Chapter 33: Return to the territory
Hurrying all night, until it was close to noon the next day, Gu Mi and the others saw the figure of the territory from a distance.
When the quiet and peaceful village appeared in the field of vision, not only Gu Mi, but also the people who followed her were heavily relieved.
"Can you finally rest?"
Cheng Ke carried his tree man friend on his back, panting slightly, and expressed everyone's heart.
They were caught up by the slave trader's accomplices. They experienced a very thrilling night. Apart from the constant rush along the way, they didn't dare to rest for a while. They also had to worry about whether some monsters would suddenly appear halfway. attack, or encounter some unknown danger.
Fortunately, maybe Lady Luck is on their side.
On the way to this territory, apart from the fact that the forest road conditions in the dark are inevitably difficult to walk, other external dangers have never been encountered.
After seeing the figure of the territory ahead, many people could not help but pray silently in their hearts, thanking the goddess of luck for the protection.
As everyone knows, the person who really made them avoid all dangers along the way is actually Gu Mi who is always driving "God-level perception".
Gu Mi rubbed his throbbing forehead.
If it weren't for her high intelligence value, she wouldn't dare to play like this.
But even if her intelligence value is enough to bear the cost, her long-term and high-intensity concentration will inevitably lead to a great loss of her mind, and the exhaustion will hit her brain in waves, and she has to be strong enough to lead everyone to move forward.
After all, they haven't really reached the territory yet.
Premature slack is not a good thing until the dust settles.
"Let's go."
No nonsense, Gu Mi continued to walk forward.
The others were used to following her back, and when they saw her leaving, even if they were extremely tired, they forced their sore legs to follow.
With such a large group of people approaching the territory, there are also a lot of aliens with different looks mixed in. The two brothers, Jero and Jess, who were arranged to patrol, naturally would not have missed it.
First, they clenched their weapons and became vigilant.
Immediately took a closer look, and found that the leader was not their lord, wasn't it?
"Lord Lord is back!" The
brothers looked at each other, and then the younger brother Jace immediately turned around and ran into the territory to find the old village chief and others to report the good news, while the older brother Jello stepped forward and respectfully took one knee Kneeling down and performing a solemn ceremony to welcome the return of the lord.
"Guardian Jello, I have seen Lord Lord!"
Guards?
A question mark appeared on top of Gu Mi's head, but on the surface he made a calm "um", ignoring the surprised eyes of the group of people behind him, and calmly responded to Jello's greetings.
"Where's Mori?" she asked.
Jello responded respectfully: "Jess has already gone to inform the village chief."
Before he could finish his words, there was a burst of eager footsteps behind him. It was the old village chief who arrived with a large group of people.
"Welcome the return of the Lord." Everyone in the
territory shouted in unison, this picture is very shocking.
At least at this moment, the group of people behind Gu Mi who followed her to this unfamiliar territory looked at her from an ordinary life savior to the awe of some big man.
Of course, all the previous gratitude is still a lot, even stronger.
"This is Cheng Ke, I specially recruited talents." Gu Mi first briefly introduced Cheng Ke's identity to the old village chief, and then ordered: "I rescued the rest of these people outside, you should take care of them. them."
The implication is that except for Cheng Ke, if others want to enter the territory, they have to go through the formal process.
"Yes, Lord Lord," the
old village chief understood, and skillfully approached the group of people who were described as embarrassed.
"Let's go." Gu Mi turned to Cheng Ke and said.
"Oh, good." Cheng Ke seemed a little stupid at this time, she nodded dumbly, and temporarily entrusted the unconscious young tree man on his back to the care of other tree people, and then led the silly roe deer to trot all the way. Keep up with Gu Mi.
The two passed through the gate of the territory one after the other and entered the territory.
After walking a distance quietly, Cheng Ke suddenly said: "We... just ignore those people?"
Gu Mi heard the words and gave her a strange look: "Managing the population of the territory is the responsibility of the village chief."
She, the lord Interference is possible, but not necessary.
This is the right that she delegated to the old village chief. Generally, as long as there are no major problems, Gu Mi will not easily interfere. die.
Learning to delegate power is a compulsory course for a qualified leader.
"Your territory is short of people, right? Aren't you afraid that they won't stay?"
Cheng Ke knew that Gu Mi's territory was in desperate need of people, otherwise she would not have worked so hard to bring the rescued people overnight. back to your own territory.
But after bringing the person back, her behavior made her a little confused.
