Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Great Xia, Year One, April 21st.

The wooden building is finally completed!

The notice from the Artisan Department was issued during the day, so as soon as night fell, a massive crowd surged towards the wooden building.

"These four walls are mixed with a lot of iron, they look so sturdy!"

"I've inquired, all the connecting joints of this wooden building use iron, and each wall averages 120,000 catties of iron."

"Hiss... 120,000 catties? When we were at Five Ape Mountain, our annual mining output was only over 200,000, and this one wall used so much!"

"Hehe, how can your Zhu River compare to Great Xia? Do you know how much iron ore Great Xia mined in the past month alone?"

"How much?"

"900,000 catties!"

"Hiss..."

Hearing this number, Zhu Meng's pupils dilated. Looking back, he realized that his father, Zhu Xing, was also dumbfounded, his mouth remaining open for a long time.

It was no wonder. Although their Zhu River camp had twenty-one Earth Piercing Realm cultivators qualified for mining, they didn't have gnawing chisels. On average, each person could only mine about a hundred catties a day, and it was impossible to mine every day. Therefore, an annual mining output of about one hundred thousand was already very good.

900,000 catties of iron ore in a month, what kind of concept was that!

"I heard that there will be even more this month. Lord Yuwen previously set the rule that every Earth Piercing Realm cultivator must hand in 5,000 catties of coal and 2,500 catties of iron every month. Do you know how many Earth Piercing Realm cultivators our camp has now?"

Everyone turned to look at the speaker, their eyes revealing a hint of curiosity.

The man slowly extended his palm, opened five fingers, and smiled: "I heard that it's almost five hundred. If we calculate based on five hundred, think about how much iron and coal our camp will mine in the next month, respectively?"

500 Earth Piercing Realm cultivators!

Before everyone could start calculating, they were shocked by this number.

Especially Zhu Xing, Xiao Kangcheng, Chen Hua, and the others who had recently come from Five Ape Mountain. Besides being amazed, a hint of complexity flashed across their faces.

Having all been leaders, they were very clear about what this number represented.

"2.5 million catties of coal, 1.25 million catties of iron, hiss..."

After someone calculated the mining output of iron and coal, the crowd instantly stirred restlessly.

"No wonder this wooden building can use so much iron. The four walls add up to 480,000 catties, which is almost one-third of a month's mining output."

"I heard that this wooden building can even withstand the cold beast tide. In the future, it can be brightly lit even during the day. I wonder if we can get a room."

"Everyone should be able to get one. Let's go, let's go, let's go in and take a look quickly!"

"Let's go, let's go in, today we can look around freely."

"Look, Lord Si Cheng has already led people in. We'll be assigned rooms later."

…

The massive crowd all walked in through the gate. The wooden building, 200 meters long and wide, was instantly filled with people.

The overall structure of this wooden building was actually the same as the previous one.

The only biggest difference was the materials used.

This was also exceptionally obvious inside the wooden building.

Therefore, whether it was the original thousand-plus people of Great Xia, or the more than twenty thousand people who came from Mirror Immortal and Five Ape Mountain, they all couldn't help but exclaim after entering the wooden building.

"Except for the first floor, the floors on the second and third floors are all paved with a mixture of iron sheets and wood."

"The circular suspended staircase in the middle is also forged from iron."

"The twelve load-bearing pillars are all forged from pure iron, tsk, how heavy must they be!"

"The Raging Sun Cauldron is directly suspended in the center and can be moved up and down."

"Hiss, such thick iron chains. The iron chains we used to defend against the cold beast tide before weren't even half as thick as this."

"Didn't Lord Mu Si Zheng say before that the defense of this wooden building is more than ten times stronger than the previous one!"

"No wonder they said that we won't be afraid even during the day in the future. Living in here, we won't be afraid even if the cold beasts really come."

…

The matter of Great Xia resisting the cold beast tide had already spread so many days ago.

The three thousand-plus people who came from Mirror Immortal were fine, but nearly twenty thousand people from Five Ape Mountain, not to mention the cold beast tide, most of them hadn't even seen a cold beast pack of more than three. Knowing that the wooden building they would live in in the future could resist the cold beast tide, the excitement in their hearts was imaginable.

Except for the top floor, the first and second floors could be visited freely. More than twenty thousand people came in and quickly dispersed to various places, checking on their own. Some busybodies even began to study which room would be more comfortable to live in.

While everyone was visiting the first and second floors, on the top floor, Xia Chuan was leading the six Department Heads, along with Xia Hong, to inspect the completed third floor.

The central hall on the top floor.

