Over the next day, the entire territory began to prepare for this trip.

Many commodities in the territory were sold out immediately.

All the shops are working overtime. Although it is hard work, everyone is still preparing positively. After all, the more they sell, the more they earn.

Therefore, in order to prepare more resources, all the material resource points in the entire territory were directly plundered. Some teams and individuals even ran outside the territory to get more resources. After all, although there are more and higher levels of monsters outside, there are correspondingly more resources.

Zhou Bai was still very happy about this.

The harder the residents of the territory work, the faster their strength grows, the more vibrant the economy becomes, and a virtuous cycle will be formed for the entire territory.

She could predict that after the end of this foreign business activity, everyone in the territory, from top to bottom, would have a lot more money in their pockets.

She didn't know about other territories, but Hope Village had currently gotten beyond the most basic survival needs, which made her, as the lord, feel very accomplished.

Of course, what made her happiest was watching the gold coins in her account increasing rapidly, especially the goods in the warehouse that had been stored with real gold coins. A lot of them were cleared out inside and out and converted into more gold coins and returned to her account.

In addition, the transaction volume of several shops under the territory has also reached its peak during this period. In addition, all shop transactions are required to pay a 10% tax, which accumulates to a considerable amount.

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...

At least there will be no need to worry about gold coins for territory development in the next stage.

Seeing Zhou Bai's cheerful look, Bayer and others who were discussing official business with her couldn't help laughing.

In fact, after spending a long time together, they also knew that Zhou Bai was a money-grubber.

There's nothing wrong with this hobby.

Who doesn’t love gold coins?

Compared with many territory lords who levied heavy taxes on residents, their territory lords were "gentlemen who love money but get it in a proper way."

Zhou Bai also realized that others were paying attention to him, so he turned his eyes back from the panel and continued, "Have the number of people traveling been determined?"

In the conference room now are Bayer and the captains of each soldier team.

After all, it was almost evening, and all the decisions that needed to be made had already been made, so there would be basically no major changes.

And this time it was a meeting truly belonging to the top leaders of the territory, and it was also organized by... Bayer.

After receiving the news, Zhou Bai came. Now that she was here, she knew more.

"The largest number of people went to Benguela town, with more than 200 people. As for the other four villages, the numbers ranged from dozens to more than 100 people. The number of people going out this time accounts for almost one-third of the total population." Bayer reported, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

I knew there would be a lot of people going out, but I didn't expect there would be so many.

Zhou Bai heard the data and felt that it was within his expectations.

Everyone values ​​their lives, so they certainly wouldn't dare to leave the territory easily. But now that we are a whole team, they are naturally willing to follow and truly see the customs and practices of this world.

However, this is something that the local residents of Bayer have never thought about.

Zhou Bai paused and looked at Bayer's reaction. She could probably guess that the mobility of residents in Stan Continent was probably not high. Even if they did move, it might be a helpless choice.

If this is the case, I don’t know if it will affect her next plans.

She originally planned to come back and develop the entertainment industry of Hope Village after checking the situation in her native territory. This would not only provide a place for the residents of the territory to pass the time, but also attract residents from other territories to come.

When people come, if they are attracted to Hope Village and are willing to stay, that would be great!

The upgrade and development of the territory requires a lot of people!

The next upgrade will require the territory’s population to be 5,000. Now it’s less than one-third, so accepting the residents will be a long and arduous task.

In addition, she has now deduced that when the doomsday game came, not all people were brought to this world. Otherwise, with the billions of people on Blue Star and the billions of people in Country C, if they all came, and divided the thousands of territories, even if it was unbalanced, Hope Village would not have only more than a thousand people now, and hundreds of them would be NPCs and local residents.

Therefore, if a territory wants people, it can only seek them from other territories, which include the Blue Star Territory and the native territory.

The last time she went to Yuxi Village to poach people, it was indeed a bit of a provocation, so she planned to work hard on territory construction and welfare, just like the last batch of local residents rescued from Stanlo Village, to make people willing to stay.

Although the essence is still poaching, the means are much more circuitous.

As it turns out, it is not so easy to "poach" people from other territories.

Forget it, I’ll wait and see the situation after I arrive at the town of Benguela. I’ll change the plan based on the actual situation then.

Thinking about it, Zhou Bai came back to his senses, "With more people, it will be safer for everyone to go on the road."

