Chapter 130: 130, start spending money to build territory (ask for first subscription)_1
Translator: 549690339
Su Yu compiled all the territory development knowledge he possessed and sent it to Swift via a private message.
Moreover, he also made a copy to forward to Snow Leopard, who was hurrying over.
About half an hour ago, Su Yu had already informed Snow Leopard about the territory construction plans.
Snow Leopard promised to bring along 500 guild members to help out.
Of course, Su Yu didn’t plan to continuously rely on Snow Leopard’s guild members. He was preparing to recruit a massive number of members for his guild over the next few days, hiring his own guild members to build the territory would make it easier to manage finances.
Snow Leopard received the message.
After reading the content, he couldn’t help but respond with a sigh, “Shouldn’t our primary focus be on levelling up? Why are you spending so much energy on territory construction?”
Su Yu contemplated then decided it’s time he knew the truth, so he replied, “It’s all because of a building named [Mage Tower], which you Druids call the [Emerald Dream Portal]…”
Su Yu explained to Snow Leopard the function of the [Mage Tower] and the difficulty of gaining experience in the later stages of the game.
Upon receiving the information, Snow Leopard was taken aback.
He reined in his mount and came to a stop, furrowing his brows deeply.
He knew that the game wouldn’t allow every player to possess earth-shattering capabilities, but he didn’t expect the late-game situation to be this severe. The majority of players wouldn’t even have access to sources of experience, only relying on the experience of [Sunflower] to barely scrape by.
“Mr. Zhong, what’s wrong?” Truth Is In Range pulled his mount to a stop and looked back.
The 500 guild members following behind, after crossing Snow Leopard, also stopped one after another, all turning to look toward their guild leader.
Snow Leopard didn’t respond, his eyebrows knitted into deep furrows, his expression frightening.
After a while, he let out a long sigh, his eyebrows easing quite a bit. He replied via private message, “Senior, since territory is so important, we’ll definitely do our utmost to help you construct this territory!”
Then, he sent Truth Is In Range a private message: “Mr. Li, once we return, we must spare no effort to find the two players who trigger the rebel faction’s main storyline!”
Su Yu leisurely walked to the center of his territory.
There were only four straw huts in the center of his territory, with fields planted with crops in front of the huts.
On the left side of the huts, four peasants in ragged attire were standing and shivering in the cold wind.
Upon seeing Su Yu, the peasants carefully approached him and respectfully greeted him.
“Lord.”
“Our respects to the Lord.”
Su Yu surveyed each of them, able to clearly see their attributes.
[Jenny]
Gender: Female
Occupation: Farmer
Vitality: 70/100
Loyalty: 50/100
Ability: Gathering, Hunting, Construction
Good at: Gathering, Efficiency +20%
[Mike]
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Vitality: 83/100
Loyalty: 50/100
Ability: Gathering, Hunting, Construction
Good at: Hunting, Probable success rate +15%
[Robert]
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Vitality: 64/100
Loyalty: 50/100
Ability: Gathering, Hunting, Construction
Good at: Construction, Understands the methods to construct most basic buildings.
[Wendy]
Gender: Female
Occupation: Farmer
Vitality: 96/100
Loyalty: 50/100
Ability: Gathering, Hunting, Construction
Good at: Gathering, Efficiency +20%
Two men, two women, a total of four farmers.
They appeared to be quite afraid of Su Yu, standing distant from him with their heads bowed in silence.
Su Yu smiled cordially, he took out some pre-prepared roasted meat and cheese from his backpack and handed it over, “Everyone, there’s no need to be afraid of me. After I’ve arrived here, I’m determined to make sure that you all lead a good life!”
“Thank you for your generosity, Lord!” The four farmers exuberantly accepted the food that Su Yu had handed them.
They usually ate roasted meat from their hunting trips, but the meat that Su Yu handed to them was sprinkled with black pepper powder!
Black pepper powder, a precious spice, is worth almost the same as gold in the city of the same weight!
The lord actually bestowed such precious food on them! Every farmer’s eyes were filled with gratitude.
“Ding! [Robert]’s loyalty to you has increased by +25.”
