Chapter 663: Chapter 663

After a month of construction, the development of the territory has grown tremendously. The citizens of Du You’s territory were all recruited, so they worked very hard and did not slack off. Besides, their technical skills were not low.

Also, the territory itself had bonuses, so one month of construction was more effective than a year for other territories. Updates are released by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩

The number of ordinary Arrow Towers in the territory has increased to 20,000, 50 farms, 100 herb gardens, and 50 orchards have been fully constructed. They have all entered full operational status now.

A great amount of food and various types of potions were poured into the market, adding even more vitality to Du You’s territory. The territory in the mountain was now too big to hide, so Du You decided to reveal it.

People from outside were surprised at first upon seeing such a large population in the territory, but as time went by they got used to it.

Of course, those special function buildings were still deeply hidden and basically invisible to the outsiders. Even if they encountered one or two, they certainly wouldn’t know what they were used for.

The number of houses had increased to 300,000 with 50,000 tier-two houses built. Now the number of homes is pretty large, even though not every house was fully populated. On the contrary, many houses had few inhabitants, but there were still a considerable number of vacant houses.

These hidden houses were to be used when recruiting citizens secretly later on.

Only God knows how surprised those people would be if they found a stranger suddenly walk out of their house. Unfortunately, all houses had only one design.

As for the stores and special buildings in the outer cities, they could only be custom-made, which the houses couldn’t be.

In addition, twenty food processing factories have been fully constructed and are operating at full capacity. Nowadays, the factories are producing high-grade food that outsiders can see. Ordinary food did not need to be processed here.

For the ordinary food, the majority of idle citizens would process it, and then store it. Either for their own consumption or to be sold, the territory was becoming more prosperous day by day.

Unfortunately, the blueprint for the food processing factory only allowed for the creation of twenty factories. If more were needed, Du You was out of options.

Additionally, in order to cope with external investigation, Du You needed to give them a reason for his abundance of food. Thus, within the forest, aided by a large number of troops, continuous expansion began, creating fields around the surrounding areas.

On one hand, these fields served as a way to mislead people; on the other hand, they were actually needed to grow some low-end food and special plants.

Even on the mountains, Du You created some terraced fields. In this way, a large number of citizens finally had their own work and were no longer idle as before.

Those loyal citizens did not have much desire or ambition, making it a headache as they would not seek work on their own.

The highlight of the month for Du You was that the new army was already trained. The tier-three military force instantly doubled in size, which significantly eased the defense of the territory and the external expansion.

While Du You was delighted, others were a bit complicated. They thought they understood the number of the tier-three soldiers under Du You, but unexpectedly, the number suddenly increased, and they could not figure out where they came from, prompting them to speculate wildly. Unfortunately, given that Du You was a count of their empire, they couldn’t just assume he had betrayed the empire.

Under the circumstances that thorough investigations via all channels were still unclear, many thought that Du You was backed by a tremendously powerful organization. Before they could figure it out, they dared not act rashly.

With the increase of the tier-three army, Du You’s power and position in the south also continued to rise.

An invisible influence was rapidly spreading. The territory’s experience value was soaring every day. Maybe before too long, opportunities for advancement would come.

It’s just a pity that Du You himself was still at tier three. If the territory advanced too fast, he could only speed up his own leveling pace. This situation of the territory leveling up faster than himself was unique to Du You.

Though the development of the territory was gaining momentum and the situation was great, conflicts in the South became increasingly severe. Recently, the conflicts in the South have been more intense than ever, with more and more people involved.

Initially, it was mostly conflicts between the Murlocs from both sides. But later, even the lords and armies from both sides joined in. Of course, officially these were not armies but local militia and private actions of minor lords.

Nobody was fooled by this explanation; it was just to save face for both sides. Neither Du You nor the others would expose this fact, but a great war was on the horizon.

What would happen to diplomatic relations between the two countries would depend on the outcome of this war.

Du You was paying close attention all the time, as a part of his forces were stationed there constructing a fortress. And this fortress was very important as it had become the largest fortress in the Western combat zone.

There was a huge number of people coming and going every day, and all kinds of materials transportation also passed through this place. From time to time, they would have to face a battle. Not to mention, Du You’s Griffin Knights at tier-three had lost two of them in the conflict over the past month. Of course, the other side hadn’t had it easy either.

Both Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi were there. Among the tier-three natives, few people could compete with the pair of sisters. Once targeted by the two, no one could easily escape.

Though Du You had lost some tier-three soldiers, the other side had definitely suffered more losses.

In order to ensure safety, this fortress was growing busier and busier.

One day, while Du You was cultivating in his territory, Shaliya knocked on his door. "Lord, someone from South Mountain City seeks an audience."

People from South Mountain City? Why didn’t they come out openly and had to sneak around instead? But if Shaliya said they were, then it must have been verified, and there would be no mistakes. "Have them wait for me in the great hall, I will be there soon."

Du You tidied up a bit. Since he had been cultivating in his room recently, he hadn’t tidied up at all. Seeing the person sent by the Empire, he needed to maintain some dignity since he was still a lord.

Before long, Du You appeared in the meeting hall and was surprised to find that only one person came. The person was wearing a pointed mask that covered the face, making it impossible to see what she really looked like. The figure in armor appeared to be a woman.