Chapter 80: Land Construction, the Imperial Court Provides a Backing [Fifth Update]
Lu Qiankun was overjoyed.
Originally, he planned to go to the county town, purchase some materials, and hire some craftsmen to build the fiefdom.
Unexpectedly, the imperial court actually rewarded him. Although he had never seen the Star-Moon Empress, he had a very good impression of such a mysterious figure.
"Do you feel confused?"
Qin Qiong smiled, and without waiting for him to ask, he continued, "Didn't you seize a high-level intelligence? This is very important to us. The Marshal defeated the barbarian reinforcements with this intelligence and won a great victory, capturing the barbarian prince and the Right Wise King. General Wang Jian of the Yanmen County Frontier Army also learned the content of the intelligence and defeated the barbarian national teacher, which made His Majesty very happy, so he sent an envoy to reward the meritorious officials."
Lu Qiankun seemed to understand something.
So that's how it is. He hadn't expected that the information revealed in the diamond treasure chest he obtained from the barbarian central army tent would be so important.
After all, he did not continue to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield afterwards.
What a pleasant surprise, it was so nice.
"Your Majesty, I accept your command and thank you for your reward."
"Haha, Earl Tianci is the future head of our Confucianism. This is a void teleportation array. Earl Tianci, you can place it within the Earl's Mansion in the center of the territory. We can arrange craftsmen to bring supplies to help with the construction at any time."
Ouyang Xiu handed over a special item.
"Okay, I'll do it now. Thank you for your help."
Lu Qiankun would not refuse.
If he builds his fiefdom early, even if all races come in the future, the Void Fiefdom will be excluded from the Blue Star. Even if the human race is destroyed in the future, it will have nothing to do with him.
These fiefdoms are special places that are outside the rules.
Use the Void Stone to enter the Earl's fiefdom.
This place has a radius of one thousand miles, and if it is doubled, it would be two thousand miles.
Square and circle was a description of area in ancient times.
A radius of five hundred miles refers to the inscribed circle of a square with a side length of five hundred miles, with the earl's palace as the center.
The so-called square refers to the square outside the circle.
Five hundred li is the side length of the outer square, that is, the diameter of the circle.
The Earl's fiefdom has mountains and water, and perhaps various mineral deposits can be found there. There are also various animals and plants in the forest, and the big lake is suitable for fishing. The weather here is like spring all year round, which is very suitable for human beings to recuperate.
Lu Qiankun came to the open space in the center of the Earl's Mansion and operated and installed the void teleportation array in front of the boundary stone.
Soon, the light came on.
Teams of craftsmen, with hundreds of ox carts, appeared nearby.
Lu Qiankun thought of his butler Ou Yezi and captain of the personal guard Lin Guanyu, and ordered them to take some soldiers and servants to the earl's fiefdom through the teleportation array.
Boundary markers are used to consume materials and build buildings. Boundary markers have a durability of one million. If the boundary markers are broken, everything in the fiefdom will be destroyed, so the area near the boundary markers must be heavily guarded.
The earl himself has the power of life and death within his fiefdom, and is even like a god.
"Hello, Lord Tianci. I am the master craftsman sent by the Ministry of Works. The Minister asked me to follow your instructions."
"First, build the warehouse and granary. Next, I will manipulate the boundary markers to build the Earl's Palace first, and then place the rest of the buildings according to the list."
Lu Qiankun took a look at the boundary marker, and quickly used the authority of the bank to take out 100,000 gold ingots as capital.
If it is insufficient, just deduct the gold ingots to offset the materials.
Soon, four warehouses and five granaries were built.
The large amount of military rations and various materials stored in the Star-Moon Ring were all put into the warehouse.
The specifications of the Earl's fiefdom are entirely up to him.
Lu Qiankun built a top-grade Jiangnan garden-style building, a luxurious mansion with thirteen entrances and thirteen exits, with a total of fifteen hundred rooms.
Pavilions, towers, corridors, gardens, rockeries and an island in the middle of the lake.
It is almost as good as a small palace, but of course it cannot be compared with the imperial city.
