Star Tycoon

Chapter 185 Continue to Keep a Low Profile
[This is the last month before winter. You have stockpiled food equal to six times the current month's consumption. All villagers have received a boost in morale and fighting spirit, and public morale has increased by 10 points.]

As early as November 1st, the hearts of the people of the Star Kingdom were almost full.

They work themselves to the bone fighting against the little sparrows that eat grain, all to ensure that everyone can have enough to eat.

"Six hours until December! Let's get to work!"

Tian Ersan smiled and went to the farmland to distribute food to the elderly, women and children in the vicinity.

Every stalk of wheat was harvested by Tian Ersan himself from the wheat field, representing his overflowing love.

Not only can resources be produced in this space, but solar power plants can also be built, and even wheat and vegetables from outside can be grown!
Chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep from outside can all be raised here. Even sick cattle and chickens can recover quickly by eating some wheat.

In order to prevent the sparrows from surviving, Tian Ersan frequently went to Cotton Town to release wheat reserves.

With the help of space wheat, there was no need to worry about livestock getting sick in the early stages.

Medicines and decoctions made from wheat flour also made Dr. Otley's private hospital very popular, attracting many celebrities and wealthy people who needed urgent treatment.

Tian Ersan has no shortage of paper money from outside, but he lacks copper coins from here.

With only one minute left until December, Tian Ersan stood up decisively, his eyes resolute, filled with a strong sense of resolve!
"Everyone, taxed for one year!"

Copper coins +2128308
Public opinion -60!

Ignoring the gloomy-faced villagers, Tian Ersan quickly rode his electric bike to inspect his territory.

Not only can you take things out, you can also bring things in from outside.

They can bring in everything from large trucks used for city-state construction to foreign machine guns and rocket launchers, and even various power generation equipment.

December has arrived, and as the weather gradually gets colder, wheat growth slows down by 25%.

While working in the fields, the villagers discovered an unnamed ancient book. Upon closer inspection, they found it to be an acceleration scroll, capable of reducing construction time by one percent.

Once Tian Ersan realized that the items weren't valuable, he stopped caring and continued running faster towards the outskirts of the city.

“Build! A thousand farmhouses!”

Copper coins -1000000!

The enormous sums of money transformed into towering trees, or spread out from the sky like blood vessels!

The overwhelming light was so beautiful and moving on this night.

Three or four thousand people came out of their homes.

Tian Ersan randomly selected a farmer to collect taxes.

"Taxation, for one year!"

Copper coins +730!

[Villager Wang Guoqiang's popularity has dropped to zero!]

"Train swordsmen and shieldmen! Target: Kingdom Strong!"

Training successful! Consumed 200 jin of food and 0.5 cubic meters of metal. Current available conscript population: 2350.

Swordsman and Shieldbearer:

Vitality: 350
Attack power: 10~10
Defense: 20
Movement speed: 2
Range: 1
Grain consumption: 35 jin/day

Training time: 2400 seconds

"One soldier every forty minutes, thirty-six a day, a thousand a month, ten thousand a year, and it would take about ten years to gather an army of one hundred thousand."

Agricultural generals cannot conscript soldiers, and Tian Ersan himself has to come over every 40 minutes to convert them. He certainly can't endure that for long in a day.

In reality, it was possible to train hundreds of soldiers at the same time, but Tian Ersan had to collect taxes one by one, and he was afraid that if he collected taxes at the same time, he would not have enough time to train them and they would run away. So he collected and trained them one by one in this inhumane way.

"There are still 1.12 million coins left. We'll leave the remaining 8,000 as is and use the rest to upgrade all the buildings first. Let's upgrade the government hall and recruit a military general."

A level 3 government office requires 40000 copper coins, 400 units of various resources, and 4000 hours.

This would have been a very difficult, almost impossible task for Tian Ersan in the past.

I remember last year when they helped me upgrade my administrative office to level two for free, I was so happy I almost cried.

What are these resources and copper coins worth now?

"I've got plenty of money!"

Tian Ersan quickly built a three-tiered administrative hall, but only sent a few idle laborers from the city to build it, without investing much.

After the third level of the ruling hall, bandits and soldiers will appear. Tian Ersan has now obtained machine guns and explosives from outside.

If it can deal with sparrows, it can certainly deal with soldiers and bandits.

However, there is no need to rush to complete the construction at the moment.

After the five people went to build the administration hall, Tian Ersan upgraded the various technologies of the academy.

The attributes of each unit are basic attributes, and the academy will provide bonuses through various skills such as combat skills, walking skills, life skills, and projectile skills.

After the building technology was upgraded to level five, Tian Ersan spent 20,000 copper coins and a large amount of resources to build new buildings.

"Build city walls!"

