Chapter 912 The power of the princes: Reset counties and counties

Lord?

I'm not anymore!

Emperor Wu of Han kept savoring this sentence in his mind, not only because of A Niu's inadvertent confidence and calmness, but also because of his decisive determination to rule the world. Emperor Wu of Han vaguely felt that "Brother Niu" seemed to be different from before. The "hiding his strength and raising his lowliness" strategy that Fengxiang City had long followed officially came to an end from this moment.

The unconcealed joy in his eyes fully demonstrates that this change was something that Emperor Wu of Han was happy to see.

Emperor Wu of Han was not a militant. The examples of selfless disclosure of the secrets of the generals who changed their positions in the past were enough to prove the character of Emperor Wu of Han. Logically speaking, people with this character may be more likely to become an idealist who loves peace. Emperor Wu of Han did not like to cause trouble, but don’t forget that he and A Niu established a friendship in the early stage of the game. Over the years, Emperor Wu of Han witnessed almost all the hardships and challenges that Feng Xiang had encountered. In private, he was constantly putting Feng Xiang in a dangerous situation and was unfair.

"It's getting late, let's go back."

"If there is nothing else, everyone will stay in Fengxiang City for a few days first. I need to deal with the matters in the territory first. After a while, I will discuss things with everyone..." A Niu said lightly.

The romantic and elegant Zhao Long and Emperor Wu of Han nodded slowly.

When the city gate was looking at it, Zhao Long's communication bracelet lit up. After saying a few words, Zhao Long became a little embarrassed, "That... I have to go out first and pick me up... Wuyan has entered Qi State, and a girl has traveled thousands of miles to come here. We have to express our feelings? There was no need for me to go at all, but A Niu just came back, and Hanwu seems to be very busy recently. I, a local snake, had to reluctantly stand up for you and do my best to do the friendship of the landlords..."

A certain city lord and Emperor Wu of Han smiled at each other, but did not expose this guy's fake public service.

"Go."

"If you receive someone, don't rush back. If you see the two of you looking like they are nowhere to be around, you will be covered with goosebumps tomorrow."

Zhao Long laughed and walked away with great strides.

As soon as he entered the city, he saw a redirected official waiting there. When A Niu entered the city, the redirected official hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Deputy City Lord Chen has just returned from Liangzhou. Mr. Pang took him to the city lord's office first. Mr. Lu and Deputy City Lord Sun were also there. Just wait for the lord to come over and then we can start."

Just after returning from Liangzhou, the "Deputy City Lord Chen" mentioned by the officials naturally refers to Chen Gong.

"I'll go there now."

As soon as A Niu came back, Feng Xiang's wise and conspiring people gathered together to discuss overnight. Even Chen Gong was recalled. What was discussed was obviously extraordinary. Considering the turbulent period, it is not difficult to imagine that this discussion may involve Feng Xiang's development strategy and major layout in the next period of time. In this case, it is best for people outside the territory to avoid it.

Emperor Wu of Han was about to say goodbye, but he heard A Niu say, "Come here too."

"This...this isn't that good?" Emperor Wu of Han was stunned.

"I don't care. You don't have so many concerns."

Seeing that Emperor Wu of Han was still hesitant, A Niu smiled and said, "After players become princes, they will have more benefits. It would be okay to explain them specifically to you in the future. But I am getting lazy and I will never want to say it again if I can explain it clearly at once. When you finish this meeting, you will have a general understanding of these things. Unfortunately, Wuyan has not arrived yet, otherwise you can also attend. After you figure it out, you will talk to Wuyan on your behalf, which will save me some time."

"Let's go."

This kind of internal meeting where core figures of the territory participated was not a taboo. It is not difficult to see how much Emperor Wu of Han was in A Niu's mind.

Emperor Wu of Han felt warm, "Okay."

City Lord's Office.

When he saw A Niu, Chen Gong and others stood up quickly, but Lu Zhi sat upright and smiled without pulling his beard, which was a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Mi Zhu stood beside Lu Zhi. Although he was a newcomer who had just joined the territory, how could Mi Family, the identity of Mi Family as the legitimate son of the family in Donghai, shouldn't be humiliated? Mi Family invested huge sums of money to be promoted to the throne of Prime Minister of Qi, and most of them were grateful for this friendship. In addition, Mi Zhu was good at dealing with people, and his peaceful and humble temperament could easily leave people's favor. Although Mi Zhu joined Fengxiang for a short time, he quickly gained everyone's trust.

