Chapter 9: Peach Blossom Village

  Xiao Ying opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to speak. Compared to the famous generals in reality, they might be very poor, but at this stage, they were already very powerful! The three of them smiled and said nothing, turned around and slightly adjusted their clothes before setting off towards the place Du Cheng mentioned, after all, arriving a day earlier meant building the village a day earlier. If they rushed to arrive only to find that someone else had built the village first, it would be really frustrating. Because Du Cheng was leading the way, they also unknowingly avoided many detours. Since their main goal was to hurry along the road, they almost didn't kill any monsters along the way.

  Three days later, Xiao Ying was walking quickly with everyone when she suddenly felt a violent fluctuation coming from the pet space. She estimated that Liu Yun Lei Hu was about to hatch and it was about time too. She called out to San Du to stop and as soon as she opened the pet space, a white light shot out. Before she could react, a pure white "little dog" appeared, rubbing its small head against Xiao Ying's pants leg in a spoiled manner, its small red tongue licking non-stop. Dizzy, was this a tiger or a dog?

  "What...?" Du Shou asked in confusion, staring at the sudden appearance of a "little dog".

  "This is 'Little Tiger'!" Xiao Ying smiled and winked at him, Du Shou suddenly showed a knowing look, and then suddenly revealed an astonished and admiring expression. Of course, the admiration was for Xiao Ying's good luck.

  "Just born and so fast, from now on I'll call you Meteor!" He bent down to pick up little Meteor, happily saying, originally didn't think it would understand, unexpectedly it seemed to understand as it nodded its small tiger head, opening its small tiger mouth to smile happily, making San Du feel both envious and jealous, also feeling very surprised.

  Everyone along the way amused little meteor for fun, the journey was very tight but not difficult to bear. Little meteor grew up quickly, just two or three days later it grew to the size of a wolf dog, and gradually began to run out to hunt on its own, sometimes even bringing back some prey.

  After ten days, they finally arrived at a canyon about half a mile wide after crossing mountains and ridges. The two sides were towering peaks that pierced the clouds, with an unpredictable height. Du Chengyi hinted that they had reached their destination, and they excitedly walked in, passing through the five-mile-long canyon. What entered their eyes was a vast grassland and clusters of trees or shrubs. If those trees and shrubs were removed, it could be considered a horse's flat land. Even more precious was the scattered presence of various animals, and even a small group of wild horses roaming around.

  "This place is so vast, how can't see the edge at a glance? The surrounding peaks are indeed towering into the clouds, it's hard for even one person to climb, let alone an army! Is there a canyon on the opposite side? It seems like there's a way out between the peaks on the opposite side." Xiao Ying sighed in awe of the wonder of nature, this was simply a natural rear base, building a huge military fortress at the two entrances in front and back, who could still attack it?

  "Your Excellency! On the other side is a river, and by crossing it, we can reach Min River! This valley is about three thousand miles wide and five thousand miles long. The foot of the surrounding mountains are filled with all sorts of minerals. And the wild horses here are excellent breeds from the Central Plains and mountainous regions, with great endurance and explosive power!" Seeing Xiao Ying's excited and surprised expression, Du Cheng smiled in satisfaction. Through their interactions over the past dozen or so days, Xiao Ying had also come to treat them as equals, and the loyalty of the three Dus had each increased by four to seven points. Starting from a few days ago, they insisted on addressing him as "Your Excellency", saying that etiquette was essential.

  "It's so big?! Building a kingdom would be more than enough, and I'm sure no one has discovered this place yet! This is simply a wonderful utopia! Except for the population, it lacks almost nothing! Now that Du Cheng has understood this place, let's find a place to build a village first. We must quickly establish ourselves here, otherwise someone will soon discover this place, and then it will be troublesome!" Xiao Ying said excitedly and impatiently.

  What is war about? It's resources! This place has all kinds of minerals, and also the most important strategic resource for cold weapons - warhorses! It can be completely self-sufficient. I'm extremely satisfied with this place. Now Xiao Ying is even more worried that some players will be born here, and then it will be troublesome to monopolize it!"

  "Yes. Such a good place will definitely not be able to be occupied by one person for a long time, and many people will definitely fight for this place. It's just a matter of who can get a foothold first and block others' way!" Du Shou said with emotion.

  Here is the translation:

  "Ah, this place is right in the center of the triangle formed by Chengdu, Hanzhong, and Zitong, about 30,000 miles from Hanzhong to the southeast, with a river in between; about 40,000 miles from Chengdu to the southwest; and about 35,000 miles from Zitong to the northwest. If someone were to travel between these three cities, it's possible that they might discover something!" Du Cheng said thoughtfully.

  In the "Yu Wang" region of China, there are thirteen states and six major ethnic groups. The thirteen states (You, Bing, Ji, Qing, Xu, Xun, Si, Yong, Liang, Yu, Yang, Yi, and Jiao) are well-known to everyone. Within these states, there are 56 main cities, with the largest being the three royal cities of Xuchang, Luoyang, and Xiangyang. Some other notable and unique cities include: the fortress city - Qiao; the industrial city - Jinyang, Henan; the agricultural city - Wan, XinYe; the mining city - Wuling, Jiangling, Lingling; the commercial city - Puyang, Chenliu, Xiaopei, Xiapi; and the pastoral city - Changsha, Jiangxia, Guilin.

  Below these 56 main cities are countless counties and prefectures, with tens of thousands of towns and cities. Because the map is so large, each of the 56 main cities has a transmission array, but at an exorbitant cost (the 56 main cities can be searched online or known by players of the Three Kingdoms game, it's too much to write out). The scale is divided into village - town - small city - medium city - giant city - royal city. Players can establish giant cities and apply for transmission arrays.

  This way, it prevents players from constantly waging war due to overcrowding, and also allows for communication without being too far apart. Without a transmission array, you'd have to run for N years..."

  They all nodded in agreement, and soon followed Du Cheng to a flat plain in the central part of the valley. Under San Du's eager gaze, Xiao Ying took out the Village Establishment Order and read it silently for a moment before a block attribute board popped up. Xiao Ying wrote "Xie Ying" on the village chief column and village column of the attribute board, and soon a system prompt sounded:

  "Congratulations to Xie Ying for establishing a village - Xie Ying Village, Village Chief: Xie Ying."

  The village chief immediately turned into nothingness, and then burst out a dazzling light. After the light passed, they found themselves in a simple wooden house. Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and walked out of the house one after another. In front of them was a circular fence wall with only one exit. The gate was a large wooden door three meters high and two meters wide, with a wooden sign on it that read "Yiying Village". Next to the gate stood a large wooden board, similar to a bulletin board. Inside the wide wooden fence, there was only one village chief's residence. The village chief can perform administrative construction and other tasks in this wooden house.

  Xiao Ying quickly appointed Du Shou as the deputy village chief of Evil Shadow Village, making him responsible for recruiting villagers and building thatched huts and other daily necessities. Currently, he is the only one capable of guaranteeing this position, after all, his position was originally a civil official in charge of internal affairs and also a village chief. After setting him as the deputy village chief, his attribute panel's identity will change to deputy village chief, and he can use related powers for construction, recruitment, and other work.