"Village chief, please also pay attention to safety." Bayer said from the side.

As soon as these words came out, O'Neill, the tiger-headed man, also spoke up, "Master Bayer, don't worry! If something happens to me, I won't let anything happen to the village chief."

Since he had the opportunity to travel with the lord, he naturally had to perform well.

It would have been almost a month since he was hired, and now that this incident had happened, he definitely wouldn't be able to go back right away. He was waiting to come back from this mission and ask the lord to give him a few days off so he could go and pick up his wife and children.

Bayer and O'Neal's successive statements made several people in the conference room a little stunned. When they were suddenly called by Bayer, they thought that they would discuss the matter independently like the meeting held in the daytime.

But now it seems... not.

Zhou Bai understood that Bayer was taking the lead in "supporting" her, and she was willing to accept it. After all, it would also be beneficial for her to control the territory in the future.

After looking at the others, Zhou Bai immediately said, "Everyone, please be careful. The other territories are now handed over to you. I hope you can bring back as many people as you can. In addition, the territory has given you an extra task. On the way to other territories, pay more attention to the surrounding terrain, monsters, and resources. It is best to record them. Any questions?"

"No problem." Zhou Zhengping spoke first, directly expressing his attitude.

"That's fine with me too." Li Xingteng followed closely. He had a good relationship with Zhou Zhengping, so he was naturally willing to support Zhou Bai.

As for the others, I have no objections.

Not to mention Zhou Zhengping and Li Xingteng's clear support, they just saw that after Zhou Bai became the "village chief", NPCs such as Bayer and O'Neal showed visibly respect for her, as if she were the master.

At this moment, they suddenly had a sense of certainty in their hearts.

Zhou Bai, the acting village chief, is already the territory manager. As long as there is no lord in their territory, she is equivalent to the "lord".

Suddenly, they understood why this meeting had to be held before night. It was like the inauguration ceremony of Zhou Bai, the "village chief", indicating that in the future they would be managed by Zhou Bai, the village chief, and obey her orders.

The few of them calmed down and decided that as long as Zhou Bai was the village chief, they would treat her as their boss.

Then, Bayer, the leader, actually explained the specific situation of several territories, and also distributed Ellis's group of mercenaries evenly to each team.

On that night when no one was paying attention, Zhou Bai became the "master" of Hope Village under a disguise, laying a more solid foundation for her future management of Hope Village.

Early the next morning, those who were going to travel arrived at the square in front of the lord's palace and chose the team of their choice.

The captain of each team is determined one by one according to the registration list. Those who want to join temporarily can register directly with the captain.

After everything was confirmed, the five teams set out from Hope Village in a mighty manner.

Many people just watched them go away.

“I hope they can go safely and come back safely.”

“I don’t know what the situation is in the native territory.”

"If you are so curious, why don't you go?"

"I didn't win the lottery! Do you think I don't want to go?"

"Drawing lots? Isn't it based on voluntariness?"

"It's our own team that drew lots. Some people will go out to do business with the goods they had before, and some will stay in the territory to continue working. If they are successful, it will be our turn next time."

"No wonder the territory has kept so many people. This is probably their plan."

"What about you? Why don't you go?"

"I'm a life-oriented professional. If I go out, I'm bound to encounter monsters one after another. We won't drag them down. I think it's good to stay in the territory, but it doesn't stop me from being curious about the native territory!"

"That's right, let's wait for them to come back! We'll definitely know more details when they come back!"

“…”

Everyone talked and laughed, and everyone's face was full of anticipation.

At this time, Bayer and others were also watching on the city wall.

"Lord Bayer, Lord, will everything go well for them?" Heidi asked, with obvious worry on her face.

Those territories are too different from the newly emerged territories such as Hope Village on the Stan Continent. It is not known whether they can get used to them when they go there, or whether they will accidentally get into any trouble.

"Yes, even if they encounter problems, they will overcome them. Let's wait for their good news in the territory!" Bayer said without hesitation.

Seeing Bayer so confident, Heidi felt much more relaxed and said, "I quite like it here."

Because I like it, I am worried.

"Me too."

Before they knew it, Hope Village had become their home.

They all sincerely hope that this place will become stronger and stronger!

This is the update for the 11th! The plot is not finished yet, so I didn’t have time to update before 12 o’clock!