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"Hmm? The lord is back!"
"Quickly! The lord is back! Go and inform the militia captain!"
After Liu Tianyu saw the familiar wooden fence, the militiamen on guard on the watchtower naturally also saw Liu Tianyu and his group.
Upon seeing Liu Tianyu riding Xueying at the front, they immediately shouted loudly, and one of them quickly ran to the town center to inform the militia captain.
After leaving one person to continue guarding the watchtower, the remaining three militiamen quickly ran down from the watchtower to greet Liu Tianyu.
"Lord Lord!"
The three of them walked up to Liu Tianyu and quickly bowed their heads and pounded their chests in respect.
"No need for formalities. Tell me, what happened in Stormlands while I was away?"
Liu Tianyu sat on the snow-covered tree, raised his arm in a gesture of respect to them, and then asked.
"Yes, my lord, in the days you were away, the people, led by the militia captain, began the reconstruction work."
The houses that were burned have now been repaired, but the houses that were completely destroyed are still under construction, in addition to being demolished, and should be completed in about a week.
In addition, several adventurers suddenly appeared today, carrying a quest signed by you, claiming they wanted to hunt down goblins and needed Stormwind soldiers to accompany them as witnesses.
After confirming everything was correct, the militia captain dispatched one soldier to accompany each adventurer's party. Now, nine kingdom riders have joined nine adventurer parties deep into the Stormy Plains.
Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's question, one of the militiamen responded.
"Ha, they came really fast! But that's fine, the sooner we clear out the goblins on the Storm Plains, the better! It'll also give my troops some practice!"
A glint of light flashed in Liu Tianyu's eyes.
"Tap tap tap" "Viscount, you're finally back! Do you know that you..."
Just then, the sound of rapid hoofbeats rang out, accompanied by the voice of a middle-aged man.
The militia captain looked troubled. He was about to say something when he saw Liu Tianyu, but he stopped talking as soon as he saw the wolf-drawn cart behind Liu Tianyu and several unfamiliar faces.
“Militiamen, go and arrange for the guests to go to the inn. Your Excellency, I will take you back to Stormwind Keep.”
After the militia captain finished speaking, he jumped off his horse, walked up to Liu Tianyu, took Xueying's reins, and prepared to act as a knight's squire to take Liu Tianyu back to Stormwind Keep and give him a lecture along the way.
“No, Uncle Akavi, let’s take everyone to Stormwind Keep. There are only a few extra people, and Stormwind Keep can accommodate them. After all, Princess Prim of the Second Fortress is also here.”
Seeing the militia captain take the initiative to pull Xueying's reins and lead the horse, Liu Tianyu didn't say anything, knowing that the militia captain was trying to help him establish his authority.
"?!"
Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's words, the militia captain immediately turned his gaze to what was behind him. He completely ignored the Goblin Slayer squad, who were clearly adventurers, and instead looked at Prim, who was sitting in front of the wolf wagon, dressed in gorgeous clothes and exuding an air of nobility.
He turned back to look at Liu Tianyu in shock, his eyes asking what had happened. Liu Tianyu shrugged, and the militia captain had no choice but to swallow his questions.
"Since Your Excellency has said so, then please come with me to Stormwind Keep to rest!"
The militia captain spoke calmly to the people behind him.
"No! I'm here to deal with the goblins. After we buy some supplies in Stormwind Territory, we can head straight there to eliminate them."
Goblin Slayer responded coldly to the militia captain's invitation.
"You've traveled for so long, even if you're not tired, your companions must be exhausted. Even if you're just trying to eliminate the goblins, you need to conserve your energy."
"Tomorrow morning, I will personally lead the army to accompany you. After all, Stormy Plains is my territory, and it would be a loss of face for me, as the lord, to only send adventurers!"
Just as the militia captain was about to say something after seeing Goblin Slayer's response, Liu Tianyu suddenly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, Goblin Slayer glanced at the yawning miner priest and lizardman monk beside him, remained silent for a while, and then nodded.
"Come on, Uncle Akavi, it's been so long since you led my horse. I really miss it!"
Once the problem was solved, Liu Tianyu instructed the militia captain to continue leading the horse slowly.
"Haha, it has indeed been a long time, after all, Your Excellency has grown into a valiant man."
The militia captain smiled, then took Xueying's hand and walked into Storm Territory.
The Goblin Slayer squad followed slowly behind, with the Nord Royal Guards leading the wolf-drawn carriage at the very back of the procession.
"Everyone's eyes seemed to be filled with happy smiles, just like the smiles I've seen at home."