Shouldn't they be absorbed as subjects as soon as they are brought back?
"You can see for yourself." This retrospective Mi was too lazy to explain, and directly threw out the various rules and regulations for becoming a citizen of her territory to Cheng Ke to see.
Indeed, Gu Mi's territory lacked people.
But no matter how much people are lacking, she will not ignore the regulations of the territory. If she wants to enter her territory, become her territorial citizen, and get her shelter, she must meet the conditions she set out.
Otherwise, what do other people who are honestly working hard and earning copper coins to buy the status of a citizen think?
Why make an exception for that group of people?
And the conditions she set are not harsh, even loose. If she can't even meet such simple conditions, it means that the person is a lazy and unproductive person. She can't afford such a person's territory. .
Except, of course, special people who don't have a labor force.
Gu Mi has no experience in managing a territory, and she is groping and learning everything by herself, but she understands that 'unfairness' is the origin of all conflicts and disputes.
Therefore, in the management of her own territory, she will try her best to be 'fair'.
And the group of people she rescued were forced to become slaves.
Many of them still have family and home. Maybe they don't want to stay in her territory at all, but want to go back to their own home?
Gu Mi doesn't think that his life-saving grace can be compared to other people's family members.
So for the question of leaving and leaving this group of people, she adopted a random, not forced strategy.
After understanding Gu Mi's good intentions, Cheng Ke no longer beeps.
She covered her mouth, gave a big yawn, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked, "Lord Lord, is there a place for me to rest, I haven't slept for two nights, I'm sleepy."
Gu Mi Wenyan waved to Rabbit Xiaosi, who was bouncing past: "Xiaosi, come here."
"Lord Lord, what are you calling me?" Rabbit Xiaosi twitched a pair of long ears as soon as he heard the call of his Lord Lord. , Diandianer trotted over.
"Take Cheng Ke to your place for a rest first, and then I'll arrange another place for her."
"Okay, Lord."
Tu Xiaosi had no objection to Gu Mi's arrangement, and directly yawned with Cheng. can go.
Gu Mi, who had sent Cheng Ke away, returned to the residence of the village affairs center alone, fell down on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
Not only Cheng can be sleepy, but so is she.
This sleep goes straight to the twilight.
When Gu Mi woke up in a daze, the dusk outside the window had already rendered the interior a dark orange.
She sat up holding the animal skin quilt, stood there for about half a minute, and then scratched her long messy hair, only to realize later that she had returned to the territory.
In other words, after leaving the territory for more than half a month, she has not taken a good look at the changes in the territory.
As soon as he thought of it, Gu Mi directly opened the lord permission panel to view the territory map.
This is the most intuitive way to see territory changes.
A huge three-dimensional topographic map was unfolded in front of Gu Mi, on which was a vividly restored full view of the territory.
The territory was still so large, but the changes within it surprised Gu Mi.
I saw that the place that she had planned as farming land was now covered by neatly arranged fields, and each field was full of various crops.
There are crops in the territory itself, as well as various edible vegetables and fruits that she has collected from outside.
Most of them have emerged from the ground, and a few are still growing and reaching maturity for harvest.
It is now mid-December.
The weather is still cold, the temperature is about 8~13℃, and the humidity is moderate.
At this temperature, except for the few graded "farmland" arranged by her that can ignore any seasonal environment and plant any crops freely, the fields reclaimed by the colonists can only be planted with a certain degree of cold resistance. tall crops.
For example, the sweet roots that Gu Mi sent back from the air before.
Other crops that are temporarily not suitable for planting in winter were temporarily stored in the warehouse of the territory by the old village chief, and they were not taken out and planted blindly.
Surrounding the large farmland are two rows of fruit trees that separate the field from the rest of the area.
Most fruit trees have no fruit and are a bit ugly to be bare.
However, Gu Mi believes that when the fruit bears next year, these fruit trees will definitely give her a big surprise. After all, they are all high-quality tree species carefully selected by herself.
The line of sight shifted to the other side.
This is a residential area facing the farmland across the fruit trees.
In the front row are the houses built by Gu Mi, and in the back there are small houses scattered in rows.
When he saw this, Gu Mi also noticed that there was a large piece of land behind a middle-level residential house, and a lot of herbs were planted neatly on it.
There is also a small yard surrounded by wooden fences on the side of the dwelling. The yard is neatly arranged with rows of wooden racks, and above it are the medicinal materials that have been processed and are drying.
It seems that this residence was chosen as a small clinic by Grandma Rabbit.