I Become a Landlady in the Game World

After making up their minds, the group's gaze shifted from the spices and ingredients around them.

"Shall we continue walking together?" Fu Wenlin asked, a hint of eagerness in his tone.

Ever since they entered Hope Village, the surprises they encountered were one after another; now, he wanted to see what other surprises Hope Village had in store for them.

Guo Yunxiu looked at the Jin Jingshan brothers, "Will you join us?"

In fact, meeting today was a coincidence.

Ningshan Village and Wenxia Village were also among the top territories, and this was a good opportunity for them to interact more and improve their relations. It would be easier to ask for help in the future, wouldn't it?

"Okay," Jin Jingshan nodded.

As they prepared to leave, Xu Xiuwei quickly joined them.

"Are you leaving?"

Jin Jingshan looked at Xu Xiuwei and then towards Guo Yunxiu and the others.

"He's our guide," Guo Yunxiu explained.

Jin Jingshan didn't say much, and Guo Yunxiu immediately understood that the other party had no objections.

Observing these five people, especially the equipment they were wearing, Xu Xiuwei was even more convinced of one thing: their identities were not simple.

They were at least among the powerful ones.

Because normal residents around here would just buy things directly.

These people seemed more like they were inspecting.

The two who had joined later were even more obvious.

At the moment of asking that question, there was a special aura about them. When his gaze swept over them, one couldn't help but tense up, getting the feeling of a leader making an inspection.

Thinking about it, Xu Xiuwei didn't think about asking for more money and simply asked, "Do you have any places you want to go?"

"Do you have any recommendations?" Jin Jingshan instantly took over the speaking rights for the entire group.

Fu Wenlin subconsciously looked towards Guo Yunxiu; she had been the leading figure among the three just now, but now someone else had taken over. What would she feel about that?

Guo Yunxiu didn't seem to feel much; Jin Jingshan was older and had the strongest territory among them, so it was only normal for him to lead the group under such circumstances.

Watching Guo Yunxiu's indifference, Fu Wenlin wryly smiled inwardly.

Alright! He was overthinking and projecting his own thoughts onto others.

Old thoughts from his time in the business world still didn't apply here.

Xu Xiuwei didn't know the mental activities of the few at the scene. Once asked, he spoke without thinking, "This side is basically a concentration of commercial activities. Eating, drinking, playing, shopping — everything is on this side. The only places left worth visiting are the market and the holiday area that's under construction, and also the city walls. As for the opposite side of the street, that's where the public buildings are, such as the military camp, prison, hospital, school, and a cluster of factories. The last key location is probably our territory's northern planting and breeding area. Aside from the workers, other people are not allowed in, and every checkpoint is guarded by soldiers."

"Is the market crowded?"

"What is special about the city walls?"

"Did your territory build the holiday area, school, and factory cluster yourselves? How were they built?"

"..."

Listening to Xu Xiuwei's words, Jin Jingxia instantly latched onto several key points he mentioned, bombarding him with questions.

The others didn't say much because Jin Jingxia's questions were exactly what they wanted to ask.

"Of course, the market isn't as crowded as here, but the turnover is startlingly higher because it's a major trading area. Many merchant teams and mercenary teams go there to trade. The rent for the stalls there is more than ten times that of the shops here. When the rental was first opened, it was determined by bidding..."

"Are the shops in your territory all for lease and not for sale? Was it always like this?" Jin Jingxia couldn't help interrupting.

"Yes," Xu Xiuyuan replied.

"Then your Lord must really be rich..." Jin Jingxia muttered.

The others fell silent!

Indeed!

Money was the most lacking resource in territory construction. Not only did their territories sell shops, they even sold land just to recover costs faster.

But looking at Hope Village, everything was completely under their control.

They withstood the initial investments, and the returns later were continuous.

This was like owning a large village through subleasing!

They were envious.

They had decided that once they had money, they would never sell any land or shops in the future.

"Continue," Jin Jingshan also thought of the lands he had sold to some wealthy individuals to gain support. He envied the confidence of Hope Village but did not think he had made the wrong choice given the circumstances of his territory at that time.

