Iron vein

Yue Lan knitted her brows when she heard this as she looked at Lin Fan with a doubtful look.

Based on what Lin Fan had said, she could guess what he was thinking, but if this was true, then…

There was only a limited amount of space that the town could expand to since there were other villages around the town that also took up space. These villages were protected by the empire as long as they paid taxes, so Lin Fan couldn't expand into their territory without offending the empire.

So what Lin Fan meant by his words was to absorb the villages into the town.

By absorbing the villages, the dungeon town would be gaining more villagers, but at the same time, they would have to pay the taxes that the villages had once paid. No matter what, the empire wouldn't allow for taxes to be reduced, only increased.

But the ultimate goal of absorbing these villages would be to become big enough to be considered a city.