Chapter 8
[Author Note: Having multiple systems might confuse some people, so will be adding all the details in a single panel, " " for normal conversation and [ ] for the system.]
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[Merging completed.]
[Resources: Food 25180 units, Wood 19976 units, Stone 500 units, Iron 500 units, Gold coins 500, Copper coins 4600]
After seeing that, Francis started thinking of what buildings that are needed to be built and at what places.
As Wei Guozhi was appointed as a temporary administrative officer, Francis asked him to supervise the people who started the work. Then five of them left the village to further investigate the surroundings.
The group explored all morning, exploring around Sylphford Village for twenty miles.
There were many wild animals in the forest and mountains nearby, but most of them were very low-level, so they didn't let any of them go.
20 wild boar meat, 25 wild wolf meat, 5 wild chicken, and various other ingredients were obtained in the morning.
Francis was promoted by one level and others were promoted by two levels.
"My Lord, I found a village over there."
Francis and others were eating the food made from the Grill table that Francis bought, and suddenly they heard Benjamin's voice.
Francis frowned and walked to the edge of the cliff and looked towards the direction Benjamin pointed, but it was a vast expanse and he couldn't see it clearly at all.
Having a village nearby is a big deal, so Francis decides to check out the village.
If it is a native village, then it's okay, the lords have a six-month protection period to establish a territory, and the natives will not take the initiative to attack during this period.
But if it's a Lord village, then they might have to get ready for a battle.
At such a close distance, the battle might be inevitable as the current Era is of Hegemony, Lords will fight for resources and also for growth. Apart from that ass Francis himself was not from the same Civilization the chances for alliance are very low.
The group went in the direction of the village and walked about two miles.
The group hid behind the trees near the village and Francis then looked toward the village, he could see everything clearly from there.
Outside there was a wooden fence covering a large area, there were a few similar wooden houses built, and a few quarries built that were scattered inside and the villagers were busy mining stones.
It was clear that this village was built by a Lord and the plaque on the gate reads 'Stone Landing Village'.
The group observed for a while but didn't find the location of the Lord, and because there was 7 day protection period, Francis couldn't directly attack the village.
Otherwise relying on Traves and other's force alone he would be able to flatten this small village.
Seeing they couldn't find the Lord, they circled the village and continued to explore, while walking they found a level 6 copper mine.
But the mine was very close to the village, only 3 miles away. After that, the group continued exploring for a few more hours and then started their journey back to Sylphford Village, while coming back they encountered many low-level wild beasts which were dealt with.
When they arrived in the village, the sun was going down, Francis saw today's quota of homeless people coming to the village, and the administrative officer Wei Guozhi was talking with them.
Seeing Francis and others coming back, Wei Guozhi immediately came forward and explained the situation, and the people also came forward and saluted Francis.
"No need to be polite," Francis said and then checked the attributes of the new group of villagers. There he found one more talent.
Talent was a middle-aged man, although he was in rags, his physique was looking buff, and he had strong-looking arms.
[Huang Li
Class/Profession: Blacksmith
Loyalty: 55
Command: 9
Strength: 15
Intelligence: 8
Politics: 6
Trait: Intermediate Blacksmith (C-Level Trait): 10% increase in forging efficiency
]
After checking, Francis had a word with new people and started to arrange them in the village, during the conversation Francis learned that these people were exiled from Xihe County.
After sending the people away Francis started thinking.
"It would have been good if I knew the history of this civilization." Suddenly
[Host's current location is in Xihe County, Bingzhou, where the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and other foreign tribes have invaded the borders for many years.]
[Now it is the sixth year of Guanghe and is only half a year before the Yello Turnan Uprising.]
[Before the imperial court sent Xia Yu, the captain of Wuhuan, Tian Yan, the general of Zhonglang of Poxianbei, and Zang Min, general of Xiongnu Zhonglang, to conquer Xianbei in three directions.]
[However, the three generals were defeated and most of the nine counties in the state fell into the hands of Xianbei and Wuhuan.]
"So the system also helps with the History class," Francis asked in surprise.
[As an assistant system, its presence is to help the Host.]
"It seems there will be both crisis and opportunity to rise high."
After that, he went to check the reclaimed land, a total of 10 acres of land was cleaned.
After thinking for a while Francis decided to build 3 farms, 2 lumberyards, and one Barracks.
Farm and Lumberyard each take 1 acre of land to build and the Barracks itself take 5 acres of land to build.
Let Lord's Mansion be a center point, so to its north and east lies mountains & forest, and to its west lies a long forest, and to its south lies a river.
So before the six wooden houses were on the east side of the Mansion. Of the new 10 acres of land that was cleaned, 5 lie on the west side, and the other 5 lie on the north side.
Francis decided to build 3 Farms and 2 Lumberyards on the west side while the Barracks on the north side.
[Barracks: Train your Infantry in the barracks.
Requirement: 375 Food units, 624 Wood units
]
[Farm: The farm produces the Food for the village.
Level: 1
Food Production: Food 100 units/hour
Food Storage: 1000
Upgrade: Require 95 Wood units
]
[Lumberyard: The Lumberyard produces the Wood for the village.
Level: 1
Wood Production: Wood 100 units/hour
Wood Storage: 1000
Upgrade: Require 95 Food units
]
[Barracks: Train your Infantry in the barracks
Level: 1
Training Capacity: 10
Troops Type: Musket men
Resources Required to Train: 200 Food (for 10 people)
Upgrade: Require 525 Food, 874 Wood
]