Brother Zhang stood on the edge of the small pond, throwing stones down one by one, but every time a message "You have received the novice reward, please do not trigger it again" was displayed in front of him. After throwing twenty stones, he
He stood up and looked quietly at the still rippling pond, without much expression on his face.
That interesting soul is really gone. He fleets like a meteor in the sky, and then disappears into the sky and turns into a black lump of meteorite in the mountains. Maybe at this time he is just like an ordinary NPC.
, living confused and indifferent in this world. Maybe he has been completely erased, and there is no trace of him anymore.
But it doesn't matter, at least that guy won't be trapped by himself anymore. As for Brother Zhang, he suddenly realized the most interesting part of this game. It's not about killing monsters, leveling up and wearing equipment, but about playing in a certain place.
From time to time, something will suddenly happen that makes people tremble or find it difficult to calm down.
Carrying a pure gold hoe, he returned to his land. There were already many players around him checking into the gold house, but unfortunately they couldn't take it with them because it was in the novice safe zone determined by the system unless a foreign invasion was triggered.
event, otherwise this place would be completely invincible. Without Brother Zhang's permission, even the best master in the world would not be able to enter his courtyard protected by the golden wall.
Brother Zhang sat inside and looked at the golden vegetables. He suddenly felt that they were no more comfortable than the juicy fruits and vegetables, so he simply pulled out all the golden vegetables in the vegetable garden and piled them in the corner.
, then picked up the hoe and started sowing vegetables in the soil.
But soon he discovered a problem, that is, golden vegetables would still grow out of this kind of vegetables. Looking at the golden seedlings in the field, Brother Zhang fell into deep thought...
It happened that there was a knock on the door at this time. Brother Zhang took a look but did not see the admission application. This meant that the person who came to visit was not a player but an NPC. So Brother Zhang opened the door and saw the novice village.
The village chief stood at the door carrying some gifts with a smile on his face.
After letting the village chief into the house, the two of them sat on the golden stools in the golden pavilion next to the vegetable garden, drinking water brewed from golden tea leaves from golden teacups...
It’s not that he’s showing off, but Brother Zhang doesn’t have any gadgets in this house, and as long as the foreign things are judged to be his, they will turn into gold. This is most likely the hush money given by the system. If it were someone else, it might be
It's time to restart the server, but Brother Zhang is the stupid son of a landlord and cannot leave the village, so the system will give him such an exaggerated reward.
"Back then, I and your father were admitted to the scholar examination together, and then your father..."
After the old village chief came over, he immediately started to build relationships. In his concept, Brother Zhang was not a player but the son of the largest landlord in the village, and he was a stupid son, rich and stupid.
After some family talk, the old man finally got to the point: "In recent days, visions have appeared frequently, and the court has been turbulent everywhere. The court no longer cares about us poor and remote areas. In order to ensure peace, the village plans to recruit some village warriors.
I plan to expand some, but...the harvests in the past few years have not been good, and the village is also short of money..."
There was a trace of unspeakable expression on the face of the NPC village chief, and he sighed: "The children in the village also need schools, and the medical center should be repaired, and there is also the development of the back mountain... Alas, I have more than enough ambition but not enough power.
.”
Seeing that Brother Zhang didn't respond, the village chief's face turned red. He hesitated for a long time before he finally stopped beating around the bush. He clutched the tea cup tightly in his hand and said as if he had taken great courage: "
Can you please take care of your relationship with the village and help the village?"
"Oh." Brother Zhang finally understood what this NPC was planning to do, and he was still thinking about it. It turns out that NPC can be so roundabout when asking for money.
Of course he had no objection, not to mention in the game, even in reality he was better than Aladdin's magic lamp, so he pointed to the vegetables piled in the corner as high as a person: "Is that enough?"
The village chief stood up in confusion: "That's enough, that's enough. With this money, we will definitely make our village prosper!"
Just when Brother Zhang was still thinking about whether "carry forward" could be used in the village, twenty or thirty strong men had already poured in outside and began to move the gold frantically. Just like ants moving, they quickly moved the gold in the corner.
All the golden dishes were moved away.
Then the spawn point in the village suddenly disappeared, and fences appeared around the village. All online players within the range were transferred out of the village and entered a temporary safe zone for novice tasks, but Brother Zhang was not transferred.
