The next second, a system notification popped up, declaring Tianju City the loser.

However, unlike the attack on Red Maple Village, Rich Overnight was still a small town, and the announcement was only visible in City T. But this time, Rich Overnight and Sweet Orange were both cities, with greater map permissions. Ye Miao suspected that other places should also be able to see the announcement, at least in territories at the same city level.

Furthermore, Ye Miao had taken down Hongfeng Village on his own, while Tiaodeng Town had also joined the attack on Tianju City. Therefore, before the system announced Tianju City's defeat, a pop-up window appeared for Ye Miao and An Ruoying, asking them to decide whether to requisition the territory as a base, and if so, how to divide it.

An Ruoying closed the door and told Ye Miao, "I only want the spoils. The stronghold is too far away. You can take them all if you want."

Ye Miao didn't care much about the stronghold issue at first, but when he thought about upgrading the city, every piece of land shown as "available for purchase" would cost money, while the stronghold could be used for his own purposes, which was equivalent to saving a lot of money invisibly, so he kept it.

So the final world notification showed: [Sweet Orange City] has been defeated by [Overnight Rich City] and [Tiaodeng Town], and the original [Sweet Orange City] territory has become the stronghold of [Overnight Rich City].

Ye Miao stared at the words for a long moment, suppressing the urge to speculate on the other lords' thoughts after seeing the notice. He closed the panel and smiled at An Ruoying, "Let's go to the warehouse and take a look at the spoils."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at him, fixing his gaze: "Chu Cheng!"

Chu Cheng was originally urging the other core members of Tianju City to hand over their equipment and export their cards. Upon hearing this, he glanced back and told Yi Hang and the others to take over. He then followed Ye Miao and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Let's go to the warehouse!" Ye Miao smiled deeply, "I'll give you my money back."

The battle for the territory started within five minutes, and it took hours to clean up. It wasn't until dusk that both sides finally finished packing up, and then An Ruoying left feeling refreshed. Ye Miao thought for a moment, then gathered the five members of Chu Cheng's archer team and smiled, "Which brother would like to be the head of the Tianju stronghold?"

Five people: "..."

Honestly speaking, no one wants to! Working is not a big deal, the main thing is that life in the base is much worse than in the main territory. The current quality of life in the main territory has been accumulated and developed bit by bit. Even if Ye Miao transfers people and materials to balance it, the base will not be able to catch up in a short time.

Li Chenqi naturally declined at first: "I'm still taking turns with Chu Cheng to manage Hongfeng, so it's not convenient for me to run between the two places."

If he runs between the two sides, he might not even have the chance to return to the main territory for vacation!

Yi Hang scratched the back of his head, racking his brains to come up with an excuse: "I've been a bit busy lately, busy with... um..." Busy with what? He scratched his head harder, "There's a lot to do, anyway, um..."

Chu Cheng sneered: "I'll do it, don't worry."

Ye Miao nodded and said, "From now on, the taxes, groceries, and post station revenues from the base will be divided between you. I'll take half, and you'll take half. However, the groceries will have to deduct the costs first, so only the profits will be shared."

"Really?!" Li Chenqi looked delighted.

Although they are not short of money as high-level players, there is no need to be stingy with money.

Ye Miao said nothing, and looked at the other three with a smile: "Excuse me, does anyone want to join us?"

"..." The three of them clearly felt that the lord was controlling them, but... the income of the stronghold was directly divided into 50-50!

Damn, my heart is beating fast.

Shen Ruhuan pursed his lips: "Then we...we take shifts together?"

Chen Qibin was puzzled: "The main territory has just upgraded its city, there's plenty of space, why not bring everyone back?"

Without waiting for Ye Miao to answer, Chu Cheng pondered, "Now is not the time to take them all back. Tianju City is not a good territory, and the composition of its members is probably quite complicated. We should at least wait for the legal team to conduct a general investigation before making any decisions."

Ye Miao nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean."

This is what she realized after capturing the Red Maple Village.

At that time, she did not directly ask all the members of the Red Maple Village to return to the main territory. In fact, it was because there was no room in the main territory. But later she thought carefully that with the degree of abnormality of the Red Maple Village, it was conceivable that the mental state of the members would not be very good.

She brought back a few hundred low-level members at that time, and their integration into the new life went relatively smoothly under the "care" of 3,000 old members. But if all the members were brought back, it would not be certain who would integrate into whom.

This problem was reflected in some details later. Although Ye Miao worked hard to improve the life of the stronghold, most members of the stronghold were indeed satisfied and looked forward to joining the main territory as she expected, but there were also a small number of them who immediately withdrew from the stronghold after the sacrifice mode ended to look for new territories.

Li Chenqi, who was stationed at the stronghold, was very surprised by this. Although he couldn't stop them, he couldn't help but complain to Ye Miao, saying that he didn't believe they could find a better place than the Pure Land after they went out.

Ye Miao was also a little surprised, because the system would pop up a notification to her when a member left the territory. From the shelter period to now, there were only a handful of people who voluntarily left her territory, and she had never seen anyone leave in a group.

