Chapter 37: The Terrifying Benefits of Local Specialties

The appearance of the [Green Ox] specialty is one of the high-end indicators of Lin Mu's territory following its initial development. It is believed that more and more specialties will emerge in the future.

In *Mythical Three Kingdoms*, specialties are one of the most important indicators of a territory.

As the name implies, a specialty is a unique industry or a unique form of production.

Some specialties are unique, while others are not, but even those that aren't are not numerous; they must be rare in the world to truly be called a specialty.

Lin Mu knew of many specialties from his previous life, such as certain types of alcohol. Due to limitations and secrecy in the brewing process, very precious wines would become unique specialties that only territories possessing the relevant brewing techniques could produce.

There were also widely used crops like sweet potatoes, which could also be considered a specialty. Many lord players or indigenous factions would cultivate sweet potatoes; their high yield and strong environmental adaptability made them a special food source—military rations.

Although many players' territories would have sweet potatoes in the late game, obtaining them was extremely difficult, as they were essentially tied to many late-game scenario battles. Currently, this crop does not exist on the Divine Land and is somewhat rare; thus, the system classifies sweet potatoes as a specialty.

There are other specialties as well, such as pearls, gemstones, specialized fisheries, specialized poultry, specialized mounts, specialized utensils, and so on, all of which can become territorial specialties.

Because the attributes of a specialty are quite rare, their value is high, and the benefits they bring to a territory are extremely bountiful. To some extent, one could say that a specialty is a monopoly—a monopoly business that brings in gold by the bucketload!

In his previous life, there was a saying to describe specialties: "One specialty feeds an entire territory!"

This shows just how enticing the benefits of a specialty can be.

However, Lin Mu already knew that his [Green Ox] specialty would not exert a massive wealth-gathering effect for the time being, but it would be of immense help in reclaiming wasteland. Reclaiming farmland requires human, ox, or horse power; if these types of power are strengthened, reclamation becomes smoother and faster.

It effectively solved the urgent problem of wasteland reclamation within the territory.

"Good, good! Thank you for your hard work, Jiang Yuan! You've spent over a month outside taming these thousands of oxen! It has been a journey of great hardship! I shall record this as a great achievement for you!" Lin Mu said happily to Jiang Yuan.

"This is what your subordinate should do! With such a specialty, I believe the area of cultivated land in the territory will increase. We won't have to worry about the territory's grain in the future. This is a great deed for the people! I am also very pleased," Jiang Yuan said with a joyful expression.

"If our territory had more talents like you, what would we worry about regarding our growth and expansion!" Lin Mu praised.

Talents of Expert grade or above are very rare in the early stages.

"I will have to rely on you to manage this livestock pen in the future. Thank you for your hard work, Jiang Yuan!" Lin Mu said excitedly, lightly patting Jiang Yuan on the shoulder.

"I shall certainly resolve any troubles for my Lord!" Jiang Yuan was also very happy.

"—System Prompt: Lord Lin Mu, due to your appreciation, Jiang Yuan's loyalty has increased by 10 points."

Haha, an unexpected joy. Afterward, Lin Mu and Jiang Yuan talked for a long time, and Jiang Yuan happily shared some taming experience. However, because Lin Mu had not changed his profession to Beast Tamer, he gained little from the Expert-level personal instruction; otherwise, the system might have prompted: *Obtained Expert-level teaching, Beast Tamer level +1!* That would have been incredible.

Afterward, Lin Mu and Jiang Yuan discussed the development of the Green Ox livestock pen and the quantity of Rainbow Brocade Chickens. The Green Ox pen was currently in use, but the Rainbow Brocade Chickens were a problem because their numbers had failed to grow.

After handling the taming of the Green Ox, Jiang Yuan would spend his spare time tending to the nests of Rainbow Brocade Chickens. Unfortunately, even with the bonus from the God-tier territory attribute, the growth of these chickens remained slow and could not reach a scale; this lack of quantity was the greatest obstacle to making them a territorial specialty.

However, now that Jiang Yuan had settled the Green Ox issue, he would devote himself entirely to the breeding and raising of the Rainbow Brocade Chickens. He believed he could expand their numbers quickly, making them lay more eggs and hatch more Rainbow Brocade chicks.

Previously, most of Jiang Yuan's energy had been consumed by the ox herds, so the roughly 100 Three-Colored Chickens had only been settled in a crude courtyard in the village.

