Chapter 11: Langya City
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
"The specialty of Xiaozhu Village is silk. What is Xia Village's specialty?"
"Celadon," Chu Tian answered, walking around the village. The progress made in Xiaozhu Village was unexpectedly good, with special buildings such as [Rice Shop] and [Pawnshop].
With the two villages now in an alliance, the villagers could buy each other's goods. Of course, the lords could also decide to prohibit the exportation of certain goods.
Xiaozhu Village had mostly local soldiers. Obviously they didn't have a professional infantry battalion, but the chief of Xiaozhu Village, Xia Tianliang, had built a battalion of local soldiers.
"This battalion cannot recruit new arms, but after training, the local soldiers' attributes improve and they can become elites."
Xia Tianliang then sent the local soldiers' attributes to Chu Tian.
A battalion made up of local soldiers could be built without a drawing, as it was the same as an additional building for a Level 1 village.
Chu Tian wanted to go the infantry battalion route, so he did not build a local soldiers battalion.
[Name]: Elite Local Soldiers Battalion of Xiaozhu Village
[Attack Power]: 6
[Defense Power]: 6
[Speed]: 5
Having a local soldiers battalion meant +1 in both Attack and Defense, so the improvement was rather good. Chu Tian remembered that the attributes of the Level 1 Yellow Turban battalion were 7 for Attack and 5 for Defense, quite similar to the attributes of the elite local soldiers. However, the elite local soldiers had an upper limit, whereas the Yellow Turban soldiers could keep improving. The reason for this was that It took time to train the elite local soldiers.
Xiaozhu Village had one silver-level hero and 50 elite local soldiers. However, this silver hero was not a Special Hero. There were only a few thousand Special Heroes in all of Eastern Han, and even if they were evenly distributed, only a few lords could get Special Heroes.
"Now that no one can get out, most people should have adapted to this world by now. Let's see other players at Langya City," Chu Tian remarked, thinking about how this was his first time having seen another player.
He took off for Langya City with Xia Tianliang of Xiaozhu Village.
Xiaozhu Village did not have scarce materials such as warhorses, so the two villages joined forces. The warhorses carried food, grains, and luggage, while Chu Tian and others went on foot. They fought monsters and attempted to go up a level while making their journey.
Xiaozhu Village had sent a silver-level commander and two elite local soldiers, plus the four people from Xia Village, making a team of eight people.
"Stop! This mountain is mine, this tree is mine, if you want-"
Before the bandit leader had even finished talking, a flying arrow shot forward and killed him.
Hua Mulan put down her single-wooden bow.
When she saw the Xia Village hero kill a Level 15 bandit leader with one arrow, Xia Tianliang opened her eyes wide in shock. "What is the rank of Xia Village's commanders?"
"Gold-level," Chu Tian mentioned a random rank.
Xia Tianliang seemed a little envious, saying, "I didn't think that Langya Nation really had lords who could recruit gold-level heroes. They are ranked in the top 1000 in the world. I had to recruit my silver-level heroes from refugees."
The gold-level heros were better than the top 1000. On the seventh day of beta for "Feudal Lords," Hua Mulan had ranked second in the global hero list. The number one hero was Edward the Black Prince in the Vatican.
The eight-person team charged at the bandits, Chu Tian riding on the horse and wielding an iron sword. When he brought down the sword, blood splattered on his face, severely wounding a Level 10 bandit.
After mastering the [Super Riding Skill], Chu Tian's ability could be strengthened whenever when riding a warhorse. The cavalry was very threatening to light infantry, which was why a war horse was so expensive.
Chu Tian and his group easily beat off the several dozen bandits with four war horses and two heros. When the bandit leader was killed by Hua Mulan, the bandits finally lost morale and fled.
During the 60-kilometer journey from Xia and Xiaozhu Villages to Langya City, they encountered several more attacks from small groups of bandits on the way, but they were all resolved fairly quickly.
"If Xia Village wanted to sell specialty products and other commodities to Langya City, it would need to open a channel and send local soldiers to guard the goods," Chu Tian remarked. He wasn't only trying to gain experience and go up in levels, he wanted to expand Xia Village's connections with other towns and villages.
The road system was critical in "Feudal Lords." Langya City was the largest city nearby, and as a large-scale city, its Level of Prosperity was estimated to exceed 100 thousand. Economic Efficiency could be improved if there were open roads between Xia Village and Langya City.
When the group arrived in Langya City, Chu Tian's level had risen to 15.
[Command]: 25
[Strength]: 23
[Intellect]: 27
[Politics]: 30
The attributes were very balanced, but Chu Tian didn't mind it very much. As a lord, as long as his territory was big and the heroes under his command were strong, he was invincible.
Langya City itself was a large city with a level much higher than Xia Village. Its city wall was 12 meters high, equivalent to about four floors in reality. A banner representing the forces of Tao Qian, the prince of the Three Kingdoms, was displayed at the front of the city.
At the city gate, a team of bored-looking soldiers looked at the players and NPCs entering and leaving.
Chu Tian tried to look up these soldiers' attributes.
[Name]: Soldiers guarding Langya City in Xu Prefecture
[Rank]: 50
[Description]: Don't try to provoke me, or you will die an ugly death.
Chu Tian couldn't see these soldiers' specific attributes except for their rank and name, but their level was very high, reaching an outlandish Level 50.
While a player was typically at Level 10, these Level 50 soldiers were quite powerful.
If one wanted to use a player's power to capture Langya City, it would have to wait until at least the mid-stage. To provoke a NPC city in the early stages was suicidal. There were many levels of difference between large cities and Level 2 villages.
When Chu Tian, Xia Tianliang, and Hua Mulan led their war horses into Langya City, they attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the city.
Two soldiers holding spears came out to question them, demanding, "Who are you?"
"I'm the chief of Xia Village," Chu Tian replied.
"I'm the chief of Xiaozhu Village," Xia Tianliang answered similarly.
Chu Tian took out the village chief's order. After the two soldiers checked the village chief's order, they did not continue to hold them any longer.
Instead, the soldiers gave them some advice. "Recently, a large number of Yellow Turban bandits have appeared outside the city, so be careful. When you see suspicious people in the city, you should report it to the government."
"Yes," Chu Tian said while nodding, noticing this information and paying attention.
When Xia Village was attacked by a small group of Yellow Turban soldiers, Chu Tian had thought it was just a test for the lord. It seemed that the Yellow Turban soldiers who attacked Xia Village were part of a larger group of soldiers. The fact that there were commander-level Yellow Turbans nearby had made the soldiers of Langya City anxious.
Langya City had hundreds of thousands of residents. Its population was a thousand times that of Xia Village, and it was extremely prosperous.
So, Chu Tian went to the auction house first, needing to purchase architectural drawings in order to enhance the prosperity of the village.
"The Fire Wolf Clan is recruiting players, we work hard together in troubled times!"
"The Ling Yan Pavilion is recruiting all types of players, and the leader is a beautiful woman!"
There were many active players in Langya City. After the initial panic of being trapped in "Feudal Lords," they had begun to form gangs and create alliances to strengthen their influence in the game, all in the name of survival.
The two-village alliance Chu Tian made with his neighboring village was essentially a means of survival.
Chu Tian walked into the auction house. He did not want to follow the route of the peasant rebel army, so he tried to sell the drawing of the Level 1 Yellow Turban battalion to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper's eyes shone with a shrewd light, and stretching out one finger, he declared, "This is only worth one or two ounces of silver."
'D*mn, what a crook!' Chu Tian thought to himself.
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