It’s useless to have good luck, but also to have strength. Those with virtue (strength) will live in the gold mine.

At least Chu Tian thinks so.

The village chief of Shangbi Village was the first to discover the gold mine but could not hold it. Later it was occupied by horse thieves and now it has fallen into the hands of Chu Tian.

After confirming that there was a gold mine in Shangbi Village, Chu Tian led his soldiers into Shangbi Village.

"Thank you sir for saving us!"

The villagers of Shangbi Village welcomed each other with food, and Chutian, who came for the gold mine, did indeed save these villagers in a sense.

"I heard that Shangbi Village was occupied by horse thieves. I felt the same way and had trouble sleeping and eating, so I came non-stop to rescue you. My fellow villagers, it's better to be safe than anything else."

Chutian shamelessly comforted the villagers, which moved them even more.

The horse thieves did not destroy the stone monument in Shangbi Village, but they probably wanted to use the villagers to mine.

Chutian chose to occupy Shangbi Village and turn this second-level village into a vassal village of Xia Town.

It only took two hours to capture the second-level village, and Chutian could already see the information about Shangbi Village.

[Territory]: Shangbi Village (second-level village)

【Lord】:Chutian(fourth level will not be updated)

【Affiliation】:Xia Town

[Specialty]: Inferior gold ore (B grade), hawthorn (D grade specialty)

【Population】:517/1000

【Popularity】:90

【Public Security】:55

[Facilities]: Level 3 mining site, level 2 blacksmith shop, Xiangyong camp, thatched cottage private school...

In a very ordinary second-level village, because Chu Tian rescued the village from the horse thieves, the people's support reached 90. Generally speaking, it is almost impossible for an uprising to happen if the people's support is above 80. If the people's support is above 80, it will have some positive effects, such as donating money and food, and responding to policies.

Chutian looked through the talents in Shangbi Village and found a silver-level internal affairs talent, Elder Zhang, with a political attribute of 47, which was barely useful.

Chutian directly appointed him as the temporary village chief and asked him to supervise the villagers' mining. In the future, he only needed to send the drawings to the village chief for construction. Every month, Shangbi Village had to transport the mined gold and the taxes collected to Xia

town.

"Wu Shang, I will leave 2 cavalry and 50 elite infantry for you to guard Shangbi Village together with Elder Zhang. No conflicts with surrounding villages are allowed without orders. Normally you improve public security. If an enemy attacks, close the door tightly.

Guard the village gate and send additional cavalry to Xia Town to ask for help."

"As you command!"

Chutian arranged for the silver-level ranger Wu Shang to serve as the garrison general of Shangbi Village. There is a lack of talents. It may be that Li Kui is a literary figure and Hua Mulan is a military figure. He has seen too many heroes with attributes above 80. At this time, he will look at the next batch of gold.

Level, silver level generals suddenly lost their flavor.

In fact, most village chiefs still use silver-level or even bronze-level generals and civil servants. There are very few gold-level generals.

Chutian arranged for a group of villagers from Shangbi Village to switch jobs as miners. The main income of Shangbi Village comes from the mining field. It only needs to produce food on its own. After all, there is a shortage of labor. In order to mine gold, agriculture can only be sacrificed a little.

Chu Tian used the quota of vassal villages in Xia Town very carefully. Xiaozhu Village is a trading village, and Shangbi Village is a mining village. In short, they are all for the purpose of making money and assisting Xia Town.

…

"Ding! Player, your territory "Shangbi Village" has been occupied by other lords. You have lost your identity as a lord. Please choose a new direction of growth."

"Direction of the general."

In Langya City, the fleeing village chief of Shangbi Village could not help but grit his teeth after receiving a prompt from the system.

He came to a courtyard bought by a player's guild in the city, where free players were coming and going. There was also a plaque "Lingyan Pavilion" hanging in the middle of the large courtyard.

There are at least hundreds of player guilds in Langya City.

"I'm looking for the president. I have important information."

"The president's village was upgraded to a first-level town today, and he is in his own territory. What information do you have?"

"I know where the gold mines are."

"Gold mine!"

The several free players in charge of managing the guild had wild eyes.

Everyone is trapped in the world of "Lord", and the earth currency is just a piece of waste paper. Gold, silver, and copper are extremely important.

"How many levels of gold mines are there?"

"Level three."

"Come here, prepare your horses! I will take you to the president's Lingyan Town. The president will definitely be interested in the third-level gold mine!"

…

Lingyan Town, 30 kilometers southwest of Langya City, is a first-class town. The lord "Li Er of the Tang Dynasty" can be ranked among the top 100 in Xuzhou District. It is one of the few towns in Langya Kingdom.

"President, the head of Shangbi Village reported that a level three gold mine is less than 40 kilometers away from you."

"Bring him to me."

"We are on our way to your town."

"knew."

Li Er of the Tang Dynasty received the report from the guild members, and his eyes also showed the desire for gold mines: "I have a second-level ranch and a second-level cavalry camp here. It's not that I can't train cavalry, but I can't raise war horses. Fifty

A war horse costs at least 100 gold, and the cost of raising a horse is a huge expense every month. If I win a third-level gold mine, I will have the funds to recruit hundreds of cavalry and become the most powerful town in Langya Kingdom.

!”

Under the order of Li Er of the Tang Dynasty, fifty rural warriors entered the cavalry camp in Lingyan Town for training. These fifty cavalrymen were all trained as light cavalry.

…

Chutian didn't know that this third-level gold mine had aroused the covetousness of other lords. After occupying Shangbi Village, he returned to Xia Town and continued to expand his army and used the captured war horses to train 12 light cavalry and 59 elite infantry.

According to the current establishment, Xia Town has 40 light cavalry, 50 Xuzhou archers, and 120 elite infantry. The generals include Hua Mulan, Liu Sandao, and Zhao Qi. Shangbi Village has 2 light cavalry and 50 elite infantry.

The guard will be Wu Shang. Xiaozhu Village is too close to Xia Town and there are no standing soldiers. There are only a few village warriors to maintain law and order.

Xia Town also has two vassal villages.

Vassal villages are very important. Money will be handed over every month and food will be handed over to Xia Town every year. Xia Town will have more financial income and can feed more soldiers.

The output of the gold mine is unknown. Chutian arranged for 150 laborers to mine the Shangbi Village gold mine. After a month of mining, he probably knows how much output the third-level gold mine will produce by investing 150 laborers.

The population of Xia Town continues to increase. The fourth-level fish market has gradually become prosperous because City Cao Xia Liang commissioned caravans to promote it in various places. Hundreds of residents trade in the fish market every day.

Li Kui, the agricultural official, led the townspeople to cultivate a new farmland outside the town in preparation for sowing in October.

At the end of August, Xuzhou archers finally completed their training!

A group of Xuzhou archers stood in five rows on the school grounds, wearing leather armor, holding a bow in their right hand, and carrying an arrow pot on their backs. Each arrow pot contained 20 to 30 arrows and cost about one tael of silver.

Training a team of elite archers is also quite expensive.

"There is a third-level village near the water village. If we can capture that third-level village, we can control the water village and set up a naval camp in the water village in the future."
Chapter completed!