First Lord of Earth

Xia Tian personally brought Xue Baochai and his party to the territory.

After entering the bluestone wall, the changes in the territory made the ten white pole soldiers who had only been here five days ago couldn't help but gasp!

"Look, isn't that the kind of city defense crossbow we saw when we came here last time that can kill the 'Blue Scale Pterodactyl'? There are a few more. Could it be that they are not strange objects, but made by humans? Weapons..."

"This territory actually has several miles of walls and an army of more than a thousand people?"

"In the territory, everyone can obtain merit points and redeem them for transformation-level cultivation techniques!"

The newcomers were even more curious and surprised.

You must know that the total number of people in their territory is barely a thousand, which is not even comparable to the number of troops in Xia Tian's territory.

Moreover, the people who can practice are only limited to the military.

After all, although a person's body and soul are indeed stronger after cultivation, the resources consumed every day also increase greatly. In order to maintain cultivation, a ninth-level mortal consumes ten times as much food as an ordinary fifth-level person. times.

Not to mention the requirements of mortal-level monks for meat, spiritual stones, etc. Ordinary territories simply cannot supply too many troops!

Besides, it would be great to have a silver hero who can lead troops in most territories!

And in Xia Tian's territory...

"Commander Wu Song, could he be the Wu Dutou who was drunk and fighting tigers in Jingyanggang?"

"Commander Hua Rong, is he the Huazhi Village of Liangshan Sheyan, known as 'Xiao Li Guang'?"

"Seven in and out of Changbanpo, General Zhao Zilong is the savior in danger. That horse could be the legendary Zhaoye Jade Lion!"

"General Gao Shun..."

What surprised Xia Tian was that in addition to Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, Xue Baochai actually recognized Wu Song, Hua Rong and others, and even knew each other's life stories.

How could a person from the "Red Mansion" know about the outstanding deeds of the "Water Margin"?

However, then Xia Tian remembered.

Unlike most historical novels, although the background era of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is "imaginary", it mentions a large number of historical figures before the Qing Dynasty and even various literary figures.

In other words, Xue Baochai does theoretically understand the history and development of the entire China except the Qing Dynasty!

In addition, the book titled "The War of Currencies" she is holding is obviously from modern society.

There is a high probability that the lord of the territory to which he belongs will open it from the "resource treasure box", just like Xia Tian once opened "Maotai liquor and Liushen toilet water" from the treasure box.

This means that the girl in front of her not only has an understanding of ancient historical figures and knowledge from hundreds of schools of thought, but may even have an understanding of modern management concepts and some knowledge of later generations.

"Bai Yujing? White Jade Capital in the sky, five cities on the twelfth floor. Immortals caress my head, knot my hair and receive immortality... This poem by Li Taibai, the little girl originally thought it was just fiction, but today I saw a picture of Lord Xia After suppressing the mountain ghost, I realized that perhaps Qinglian layman had actually seen an immortal before..."

When passing "Bai Yujing", Xue Baochai, who was holding a scroll in his hand, stopped with an expression of "Sure enough" on his face!

"I would like to ask, Lord Xia, is this 'White Jade Capital' a 'Special Object Market' that can exchange materials in the void?"

Then, he turned to look at Xia Tian.

"Um?"

Xia Tian was a little surprised. As an outstanding person, Xue Baochai actually understood the function of "Fangshi" so well?

"Because, my Lord, Lord, also has a market in his hands... He even had a deal with Lord Xia!"

Xue Baochai held the scroll in his hand, his teeth shining brightly, and said with a smile.

"Xiuer's shop?"

After Xia Tian was stunned for a moment, he immediately understood.

Because the number of rare buildings like "Fangshi" is still very rare.

Within a certain range of the surrounding area, there are still only two cities, namely the green-quality "Bai Yujing" in his own territory and the first blue-quality "Xiu'er Shop" that appeared.

Therefore, it is self-evident that the lords of the territories where Xue Baochai and Qin Liangyu are located.

He had actually asked Wang Wu about the situation of their lords before.

But the other party's words were unclear, but now Xia Tian understands, probably because their lord is special.

