Chapter 57: The Newly Established Ruler Seeks Talents

  The people in the general's camp were handed over to Duan Shichen and Zhou De, who were in charge. In the afternoon, Zhou Wenbo went to Junhu Village with Liu Meng and several guards.

  It is nominally a village, but the total population has already exceeded 10,000. Due to farming and water sources, it is scattered into several small settlements. In some places, the road is not easy to walk, and Zhou Wenbo can only walk on foot. However, in order to complete the task of exploring the territory, Zhou Wenbo also had to spend a long time walking through the entire Junhu Village under the escort of several village heads.

  Junhu Village indeed has a large population, comparable to some war-torn county towns. However, according to Zhou Wenbo's observation, most of these people are women, children and the elderly, with only about 1,000 able-bodied men, making it difficult to recruit new soldiers.

  After a day of non-stop busy exploration, the system finally confirmed that Zhou Wenbo had explored all the territories, but the subsequent progress was still being calculated, which also made it impossible for Zhou Wenbo to know in the first time what new operable items and rewards he would get after owning his own territory.

  By the time the sun had set, Zhou Wenbo finally returned to Jun Xiaoji. Merchants have always been good at taking advantage of opportunities since ancient times. Upon hearing that the newly appointed Zhao Guo Gong was about to recruit and train a new army, many merchants who had closed their doors and gone home reopened for business. The whole Jun Xiaoji was bustling with activity, and within a day, several hundred people emerged.

  In the evening, Zhou Wenbo had dinner with Zhou De and Duan Shichen, on the one hand to ask about the progress of this afternoon's work, and on the other hand to bring everyone closer together.

  Zhou De was nearly fifty years old and had been the steward of the Zhou family for over twenty years, and he was also considered a member of the family. Zhou Wenbo couldn't bear to let him continue to work so hard in his old age, especially during the harsh winter, so he hoped to find a capable person to take over the many tasks that Zhou De was currently responsible for, allowing "Uncle De" to return to Luoyang City and live out his days in peace.

  In fact, the task on Zhou De's body at this time has indeed exceeded his ability range. He usually just listens to the difference in the Zhao Guo Gongfu and is also responsible for collecting land rents in the countryside a few times a year. Let him take charge of the logistics support work of this new army, which is really difficult for people.

  Zhou De's loyalty is there, but unfortunately, his ability is still insufficient.

  In Zhou Wenbo's mind, this position is not only responsible for the logistics service work in the military, but also undertakes part of the civil administration work within the territory. This responsibility and power are very great, unfortunately, Zhou Wenbo currently does not have a suitable candidate.

  It wasn't until evening that Zhou Wenbo finally waited for the system calculation to end and eagerly clicked in.

  The character interface has added an option for territory at the bottom.

  Territory: Zhao Guo Gong Territory (unnamed) (township-level territory)

  Under its jurisdiction are three villages and towns: Junjiangji, Zhoujiazhuang, and Junhucun.

  Population: 15,216 people

  Prosperity: 21

  Public Safety: 65

  Functional Buildings: 1 Advanced Barracks, 1 Medium Blacksmith, 1 Medium Brothel, 9 Basic Buildings.

  Weekly resources available: 27 Life Force, 40 Killing Intent, 10 Creative Energy.

  Territory attribute: Military type.

  Territory Specialty: Military Training Speed +10%.

  Zhou Wenbo opened the introduction of the advanced military camp.

  Advanced Military Camp - Unnamed. Provides 30 points of killing intent every week.

  Buildings identified by the system as primary, intermediate and advanced levels can provide 3, 10 and 30 resource points per week respectively. As for higher-level buildings, Zhou Wenbo is still unaware of them.

  Zhou Wenbo returned to the character interface again and found that his profession had changed.

  The personal profession is still Bachelor, but also has an additional "Monarch" profession. According to Zhou Wenbo's judgment, the Bachelor profession should be taken from the personal profession of role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, while the Monarch profession is taken from the lord profession of strategy games such as Three Kingdoms and Heroes of Might and Magic.

  Lord: Village level. Commander +1, Politics +1, Charm +1

  Basic skill: 【Sleeve Universe】. You carry a 0.1 cubic meter private space with you, which cannot store living organisms. Items can be taken out or put away from the sleeve opening or chest front. Reminder: Please pay attention to others' eyes and avoid exposure.

