Chapter 52 Town Hall Upgrade

Garin took the engineering authorization letter given by Solas and left the castle happily. Before leaving, he did not forget to apply to Solas for the teleportation permission to the Tower of Thoradin.

As for the Kingdom Conference and the like, I have already gotten what I wanted, so there is no need to waste time attending such a meeting at this stage.

Solas was still in his prime and could reign for at least another twenty or thirty years. He was only twelve years old, so there was no need for him to show great interest in politics and governing the country. Besides, becoming the king of Stromgarde had never been Garen's goal.

If you want to be someone, be the king of men.

The road to becoming a human king is long. Let’s set a small goal first and become the lord of a city with tens of thousands of people.

During the last video call with Danas, I counted the population of the bases under my command as 8,578. The four town halls trained 96 farmers every day, and the six military camps also trained 96 soldiers every day.

Today is the eighth day. The population of the base has reached over 9,900 people, including over 4,300 combat soldiers and over 5,600 farmers.

The time to reach a population of 10,000 and upgrade the town hall is tonight!

There was a flash of white light, and Galen and Gandalf were teleported directly back to Minas Tirith.

Amor and the guards who stayed in Stromgarde were stunned. The prince left them alone again.

Amor, the captain of the personal guard, was speechless. How many times has this happened? Huh? I was just a little late and the person is gone. You think you are so great because you can teleport? Do you think I don't care about my face?

Both Solas and Amor guessed that Galen and Gandalf had a secret, perhaps about their heritage, and they also speculated that the secret might be deep in the Alterac Mountains.

Through the detection of the Royal Mage Advisor, there was no demonic aura on Gandalf. The detector loaned by the Kirin Tor Council was said to be made by the previous generation of guardians, which was convincing.

As there was no sign that Gandalf would do anything bad to Galen, out of respect for the high-level wizard, they did not continue to investigate Gandalf. They were also happy to see Galen's strength increase.

In the city of Minas Tirith, in the first ring area, in the central town hall, Garin was waiting for a new farmer to finish training.

Gandalf is meditating in the town hall on the right. After the three town halls were built, Gandalf converted the side hall of the town hall on the right into a laboratory, which is specially used for magic experiments and alchemy.

At this moment, Jialin had been waiting patiently for two hours.

There was a flash of light, and a new farmer walked out from the core area next door.

"Salute to you, Commander!"

Garin waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and report to Captain Cliff."

The farmer received the order, saluted, and walked out of the town hall.

"Ding, the base population has reached 10,000 units, the town hall can be upgraded!"

Garin, who deliberately maintained his dignity in front of his subordinates, had the reminder of the Heart of Origin flash through his mind. His hands, which had been waving normally just now, trembled slightly at this moment. This was because he was overly excited.

Close your eyes immediately, connect to the Heart of Origin, and select the town hall you are in.

The panel that originally only had two options for selecting commands: train farmers and summon militia, now has an additional upgrade command.

Upgrade to the main city:

demand:

3200 units of gold

2100 units of wood

Upgrade to the main city to unlock more buildings and units

It wasn’t easy. After almost three months of farming, I was finally able to upgrade the town hall to a second-level main city.

upgrade!

Give the order immediately, you have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

During this time, the crystal ball that Garin placed on the table had vibrated countless times. This was Danas trying to contact Garin.

When Garin answered the call, he found that it was Amor asking Danas to contact him. After telling Amor that he was already in Minas Tirith and would return early the next morning, he hung up the video.

Apart from waiting for the population to exceed 10,000 and upgrading the town hall, Garin really had no intention of chatting with Amor and Danas.

At this moment, the upgrade command has been issued, and the town hall will need thirty-six hours to complete. There is no way to speed up the upgrade, and all that remains is to wait for the upgrade to be completed.

Sitting in the seat, he inserted the mana gem into the groove of the base of the crystal ball, and the crystal ball lit up.

"Danas, what's going on?"

"Jialin, after the dinner just ended, my uncle just informed you that the treasury will deliver the first batch of project funds tomorrow morning."

Ah!

Speaking of Qian Jialin, I become very excited.

"I understand. I will return to Stromgarde tomorrow morning."

"The teleportation spell is so convenient. I really don't understand why the kingdom doesn't build a fixed portal to the border."

"Fixed portals are too expensive, Danas. The kingdom doesn't have any extra mages to maintain the stability of the portals. The cavalry regiment can reach the border in just one day and one night by taking the Kingdom Avenue. If they really don't have enough time, they can also build a temporary portal at the legion level. The cost is much lower than a fixed portal."

"I know, I know. Stop showing off your knowledge of magic. You are now a master of both magic and martial arts. Congratulations, Master Jialin."

As Garin's closest peer, he had long known that Garin could summon water elements and release blizzards.

"I still believe in the way of the warrior, Danath. Mage is not my path."

The corners of Danas' mouth twitched slightly. Damn it, he showed Garin a bit of Versailles without realizing it.

"Danas, if there is a profession in the world that can fight, resist and recover, are you willing to learn it?"

Garin's expression was very much like that of a salesperson.

"Is there such a good thing? Jialin, stop bragging!"

After being tricked by Garin so many times, Danas is no longer the rookie he used to be.

"It's true. I'm not lying to you."

"What profession? How do I change my profession?"

"I can't tell you now. It's not the right time yet. When the time comes, I will be the first to tell you."

Although he looked doubtful, Danas continued, "It's a deal."

After hanging up the video, Jialin had a quick dinner and fell asleep.

The next morning, Garin returned to Stromgarde while Solas was having breakfast. There was no other way. If he didn't get there early, today's meeting would have already begun.

Garin had decided not to attend the meeting, so he came over to receive the initial project payment and prepared to leave Stromgarde again.

Although it is said to be 100,000 gold coins, it is not all gold coins. It can only be said to be money worth 100,000.

Garin looked at the dozens of boxes in front of him, large and small, and was a little confused. He wondered if the base would accept silver and copper coins. They should accept them, right? Ordinary ores can be converted into gold according to energy, and silver and copper coins are also made of ores.

Garin sighed and understood that this was the summer tax revenue that had just been delivered to the national treasury, so it couldn't be all gold coins.

The main currency in circulation among civilians is copper coins, and merchants mostly use silver coins and a small amount of gold coins to settle payments.

Only nobles would keep a large amount of gold coins, such as Count Dabyre and Viscount Garson. When they said 100,000 gold coins, they really meant 100,000 gold coins, not a mixture of gold, silver and copper like the current tax revenue.

It's better than nothing, Garin comforted himself. He will try to recharge the silver and copper coins first. If it doesn't work, he will think of other ways.

Taking out two spiritual pattern cloth bags, Jialin put away dozens of boxes of money, and then returned to his own courtyard.

At the same time, he asked Amor to send a signalman to inform Omar, Varokar and Fadil to return to Stromgarde as soon as possible.

Garin felt that the remaining dozens of hours passed extremely slowly.

Finally, on the morning of the third day, in a flash of white light, the town hall in the middle of the first ring of Minas Tirith changed.