No, it shouldn't be called a hall.

This should be called a palace.

The vermilion gate; the wooden floor carved with beast patterns; looking up, there was a golden dome, obviously painted with lacquer made from powder ground from Golden Frost Wood; around the hall were also placed sixteen two-meter-high cold beast statues carved from beast bones, those statues were even ingeniously colored, with different shapes and lifelike appearances;

In the center of the hall was the Raging Sun Cauldron, the entrance to the surrounding suspended staircase had been blocked, obviously not intending to let people enter and exit at will.

Besides the suspended staircase, there was only one entrance to the hall, which was the vermilion gate on the west side, where Xia Hong and the others had just come from.

Around the Raging Sun Cauldron were four load-bearing pillars that ran through from the first floor, unlike the eight pillars distributed in other parts of the wooden building, these four, like the top, were also painted with a layer of gold paint.

If these things only made the hall a bit solemn;

Then the five-meter-wide high platform raised by ten steps on the inner side of the east side of the hall added a bit of dignity to it;

And the wide golden chair on the high platform added a bit of sacred meaning to the entire hall.

That chair was also golden, but unlike the golden color of the top of the hall and the load-bearing pillars, it was a golden color with texture. Everyone could tell with their naked eyes that it was made by polishing and splicing large pieces of beast bones, and then applying thick gold paint on the outside, which finally presented such an effect.

The chair had a square backrest. Only the 1.5-meter part above the seat cushion was carved with more than a dozen miniature cold beast patterns; the armrests on both sides were carved with a small, fanged, clawing Flood Dragon, the Flood Dragon's head was just at the front end of the armrest, the posture of roaring forward was lifelike and full of domineering.

And the wall behind this chair was not empty either.

On the wall was carved a huge map of the Great Xia territory, people in the hall could see it clearly with just a glance.

"Mu Dong, your craftsmanship is getting better and better!"

Hearing Xia Hong's praise, Mu Dong's uneasy mood suddenly relaxed.

"Thank you, Head Leader, for the praise!"

After he spoke, he thought of something and continued: "Head Leader, Lord Si Cheng said that this hall will be used for the camp's special discussions in the future, so it took a lot of effort. Behind the hall is your room, why not go and take a look now? If anything is missing, we can add it."

Looking at the expectation in Mu Dong's eyes, Xia Hong immediately guessed that his room was probably even more exaggerated than this hall. He chuckled and shook his head: "I'll go into the room myself to take a look. Everyone is still waiting to be assigned rooms. You should have a lot to do today, go and get busy!"

Hearing the occasional noise from downstairs, Xia Chuan nodded, excused himself, and led everyone to open the entrance to the hall's suspended staircase and walked down.

Xia Hong pushed open the door on the east wall and walked into his room.

…

"Everyone, gather in the main hall, Lord Si Cheng has something to announce!"

"Everyone, gather in the main hall, Lord Si Cheng has something to announce!"

…

On the first and second floors of the wooden building, a series of repeated announcements rang out in the corridors. Everyone who was visiting in various places heard the sound and rushed towards the main hall.

After the tour, the next thing should be the room assignment!

Everyone was mentally prepared, and when they walked towards the main hall, they were full of expectations, and their faces naturally showed a strong joy.

Soon, more than 20,000 people all gathered in the main halls on the first and second floors. The main halls were all 50 meters wide. Even with two floors, more than 23,000 people came at the same time, which was naturally extremely crowded.

Soon, not only the main hall, but also the corridors around the main hall, along with the suspended staircase in the middle, were filled with people.

Everyone who came saw Xia Chuan standing above the suspended staircase on the second floor, holding a booklet in his hand.

Guessing that the booklet was the list for room assignments later, everyone couldn't help but show a look of anticipation on their faces.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xia Chuan turned his head and glanced at Yuan Cheng.

Yuan Cheng understood and immediately stepped forward, shouting loudly:

"Silence, everyone, silence!"

"Silence, everyone, silence!"

"Silence, everyone, silence!"

Yuan Cheng's basic strength was also close to the limit of 30,000 catties. When he shouted loudly, his voice was extremely penetrating. These three consecutive shouts, let alone the 20,000 to 30,000 people in the main hall, even the entire corridor on the first floor could hear clearly.

More than 20,000 people quieted down, and the entire wooden building was instantly silent.

Xia Chuan walked to the center of the suspended staircase and said loudly: "The wooden building has been completed, everyone should be impatient, I won't talk nonsense, let's start the distribution directly.

The entire wooden building is divided into three floors, the top floor has 100 rooms, the second floor has 280, and the first floor has 360, excluding the Head Leader's room, there are a total of 739 rooms.