  Monarch type: Charisma type

  Monarch's Special Skill: [Seeking Talents].

  [Seeking Talents]: After using this strategy, the probability of attracting talents within a radius of 100 kilometers to hear the lord's great name and come to join will increase.

  Skill usage interval: Six months.

  Zhou Wenbo saw this rural-level lord's evaluation and couldn't help but laugh at how apt it was.

  However, the three attribute points awarded later made him very satisfied, and it was an unexpected gain.

  And this powerful 【Sleeve Universe】 skill is truly an unbeatable skill, appearing in a historical dimension that can be considered as small as 0.1 cubic meters, but still able to hold many crucial things.

  The special skill of "Seeking Talents" is very similar to the strategy of seeking talents in the "Three Kingdoms" series. In the early stages of a force's development, its effect on using military generals is naturally extremely great.

  Zhou Wenbo is now undoubtedly in a stage of seeking talents eagerly, he used the skill of "seeking talents" without hesitation, hoping that true talents will come to join him.

  At this moment, Zhou Wenbo found himself triggering two tasks about the new army.

  "Thousand People Form an Army", a mission in the game "Rise of Nations".

  Mission Prompt: You need to recruit one thousand qualified new troops to supplement the formation and establish a new army.

  Task difficulty: Five-star level.

  Quest Reward: 450 Experience Points, 60 Gold Coins, Basic Martial Arts Book x1.

  Hint: You have obtained mission item, Military Token x1.

  Zhou Wenbo used his sleeve technique for the first time and took out this metal badge.

  The system prompts him to name his new army before he can use this task item.

  Zhou Wenbo suddenly realized that he had been shouting "new army" all along, but had never given a name to the first force in his hands.

  Previously, Zhao Guo Gong's personal army was known as Zhou Jia Jun, but Zhou Wenbo did not intend to continue using this name.

  Summoning the Dragon Army? It seems like you've said something taboo.

  Now starting from scratch, but will surely struggle out a bright future, why not name the army "Tiger Milk Army"? Although it is a milk tiger, there will always be a day when the tiger roars in the mountains and shakes the world!

  Just as Zhou Wenbo had just decided on the name of the new army, he found that the token in his hand had turned into a seal with a tiger head pattern at the bottom.

  Tiger Seal of the Milk (Quest Item): personally stamping a mark on each newly recruited soldier, treating them as their own troops.

  Zhou Wenbo saw this and suddenly thought of the tattoo on Yang Zhi's face in "Water Margin", which was popular among soldiers at that time to prevent desertion. Could it be that this tiger-shaped token had a similar function?

  Zhou Wenbo was somewhat curious about what basic martial arts were included in the task reward. Was there still a flow of internal energy like in martial arts novels?

  System Prompt: Basic martial arts include basic fist method, basic sword method, basic knife method, basic archery method, etc., and can only be learned after someone has demonstrated and practiced them and the system has recorded and imprinted them.

  Although he couldn't become a martial arts master overnight, Zhou Wenbo thought this reward was still pretty good. After all, there's an old saying: "The poor are skilled in literature, the rich in martial arts."

  To become a general, one must not only eat well and have a strong body, but also practice for years, such as horse riding, sword fighting, archery, etc., and study military books, such as "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, to learn strategic planning and commanding.

  Zhou Wenbo's older brother Zhou Wenyuan, including his nephew Zhou Jinkang who is about the same age as him, have all been practicing arduously since they were young in order to inherit this family's martial art. If one wants to achieve mastery quickly and make rapid progress, they really need systematic guidance.

  New Army Training

  Mission Prompt: You need to truly train an army that is good at fighting, this will be your capital for competing for the world in the future.

  Difficulty level: Six-star.

  Quest Reward: 800 EXP, 120 Gold, and a Fine Equipment Soul.

  "What is this thing? Zhou Wenbo was quite curious."

  Exquisite Spirit: An exquisite-quality spirit that, when infused into an equipment item, will upgrade the item to Exquisite grade or add an additional attribute to an already Exquisite-grade equipment.

  PS: I'll try to summarize and organize the system content into one chapter at a time, so as not to affect everyone's continuity in their daily lives.