16 Grade 2 Village (1/2)
During the next three days, the system announcement for China rang often. Three more of the Six Tyrants of Handan managed to upgrade their territories to grade 2 villages.
The representative of the military, Zhan Lang, could not unscrupulously use credits to buy the in-game currency like the rest of them and had fallen behind as a result, not managing to upgrade yet.
Ouyang Shuo’s territory was very calm. The workshop he had promised his carpenter, Lu Guangzhi, had already been built. Under the leadership of Elder Dexian, five hundred mu of farmland on the north side of the territory, near the Friendship River, had been successfully opened.
Simple Farmland: Remove the weeds and treat the land, and it can grow all kinds of crops.
As for the saltpan fields being built under General Shi’s supervision, they were also smoothly completed. 40 salt workers were stationed there to begin spreading salt water across the panning field and dry it out to make salt. The first salt field to open was officially named by Ouyang Shuo as the Northern Salt Field.
On the pig breeding side, Zhu Baocai did not disappoint. The 12 piglets, after brief discomfort and panic, had now fully adapted to life in the pen. The development of breeding pigs was a new industry that was just around the corner.
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On the 14th day of the first year of Gaia, at 8 AM in Shanhai village, all of the core staff had gathered in the Chamber early, waiting for a historic moment.
Gu Xiuwen was calmly registering the day’s newest population of people. Ouyang Shuo did not care about their stats and in his heart all he was thinking about was leveling up the village.
With a hum and flash of white light, in the middle of the Chamber a golden stone that slowly rose from the ground. Ouyang Shuo placed his hand on the front of the stone, and the system notification sounded.
“System Notification: Detecting Shanhai Village’s upgrade conditions…”
“Condition 1: Population 200 people. The Village is over the limit and has met the requirements!”
“Condition 2: All required infrastructure has been completed, and met the requirements!”
“Condition 3: The rank of the Lord has made Second class Baron, and met the requirements!”
“Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi and the established Shanhai Village for meeting all required conditions to upgrade. Would you like to upgrade?”
“Upgrade!”
From the stone, once again golden light spilled out to reach up to the sky and formed a golden halo. The halo spread out to encompass the entire village and swept out to the edges of his territory before disappearing.
“System Notification: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for becoming the sixth Lord in China to upgrade to the Second Grade Village! Reward: 600 merit points!”
“System Notification: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi...”
“System Notification: Congratulations...”
This time, Ouyang Shuo had beaten Zhan Lang of the Six Tyrants of Handan, and history began to shift.
The announcement in the game caused an uproar. Players were speculating on who Qiyue Wuyi was, defying the hegemony of the Six Tyrants of Handan.
Earth Online had so far been open for only half a month. The identities of the Six Tyrants had been subject to endless amounts of gossip by the players, and gradually their real identities had surfaced, no longer as mysterious as they were in the beginning. Unfortunately, the more players knew of the identities of the Tyrants, the more depressed they had become.
China had never had a lack of ambition in its players, especially with Earth Online holding meaning far beyond that of a typical game. Even those with great ambition, in the face of the status of the Six Tyrants, were afraid to move ahead and defy them.
Now, Ouyang Shuo had succeeded in beating a member of the Six Tyrants of Handan. This shook up the status quo, exciting the players, and suddenly the situation in China became blurry and not as set in stone.
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In Blood Red Village near Jianye City, a determined-looking young man rushed and sat in the office of the village chief.
He was Zhan Lang, and his expression was gloomy. Opposite him sat another young man. “Lieutenant, it’s time to stop being cautious. Get on the line and start buying the game currency at whatever price point is required.”
“Yes sir!”
At the same time, in King Village near Quanzhou, a heavily eyebrowed, middle-aged man heard the system announcement and adopted an interested smile. “Oh, there is actually someone beyond the Six Tyrants! So it seems that they are not invincible! Well, it seems that my King Village could become worthy of the name as well! Hahahahahaha....”
For a time, inside and outside the game, the people were surging with new emotions.
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At this time, Ouyang Shuo didn’t have time to really care what was going on, as he was still going through the operation of upgrading his territory.
“System Notification: Congratulations to Qiyue Wuyi for upgrading to the grade 2 village. The Lord’s Manor is automatically upgraded. In addition, the player may choose one of three random village buildings to establish!
“System Notification: Random buildings selected, please choose: Village level Ancestral Hall, Village Private School, or Village Granary! Please choose!”
“Choose the village granary!”
“System Tip: Building automatically generated, player please check it out!”
With a hum and a flash of white light, the golden heartstone once again slowly sank down into the ground.
Telling everyone to wait for a while, Ouyang Shuo took the opportunity to slowly look over the properties of the village.
Territory Name: Shanhai Village (Grade 2 Village)
Lord: Qiyue Wuyi (3rd Class Viscount)