Buildings for living and entertainment can certainly do more than just improve residents' satisfaction and happiness.

It is also an important part of building the territory's ecosystem.

Entertainment buildings were built.

Residents can only spend the money they earn from their labor.

Only then will their labor have value.

Otherwise, even if you pay them high salaries, they'll just be stuck with the money and won't be able to spend it.

Even the most precious money is just a pile of useless metal.

On the other hand, Su Bai can also use these entertainment buildings to generate cash flow.

It can be described as a win-win situation.

Building residential and entertainment buildings is definitely a profitable venture when resources are plentiful.

However, given the current scarcity of resources, it is not as important as basic production buildings.

The tavern and other buildings can wait.

Resources are insufficient now.

The focus of development remains on infrastructure construction.

Opening the territory construction panel, Su Bai checked the requirements for upgrading the territory center to town level.

Baidi Village

[Level: Level 3 Village]

Population: 275/1000

[Prosperity: 66 (This attribute has no upper limit and is affected by building bonuses, territory development, and productivity. Prosperity increases residents' loyalty and sense of belonging, and can influence trade with other factions)]

[Popularity: 43 (This attribute has a maximum value of 100 and is affected by building bonuses and the loyalty of residents. When the territory's population reaches 50% of the maximum, if the popularity falls below 30, there is a high probability of opposition emerging, resulting in strikes and population loss.)]

[Stability: 44 (This attribute has a maximum value of 100 and is affected by building bonuses and the happiness of residents. When the territory's population reaches 50% of the maximum, if stability is below 30, there is a high probability of opposition, riots, and organized rebellions.)]

[Buildings: Territory Center, Blacksmith Shop, Tailor Shop, Butcher Shop, General Store...]

[Development: 182]

[Resources: Energy Crystals 19, Wood 138, Stone 225, Food 360, Meat 172...]

[Upgrade Requires: 4000 Stone Bricks, 4000 Wooden Planks, 1000 Concrete, 1000 Clay, 200 Iron Ingots, 200 Copper Ingots, 20 Silver Ingots, 10 Gold Ingots, 10 Green Source Crystals, 2 Blue Source Crystals]

[Bottleneck: The village has reached a bottleneck in its development. Further upgrades require meeting three conditions: ① Unlock the territory upgrade challenge and successfully defend it (the difficulty of this monster siege will be significantly increased, so please be well prepared); ② The territory must simultaneously possess three types of production, living, and entertainment buildings. Currently, production buildings are at 3/3, living buildings at 2/3, and entertainment buildings at 0/3; ③ The territory's prosperity level must reach 150 points.]

...

"hiss..."

Su Bai gasped when he saw the long list of upgrade requirements.

He anticipated that upgrading the village to a town would require a lot of materials, but the astonishing demand still left him breathless.

He didn't know how long it would take to move just four thousand stone bricks and two thousand wooden planks.

Other demands made him feel dizzy.

"Even if we can use the Lost City's resources to gather materials, it will still take at least a month to collect them..."

Su Bai's brows furrowed deeply.

In his plan, he couldn't wait that long; as long as the territory didn't reach the town level, the safety of Tianming Village wouldn't be guaranteed.

The Qinglong Society could mobilize their troops and attack at any time.

"If we could move bricks and buy materials at the same time, it would definitely be faster, but now the lord players on Fallen Dragon Island have basically all banded together, and they won't easily sell building resources. I don't know how much of a premium they'd have to pay to buy materials..."

Su Bai shook his head slightly.

The development of the territory seemed to have suddenly come to a standstill.

But soon he stopped worrying about the problem because he couldn't think of a good solution. The only thing he could do was to continue expanding production.

A sawmill can produce 120 units of planks if it operates for 12 hours a day.

It is far from 4000 units.

But if one isn't enough, then build two, five, ten...

This type of building will never have to worry about overcapacity.

After reaching the town level, the need to upgrade various buildings in the territory remains a huge expense. In the later stages, resource transactions between lords often involve hundreds of thousands or even millions of units.

This is just the beginning.

Su Bai's only concern is that there aren't enough resources to exploit around his territory...

Turn around.

Another pressing need has also been placed before him.

Regarding the production of sediment, he must find a way to solve the problem of its source himself.

Upgrading buildings is becoming increasingly expensive.

A few days later.

It is estimated that market prices will rise significantly.

...

unconsciously.

The sun had already risen above the sea and hung high in the sky.

The eternal, unchanging gods dispelled the chill of the morning with their warmth, and the rosy clouds hung in the forest, with a hint of autumn appearing on the trees.

"Greetings, Your Lordship!"

"Greetings, my lord!"

“...”

Groups of farmers, carrying their tools, moved through their fields, where smoke curled from chimneys, preparing to begin their day's work.

Su Bai nodded in response, munching on the charcoal-grilled skewers that had just passed their expiration date by a few hours, while filling his stomach.

They arrived at the outer wall of the territory.

He then took out a blueprint next to the base of several towers.

Lightning Tower

【element】

[Level: Normal]

[Level: 1]

Attack: 22

Attack Speed: 1.5

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