Excluding the Head Leader, there are 23,230 people in the entire camp, a total of 5,821 family households, with a population of 19,212 people, and the remaining 4,018 are unmarried individual households.

There are only 739 rooms in total, so we will give priority to distributing them according to family households, with an average of nine to ten households living in one room, with a total number of about 610 rooms;

Then the remaining individual households will be assigned according to gender, with an average of 31 people living in one room, with a total number of 129 rooms.

"The distribution this time is roughly like this. Later, Qiu Peng, the Director of the Camp Logistics Department, will post the entire distribution list at the entrance of the wooden building. You can find your assigned rooms according to the list. Did everyone understand?"

"Understood!"

"Hahaha, as long as we can move in."

"Understood, Sir!"

… … … … … …

As Xia Chuan's voice faded, responses rose and fell below. The majority of people's faces were filled with smiles, clearly very satisfied.

But there were still a small number of people with furrowed brows and puzzled expressions.

"Each room houses ten households, and ten households have at least nearly thirty people. Sir Director, wouldn't that be a little too crowded?"

"That's right. The rooms on the first and second floors are only ten meters wide. Squeezing 30 people into a hundred square meters is indeed too crowded."

"It's stronger than the previous two temporary wooden houses, but it's still very crowded."

… … … …

Those who spoke up to ask were basically all Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators from the Hunting Department.

And upon hearing these people ask, the others also reacted. Recalling the rooms they had just seen, they immediately realized that such a distribution would indeed be overcrowded, only slightly better than the temporary wooden houses they currently lived in.

Hearing everyone's inquiries, Xia Chuan was not surprised. He repeated what he had said during the council meeting last night to everyone again.

"I said before that this wooden building is only to deal with sudden situations like the previous Cold Beast Tide, and it is not used to improve everyone's living conditions, so the distribution method will not change!"

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, everyone immediately quieted down.

However, just at this moment, Xia Chuan suddenly changed the topic and continued: "But there are other ways to live comfortably."

As his voice fell, Xia Chuan signaled to Qiu Peng.

Qiu Peng and a few others carried out a wooden board and placed it in the middle of the main hall.

The wooden board was about one and a half meters long and about thirty centimeters wide. Three thick lines ran across it, dividing it into four sections. On both sides of these three thick lines, many small square frames were drawn, and these small frames were labeled with numbers starting from 1.

There was a huge large frame in the middle of the wooden board.

In the middle of the large frame, two characters were also marked.

《Main Building》

Seeing the words "Main Building", everyone's expression froze.

And Yu Wentao and the other Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators, including many people from Mirror Immortal Camp, seemed to realize something, and their expressions immediately lit up.

Many smarter people, seeing the words "Wooden Building" and then seeing the numbered square frames, had guesses in their hearts.

Xia Chuan felt that it was about time, so he pointed to the wooden board and continued to speak:

"Starting today, anyone in the camp who breaks through to the Earth Burrowing Realm will be qualified to purchase a piece of land from the Camp Logistics Department. The small square frames marked with numbers on this board are the plots of land planned for you. All plots of land are one hundred square meters. After purchasing the land, you can spend contribution points to find the Artisan Department to help you build a house that belongs to you… …"

Xia Chuan paused here, noticing that everyone's eyes had already begun to shine, he added fuel to the fire and continued:

"This house, together with the land below, will be registered and permanently retained by the Camp Logistics Department. As long as it is not a natural or man-made disaster, you and your descendants will live in it for generations."

Boom… … … …

This time, everyone boiled over.

"For generations, after I die, I can still leave it to my sons and grandsons?"

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"Once bought, it's mine."

"The house is nothing, the land is valuable, it must be built."

"Earth Burrowing Realm, only when you reach the Earth Burrowing Realm are you qualified."

"We have to cultivate quickly. The highest number on it is 4200. If you want to live in the valley, you must break through quickly, otherwise it will be gone soon."

… … … … … …

The Lumbering Realm and some ordinary people were only excited and engaged in heated discussions, while the nearly five hundred Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators in the camp, knowing that they were qualified to build houses, their eyes instantly became fiery, and their gazes almost all converged on the wooden board behind Xia Chuan.

This was no longer just a matter of improving their living conditions.

But an opportunity to leave a fortune for their descendants.

With the development of Great Xia today, they could almost foresee the future value of these plots of land.

"Sir, what is the price of this land? Tell us about it!"

