Chapter 32 Return and New Plan
(The last chapter is 4,000 words long, so this chapter will be counted as tomorrow's update. I will add one more update tomorrow to make up for the previous chapter's 4,000 words. I will update tomorrow.)
At the entrance to the center of the town, Li Erlang had already brought a few people to welcome him back.
This second-level official managed the territory in an orderly manner during the nine days he was away, which made him look up at the whiteboard sent to him. No mistakes are merits.
It is a great challenge for him to manage the food, drink, and defecation of 800 people.
"During the time you were away, we received some more refugees. The current population of the territory has exceeded 800 people. The collection of food and the growth of newly planted plants are very good..."
The development of the territory is stable and improving. No one has much property, which leads to surprisingly good public security.
Ji Lin listened to Li Erlang's report and opened his own territory panel to check it out.
[Lord]: Ji Lin
[Territory Race]: Human
[Lord Talent]:
Foresight, Fire Extinguisher, Planned Defender, Battlefield Maneuver (Master)
[Building]: Town Center.
[Army]: 100
[Territory Population]: 817/1600 (Population Capacity)
[Territory Building]: Town Center, Primary Residence x82, Farmland x400, Mill x4, Pasture x1, Public Toilet x1, Bathhouse x1
[Civilization Characteristics]: Blood Purification
[Territory]: Plain x1, Floodplain x1, Swamp x1, Coast x1
Eight hundred people...
This small village with 200 people when he arrived has become a large village with 800 people. When the next era is upgraded, the population limit will be increased from 1600 to 12800. The capacity has increased eightfold. This number of people can already build a small city.
After the upgrade, the entire territory will automatically enter the big world, a chaotic world.
For a bird to break out of its shell, the egg is the world. For a person to be born in the world, he must destroy this world.
Those warm nests built with fog walls will not protect humans for too long, and the enemy attack is also a rehearsal prepared by the system for the lords.
The lords who adopt special political systems and special structures will even have large cities of 100,000 people in this era...
His eyes fell on the villagers wearing simple clothes.
He has already distinguished which ones are the villagers originally given by the system and which ones are the refugees who came later. They are very adaptable to this territory that is like a paradise. There is no war, and they can have enough food and clothing as long as they cultivate. The land is their own, and the food they grow needs to be handed over.
This kind of life, which is full of oppression in the eyes of modern people, is also a very good life for them.
There are no landlords who exploit workers, nor are there overbearing robbers.
According to the useless information he knew in his previous life, every landform in the territory is a regular hexagon, and the side length of each regular hexagon block is 3 kilometers, with an area of 23.4 square kilometers. The four plots of land he now owns add up to an area of more than 90 square kilometers.
Ji Lin was lost in thought. He had just returned from there, and now he had to plan and consider his territory.
He was ready to expand outward. Now he had stored tens of thousands of resources, enough for him to choose a new plot of land to take the town center.
The next place he chose to open up was the flood plain next to it. He didn't need someone to go there, and he didn't need to bring any materials. He could take the town center building by himself. After taking the town center, he could build things everywhere in the flood plain.
The food production bonus provided by the floodplain is very important for maintaining a larger population in the next era. This mode of people without property will not last too long, but after the pure production is converted into taxation, a lot of production capacity will be lost. In a sense, these lords are now.
100% tax rate for all employees.
Since it has been decided, let's do it later.
"You did a good job, and there will be places where you will be needed later."
Ji Lin coughed lightly, and operated on the panel with his hands, changing the leader of the town from Li Erlang to Chongshan.
The latter was flattered to hear that the lord still needed it. Li Erlang knew from the beginning that he was a substitute for Changheng and Chongshan. Years of war and wandering also made him have no desire to fight for power and profit. He was satisfied to live his current life.
"Lord, I have another favor to ask... We originally had a thousand people, and we were attacked by a group of bandits on the road. If there are 600 people, I beg you, Lord, they are also villagers from our village... I have learned their moving direction based on what other refugees said during this period..."
Ah? There is still a mission?
Ji Lin, who was about to turn around, stopped at Li Erlang's words.
Since he has said it, it will not be groundless. There must be a group of bandits coming with these people. Eliminating these bandits is also part of his mission. This should be one of his rewards. At that time, he, he was in the dungeon, um...
This moderately difficult clearing mission seems very familiar.
After nine days, there will be a loss of more wandering people. This should be what he did ten days ago, but at that time he was dealing with the dungeon.
Thinking about it, it seems a bit painful.
Human resources are also very important resources.
Bandits...
Just give him a chance to try his gun.
Even without this group of bandits, he would have to use firearms to shock all the wild monsters in the 10 square kilometers area and bring all the resource points in the area under his control.
Before the musketeers, his spearmen were afraid of the monster infantry, who could even replace several of his soldiers if they went crazy. Now, this 45-power 12mm caliber high-powered musket can even knock down steam spiders with a volley.
Ji Lin summoned the upgrade and held it in his hand. It looked like a square crystal with the word "musketeer" written on it, which was both vulgar and advanced. He had used the upgrade before, saying that it could ignore the gap in the times and upgrade to become, but it could upgrade the equipment held to become the unit specified by the upgrade.
Maintenance knowledge, usage skills, weapon performance, combat experience.
Sorry, none of them.
He wanted Chang Heng, who had just led the musketeers in the dungeon, to come out and practice again in the territory, and lead those spearmen who were used to wielding iron spears to wield another kind of iron spear and become another kind of spear.
This feeling of having subordinates is still very refreshing.
This feeling is that you have to do everything yourself, which is just right.
The workload in the dungeon before made him have dark circles under his eyes.
After thinking it through, Ji Lin handed the upgrade to his deputy Chang Heng who was standing beside him and instructed.
"Chang Heng, the upgrade is for you. Go gather all the spearmen in the territory and upgrade them to musketeers. I also need to study and think about new buildings. If you have time, send someone to scout the location of those refugees and bandits."
"Yes, Chang... I get it!"
Chang Heng subconsciously wanted to salute but stopped himself and turned to clasp his fists.
Back in the bedroom, Ji Lin clicked on the two new building blueprints he had obtained.
[Shooting Range]
[Crystal Mine]
