Chapter 1211 Opportunity for Merger, A Simple Meeting

"The prey around is getting scarcer."

"Due to the demands of the lords, even the nearby villages have no food for sale."

"If we want to purchase food, we have to either go to Boss Bang or use forceful means."

"Coincidentally, Lord Zong gave me 20,000 Dinars. I’m planning to procure a batch of food to sustain us until the defense challenge ends."

Jiang Yi stated bluntly.

Food reserves are a major issue for every lord.

Lords with higher development progress in the region generally have hundreds of residents.

Even those with average development have several dozen residents.

Altogether, it’s not a small number.

The cultivated and agricultural areas of the villages in the region are quite large.

The output of basic agricultural products like food and meat is also abundant.

But this "abundance" is based on the original population of the village.

Since the arrival of lords, this supply and demand balance has been disrupted.

Many lords acquire food and supplies from the indigenous people through purchasing or plundering.

However, the total is ultimately limited.

If not for some hunting as a complementary food source, the food from the nearby villages would not be able to sustain the needed rations for the lords and subjects in the region long term.

Many lords actually live with a shortage of clothing and food.

Fortunately, every points exchange includes ways to redeem food.

Balancing these factors, everyone barely manages to sustain themselves.

To truly solve this problem, we must rely on everyone farming individually.

During the challenge period, farming is out of the question; there’s simply no time.

Only after the challenge month ends can we formally begin agriculture.

Hearing Jiang Yi is going to Boss Bang, Medina gritted her teeth and handed over 2,000 Dinars to her.

"Since Lord Jiang is heading to Boss Bang, could you bring back some food for me as well?"

"I also redeemed some food with points today, but most of my points went to exchanging for [special items]."

Medina said sincerely. Even the legion is ready to merge, so these 2,000 Dinars are insignificant, especially since Zong Shen recently gave Jiang Yi 20,000 Dinars. Jiang Yi was naturally wealthier than him.

Jiang Yi did not refuse; she readily agreed and directly accepted these Dinars.

"No problem."

After chatting a bit more, Medina returned to the courtyard, took her warhorse, and with the escort warrior, started heading back to the territory.

Jiang Yi didn’t waste much time and instructed the maids to tidy up the long table.

She herself went to the territory storage box to make final preparations.

This trip to Boss Bang, procuring supplies is secondary.

More importantly, she has to complete a task.

Previously during a relic exploration near Dinan Village in Azshara,

she found an Excellent Level dagger.

This dagger’s attributes are quite ordinary; she couldn’t see skill details, only testing based on the name, and the power is quite average.

However, the name of this dagger was intriguing; it caught her attention.

[Baron Bezos’s Beloved Personal Dagger]

In recent days, mixing in the regional channel, she learned this Baron Bezos is the ruler of Boss Bang.

So this time, she plans to take the dagger and try her luck; maybe she can trigger a task and rewards.

She is not Zong Shen, who sees detailed notes; everything requires her own exploration.

This is the norm for ordinary lords.

After organizing the items she needed to bring, she went out, prepared to gather escort warriors, and immediately set off for Boss Bang!

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In the sky a kilometer high, Zong Shen rode Xiaoheizi and had arrived above the territory.

At this time, there’s still more than an hour until dark.

The sunlight is no longer glaring, appearing much gentler.

Looking down from the sky over the entire territory, subjects could be seen bustling about like ants.

In the open space of the agricultural and livestock area, rows of temporary grass huts were set up.

At least two or three hundred densely packed.

Farmers were pushing wooden wheelbarrows, transporting batches of resources into the grass huts.

Heroic Level talents were also helping with transportation using personal storage grids.

The statistics and categorization of resources were completed, and now they were doing the last step, which is storage.

The living area was equally lively.

Apart from the original two-story stone houses, bonfires rose on the surrounding open ground.

Numerous [Tier Two Houses] were set up.

Zong Shen initially planned to use tents, letting new subjects make do for a few days.

However, Luna and others quickly found that pitching tents was a loss rather than a gain.

Small tents could only accommodate one person, whereas large ones were not only material-consuming but also time and labor-intensive.

It was more economical to build houses.

[Tier Two Houses] require [Tier One Grass Huts] as foundational buildings.

Each house can accommodate six people.

The construction cost for a single house is [Wood × 40], [Stone × 15], [Iron × 8], [Hemp Rope × 3], [Ma × 3].

Building 800 houses could accommodate 4,800 people.

The resources required are roughly [Wood × 32,000], [Stone × 12,000], [Iron × 6,400], [Ma × 26,400].

This amount of resources is insignificant given the current reserves of the territory.

With the blessing of [Artisan Divine Will] and Territory Technology, consumption can be reduced considerably.

The final consumption is [Wood × 16,000], [Stone × 6,000], [Iron × 3,200], [Ma × 13,200].

Without relying on [Engineering], the construction time for a single unit is about one hour.

However, the number of farmers in the territory now is vastly different from before.

By placing more virtual shadows for farmers to build,

it can simultaneously accommodate the construction of hundreds of buildings.

Under such circumstances, vast areas of majestic house zones emerged outside the living area!

After the challenge ends, locations can be re-planned and moved.

And these houses can further be upgraded in the future!