Chapter 20: Persuading the Old Folks to Come to Daming Village

The building upgrades were finished, but Mo Xiaobai did not rush to leave. To accommodate the over one hundred people from Eagle Beak Mountain, the existing houses in the territory were obviously not enough.

Unlike the refugees that had spawned before, the bandits from Eagle Beak Mountain mostly had families and included men, women, the old, and the young, so you could not simply calculate five people per house.

Fortunately, this was no challenge for Mo Xiaobai. He had brought Ma Laoliu back for more than just letting that guy “inspect” things.

When Mo Xiaobai called Ma Laoliu over, the latter immediately showed a look of gratitude upon hearing that Mo Xiaobai was preparing to build houses for the people of Eagle Beak Mountain.

Ma Laoliu spoke for a long time, explaining who had which family members and who preferred to live with whom. Although Ma Laoliu had acted very unprofessionally during his mountain robberies, he knew every detail of the stronghold’s affairs inside and out.

After Ma Laoliu finished his explanation, Mo Xiaobai nodded to show he understood.

Including the young Chief, there were a total of 41 households on Eagle Beak Mountain. In other words, at least 41 houses needed to be built to accommodate all the bandits.

“Uncle Zhou, I have to go out again tomorrow. I am entrusting the village affairs to you.”

Mo Xiaobai called over Zhou Ji, a strong man who had not been chosen as a Village Soldier by Li Ji because of his age, and began to give instructions: “Starting from tomorrow, besides ensuring there are enough people to farm rice, take everyone else and work hard to build houses. I will leave enough timber and stone for you. You must build a lot of houses within these few days. There is no fixed number, just keep building until I return.”

Mo Xiaobai made this arrangement to be prepared in advance.

He knew the houses he was preparing were not just for the people of Eagle Beak Mountain. Now that the territory had been upgraded, the Intellect Brain would definitely continue to spawn more people. To prevent the newly spawned population from being lost, they would need houses to live in.

Mo Xiaobai calculated that building 60 more houses might be tight, so ideally, they should build over 80.

“My Lord, do not worry. I guarantee you will see rows of houses when you return.”

Zhou Ji was one of the five strong men who had first contacted Mo Xiaobai, so he had the highest trust in him. Since the young master said to build more houses, it must be correct.

“With those words from Uncle Zhou, I feel relieved. It is about time to call your brothers back for a meal. The village patrols must also eat on time.”

Mo Xiaobai joked and then turned to Ma Laoliu: “You can stay here for tonight, and tomorrow we will return to Eagle Beak Mountain. How does that sound?”

“We will listen entirely to My Lord.”

Ma Laoliu bowed his fists and agreed. His impression of Mo Xiaobai was also “swiping” upwards. If he were not worried about his bunch of brothers on Eagle Beak Mountain, he would probably be shouting to join Daming Village right now.

As the fragrant cooking smoke rose, Mo Xiaobai chose to log out.

After several days of traveling and rushing, he had not been “home” for quite a few days.

Logging out and returning to his bedroom, he opened the door and smelled the aroma of food.

“Xiaobai is out?” Mother Mo looked at the open door and immediately spoke with a smile: “Our Great Lord finally decided to log out.”

“Mom, I was just busy with some matters a few days ago, so I was unable to log out.”

“You were busy upgrading your territory, weren’t you? Your father and I have heard. Your ‘Daming Village’ is the first territory in the Huaxia Region to upgrade.” Mother Mo looked very proud. Although she had not yet added her son as a friend on the Plane, she remembered her son’s name was “Daydreaming”.

“Haha~ It looks like everyone already knows?”

Mo Xiaobai was a bit surprised, but he quickly realized why. Such a big event, given the nature of Huaxia players, they would never make it less than world-famous. It would be an insult to underestimate Huaxia players’ ability to spread news across the globe.

“Mo Xiaobai, why did you build your territory so fast?” The little girl, Mo Xiaoyou, appeared from the small bedroom without him noticing and tilted her head to examine her older brother.

“If Little Dot calls me dear Big Brother, I will tell you.” Mo Xiaobai reached out and patted Xiaoyou’s head, laughing loudly.

“Cut it, you old cousin.” Mo Xiaoyou was not a well-behaved baby. Although she was curious, she would never give in. It was impossible to make her say such cheesy words.

“Xiaoyou, how do you speak to your brother? Apologize quickly.” Mother Mo narrowed her eyes in warning, but the little girl stuck out her tongue at Mo Xiaobai and then ran happily into the kitchen.

“This girl.”

“Mom, Xiaoyou is still young. Let her be.” Mo Xiaobai chuckled and then continued: “Actually, even if my sister did not bring it up, I wanted to talk about this too.”

“What is it?”

“I think it is enough for me to develop on the Plane. Mom and Dad are already getting old. There is no need for you to look worried every day trying to develop a territory like we young people do.”

Mo Xiaobai spoke the words he had always wanted to say in his previous life but lacked the ability to say: “I heard that when a Player loses their territory, they get one chance to summon immediate family members. In my opinion, Mom and Dad, why not just give up your territories and come to my Daming Village? That way, our family will not be separated whether on the Plane or on Water Blue Star.”

“Oh? Are you asking your mother and me to come join you?”

Mo Father walked out holding a plate of dumplings, set them on the dining table, and then continued: “Don’t just think your Daming Village upgrading first makes you special. Your mother and I also have decent territories.”

Yes!

Your two territories are indeed not too bad.

But the best you can get is a Bronze Grade Village, and there are no special rewards.

If you force development for a year or so, you will still be unable to stop being swallowed up by surrounding Great Lords.

Mo Xiaobai knew very well what his parents’ territories looked like, but he did not want to hurt their pride by speaking directly. He cleared his throat and changed the approach: “Dad, I forgot to mention earlier. My territory leads directly to Daye Marsh. On the Lord Plane, that is a huge lake spanning over 20,000 square kilometers. It surely has thousands of different types of fish. If you two come here, you can enjoy climbing hills and fishing every day, leisurely. I know your current territory does not even have a small river a foot deep nearby.”

Fishing!

Mo Father had lived for most of his life, and his only hobby was this.

Upon hearing Mo Xiaobai’s description, Mo Father was clearly moved.

Living in Guning City for so many years, Mo Father only occasionally went to a few reservoirs to play. He had never been to a large lake to experience fishing.

Besides, if there really was a lake over 20,000 square kilometers, there would not be such a place in reality.

The largest lake in Huaxia was, at most, just a few thousand square kilometers.

Even that size was endless to the horizon.

What would 20,000 square kilometers look like?

How wonderful it would be to fish there!

Mo Father fell silent for a moment, but Mother Mo still hesitated: “Xiaobai, is it really possible to give up a territory? I see everyone on that Plane is extremely possessive about their territories.”

“Mom, whether a territory is important or not is relative. You two must trust that your son can build a great career on the Plane. Bring Little Dot to Daming Village. This way, I will not have to worry. After all, there is no legal protection in the Plane world. Although there are no major problems for now, the future will only become more turbulent. You need to understand a key issue: How can the Intellect Brain allow a billion Lords to live peacefully together? A billion is too many. The Lord Plane will be full of excitement and trouble in the future.”