Xiuxian: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 607 Peace
After bidding farewell to the two exhausted girls, Xu Yang left the training ground and began to patrol the territory.

Compared to the ruins left after the siege three months ago, his territory is now completely new and even turned upside down.

Both the core island and the outer grassland are now covered with buildings, and various facilities have been rebuilt and further expanded.

In addition, two new terrains have appeared on the east and west sides of the grassland, one is a mountain range and the other is a plain, which are the results of integrating territory fragments.

There are mineral resources in the mountains, and stone, iron ore, copper ore, and extremely valuable precious metals can be mined. The plains are a good place for farming, and large amounts of land can be reclaimed to obtain food resources.

Xu Yang did the same thing. He built a large number of mines in the mountains and reclaimed a large amount of farmland on the plains to strengthen the resource development and economic construction of the territory.

besides……

"Lord!"

Not long after Xu Yang left the training ground, he saw a general leading a small group of Yellow Turbans approaching. "Just now, another group of elite Han cavalry came to harass us, but we have wiped them out. This is the spoils."

As he spoke, he displayed a pile of trophies and several prisoner cards.

Xu Yang nodded: "Store them all in the warehouse, and Zhang Yan will come over and let her handle it."

"Yes!"

The generals retreated in response, and Xu Yang also turned and walked to the center of the island.

In the center of the island, behind the Yellow Turban camp, a large number of Yellow Turban peasants are busy constructing a new building.

Taiping Temple (Construction progress 98%)

Because of sufficient resources, Xu Yang completed the reconstruction of his territory less than two months after the siege, and with a large population, he began to build the Taiping Temple, a wonder of the Yellow Turban civilization.

The construction of the wonder of civilization went smoothly. Although a small team of Han troops would appear from time to time to harass and destroy, with Xu Yang's current strength, these harassments were nothing more than food delivered to his doorstep, and each of them was like throwing meat buns at a dog, and would never come back.

He didn't even need to take action himself. The territory's guard troops and heroic generals such as Mulan and Lu Qiling could easily destroy these Han army squads.

Lord: Xu Yang

Territory Civilization: Yellow Turbans

Territory buildings: Yellow Turban Camp x1, Yellow Turban Training Ground x30, Fish Market Wharf x100, Wuda Restaurant x1, Lumberyard x20, Mining Field x50, Blacksmith Shop x100, Jin Guo Blacksmith Shop x1, Jurchen Horse Farm x3, Well x300, Tower x400, City Wall x8000, City Gate x4, Farmland x2400, Fish Farm x400, Houses x20000, Taiping Temple (under construction)

Territory troops: 54333 (18000 Yellow Turbans (elite), 18000 Yellow Turban infantry (elite), 17000 Yellow Turban spearmen (elite), 425 Yellow Turban infantry (strongmen), 298 Yellow Turban spearmen (strongmen), 200 Mulan female archers (elite), 200 Mulan female archers (elite), 40 Mulan female archers (hundred battles), 90 Mulan female archers (hundred battles), 80 Wuda cooks)

Territory resources: 885000 food (215000 salted fish, 535000 wheat, 30000 pancakes, 24800 Wuda pancakes, 1200 secret Wuda pancakes, 79000 others), 12500 wood, 51200 stone, 71100 iron ingots, 11500 copper ingots, 2100 metal ingots, 187850 fodder, 5000 spirit stones, 1850620 Tongtian coins.

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Three months of hard work have paid off!
Needless to say, in terms of architecture, although there are no new buildings, all kinds of basic buildings have to be expanded massively, whether it is the Yellow Turban Training Ground for military training, or the logging and mining sites for civil production and economic construction, blacksmith shops, horse ranches, farmlands, water wells, houses and other buildings, the number of which has to be greatly increased.

These basic buildings ensure the territory's military, people's livelihood, economy and other aspects. They are the cornerstone of development and the foundation of strength.

It is also relying on this foundation that the territory's military strength has been greatly enhanced, from the more than 800 people who survived the siege three months ago to more than 50,000 people now, 99% of whom are Yellow Turban soldiers.

The "Yellow Turban" skill that had been of no use was finally put to use, increasing the maximum attribute of all Yellow Turban soldiers by 12% (one is worth a hundred at the level of a strongman). Although it is better than nothing, it is a good start anyway.

With 50,000 new Yellow Turban troops, plus the 800 elite soldiers who survived the siege and the 400 female guards newly trained by Mulan, there is no need to say much about the territory's military strength. Xu Yang was able to leap into the top ten of the rookie list in such a short time, thanks to their help.

