Chapter 82
With the current working efficiency of the villagers in the territory and all the materials available, the mayor's office can be built within a day.
After planning his own private territory, Ye Bai began to deal with some technology.
In addition to the three core technologies, the upgraded White Night Town will also need a number of important production buildings to meet the various needs of residents.
First of all, in terms of infrastructure, each technology costs 2 points of production.
[Water Storage and Pipelines] Unlocks the [Reservoir] building; unlocks the [Sewer] building; unlocks the [Public Toilet] building; unlocks the [Large Well]; unlocks the [Irrigation Canal].
[Roads and Lighting] Unlocks the construction of [Cobblestone Roads] and [Stone Roads]; unlocks the [Oil Lamp Factory] building; unlocks the crafting of [Street Lamps], [Mining Lamps], and [Lanterns].
[Building Reinforcement] can upgrade [Ordinary Houses] to [Spacious Courtyards]; and can build [Country Villas].
[Sewer] Needless to say, Ye Bai planned to stockpile a large amount of stone materials in order to be able to build it at the town level. With the addition of bathhouses, public toilets, and composting plants, the sanitation level of the territory can be maintained at a high level.
The sewer is a huge project, built around the entire territory, but Ye Bai already had a plan in mind, and since the Ten Thousand Worlds is not realistic after all, many engineering details were simplified.
Ye Bai spent some time laying out the basic framework based on the situation of the territory. If the territory expands in the future, he can continue to expand on this basis.
Next came the reservoirs. Ye Bai planned two, one on the riverside in the west and one near the lake in the east.
This time it was upgraded to a level 4 territory, and the territory's direct jurisdiction area increased greatly, from the previous 1 kilometer to 1,500 meters, and a river and a lake farther to the east and west were also included in the territory.
The reservoir on the west can be used to supplement water for industrial areas, and the reservoir on the east can be used for agricultural irrigation. However, these are all emergency uses, and the main source of water in daily life still depends on the [big well].
Large wells have a larger water volume than ordinary wells, and can be upgraded to [deep wells] at the city level. Well-type buildings can be rebuilt at a new location, or they can be directly upgraded from ordinary wells. With the development of the territory, the demand for water resources is also increasing, not only for residential use, but also for industrial and agricultural use.
Ye Bai upgraded the water wells in various areas of the territory, and built a new large well in the agricultural area, connecting it to the irrigation canal to cover every piece of farmland.
With sufficient irrigation canals, farmland output can be increased by an additional 15%, so of course they need to be built.
Now that the territory's population has increased to 218, grain needs to be processed into fine food and wine. The farmlands opened up before are not enough. Ye Bai has built six more farmlands in the newly expanded agricultural area outside the territory, surrounded by irrigation canals. After the land is reclaimed and harvested, there will be no shortage of food in the territory until it is upgraded to a level 7 territory city.
Next is the road. Part of the large amount of stone stored in the territory is used for road construction. There is enough stone, so Ye Bai directly upgraded the main roads and internal roads in various areas that were previously planned in the territory.
Road replacement in other areas is to improve transportation efficiency, while in residential areas it is for aesthetics. Neat stone roads can enhance the attractiveness of some environments.
However, even before the construction of the new road began, when Ye Bai turned on the [Building Reinforcement] technology, the words "upgradeable" appeared above all the ordinary houses built before.
To upgrade from an [ordinary residence] to a [spacious courtyard], it is not enough to just turn on the lighting technology. The environmental attractiveness must reach a certain value, and the territory must meet the food, drinking water, clothing, hygiene, and entertainment needs of the residents in the house. None of these can be missing.
Ye Bai had taken these details into consideration when he was initially planning the residential area. The small gardens and pavilions in the center of the houses in the nine-square grid were built for this purpose.
Upgrading residential houses also requires wood and stone. Ye Bai waved his hand and chose to upgrade all of them.
Next is the territory lighting.
The current lighting level is still that of an ordinary oil lamp factory, which cannot produce magic lamps that can be powered by source energy crystals. All types of lamps produced in the lamp factory can only be made of animal fats and beeswax for the time being. Ye Bai had consciously stockpiled them in the territory before.
Candles are also lighting tools, but they have a short lifespan and low production, so they are supplied to civilians.
After the oil lamp factory was built in the industrial zone, street lamps appeared in the construction projects. Ye Bai immediately planned the construction locations on the main roads and important areas according to the approximate lighting range of each street lamp.
Back then, Ye Bai was fearless when he led the villagers on 997 work. Now that there are street lights, he still needs to be careful...
After finishing the infrastructure of the territory, Ye Bai began to light up the production technology:
[Furniture and Textiles] Unlocks the [Furniture Factory] building; unlocks the [Textile Factory] building; unlocks the [Advanced Tailor Shop] building.