These alone cost him three thousand gold ingots and could accommodate hundreds of servants.
Annual maintenance costs one hundred gold bars.
This is the wedding room he prepared for the future hostess.
The group of craftsmen who came were stunned.
After all, the Earl's Palace in the fiefdom belongs entirely to the Earl, and they only build buildings outside the Earl's Palace.
"The Reincarnators are truly amazing. They really opened our eyes!"
"Mr. Earl, we have enough materials to build three villages and a town in the earl's territory. It will take twelve working days. The money and food we consume during this period will be paid by the court. You don't need to worry about it. But if you want to improve the specifications, you need to arrange it yourself."
"That's fine. I have no shortage of money. I will calculate the population of each village based on 300 households. After the construction of the fiefdom is completed, I will set up four refugee camps and recruit refugees to settle them."
"Here are 10,000 gold ingots for construction beyond the specifications. Please, Master Craftsman, I'm counting on you."
"Butler, when I'm not here, you will be in charge of this place. If you need any buildings, just discuss it with the master carpenter. If you are short of money, you can directly use the funds of no more than 200,000 gold ingots from the fiefdom bank, and all of them will be built according to the top specifications."
Ou Yezi nodded.
The master craftsman chuckled and said, "The Earl is indeed very wealthy, but even if the Earl's specifications are the highest, 60,000 to 70,000 gold ingots are enough."
So much the better.
Lu Qiankun turned and looked at Lin Guanyu.
"You will take your personal guards and stay in the Earl's Palace to maintain law and order. When the rural towns are built, recruit some special talents for me. The refugee camps will be refreshed with tenants. In addition, build an extra manor for each village to accommodate the refugees."
Lin Guanyu nodded quickly.
Building a refugee camp will refresh the refugees, who are generally divided into farmers, tenants, farmhands, and maids; building a military camp can recruit rangers and soldiers, and building an academy can recruit Confucian scholars, painters, zither players, and chess players; building shops, grocery stores, and stores can cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce through the teleportation array, and there will be merchants bringing goods to trade, and there will also be wandering peddlers bringing items to sell in the village.
Special talents above gold grade will be refreshed occasionally.
He just wanted to have nothing rather than something less than perfect. Anyway, he was not short of money, so everything in his fiefdom was built to top standards, to avoid being promoted to marquis or duke in the future, when it would be difficult and troublesome to expand the fiefdom.
Among them, the knights recruited from the military camp can be transformed into yamen runners, constables and constables of the county government, and the number of them shall not exceed fifty.
Soldiers can stay in the village as militia, with the number not exceeding one hundred.
Of course, the count could personally send his own private army to do it.
The total population of the fiefdom was 1,500 households, and there were 500 private soldiers. In addition, he was also a general of the imperial court, and could also recruit 500 private soldiers, which added up to a total of 1,000 private soldiers.
The Earl's Mansion in Fuyao County will be used as a place to stay in the future.
There was no need for too many people to stay behind, and Ou Yezi also helped him buy a group of housekeepers and maids from the pawnshop, including maids, nannies, and cooks.
Those recruited in the county town cannot be brought to the fiefdom, and you can only wait for the refugee camp to refresh before recruiting.
Take care of it all.
Lu Qiankun then remembered that the Umbrella of All People that he had seized from the Black Wind Village could be placed here, and the tax rate was set very low, so people's morale was rising rapidly. There was no tax in the first year, but in the second year, one-third of the money and grain needed to be handed over to the court as fiefdom tax, and two-thirds would remain for himself.
"The fiefdom granted by the court is different from the gang city built by the players. The gang city cannot be separated from the Star-Moon Empire. It is necessary to purchase mountains and forests outside the counties to build gathering places, or directly purchase them in the city as a base. The price is much more expensive than the fiefdom."
"I've gotten a bargain here, and a big one at that."
"Lin Guanyu, I'll leave this place to you to manage. If you need anything, please send a pigeon to let me know. Also, when the military camp is built, you can go there to train and improve yourselves. Anyone who improves his realm and changes his job will be rewarded handsomely."
