Although Ruan Qi was not as extreme as Fang Yuan, he still found it difficult to accept that the system was created by someone from another world.
"A favor? From another world? I hope, just like Fang Yuan heard, the master behind the system is here to save the world, right?! Otherwise, even if they did me a favor like saving my life, I wouldn't help the evil!"
Ruan Qi could still clearly distinguish between major issues and minor favors.
But considering the system's various actions, it certainly doesn't seem like it was created by evil people. Everything within it is very humane.
We were given a lot of autonomy. There were no penalties for failing a mission. Random missions were mostly chosen by us, and we were rewarded with a certain amount of encouragement.
The mercenary mall's merchandise was also the items they needed most. Even if they didn't need it right now, they could still get the item they needed most by refreshing.
Compared with this world, the system's attitude towards the host is more respectful than the lord's attitude towards his followers.
Moreover, compared with the corpse demons, they have not lost their independent consciousness, they have not lost their wisdom, they have their own thinking consciousness, and they are still themselves.
It was just an additional Heavenly Mercenary System. The system was not mandatory for hosts like them.
This can be seen from Gu Yan and Zheng Yuan. The two did not do the task properly, and Gu Yan's system disappeared directly, which did not have much impact on Gu Yan.
Zheng Yuan took shortcuts and completed tasks very slowly. Even now, he is still a one-star mercenary, and the system has not done anything to him.
With these facts, Ruan Qi felt relieved, convinced that the system was a good one, and then went back to sleep with peace of mind.
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A week later, all the development was complete. Thanks to the three corpse-eating demon trees, the water fort's collection area had tripled in size.
After the corpse demons were no longer around, the fertility of the land slowly began to recover, and the harvesting area also saw a significant increase in output.
Life in Shuizhai is getting better and better.
The next month passed peacefully. Everyone went about their business, busy with their own lives. With the increase in supplies, people's lives generally improved significantly.
As life improved, the previously publicized basic training for warriors began to show its power. Some families began to pool their resources to train a child to become a warrior.
A small boat floating down the river broke the tranquility.
Fang Yuan, Ruan Qi, and Jin Chen all looked in the direction the ship was coming from.
"There are two Tiandao mercenaries at the level of War Lieutenant in there."
"Well, there are three of us in the water stronghold plus Zheng Yuan, making four. These two are from outside."
"Why are they here?"
"Look at the direction, it's heading towards the water fort. Let's go back quickly!"
"Um."
Fang Yuan and the other two hurried back.
Zheng Yuan, who had become a war lieutenant, also informed Wu Hong, who was accompanying him on a mission to kill corpse demons, of this discovery. With such a change, Wu Hong was worried about Wu Zheng's safety and immediately chose to go back.
The five captains of the water fort returned to the water fort at almost the same time.
At this time, the small boat had entered the water fort, and the flag on the boat was a red letter with the word "Jiang" on a black background with gold edges.
Jin Mao and Wu Zheng were talking to a group of five people in the living room of the lord's mansion. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the five people come back.
There was no other way. The four captains brought by Jiang Shi in front of them put too much pressure on them. After all, they were warriors, and warriors who had never been on the battlefield.
Jin Mao stood up and introduced Fang Yuan and the other four, "This is the new head of the Jiang family and the lord of the Jiang territory, Jiang Jie. These people are his followers."
"Jiang Jie, these are the five members of our nine-member council management team. Fang Yuan, Ruan Qi, Jin Chen, Wu Hong, and Zheng Yuan."
The original seven-member management team had two additional seats specially added for them because Zheng Yuan was promoted to war lieutenant and Wu Zheng became more and more powerful.
Jiang Jie stood up and said politely, "Nice to meet you all."
Jiang Jie is also a war lieutenant, a Tiandao mercenary, and a lord. He is truly a child of destiny!
After the five returned the greetings, Jiang Jie said to Fang Yuan and the other four with a sigh of admiration, "I didn't expect to see four of my comrades here. It's really my honor."
Jin Chen smiled and continued, "We are also very happy. We only have four Tiandao mercenaries in our water stronghold. How about you guys?"
"We also have five Tiandao mercenaries there. The remaining three stayed behind to guard the water fort and didn't come with us. Let me introduce you to our comrade, Lin Yu. Let's add each other to the system communication so that we can communicate more conveniently in the future."
Watching the six people add each other's system communication, Jin Mao and Wu Zheng looked at each other solemnly without saying anything. Instead, after seeing them complete the system communication, they shifted their attention to the main topic.
"I wonder what Duke Jiang has to offer at our water fort?"
Talking about business, Jiang Jie could only smile apologetically at Fang Yuan and the other three, turned around and sat down, and replied: "Our territory has just completed a new round of lord handovers, so as the new lord, I want to visit the lords around me to show my respect."
Well, now, their water fort doesn't have such a tradition. This was a tradition in the past, but now that there are no boats, this tradition has disappeared. Unexpectedly, in this chaotic world full of corpse demons, there are still people who follow this tradition, and a new lord comes to visit them.
"Jiang family? Is it the Jiang Principality in Qinghu?" Wu Zheng suddenly reacted and asked.
The territory of a lord is called a country. Some are duchies, and some are kingdoms.
It is determined by strength and the size of the territory.
The original territory of the Gu family was called the Gu Principality by outsiders.
The six levels of warriors are warrior apprentice, soldier, warrior lieutenant, warrior colonel, warrior general, and warrior king.
Thousands of years ago, during the great wars, only those above the rank of General could become Lords, and only those above the rank of King could become Kings. Although the requirements were later lowered due to inheritance, it still required a Master to become the Lord of a Duchy—a Duke—and a General to become the Lord of a Kingdom—a King.
It is much more powerful than it is now after the disaster of corpse demons.
Now, after the war, the strength has been greatly damaged and the requirements have been lowered again. The war lieutenant can inherit the title of Duke and become a lord.
Like the Gu and Jiang families, they are both lords at the level of war lieutenants.
"That's right, Deacon Wu is indeed very knowledgeable."
The Speaker and Deacons are the external names of the Parliament Management Team. Jin Mao is the head of the Management Team and the other eight are Deacons.
This term is the name of King Wu’s parliamentary system in history, and the parliament of Shuizhai directly borrowed this name.
When I met Jiang Jie just now and had our first conversation, I introduced myself using the titles Chairman Jin and Deacon Wu.
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