It is useless to have good luck, but there is strength. Those with virtue (strength) in gold mines are here.

At least that's what Chu Tian thought.

The village chief of Shangbi Village was the first to discover the gold mine but could not defend it. Later, he was occupied by the horse thief, and now it fell into Chu Tian's hands.

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

"Thank you for saving us!"

The villagers of Shangbi Village welcomed the villagers with food, with the purpose of Chu Tian coming from the gold mine in some sense, which really saved the villagers.

"I heard that Shangbi Village was occupied by horse thieves, and I felt it was hard to sleep or eat, so I came to save you. My fellow villagers are better than everything if they are fine."

Chu Tian mocked the villagers and comforted them even more.

The horse thief did not destroy the stone tablet in Shangbi Village, probably because he wanted to use the villagers to mine.

Chu Tian chose to occupy Shangbi Village and transformed this second-level village into a vassal village in Xia Town.

It only takes two hours to occupy the second-level village, and Chu Tian can already see the information about Shangbi Village.

【Territory】: Shangbi Village (Second-level village)

[Lord]: Chu Tian (No update for the fourth class)

【Affiliation】: Xiazhen

【Special products】: Inferior gold ore (grade b), hawthorn (grade d specialty)

【Population】: 517/1000

【People's Heart】: 90

【Public Security】: 55

【Facilities】: Level 3 mining farm, Level 2 blacksmith shop, Township Yongying, Caotang Private School…

A very ordinary second-level village, because Chu Tian rescued the village from the horse thief, the people's hearts actually reached 90. Generally speaking, there is basically no uprising for people's hearts above 80, and above 90 will have some positive effects, such as donating money and grain and responding to policies.

Chu Tian looked at the talents in Shangbi Village and actually had a silver-level internal affairs talent. Elder Zhang, whose political attribute is 47, is barely usable.

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

"Wu Shang, I will leave 2 cavalry and 50 elite infantry for you to guard Shangbi Village with Elder Zhang. Without orders, no conflicts with the surrounding villages are allowed. Usually, you should improve public security. If an enemy attacks, close the village gate and hold on, and send cavalry to Xia Town to inquire."

"Abide by the order!"

Chu Tian arranged for the silver-level ranger Wu Shang to serve as the garrison general of Shangbi Village, and there was a shortage of talents. It may be that Wen has Li Jue and Wu Mulan, and he has seen too many heroes with 80 attributes or above. At this time, looking at the next batch of gold-level and silver-level generals, it will be no longer good.

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

Chutian arranged a group of villagers from Shangbi Village to transfer to miners. Shangbi Village's main income comes from mining farms, and the grain is enough to be self-produced. After all, labor is insufficient. In order to mine gold, agriculture can only be sacrificed slightly.

Chutian used the quota of vassal villages in Xia Town very cautiously. Xiaozhu Village is a trade-oriented village, and Shangbi Village is a mineral-oriented village. In short, it is all for the purpose of making money and assisting Xia Town.

...

"Ding! Player, your territory ‘Shangbi Village’ is occupied by other lords. If you lose your lord status, please choose your growth direction again."

"The direction of the general."

Langya City, the escaped village chief of Shangbi Village received a system prompt and couldn't help but grit his teeth.

He came to the courtyard bought by a player guild in the city. There were free players entering and leaving. There was 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 and I have important information."

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

“I know where there is gold mine.”

"Gold mine!"

Several free players in charge of managing the guild were frenzy.

Everyone is trapped in the world of "Lords", and the earth coins are just a piece of waste paper, gold, silver, and copper appear extremely important.

"How many levels of gold mine?"

"Level 3."

"Come here, prepare 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 rank in the top 100 in Xuzhou District, one of the few towns in Langya Country.

"The president, the village chief of Shangbi Village reported that a level 3 gold mine is less than 40 kilometers away from you."

"Bring him to see me."

“We are on our way to your town.”

"knew."

Li Er of the Tang Dynasty received a report from the members of the guild, and his eyes also showed his desire for gold mines: "I have a second-level ranch and a second-level cavalry battalion here. It is not that I do not have the ability to train cavalry, but I cannot afford to raise war horses. Fifty war horses cost at least one hundred gold, and the cost of raising horses 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 township heroes entered the cavalry battalion of Lingyan Town for training. All of these fifty cavalry were trained as light cavalry.

...

Chu Tian didn't know that this third-level gold mine had attracted the covetousness of other lords. After occupying Shangbi Village, he returned to Xia Town and continued to expand his troops to use the seized war horses to train 12 light cavalry and 59 elite infantry.

According to the current organization, Xia Town has 40 light cavalry, 50 Xuzhou archers, 120 elite infantry, including Mulan, Liu Sandao, and Zhao Qi. Shangbi Village has 2 light cavalry, 50 elite infantry, and the guard general is Wu Shang. Xiaozhu Village is too close to Xia Town, and there are no permanent soldiers, and only a few township brave men maintain public order.

Xia Town also has two vassal villages.

The vassal village is very important. Money is paid every month and grain is paid to Xia Town every year. Xia Town has more fiscal revenue and can support more soldiers.

The output of the gold mine is unknown. Chutian arranged 150 laborers to mine the Shangbicun gold mine. After one month of mining, it is roughly known how much output will be if the third-level gold mine is invested in 150 labor.

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

The farmer Li Kui led the townsmen to reclaim a new farmland outside the town to prepare for the October sowing.

At the end of August, the Xuzhou archers finally finished training!

A team of Xuzhou archers stood in five rows at the school ground, wearing leather armor, holding a bow in his right hand, and carrying a quiver. A quiver loaded with 20 to 30 arrows, which cost about one or two silver taels.

Cultivating an elite team of archers is also quite expensive.

"There is a third-level village near the water village. If you can occupy that third-level village, you can control the water village and set up a naval camp in the water village in the future."

Chu Tian has not forgotten that there is a powerful navy in Xia Village with eight sailors. I still have to have a dream, what if I can drink horses and Yangtze River in the future?
Chapter completed!