(To be continued)
(End of this chapter)
Lu Qiankun was overjoyed.
Originally, he planned to go to the county town, purchase some materials, and hire some craftsmen to build the fiefdom.
Unexpectedly, the imperial court actually rewarded him. Although he had never seen the Star-Moon Empress, he had a very good impression of such a mysterious figure.
"Do you feel confused?"
Qin Qiong smiled, and without waiting for him to ask, he continued, "Didn't you seize a high-level intelligence? This is very important to us. The Marshal defeated the barbarian reinforcements with this intelligence and won a great victory, capturing the barbarian prince and the Right Wise King. General Wang Jian of the Yanmen County Frontier Army also learned the content of the intelligence and defeated the barbarian national teacher, which made His Majesty very happy, so he sent an envoy to reward the meritorious officials."
Lu Qiankun seemed to understand something.
So that's how it is. He hadn't expected that the information revealed in the diamond treasure chest he obtained from the barbarian central army tent would be so important.
After all, he did not continue to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield afterwards.
What a pleasant surprise, it was so nice.
"Your Majesty, I accept your command and thank you for your reward."
"Haha, Earl Tianci is the future head of our Confucianism. This is a void teleportation array. Earl Tianci, you can place it within the Earl's Mansion in the center of the territory. We can arrange craftsmen to bring supplies to help with the construction at any time."
Ouyang Xiu handed over a special item.
"Okay, I'll do it now. Thank you for your help."
Lu Qiankun would not refuse.
If he builds his fiefdom early, even if all races come in the future, the Void Fiefdom will be excluded from the Blue Star. Even if the human race is destroyed in the future, it will have nothing to do with him.
These fiefdoms are special places that are outside the rules.
Use the Void Stone to enter the Earl's fiefdom.
This place has a radius of one thousand miles, and if it is doubled, it would be two thousand miles.
Square and circle was a description of area in ancient times.
A radius of five hundred miles refers to the inscribed circle of a square with a side length of five hundred miles, with the earl's palace as the center.
The so-called square refers to the square outside the circle.
Five hundred li is the side length of the outer square, that is, the diameter of the circle.
The Earl's fiefdom has mountains and water, and perhaps various mineral deposits can be found there. There are also various animals and plants in the forest, and the big lake is suitable for fishing. The weather here is like spring all year round, which is very suitable for human beings to recuperate.
Lu Qiankun came to the open space in the center of the Earl's Mansion and operated and installed the void teleportation array in front of the boundary stone.
Soon, the light came on.
Teams of craftsmen, with hundreds of ox carts, appeared nearby.
Lu Qiankun thought of his butler Ou Yezi and captain of the personal guard Lin Guanyu, and ordered them to take some soldiers and servants to the earl's fiefdom through the teleportation array.
Boundary markers are used to consume materials and build buildings. Boundary markers have a durability of one million. If the boundary markers are broken, everything in the fiefdom will be destroyed, so the area near the boundary markers must be heavily guarded.
The earl himself has the power of life and death within his fiefdom, and is even like a god.
"Hello, Lord Tianci. I am the master craftsman sent by the Ministry of Works. The Minister asked me to follow your instructions."
"First, build the warehouse and granary. Next, I will manipulate the boundary markers to build the Earl's Palace first, and then place the rest of the buildings according to the list."
Lu Qiankun took a look at the boundary marker, and quickly used the authority of the bank to take out 100,000 gold ingots as capital.
If it is insufficient, just deduct the gold ingots to offset the materials.
Soon, four warehouses and five granaries were built.
The large amount of military rations and various materials stored in the Star-Moon Ring were all put into the warehouse.
The specifications of the Earl's fiefdom are entirely up to him.
Lu Qiankun built a top-grade Jiangnan garden-style building, a luxurious mansion with thirteen entrances and thirteen exits, with a total of fifteen hundred rooms.
Pavilions, towers, corridors, gardens, rockeries and an island in the middle of the lake.
It is almost as good as a small palace, but of course it cannot be compared with the imperial city.
These alone cost him three thousand gold ingots and could accommodate hundreds of servants.
