NPC troops patrolling on the city wall.

Looking at the farmers walking out of the city gate and rushing to the resource points outside to collect resources, looking at the endless farmland outside the city!

The White Cloud Village in front of him had already developed into a small town.

The reason it hadn't upgraded to a town was because he, the lord, was not at home.

Bai Hao did not have the authority to upgrade autonomously.

Of course!

Besides this hard condition.

There was another reason.

When a territory underwent a major level upgrade, it would also trigger enemy attacks.

And the incoming enemies were in high-intensity mode, stronger than the mobs and bandits encountered at the very beginning.

There was even a very small probability of martial generals appearing.

Under such a mechanism.

One might ask, how could Bai Hao dare to upgrade the territory when Su Li was not around?

Returning to White Cloud Village.

Su Li also found Bai Hao at the first moment and asked: "The territory should be able to upgrade, right?"

"Yes."

Bai Hao replied: "The buildings and resources needed for the territory upgrade have all been prepared, just waiting for your consent, Lord, and our White Cloud Village can be upgraded to White Cloud Town at any time."

"However, when upgrading the town, it is very likely to attract some greedy people and usher in their looting."

"Lord, you need to be prepared in advance!"

"Mm, you arrange these people first."

Su Li nodded and handed the hundreds of NPCs he brought back directly to Bai Hao for placement.

Then, he walked toward the Lord's Mansion.

In fact, what needed to be prepared had already been prepared.

White Cloud Village currently had two hundred high-tier troops.

With such combat power, plus himself.

Even if an ordinary martial general came, he might be able to fight.

Of course!

This was just a village upgrading to a town.

The probability of triggering a martial general attack was very low.

Su Li felt that he wasn't that unlucky.

It was one thing to encounter large-scale bandits when the territory protection period ended.

If he could still encounter a martial general attack now that the territory was upgrading to a town.

Then that luck would truly be something else!

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Entering the Lord's Mansion.

Su Li directly opened the lord panel and chose to upgrade the territory!

Consuming 5000 units of wood, 5000 units of stone, and 500 units of iron blocks.

A moment later, White Cloud Village upgraded again.

The upgrade process was the same as before; it didn't require farmers to be invested, and it was all completed automatically.

However, this time, it took a full half-day for White Cloud Village to finally complete the upgrade.

It transitioned from a village to a town.

This time, the land area was ten times larger than before!

There were also many more open spaces in the territory.

This meant that there were many types of new buildings that could be built in the upgraded White Cloud Town.

The original buildings also looked more magnificent, decorated with blue tiles and red bricks.

The city walls and city gates were also much taller and thicker than before, looking even easier to defend and harder to attack.

Even outside the town, there was an extra trench.

This was for building a moat.

Compared to before.

Only now could White Cloud Town be called a territory.

A territory home where players could rely on for survival!

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Check the territory attributes.

【Territory】: Baiyun Town (Level 1)

【Lord】: Su Li

【Affiliation】: Eastern Han, Jizhou, Changshan Commandery

【Specialty】: Fine Wine

【Population】: 854/2000

【Public Sentiment】: 40

【Public Order】: 30

【Prosperity】: 50

【Internal Affairs Officer】: Bai Hao

【Administrative Efficiency】: 40

【Agricultural Efficiency】: 30

【Economic Efficiency】: 30

【Cultural Efficiency】: 30

【Military Rating】: 55

【Natural Disaster Value】: 20

【City Defenses】: Watchtowers (4), City Wall, City Gate

【Existing Buildings】: Lord's Manor (Current function: recruit farmers, 30 per day), Barracks (Level 4), Blacksmith, Warehouse, Infirmary, Farm, Smeltery, Horse Farm, Winery, Residences, Infrastructure...

【Buildable Buildings】: Training Ground, Research Institute, Sundry Shop, Rice Shop, Public Latrine, Pig Pen, Cow Pen, Mulberry Garden...

【Territory Upgrade Requirements】: Possess over 80% of buildable buildings, 1000 Wood, 1000 Stone, 1000 Iron

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After the territory upgraded to a town, the number of farmers that could be recruited increased directly from 20 to 30 per day.

Buildings like the barracks were also directly upgraded to Level 4.

Besides that, there were quite a few new buildings that could be constructed.

Su Li took a rough look; they were all related to the territory's overall economy, culture, and environment.