She asked Li Chenqi: "Why did you leave? Did you ask?"

Li Chenqi said: "I asked them, and they said they felt our model was too loose and made them feel insecure."

...What the hell!

Ye Miao was unconvinced by this explanation. She thought to herself, "Never mind whether it's disorganized or not. Let's just talk about whether we won the territory war? Did we win it overwhelmingly? You, the Red Maple Village, weren't disorganized, but you lost miserably!!!"

Later, she accidentally discussed this with psychologist Liu Ying and realized that the so-called "lax management" was probably just a superficial perception. A deeper look revealed that the other person's psychological state had been influenced by the Red Maple Village, and they had become accustomed to that high-pressure environment. When the surrounding environment undergoes a fusion, even if it improves, it can still make people feel lost.

Therefore, for everyone's comfort, it would be better to transition slowly in the future! She first had to ensure that the positive atmosphere in the main territory was not disrupted. As for the stronghold, giving everyone a gradual adaptation process was better than nothing. If they really couldn't adapt, it was okay to withdraw.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the large group returned to the main territory in a mighty procession. Many members who had remained in the territory came out to watch. Some even grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and said as they ate them, "Oh, they've arrested someone again. Want to place a bet on whether anyone will be sentenced to death again this time?"

Others: “…”

After winning the battle, Ye Miao slept well that night and started the territory planning work busily the next morning.

Although she had already known about the brutality of Tianju City, she was still surprised to see over 1.7 million gold coins moved out of Tianju City yesterday. After splitting it in half with An Ruoying, she still got over 800,000 gold coins. If she converted all the cards, potions, and equipment in the warehouse into money, she could get even more.

Ye Miao knew that the money came from a far more shady source than the Red Maple Village, and that every single gold coin was earned at the cost of a life. However, as a lord, she couldn't be so naive as to bury the money with the deceased players, could she? She still had to spend it.

Ye Miao took out the sketch he had drawn earlier and walked around the territory, then selected a four-story white building from the panel and began to build it in the southeast of the residential area.

She built two identical buildings at once, forming an "L" shape, and then built a rectangular fence on the outside. The open space in the upper right part of the "L" was left inside the fence, and she could find a way to build a playground later.

Since the territory hadn't had a new large public building for a long time, Ye Miao's construction attracted many members to watch. Her level 100 construction skills allowed her to build the building at a rapid speed, which amazed the onlookers. When she finished, someone immediately asked curiously, "Boss, what is this for? An office building?"

Ye Miao smiled, glanced at the crowd, and asked loudly: "Whose handwriting is beautiful?"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and someone squeezed out: "Me, me, me! I can write pretty well! In the past, the village would ask me to write announcements and couplets for the New Year! But... it has to be calligraphy! I'm only so-so with hard pen."

"Okay, calligraphy is fine. I'll find some for you later." Ye Miao said casually, "Can you write big characters? The kind that can be used as a banner to hang on the gate as a name."

"No problem," the other party asked confidently, "What characters? Simplified or traditional?"

Ye Miao: "Just write it in simplified Chinese. Just write 'City Center Primary School'."

"Primary school?!?!" someone in the crowd exclaimed, "The boss actually built a school?!"

"Our territory always surprises me. Holy shit, building a school in the apocalypse?!"

Ye Miao hadn't expected everyone to be so surprised, but seeing that the atmosphere was good, he simply took the opportunity to tell everyone, "Now that the territory has upgraded to a city, the area has increased several times, and I will re-plan it. The residential area here will be split up and divided into four or five communities, which will be located in all directions of the territory. Once I set up the registration panel in the reception hall, everyone can register and see which direction they want to live. The territory will do its best to accommodate everyone."

"In addition to the school, we will also gradually build a police station, procuratorate, court, library, and hospital. I believe you have all seen the lake and hill expanding into the southwest corner. In the future, that area will become a scenic spot for everyone to enjoy."

Schools, police stations, procuratorates, courts, libraries, hospitals...

Various familiar yet unfamiliar nouns shocked everyone. Many people were stunned for a long time, while some immediately grasped the key points and began to discuss among themselves.

Ding Yu whispered, "Once the registration panel appears in the reception hall, let's go check it out as soon as possible. It's okay to move, but it would be best if we could stay on the north side. It's close to the school, and Xiaoxi and Qiqi are both in elementary school!"

Wu Zhen nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Yes, yes, yes, we must give the children a house in the school district. We can be poor in any way but not in education!"

Hu Hao said to Miao Lin, "If there's a residential complex in the southwest corner, let's move there. It's next to the scenic area, has great views, is close to the market, and is convenient for work."

Miao Lin: "I think it's okay. I'll ask He Kailai what he thinks. It would be great if old acquaintances could become neighbors."

Ye Miao continued, "These places can't all be supported by me alone or by NPCs, so friends with relevant work experience can contact me. I will first count the existing manpower and recruit from outside if it's not enough."

The author has something to say:

Territory member: So, we still have to get a school district house!

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I didn’t sleep enough yesterday, so I didn’t write much today. I’m scratching my head.

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