"My Lord, please wait a moment!"
Cao Xing turned around and asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"
Elisa said excitedly, "I saw a training camp in our territory. Can you train me to be a fighter?"
"I want to be a strong warrior too!"
She looked at Cao Xing expectantly, with desire in her eyes.
Cao Xing nodded, "Of course you can, but..."
He glanced at old Mel.
After all, Old Mel had been promised that they would be used to raise cattle and sheep, but he had never asked them to fight.
In combat, there is the risk of injury or even death.
This is also the reason why Cao Xing gives preferential treatment to those combatants.
Old Mel chuckled and said, "My Lord, Elisa has been active since she was a child. She even wanted to sign up for the Hog Village militia, but I beat her up and she stopped."
"But through what happened before, I almost know that this girl just can't sit still. Who knows, she might run away again one day."
"If she can learn some fighting skills, she will be able to protect herself even if she is alone in the wild."
"So, since she asked you to train her to be a fighter, it might not be a bad thing."
When Elisa heard her father's agreement, she jumped up excitedly.
"Father, I love you!"
Cao Xing also smiled and nodded, "Okay, wait for me to get some training books and then train Elisa to be an archer."
In order to train ordinary citizens in the territory into combat soldiers, in addition to barracks, training books are also required.
The most common ones at the moment are those first-level soldier training books.
Although there are relatively few Ice Archer training books, they are not that valuable and should be available in the market.
Elisa said excitedly: "Thank you, generous and handsome lord!"
Hearing what Elisa said, Cao Xing couldn't help but give the little girl a thumbs up.
Good vision!
At the same time a system prompt appears.
[You agreed to Elisa's request. Territory member: Elisa's loyalty to you has increased. Current loyalty: 77]
Cao Xing was happy. This little girl's loyalty increased quite quickly.
Shaking his head, Cao Xing left the cowshed and began to think about what to do next.
Although his current territory is powerful, most of the fighting force is taken out during the day.
The current territory defense mainly relies on the primary elemental arrow tower.
Cao Xing thought to himself, "So, for the safety of the territory, in addition to building more elemental arrow towers, I also need a group of combatants to stay behind in the territory."
"The new imperial soldiers and mage apprentices we recruited today are pretty good. With the various buffs I applied, it won't be a problem for them to deal with the Ice Nest."
"But in addition to that, I also need to train a group of ice archers to stand on the watchtowers to guard the territory."
After thinking for a while, Cao Xing had already thought about which personnel to train as ice archers.
That is the Dryads.
This race has lived in the jungle since childhood. They are very agile and have the talent of a guardian.
By then, when Cao Xing's pale tree grows out, they can activate their talents even in their territory.
Cao Xing walked and thought as he passed by a vegetable shed.
Inside, the leader Rikka was planting the carrot seeds and beet seeds.
Cao Xing did not disturb her but continued to move forward.
Before I knew it, I had arrived near the lord's hut.
Da Zhuang was leading three polar men, vigorously building the lord's hut.
After seeing Cao Xing, they saluted at the same time and said, "My Lord, are you well?"
Cao Xing waved his hand, signaling them to continue working.
At the same time, he also noticed the upgrade progress of the lord's hut and was secretly delighted.
"Very good. The upgrade time of the level 3 Lord's Hut originally takes 16 hours, but with 4 polar people working together, it can be shortened to 4 hours."
"According to estimates, the work will be finished around 10pm!"
Cao Xing was very excited.
The Lord's Hut is the same as the Campfire, it changes once every 5 levels, but it is much more difficult to upgrade than the Campfire.
When it reaches level 6, it becomes a lord's mansion, and when it reaches level 11, it becomes a lord's castle.
The further you go, the more materials you will need.
"Now, it's time to make some trades."
As usual, Cao Xing came to the edge of the [Market] and opened the consignment interface.
He first put a batch of green rabbit meat on the shelves.
However, the quantity this time has been reduced to only 500 yuan, which means 5,000 copies.
Not long after Cao Xing put the rabbit meat on the shelves, it immediately attracted the attention of the survivors.