[Carving and Crafts] Unlocks the [Woodcarving Workshop] building; unlocks the [Stonecarving Workshop] building; unlocks the [Craft Shop] building.
[Paper and Ink] Unlocks the [Paper Mill] building; unlocks the [Ink Factory] building.
[Craft Brewing] Unlocks the [Brewery] building; unlocks the brewing recipes for strong liquor, craft ale, and bittersweet.
[Pasture and Animal Power] Unlocks the [Advanced Pasture] building; unlocks animal-powered transportation.
Each technology of this type consumes 2 points of productivity, and another 10 points of productivity are lost.
These productions are all intended to meet the increased demand for luxury goods among the residents of the territory.
Ye Bai upgraded the two tailor shops in his territory into high-end tailor shops, and then built a textile factory next to the tailor shops.
The textile factory mainly produces various cloths in batches to refine the production content of the tailor shop. Ye Bai built another tailor shop specifically for producing daily fabrics such as clothing, quilts, curtains, tablecloths, etc. for residents to sell in the market. Of course, villagers can also go to the market to buy cloth to make their own clothes.
The other two high-end tailor shops specialize in producing equipment with attributes for their own use in the territory and for sale to make money.
Afterwards, Ye Bai built a [Wood Carving Workshop] and a [Stone Carving Workshop] side by side on the open space in the industrial zone. The wood carvings and stone carvings produced here are luxury goods and can be sold in [Craft Shops].
Then came the [Paper Mill] and [Ink Factory], which were also built in the industrial zone.
The raw materials needed for the [Paper Mill] are various fiber-containing raw materials, flax and wood are both acceptable. Ye Bai had previously purchased a lot from traveling merchants; the raw materials for the [Ink Factory] are charcoal, charcoal and coal are both acceptable, and there is no shortage of them in the territory.
As for the brewery, Ye Bai found a brewery in the agricultural area and simply spent materials to upgrade it based on the original foundation.
As for the final high-end ranch, Ye Bai naturally built it near the feed mill that had been reserved long ago. The wooden fences could also be dismantled and recycled. Ye Bai was finally able to provide a suitable home for the black and gold sheep and wildebeests in the territory.
"call……"
After checking the necessary production chains, Ye Bai looked at the remaining productivity, which had gone from 45 points to 5 points. "It's really not durable..."
Ye Bai used his remaining productivity on the equally important culture and entertainment.
【Theater】Unlocks the 【Theater】building; unlocks the 【Opera Singer】profession.
[General Education] Unlocks the [General Education School] building.
Each of the two technologies costs 2 points of productivity, and after clicking them all, Ye Bai only has one point left.
However, after the construction of these technological buildings is completed, the framework of the town-level territory has basically been established.
As the territory continued to expand and the population increased, the originally planned tic-tac-toe residential area also extended outward, forming a larger tic-tac-toe. This made the tic-tac-toe area originally centered on the market become a corner of the nine-square grid, nested within it.
Ye Bai built the newly lit [Theater] and [General School] in the center of the large "well" shape of the residential area, so that the effectiveness of these two buildings radiated to the entire residential area.
At the same time, next to the central road near the theater, Ye Bai built two [country villas] for the nobles. If a noble comes to the territory for tourism, he can rent the villa from the mayor's office, and if he is satisfied, he can directly buy the property rights.
After building the theater, Ye Bai immediately arranged for Nitia, a villager who had the talent of a heartthrob, to work there. As a popular entertainment project, the theater not only increases a lot of satisfaction and entertainment value, but also allows Ye Bai, as the lord, to reap considerable income returns.
As for the [General Education School] on the other side, it is purely a territory benefit.
But it is extremely necessary. Ye Bai spent 2 technology points to light up the paper mill and ink factory in order to provide a stable supply to the school.
As the name suggests, the General Education School is a place where every resident of White Night Town can learn literacy and basic social common sense and morality. It is free for the entire territory and is only open from afternoon to night. Maintaining the school requires paper, ink, and oil lamps or candles.
After graduating from general schools, villagers can read and write, their criminal tendencies are reduced, and their work efficiency and skill proficiency are increased by 5%.
Countless historical experiences have verified the importance of education. When more advanced vocational schools and colleges are established in the future, literacy will be a basic requirement for further study. The sooner these facilities are built, the better.
And as the population of the territory increased and developed into a small town with a population of more than 200 people, public security issues began to be put on the agenda and became an issue that had to be paid attention to.
Normally, the crime rate in a territory is related to the number of unemployed people, education coverage, and the number of commercial buildings in the territory. There is nothing wrong with Ye Bai's current arrangement. The security needs are mainly to guard against the increasing number of players.