Before, when he was trading with the lord named "Xiu'er", he could feel that the other party was not very old, and even his tone was obviously a little immature, and some of the dialogues seemed to be taught by others.

If he guessed correctly, the person who really managed and developed that human territory was not the lord named Xiu'er, but the "Head of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling".

This can also explain why Xue Baochai was able to fulfill his potential and was rated as "golden" by the will of the earth!

"Little girl, can I ask Lord Xia a question?"

After observing the "Fangshi" and finding no one inside, Xue Baochai's eyes flashed under his glasses, as if he spoke after making a decision.

"But it doesn't matter!"

"I don't know, how does Lord Xia plan to make a deal with our territory?"

"Bartering, of course!"

This is currently the most common trading method.

"If I guess correctly, there should be a spirit stone mine in your territory, right?"

The girl was noncommittal.

Keeping a smile on his face, he continued.

Xia Tian was not surprised by this, because it was not difficult to guess.

Without the spirit stone mine, the average human territory would not dare to raise so many mortal-level troops!

"Bartering is certainly possible, but with different territories and a wide variety of resources, trading with each other is inevitably cumbersome and lengthy. And as this White Jade Capital is a rare item in the market, it would be a pity to be left idle like this!"

"Since there are spirit stone veins in your Lord's territory, why not use these spirit stones as an 'intermediate currency' and provide them to different territory teams through resource pledges, allowing them to trade spirit stones... At the same time, this 'White Jade Capital' 'Open, allow outside territory personnel to enter and trade freely, and you will draw a certain management fee..."

"In this way, not only can we obtain the supplies we need, but we can also provide a real communication channel for all surrounding human territories."

Xue Baochai looked at Xia Tian with a smile on his face and talked eloquently.

"Spiritual stone currency, market, channels..."

After hearing what the golden hairpin girl said, Xia Tian's heart moved.

His previous idea was indeed to use the "human race secret realm vision" to attract the surrounding lords, trade special products and resources with each other, and exchange what they have!

But Xue Baochai's words undoubtedly provided him with a broader idea...

Yes, relying on one's own spirit stone veins and establishing a real "market" in the territory can not only make continuous profits, but also quickly gain a huge reputation among the surrounding human races.

Although it seems that the so-called reputation is very vain and of no practical use, this is not the case for him.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the "Golden Terrace", a unique building, it needs to rely on reputation to convey its characteristics to attract talents to invest.

The only question is, is it too early to engage in “business” or even vaguely get involved in “finance”?

Moreover, there is no shortage of various craftsmen in his territory, but there is indeed no one who is proficient in business. It may not be that easy to build a "fangshi" as Xue Baochai calls it.

"Miss Xue's proposal really makes me excited. But to build such a city, I'm afraid it would require a lot of spiritual stones... My territory may not be able to support it... In addition, I'm curious about why Miss Xue wants to do such a good idea. Tell me instead of implementing it in your own territory?"

Xia Tian looked at Xue Baochai.

What the other party just said seems a bit "explanatory"!

"We originally wanted to build a 'Fangshi' ourselves. But firstly, there is no spirit stone mine, and secondly, after encountering two mountain ghosts today, we realized that the high-level aliens are more powerful than imagined!"

"Establishing a city and bringing together human races from all over the world is both a benefit and a risk... At present, I am afraid that only Lord Xia, who has many outstanding people and thousands of troops, can build and maintain it!"

And Xue Baochai did not hide anything and told the truth.

"If the lord is willing to establish a 'fang market', we are willing to be the first 'territory' to settle in, and trade some of the 'exotic treasures and rare objects' we have obtained through the market!"

Finally, Xue Baochai added.

"Let me think about this for a while before giving an answer to Miss Xue."

Xia Tian did not agree directly.

"By the way, speaking of it, there is a 'fellow countryman' of Miss Xue in our territory. Moreover, Miss Xue should know her... I don't know, but would you like to meet her?"

Then Xia Tian remembered something and said to Xue Baochai with a smile!

"Oh, really?"

Xue Baochai suddenly raised his head, with the golden phoenix hairpin swaying above his head, and a look of curiosity on his oval face!

"Qingwen, look who this is!"

Xia Tian took Xue Baochai into the lord's mansion.