When Emperor Wu of Han followed A Niu into the city lord's office, Pang Tong and others were just a little surprised and didn't say much.

A Niu nodded to everyone and signaled everyone to sit down separately. Then he quickly got to the topic: "We are all here, Pang Tong will talk about the situation of the previous battle first."

"yes."

Pang Tong stood up and said in a deep voice: "In the previous battle with Qingzhou Prefecture, 11 affiliated territories were successively captured and destroyed. Longhu Town, Wuwei Town and Builai Town were all damaged to varying degrees; the weapons and equipment accumulated by the territory for a long time consumed nearly 70% of them, and all the defending tools of wooden men were scrapped; the defense warfare of the subordinate territories, guerrilla warfare, naval warfare, and pursuit warfare at the end of the war, more than 30,000 soldiers were killed on our side - including reinforcements sent by famous cities in Qi State. No matter from any perspective, the price we paid was unprecedentedly heavy!"

"Of course, due to Zang Hong's head-on attack at all costs, the enemy suffered much more losses than us."

Pang Tong's voice became deeper and deeper, and people seemed to have returned to the difficult years that were unbearable to look back on. In the office, there was a solemn atmosphere.

“Compared with what we get, all the efforts are worth it!”

"The plans we have repeatedly pondered are realized one by one."

"Under the absolute disadvantage, we defeated a terrible enemy, defeated an enemy who was determined to be in the death of Fengxiang, and we gained the right to continue to develop and grow. Through this battle, a group of potential enemies with bad intentions towards Fengxiang City were exposed, giving us the opportunity to catch up with them. We not only stabilized our position in Qi, but also obtained Donglai County and two other county towns. Finally, the trip to Jizhou of the lord and Feiyi Camp also achieved the predetermined goal, started, and started..." Pang Tong paused and glanced at Emperor Wu of Han with a faint look.

Pang Tong knew very well about Aniu's friendship with Emperor Wu of Han, and also understood that Aniu suddenly invited Emperor Wu of Han to attend this time, which clearly did not regard the other party as an outsider, but the excavation of the Yellow Turban treasure was the biggest secret of Fengxiang's battle, and it was of great importance. Pang Tong was not sure whether Aniu was willing to let Emperor Wu of Han know about this matter. In order to keep it a secret, the true intention of the Feiyi Camp to sneak into Jizhou did not inform Emperor Wu of Han and Zhao Long before. The two only said that Aniu was to carry out guerrillas in the hinterland of Jizhou when necessary, forcing Yuan Shao to withdraw from Qingzhou.

"The Yellow Turban Treasure has been opened."

Emperor Wu of Han said in a lost voice: "Yellow...Yellow Turban Treasure!"

A city lord smiled faintly, ignored Emperor Wu of Han's wide eyes and said easily: "It's all forced out, and it's a fight. You know, in order to become the Prime Minister of Qi, Feng Xiang was carrying a lot of debts. If he couldn't get Zhang Jiao's treasure, Feng Xiang was in danger of bankruptcy. It is inevitable that he would be deeply trapped in the quagmire in the future, but it would probably drag your development."

Emperor Wu of Han was speechless.

A Niu understood that the news of the Yellow Turban treasure brought him would take time to digest the stimulation he had brought. He turned to Sun Liang and said, "Have you counted the things I brought back from Jizhou?"

"not yet."

Sun Liang stood up, his eyes were extremely bright, and he said excitedly: "There are too many things, it takes more time. Within two days, the accurate numbers will be reported to the lord."

"Is it enough to make up for our losses?" This is the question that A Niu is most concerned about.

"Enough! It should be enough!" Sun Liang said affirmatively and smiled relaxedly.

"That's good."

A Niu smiled with satisfaction, a stone fell on his heart, and turned to everyone, "Although the Yellow Turban Treasure can bring us huge wealth, the treasure will always be used up for one day. In my opinion, the value of the treasure is far less than that of the city and population. Convincing Kong Beihai to take up the position of Qingzhou Governor and successfully win Donglai County and two additional counties for the territory is the greatest benefit we have achieved in this war, which is directly related to Fengxiang's future development!"