The stone materials stored for more than half a year are starting to run out, and many warehouses are becoming empty.

Centered on the government building, a circle of earthen-yellow foundations appeared five kilometers outward.

More than two thousand people were dispersed around the giant circle to begin building this long city wall.

"Upgrade the academy!"

Upgrade the blacksmith shop! Upgrade the artisan workshop!

Upgrade the stables!

Upgrade the beacon towers!

"Upgrade the tavern!"

"Upgrade harvest technology!"

……

"Upgrade the projectile technology!"

Tian Ersan quickly spent all the money, leaving only a small amount.

When he suddenly realized that he had very little money left, Tian Ersan couldn't help but feel regret.

"How come this money disappears so quickly!"

Nowadays, the villagers' morale has dropped to 40%, and they are no longer enthusiastic about working or walking.

The festive feeling I had when I saw people a while ago is gone.

Tian Ersan sighed and sat down in the military camp to squeeze out the last copper coin from each soldier, which was then converted into a soldier.

With the added advantage of training techniques, Tian Ersan gained more than forty swordsmen and shieldmen and three archers within twenty-four hours.

archers

Vitality: 150
Attack power: 5~35
Defense: 5
Movement speed: 3
Range: 1~1000 meters (maximum attack range within 200 meters)
Grain consumption: 30 jin/day

Training time: 3600 seconds

Tian Ersan questioned the last archer who came out.

What's it like to be an archer?

The archer squinted as he looked into the distance.

"My vision is clearer now, and I can see farther. I also have a feeling that my marksmanship has improved a lot!"

Tian Ersan looked at the bow and arrows on his back and asked, "Is there a difference between using a pistol and a bow and arrow?"

The archer raised his bow and arrow with one hand, and the metal bow and arrow quickly transformed into a white sniper rifle.

"Never wears out, unlimited ammo, only I can use it!"

"Awesome!" Tian Ersan exclaimed excitedly, then asked curiously, "Since it's unlimited ammo, can you keep firing until you can sell it as scrap metal?"

The system has many logical bugs, such as issues with user identities.

Some people manage to gain an advantage, while others suffer losses but simply accept it, with nowhere to complain.

Those obvious bugs are the rules of the game; if you know someone might turn against you, don't go too far.

The archer replied, "The recovery speed is very slow; it can only shoot once every ten seconds. It can be sold as scrap metal outside."

"Forget it, no need." Tian Ersan wasn't short of money, nor did he have time to sell scrap metal.

Military factories can be built within the space to produce heavy weapons. Now that we have archers, there is no need to manufacture guns and bullets. The main focus now is to use the high-quality metals in the space to produce airplanes and engines.

It's better to have more archers right now, so they started recruiting and training archers.

Before conscription, all the money had to be collected, including an extra year's worth of taxes.

Because his appointment with the female celebrity failed, and because he had no business or work both domestically and internationally, Tian Ersan could stay in the villa for a long time.

In Tian Ersan's view, neither his career nor women were burdens.

The wheat in the space can solve the problem of food and drink. Tian Ersan doesn't need water, electricity, or transportation. He just needs to buy a dilapidated house in an eighth-tier city where he can sleep.

Even basic physiological needs can be met by finding female villagers in the space.

Among the more than two thousand female villagers, several hundred are beautiful, and sometimes they speak very nicely, and sometimes they speak very unpleasantly.

"Preparations for Cotton Town and Tao County are almost complete. We have enough personnel to protect the people in the main city. Next, we will focus on tax collection and resource construction."

The population lost to conscription will be replenished from refugees and reserve populations; currently, two groups of refugees arrive every day.

Tian Ersan only needs men. In this space, it is not necessary for men and women to have children together. Anyway, as long as there is a house, there will be people. So of course, the more people who work and serve as soldiers, the better.

After acquiring a thousand archers, Tian Ersan stopped recruiting soldiers in order to balance tax revenue and wages.

Today is December 25th. A flock of poor little sparrows are shivering in the heavy snow. They landed near your wheat field and hope that you, in your kindness, can give them some food, just a little bit.

Tian Ersan never expected that after so long, he would be looking at these hateful little sparrows again.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Tian Ersan thought it over repeatedly.

They drove them away many times, but it was no use. They took them in several times, but they always stole the grain and left.

"No! Archers, fire! Kill these little sparrows!"

The angry little sparrow stole 100 cubic meters of your food.

[You have obtained 10000 servings of bird meat. Due to the severe losses, the chance of a local bird infestation has decreased by one in a thousand.]

"Damn! No wonder it wasn't working! Turns out it was because we didn't have enough troops before, so it didn't have a deterrent effect!"

There's no question about that; if you have money, you should build a house!
It was already Christmas outside, but Tian Ersan remained indoors and ignored everyone.

(End of this chapter)