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"You're a real talent. With a brain like yours, you could climb the ladder quickly if you joined any mobile game company."

"Absolutely."

Huo Yan showed no humility whatsoever, but instead looked smug: "Godfather, I'm not just bragging. I'm even thinking about getting a 648 yuan gift pack, plus double rewards for first recharges and stuff."

After listening,

Han Yilin couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "You deserve to be rich."

A compliment,

This instantly made Huo Yan chuckle.

Behind,

Let's chat for a bit more.

In the end, only the courtesan remained alive, and Huo Yan, knowing better, left alone.

Han Yilin turned to Chu Wanyan: "Perfect timing. Didn't you just say you were going to arrange a song and dance performance for me? I'll leave that to you."

"Give me a girl group based on this standard."

Girl group?

Chu Wanyan blinked.

Obviously,

I heard another word that I couldn't understand at all.

Han Yilin explained: "It means selecting a group of young and beautiful women and training them in singing and dancing. The number of people doesn't need to be large, just 7 to 9 people. Each person should ideally have their own unique characteristics, some are good at singing, some are good at dancing, and their figures, clothing, and makeup are also uniformly designed."

"The dance should ideally be sexy and energetic. I need to perform when I need it, understand?"

With this explanation,

Chu Wanyan understood instantly.

"I see."

She nodded thoughtfully: "That's not difficult, but I'm afraid we'll need you to come and give us some pointers often, since we don't know what style you prefer."

Personal guidance?

Upon hearing this, Han Yilin immediately smiled, "You understand me."

.......

After the arrangements were made,

Back at the mansion,

After a whole day of this, Han Yilin was exhausted. After a quick wash, he fell into a deep sleep with his beautiful wife and concubine in his arms.

This sleep,

He slept until the sun was high in the sky the next day.

and,

I didn't wake up naturally.

Instead, I was woken up by a series of notifications.

"What is all this nonsense?"

I opened my eyes groggily.

Looking at the series of notifications about the completion of the building, Han Yilin felt a surge of anger.

The blacksmith shop is now complete!

[Barracks construction complete!]

[The inn is complete!]

The market is complete!

【...】

These kinds of prompts,

It has been appearing since yesterday, but it doesn't matter much during the day.

But now,

Starting from early morning,

As a large number of migrant workers began to get up and go to work, the notifications never stopped, one after another.

Even though Han Yilin has a good temper, he's a bit grumpy now.

But soon,

He suddenly froze.

Because in this series of completion notifications,

There is one,

It is clearly different from other buildings.

[The Chamber of Commerce building is complete!]

[A guild hall has been detected in this territory; trading is now officially enabled!]

Lords can create their own guilds and organize caravans in the guild's name to conduct cross-regional trade.

Huh?

Seeing this,

Han Yilin, who was still sleepy, suddenly became more awake.

Enable trading functionality?

Wow--!!!

Seeing this,

Han Yilin instantly laughed with relief. More than fifty days had passed, and the trading function was finally activated!

To know,

On the first day of the trek

When Han Yilin was checking out the various functions of the game, he had already seen the "Trading House", but it had been grayed out and could not be opened.

later,

Because they are busy developing every day,

After a while,

I forgot about it.

After the trade route was opened, Han Yilin thought he could open a trading post, but it turned out that only caravans came, and the two were completely unrelated.

After that,

Until the county town was upgraded,

A whole bunch of new buildings were unlocked all at once.

Such as recruitment halls, transport offices, academies, chambers of commerce, dockyards...etc.

then,

Han Yilin only glanced at it briefly.

I didn't look too closely.

Then they all chose to build them, never expecting that the real condition for opening the trading post was actually the 'Merchant Guild Hall'.

"Damn it, you hid it so well."

Muttering a curse under his breath,

Han Yilin immediately opened the trading platform's interface.

[No chamber of commerce has been created yet. Do you want to create one?]

"create."

Please name the Chamber of Commerce.

Han Yilin didn't even think about it.

"The Sky-Breaking Chamber of Commerce"

[The Sky-Breaking Commerce Guild has been created!]

It was at this time that

The 'trading hall,' which had been grayed out, finally lit up at this moment.

Han Yilin immediately opened the interface.

But the next second...

His face immediately fell.

Mainly,

The entire interface is completely clean; there isn't a single product, not even a hair.

Han Yilin was so angry he laughed on the spot: "Are you kidding me? We finally opened the trading post, and now it's just me? What's the point of opening it then? Am I supposed to just transfer money from my own left hand to my own right hand?"

then,

Han Yilin gave it a try.

