The game is coming: I rely on the construction of the territory as a charter woman

The meeting ended just like that, but its impact was far from over.

First of all, Earl Adrian and other lords immediately went to the Urban Construction Management Office of Hope Town to purchase cement and blueprints. After purchasing, they immediately returned to their territory and started building the city wall.

Of course, the news they got in Hope Town was also spread out unknowingly. After all, it was spread to ten, and no one would ignore the "experience" of Hope Town.

"Cement can enhance the defense of city walls. Do you want the town to buy cement and come with drawings? Buy it!"

"The stronger the territory is, the stronger the wave of monsters will be, so preparations must be made early."

"The magic element is down, hurry up and stock up on more magic stones!"

"Increase the proportion of physical strength professionals? Add up!"

"There are no such buildings as military fortresses yet? Then build your own defense line."

"Have you prepared the basic materials? Buy!"

"You need to store food for several years? Stock up!"

"..."

All of a sudden, small towns and village-level territories followed these rules and began to prepare frantically.

Now it doesn’t matter if the promotion is due to special weather, get ready to fight again!

Next is the Blue Star Territory of Jinjingshan. They have also prepared the tone for their next battle - a public opinion war.

If the current situation of the entire continent of Stan is exposed nakedly, no matter it is the Blue Star territory or the local territory, they will start to find a way for themselves. By then, if they insert themselves without leaving a trace, they will definitely not attract too much attention.

Of course, what they want to do is not just a public opinion war.

"Don't worry! As long as you give me the information, I will sort it out and get a newspaper." Yin Bole said directly. As a territory with a very developed entertainment industry, he is not the only one to publish it.

"Well, in addition, the resources between our several territories can also be exchanged. When we need to advance, we can also help each other advance."

"Pay attention to your territory in this area. If it is weak, find a way to annex it! Being cruel now may be a good thing in the future."

"Bei Wenkang from Yuxi Village and Xiang Ziqian from Guangshui Village have both taken refuge in Hope Town. I will extend an invitation to them and talk about their mental journeys. I can also give other lords a reminder. If they are not strong, they can go to Hope Town." A strong one to take refuge in.”

"We will fight to the end with Hope Town."

"..."

In this way, an invisible battle began to spread from Hope Town.

Of course, this is all in the initial stages.

But one day, a single spark can start a prairie fire.

But Zhou Bai, who left behind such a small spark, couldn't relax much.

After all, hundreds of thousands of people are in Hope Town, causing a lot of things, big and small.

One of the things she couldn't avoid was the medal ceremony coming from the capital.

The investiture team that came this time was not the Baron Charlotte she knew, but a Marquis.

After checking the opponent's noble title, Zhou Bai was keenly aware that this matter was not simple.

Especially since the other party didn't need her to greet him with such great fanfare as Baron Charlotte before. Instead, he came directly to the Lord's Mansion and then found her.

"Marquis Staffan." Zhou Bai saluted respectfully.

Marquis Staffan looked at Zhou Bai and said directly: "Lord Mayor, will you do it yourself this time? Or will you wait for your lord?"

Marquis Staffan bit the last four words very hard. It was obvious that he understood Zhou Bai's little trick.

In fact, Zhou Bai was really thinking about it at this time.

The first time you hide your identity is out of fear, and later you hide your identity to avoid trouble.

But now, it is basically assumed that she is the lord, but there is just one missing formal link. It doesn't matter whether she admits it or not.

Well, it’s okay to admit it.

"I'll take it," Zhou Bai said directly.

After hearing this, Marquis Staffan took out the scroll of the award and signed Zhou Bai's name on it.

This also means that Zhou Bai has become a famous count. At least Zhou Bai's name has appeared on the suffix of Hope Town on the map of the human kingdom in the royal capital.

After the light passed, the award scroll fell into Zhou Bai's hands.

"Count Zhou Bai, I would like to extend an invitation to you on behalf of my lord, Lord Saint Seva of Ancheng." Suddenly, Marquis Staffan continued.

invite?

Zhou Bai raised his eyebrows, saying he would join San Sebastian's team.

"What do I need to do, and what benefits can I get?" Instead of refusing directly, Zhou Bai took the initiative to ask.

Marquis Staffan took a deep look at Zhou Bai, and then said: "In the doomsday crisis, San Sebastian City will protect Hope Town and provide Hope Town with enough weapons, equipment, and energy to ensure the future. There is a place for you in the Dukedom."

"So, what will it cost me to get this?"