Go out, because his entry is generated by the system, and this village upgrade is regional, so under the conflict, the high-level covers the low-level, and similarly there is a small rebellion against Tiangang.
The Novice Village started to be renovated, which lasted for six hours. Brother Zhang could see the countdown and the plan of the village from the notice board at the entrance of the village. He stood there and looked at it, but he didn't say anything. It just said that the village was under construction.
It lasts for six hours. After completion, the primary village will be upgraded to an intermediate village. The size of the village will be doubled, the number of resources it has will be doubled, the area that can be cultivated will be doubled, the daily output income will be doubled, etc.
Brother Zhang thought it was quite interesting, but he didn’t think much about it and then went offline.
He had nothing to do all night after he went offline, and was still fine the next morning. He didn't want to go back and see that troublesome Nian beast, so he simply put on his helmet and entered the game. However, after entering, the Novice Village was still being renovated, but
This time, it has been upgraded from a high-level village to a low-level township, with three hours remaining.
Because he couldn't do anything while upgrading the village, he went back to take a look at the fields in his yard. But as soon as he went back, he was shocked. The three large tile-roofed houses were now a courtyard. Although the golden part
It has not been expanded, and the yard in front where golden vegetables can be grown has not been expanded, but the yard behind the house has been expanded to a full three acres of land, and judging from this situation, it will probably be even larger after the primary township is completed.
Brother Zhang's yard has undoubtedly become the largest private estate in this place, and due to the expansion of the village, the estate that was originally on the edge of the village is now the center of the town, with many houses, shops and fields reserved outside.
It's like the stars are overtaking the moon, guarding the former village. Even the road under your feet has changed from an ordinary dirt road to a flat and wide cobblestone road, which makes it feel much more upscale.
When I came to the notice board and read it carefully, I discovered that after the village was upgraded to a township, the number of NPCs it could accommodate increased from 300 to 5,000, and it had new functions - a post station, a wine shop, a restaurant, a teahouse, and an embroidery room.
, inns and warehouses.
This also means that this place will become a hub for future transportation, and may even become the first main city experienced by early players.
Seeing this, Brother Zhang realized that his money is so useful. Although it cannot be exchanged normally, it can be invested in local construction. However, it seems that this kind of plot cannot be triggered independently. It has to be triggered by NPC to be effective. If you actively donate, it will not work.
Will not cause city upgrades.
Three hours later, the village maintenance was completed. Brother Zhang was forced offline and then back online. At this time, he found that he already had a four-story attic in his home. Although it was not golden, he could overlook the entire town from the top.
, but after watching his plot for a while, it was triggered. The local mayor, who was also the former village chief, came to the door of Brother Zhang's house with a group of NPCs and hung up a plaque of "The Home of the Most Good Person" in person.
Went up, and then there were firecrackers and dragon and lion dances, which looked really lively.
However, this confirms Brother Zhang’s reputation as the silly son of a landlord. Not to mention the players, even the NPCs are discussing this matter in private, because donating money to the local village actually has no benefits, except for gaining
There is no benefit to be gained from a plaque other than the plaque of the First Kindness Home.
At this time, Xiaoxiao also went online. She had been busy all day yesterday and didn't go online much. But she didn't expect that the scene in front of her when she went online shocked her. The scene in front of her was really unbelievable. Before she went offline yesterday,
It is still a shabby mountain village. When I went online today, I felt like I was in Qinghe County, and I just missed a stick falling from the window and hitting the official Ximen on the head.
"ah?"
Xiaoxiao looked around blankly, and the first reaction of people on the street when they saw her was to shout monsters and run away. She didn't care about this, but she had no idea when she left the village.
This doubt was dispelled when she saw Brother Zhang, because Brother Zhang was sitting on the front steps of his home, holding his chin in one hand and looking at the busy traffic outside. Next to him was a stone lion, and behind the door
It's the small familiar golden house, and that outrageous golden vegetable patch.
"Brother Zhang, where is this?"
"Novice Village." Brother Zhang replied: "Now it is Novice Town."
How should I put it? Although it is not grand and magnificent, and cannot be compared with big cities like Bianliang, Luoyang, Changan, Lin'an, and Hefei, it is quite shocking that a "Qinghe County" suddenly pops up in this corner. Plus,
Because the area has become larger, more NPCs and players are seen on the road, and the most intuitive feeling is that there have been configurations such as Xiang Yong and Xiang Jun on the road that were once impossible to see. Although the primary towns are still
There is no city wall, but it does look impressive.
