Chapter 38 Emperor Wu of Han’s Financial Officer

“Ding, congratulations to the player ‘Shengzuoyishusheng’ for making his territory ‘Tian Ce Town’ the best town in the world. Please follow his example and actively build your territory.”

When the Huaxia region system announcement sounded, all the players in the Eastern Han Dynasty were in an uproar.

The achievement of “the best town in the world” was taken first by a scholar named Shengzuo!

“Damn it, this honor should have belonged to me!”

Jizhou, the lord of Dayu Village, “Xuanyuan”, who had the greatest military achievements, was stunned when he heard the system prompt, and then he became furious.

If Dayu Village had not been attacked by the Yellow Turban Army of Jizhou and its rammed earth walls had not been destroyed, his Dayu Village would have been the number one town in the world!
In order to fight for the title of the best town in the world, he invested a lot of resources, but man proposes, God disposes, and he could not have expected the Yellow Turban Army to attack the village.

“Is there really someone who is one day faster than me?”

The lord of Xianyang Village thought that his construction speed was fast enough, but he never expected that there were other experts.

“Never mind. There’s no need to worry too much about the gains and losses of a city or a pond. When the Chu and Han dynasties were fighting, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, started his army in Hanzhong. Although he was not as strong as Xiang Yu, he still conquered the world. I need to be patient, store up food, and slowly claim the throne.”

The Lord of Xianyang Village could only comfort himself in this way.

“Why is this ‘Katsuzuki the Scholar’ again?”

In order to meet the requirements for upgrading his territory, the chief of Liangzhou Village led his troops to attack the Qiang tribe and abducted people.

When she heard the system prompt, she couldn’t help but become curious about this player.

Which emperor or general did the other party imitate to be able to stay ahead?
“Maybe it was based on some emperor, Qin Shi Huang? Emperor Wu of Han? Emperor Taizong of Tang?”

“My Lord, what are you thinking about?”

The female warrior from Liangzhou Village held the reins in one hand and a refined straight sword in the other. She was wearing armor, her fair face was stained with blood, and she looked heroic.

The head of Liangzhou Village chuckled and said, “We may encounter a powerful opponent in the future.”

The female general replied: “Please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely defeat this man for you.”

Qingzhou, the village chief of Qingzhou Village, “Qingdi”, also remembered this “Shengzuo Shusheng” who frequently appeared in the system announcements.

Her village was also only two or three days away from upgrading to a town, but she was still one step behind: “In the future, when we compete for supremacy, this person may be a formidable opponent. It is said that he is in Xinye, Nanyang, so his target should be the entire Central Plains.”

In Shitou Village, the village chief heard the system announcement that someone had won the title of “No. 1 Town in the World”. He couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Although he felt regretful, he also felt a little relieved.

Without the need to rush to fight for the title of the world’s number one town, he can plan the development of his territory well: “When my Stone Village becomes Stone Town and Stone City, I will change the name to Jianye.”

In Nanyang County, when lord players such as Nan Batian and the Great Emperor heard the system announcement, they felt terrible.

The scholar Shengzuo is in Nanyang County and will definitely have conflicts with them in the future. For them, it is not a good thing for Tiance Town to become the number one town in the world.

“Ding, your territory, Tiance Town, has been awarded the title of ‘The Best Town in the World’. For the next three years, Tiance Town will be immune to natural disasters such as locust plagues and floods, the probability of a good grain harvest will be +50%, the attraction of refugees will be +100%, and you will also get an exclusive specialty – Tiance Crossbow.”

“Ding, you have obtained the intermediate infantry battalion blueprint, intermediate stable blueprint, primary brick and stone city wall blueprint, intermediate market blueprint, and City God Temple blueprint…”

“Ding, you got the famous horse – Baitiwu.”

Li Qian received a series of system prompts. He did not expect that the reward for the B-level achievement task “The No. 1 Town in the World” would be so generous, with exclusive specialties and famous horses.

