Chapter 23: Building a City in the North

  It is indeed the first-rate master of the Three Kingdoms era. Walking on the streets of Puyang, there is a harmonious atmosphere everywhere. At first, I didn't actively summon any of the Cao or Xiahou families, but instead let Cao Cao find people himself. Sure enough, Cao Cao has brought all his historical subordinates under his command.

  It can be imagined that my series of dog shit luck still brought a lot of inconvenience to the players. Due to my prior arrangement of the generals, all the historically excavatable generals have been exhausted. Moreover, due to the premature outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo's rebellion and Li Jue Guo Si's rebellion, the NPC monarchs' recruitment pace has also accelerated. The current Cao Cao is a clear example. However, I regret not summoning Zhang Fei, Zhang Heng, Zhang Liao and others in advance, which benefited Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Lü Bu for nothing.

  Although Liu Bei has already been possessed by me, looking at the situation of Cao Cao who was also possessed, due to the system's freeze on characters, it is unclear whether Liu Bei will change in the future. As for Yuan Shao, he is even more uncertain. Lü Bu, although he was with me relatively early, as long as the system's freeze lasts, it's hard to guarantee that other changes won't occur.

  But life shouldn't be too smooth, should it? Leaving one or two regrets, especially huge ones, doesn't that make the game look more realistic and even more flavorful?

  No matter what, letting Cao Cao find his own people has its advantages, leaving a very promising Yanzhou for all players. I don't know if ordinary players can understand my intentions. Defecting to Liu Bei or Yuan Shao, although there may be more opportunities, the chances of being tempered are smaller. Unless they have an extraordinary encounter like mine, players will ultimately not stand out. As for others, there is even less opportunity.

  I went to Cao Cao's camp, leveled myself up to level 10, and visited some of his strategists. As a result, all my attributes increased. Although most of them didn't exceed 20 points, some special attributes only increased by two or three points, but such achievements would never be possible elsewhere. It seems that agreeing with Cao Cao was the right choice after all.

  It's just that it's time for lunch now. Both I and Zhuge Dan can only control our split roles, so we have to go to the Tai'an Imperial Palace to see if he is there. Otherwise, we won't be able to contact each other.

  So I bid farewell to Cao Cao for the time being. Cao Cao was delighted to see my rapid progress in such a short period of time, and he took out his poetry collection and gave it to me as a gift. As a result, my comprehension and charm increased by 10 points each, while my temperament and writing skills increased by 100 points each.

  I can see that Cao Cao really likes me. Unfortunately, I have to leave temporarily. So I still sent myself to the Tai'an Imperial Palace.

  As expected, Zhuge Zhan was already waiting there. As soon as we returned to the Tai'an Imperial Palace, we all revealed our true identities. The palace had not yet been opened to the outside world, so no outsiders came in.

  "Brother, are you feeling very stifled?" I asked, seeing Zhuge Dan's pouting expression.

  Zhuge Dan gave me a white eye: "I'm not suffocated by the history of stabbing. Anyway, now I can build ten cities. I've been suffocating here waiting for you two hours. Suffocated to death."

  I hastily apologized to Zhuge Dan: "I'm really sorry, I was having so much fun practicing at Cao Cao's place earlier, and I really didn't want to leave. If it wasn't for coming to see you, I would have gone online directly from there."

  Zhuge Dan said: "Why don't you go find Liu Bei? What's so fun about Cao Cao's place?"

  "Brother, you still don't know that at Liu Bei's place, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have already been taken away by us. Zhang Fei hasn't come out yet, what kind of benefits does he have there? Cao Cao's place is a gathering place for talents. For us rookies, it's an excellent place to improve." I couldn't help but teach Zhuge Zhan.

  Zhuge nodded: "That's right, it seems that now it's either Cao Cao or going to Chang'an to join the army and quell the Li Jue and Guo Si rebellion."

  I shook my head, "When it comes to military strength and tactics, your old role is sufficient. Now we need to use avatars to train other parts of the panel. Some things can't be obtained through battle."

