Chapter 75: Newcomers enter the territory
"Look, is the one in front of you the Hope Territory?!"
A group of people, carrying luggage and holding weapons, trekked all the way to a high place, and when they looked up, they saw the territory hidden in the virgin forest in front of them.
"What a high city wall!" The people who followed up later exclaimed.
Even if they only saw it from a distance, they could still clearly see the towering city wall protruding from the lush tree canopy, which undoubtedly made them the best guiding light.
"Come on, everyone speed up, I hope the territory is ahead!" The leading middle-aged man raised his hand and waved forward, calling for the follow-up team to hurry up and follow.
"Great, we have really found the hope territory." The little girl next to the middle-aged man looked at the territory ahead with bright eyes, her face full of joy.
"Let's walk around, it's time to find a place."
Everyone was in high spirits as they approached their destination.
Under the leadership of the middle-aged man, they accelerated their speed and headed straight for the territory in front of them.
After about three or four hours.
This large group of people who were looking at the city on their way finally came to the foot of the city wall of the Hope Territory. They looked up and saw the entrance in front of them, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, we found the entrance to the territory directly, otherwise we would have to go around the territory again, which would be too tiring." Someone patted his chest happily.
They were already exhausted after arriving all the way. If they couldn't get in immediately after arriving at the destination, I am afraid many people would feel very tired in their hearts and even worse in their bodies.
different from others.
As soon as the middle-aged man came to the Hope Territory, he has been carefully looking at the appearance of this territory.
I originally thought that the outermost part of the territory was the towering city wall with a height of 30 feet. When I actually stood at the foot of the territory, I realized that the outer part of the city wall was slightly separated from the inner part by a distance of about one or two meters, and there were double-layer sharp wooden fences. Defend there.
The middle-aged man guesses.
I hope that the reason why the territory is set up like this is mainly for the convenience of the soldiers inside the city walls when they come out to fight the enemy.
After all, the city wall is too high. If you want to attack the enemy through the city wall, you can only choose a long-distance attack, but who has so many long-distance attack skills?
It would be too dangerous for melee soldiers to fight outside the city walls without a certain defensive building, so I hope that the territory will be specially set up with such a double defense.
"What an amazing idea!" The middle-aged man exclaimed.
I don't know at all, although Gu Mi did have this consideration in the placement of the city wall when he decided to build the city wall, but the most important thing was because of chance.
Who told them that their territory had a fence first and then a city wall.
"Uncle Ye, let's go in quickly!"
The little girl following the middle-aged man saw that he was not moving, and hurriedly urged him.
"Don't worry, we still don't know the price or conditions to be paid to enter the Hope Territory. Hope it won't be too harsh." The middle-aged man soothed the little girl's eager emotions, and at the same time soothed the rest of the team.
They walked all the way, and they always encountered some territories on the way. Those territories were large and small, and the access conditions were also high and low.
Those with lower conditions only need to pay a certain amount of money.
Those with high conditions even require that those who enter the territory must be transferees. Of course, this is the standard for settling in the territory. If you pass by, you don't need to have such high requirements. It's just that the entry fee is not cheap, and at most people are only there. Stay for a few days, not long.
As the first territory among the survivors, the middle-aged man does not think that the access conditions of the hope territory will be low... go?
"Ding, when you enter the territory of Hope, you need to pay 1 copper coin to enter the city. After paying, you can stay in the territory for a day."
The middle-aged man who took a step forward inadvertently was stunned.
Like a stone sculpture, he stood there in a forward-stepping posture, attracting the attention of others behind him.
"Brother Ye, what's the matter?"
The woman who was called Sister Wang by the little girl stepped forward and asked, "Are the conditions for entering the territory too high? It doesn't matter. Set up camp outside the territory temporarily, and you can go in when the conditions are met."
They lived in other territories before, and basically did this, but now that they have arrived in the Hope Territory, no one is willing to leave.