"Sir, thank you for your hard work."

A Niu stood up and bowed to Lu Zhi as a courtesy. Lu Zhi smiled indifferently and accepted it calmly.

"Zang Hong was destroyed; Zhang Chao fled back to Guangling, which was not worth worrying; although Yuan Shao was angry that he was used by us, he had no choice but to do anything to us due to the armistice agreement... In the future, Fengxiang will usher in a rare period of development. It is urgent to integrate the resources of Qi and Donglai County to enhance its strength. Arrangements must be made as soon as possible. To summon everyone to discuss together tonight, mainly for this matter."

Seeing that everyone was listening with a slanted look, A Niu took a deep breath and continued: "Although we had operated multiple lines before, Fengxiang, Long Fei and Luoyang were all launched at the same time, the purpose was only a city, and a small fight was not a big scene. It is also the latest thing that we have done to temporarily take charge of Henan Yin after the reconstruction of Luoyang is completed. According to the report sent back by Luoyang, Henan Yin's affairs are so complicated and complicated, far beyond previous imagination. Although the territory has sent a large number of people to Henan Yin, Chen Shuo is still under great pressure."

"A broken Henan Yin is like this, let alone Qi State and Donglai County? Qingzhou is our foundation. Unlike Henan Yin's temporary management, the governance of Qi State and Donglai County must be selected to be responsible. If we are so anxious to find everyone, we must re-arrange our future division of labor."

A Niu looked calm, and everyone knew that he had already had a curse and listened attentively.

"Public Platform", A Niu's eyes fell on Chen Gong.

"Subordinate is here."

"At the beginning, we built Longfei City based on the special terrain of Babao Valley. In a few years, the defense system of Babao Valley has been roughly completed and the special territory has developed well. Longfei has a secret channel connecting Liangzhou and the Qiang people's world. The trade between the Heqi Chamber of Commerce and the Qiang people has developed rapidly. The profits earned from the Qiang world account for 50% of the Chamber of Commerce's operating profits. It is not difficult to see how important Longfei's existence is to Fengxiang's development."

"Long Fei can be today, and the Gongtai has made great contributions."

Chen Gong was so moved that he couldn't speak, and murmured: "Lord..."

A city lord smiled and waved his hand, continuing: "Although Long Fei is very important, it is just a city and a military stronghold. Han Sui couldn't take off several fierce attacks. Now Long Fei City is high and thick, so he is not afraid of foreign attacks. Moreover, we have a good relationship with Ma Teng, and there is Shaodang Qiang as a support at the other end of the Babao Valley. Long Fei's city is as solid as a soup. In this case, putting the official platform on Long Fei would be useless."

"Cheng Gongying is steady in his work, both civil and military, and can replace Chen Gong and be fully responsible for Long Fei's affairs."

——Everyone knows that Cheng Gongying has been working with Long Fei since surrendering and rarely has the opportunity to show off her talents in front of a city lord. This decision once again proves A Niu's "regardless of qualifications, he only has talent" style of employing people, and also gives those talents who joined Fengxiang later, a clear signal.

"Public Terminal, Donglai County will leave it to you."

"For a long time, I will not seek a tiny cent, a cent, a soldier, and not only that, most of the money, grain and material earned by the territory will be invested in Donglai. You have only one task, that is, construction. Qi State is the foundation for Fengxiang's survival, and Donglai is the key to Fengxiang's development and growth. Whether we can achieve the goals we set depends to a large extent on the development of Donglai." A Niu Zhengrong said.

As A Niu's most trusted confidant adviser, Chen Gong obviously knew that he would change his position. In fact, Chen Gong was one of the developers of the personnel adjustment plan. Cheng Gongying took over Long Fei was based on his recommendation. Chen Gong knew Feng Xiang's entire development plan and knew very well how heavy the burden on his shoulders was.

"Don't worry, lord, the palace will do its best! Now you hand it over to me in the 12 Donglai counties. As long as the funds can be in place in time, I am sure that within five years, the number of Donglai County will double!" Chen Gong said in a deep voice.

Emperor Wu of Han was stunned and said in surprise: "The number of county towns doubled~ Brother Niu, what's going on?"

“Reset counties.”