  Zhuge nodded again: "Okay, I'll go take another look. Big brother, what's your name now?"

  "What's your name now? I'm Nan Ke Zi."

  "My name is Guo Liang."

  "Okay, let's add each other as friends first."

  After adding you as a friend, Zhuge exhaled: "Finally can send you messages, no need to sit here waiting stupidly."

  I apologize again. Zhuge Zhan also didn't mind, and suddenly sighed: "Tomorrow morning there will be no troops to maintain order."

  I just remembered that his spear was lost, now he only has a new hand city in Xuzhou, and can't bring private soldiers. My situation is almost the same, tomorrow's order will indeed have problems.

  But Tai'an is still mine, so there should be at least a garrison in this city. I opened the city panel and indeed, Tai'an City has 20,000 troops. I told Zhuge Zhan about the situation, and he also started to get excited.

  "But Zhuge Dan sighed again: 'Big brother, do you think those rich people will still be willing to cooperate with us?'"

  I smiled and said, "At present, we are still the most powerful and can let Qian Sheng at any time. Moreover, our current situation is even stronger. We just temporarily lost the best opportunity for development. But those financial groups want to start, they can't leave us behind. They won't give up. There's even a possibility that they will increase their investment."

  Zhuge Dan smiled and said: "Even if they reduce their investment scale, we will still become rich. Even if it's reduced by ten times, it's okay."

  I'd rather believe Zhuge Zhan. I'm starting to get a little suspicious and fearful myself. I'm beginning to regret why I didn't focus on economics instead, but no, I had to go provoke Zhuangzi and stir up this mess. But there's no medicine for regret in this world, things have already happened, and it may not be all bad.

  I then advised Zhuge Zhan a few more words, and he went offline first.

  After being reminded by Zhuge Zhan, I think I should still build the twenty cities first. At least give investors a spirit of striving for excellence, in order to further solidify their confidence.

  I'm in no hurry to go offline either, first I'll call up the map and study where to build cities.

  As soon as I saw Qingzhou, I had a feeling of reluctance to part with it. I just approved five cities for Zhuge Dan, and he has already built them up. These cities are Yantai, Qingdao, Linqu, Rizhao, and Liangshan. It seems that the cities in Qingzhou are basically saturated.

  Xuzhou, because Zhuge Dan's Xiaohou City is there, let Zhuge Dan build his ten cities. As for Cao Cao and Liu Bei, it's better not to drag their legs, so I won't drag them.

  I'm casting a stern gaze towards Ji Province, Ping Province and You Province. That's right, those guys Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Ding Yuan, mustn't be allowed to jump up. As long as they don't jump up, history won't progress for the time being, and as long as I don't take the initiative to touch the south, the development of the south will be even smoother.

  So I must unceremoniously build twenty cities in these three states. On the one hand, to make the major financial groups feel that I have already invested all my new capital, and on the other hand, to protect my hidden interests. At the same time, it also gives other players a message that Hebei Sanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou are the new territory of Zhuge Zhan and me. It's also good for other forces to give up their efforts in these places and shift their attention to other states.

  I've made plans, so I'll first build seven cities in Youzhou: Harbin, Jiamusi, Changchun, Shenyang, Anshan, Benxi, and Dalian. Then, I'll build another seven cities in Youzhou: Beijing, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, Shijiazhuang, Handan, and Chengde. Next, I'll build six cities in Bingzhou: Taiyuan, Datong, Pingyao, Xinkou, Yumen, and Taihang. The twenty quotas are now fully utilized. Now, the rolling wealth can come in again.

  Now I have three gold vaults just like before:

  The first is the official treasury. The income of Tai'an City and twenty newly built cities. If there is a surplus, it can be put into the small gold vault.

  The second is Xiaojinku. All of Zhang Haogu's income. This part can only be used in the Hangong, and cannot be transferred to Nan Kezi's head.

  The third is Nang Ke's personal gold vault. This is Nang Ke's own income. The current income is zero.