A security booth was built in each of the industrial, agricultural, and military areas of Ye Bai's territory, near the edge of the main road. Four more security booths were built in the four corners of the residential area where most players were active.
There are seven sentry boxes in total, and each box has three town guard posts, which are naturally taken up by the soldiers of the territory in shifts.
At the same time, Ye Bai also opened the building page and built the prison outside the military zone, between two watchtowers.
Prisons can not only hold NPCs, but also players who commit crimes in the territory. During the prison period, logging off is useless, and the timer will only count the player's online time. It is a real "jail". If you want to get out early, you must either pay the lord a fine to obtain his consent, or someone can successfully break into the prison.
However, in order to rob the prison in Baiye Town, the prerequisite is to first enter the military zone of the territory. At the current level of the players, entering is like breaking into a dangerous place.
But to be honest, Ye Bai was still looking forward to someone causing trouble in the territory, otherwise wouldn’t her cell have been built in vain?
After a final sweep of all the new buildings added after the territory was upgraded to a small town, Ye Bai built the unbuilt [Post Station] next to the main road between the residential area and the industrial area.
The post station is a building that comes with the diplomatic department. You can spend gold coins to send letters and packages using spirit birds. NPC residents also need to use it on a daily basis.
After clicking on the technology tree, Ye Bai opened the [Development Strategy] page.
The conditions for upgrading to a level 5 territory have emerged: the territory's population reaches 320 people; it has a finance department, a public security department, and a diplomatic department; and the territory supplies no less than 3 types of luxury goods.
On the policy card, all four slots are now empty. The magical card [Hardworking and Simplicity] that ignores luxury goods and personal needs has naturally disappeared, while [Reward System II], [Traveling Merchant] and [Work and Rest Combination] have better upgrade options.
The previous three options were all good, so Ye Bai did not make any changes and directly chose to upgrade based on the original ones.
[Reward System III]: Increase the promotion speed of primary professionals in the territory by 40%; increase the promotion speed of intermediate professionals in the territory by 20%.
[Traveling Merchant - Backpack Expansion]: The traveling merchant will carry more goods of higher quality.
[Work and Rest II]: For residents with an entertainment value of 60 or above, their work efficiency increases by 30% and their skill proficiency growth rate increases by 30%.
Finally, among the new cards added to the town-level territory to improve the territory's military, commerce, entertainment, and culture, Ye Bai did not hesitate and immediately chose a familiar term -
[Flexible Work System]: Lords can extend workers' working hours by planning an 'overtime' strategy (up to a maximum of 50% of the original working hours). Planning overtime requires meeting the necessary conditions: additional wages, lighting, and food. The overtime pay multiplier will affect the worker's productivity during overtime (1x wage = 80%, 2x wage = 100%, 3x wage = 150%, 4x wage = 200%).
Yes, it’s so chewy!
With this policy, Ye Bai can set up additional 'overtime' for various industry buildings in the territory in the mayor's office.
During overtime, as long as extra overtime wages are paid, the workers' proficiency will increase normally. Moreover, for some manufacturing industries such as tailor shops and blacksmith shops, as long as they are willing to pay overtime wages, they can obtain up to double the production capacity during this period, which is better than normal work.
Of course, Ye Bai would only set an additional overtime of 10% to 30% depending on the situation. She was not a devil, and the NPC's physical strength was limited. The current overtime was mainly to improve skill proficiency more quickly and cultivate higher-level professionals.
But even so, Ye Bai still mused to himself: "I should avoid hanging around under street lights at night..."
Then, a golden light flashed, and the territory's current policy cards became: [Reward System III], [Traveling Merchant - Backpack Expansion], [Work and Rest Combination II] and the evil [Flexible Working System].
After doing all this, Ye Bai looked up and saw that it was already evening without him noticing. It was because he had spent a lot of time planning the sewer.
Ye Bai stretched his muscles, left the Tree of Creation, and strolled around the newly upgraded territory.
Baiye Village is still on alert and not open to players. After yesterday's firepower display, many players, even though curious, only dare to watch from afar and not get close.
The large number of refugees who had just joined the territory had no chance of being unemployed. The large-scale construction of the territory had fully arranged these laborers, and the materials needed for all the buildings had long been piled up in the warehouses. It was no different from the territories of major civilizations where players worked as laborers.
At this moment, Baiye Town was like a fully fueled car, with Lord Ye Bai's accelerator fully depressed, running at full speed at a furious pace...
On the Star Network, as expected, Bai Ye's name appeared frequently in the cosmic news again and again.
Especially this time, with screenshots as evidence, the shock and impact that Bai Ye brought to players of other interstellar civilizations was even more enormous.
[Bai Ye's level speculation: suspected to be a second-level professional]
[Bai Ye Class Analysis - Can Elemental Mages fly and teleport?]