Yuan Cheng was the first to eagerly speak, asking the question that everyone cared about, and everyone's eyes instantly focused on Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan smiled upon hearing this. Seeing everyone's fiery gazes, he did not keep them in suspense and directly pointed to plot number 11 on the wooden board and said:

"The prices of land in different areas are tiered. You can go to the Camp Logistics Department to find out for yourselves later. I will take plot number 11 as an example. The price of this plot of land is 5,000 contribution points!"

Hiss… … … …

Not to mention ordinary people and the Lumbering Realm, even Yuan Cheng, who had followed Xia Hong out hunting the earliest, couldn't help but gasp.

5,000 points, what is this concept?

He currently has only a little over six thousand points on his body.

And as far as he knew, Xia Chuan had a little over ten thousand.

5,000 points, Yuan Cheng looked at Luo Yuan, the Zhao Long brothers, and others beside him, and his mind moved slightly.

As soon as the meeting is over, I will immediately go to Qiu Peng!

Xia Chuan smiled secretly in his heart when he saw Yuan Cheng's expression.

The price set by Qiu Peng was discussed with him. He roughly knew who could afford it at this stage.

This price is definitely expensive at this stage.

But it is not outrageously expensive. It is not difficult for the Earth Burrowing Realm to buy it.

Based on the lowest guaranteed income, 2,500 catties of iron and 5,000 catties of coal, the Earth Burrowing Realm's income from mining is 500 per month; the minimum target for a low-level hunting team is fifteen low-level Cold Beasts, which, divided by a team of ten people, is about 450 points per person.

Calculated in this way, it can be bought in about five months.

This is still the lowest income. If you want to buy it faster, mine more and hunt more, and it will basically be in hand in less than five months.

Compared to the Ten Stone Iron Fetal Bow, which requires 2,000 contribution points to exchange for one, the price of this land can even be considered extremely low and unreasonable.

After all, looking at it in the long term, the price of these plots of land will definitely rise with the increase in population, and it may even rise to an outrageous level.

"Setting it at 5,000 can be considered an advance benefit for you!"

Xia Chuan thought to himself. Seeing that everyone's heated discussion was almost over, he had people withdraw the wooden board and continued to say:

"Alright, you can go to the Camp Logistics Department to learn about the housing matter later. That's all for today. Next, I have two more things to announce… …"

The first thing was to reward Mu Dong and Cheng Feng.

Salt, silk, white paper, cloth, wine, Beast Yuan Pills, Blood Sore Pills, Hot Wind Pills, and Blood Rage Pills, nine items, each rewarded with 10,000 contribution points.

As soon as Xia Chuan read out Xia Hong's commendation order, the entire camp of more than 20,000 people instantly boiled over, including the Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators.

10,000 contribution points, and it was a one-time reward.

Even after hearing Xia Chuan say that it was to be divided equally among all participants, everyone's faces were still excited.

This amount was really too tempting!

The Earth Burrowing Realm currently has a guaranteed monthly income of just over 1,000 points. Earning more requires a lot of energy. Being rewarded 10,000 points for inventing something?

Everyone in the camp's eyes became fiery.

Seeing everyone's eyes, Xia Chuan knew that his elder brother's goal had been achieved.

As expected, in the days to come, the people in the camp would definitely rack their brains to research, especially those who were not very successful in cultivation. From now on, they would have a new way to obtain contribution points.

After finishing the first thing, Xia Chuan directly dismissed everyone, leaving only the captains of the twenty-two hunting teams.

"Sir Director, do you have any instructions for our Hunting Department?"

Seeing that Xia Chuan only left the people from the Hunting Department, Yu Wentao asked.

Xia Chuan nodded, and without beating around the bush, took out a marked map of Great Xia, showed it to everyone, and asked:

"The areas currently under our Great Xia's control are roughly divided into five sections, namely the northern foothills of Five Ape Mountain, the western mountain wall of Two Dragon Mountain, the eastern periphery of Redwood Ridge, the western part of Arrow Bamboo Forest, and a small piece of the southeastern part of Pingxi Plain. Have you noticed anything?"

Hearing this, a strange look appeared in everyone's eyes.

This was not a problem. Xia Chuan's marking traces on the map were already very clear.

"Sir Director wants to say that we only control a corner of these five sections, not the entire territory, right?"

In the end, Yu Wentao spoke out.

Xia Chuan nodded, knowing that everyone had seen it, so he stopped keeping them in suspense and said in a deep voice: "420 square kilometers is not the limit of our Great Xia. The matter of expanding the territory must not stop.

These five sections, from easy to difficult, should be Five Ape Mountain, Arrow Bamboo Forest, Pingxi Plain, Redwood Ridge, and Two Dragon Mountain.

