Chapter 11: Infrastructure

“Migration Talisman.”

Great Song Dynasty, Fengling Village.

I Love Eating Perch held a green stone talisman and looked at it from side to side with a strange expression. He really wanted to ask, “Daydreaming,” did you know you had this thing?

Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?

Fatty naturally didn’t know that in Mo Xiaobai’s previous life, he had personally told the other person about all his trial rewards.

A Bronze Lord Token, a blueprint for a Stable, and another lowest-level “Village Level 1” Migration Talisman.

If he hadn’t known about this, Mo Xiaobai would never have let Fatty go looking for a White Qilin Horse, because without a Migration Talisman, players had to completely abandon their original territory to move inward.

And even with a Migration Talisman, there were huge restrictions. In Mo Xiaobai’s previous life, before Fatty moved, he had made a huge decision to tear down the nearly built Village Level 3 into bits, forcing it to become an initial Village Level 1 before he successfully moved away.

However, in this life, with Mo Xiaobai’s early intervention, Fatty did not have the mood to make such a painful decision; he just felt very strange in his heart.

The Lord Plane appeared after seven suns appeared on Water Blue Star.

In theory, there shouldn’t be any alpha testers or the like, right?

“Could it be that Daydreaming is the illegitimate son of that Will of the Universe on Water Blue Star?”

“Otherwise, the logic doesn’t make sense.”

Fatty’s imagination was very rich, and he quickly filled in a bunch of inappropriate scenes in his mind on his own.

Finally, he made a decision:

Move!

Since Daydreaming said the White Qilin Horse had already been found, there was no reason for him, Grandpa Fatty, not to go see Huaxia’s top pasture.

Deep down, Fatty really wanted to breed better Huaxia horses, and a good pasture was as attractive to him as a long-legged beauty in the eyes of an otaku.

“Beep~ Detected Player ‘I Love Eating Perch’ using Migration Talisman. Confirm usage?”

“Yes!”

…

“My Lord, Lord My Lord.”

Mo Xiaobai had just finished his call with Fatty when he saw a villager running up hurriedly here: “A group of homeless refugees has gathered at the village entrance, saying they want a bowl of water.”

Refugees?

Was this the population refreshed by the Intellect Brain?

Mo Xiaobai paused for a moment, then, ignoring the clay bowl of hot porridge in his hand, he put it down and immediately stood up. As he walked, he couldn’t help but be secretly happy in his heart. It seemed the Spacetime Star Disc’s influence on CD refreshes was very effective; even the refugee population that usually refreshed only once every two or three days had become a daily refresh.

“I don’t know if Lingyan Pavilion will be the same? I’ll go check in a while.”

Mo Xiaobai couldn’t suppress his speculation, and he had already walked into the village square. Right now, near the Stone Stele, a dozen or so refugees with sallow faces and dry throats were standing.

These refugees looked at the curling smoke from the chimneys in the village, and their eyes revealed longing.

“Villagers from far away, I am the Village Head of this small village.”

It was still the same speech, so Mo Xiaobai smiled and spoke: “If you do not mind, why not come into the village to rest? Drink some water and have some porridge.”

After Mo Xiaobai finished speaking, the response was not very enthusiastic. After a while, a young man walked out from among the refugees and replied nervously, “Village Head My Lord, can we, really do this?”

“Of course, we are all common people. Since you are here, there must be food to fill your stomach.” Mo Xiaobai nodded with a smile and said to the Liu brothers who followed behind him: “Call a few people to help take them to drink water and wash, then divide out some porridge. Although it is not fancy, it can largely satisfy a meal.”

“Thank you, thank you My Lord.” Seeing that Mo Xiaobai was not saying a false word, the young man immediately bowed to thank him. Mo Xiaobai waved his hand with a smile, indicating that they should go wash and eat first.

In Mo Xiaobai’s heart, the dozen or so people in front of him were all his Territory Citizens. Treating his own Territory Citizens, how could filling their stomachs be considered anything?

“Wait, in the future, you will not only eat your fill, but eat well.” Reciting this goal silently, Mo Xiaobai felt happy. A string of good news coming all morning was the best omen possible.

Having breakfast with the many Territory Citizens, Mo Xiaobai went to Lingyan Pavilion alone. He had originally thought there might be a huge surprise here, but unfortunately, the call CD for Lingyan Pavilion was still cooling down. It looked like it was impossible to summon the next portrait-worthy hero before the first day of the second lunar month.

“Forget it, one cannot be too greedy.” Carrying a bit of regret as he left the pavilion, Mo Xiaobai, on his way back, had already seen nearly fifty villagers busy with their own tasks.

Including those who had just joined the village, they were working very hard under Li Ji’s command.

For these ordinary villagers, as long as they could eat their fill, working was naturally right and proper. Even without Li Ji’s supervision, they would work hard and conscientiously.

With more than a dozen additional laborers, the territory construction for the new day sped up significantly. Just in one morning, quite a few basic buildings for Village Level 1 had been completed.

To the east of the Lord’s Manor, 15 houses were arranged in two rows; these were finished yesterday. To the southeast of the houses, near the edge of the village, a Lumber Mill and a Quarry had already been built to collect corresponding resources.

The original storage houses had been changed into Granaries, used only to store grain. To the west of the Granary, Li Ji had also built a General Store to store some territory miscellaneous items.

After finishing these, Li Ji also commanded the construction of a Village Market and a Militia Training Ground.

“Territory Basic Building: Market!”

“Level: Village Level 1!”

“Scope: This State Territory.”

“Function: Open market trading, allowing free trading with all player territories within the scope.”

“Tax: 10%.”

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“Territory Basic Building: Militia Training Ground!”

“Level: Village Level 1!”

“Unlock Condition: Must possess at least one Territory General.”

“Usage Instructions: Activate civilian professions. Through basic training, make ordinary villagers master the basics of battlefield combat.”

“Capacity Limit: 0/140 (Base 50 + Commander 90)”

Unlike other basic buildings that residents of the territory could enter and leave freely, both the Market and the Drill Ground strictly limited the identity of those entering or leaving.

In the current Daming Village, only Mo Xiaobai and Li Ji, the two village heads, could enter and leave freely.

Walking into the newly built small Market, there was no sound of shouting sales, only a transaction panel that could be opened at any time. Mo Xiaobai opened the panel and immediately saw a lot of transaction information posted on it.

“Wood: 50 Units!”

“Unit Price: 5 Copper/Unit!”

“Total Price: 2 Silver 50 Copper!”

“Time Limit: 23:12:33”

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“Stone: 30 Units!”

“Unit Price: 7 Copper/Unit!”

“Total Price: 2 Silver 10 Copper!”

“Time Limit: 23:48:12”

…

“Same as my previous life, in the early stage of the Plane opening, only these most basic territory resources are sold on the Market.” Glancing over the transaction lists, Mo Xiaobai quickly curled his lips.

There was no transaction information selling food at all; obviously, someone was watching to sweep up the goods. Only those few people would think of this method to stock up on food at this time, right?

Several lords who were very famous in the Great Han Dynasty of his previous life flashed through Mo Xiaobai’s mind, and he nodded in a non-committal way.

But in the next moment, a Plane Announcement forcibly pulled his thoughts away from the Market trading.