Chapter 187 Authorization and Construction (Subscription, Please)

Finally, Xu Lai had no choice but to personally invite Elena out and ask her to bring two priests, Tam and Jeffrey, to calm the mood.

Wei Yihong had already run away without a trace. He started a fire, but when he wanted to put it out, he couldn't find anyone.

Fortunately, there was not much else in Qingfeng Town, but there were a lot of high-level warriors. The batch that Xu Lai had just upgraded were all at least level 5 archers.

Of course, he also spent a lot of money for this, a full 45,800 gold, and he lost most of the gold coins he got from destroying the stronghold base camp.

The stronghold camp was originally poor, and this base camp was built very large, much larger than the Stone Castle, but most of it was fenced open space and caves, not valuable buildings.

What's more, by destroying the base camp, Xu Lai could only harvest a quarter, and the majority was wood, and the gold coins were only more than 60,000.

There weren't many gold coins left in Qingfeng Town, and the infrastructure construction was not stopping during this period. It can be said that if Xu Lai came back half a month later, Su Ya would have nothing left.

Therefore, after pouring out a lot of supplies, Xu Lai found Wei Yihong and asked him to formally organize a caravan.

This time it was not a small fight, but a real caravan, from caravan guards, pack horses for transporting supplies, purchasing personnel, entourage, etc. All had to be equipped.

Before Xu Lai was away, Su Ya didn't dare to make decisions on some things.

For this reason, Xu Lai had criticized him severely in bed last night, and criticized him to the point that he didn't dare to come out to see people all day.

Xu Lai had asked little Aboka to be the assistant to the mayor before, but this assistant was busy every day and night, and Su Ya and Aboka didn't dare to give themselves a few more assistants.

Including Aaron's side, when there were few people before, he was certainly enough to maintain law and order alone.

But now there are more and more people, especially this person's composition is more and more complicated, it seems inappropriate for him to be alone.

Fortunately, Su Ya also knew that this was not a good thing to do, so she asked Jian Yuan to take his elite scouts to help Aaron, and even assigned the only 7th-level swordsman to Jian Yuan.

However, the security team has enough force, but there are only two people with brains, and this period of time is really hard.

Not to mention Wei Yihong, he himself has been authorized by Xu Lai, and it is no problem to recruit a few horsemen to load the goods and take care of the horses. He has even talked to the village chief Laqi.

But Xu Lai took all the cavalry away, and Tahan and Yan Feng followed.

It would be okay without Tahan. After all, Xu Lai left him a guard captain, but the guard captain had no soldiers and could not recruit any high-quality subordinates. How could Wei Yihong dare to take the caravan out casually?

Besides, the resources stored at home are not much. There are some crystals and ores, and the wood is not enough for himself. There is also some food, and then there are more horses.

Therefore, the development of Qingfeng Town is not as good as that of Graham Village, not just a basic problem. The biggest problem is that Qingfeng Town does not have a real backbone, and no one dares to make decisions.

This time, Xu Lai will take this opportunity to set the tone as soon as possible.

He plans to stay in Qingfeng Town for two days, and after the end of June and the arrival of July, he will sweep the surrounding area with his trainee knights and leave.

First, it is to upgrade the fortress, which is estimated to be another huge and terrifying expense, so we must take this opportunity to quickly accumulate some wealth.

Second, the level of the trainee knights must be raised, so Xu Lai can safely lead them to the wilderness.

After all, the level of level 4 is still too low, at least it must be upgraded to level 5, and the mount must be upgraded to a level 5 warhorse to ensure that it is not so easy to be surrounded by dumplings when being chased by fast troops.

Third, the stronghold camp is now the most vulnerable time. If it is delayed for a long time, when others recover their vitality, Xu Lai will be a snack delivered to the door, pure meat buns to beat dogs.

So Xu Lai really didn't have much time, and the original relaxation plan had to be postponed again. This time, he hurried to do a few important things first.

First, he gave Su Ya a serious order, asking her to recruit some literate assistants and professionals among the refugees as soon as possible.

Xu Lai's Qingfeng Town was about to be upgraded to Qingfeng Fort, and it was impossible for the entire fort to be run by one or two people.

The former should be added to the office, and the office place was temporarily set as the meeting hall, responsible for assisting Su Ya and Xiao Aboka in their work.

The latter was divided between Urdora and Aaron, and each of them first defeated their own team.

At present, the orcs have not been expelled from the country, and the human cavalry has suffered a heavy blow and lost its greatest mobility.

And the three large towns of Hard Stone Fort alone cannot support the long-term residence of a large population.

When Xu Lai and his team were there before, ordinary civilians could only sleep on the roadside. Even if it was summer, many people might freeze to death over time.

Besides, there were too many people ahead, and food was also a great problem.