Five Ape Mountain is too far from the valley, and there is a cold wave recently, so we will put it aside for the time being. Our next stage of the task is Arrow Bamboo Forest."

Xia Chuan pointed to the location of Arrow Bamboo Forest, pondered for a moment, and continued:

"Arrow Bamboo Forest runs east-west, with a total length of only seventy kilometers and a north-south width of about twenty kilometers. Although this entire area has been included in Great Xia's territory, in reality, our exploration of it is only one-third."

Moreover, this one-third was explored by Mirror Immortal Camp before.

Xia Chuan did not say this, but everyone understood in their hearts.

"Mu Dong, haven't you been saying recently that the Craftsman Department is short of bamboo silk? If we can take the entire Arrow Bamboo Forest, it will be much more convenient for the people from the Collection Department to go there in the future, and the output of bamboo silk will naturally be higher."

Mu Dong and Cheng Feng, who were beside him, both nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Paper, cloth, silk, bowstrings… bamboo silk has many uses. If the people from the Collection Department can freely enter and exit the entire Arrow Bamboo Forest, the output of bamboo silk will definitely increase in the future.

"Therefore, the next stage of the mission is to explore all of the remaining two-thirds of the area, turning the entire Arrow Bamboo Forest into the actual territory of our Great Xia. By the way, we can also see if there are any other human settlements on the eastern edge of the Arrow Bamboo Forest."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all nodded.

Drawing detailed maps and bringing new people to the camp are also tasks of the Pioneer Department. Completing these tasks will also result in considerable contribution point rewards.

"In addition…"

Xia Chuan turned his gaze to Yuwen Tao, pointed to a place marked on the map called Mirror Valley, and said, "The coal mine in the Arrow Bamboo Forest can be temporarily ignored, but people must be sent to rotate and guard the two iron mines near Mirror Valley to prevent others from illegally mining them. Therefore, I have decided to set up a temporary outpost here in Mirror Valley."

A complex expression rose in Yuwen Tao's eyes, but he still nodded.

Mirror Valley, naturally, was the former base of the Mirror Immortal Camp. Although it has now become history, it still belongs to the territory of Great Xia, so naturally it must be managed.

The buildings of the Mirror Immortal Camp are still there, and there are still many things inside that can be used directly, making it very suitable as a temporary outpost.

"This temporary outpost can serve as a supply point for exploring the Arrow Bamboo Forest. If you go too deep and don't have time to return to the valley, you can come here to rest. More importantly, it can keep an eye on the Pingxi Plains, preventing the Hive or other camps from coveting the Arrow Bamboo Forest!"

As soon as these two points were mentioned, everyone immediately realized the importance of Mirror Valley and looked up at Xia Chuan.

"Which of you is willing to be responsible for this outpost?"

The captains of the twenty-two hunting teams all showed a change in expression.

"I am willing."

"Me."

"I am also willing."

… … … … … …

Except for Yuwen Tao, the remaining twenty-one captains all eagerly spoke up, expressing their willingness to be responsible for this temporary outpost.

He hadn't even said what kind of support would be given to this temporary outpost, and these people were already so eager to go.

These people seem to have finally understood.

"Since everyone is interested, then let's compete as before!"

After Xia Chuan finished speaking, he paused for a moment and continued, "There are nine days left this month. Let's use these last nine days as the deadline. Whoever explores the most area of the Arrow Bamboo Forest will be the person in charge of this Mirror Valley outpost!"

Upon hearing this, the twenty-one people all nodded heavily, expressing their agreement.

"Lord…"

At this moment, Yuwen Tao spoke with a hint of hesitation, "The Ice Shuo Trees will bear fruit at the end of this month. Exploring the Arrow Bamboo Forest at this time…"

Zhu Yuan, Zhu Ling, Hong Tian, and Meng Yi, the four people from the Mirror Immortal Camp, immediately reacted upon hearing this, and their expressions changed.

During the crystal fruit ripening season, there will be a beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest.

They almost forgot about this, thanks to Yuwen Tao for remembering.

"Don't worry, the leader is also aware of the beast tide. He will also be there during this time, and he will notify you at any time if there are any problems!"

Hearing Xia Chuan say that Xia Hong would go in person, everyone's expressions suddenly brightened.

However, Yuwen Tao and the other five still frowned.

They have a real understanding of the beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest.

With the leader's current strength, I'm afraid… … … …

The five people exchanged glances. Although they were worried, seeing the expressions on Xia Chuan and the others' faces, they still held back and didn't speak.