[Analysis of the Manufacturing Principles of Myriad Worlds Energy Weapons - Reference to the Unknown Crossbow and Arrow that Appeared in Baiye Town]
[White Night Town's current territory rating has reached 23490! What changes will be seen after upgrading to level 4 territory?]
[Will an aerial boss inevitably appear when upgrading to level 4 territory?]
[Tujia Civilization purchases unknown crossbows at a high price from Baiye Star Coins]
During the night of the territory upgrade, almost everything the players observed was reported in the news.
The most discussed topic is of course the analysis of Bai Ye's profession and level.
This was the first close-up screenshot of Bai Ye in action. As soon as Bai Ye appeared in the cosmic field of vision, she was estimated to be superior to most players. The speculation that she had already changed her class when the secret key was revealed was basically accepted by most civilizations in this battle.
Even though no one has seen Bai Ye's damage, just from the fact that Bai Ye can fly and teleport, she must belong to an advanced or hidden profession that they don't know about.
It’s not that there are no players who have discovered the Assassin camp in StarCraft, but even if they have discovered and joined the Assassin camp, at this stage they cannot complete the number of hunts like Ye Bai did, which means they can upgrade to the Black Robe Assassin, access the camp store, and then discover [Shadow Steps].
And flying is not enough, what really matters is teleportation. None of the first-level professions that players are currently exposed to include space teleportation.
In reality, true flying in the air is the hallmark of a B-level psychic, and teleporting across space is the domain of an A-level powerhouse.
In fact, the analysis of interstellar scholars is not wrong. In the myriad worlds, except for the limited special faction skills such as Shadow Step, all those involving space transfer must be learned at least after the second transformation.
Bai Ye's actions triggered many speculations, and this time, what also attracted widespread attention in the universe was the obvious energy weapons in the hands of the soldiers in Bai Ye Town.
A large number of scholars and experts conducted structural analysis based on its appearance, which was doomed to be fruitless, and a large number of civilizations proposed to purchase it in bulk from Baiye Town.
Ye Baixing's online emails were flooded once again, and she even met a lord who was willing to spend game coins to send her a letter.
However, selling it is naturally impossible. Not to mention that she is not short of money now, even if she is short of money, she will not sell the energy crossbow. The energy crossbow is a strategic weapon at this stage. Unless the rare blue energy crossbow can be mass-produced, Ye Bai will not consider selling it.
In addition, with the upgrade of Baiye Village, as the first player territory, it has now become the first player town, and has also set off an infrastructure boom among players in all worlds.
A large number of free players who originally took the adventurer route also began to try to play the Seed of Creation dungeon for fun, looking for an uninhabited wilderness to open up their own territory.
Of course, this kind of experiential construction develops slowly and is difficult to become popular. Soon these free players found that it was too difficult to develop alone. Some players simply returned to another original intention mentioned by Ye Bai when designing it, and ran it as a small home that belonged to them alone - the only difference was that the journey home was a bit far after each activity in the town.
However, the truly powerful lords, such as Zeta and Ximo, who built their territories early, have already realized the role of various blueprints in their territories. Bai Ye's energy crossbow may have been built according to the blueprints, and they began to gather funds to acquire them everywhere.
But whether it can be built after the acquisition is another matter.
StarCraft players were in an uproar, but Ye Bai remained indifferent. The only disturbing thing was that some StarCraft agents were waiting to come in and take screenshots when White Night Town reopened.
However, considering that they could contribute a lot of game coins and help her meet her personal hobby needs in the territory, Ye Bai could still accept it.
The so-called personal hobby needs are actually various difficult little things and emergencies that occur to the residents of the territory in daily life. Its mechanism is to randomly refresh according to the population of the territory. If it is not resolved for a long time, it will affect the residents' satisfaction with the territory.
These incidents may be two residents who are transporting goods and bumping into each other on the same road, or someone may have sprained their foot and is unable to go to the herbal medicine store to buy medicine... Some of them may resolve themselves if left alone, but some may not.
These problems cannot be left unattended for a long time. Ye Bai can change them by adjusting the plan, or the lord can go and run errands himself, and then gain five-star praise from the residents, and obtain a lot of satisfaction and loyalty.
In the eyes of players, these things are tasks, tasks that need to be completed!
The player's territory naturally has a talent protection mechanism. As long as the loyalty to the territory is not less than 60, even if the outsider raises the favorability of the NPC residents to 100, they will not be poached.
Ye Bai slept on the bed in the newly built mayor's office for one night, and then went to the next room - this is the current financial department of the territory.
Ye Bai, who holds numerous positions simultaneously as lord, sheriff, and general, begins his work as treasurer today: planning the territory's financial operations...
Today is not suitable for splitting chapters, so I will combine two chapters into one~
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