Yao Yin: "Brothers, Boss Cao Xing has finally put rabbit meat on the shelves. This time it's only 500 yuan. If you go too late, it will be gone!"
Wei Xinglu: "Damn it! I've been waiting for Cao Xing's rabbit meat for a whole day."
Yan Chang: "Don't let me snatch them away. I finally got a dozen Ice Dragon Marks today and I'm waiting to exchange them for food with Boss Cao Xing!"
Yu Huiliang: "Brothers, hurry up!"
A large number of survivors opened the market and found Cao Xing's consignment information.
After seeing that the price of rabbit meat above was about the same as yesterday, everyone rushed to click the transaction.
At the same time, Cao Xing once again heard the trading reminders that kept flashing on the screen.
500 pieces of rabbit meat were traded in less than three minutes.
Cao Xing once again obtained: [Glacier Flakes] *2380
[Ice Dragon Mark] *6320
【Cryolite (green)】*431 pieces
[Primary Element Crystal] *114
【Mythril】*176 pieces
【Primary Pet Contract】*12 pieces
【Ice Archer Training Manual】*6
[Book: Diary of Foreman Balin]
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The transaction notifications that flooded the screen gradually stopped.
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "This wave of harvest is not bad. We received a large number of glacier flakes and ice dragon marks."
I took a look at my reserves of these two materials.
【Glacier flakes】*10432
[Ice Dragon Mark] *21971
"Very good, with so many materials, I should be able to exchange them for a lot of good things."
"However, after these two transactions, I don't have much meat left with added attributes. I'll see if I can go out hunting and get some meat tomorrow."
"The salmon in Snowfall Lake are pretty good, but unfortunately they require special bait to catch them."
Shaking his head, Cao Xing put these thoughts behind him and continued to put things on the shelves.
The next transaction is the highlight.
[Consignment items: Frostbomb rabbit meat (blue), Snowstorm bear meat (blue)]
[Stock reserve: 100 pieces each]
[Required items: skill book, territory construction blueprint, magic plant. ]
[Seller's note: Two types of blue quality meat require various magical plant seeds, construction drawings, etc. You can send the item information to me to determine the price. ]
【Consignor: Cao Xing】
The blue quality beast meat did indeed attract a lot of attention in the chat channel again.
But this time, Cao Xing didn't receive much valuable things.
This is because the other survivors did have quite a few drawings, but most of them were duplicates.
The quality of the items in the hands of those players is not high either.
Moreover, through the previous transactions, Cao Xing had basically acquired the basic skills of the Frost Mage and Aurora Knight.
With the current player's strength, there is no way to acquire more advanced skills.
Cao Xing thought: "It seems that we have to nurture the market for a while, wait for the players to develop for a while, and then harvest them when they have new things."
Thinking of this, Cao Xing cancelled the consignment information of the blue beast meat.
But this time, he still received some good things.
They are:
[Basic Frost Arrow Tower Construction Drawings]
[Basic Spike Barrier Construction Drawings]
[Heroic Longbow Crafting Drawing (Green)]
[Light Bone Armor Crafting Drawing (Green)]
All these things cost a total of 30 pieces of blue beast meat, which can be said to be bloody profit.
As for the [Machinery Factory Construction Drawings] and [Moses Grass Seeds] that he wanted to receive, he did not receive them.
As usual, Cao Xing checked the properties of the newly acquired items.
【Primary Frost Arrow Tower Drawings,】
[Attack power: 225~237 (30% chance of slowing down the enemy by 30% when attacking, lasting 5 seconds)]
[Attack interval: 3 seconds/1 time]
[Maximum range: 700 meters]
【Armor: 20 points】
Durability: 2000/4000
【Area: 15 square meters】
【Building height: 14 meters】
[Building time: 6 hours and 11 minutes. 】
[Construction requirements: Wood*1000, Stone*500, Iron*120, Cryostone*50, Mithril*20]
(Drawing introduction: Have you played Plants vs. Zombies? I think you should understand the importance of ice shooters, right?)
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"Not bad. Its attack power and range are slightly higher than the Elemental Arrow Tower, and it also has a deceleration effect."
