I Become a Landlady in the Game World

I hadn't expected that since yesterday, the entire territory had become "lively" due to the arrival of residents from Hope Village.

Just yesterday, suddenly numerous people had paid a security deposit and left, not returning by evening.

Although it was just some residents who left, their peculiar actions were still noted down.

They had informed their captain last night, but the captain did not continue to observe, so they had to just follow orders.

Now, seeing so many people again, they naturally became nervous.

The incident of "people running away" from their territory was still haunting them!

This wave wouldn't also start fleeing, would it?

"We didn't go anywhere! We just moved within the territory, we wanted to collect wood and stone, which can be exchanged for quite a bit of money!" the leading resident hurriedly explained the situation.

The gatekeeping soldiers listened and looked at each other.

Then, a soldier quickly left the gate and ran towards the city, obviously to verify the truth of the matter.

While they were verifying this, the leading resident became anxious, yet still tried to appear calm, "How long do we have to wait! What if it delays our chance to earn money!"

"You can leave if you pay enough security deposit," one of the gatekeeping soldiers, Justin, said straightforwardly, looking firm.

Despite needing to verify the truth, these were ordinary residents; as long as money was paid, nobody really cared what they actually did outside.

He was just nervous because there were too many people this time around.

Now that they had received a plausible explanation from them, which gave him an excuse to report to his superiors, he felt much more at ease.

"How much money is needed? Can I get it back when I return?" the leading resident hurriedly asked.

He could afford the security deposit, but he was afraid of having to pay multiple times if he entered and exited frequently, by which time the money earned might not cover the security deposits.

"Ordinary residents need to pay 50 silver coins to leave Barnes Village, but it can be returned if you come back the same day," Justin directly responded.

"How is it returned?"

In Justin's hand appeared a sheepskin scroll with numerous names registered on it, some names had a check mark beside them, while others had a cross, "Upon return, just find your name at the entrance, mark it off, and collect your security deposit."

After this confirmation, the resident somewhat reluctantly paid 50 silver coins and then left the city gate.

Following this resident, subsequent residents did the same.

Their responses were consistent with the first resident.

Thus, the residents began to exit one after the other.

In a short span of time, the number had already surpassed a hundred.

The registering Justin, watching the list of names grow, kept peering inside, wondering, did verifying one piece of information really take this long???

Just as he was thinking this, the soldier who had gone to inquire returned.

Justin immediately handed over the register to someone else and asked the returning soldier, "Well?"

"It's true! Inside the territory, there's a merchant team and a mercenary team buying wood and stone, even ores, and other materials, all at prices much higher than inside Barnes Village. This news made many people sell their idle items to them! Not just residents are tempted, but many professionals too are negotiating with the local authorities!" the returning soldier rattled off everything he had just witnessed.

After hearing this, Justin felt relieved. Things were confirmed, and unless new instructions came from above, they could continue with the original plan without any issues.

Then, Justin went back to his original position, and more residents began to leave.

Such changes within the territory naturally did not escape the eyes of Viscount Robin.

Essentially, as soon as the Hope Village merchant team and mercenary team started buying materials like stone and wood, officials impatiently reported it to Viscount Robin.

"Lord Viscount, we cannot let them continue buying stone and wood within our territory. The Territory War is about to begin, and if we cannot replenish our stone, our territory is at risk. In these sensitive times, it's better to drive people out of the territory," one of the officials, Foster, earnestly advised.

Indeed, when Hope Village came to Barnes Village at this critical time, he had already sensed their ill intentions.

In his view, the Lord should have driven the people from Hope Village out of Barnes Village immediately, as that would be the safest action.