Bai Ti Wu, isn’t this the Six Horses of Zhaoling?

The Six Horses of Zhaoling were the six mounts of Emperor Taizong of Tang, famous horses in ancient times, similar to Cao Cao’s Huang Feidian and Jueying.

Owning a famous horse can play a key role whether chasing the enemy or escaping after defeat. After all, there are many examples in history of generals being captured alive because of their weak warhorses… Li Qian did not see Baitiwu. Could it be that Baitiwu is in the stable of Tiance Village?

Just send Cheng Yaojin back to Tiance Village to bring Baitiwu back.

No, it should be Tiance Town now.

Li Qian checked the upgraded territory panel.

[Territory]: Tiance Town (the best town in the world)
【Lord】：Shengzuo a scholar
【Affiliation】: Xinye County, Nanyang County
[Specialties]: Chinese cabbage, kale, honeysuckle, Xinye sauce, Hanhua wine, Tiance crossbow (exclusive)
【Population】: 22379/80000
【Regular players】：255
[People’s Heart]: 92 (Blessed by the Holy Lord of Heaven)
【Public Security】：88
[Prosperity]: 3412/10000
[Internal Affairs Efficiency]: 40/100
[Agricultural efficiency]: 51/100
【Business efficiency】: 45/100
【Cultural efficiency】: 30/100
[Bonus Effect]: Immune to natural disasters, probability of good grain harvest +50%, attraction of refugees +100%, effect lasts for three years.

[City Defense]: Rammed earth wall, primary tower, stone arrow tower x 8
[Troops]: 1455
……

Tiance Crossbow, a specialty of Tiance Town, has a cost +10% higher than ordinary individual crossbows, an additional +1 attack power, an additional +5% range, and an additional +8% armor-piercing efficiency.

After reading the introduction of the Tiance Crossbow, Li Qian couldn’t help but sigh that this was a good thing. The cost only increased by 10%, but the power of the crossbow was greatly improved.

Crossbowmen equipped with Tiance crossbows have stronger combat effectiveness.

Moreover, this is the equipment of ordinary crossbowmen and can be manufactured and equipped on a large scale.

The powerful crossbows produced in Tiance Town can also be sold to other lords or prefects at a high price.

Li Qian also has a second-rate recruitment order in his hand.

A second-rate recruitment order is priceless.

【Name】：Second-class Recruitment Order

[Type]: Consumables
[Effect]: After use, there is a 99% chance of recruiting second-rate civil officials and military officers, a 0.999% chance of recruiting first-rate civil officials and military officers, and a 0.001% chance of recruiting top-rate civil officials and military officers.

A second-rate recruitment order has only a one in a hundred thousand chance of recruiting top-notch civil and military officials.

After all, there are too few top-notch civil and military officials.

In “Global Warring States”, Han Xin, Xiang Yu, Zhang Liang, Xiao He and others are top-notch civil and military officials.

Top-notch civil and military officials have surpassed the scope of ordinary civil and military officials and are extremely rare.

“Ding, you used the second-rate recruitment order, and we are randomly recruiting talents for you… The talent you recruited is the first-rate civil official Sang Hongyang [son of a wealthy businessman].”

“Sang Hongyang is currently in Tiance Town.”

A first-rate civil official? Li Qian was excited.

Recruiting first-rate civil officials with a second-rate recruitment order is already a huge profit.

Sang Hongyang, isn’t this the finance minister of Emperor Wu of Han?

State-run salt and iron, equal distribution, price stabilization, currency reform, liquor monopoly, immigration and reclamation…

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, many policies were extremely advanced.

Emperor Wu of Han expanded the territory, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing drove the Huns northward, and they dispatched armies of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people at a time, which was a great honor. But behind the scenes, there were ministers such as Sang Hongyang who helped Emperor Wu of Han manage the finances and recruit soldiers.

Without financial officials like Sang Hongyang, Emperor Wu of Han might have gone bankrupt…

(End of this chapter)