If Xu Lai were Earl Aini, he would definitely give up the reinforcement of the other two towns and focus on building the Stone Castle.

Doing so would reduce the demand for materials, greatly reduce the pressure on the rear, and prevent profiteers from constantly raising prices.

Secondly, the front line would not need so many civilians, and it would be a good opportunity to divide the heroes and let them take some people away, and the rest would move to the rear.

However, it is already the end of the month, and Earl Aini may not make too much action, otherwise a large number of wild monsters would refresh halfway and only a large number of people would be lost in vain.

Therefore, Xu Lai estimated that in another week, there would probably be a large population migration ahead.

After a week, even if there were still a large number of wild monsters along the way, their gathering groups would be stable and would not move around like No. 1 and No. 2.

At that time, even if the population moved on a large scale, as long as there were no fools to provoke those wild monsters, it would be relatively safe.

Xu Lai's side was still in an uninhabited area, and he didn't know whether Earl Aini would announce his town.

Even though the other party seemed to be okay that day, Xu Lai knew that these old nobles should not want them to grow and develop from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, Xu Lai had to prepare for the large population and try to clear obstacles for population migration in advance.

Qingfeng Town is a day away from Wanshi Fort by horseback, and ordinary people need at least two to three days on foot. If they bring their families and gifts, it may take three or four days.

Such a long journey, even if they can avoid wild monsters, what about wild animals?

There are many wolf packs in the grassland. They dare not provoke towns or soldiers, but if they encounter the elderly, the weak, the sick, women and children, they will not be polite to you.

In addition to grassland wolves, there are cheetahs, lions, and even horses and bisons are threats, not to mention the horse thieves who roam the grasslands.

The solutions that Xu Lai can think of are, first, to set up a large number of signboards, and second, to have people guide them in advance, and prepare water, food and torches along the way.

Wild animals are most afraid of fire. Prepare more wood and torches, and you can sleep at night with peace of mind.

Of course, it is impossible for him, a dignified lord, to do this kind of thing. Let Su Ya and Xiao Aboka do it. They can't do it even if one person does three or four.

Therefore, it is urgent to expand administrative power, and the same is true for caravans.

Today, Qingfeng Town only has input, and almost no output can be seen. Even if there is a little output, it has no ability to cash it in.

Without the caravan, Xu Lai would become the first horse farm owner in the grassland, but if he couldn't sell his horses, he wouldn't be able to make money.

Of course, he was still just giving instructions. The specific work and how to work were still the business of Su Ya, Wei Yihong and Urdola.

Xu Lai also had his own business to do. While Elena and the others were out and didn't need to use the church for the time being, Xu Lai hurried over to upgrade the Holy Church.

The construction cost of the Holy Church was 5,000 gold coins and 10 units of crystal.

Crystals were easy to say. The criminals in the mine alone brought more than a dozen units of crystals in the past half month. It was a pity that he hadn't been at home recently, otherwise the output of Aber crystals alone would be enough.

On the contrary, Xu Lai was really distressed about the 5,000 gold coins, but he had to spend them. He had been fond of the priest group for a long time.

There was no way. Although this was a magical society, it still couldn't change the fact that the cultural level and civilization were not high.

Xu Lai had a good physique and had never been sick so far. What about ordinary people? Maybe a small cold will kill him.

The number of priests in the temple is very small. They can only be found in border villages. Other places can only be found in larger towns.

Moreover, priests are limited by mana, and the spells they can cast in a day are limited. It is unrealistic for a few priests to take care of an entire large town and the people in nearby towns and villages.

There are not many people in Qingfeng Town at present. One priest and two priests are enough. What about in the future?

Count on the support of the temple? It is unlikely. Pierce and his men just finished fighting with the orcs and were immediately transferred away without stopping. Where can they get any support?

Otherwise, how could the temple just give him such a blueprint just because they have a good relationship with Xu Lai? If they really want to compensate and thank him, even if the temple can't afford the gold coins, are there not enough treasures?

The high-level treasures are given away. Although Xu Lai agreed to go, he didn't say when he would go, how long he would go, and how much trouble he would cause to the orcs.

It can be seen that the temple is still generous. Not to mention high-level treasures, there are probably many holy objects.

The construction of the Holy Church was very fast. As soon as the gold coins arrived, it was immediately built.

Compared with the previous church, the Holy Church is much larger, and the area has been expanded by more than double, but the front part is still a traditional church for ordinary people to enter and exit.

Xu Lai needs to take a detour, or go directly through the front, to reach the place where priests are recruited.

The Holy Church provides 5 level 3 priest apprentices every month. The price is not expensive, 200 gold coins each, which is only 50 gold more expensive than the level 3 archer, and it should be much cheaper than the cavalry anyway.

In two days, it will be July. Before July arrives, he must build and upgrade all the recruitment buildings, so as not to miss the recruitment quota. (End of this chapter)