I Become a Landlady in the Game World

"I won't kill you, but only if you are willing to hand over the territory to me," Jin Jingshan said, glancing at the time on the control panel.

Only a little more than an hour remained.

He hoped that within this hour, the other party would be willing to hand over the territory; otherwise, they couldn't blame him for not being polite.

Although he hadn't calculated, he had lost quite a few subordinates in the just-finished combat.

The lives of these people had been genuinely sacrificed.

If he couldn't take Barnes Village, the people he would have let down the most were these individuals.

Viscount Robin saw Jin Jingshan's movements and the resolute look in the depths of his eyes and felt he had a grasp of the situation.

His gaze moved to the Lord panel once more.

The Territory War could no longer be surrendered in, so the only one who could surrender was himself.

He knew that many Lords, when faced with losing their territory, would rather die than submit because it was too hard for someone who had been a Lord to become an ordinary person again.

In such a situation, they would prefer death.

That's what he had thought previously.

But after seeing the orderly manner of Jin Jingshan's soldiers upon entering Barnes Village, he felt that Ningshan Village and other new territories were somewhat different from the territories as he knew them.

Thinking of this, Viscount Robin suddenly spoke up, "If I enter your territory and become one of your residents, how would you treat me?"

Hearing this, Jin Jingshan paused for a moment, eyeing the tense body of Viscount Robin, and after some deliberation, gave his most sincere answer, "If you don't mind, I am willing to employ you as the Village Chief of Ningshan Village; currently, the position is still vacant."

Since Viscount Robin had brought up the topic, Jin Jingshan would proceed according to his wishes.

This was the answer he considered carefully.

If the other party was willing to surrender, he wouldn't utterly annihilate them.

There's an old saying in their country, "Always leave oneself a way out."

He was willing to leave this way out for the other party.

As for the position of Village Chief, it was a good deal to offer it to a Lord who had built a prosperous Level 3 village.

He had seen enough of "Zhou Bai's" easy days and truly felt it was nice to have someone else to manage things for him.

Viscount Robin would undoubtedly be the "perfect tool man."

After entering Ningshan Village, Viscount Robin would rely on him as his Lord, and for his own sake, in order to have a good life in Ningshan Village, he would work hard without needing any urging.

It was a win-win situation.

The more Jin Jingshan thought about it, the more he felt that taking in Viscount Robin was a good thing.

At this moment, Viscount Robin was truly shocked by Jin Jingshan's words.

He was being offered the position of Village Chief of Ningshan Village??? Wasn't the other party afraid that after entering the territory, he might secretly cause trouble?

Watching the incredulous look on Viscount Robin, Jin Jingshan continued, "Our Ningshan Village has quite some potential. This time, if we absorb the resources of Barnes Village and reorganize a bit, I can set out towards becoming a small town. It certainly won't take more than two months; you can go from Village Chief to Mayor, and if there's a chance in the future for Ningshan Village to become a city, then you will be the Mayor, and at that time, you can regain a noble title..."

Village Chief—Mayor—Mayor.

Hearing the grand promises Jin Jingshan was making, the corners of Viscount Robin's mouth twitched.

He believed he could become a Mayor, but becoming the Mayor of a city was a much tougher challenge, not because he lacked the capability, but because the difficulty of upgrading Ningshan Village was even greater.

If becoming a city were easy, there wouldn't be so few cities on the Stan Continent.

However, he couldn't help but feel somewhat tempted.

If he lost his position as Lord of Barnes Village, his noble title would be stripped away, and having offended many territories previously, those Lords would not pass up the chance for revenge.

But if he could back Ningshan Village, even so, those Lords would not dare to be too excessive.

As he thought about it, Viscount Robin suddenly fell silent.

He had let his thoughts follow the other's lead.

"How about it?" Seeing Viscount Robin with a calm look, Jin Jingshan pressed for an answer.

Viscount Robin stared at Jin Jingshan for a while and then took the Lord Token out of his backpack.

As soon as he handed it over to Jin Jingshan, "Here, take it!"

Once Jin Jingshan received it, they immediately heard the system's prompt.

[Dear Lord, you have obtained the Lord Token of Barnes Village. Detection shows you already have a territory, do you wish to claim it?]