Finally, let's look at the resources. A large number of basic buildings provide a large amount of resources, nearly one million pieces of food, as well as a large amount of wood, stone, iron ingots, copper ingots, fodder, spirit stones, Tongtian coins, etc. These can support the territory, support the troops, and wage a large-scale war.

As we all know, war is all about logistics. If the logistics supply cannot keep up, no matter how strong the troops on the front line are, they will not be able to continue.

Therefore, resources are very important. They are the foundation for maintaining war and an important support for defeating opponents.

Buildings, military strength, and support combine to create a powerful war system. This is the current situation of Xuyang's territory.

This is just the current situation, not the final one, because the wonder of civilization is about to be completed. By then, Xu Yang will be able to recruit special troops such as Yellow Turban Warriors and Yellow Turban Warlocks to further enhance his reputation and strength and launch an attack on the "Newcomer King".

So, God will not let down those who work hard, as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded!
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The construction progress has reached 99%, and Xu Yang did not go anywhere else. He just stood aside to supervise and wait for the construction of Taiping Temple to be completed.

But as I said, when there are no accidents, accidents will happen.

A white light flashed, and a person hurried out of the Yellow Turban camp. It was Zhang Yan, who had used the "Alliance Order" to formally form an alliance.

As early as two months ago, after regaining the territory for the two, Xu Yang asked her to buy a war order (alliance) and a war order (merchant alliance) in the Tower of Babel.
War Order (Alliance)

Item level: Level 1 (top quality)

Item Effect: Alliance (After use, a military alliance is formed, which can be joined by up to ten first-level lords. The lord can freely enter and exit the alliance territory and receive notifications when the ally's territory is attacked)

Item Description: There is strength in numbers!

War Order (Merchant Alliance)

Item level: Level 1 (top quality)

Item Effect: Merchant Alliance (After use, a merchant alliance is formed, which can be joined by up to ten first-level lords. Merchant alliance lords can freely enter and exit each other's territories for commercial trade, and transaction taxes are reduced by 30%)

Item introduction: More people means more money!

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Needless to say, a military alliance is essential for building power. Without a military alliance, only a verbal agreement will be regarded as an empty promise.

Trade alliances are also very important, because the Tower of Babel will collect taxes on all transactions between lords, and the higher the level of the traded troops, heroes, items, and equipment, the higher the tax.

What, gift?
Don’t think about it. This is reality, not a game. The Tower of Babel is like an almighty god. There are no loopholes in the designated rules, and if there are, they are allowed by Him.

Therefore, there is no such thing as gifts between lords. You can give people heroes, items and equipment for free, but the Tower of Babel will still collect taxes from you. The amount of tax depends on the level of the transaction and has nothing to do with the price of your transaction.

This is why all major forces invested heavily in cultivating new talents, but Xu Yang still emerged as a dark horse and broke into the top ten of the rookie list.

If you are a big force, you can give the new recruits a large number of arms, legendary equipment and even mythical equipment, provided that you can afford the price. After all, you have to pay tax once to give them and again to transfer them back, which is painful enough.

Although the big forces can afford it, they have to consider the cost-effectiveness of everything. It is irrational to pay ten or a hundred times more to win the reward of the Rookie King, not to mention the risk of causing an arms race and malicious competition, which will end up hurting both sides and not making up for the gains. Therefore, commercial alliances are as important as military alliances. They can effectively reduce transaction taxes between lords. As Xu Yang's housekeeper, Zhang Yan sells spoils with her superb charm and trading skills. If she does not form a commercial alliance, the loss will be enormous.

In fact, the most cost-effective way is to train trading heroes by yourself, but Xu Yang currently does not have such a hero. In more than three months, Wuda Restaurant has attracted several ordinary heroes of the general type, and there are no heroes of the wisdom and charm school who can be trained as trading heroes.

As for Hua Mulan, she is Xu Yang's commander-in-chief. How could she possibly invest her important attribute points and skill points in business transactions? Xu Yang would never do such a thing as throwing away the watermelon for the sesame seeds.

Anyway, with the trade alliance, we can effectively reduce taxes. We can rely on Zhang Yan for a while, and then change people after recruiting trading heroes.

"Xu Yang!"

Zhang Yan came hurriedly, looking a little anxious: "A senior from the Student Union came and wants to discuss the matter of the Rookie King with you. Do you want to..."

"not see!"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xu Yang.

"..."

Such words and such an attitude made Zhang Yan silent for a while. After a long time, she said carefully: "Let's meet each other. After all, we are both from the campus and trained by the college. It would be bad if we had a falling out."