Looking at the smiles on the faces of the citizens coming and going on the gravel streets of Stormwind Territory, Prim, sitting in the wolf wagon, sighed with emotion.
"Haha, Princess Prim, our Storm Territory is not very wealthy, and it is also somewhat dangerous."
However, our Viscount never levies any exorbitant taxes to satisfy his own desires. Apart from basic land rent, land title tax, grazing tax, and commercial tax, there are no other taxes.
Even on his birthday each year, taxes were never increased.
Therefore, the lives of both serfs and free citizens in Stormwind Territory are quite good. Compared to the suffocating serfs and free citizens under other lords, this place is simply paradise!
If it weren't for the annual storms and goblin raids that plague the Stormlands, a steady stream of immigrants would have already settled in Stormlands.
Seeing that Prim seemed interested in Stormhold, the militia captain leading Liu Tianyu's horse immediately gave him a helping hand.
"Forehead?"
Seeing the militia captain winking at him, Liu Tianyu's lips twitched, but he didn't say anything.
He was indeed very interested in Prim, but she was backed by the Seven Shields, making her difficult to deal with, unless the wheels of fate had already begun to turn.
According to the Black Beast storyline, the Dark Elf Queen of the Black Castle seemed to have lost her magic for unknown reasons, and her kingdom was conquered by the Black Beast mercenary group in conjunction with the monsters.
Immediately following this was the Seven Shields Alliance being betrayed by Walter, the mercenary king of the Black Beast Mercenary Group.
Thinking of this, Liu Tianyu couldn't help but glance at the naive and innocent Prim.
After all, in the storyline, she went and had sex with her own sister.
It's hard to imagine that this seemingly innocent and naive girl could do something so outrageous. Although it was somewhat coercive, who knows, she might actually be a cunning person hiding a dark side!
"You see, Your Excellency, with your materials, the reconstruction is going very quickly. The houses that were affected by the fire have now been renovated, and the ones that were burned down are now half-rebuilt."
The worst of winter is still two weeks away, and I'm confident I can rebuild all the houses within five days.
Soon, the militia captain spoke again, pointing to the cluster of houses that had been burned down by the goblin invasion.
On the original site, rows of houses, some half-built, are already standing there.
Since only the houses on top were burned down, and the foundations below were not dug up, there was no need to rebuild the foundations. Otherwise, these disaster victims would have had to stay in other people's homes for the entire winter.
Who knows what kind of trouble might arise then?
After all, they are flesh-and-blood human beings, not just a bunch of data made up of NPCs!
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Building Functions? Architectural Magic!
Liu Tianyu glanced at the disaster victims who were working on reconstruction, nodded in acknowledgment, and then turned his attention to the newly unlocked building page on the system.
[Buildable Structures:]
[Mill: Grinds barley or other grains to produce flour, increasing village prosperity weekly. Construction cost: 2000 dinars, construction time: 19 days.]
[School: Improves village literacy, cultivates various talents, and increases village loyalty weekly. Construction cost: 3600 dinars, construction time: 32 days.]
[Watchtower: Constructed of stone and wood, equipped with ballistae, it can be garrisoned to detect surrounding activity, ensure village security, and delay enemy raids. Construction cost: 2800 dinars, construction time: 27 days.]
[Well: Excavated from the ground, connecting to groundwater hundreds of meters underground. It effectively solves the villagers' water problem and prevents enemy troops from poisoning the water source. Construction cost: 4000 dinars, construction time: 42 days.]
[Wooden walls: Constructed from three-meter-high timbers, these walls encircle the entire village, effectively providing villagers with a sense of security and defense against enemy attacks. Construction cost: 6000 dinars; construction time: 60 days.]
Looking at the five remaining buildings, Liu Tianyu raised an eyebrow. It was obvious what these buildings represented; the system didn't consider Stormwind Town a town at all, but rather a super-sized village.
However, there is a problem: the system shows that all the buildings that can be built in Stormwind Town except for the school and the wooden walls are available, so why does the system still show that they can be built?
Liu Tianyu was a little confused, but soon he decided to give up thinking and directly click to build a wooden city wall, since the most urgent issue for Stormwind Town was the city wall.
Once the city walls are secured, there's no longer a way to force your way through; you'll have to resort to siege.
[Confirmed construction of wooden city walls, 6000 dinars deducted, completion time 60 days]
The system's mechanical beeping sounded again.
After spending the dinars, Liu Tianyu glanced at the wooden fence outside, but nothing had changed!