"Ah, it will grow!"
The little surprise made Brother Zhang laugh, because this was something he had not expected, because no previous game guide included content that allowed players to fund the construction of towns.
But it seems that everyone is not paying much attention to it, because the map is too big, there will be a safe zone at any point on the map, and there are many big cities. Some players were born in big cities at the beginning, while some were born in small villages.
Players almost never look back at the small broken village they walked out of, so new players take it for granted. Old players have already left the novice village, and no one cares about the changes in this place.
But the Chunjiang Plumbing Duck is a prophet. If there is even a slight change in the village, the village guard will definitely be the first to know. As one of the village guards, Xiaoxiao can finally stop looking at those monotonous scenes and start walking around this small town.
He got up, and Brother Zhang came to the small pond, but at this time, the Ono Pond had become a landscape in the city, with a small pavilion on top and willow trees planted around it.
There is a teahouse just by the lake. The tea inside is twelve cents a pot. The person setting up the stall is actually a player instead of an NPC. Brother Zhang chatted with him and he said that he had no talent for gaming. In reality, he was just a tea seller.
Play this game when you have nothing to do. If you don’t understand anything else, just go to the store every day to buy some tea, and then make the tea yourself and sell it. Not only players will consume here, but many NPCs will also drink tea here. At the end of the day, you can
Make a lot of money.
Only then did Brother Zhang understand how high the degree of freedom in this game was. It turned out that he could really accomplish everything he wanted to accomplish in this world, but unfortunately his natural luck restricted his development. Otherwise, Brother Zhang would be better or worse.
I need to go out and explore the world.
But soon Brother Zhang discovered that there seemed to be an extra icon on his UI. He clicked on it and found that it turned out to be a city development index. It was densely packed with city names. If you click on any one, you can see the content inside, such as
Demographic structure divisions, birth rate, death rate, number of businessmen, number of farmers, resource output, development direction, etc.
He finally found the city he was in. This place had an unpretentious name called Stone Town, and the explanation in the entry was "This city is not a native city but a new city developed by players. It was formed from Stone Village."
Expanded."
Brother Zhang couldn't help but get excited when he saw the introduction above, but he didn't seem to be able to change the city's development strategy. He just had a summoning function. He didn't know what it was, so he pressed it...
Nothing happened after pressing the button, but when he went back, he found that the mayor (former village chief), the village chief and more than ten people had gathered at the door of his house. They all bowed their hands very politely after seeing him.
waist.
Only then did Brother Zhang realize what this call meant...
He invited people to his home, and then began to listen to the mayor's report. Brother Zhang tried to make some suggestions. Some of the contents the mayor agreed to, and as long as he agreed, the contents would soon be displayed on the form.
At this time, Brother Zhang discovered that he, as a major shareholder, actually had the ability to change some of the city's decisions, and he could also see the city's financial situation. Now the city's finances were in surplus. He felt that only when there was a fiscal deficit
May trigger construction tasks.
"We are located in the hinterland, so we should make every effort to develop transportation and rice grains," the mayor said.
After he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Brother Zhang. Brother Zhang shook his head. The mayor immediately changed his words and said: "In the land of mountains and forests, fruit trees should be planted mainly."
Brother Zhang suddenly realized with a slap on his forehead that it was his turn to make a decision. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Can we build a barracks and send out machine gunners?"
The village chief looked at him in confusion for a while, then twirled his beard and said: "This method is very quick. The mountains here are bound to be prone to bandits, so it is not a bad idea to set up a camp."
"Can we use machine gunners?" Brother Zhang asked seriously.
"Lancers are not allowed. Spearmen are suitable for fighting on the plains. There are many mountains here, so they are more suitable for warriors with swords."
"Machine gunners, not gunners, machine guns!" Brother Zhang corrected.
The village chief still shook his head, looking troubled: "Lancers are really not suitable for mountains."
Brother Zhang fell silent. It seemed that they were unable to recognize things beyond the cognition of the times. Otherwise, when the time came to talk about machine gunners, they would start talking about dragon knights, which would be a bit off-putting.
"Then let's take the Pu Dao..." Brother Zhang glanced at the mayor and then at his yard full of golden vegetables: "Is there any money shortage?"