Xu Yang glanced at her, his expression calm and unperturbed: "It's meaningless, and any effort you make is in vain."

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This made Zhang Yan silent again. She wanted to persuade him but didn't know where to start.

Xu Yang ignored it and stared at the progress of Taiping Temple, waiting for the completion of this wonder of civilization.

It's not that he is unsympathetic or worldly-wise, but that he has seen too much. To put it bluntly, he knows what some people want to do as soon as they stick their butts out.

What kind of negotiation? To put it bluntly, it is just using threats and inducements to make him withdraw from the competition for the Rookie of the Year award.

As mentioned before, competing for the top spot is a very costly thing, especially when the major powers and core seeds compete for the top spot. If not handled properly, it will turn into an arms race. The major powers will compete maliciously and use every possible means, and in the end, both sides will suffer losses, which is not worth the loss.

This kind of thing happened too often, and the major forces couldn't stand it anymore, so it gradually turned into a "peaceful" competition. The major forces took turns in ranking, it's my turn this year, it's your turn next year, and everyone has a chance without competition, avoiding heavy investment and bloodshed.

This is the ranking rule set by Tongtian College and other major forces.

But Xu Yang didn't intend to comply.

If it were in the conventional world, he, who had just started out, would definitely choose to play along, plotting development before taking over, rather than challenging the underlying rules of the major forces, overturning the table and breaking the situation.

But this is not a regular world, but a lord's world with data alienation, suppressed by two supreme beings, the Tower of Babel and the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss.

They have already established the rules, and what the major forces do is just adding rules to the rules.

Therefore, Xu Yang was too lazy to waste time by pretending to be nice to them, because the lords' campaigns were restricted by the Tower of Babel and the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss, and high-level lords could only wage war against lords one level lower than themselves.

Xu Yang is now a first-level lord. Even if Tongtian Academy breaks off relations with him, it can only send a second-level lord to conquer him.

There are restrictions on this expedition. Among other things, the number of troops to be led is another one. When a high-level lord conquers a low-level lord, he is restricted by the Tower of Babel and will be subject to ten times the commander and morale penalties.

Take Xu Yang as an example. Because of the effect of "The Way of Kingly Hegemony", he can now lead more than 2,000 people to go out to fight.

However, these two thousand men can only be first-level troops. If they are second-level troops, they will be subject to ten times the commander and morale penalties. In the end, they can only lead two hundred people to the expedition, and their morale will be consumed tenfold.

The same applies to high-level lords against low-level lords. With ten times the command and morale penalties, plus the territory workshop and the advantage of fighting at home, Xu Yang is not afraid of the expedition of any second-level lord.

So, what's the point of him?

Come and fight if you have the guts. He just needs to increase his strength through war. It is not easy for him to attack the territory of a second-level lord, but if a second-level lord takes the initiative to come to him, the situation will be different.

This is the rule of the Tower of Babel. It has built a development environment and competition order of appropriate intensity. There is really no need to abide by the rules and regulations of the major forces.

All the major forces want to suppress him and keep the titles of Rookie of the Year and Double Champion, so they can only restart the original ranking competition mode, increase investment, maintain the ranking, and use their financial resources to suppress him.

war?

He longs for war!

Seeing Xu Yang like this, Zhang Yan didn't say much, so she could only smile bitterly and said, "Then I will reply to them like this."

"Ok!"

Xu Yang nodded, his expression and posture remained unchanged.

Zhang Yan had no choice but to turn around and leave.

However, as she turned around, she saw...

"Wow!"

A yellow light flashed, and everyone retreated. Zhang Yan looked back and saw a Taoist temple rising from the ground.

The Taoist temple is not big, with only three floors, but it is sacred and solemn, with yellow light and curling incense.

"You have successfully built a wonder of civilization - Taiping Temple!"

"The morale of the Yellow Turban troops in the territory has increased dramatically!"

"The effect of the Yellow Turban buildings in the territory has increased slightly!"

“You can now recruit/train the Yellow Turban civilization’s unique troops in Taiping Temple.”

"Because you built the Yellow Turban Wonder, the Eastern Han court called on the army of heroes to conquer you."

"The Eastern Han general Gongsun Yang will lead a large army to attack your territory in three days!"

"The Eastern Han court has issued a bounty. All lords of the Han civilization (of the same rank) can launch an attack on your territory."

"..."

The reminder sounds of the Tower of Babel rang out one after another, but Xu Yang paid no attention to them and walked towards the Taiping Temple in front of him.

(End of this chapter)