"Ok?"
But a little while later, he discovered that there was a pile of wood and stone at the wooden fence, and no one else reacted, as if the stone and wood that suddenly appeared did not exist.
"System, what's going on? Are you trying to put on a magical show with me, building a wooden city wall in 60 days?"
Liu Tianyu mentally called out to the system.
Once the host has chosen a building to construct, it will be completed gradually over time. Everyone will become accustomed to it until the building is finished. The host can only construct one type of building at a time.
The system's mechanical voice quickly reached Liu Tianyu's mind.
"Brilliant!"
Liu Tianyu could only give the system a thumbs up in his heart. He was now curious about everyone's reaction two months after the wooden city wall was completed, and how to explain such a miracle.
After passing through the rebuilt housing complex, Liu Tianyu and the others arrived at the town square, which was originally empty with only a cold wind blowing through it.
But now things are different. There is a stone base standing there, and it seems that a statue is to be placed on it.
"The statue of the God Emperor is still under construction. My idea is to wait until the 4-meter-tall statue of the God Emperor is completed before placing the statue on the base. Now, let's put the base in place and mark it."
"My lord, this is the model of the Divine Emperor. Are you satisfied with it? If not, I can have the craftsmen improve it."
The militia captain pointed with his left hand to the stone base in the center of the square, which was 2.5 meters high and 12 meters in diameter. The base alone was that big, so the statue must be quite large.
Liu Tianyu took the model handed to him by the militia captain. It was made of stone, but it had been coated with paint and looked quite lifelike.
Wearing a laurel wreath and a long cloak, with a mature face and majestic eyes, clad in magnificent golden armor, his left hand wielded a sharp claw weapon, while his right hand held a massive, blazing sword. What a magnificent God-Emperor!
"Excellent, very good! Not only am I extremely satisfied, but I believe the God Emperor will also be extremely satisfied!"
After examining it for a while, Liu Tianyu was about to put the model of the God Emperor inside the lining of the plate armor.
"Excuse me, is that stone base intended to house a statue of a deity?"
Just then, a childish voice came from inside, causing Liu Tianyu to pause in his action of putting the model in his pocket.
Liu Tianyu turned his head and saw that it was indeed the priestess. She and the fairy archer seemed to be getting bored in the carriage and were chatting with Prim in the front seat.
She is now curiously examining the stone base with her large, azure eyes.
"God Emperor!"
Liu Tianyu simply responded with a single sentence, then gestured for the militia captain to continue walking forward.
"God Emperor?"
The priestess chewed for a while, but couldn't think of any god of order called God-Emperor. None of the gods of chaos seemed to be called God-Emperor either. Her cute little face was full of doubt.
"Your Excellency, welcome home!"
At the gates of Stormwind Keep, Lucy and all the maids had come to greet Liu Tianyu.
After Liu Tianyu got off the snow shadow, he rushed into Lucy's arms.
"Really, that won't work now. There are other people around, so you have to maintain your authority."
Lucy gently supported Liu Tianyu's shoulders with her hands, which were covered in black lace gloves, and whispered a reminder.
Liu Tianyu could only shrug helplessly, then turned to the maids and gave them instructions:
"Arrange the food and lodging for the guests. They are all adventurers I brought. I will go with them to hunt down the goblins in the Stormy Plains."
"Ah, Lucy, personally arrange Princess Prim's food and lodging for the Seven Shields Alliance. Make sure it's done to the best of your ability, so she can feel the warmth of Stormwind."
“Princess Prim… could she be the famous Princess Flower Moon? Very well, Your Excellency, I will make the arrangements myself! Distinguished guests, please follow me!”
After hearing this, Lucy couldn't help but look at Prim with curiosity. Prim was much shorter than her. She really didn't expect that Liu Tianyu would bring back a princess after going out.
However, since Liu Tianyu had said that, she put on a perfect smile and then arranged for the maids to greet the Goblin Slayer squad and the Nord Royal Guards.
She then walked up to Prim and smiled:
"Your Highness Prim, I am the Viscount's head maid. During your stay in Stormwind Keep, please feel free to come to me if you need anything. Please treat Stormwind Keep as your own home!"
"Okay, thank you!"
Prim blushed as she looked at Lucy's figure, which was even more perfect than her own, and politely returned the greeting.
With a noble status, perfect looks, a shy personality, and a powerful background, she is simply the first choice for our Viscount's first wife!
Looking at the adorable Prim, Lucy had already made up her mind to help Liu Tianyu win over Prim!