"Just hope that the town will always support the status of San Sebastian City in the human kingdom." When Marquis Staffan said, there was a hint of fanaticism in his expression, "Lord Saint Sebastian will eventually rule the human kingdom. !”

Seeing Marquis Staffan like this, Zhou Bai sighed deeply in his heart, "I'm afraid Lord Saint Seva doesn't know the extent of the doomsday crisis!"

"What do you mean?" Marquis Staffan frowned when he heard Zhou Bai's words. He could already feel that Zhou Bai's words clearly meant rejection.

"I hope that the town has just experienced a wave of advanced beasts. In the following time, I just want to deal with the special weather and the doomsday crisis. I don't want to think too much about other things." Zhou Bai said, euphemistically, "If If the territory is gone, who will care who is at the top?"

In fact, she really doesn't understand why the city of San Sebastian wants to complete its great cause of unification when the mainland of Stan is facing a crisis?

If you are aware of the existence of a crisis, you can disclose the news in advance, support small territories with potential, and improve your reputation, you may not be able to gain substantial status in the end.

However, they concealed the information, supported some territories to plunder the resources of other territories, and supported the territories to restrain large territories and increase internal friction.

If things go on like this, not only will it consume the strength of the human race territory, but it will also be a huge blow to his credibility in people's hearts.

For example, she doesn't quite believe in the promise of San Sebastian City now.

If we work hard to support him now, what if we hope that the town will develop enough to threaten him in the future? Is she going to support another territory to deal with her soon?

Aren’t the four major cities experiencing this embarrassing situation now?

"With the strength of San Sebastian City, we will definitely be able to weather the storm." Marquis Staffan said without hesitation.

"If you can help one, two or three, how about you help twenty or thirty?" Zhou Bai asked.

Marquis Staffan was immediately stopped by the question, and then said with cold eyes: "Do you mean to refuse?"

"Yes, I refuse. I just want to protect my own territory and let it exist forever." Zhou Bai gave an affirmative answer.

"I'm just giving you a friendly reminder. I hope you can stay in Hope Town for a few more days and read the recent newspapers. If after reading it, you still feel that the path taken by Mr. Saint Seva is the right one, I just I wish you success." Zhou Bai said cryptically.

She now has a feeling that the person who gave His Majesty the King such a policy had absolutely bad intentions. Of course, if this person was Lord Saint Seva himself, she would probably suspect that he was a follower of that person. , specializes in internal sabotage.

After listening to Zhou Bai's words, Marquis Staffan felt something was wrong in his heart.

Why did he feel that Zhou Bai was telling him that they had a problem?

However, seeing Zhou Bai's "sincere" look, Marquis Staffan paused and really felt that he could stay a few more days and take a look at the situation in Hope Town.

"...Hmm." Marquis Staffan finally said.

"Then I hope you have a good time, Lord Marquis." Zhou Bai continued.

Now, Marquis Staffan is in trouble again. Won't Zhou Bai entertain him?

All right! Suddenly I remembered that the lords of other territories seemed to have no special privileges in Hope Town. This had become a consensus.

Anyway, everyone doesn’t have it, so it’s not unacceptable.

Then Marquis Staffan left the office, and the other knights outside the door were protecting Marquis Staffan.

After all, Marquis Staffan is a knight commander and has a noble title, so his status is much higher than them.

"We will stay in Hope Town for a few days. You go and arrange a room." Marquis Staffan directly ordered one of them.

"Yes." The man responded quickly.

They already knew the situation in Hope Town when they came. They really didn't expect that even if Marquis Staffan was there, Hope Town would not entertain him. This was so confident!

However, Hope Town was really very lively, and they almost couldn't squeeze in today.

This person went to make arrangements, while Marquis Staffan took the remaining people to wander around Hope Town.

Compared to when they first arrived, perhaps the people were spread out in all directions, so that they no longer felt the crowding feeling.

But they still couldn't squeeze into the commercial street nearby. Even if they could squeeze in, they would still have to queue up in a long queue.

However, Marquis Staffan had no idea of ​​eating and went straight to the library of Hope Town.

He remembered that the best-selling newspapers, novels and other books in Hope Town were all located near the library.

Finally, after walking for a while, they saw the library and the Xinghua Bookstore opposite the library.

What people didn't expect was that Xinghua Bookstore and Library were also overcrowded.

"Give me 100 copies of the newspaper."

"I want 50 copies."

"I want 500 copies."

"I want 1000 copies."

"..."

There were only a lot more people on site asking for newspapers.

