Inside the Lord's Manor.
After a simple dinner, Yang Ming came to the desk and wrote his plans for future development on paper.
“Next, I should first improve the territory's defensive power to avoid being attacked by demon Wolves like today.”
Yang Ming planned to plant guardian thorns around the territory tomorrow and reinforce the fences.
The guardian thorns were fine grade and possessed a certain degree of combat ability.
“Also, the food problem hasn't been completely solved. Although the warehouse is stocked with a lot of meat, it won't last more than a few days.”
Fine-grade meat did indeed have a slightly longer shelf life, but it would still expire and rot.
Only farming could completely solve the food problem.
“Let's check the chat channel and trading zone. Maybe I can buy a large amount of food.”
With that, Yang Ming opened Huaxia's 【chat channel】.
Although it was nighttime, many people were still actively chatting in the chat channel.
“Hahaha, after five days, I finally upgraded my territory to intermediate grade.”
“Oh? You're pretty fast. As far as I know, two-thirds of the people still haven't advanced.”
“Sigh, there's nothing I can do. The timber required for advancement is too difficult to obtain. I only have twenty-five laborers, and each laborer can only chop fifty units of timber in a day.”
“Don't get me started. The most frustrating part is processing the stone blocks. The stones carried from the riverside are completely useless; you have to spend at least another hour processing them.”
“Brothers, work harder. I heard there's an especially formidable guy in the United States who captured an Excellent-Grade resource field yesterday.”
“Damn, seriously? I tried attacking a Fine-Grade Lumber Camp today and was almost wiped out. I lost both my men and my money.”
“Sigh, the Myriad Races Battlefield really is a warped world. There's a lack of water, food, and population—everything is lacking. Even worse, once the newcomer protection period ends, the wild beasts outside will actually take the initiative to attack Territories.”
“I'm so envious of those with great talents. If only I could awaken an A-grade talent, would I still have to suffer like this?”
“Heh, an A-grade talent? I'd be overjoyed if I could get a B-grade one!”
“Can we really develop a king-level territory within the remaining twenty-five days?”
Those words caused the chat channel to fall silent for a moment.
Yang Ming looked around and found that, apart from himself, everyone else's territory development was going very poorly.
Of course, big shots generally liked to lurk.
Yang Ming found no useful information, so he left the chat channel and opened the 【trading zone】.
In the trading zone, lords could search for any item they wanted to buy, provided that someone was selling it.
Yang Ming first searched for staple food.
For example, potatoes, rice, Sweet Potatoes, and so on. These staple foods could not only fill one's stomach but also be stored for a long time.
In the early stages, the urgently needed resources were timber and stone blocks. Since the population of most Territories had not yet developed, food was generally in surplus instead.
However, there was a problem now: the quantities of food currently listed for sale were all very small. Most people were selling a few Jin or a dozen or so Jin, and almost no one was selling more than a hundred Jin.
Yang Ming couldn't possibly privately message them one by one. That would waste too much time.
Thus, Yang Ming anonymously tried to list fifty jin of demon wolf meat for sale.
One Jin of demon wolf meat could be exchanged for ten Jin of potatoes or Sweet Potatoes, five Jin of rice, or other staple grain.
As soon as Yang Ming set the trade quantities, the system immediately displayed a prompt:
【List fifty jin of demon wolf meat for sale?】
“Yes.” Yang Ming nodded.
As soon as he spoke, fifty jin of demon wolf meat disappeared from the warehouse.
Yet only a moment later, Yang Ming was astonished to see the fifty jin of demon wolf meat he had just listed instantly sell out.
“What the hell?” Yang Ming was somewhat dumbfounded.
The system's notification followed:
【Trade successful. Your warehouse received 300 Jin of potatoes, 100 Jin of rice, 100 Jin of Sweet Potatoes...】
“???” Yang Ming froze. He had never expected fine-grade demon wolf Meat to be so popular.
It had only been one second, yet the fifty jin of demon wolf meat had already been bought out.
“Looks like I need to raise the price.” Yang Ming gave a wry smile.
It seemed he had overlooked everyone's demand for Fine-Grade items during the early stages.
Fine-grade meat could directly increase combat power after being eaten, and the effect was even more obvious for lifeforms with lower combat power.
Thus, Yang Ming reset the trade.
One Jin of demon wolf meat could be exchanged for fifteen Jin of rice, or thirty Jin of potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, or other staple grain.
This time, Yang Ming emptied the demon wolf meat from his warehouse and listed five thousand five hundred jin for sale.
After it was listed, although the trades proceeded less quickly than before, people still completed transactions one after another.
At the same time, Huaxia's chat channel suddenly became lively.
“Oh my god, a super big shot has appeared in the trading zone.”
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Everyone, go check the trading zone. A big shot has listed five thousand five hundred jin of fine-grade demon wolf Meat. One Jin can be exchanged for only fifteen Jin of rice!”
“What? Such a good deal?”
“Hahaha, it's true. I was lucky enough to have thirty-five Jin of rice and managed to get two Jin of demon wolf meat.”
“Ahhh! Damn it! Why don't I have any staple food? This is so painful. I actually missed such a valuable opportunity to increase combat power!”
“My combat power is currently 20. If I could eat enough demon wolf meat, I might be able to raise it directly to over 25. Holy crap, I made a huge profit!”
Half an hour later, all five thousand five hundred jin of demon wolf meat listed by Yang Ming had been sold.
For this trade, Yang Ming set it to be available only to Huaxia Lords.
Of course, if he had opened it to all the blue star lords in this batch, he could undoubtedly have raised the trade price further, but Yang Ming did not want to do that.
Yang Ming understood the principle that good things should not be given to outsiders.
【Ding~】
【Respected Lord Yang Ming, your warehouse received 14,000 Jin of rice, 35,600 Jin of potatoes, 22,500 Jin of Sweet Potatoes...】
【The two warehouses in your territory are nearly full. Please expand the warehouses in a timely manner.】
“Mm, not bad.” Yang Ming was very satisfied.
With this much staple food, food would not be a problem for the next ten days.
Moreover, Yang Ming could continuously send warriors out to hunt.
An SSS-grade talent really was incredible!
Of course, for long-term development, he still had to cultivate farmland and establish plantations and livestock farms.
Agriculture and animal husbandry were the foundation of a territory's development!
“At least for the short term, the food problem has basically been solved. I'll go get some sleep first.” Yang Ming smiled happily.
After a busy day, Yang Ming also felt tired. He stretched, then went to bed to rest.
At this moment, the territory was still in the process of upgrading.
Once Yang Ming woke up, he would be able to see his own advanced territory.
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