Chapter 451: The Special Building of Shen Nong Temple
Chapter 451: The Special Building of Shen Nong Temple
September 25, 2017
After capturing Wang Yue, Lu HaiKong's life once again returned to its original track.
There were hardly any changes compared to before, except for reuniting with Zhao YueEr once more and capturing a top-tier historical warrior general as a prisoner.
However, Zhao YueEr only appeared on the day Wang Yue was captured, and then disappeared again in the following days, not knowing where she went.
So, it was basically the same as before.
But in these past few days, the effects of the Zha Xian Bang have gradually started to show.
In these days, Xi Zhicai has begun to gather many talented individuals, though most of them possess a specific skill, and there aren't many true warrior generals or scholar officials.
To attract these talents, Xi Zhicai organized three events.
The most laborious and complex event was for skilled individuals. Although they possess a unique skill, the current chaotic world has made their lives among the refugees less than ideal.
Xi Zhicai easily attracted them by spreading the recruitment message, but it was still challenging to find such individuals among hundreds of thousands of people. It required a large number of people to identify their specialized skills and organize them.
In contrast, recruiting warrior generals was relatively simpler. By setting up a martial arts arena with the slogan of "Resist Yellow Turbans, Establish Merit," and adding some gimmicks, it was easily accomplished.
Due to the lack of entertainment in the commoners' lives, there weren't many true experts on the arena, but there were indeed many commoners watching the excitement from the sidelines.
The recruitment of scholar officials was the most refined. Xi Zhicai organized a book club open to the entire Qiang Yin, where attendees could not only read books but also receive them as gifts. It was evident that Xi Zhicai's recruitment was specifically targeted at scholars from humble backgrounds.
After the three events, five days passed in a flash. The recruitment of skilled individuals was on track, and in just five days, thousands of talents were gathered in this aspect.
This was not entirely due to the Zha Xian Bang's effects. After all, Qiang Yin had gathered hundreds of thousands of refugees, including many skilled individuals. Even with the Zha Xian Bang, such incredible results would not have been possible.
These skilled individuals possessed various skills, including blacksmiths, carpenters, physicians, small stall vendors, and artisans. Xi Zhicai temporarily recruited them all, but how to utilize them required further planning.
While the results for skilled individuals were significant, the recruitment of warrior generals and scholar officials was somewhat disappointing.
Especially at the book club, after several days, only a few scholars who had read a few books showed up. Even with Lu HaiKong's personal appearance for recruitment, only two scholars were recruited out of four, which was somewhat embarrassing.
In comparison, the recruitment of warrior generals yielded some results.
In five days, several hundred people signed up for the arena, but these individuals were also somewhat lacking.
There were hardly any with a strength value over sixty, which made Lu HaiKong question if he had activated a fake Zha Xian Bang?"
In reality, this was quite normal. Although Lu HaiKong used the Zha Xian Bang, it took time for the talents to arrive in Qiang Yin. The effects of the Zha Xian Bang needed a few days to truly manifest.
During these days, while Lu HaiKong was monitoring the talent recruitment in Qiang Yin, the construction of the new mountain fort was also proceeding vigorously.
With no shortage of various resources, the new mountain fort was not only completed according to the plan in just a few days but also reached the stage of promoting from a medium-sized to a large-sized mountain fort, requiring Lu HaiKong's attention.
A new mountain bandit stronghold was named 'Bei Feng' by Lu HaiKong, and at this point, Bei Feng was no longer just a bandit stronghold in name.
Although it was called a bandit stronghold, it was actually built based on the design of a city, and the blueprint for Bei Feng was crafted by Xi Zhicai, Wang Jun, and Xin Ping, who spent half a month on it.
It is said that if Bei Feng were to be built strictly according to the blueprint, its scale would not pale in comparison to the state capital.
Of course, within a few days, Bei Feng couldn't be turned into a bustling city, but it already had the outline of a city, thanks largely to the workers on site.
Over these few days, Bei Feng had already relocated five to six thousand people from Qiang Yin to work, and the main task at this time was to construct this city, which was still named a bandit stronghold.
In addition to the five to six thousand commoners, Lu HaiKong also transferred Cheng Yi and assigned him two thousand county troops to maintain law and order and protect the property in the area.
Cheng Yi's troops were mainly used for maintaining law and order. As for security, Bei Feng was not far from Qiang Yin and was within Lu HaiKong's sphere of influence. In the event of any unforeseen circumstances, Lu HaiKong's cavalry could arrive within half an hour, so there was no need to worry about security issues.
It was precisely because of this manpower that not only did Bei Feng's construction get on track, but it also allowed this newly established stronghold to take on the form and atmosphere of a city, rather than just being a huge construction site.
On the sixth day after eliminating Wang Yue, Lu HaiKong's troops set off from Qiang Yin and arrived at Bei Feng after half an hour. Xin Ping, who had been waiting since early morning, received them, and Lu HaiKong headed straight for the Hall of Heroes.
In the Hall of Heroes, Lu HaiKong promoted his second bandit stronghold to a large-scale stronghold.
"Congratulations, your bandit stronghold, Bei Feng, has been promoted to a large-scale stronghold, and you have received a random building."
Lu HaiKong remembered that when 'Yanhuang' was promoted to a large-scale stronghold, he obtained the 'Bandit King' profession, a designated building upgrade slot, and a random building upgrade slot.
In comparison, the upgrade rewards for Bei Feng's stronghold seemed to have decreased slightly, perhaps because it was the second large-scale stronghold, and the reward was a random building.
In the 1619 book, there was no mistake!
"There are quite a few types of buildings, but it's hard to tell what will be randomly generated. If a good building can be randomly generated, that would be great."
As Lu HaiKong spoke, he brought up the system interface, and a roulette wheel appeared before him, along with a system prompt.
"Do you accept the random building reward?"
Lu HaiKong took a look; there were ten options on the roulette wheel, and among them, he was only interested in a few.
[Hero Tower], [Spring Breeze Tower], [Shennong Temple]—these three were buildings Lu HaiKong had not seen before. The rest were either buildings he already owned or ones he wasn't interested in, and there was even an empty slot.
These buildings had no descriptions, so Lu HaiKong didn't look further and directly spun the wheel.
"Congratulations, you have randomly obtained the special building [Shennong Temple]."
At the same time, the attributes of the [Shennong Temple] appeared before Lu HaiKong.
Shennong Temple
Type: Divine Path Building
Quality: Ordinary
Deity: Shennong
Building Effect: Harmony of Winds and Rains / Abundant Harvests
Harmony of Winds and Rains: Passive Effect, reduces the likelihood of natural disasters in the city where the temple is located.
Abundant Harvests (Beginner): Increases crop yield by fifty percent.
(End of Chapter)
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