Once Jiang Yuan freed himself to breed these Rainbow Brocade Chickens, the territory would have Rainbow Brocade eggs to eat.

Rainbow Brocade eggs are very popular among the upper classes of the Han Dynasty; they are highly nutritious, with delicious yolks, and the chicken meat is also superb!

Once the Rainbow Brocade Chickens reached scale, he could rake in the wealth of the indigenous people—that would be the real jackpot. In *Mythical Three Kingdoms*, 90% of the wealth was held by the indigenous population.

The Yinglong Valley was indeed rich in resources, bringing Lin Mu one surprise after another.

Lin Mu began to have even greater expectations for the area across the Yinglong River.

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Every profession has its specialty; a half-baked amateur like himself should just go level up. Saying goodbye to Jiang Yuan, Lin Mu ran off to level up again.

Recently, due to the increasing number of soldiers in the territory, division of labor had begun. In addition to the combat soldiers, Feng Zhong had trained 50 scouts responsible for scouting the surroundings of the Yinglong Valley.

Based on partial information from the scouts, Lin Mu began to gain a general understanding of this valley, which seemed familiar yet was actually quite strange.

It was familiar because he had been here many times in his previous life, including for leveling up and hunting bosses.

It was strange, however, because after he used the God-tier Village Building Order to establish the village, the area seemed to have undergone massive changes. It was possible that since no one had explored this area in the early stages of his previous life, many of these changes remained unknown. However, Lin Mu had a premonition that such changes would be of immense help to him.

He had not encountered the [Dragon Temple] in his previous life, and for now, he followed Chang Yin's advice and did not touch it.

As for the [Destiny Merchant], he currently had no reputation with them and ignored them for the time being.

Regarding the four large mountain strongholds, Lin Mu was initially worried about the threat they posed, but with Feng Zhong's guidance and efforts, it shouldn't be a problem. It was just that the whereabouts of the other two large strongholds were currently unknown, which caused him some concern.

Lin Mu guessed that the other two strongholds were likely on the opposite side of the Yinglong River, as the scouts had already explored everything north of the river.

Currently, with the God-tier scholar Chang Yin managing his territory, he could sleep soundly.

The monster camps, however, were what he should focus on now. Training the 3,000 soldiers into elite troops was his primary task.

The development of the territory was proceeding in an orderly fashion.

Time passed like the waters of the Yangtze, never ceasing; a month passed just like that.

In the past month, Lin Mu had used all the weapons and shields produced by the territory to arm his soldiers, selling any surplus at high prices. He also upgraded the Junior Trading Market to a Medium Trading Market; although the tax rate increased significantly, the returns were also massive.

From the market, Lin Mu purchased rare blueprints such as Junior Mulberry Orchard, Junior Brewery, Junior Martial Arts Hall, Junior Cemetery, and Junior Bluestone Wall blueprints.

The number of buildings in the territory had increased significantly. Through wind and rain, the growth of the architects had progressed by leaps and bounds. After a month of hard work, an Expert-level architect finally appeared, capable of constructing Expert-level buildings on a large scale.

Checking the territory attributes

[True Dragon Village] (World's Second Village: A somewhat famous village, increases the attraction of special refugees, but since the village is built in a closed region, the effect is suboptimal.)

Level: Junior Village

Village Attributes

Special Attribute 1: [Auspiciousness of Earth Virtue] (Activated): The Yellow Dragon belongs to Earth, symbolizing auspiciousness. It prospers by relying on dragon veins and is born from them. In a land of dragon veins, blessings are abundant, capable of forming a Junior Spirit Land. The territory occupies a dragon vein—Yinglong Valley; this valley is a Junior Spirit Land.

Special Attribute 2: [Humanistic Glory] (Activated): Bestowing grace upon heaven, practicing virtue in one way, acting only with benevolence, bringing peace to the world. Overall work efficiency and training efficiency of the territory increased by 100%.

Special Attribute 3: [Blessing of Humanity] (Activated): Bestowing grace upon all living beings, making everyone like a dragon. The aptitude of registered residents increases by one tier.

Special Attribute 4: [Nüwa's Mercy] (Activated): The Great Goddess Nüwa wishes for humans to transform into Nine Heavens Dragons, traversing the world and gathering the providence of heaven and earth. Overall resource attributes of the territory increased by 100%.

Current Residents: 16,468/100

Current Army: 2,450

Public Opinion: 96

Public Order: 82

Tax Rate: 10% (This tax rate only applies to resources obtained by players within the territory; 10% of the total obtained is handed in. The system automatically calculates and collects this for players; this tax rate is fixed.)