"No, no, no..." The middle-aged man shook his head dully. He turned around and faced the big guys who came with him, showing a mixture of joy and emotion on his face.
"It's too cheap!" he murmured, wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, and announced loudly with a smile, "It's too cheap, it only takes 1 copper coin to enter the city!"
"Wow—!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
The crowd moved from disbelief to tears.
How much grievances and hardships everyone has suffered along the way, they all survived through gritted teeth and never shed a tear, but at this time they were completely defeated by the entry fee that was cheaper than the price of cabbage.
"As expected of the territory established by our compatriots."
"Quick, big guys, we're home!" "Enter the city and enter the city, and then go and see how to become an official citizen, let's live a
good life here!" The large group of people moved towards the bee chrysalis at the gate of the territory in high spirits.
Don't look at their embarrassed appearance, but that's because the journey is difficult and dangerous. In fact, seeing that they have so many things that they can't fit in the card book, they have to carry the whole package on their backs, and they know that this group of people is actually quite rich.
Just 1 copper coin.
Any one of them can earn money by going out to kill only level 1 monsters.
The gates of the city are guarded by six members of the escort in fine iron armor.
They didn't respond to this new group of people and continued to hold on to their posts.
Because their expressions were too serious, this new group of people felt that they were not easy to mess with. Even if they wanted to get close and inquire about something, no one dared to take the lead.
The last group of people quietly walked into the territory.
As soon as you enter the territory, you will be greeted by a burst of hustle and bustle.
Everyone looked up curiously, and saw that there was a street market directly opposite the entrance of the territory. On the left and right sides of the road, a shed was simply built with wood and animal skins.
The sheds are like shops, with shelves of commodities or a street stall with animal skins. People of various races are guarding the stalls, selling their own products lively. .
"Wow, there are a lot of alien races in this territory!"
Someone exclaimed in a low voice.
Just by looking at them at a glance, they can see rabbit orcs, fox orcs, cat orcs, forest fairies, and even treemen and so on.
People from all races live and work in peace and contentment here, and they are envious of their newcomers to the territory.
The middle-aged man looked left and right, thinking of finding someone with a good face to ask how to become the official resident of this territory, and suddenly the crowd became noisy.
It seems that some big man is coming, and everyone is anxious to look around.
Subconsciously, he turned his head.
Under the blessing of the golden eagle eye talent, the super-excellent eyesight allowed the middle-aged man to see the group of people in front of him who were causing a commotion at a glance.
The leader was a young girl who looked very young.
However, they are young and young, and their temperament is very awe-inspiring, and there is a noble aura that belongs to the superior.
Behind her were two people, one on the left and one on the right, one was an elderly forest goblin, and the other was a burly human man.
It can be seen that the surrounding people respect them very much, and he can vaguely hear that someone is calling: "Lord Lord."
And the little human girl standing at the center will respond gently.
Shocked emotions flashed across the middle-aged man's eyes.
He never imagined that this one was actually the lord of the Hope Territory!
Gu Mi was taking the old village chief and Avery to inspect the newly established shantytown business district in the territory. When he was halfway, he suddenly felt an unusual sight in the crowd.
She turned her head to look, just in time to see a large group of people who had just come to their territory, and couldn't help but smile.
The population of the territory has increased again, which is really happy.
Gu Mi was in a very good mood, so he turned his head and whispered a few words to the old village chief beside him on a whim.
The leader nodded again and again, and the rabbit ears on top of his head shook.
When the old village chief finished explaining, he jumped like a little rabbit and came to the middle-aged man and the others.
"Are you new to our territory? Are you willing to become an official citizen of our territory?" The young Rabbit Orc boy who was arrested as a strong man asked straight to the point.
"...Yes, yes, yes." The
group of middle-aged men were stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately.
"Okay, come with me."
Bounced and turned around, the rabbit orc boy led them all the way to the village affairs center.