"As for the city walls, I don't know if you noticed the color of our territory's walls, but those aren't the original walls. Those are new walls reinforced with cement. Adding cement significantly increases the defensive power," Xu Xiuwei spoke with a slightly deep tone. "Cement has been recognized as a building material by the system."

At the mention of cement, everyone's gaze once again focused on Xu Xiuwei.

"How much does the defensive power increase?"

The defensive power of the territory was what they should pay the most attention to.

If they could increase it substantially, they could also spend time studying it!

"I don't know the exact value, but it should be comparable to the basic defense of a level 1 city; I heard it from someone else, ha! However, we don't have a lot of cement in our territory, because we lack raw materials."

They instantly thought of the Task Center mission mentioning the acquisition of shells; it was for cement.

Comparable to a level 1 city, at least two hundred thousand.

Their level 3 village could currently be upgraded to eighty thousand, double that; it was worth a try.

It was just that shells might be hard to find.

Seeing they had understood, Xu Xiuwei didn't say much more.

They were all people from Blue Star Country, they all understood.

Then, he continued to answer the questions Jin Jingxia had just raised, "As for building structures yourselves, that is possible. An architect can do it, and our territory has summoned one. Plus, we had previously established a construction team, so the School and Factory in the territory were both built by us. The main task of the construction team now is to build the Resort, which you will definitely see when you visit later."

"Has the School started admitting students?"

"Yes, admissions are ongoing. Children as young as six can start school! Any resident can apply, thanks to this, many people have sent their children here for schooling, bringing quite a number of residents to the territory." Xu Xiuwei spoke, "At this time, those who can migrate are mostly Professionals; they settle their families in Hope Village and then take Hope Village goods to sell elsewhere..."

At the scene, it was Xu Xiuwei's show.

Every word he said struck right at the hearts of everyone present.

Hearing about the great achievements of Hope Village, they couldn't help but inwardly exclaim, as expected.

They had just begun to grasp the limits of Hope Village.

"Take us to see it!" finally, Jin Jingshan spoke.

To see how Hope Village revitalized its territory.

Every step was actually within his expectations because he had considered them as well.

It was just that some things had been shelved due to reality for the time being.

Now, it seemed they could be placed on the agenda.

"Alrighty!" Xu Xiuwei happily agreed.

He was also joyful when doing this job!

Especially when seeing everyone's astonished expressions.

There's a saying that captures it well, he liked to see people who hadn't seen much of the world.

In the following time, Xu Xiuwei took the five people wandering around the territory.

In Hope Village, there were not a few teams and individuals like their own, all looking for traces of "home."

Meanwhile, Zhou Bai, though not personally entertaining, was still keeping an eye on the movements of several Lords.

Ningshan Village, Wenxia Village, Xidong Village, and Tabert Village were originally her points of interest.

These four territories had advanced to level 3 villages earlier than Hope Village.

Even though Hope Village ranked ahead of them, Zhou Bai didn't believe her territory was necessarily stronger than theirs.

They were able to advance so quickly, definitely because they had something special.

The result that the Lords she was interested in were gathered together made her even more attentive.

Of course, what surprised her the most were the similar names of the Lords of Ningshan Village and Wenxia Village; she didn't think that was a mere coincidence.

These two Territory Lords must be related, and very likely two brothers.

Both brothers each possessing a territory and rapidly advancing to level 3 villages, when combined, their strength was absolutely not as simple as 1+1=2.

She might get a chance to meet them.

Thinking so, Zhou Bai started paying attention to the other Lords in Hope Village.

It had to be said that the number of Lords in Hope Village had already surpassed two digits.

Among them, many were from Blue Star Territory, but there were quite a few from native territories as well!

They were just slightly behind the Blue Star Territory, presumably only briefly deliberating before coming.

While she was thinking this, the system sent another notification.

[The mercenary xxx has arrived at Hope Village via the Task Center.]

[The mercenary xxx has arrived at Hope Village via the Task Center.]

[Lancelot, Glasgow Village Lord, has arrived at Hope Village via the Task Center.]

[Wolf, Fasal Village Lord, has arrived at Hope Village via the Task Center.]

Zhou Bai: "..."

― This last one really dared to come!