“Ding! [Wendy]’s loyalty to you has increased by +22.”
“Ding! [Jenny] ….”
The loyalty of the four farmers increased by more than twenty points at the same time.
At this time, Swift also arrived with the boatmen.
Su Yu opened the boxes carried by the boatmen, handed out thick clothes to the four farmers, and chatted with them warmly.
The loyalty of the four farmers skyrocketed to 90 points!
The Snow Leopard and the majority of the player troops haven’t arrived yet, taking advantage of this time, Su Yu struck up a conversation with the four farmers.
“Jenny, Wendy, you two are skilled at gathering, what exactly do you gather?”
Jenny nervously twisted the hem of her clothes and answered, “My lord, gathering includes gathering wild fruits, farming, logging, collecting stone materials, and gathering gold ore. We are proficient in all of these.”
“Very good!” Su Yu nodded in satisfaction: “There will be a large number of adventurers coming later. You two should command them to log. We need a lot of lumber to build houses.”
“Okay,” Jenny and Wendy looked at each other, clearly a little unsettled.
“Don’t worry about anything, just do it,” encouraged Su Yu: “You help me work and I’ll give you a reward of 50 spiritual energy coins a day, how’s that sound?”
Normally, lords don’t need to pay their NPC subjects for labor.
But this is a crucial time for the foundation of the territory, to motivate them, Su Yu resorts to throwing money at the problem.
“50 spiritual energy coins? Thank you, my lord!” Jenny and Wendy were overjoyed and quickly knelt down to thank him.
The total value of the food and game they used to sell each day didn’t even amount to 10 spiritual energy coins. They were astonished that the lord was giving them such a generous reward!
Jenny’s and Wendy’s loyalty shot up to a full 100 points.
How great it is to be under the rule of a kind lord!
Six minutes later, the Snow Leopard arrived at the territory with 500 guild members.
“Boss Ke, we’re here!”
“Boss Ke, we’re here to help!”
“Is this a player’s initial territory? It looks pretty run-down.”
“Boss Ke, we’ll help build this place to look better than Orleans City!”
Su Yu waved to the players and laughed: “Thanks for coming to help build my territory! Those players who have cleared campaigns with me should know that you will definitely be pleased with the benefits of working with me!”
“Same for this time! Any brother or sister comes to help build my territory can get a reward of 20 spiritual energy coins per hour! If you are in need of money in the future, feel free to come and help at my place, the reward will absolutely be more generous!”
“20 spiritual energy coins an hour?!”
“The exchange rate for spiritual energy coins in the outside world today is 1:3.3, right?”
“66 bucks per hour? Boss Ke’s got deep pockets!”
The players were astonished.
Players originally came with the first mindset to participate in the guild event, second to meet Boss Ke, who is known as the number one player, and third to witness the birth of the first player territory.
They thought it was an unpaid job, they didn’t expect Boss Ke to be so generous!
$66 an hour, after an 8-hour workday that’s a clear $528, amounting to fifteen thousand in a month!
With this in mind, many players are interested and some even considered staying and working long-term.
“Boss Ke, Boss Ke, will there be high wages like this when we work in your territory in the future?”
“Of course, the reward will continue to increase with the devaluation of the spiritual energy coins.”
“Boss Ke, can I work here long-term?”
“Of course.”
“Boss Ke, can I invite my friends to come too?”
“No problem.”
Some players jokingly babied Snow Leopard:
“Guild Leader, when working for Boss Ke, the salary is outrageously good. When are you going to improve guild benefits?”
“Guild Leader, I’m tempted, what do I do if I want to quit the guild?”
“I also want to quit. Aren’t you going to improve guild benefits to keep us?”
Snow Leopard waved his hand with a frown: “Alright! We just improved our benefits a few days ago, don’t push your luck! Let’s get to work.”
He looked at Su Yu: “Senior, what do you need me to do?”
“Very simple, logging and building. Wendy, Jenny.”
“My lord, we’re here.”
The two farmers came out from behind Su Yu.
“The two of you will take charge, pick up the tools and start logging, collect as much wood as you can.”
“Yes, my lord!”
ps: Two more chapters tonight