On the way, the middle-aged man hesitated for a while, perhaps seeing that the orc boy of the rabbit tribe seemed to be more talkative, he boldly stepped forward to inquire about the situation of the Hope Territory.
"Little brother, can we ask what conditions must be met to become an official citizen of your territory?"
"Just give 50 copper coins."
"50 copper coins!" The crowd gasped in breath. sound.
This made the orc boy of the rabbit tribe misunderstood. He stopped, turned around and looked at the clothes of this group of people. Seeing that they were all unkempt and tattered, he thought they had no money, so he was frightened by the price.
He immediately comforted his face with sympathy: "It's all right, if you don't have enough money, you can take over the tasks of our territory to make money. If you are in a hurry, you can also apply for a newcomer loan in our territory first, and use this money to buy the territory officially. The identity of the territorial residents, it's enough to work hard to make money in the future, and our territory has some preferential settlement policies for new territorial residents, such as resettlement houses…"
Beeping along the way, a little hidden words The chattering rabbit orc boy basically told this group of newcomers all the territorial conditions that he could tell.
When they finally arrived in front of the gate of the village affairs center, he turned his head to look, but found that many people were looking at him with teary and moved expressions.
He was so frightened that his rabbit ears stood up high, and his tail exploded into a pom-pom.
"What... what's the matter? Everyone has this expression?"
"It's nothing, we're just too moved." The middle-aged man wiped his face and patted the people around him one by one, signaling everyone to restrain their emotions and not be frightened. with others.
"Yes, we are so touched!"
"Little brother is so nice."
"Yeah, I don't know if we can make friends."
…
Feeling a little embarrassed by the enthusiasm of this group of people, the rabbit orc boy scratched his head embarrassedly, and changed the subject: "I'll take you into the hall to go through the settlement procedures first."
Those who paid the entrance fee are equivalent to buying a day's hope As a temporary resident of the territory, you have the right to enter the lobby on the first floor of the village affairs center to take some simple tasks and handle some business such as settlement. The rabbit orc boy led the group of people into the hall, looked left and right, chose the task bar counter, and said to the fox orc lady who was on duty inside: "Please handle this group of people for the official settlement. The settlement procedures." "50 copper coins per person." The fox orc lady picked up a seal and motioned those people behind to come up and pay the money to settle down. Thinking that this group of people might have no money, the rabbit orc boy was about to say something to help, but saw the leading middle-aged man hand out 50 copper coins first, and then the fox orc lady affixed a seal on the back of his hand . "Okay." She said: "The seal mark will disappear after an hour, and your information will also be automatically entered into the territory archives. Congratulations, you have become an official resident of our territory. If necessary, apply for free housing for newcomers, or rent a house. If you rent a house, please go to the window on the left, and the next person please come up." The crowd automatically formed a long queue. Seeing that each of them can easily take out 50 copper coins, the rabbit orc boy also knew that he had misunderstood something. Feeling a little embarrassed, he simply made an excuse to leave. As a result, he was stopped by the middle-aged man before he took a few steps. "Little brother, thank you for bringing us here, and you did your best to explain the situation of the territory to us. This is our little care, it's not worth anything, I hope you don't refuse." Without giving the other party a chance to refuse, the middle-aged man forced the A small bag of copper coins was stuffed into people's hands. Holding the bag in his hand, the rabbit orc boy was a little stunned.
He thought about it for a while, and felt that he couldn't take other people's things for nothing. Just as he was about to turn around and give it back, he was patted on the shoulder.
"Take it, it's fine."
Turning his head, he realized that the person who patted him was Tu Xiaosi.
"Lord Tu Xiaosi..."
"It's okay, you can go out and play." Tu Xiaosi gently pushed the little boy of the same clan, so that he would not have any psychological burden.
They don't actually give much, and the little boy was hired by the village chief's grandfather to help him halfway through, so he made such a trip with an explanation, and it's okay to go back with some hard work.