"Why do so many people buy newspapers?" A knight behind Marquis Staffan quickly asked the people at the scene. Since the knight commander came to this place, they are interested in this place, so they must know how to solve their boss's troubles.

"These newspapers contain Hope Town's experience in fighting the beast tide. Many territorial lords have bought them. Naturally, we have to buy them back so that our territories can learn more."

"And also learn some information that we don't know."

"The current tide of beasts is really difficult!"

"After learning a little bit, we can also observe which territories are more reliable. Then we will go to those territories."

"..."

"Why did Hope Town's experience in fighting the beast tide appear in the newspaper?" the knight continued to wonder.

"This is the official newspaper of Hope Town, certified by the mayor of Hope Town himself!"

"At that time, Hope Town held a meeting with some other small towns. Shortly after the meeting, this newspaper came out, and the lords came to buy it in person. I saw it."

"That's right! They are all earls, viscounts and other nobles, how could they admit their mistake!"

"What about over there?" the knight pointed to another team queuing up.

"That team's newspaper is just some gossip. I don't know whether it's true or not. It's better to have a lot of people buying it. It also has interesting serialized novels, which are very worth buying! A very attractive gimmick of this Xinghua Bookstore is that various There are all kinds of novels, and I bought every one he published!"

"Novel can not only entertain our lives, but we can also learn a lot of truth from it!"

"Yes, I can identify the green tea brothers in my family from it. No wonder I was not liked by my parents before. After I deliberately showed the novel to my parents, my parents are now much nicer to me, so I suggest you You can also go shopping.”

"..."

After some popular science, Marquis Staffan probably understood the situation here.

"You queue up to buy some, and I'll go in and take a look." Marquis Staffan said to the knight who just spoke, and then he entered Xinghua Bookstore.

Xinghua Bookstore is just like its name. As soon as you enter, there are all kinds of books on the surrounding shelves, which makes people dazzled. On the middle shelf, there are books, magazines, and newspapers.

Marquis Staffan picked up one of them and read it, and he keenly noticed that the date of publication was marked on each newspaper.

A newspaper that changes every day is called a daily report, a newspaper that changes every week is called a weekly report, and a newspaper that changes every month is called a monthly report. There is currently no annual report.

However, he briefly read a few copies and was deeply shocked by the contents.

There is too much content involved, including detailed descriptions of Warcraft and its characteristics, descriptions of various resources and what equipment and weapons they can be made into... and there is even a section on tactics, which are derived from a novel. Analysis of the plot in ?

It covers a vast range of knowledge.

Even if he is a noble, he cannot learn such specific knowledge.

Not to mention ordinary people and ordinary professionals.

After all, there is a lot of knowledge that the nobles regard as their privilege, because it is also a means for them to control the people at the bottom.

But what about Hope Town? But openly share this knowledge with the public?

No wonder...

No wonder there has never been a newspaper from Hope Town in the capital.

The merchants below probably understand that spreading such things in the royal capital is likely to cause trouble.

Only, they didn’t sell it in a big way.

And now that he has seen it, will he stop it?

No, because Hope Town sells so well, it shows that these contents have unknowingly invaded countless small towns and villages.

Although the strength of town-level territories and village-level territories is not as strong as that of city-level territories, they are the largest in number.

Afterwards, Marquis Staffan walked directly to the counter, looked at the teller at the counter and said, "Bring me a copy of all the books and newspapers in your bookstore and pack them up."

Hearing Marquis Staffan's words, the teller had a bright smile on his face, then took out a backpack from under the counter and handed it to Marquis Staffan, "My lord, they are all here! The latest two editions of newspapers are included, with 10 copies of each. You register your membership card, and then you only need to send someone over, and we will sort out each issue of new books and newspapers for you."

After all, there are really not many people who spend a lot of money to buy new books and newspapers from the entire bookstore.

Marquis Staffan listened, took it directly, and actually registered his information.

He had already seen the prices of these books and newspapers, and he needed to let Monsignor Saint Seva take a look for himself.

It was only after he came to Hope Town that he realized how much the human kingdom had changed in the past few months.

And these changes seem to be brought about by the new territories of Hope Town.

After paying the gold coins, Marquis Staffan directly took out the latest two editions of the newspaper.

On the first page of the newspaper, I hope that the town’s experience in resisting the beast tide will be written very clearly, including food, resources, weapons, equipment, defense, personnel mobilization, war rhythm, war skills... a summary of post-war experience, and checking for gaps... After reading the entire newspaper, there was no peeing during the whole process. If you really do everything above, you can still survive even if the scale and power of the beast tide are greater than before.