Annual maintenance costs one hundred gold bars.
This is the wedding room he prepared for the future hostess.
The group of craftsmen who came were stunned.
After all, the Earl's Palace in the fiefdom belongs entirely to the Earl, and they only build buildings outside the Earl's Palace.
"The Reincarnators are truly amazing. They really opened our eyes!"
"Mr. Earl, we have enough materials to build three villages and a town in the earl's territory. It will take twelve working days. The money and food we consume during this period will be paid by the court. You don't need to worry about it. But if you want to improve the specifications, you need to arrange it yourself."
"That's fine. I have no shortage of money. I will calculate the population of each village based on 300 households. After the construction of the fiefdom is completed, I will set up four refugee camps and recruit refugees to settle them."
"Here are 10,000 gold ingots for construction beyond the specifications. Please, Master Craftsman, I'm counting on you."
"Butler, when I'm not here, you will be in charge of this place. If you need any buildings, just discuss it with the master carpenter. If you are short of money, you can directly use the funds of no more than 200,000 gold ingots from the fiefdom bank, and all of them will be built according to the top specifications."
Ou Yezi nodded.
The master craftsman chuckled and said, "The Earl is indeed very wealthy, but even if the Earl's specifications are the highest, 60,000 to 70,000 gold ingots are enough."
So much the better.
Lu Qiankun turned and looked at Lin Guanyu.
"You will take your personal guards and stay in the Earl's Palace to maintain law and order. When the rural towns are built, recruit some special talents for me. The refugee camps will be refreshed with tenants. In addition, build an extra manor for each village to accommodate the refugees."
Lin Guanyu nodded quickly.
Building a refugee camp will refresh the refugees, who are generally divided into farmers, tenants, farmhands, and maids; building a military camp can recruit rangers and soldiers, and building an academy can recruit Confucian scholars, painters, zither players, and chess players; building shops, grocery stores, and stores can cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce through the teleportation array, and there will be merchants bringing goods to trade, and there will also be wandering peddlers bringing items to sell in the village.
Special talents above gold grade will be refreshed occasionally.
He just wanted to have nothing rather than something less than perfect. Anyway, he was not short of money, so everything in his fiefdom was built to top standards, to avoid being promoted to marquis or duke in the future, when it would be difficult and troublesome to expand the fiefdom.
Among them, the knights recruited from the military camp can be transformed into yamen runners, constables and constables of the county government, and the number of them shall not exceed fifty.
Soldiers can stay in the village as militia, with the number not exceeding one hundred.
Of course, the count could personally send his own private army to do it.
The total population of the fiefdom was 1,500 households, and there were 500 private soldiers. In addition, he was also a general of the imperial court, and could also recruit 500 private soldiers, which added up to a total of 1,000 private soldiers.
The Earl's Mansion in Fuyao County will be used as a place to stay in the future.
There was no need for too many people to stay behind, and Ou Yezi also helped him buy a group of housekeepers and maids from the pawnshop, including maids, nannies, and cooks.
Those recruited in the county town cannot be brought to the fiefdom, and you can only wait for the refugee camp to refresh before recruiting.
Take care of it all.
Lu Qiankun then remembered that the Umbrella of All People that he had seized from the Black Wind Village could be placed here, and the tax rate was set very low, so people's morale was rising rapidly. There was no tax in the first year, but in the second year, one-third of the money and grain needed to be handed over to the court as fiefdom tax, and two-thirds would remain for himself.
"The fiefdom granted by the court is different from the gang city built by the players. The gang city cannot be separated from the Star-Moon Empire. It is necessary to purchase mountains and forests outside the counties to build gathering places, or directly purchase them in the city as a base. The price is much more expensive than the fiefdom."
"I've gotten a bargain here, and a big one at that."
"Lin Guanyu, I'll leave this place to you to manage. If you need anything, please send a pigeon to let me know. Also, when the military camp is built, you can go there to train and improve yourselves. Anyone who improves his realm and changes his job will be rewarded handsomely."
(To be continued)
(End of this chapter)