"Simply put, it is to strengthen one's own strength by building and upgrading new NPC settlements. Unlike the lord players' territory, the NPC settlements built by the princes in their jurisdiction (note: these settlements refer to system towns, not affiliated territories), which were first-class cities. When such cities are upgraded to first-class capitals, as long as certain basic conditions are met, they can be defined as county towns and become famous cities recognized by the system."

"This is a unique right of the princes. If you also want to try to build a brand new famous city, you have to work harder." A Niu said with a faint smile, as if he was just talking about a trivial matter that was insignificant.

Emperor Wu of Han was speechless.

Although A Niu spoke calmly, Emperor Wu of Han understood the true meaning of "resetting counties and counties".

Before this, the system towns in the game were basically fixed, and may be destroyed by war, but new system towns never appeared out of thin air. System towns have always decreased and not increased. This diagnosis is in principle applicable to all NPC towns from villages to royal capital. Henan Yin, where Luoyang is located, is a ready-made example. If A Niu had not received the task of "rebuilding Luoyang" by chance, Henan Yin would probably be in ruins.

Whether the system towns increase or decrease is not much related to the players, but it is quite closely related to the princes.

The population and taxes of the princes mostly come from the system towns within their jurisdiction. The more system towns and the larger the scale, the more resources the princes have mastered. In fact, the number and scale of the system towns are directly linked to the strength of the princes!

——Yuan Shu only occupies one county in Nanyang, but his edge is better than most princes (including some governors). He was even recognized as the most powerful prince for a time, not because Yuan Shu came from a famous family, but because Nanyang is a highly economically developed county with 36 counties under his jurisdiction. If we ignore the two county towns cedeed by Kong Rong, the number of county towns in Qi and Donglai combined is only half that of Nanyang.

This is the gap!

Creating and upgrading the system town means that the power of the players and princes is likely to be constantly increasing, rather than what everyone previously thought: "If you do not expand externally, you can only stay on the spot."

Emperor Wu of Han's eyes lit up.

Emperor Wu of Han did not like to fight. He was a pacifist and he wanted to fight and kill. He had famous general Gao Lan and strong support A Niu, but he almost did not plunder the troops outside, which was enough to explain the problem. Besides, there were so many great people in the game. Emperor Wu of Han did not think that he could become a player prince one day, but if he became a prince, he could build a brand new famous city named by himself, which seemed to be a very interesting thing.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you that building a new city is not as simple as you thought." A Niu sighed.

"how?"

A Niu's next words directly extinguished half of Emperor Wu of Han's enthusiasm for building a famous city.

The amount required to build a new city is 10 million yuan, which is enough to make any prince foam at the mouth. If it weren't for this, those NPC princes would have built a large-scale construction in their respective jurisdictions. Considering that the new city was a first-class city, it would be worth it to skip the two major stages of villages and townships, and it could only be performed once a month. This directly eliminated the dream of producing new counties with a large amount of wealth and energy.

A first-class city to a first-class capital requires four upgrades...

Fortunately, the upgrade fee of the new city is quite reasonable. If everything goes well, theoretically it will take as long as five months to successfully build a county. The construction period of some cities is very long, such as the city wall...

In addition to the funding and construction cycle, a new famous city needs to be considered: whether there is enough idle land in the jurisdiction. The more idle land, the more you can provide more city construction addresses. Moreover, it is not a matter of upgrading the new city to a first-level capital. If the city becomes a famous city (county town) recognized by the system, it must also be equipped with a certain number of villages and towns.

It's wrong to run naked...

Due to the density of the town and the size of the jurisdiction in Qi, Fengxiang is located, there is not much room for development. This is also one of the main reasons why A Niu chose to take Donglai County into account!

System villages and towns can also be built. It takes 100,000 and 1 million yuan to build a system village and town, respectively, and there is no cooling time limit and can be mass-produced. If the princes are short of money and have enough system villages and towns, internal adjustments can be made to allocate excess low-level strongholds to the new city to help the new city quickly gain system recognition.

Emperor Wu of Han smiled bitterly. The famous city was indeed not so easy to build, but he still made up his mind: If possible, he must build a famous city!

Thinking of the possible benefits of adding a famous city, sparks burst out in Emperor Wu of Han's eyes.
Chapter completed!