Things like public latrines, pig pens, and cow pens had all appeared.

However, these had nothing to do with improving the overall strength of Baiyun Town.

Su Li couldn't be bothered to look closely; he could just leave it to Bai Hao later. ===== CHAPTER 99 =====

He focused only on two types of buildings.

The Training Ground and the Research Institute.

【Training Ground: A place for drilling troops. The higher the commander's leadership value, the more prominent the training effect.】

【Construction Requirements: 200 units of Wood, 100 units of Stone, 50 units of Iron】

【Research Institute】 (Special Building)

【Construction Requirements: Research Institute Blueprint and an NPC with both Politics and Intelligence attributes reaching 70+】

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The Training Ground could drill troops.

From now on, there was one more way to improve the combat effectiveness of his troops.

It was just that the Training Ground was linked to the commander's leadership value.

With his current leadership value of just over ten, even if he drilled troops, the effect probably wouldn't be very great.

He just didn't know if his hundredfold growth talent would also have an impact on training.

He could test that once the Training Ground was built.

Su Li still focused his attention on the Research Institute.

This was a special building.

Moreover, the construction conditions were quite harsh.

It required a 【Research Institute Blueprint】 and an NPC with both Politics and Intelligence attributes at 70 or above.

Looking at it, neither of these conditions seemed easy to achieve.

This was enough to show that the building was indeed special, and its effects should be very good.

Thus, Su Li clicked for details to take a look.

He discovered that the effects of the Research Institute were indeed very good.

It could develop various technologies.

For example, breeding, animal husbandry, agriculture, and mining technologies to increase resource yields.

There were also technology, military, and martial arts techniques to provide military combat power.

There were even mysterious techniques like blessing, stargazing, and celestial observation.

It was simply a wide variety, with everything one could need.

Especially the martial arts techniques, which could not only directly increase a character's attributes but also grant them new skills, traits, and even talents.

It was mouth-watering just to look at.

It was a pity the construction conditions were too harsh.

Never mind the Research Institute Blueprint.

Just finding an NPC with both Politics and Intelligence attributes at 70+—he didn't know when he would be able to lure one back.

Su Li suddenly felt it was dull.

He closed the lord panel and walked out of the Lord's Manor.

Now was not the time to continue development and construction.

Once a territory upgrades to a town, it encounters enemy attacks.

Based on the time frame when the mob attacked after the protection period ended previously,

the enemies would show up within an hour or two.

"My lord, I have already gathered all the farmers back."

Seeing Su Li appear, Bai Hao walked up immediately to report.

"Well done."

Su Li offered a word of encouragement.

It had to be said that Bai Hao was a special NPC; besides having high attributes, he was also much sharper than ordinary NPCs.

Knowing the enemy was coming, he had gathered the farmers back to their respective residences in advance for safety.

After a moment of thought, Su Li continued: "Our Baiyun Town has sufficient population now. Go and select another one hundred farmers to convert into high-tier troops: 50 Elite Longbowmen and 50 Short Crossbowmen!"

"Understood!"

Bai Hao bowed and left.

Currently, Baiyun Town had over eight hundred people.

Expanding the standing army to three hundred was not excessive at all.

And for defending a city, archers were the most useful.

Finding another fifty Elite Longbowmen and fifty Short Crossbowmen would be a good precaution.

Troop recruitment finished.

Su Li then, along with Bai Hao, led all the troop NPCs up to the walls of Baiyun Town.

About an hour passed.

The enemies for this attack also appeared on the plains outside Baiyun Town!

When Su Li and Bai Hao led the numerous troop NPCs onto the city wall, a dense mass of figures had already appeared on the distant horizon.

A rough estimate...

The number of these figures exceeded a thousand!

Because they were too far away,

Su Li could not see the specific information of the enemies.

But at this moment,

Bai Hao moved his hands as if casting a spell, then drew a circle in front of him.

The enemy figures, which were clearly very far away, were instantly projected within that circle.

This was Bai Hao's innate Investigation Skill, one of the civil official skills.

It allowed Su Li to clearly see the number and types of enemies in the distance.

The higher the skill level, the further the investigation distance.

Once raised to high level or above, there was even a chance to scout individual attributes of the enemies.

However, Bai Hao had not reached that stage yet; it was only an intermediate Investigation Skill.

New book setting sail, please send flowers, please rate!!! ===== CHAPTER 100 =====