With the "Points and Surplus Grain", Hua spent 400 points to upgrade both the houses and workshops to the intermediate level. Then he flipped through the list of building facilities and the viewpoint fell on an option.

[Pigeal cabin, the construction of this facility will cultivate pigeons. The pigeons fly within 400 kilometers. The building requires 100 points, and the palace will be upgraded to the Bronze Age Intermediate level]

Hua didn't think much about it, there was already a pigeon cabin next to the palace in the city. He took advantage of the rare opportunity that all the bamboo bow hunters were in the city and spent 10 points to upgrade them all to strong bow hunters.

...

Summer is coming soon and the weather is getting hotter. Hua and the children jumped into the river to play and play, playing and play. At this time, he was like a child king, doing things that suited his age. The boys were shirtless and swam back and forth in the river under the still vicious sun in the afternoon. The girls were soaking in the water in their bellybands, crowded in the shadow of the wooden bridge to cool off.

The soldiers on vacation in the military camp also jumped into the river to play with water, but these soldiers in the system would always maintain a humble attitude towards China, so they were all under the water far away from China.

Although they were system soldiers, Hua believed that they were also flesh and blood conscious humans, so among the civilians, some folk artists, including storytellers, jugglers, song singers, and of course single women who lived in the city.

Living in the city means not having to work in the fields. In addition to basic guarantees, they can also earn Chinese coins paid by soldiers - a bronze coins minted by Huayi Workshop. This coins can be exchanged for some jerky meat, dried wild fruits mainly dried apricots, and even luxury supplies such as wine. In addition, Hua also promised that after the expansion of the Xia Kingdom in the future, this coins can be used to purchase private land.

This currency was originally distributed to indigenous farmers as work. The distribution was based on the village chief's assessment of their work. But after Hua knew about this, he immediately corrected this practice. He wanted to allocate the farmlands for each household according to the number of adult males in each household and allocate the tasks of grain. During the autumn harvest, coins will be rewarded based on the degree of completion of the task. Those who have not completed and have no reasonable reasons can only be given the minimum allocation in the next year.

...

"One, two, three... up!" Hua and a few half-grown boys put away the fishing nets blocking the river. A large net of fresh fish that was jumping out of the water and was dragged onto the river bank. The children jumped happily beside the pile of fish.

At this time, four hunters with two wooden composite bows and bronze daggers on their waists raised a wild boar into the city. Seeing Hua by the river, they removed the wild boar and bowed to Hua together, and said to him, "I have seen the Lord, and I have been ordered to complete the task and come to report. On the way back, when I met this beast, I beat him and presented it to the Lord."

Hua smiled and praised him a few words. He ordered people to distribute most of the fish to families in Beicun who were pregnant or had children. He also asked someone to divide the wild boar into two halves, half to the people in Nancun, and half to the hunters and soldiers in the city to enjoy, and give them a jar of wine. The hunters cheered and thanked him.

Although the mutes in Nancun were hard labor, Hua never treated them badly in terms of food. On the contrary, because they were laboring heavily, they usually received more meat.

After giving these instructions, he asked the four hunters to follow him to a side room in the hall to narrate.

Following Hua's instructions, the four of them went south along Rushui a few days ago and sent two carrier pigeons to Yi Boliang. On the return trip, they carefully investigated the forces in the Ru River Valley from Huayi to Yingguo, and now they reported the situations they had arrived at to Hua.

...

"Wow...Wow" A newborn baby cries from the night sky in Beicun. This is another baby born in Xia Kingdom.

[Ding…”Main Mission 5: The territory’s population reaches one thousand people” is completed, congratulations to the Lord for obtaining 400 points]

Hua did not hear the system prompt sound because he was sleeping soundly. At this moment, a palace servant entered his bedroom and woke him up.

Looking at Hua, who was sleepy and half-heated, the palace servant said, "Lord forgives the sins, Mr. Mai will report an emergency."

Mr. Mai is the businessman who travels back and forth between Huayi and Qibashi City with a caravan, and is also Hua's God of Wealth.

Hua immediately got up and dressed neatly, and walked into the side room of the outer hall. When he saw Mr. Mai, Hua was shocked. The other party was dressed in torn clothes, his face was covered in blood, and he limped.

At this time, Mr. Mai had already kneeled down on the ground, his face wrinkled like a walnut, and he said crying: "I hope the Lord will forgive me for your sins. The villain is not good at dealing with things well, and the caravan has been robbed!"

Hua calmed down and said slowly: "Don't panic, just talk slowly."

It turned out that when Mr. Mai's caravan was delivered to Qibashi City, he was robbed and killed by nearly 300 unknown armed forces before he arrived in Yingguo. Ten Shinge infantry and ten horned bow archers who were escorting the goods to fight to the death and escorted Mr. Mai to break out. However, all the goods and carriage drivers were lost. The coachman was killed. Five archers and five infantry were killed. The remaining ten soldiers were also injured to varying degrees. They have now settled in the military camp and received treatment from witch doctors.

"Who do you think it will be?"

"These people are well-equipped, not like Yi people. Huaiyi generally does not cross Funiu Mountain to the west and enter the Ru River Valley. Will they be bandits?"

Hua shook his head and said, "It is impossible that it is a bandit. Most of the bandits are formed by a small number of escaped slaves. They hide in the ravine and live a savage life. They are lucky enough to meet a few lonely pedestrians in a year to rob and kill them."

After stopping, Hua continued: "There are young and strong escaped slaves with a scale of 300 people, relatively well-equipped equipment, and so organized that they will build their own country. What kind of bandits?"

Mr. Mai looked at him in surprise at this moment and said in a dismay: "Is it because some countries on the side are eyeing us? But which country on the side is interested in this little money and does such a thing?"

Hua thought, [That's true, something about 30,000 yuan looks very expensive to an individual, but for a country, even the smallest country, it is not a big deal, so there is no need to do such a thing. Who is it? What is it? You can only search for lost goods as clues]

Thinking of this, Hua sent Mr. Mai away, summoned several powerful arch hunters, and gave such instructions.

...

In early autumn, Hua was walking and checking in the basin behind the city, his nose was filled with the smell of grain. The country road paved with pebbles in the Ru water and gravel were covered with golden millet valleys. It seems that there will be no problem with a bumper harvest this year.

A pigeon clerk hurriedly chased after him, "The Lord, there is a letter from the city of Qibashi."

Hua took a brocade, slowly opened it and looked at it for a few seconds, and said to himself: "It's Yingguo, but why do they do this?"

Just yesterday, a Ying Guoren sneaked to Qibashi City to sell fifty hoes. The businessman, Mr. Wan, who stayed in Qibashi City, had already made the bosses who received goods pay attention to the farm tools with special marks through the connections he had accumulated in the past, and naturally discovered this matter immediately.

He immediately notified several hunters who were investigating the matter with Qibashi City as a base, and intercepted the person halfway. After torture and torture, the truth was found. This person was a small guard (little officer) in the garrison of Yingguo. In Xia Shi, they sent them out to complete a task and robbed and killed a caravan of Fangguo.

During the process of returning, the little guard was greedy for money and kept some farm tools from the goods he escorted and buried them. Unexpectedly, after a while, he was taken by Mr. Wan and others. He is now on the way to Huayi.

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Data summary so far in this chapter:

【Points: 428】

[System population: including 50 farmers, 10 strong bow hunters, 2 businessmen, witch doctors, 10 bronze shield guards, 10 long halberd warriors: 100, horned bow shooters: 95, 45 shield and infantrymen, total 315 people]

[Population balance: 2743]
Chapter completed!