But one thing that worries Marquis Staffan is that it also mentioned the disappearance of magic in the entire continent of Stan, resulting in a decline in magic elements, and the speculation that there are forces secretly weakening the power of all races.

These two points made Marquis Staffan shrink his pupils unconsciously.

It would be fine if the content above is false, but what if it is true?

Impatiently, Marquis Staffan read the second newspaper.

The second newspaper was not published by the town official, but the information disclosed in it was still unusual.

It mentioned that the doomsday crisis is actually a devastating blow to all races. The beast tide is destroying all territories one by one. The weak territories will be the first target of the beast tide's destruction. As the beast tide continues, the beast tide will More and more territories are disappearing.

The number of territories that have been promoted this time is listed above. Among them, only 10% of the small town-level territories have disappeared. Most of the others have failed to advance and dropped their rankings. The probability of success is only 20%, that is to say , only two out of ten town-level territories can succeed. When it comes to village-level territories, the probability is even smaller, and the probability of failure reaches 80%. In other words, 80% of the territories have been promoted this time. Disappeared in the tide of beasts.

Based on these data, it is recommended that village-level territories with insufficient strength seek refuge in higher-level territories.

Among them, Guangshui Village and Yuxi Village were specifically mentioned. The residents of these two villages have all moved to Hope Town. The lords of the two territories have become high-level personnel of Hope Town, and their lives have become better and more unrestrained than before.

In addition to this, there is also some strange knowledge, which introduces the law of conservation of energy, and then uses the disappearance of magic power as a force. It mentions the disappearance of magic power in Stan Continent. There must be a place that is receiving these magic powers, so this place, This is the source of the doomsday crisis.

The last mention was just speculation and should not be taken seriously.

But Marquis Staffan looked at this well-founded analysis and really didn't think it was false.

This information was mixed together and output in a burst, which made Marquis Staffan start thinking about conspiracy.

Hope Town is telling other territories through these things that the doomsday crisis is not ordinary and may be human-led. In addition, many territories will die in this crisis. If they want to survive, they can only unite and concentrate their efforts.

In this situation, he should be happy. If they are united, Saint Sebastian is the person most qualified to command these forces.

But San Sebastian has been behind the scenes to support the violent annexation of the territory...

At this moment, Marquis Staffan somewhat understood why Zhou Bai refused and why he was asked to stay to learn more about the situation.

Hope Town definitely knows the prophecy of the doomsday crisis, and she even knows some details that many territories don't know.

So, where did she know it?

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa;journey,a lot of elves, dwarves, and orcs, just showed up at the mission center!”

"Isn't there always Hope Town? There are still undead in Hope Town!"

"No! This time is different. This time there are a lot of them. Do you know why? It's because all the territories of the Elf Kingdom, the Orc Kingdom, and the Dwarf Kingdom are open to Hope Town..."

"Fuck! All of them?"

"Yes, it has been approved by the official staff of Hope Town."

“How does Hope Town do it?”

"I don't know, it just happened all of a sudden."

"But I hope the town is indeed very tolerant of other races, so it doesn't seem to be a surprise."

"That's right! No one dares to bully even goblins in Hope Town, let alone other races."

"Speaking of goblins, they are really lucky!"

"what happened?"

"Because in addition to Hope Town, there are many territories that have declared that goblins have resident rights in their territories. Countries that have dealings with them must also abide by their regulations and recognize the independent human rights of goblins. , they have such a rule because they have good relations with Hope Town, Hope Town recognizes the human rights of the goblins, and they are willing to give Hope Town this face."

"So the goblins might not be slaves in the future?"

"Soon, they will all be gone! Think about it, the goblins in so many territories can become residents and live a good life, how can the goblins who were originally slaves still live peacefully without resisting? They were unable to resist before, but now they have the confidence! Once we have the confidence, the day of liberation is not far away.”

"Is this the influence of a territory? Can it even affect the survival of a race?"

"I hope the town is worth it! Look at the experience of resisting the beast tide, how precious it is! I hope the town has not publicly reported it."

"Yes, if it weren't for Hope Town's report, I wouldn't have known about it! After all, my original territory was relatively small and very closed to the outside world."

"In the future, buy more newspapers and learn more about the changes in the world. This way, everyone will have a greater chance of survival."

"Ah."

"..."

These discussions continued to reach the ears of Marquis Staffan.

At this moment, looking at the newspaper in his hand, he felt extremely complicated.

He suddenly felt as if his heart was a little contaminated? (End of chapter)