He now,

You can directly list items on the trading post, including various basic resources, as well as blueprints, elixirs, medicinal herbs, weapons, and so on.

but,

According to the description,

Transaction method

The transaction is not conducted online. Instead, it requires contacting other players, suggesting trade orders, and then using caravans to transport the goods before the transaction can be completed.

to be frank,

When you see these,

Han Yilin's face turned green.

Are you kidding me?

In other novels of the same genre, the protagonist usually starts with a trading post, and then takes advantage of his rapid development to put food, water, medicine, etc. on the market in the early stages, and then uses them to exchange for blueprints or other useful tools.

Often at this time,

There will always be a female player who gains the protagonist's trust, and the two will engage in long-term transactions.

and,

This female player,

Good items often drop there, and we don't know why the drop rate is so high.

result,

When it came to myself...

It's been over fifty days since the game started, and the trading function has only just been enabled. Not only that, but the huge trading channel is completely empty except for me.

The point is,

Online transactions are not yet possible.

"Then what good are you?!"

Tired.

Aside from being tired, Han Yilin said he had no other feelings.

I unlocked this trading post for myself, and I don't know when another player will appear. Even if there is one, we can't trade if the distance is too far.

but,

On second thought,

Han Yilin felt that online trade was indeed impossible.

otherwise,

Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of units of grain can be traded on the platform and instantly end up in someone else's territory. Isn't that ridiculous?

Especially during battles between two armies,

You want to burn my grain supplies? Then just put them on the trading market yourself. Wouldn't that perfectly avoid the risk?

obviously,

The underlying code of this "nationwide county magistrate" game directly blocked this path.

"Alright."

After figuring it out,

Han Yilin also looked somewhat helpless: "Let's see what happens later. It should be somewhat useful after most players upgrade their county cities."

at the moment,

After all, I was all alone.

After considering it for a while, Han Yilin exited the interface. Then, he took a look at the other new buildings.

this time,

No new features were enabled.

I got up.

Simply wash your face,

After lunch, Han Yilin summoned all the players from the affiliated counties to prepare to assign them tasks.

Simultaneously,

He even summoned the Imperial Guards and asked them, "Have you searched for the plague-infected corpses or people infected with the plague that I asked you to find before?"

The head of the Imperial Guards said gravely, "Reporting to your Excellency, we have found some, but is doing this......"

Han Yilin rolled his eyes at him: "It will harm Heaven and not Wenhe. Just do as I say. Besides, you don't need to do it yourself. Just let the prisoners of the Pingtian Army do it."

Seeing that Han Yilin had already said that,

Even the Embroidered Uniform Guards couldn't do anything about it.

We can only prepare in advance.

After giving the instructions,

Han Yilin also returned to the main hall of the city lord's mansion, where other players were arriving one after another.

Not long after,

Everyone is present.

Han Yilin didn't waste any words. After briefly explaining his plan, he began assigning tasks.

in fact,

The task is simple.

It consists of two steps.

First of all,

It was Han Yilin himself who led his troops to plunder the grain transport team, and then came the main event.

17th County

As the county town closest to Qingshi Valley

Starting yesterday, the city's population began to relocate, especially the warehouses, which were to be completely emptied.

After they seized the grain,

This would lead to the Pingtian Army prisoners throwing the bodies of those who died from the plague near the warehouse, and covering the entire warehouse with the bedding, cloth bags, and blankets used by the plague victims.

then,

They stored the looted grain there.

The next step is to wait for the main force of the Pingtian Army to arrive. Han Yilin also requires the players defending the city to put on a show of resistance, and then they can withdraw their troops and return the grain.

The whole plan,

It looks very complicated.

To put it bluntly, they poisoned the grain and then let the Pingtian Army take it back, spreading the plague.

very beginning,

When Han Yilin questioned Chu Wanyan,

Without the slightest hesitation, she said directly, "With a million troops stationed together, if a plague breaks out, not enough people will be spared."

A matter involving hundreds of thousands of lives

When it reached Chu Wanyan's mouth, it became just a light, casual remark.

only,

Under this premise

The question then became how to spread the plague. Poisoning the river was obviously not an option, since the Pingtian Army was stationed in an area surrounded by two rivers, and the upstream areas were all under their control.

Therefore,

There is only one way.

They used food to spread plague.

of course,

Throughout the process,

Han Yilin would certainly not allow his men to come into contact with those infected with the plague or the corpses, so he could only make do with the prisoners of the Pingtian Army.