"With this arrow tower, we can trigger a deceleration and deal a few more rounds of damage before the monsters reach the city wall."
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, and then began to look at the second drawing.
[Basic Spike Barrier Construction Drawings]
[Building effect: Blocks the enemy's path and causes piercing damage to nearby enemies.]
[Attack power: 175~188]
[Armor: 20]
[Durability: 800]
【Floor area: 3 meters wide * 1 meter high】
[Materials required for construction: Wood*30, Iron*5]
[Construction time: 2 hours and 44 minutes]
(A simple spike obstacle, but it can cause considerable trouble to the enemy.)
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"Yes, this is also a good thing for defending the territory."
Cao Xing continued to check.
[Heroic Longbow Crafting Drawing (Green): This drawing can be used to craft a level 10 Heroic Longbow.]
[Required conditions for production: Blacksmith shop level 2, iron*10, ice crystal stone*5, animal tendon*1. 】
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[Light Bone Armor Crafting Drawing (Green): This drawing can be used to craft Level 10 Light Bone Armor.]
[Required for crafting: Blacksmith Shop Level 2, 15 pieces of any beast skeleton (green), 5 element crystals]
(Note: During the novice protection period, ordinary citizens can be assigned to work in the blacksmith shop. After the protection period ends, personnel with forging skills need to be assigned to operate the blacksmith shop.)
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Obviously, the two pieces of equipment are matched.
Cao Xing was delighted. "Great! Now we have a place to provide weapons and armor for the newly trained archers."
"However, we also need to find a way to recruit two blacksmiths."
Cao Xing clicked on all four drawings to study.
Then, the last new item appeared in his hand.
[Book: Diary of Foreman Balin]
[Item Attributes: After reading, you will gain a Strength +4 attribute improvement]
【Reading time: 6 hours and 20 minutes (cumulative)】
【Click to read. 】
"Another good book."
"When we have collected more than 100 books, we will build a library so that the people can learn more in their spare time."
At this point, the deal is almost over.
At this time, Dahua, a citizen of the territory, came over and said softly, "Lord, dinner is ready."
"Today we have freshly baked bread, steamed rice, and broth made from bear bones and bear meat."
"The two silver salmon you ordered are also ready."
Cao Xing nodded and looked towards the area where the cafeteria was located.
Today's cafeteria has also been upgraded to Level 2, and its area has increased from the original 70 or 80 square meters to more than 200 square meters.
It can accommodate all the subjects to dine inside.
The amount of food consumed by so many people every day is also a huge number.
If Cao Xing had not been so powerful and had not brought back a large amount of food and meat, they would not have been able to feed so many people.
At this moment, the canteen was filled with the tempting aroma of food.
Especially for the strong men who had worked all day, their physical strength was greatly consumed. After smelling this fragrance, their stomachs suddenly growled.
Cao Xing knew that they were all hungry, so he called out, "Da Zhuang, Cao Yi, stop what you are doing and eat your fill before you go back to work."
Hearing Cao Xing's call, all the people in the territory stopped what they were doing.
One by one, they entered the cafeteria with excited expressions.
Without a doubt, this is the most anticipated moment of the day.
Every day Dahua prepares a lot of nutritious and delicious food for everyone.
Especially dinner, which is the most sumptuous!
Everyone entered the territory in a large crowd, including the newly joined polar people and the imperial soldiers.
When the newcomers entered the cafeteria, they were stunned by the sumptuous dishes on the table!
There were several large tables filled with a dazzling array of food.
Golden bread, fragrant rice, and carefully cooked meat soup.
Everything they saw before them was something they had never seen in the territory of their former master.
Duane, the polar man, exclaimed: "Oh my God! What did I see? Barbecue bread, even honey and cheese, is this really something we can enjoy?"
The imperial soldiers were also shocked. "My Lord! Am I dreaming?"
No one, including the newly joined Old Mel and Elisa, had ever imagined that the living standard in this territory would be so low.
This is simply the treatment of the nobility!
For a moment, all the newcomers swallowed their saliva at the same time.