Current Resources: Grain 6,895,060 units, Iron Ore 147,680 units, Stone 524,504 units, Wood 607,850 units, Coal 14,290 units, Copper Coins 450,556,400 (1 unit of grain is 1 jin, 1 unit of stone or wood is 1 cubic meter), Iron Spears 147, Iron Sabers 42, Black Iron Refined Steel Sabers 3,000, Black Iron Refined Steel Spears 3,000, Black Iron Refined Steel Swords 3,000, Red Sandalwood Bows 2,000, Iron-core Bows 130, Refined Steel Broadswords 124, Azure Wolf Iron Shields 1,000, Junior Hemostatic Powder 1,690 portions, Medium Hemostatic Powder 890 portions.

Existing Buildings

Village Council Hall (1), Junior Housing (1,257), Junior Mine (3), Junior Blacksmith (24), Medium Blacksmith (19), High-grade Blacksmith (5), Junior Tailor Shop (12), Medium Tailor Shop (3), High-grade Tailor Shop (1), Expert Tailor Shop (1), Junior Grocery Store (2), Junior Clinic (2), Medium Clinic (1), Medium Trading Market (1), Junior Logging Camp (6), Medium Logging Camp (2), High-grade Logging Camp (1), Junior Shipyard (3), Medium Shipyard (2), High-grade Shipyard (1), Junior Barracks, Junior Mulberry Orchard (3), Junior Cemetery (1), Junior Bluestone Wall, Junior Martial Arts Hall (1), Junior Fishery (6), Medium Fishery (3), High-grade Fishery (2), Junior Barracks (7), Medium Barracks (3), High-grade Barracks (1), High-grade Green Ox Livestock Pen (1), Junior Private School (1), Junior Brick and Tile Workshop (16), Medium Brick and Tile Workshop (12), High-grade Brick and Tile Workshop (9), Expert Brick and Tile Workshop (1), Farmland 265,445 mu.

[Dragon Temple]: Special Building, Not Activated.

Village Area: 9 square kilometers (3000x3000)

Territory Area: Unlimited (A conventional territory has a village area of 10 square kilometers; this village was established with a God-tier Village Building Order and has no territorial limit).

God-tier Heart of the City: Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000 (Each attack is forced to 1 point).

Resources required to upgrade village to Medium: Grain 5,000 units, Stone 5,000 units, Wood 5,000 units, Copper Coins 100,000, 8 basic building types, Villager count must reach or exceed 100.

The village's resources are abundant, with hundreds of millions in copper coins, and these were even after saving money from scavenging market goods. This shows how massive the profits from the arms monopoly business are. Currently, Lin Mu's arms trade can be considered a specialty to some extent, demonstrating the terrifying and enviable benefits of a specialty.

The territory's funds are sufficient, the population is gradually increasing, and development is bustling. Resources are very plentiful, and the variety and functionality of buildings are becoming complete. However, one thing Lin Mu needs to note is that the special ore veins provided by the system have been fully mined. Most of the ore has been forged into weapons and sold, leaving only a small stock. He needs to find new ore veins, but unfortunately, the special talent [Prospector] has not yet appeared.

He believes that since the Yinglong Valley is rich in treasures and the Qilian Mountains are fertile and prosperous, there should be some ore veins.

The army is also slowly developing. With the War God Feng Zhong in command, the army's growth can guarantee the village's development.

The village level is still Junior. Lin Mu has not upgraded it, not because of a lack of resources or population, but because he simply hasn't had the time.

When a village upgrades to Medium, the system will cause nearby monster camps to attack the village once. Lin Mu suspects that the Howling Moon Silver Wolf King will also appear. To be safe, Lin Mu will wait until his soldiers reach 3,000 before upgrading all at once to ensure success.

Lin Mu also intends to contend with that King Beast, the Howling Moon Silver Wolf King, during the village upgrade.

Of course, Feng Zhong will be the one to fight; Lin Mu certainly couldn't win, and Xiao Hu couldn't win either at the moment. By Lin Mu's estimation, the Wolf King occupying the King Beast camp should be at the Profound-rank General level—powerful, fierce, and brutal.

To be honest, it was a good thing he had a Divine General like Feng Zhong; otherwise, Lin Mu's territory would have long been buried and destroyed by monsters. Relying on Feng Zhong all the time gave Lin Mu a sense of instability.

However, there was nothing he could do about it!