Qingwen was rolling up her sleeves and stretching out her white arms to pick the fragrant white lotus flowers in the pond of the mansion.

It is going to be dried and made into tea, and the lord will drink it when he is thirsty after practicing at night.

Although she is a maid, as one of the first batch of talents to join, Qingwen's contribution to the entire territory is strictly speaking not inferior to that of many outstanding people.

In addition to the original mutated golden dragon marrow grass, just yesterday, with the help of the "sun and moon essence" fused from the sun gold bottle and the moon god bottle plus her own "hibiscus flower god" characteristics, Qingwen cultivated another metamorphosis The ordinary level mutation "Fragrant White Lotus Seed".

In addition to retaining the original characteristics, after eating it, it can also permanently increase the "comprehension" of living beings.

Over time, if it can be further cultivated to become a true "spiritual plant".

Perhaps, eating just one lotus seed can make beasts enlightened, know how to practice, and become demon cultivators!

"Ah, you are... Miss Bao?"

Holding flowers in her hands and standing in the pool, Qingwen, who looked like a hibiscus fairy, was stunned for a moment. In the eyes of ancient people, her eyes widened in a foxy way, and she was a little unsure.

The main reason is that although Xue Baochai's appearance remains the same, her personal temperament is obviously different from the "Miss Xue family" in the Grand View Garden in her memory.

Like a canary that breaks out of its cage and gains freedom!

"Ah, Qingwen?"

Xue Baochai was also a little surprised, but it immediately turned into a surprise.

Although the two of them are in the original world.

One is a young lady from a big family, and the other is a maid who serves people. Their statuses are very different, but Qingwen and she meet often and are very familiar with each other.

What's more, I can see an old friend in the vast land of eternity.

The status you once had is obviously not important anymore!

…

And when the two girls were in Qingwen's room in the backyard of the lord's mansion, they were filled with emotion as they recounted their experiences over the past month.

Xia Xia also came to the meeting hall in the front yard and invited Li Ru, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang.

"Fangshi? This is indeed a good idea."

"In this way, we can not only trade with the surrounding territories, but even influence the surrounding territories to a certain extent..."

After hearing Xue Baochai's words relayed by Xia Tian, ​​both Jia Xu and Li Ru looked thoughtful.

Then, the two discussed building such a city. What benefits could the territory gain?

We even discussed whether it would be possible to control the resource output of other territories by regulating "markets" in the future?

The question is, did the two counselors from the Three Kingdoms era look too far ahead?

Xia Tian was planning to build an ordinary "market" for trading supplies, but in the eyes of the two "poison men", he actually had various "strategic intentions"!

"Actually, Liang originally wanted to suggest setting up a market to attract outsiders to communicate, but he didn't think of using 'spiritual stones' as an intermediary. There are talented people in the country for generations, but a little girl can actually do it. Such insight!”

Zhuge Liang sighed with emotion.

"It's because a few people are busy with matters in the territory and their energy is not here."

Xia Tian doesn't think that the outstanding people in his territory are not as good as Xue Baochai, but they all have their own strengths.

Xue Baochai was born into a business family, so he would naturally consider business aspects, while several outstanding figures considered the development of the territory's military, agriculture, and people's livelihood on a daily basis.

The meaning of the existence of the human race territory is also to gather talents and outstanding people to give full play to their strengths...

"Moreover, the territory's 'spiritual stone vein' reserves are not too large, and they may not be able to support the construction of such a 'fang city'. Moreover, today these mountain ghosts actually started to intercept and attack outsiders... They want to establish a fong city." City, I’m afraid we must solve the problem of mountain ghosts first…”

Xia Tian's eyes are cold.

If it is another high-level alien race, it may not reach the level of "death-to-death" with the human race. After all, with the support of the will of the earth, the human race's territory develops very quickly.

It will take at most one or two months, which should be enough to compete head-on with these high-level alien races. And the high-level alien races are not really afraid of life and death. Faced with the rapid improvement in strength, and a "secret realm" that is about to open the human territory, more should be Will choose to wait and see for now!

But mountain ghosts are different. This race that specializes in feeding on humans is destined to be unable to coexist with humans!

It's time to resolve it once and for all.