Looking at their excited reactions, Cao Xing also had a smile on his face.
In fact, this meal mainly consists of rice and wheat, and there is not much meat.
For example, in the past few days, Cao Xing and his friends survived by eating only meat.
But even so, the richness of the food on the dinner table was beyond the imagination of these newlyweds!
Looking at the eager expressions of the subjects.
Leader Cao Yi coughed twice and started his speech again.
Half a minute later, Cao Yi's speech ended.
Then he said, "Well, let us thank the Lord for his gift again and start enjoying our delicious dinner!"
Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, Lord, for your gift!"
The next moment, everyone picked up their bowls or grabbed bread and started to eat voraciously.
On Cao Xing's side, dozens of system prompts suddenly sounded.
[Your territory member: Lajid enjoyed a delicious dinner, and his loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 73]
[Your territory member: Sylvia enjoyed a delicious dinner, and her loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 71]
[Your territory member: Duan enjoyed a delicious dinner, and his loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 75]
【your……】
Hundreds of system prompts appear.
All subjects have their loyalty increased by 2 to 3 points.
As for the new members, their loyalty was directly increased by 7 to 10 points.
It can be said that the loyalty of all employees has skyrocketed.
At the same time, Cao Xing also noticed that the loyalty of Hilda, the most difficult character, had also increased a little.
However, it seems that she was not there for the delicious food, but for other reasons.
Hilda looked at Cao Xing with a hint of interest in her eyes.
Cao Xing shook his head, then took Liu Muxue to a dining table nearby.
This is their feeding area.
On the plate above were two silver salmon that he had obtained today from the powerful indigenous people of Luoxue Lake. They weighed a total of 7 kilograms!
After taking a sip, Cao Xing opened his eyes immediately and said in surprise: "Oh my god... so smooth?"
He could feel the delicious fish meat melting on his tongue as he put it in his mouth.
It was a smell without any fishy smell, only the pure meaty aroma.
No wonder that farmer said that silver salmon is an extremely rare delicacy, this thing is really delicious!
However, the system prompt that Cao Xing expected did not appear.
It wasn't until he finished eating the silver salmon in the bowl that the system prompt finally appeared.
[Successfully consume silver salmon, life limit +300, population +3]
Cao Xing was delighted, "The population has increased indeed!"
He originally wanted to try and see if he could increase the population by 9 using just one silver salmon.
But now it seems that the system will not let Cao Xing take advantage of any loopholes.
Just when he was about to continue eating the second silver salmon.
Cao Xing looked at his bulging belly.
"I'm going to...eat enough..."
"Mu Xue, you can eat this one."
Liu Muxue chuckled and nodded, then began to enjoy the silver salmon.
Compared to Cao Xing's voracious eating, Liu Muxue chewed slowly and seemed very gentle.
It took me about five minutes to finish this silver salmon.
Then, a system prompt appears.
[Liu Muxue successfully ate the silver salmon, life limit +300, population +3]
Cao Xing noticed that his population limit had become 106.
However, this was not what surprised him most.
What surprised Cao Xing was that his remaining servings remained the same.
The remaining number of times for Silver Salmon is still: 2
In other words, he and Liu Muxue together can eat a total of 6 silver salmon, increasing the population by 18!
"I didn't expect that the number of times we eat is calculated separately."
Cao Xing was delighted. Although the system did not allow him to exploit any loopholes, since a territory could have 2 to 4 lords, this effect could be accumulated.
After eating and drinking, Cao Xing took Liu Muxue out of the cafeteria and said, "Muxue, our lord's cabin will not be upgraded until after ten o'clock. Let's just find a room to rest tonight."
Liu Muxue nodded lightly, and said with some shyness on her face: "Well... I'll do as you say..."
The two came to the residential area next door, where several houses were still empty.
Every resident's room is connected to a heating pipe.
Cao Xing casually pushed open a door, and waves of warmth came over him.
Checked the indoor temperature.
【Current temperature: 14℃】
"Not bad, I should be able to sleep well tonight."
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.
Compared to the ice and snow outside, their territory is simply a paradise!
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