Chapter Seventeen Recruitment and Promotion

  As he walked out of the government office, everything in Xianyang City was developing in an orderly manner. However, Qin Lan once again felt a pressing sense of insufficient manpower. It turned out that just now, Guo Jia had volunteered to take charge of market development and management after discussing strategies for the next period with him.

  This was something Qin Lan had never thought of before. As a military strategist, Guo Jia should have been responsible for studying and researching the science and technology of the Imperial Academy. However, due to the changes in Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms, after completing a segment of scientific research, Guo Jia would be completely idle during the cooldown period of the Imperial Academy. Therefore, he actively requested to take on some internal affairs management tasks.

  Qin Lan certainly trusted Guo Jia's administrative ability. In fact, although Guo Jia was more skilled in strategy, the internal affairs attributes of Purple Card Guo Jia and Yellow Card Tian Feng were not much different. If it were a real person, Tian Feng would probably be inferior to Guo Jia. What he mainly cared about was that the five construction quotas for the labor order in the city had been used up by Tian Feng, but Guo Jia could still go alone to develop the market... Does this mean that the city-building system of the Three Kingdoms is also integrated into Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms? Wouldn't it be possible to assign multiple generals under his command to build cities one by one?

  With this idea in mind, Qin Lan walked into the tavern in the city. The tavern is a place to recruit generals and receive some special tasks. Upgrading the tavern's level gives you the opportunity to attract higher-level generals to stay. Of course, the generals that can be recruited from the tavern generally don't have very good attributes. This attribute is not referring to internal affairs, bravery, or strategy, but rather command. The difference between a famous general and a small soldier lies in their high command ability, which allows them to gain more attribute bonuses.

  For example, Meng Huo in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", his attributes at level 1 are: 114 leadership, 55 domestic affairs, 114 bravery, and 51 strategy. In other words, at level 1, he can lead an army of 57,000 soldiers, and a single soldier's bonus to a general is 0.01 times the general's other attributes. In other words, when Meng Huo leads a full army, his bravery attribute value can reach as high as 763, his domestic affairs can soar to 368, and his strategy will have 341. What an astonishing number! No wonder generals can dominate the battlefield and be invincible under the sky.

  The generals in the tavern, even if they have good luck or three-dimensional attributes, can find more than 100, but their command is always extremely low. The best ones will never exceed 20. So, the generals recruited from the tavern and the famous generals are still worlds apart. However, Qin Lan just wants to find some generals with high domestic governance attributes to help build cities, and doesn't care about command at all.

  The tavern was bustling with people coming and going, noisy and chaotic. Fortunately, Qin Lan had his own monarch's insight technique, otherwise it would have been difficult to find someone, ordered a cup of wine, and then Qin Lan sat in the corner of the tavern alone, looking around one by one, soon discovered several targets he wanted.

  Wei Yiyu, Level 6, Leadership 16, Health 81, Energy 75, Domestic Policy 83, Bravery 21, Intelligence 14, Charm 12, Luck 31, Loyalty 70, Position None, Official Position None, Title None, Skills None. (A scholar who has read extensively but remains unfulfilled.)

  Nie Mingqing, Level 3, Leadership 8, Health 69, Energy 72, Domestic Policy 87, Bravery 13, Intelligence 46, Charm 26, Luck 12, Loyalty 70, Position None, Official Position None, Title None, Skills None. (A fallen scholar, unable to find an opportunity to make a comeback.)

  Xiao Hong, Level 7, Leadership 21, Strength 77, Intelligence 42, Politics 90, Bravery 6, Strategy 9, Charm 8, Luck 2, Loyalty 70, Position None, Official Position None, Title None, Skills None. (Originally a rustic scholar, he has his own unique way of doing things, unfortunately, due to his ugly appearance, he has never been able to serve as an official.)

  These three people, with internal affairs attributes all above 80, are very good candidates. Qin Lan walked over and asked if they were willing to serve. This opportunity was naturally beyond their expectations, so the rooms in the Xianyang City's Talent Hall were occupied by three more people. Qin Lan did not invite them back to idle around, but immediately ordered Yan Xiao Hong to be in charge of building all resource facilities, Nie Ming Qing to be in charge of upgrading and building civilian houses in the city, and Wei Yi You to be in charge of upgrading and building special functional buildings such as academies, workshops, and iron shops.

  Of course, the civilian houses in the city can no longer be upgraded now, but this is not a problem for Qinlan. He went to the government office and chose to use the Lu Ban Shu Ce's five construction sequences for the corvee order.

  Lu Ban's Handbook, a worn-out book recording Lu Ban's architectural craftsmanship, convenient for carrying and browsing. After use, shorten the cooldown time of 1 construction team.

  The government was originally in the process of upgrading to level 6, still needing 7 hours and 32 minutes to complete. Qin Lan's use of this Lu Ban book instantly completed the construction, and the government expanded again, looking even more majestic. However, Qin Lan did not stop, but instead chose to continue upgrading the government. In a situation where resources were not lacking, it was actually best to upgrade the government to the top level as soon as possible, because only then could they have more building slots and resource slots. Unfortunately, Qin Lan had always been troubled by this or that matter, and had forgotten about this, while Huang Card Tianfeng, although being the city guardian, did not have the qualification to use treasures, and could only upgrade in an orderly manner.

  Level 7 government office, can have 7 affiliated wild lands. The outer city can have 33 resource empty spaces, the inner city has 53 building spaces. Thirteen civilian houses can be built in the city, with a maximum capacity of 1 billion and 10 million Yellow Turbans. Upgrade requirements: City population reaches 100,000, food 600,000, wood 1,300,000, stone 1,000,000, iron ingots 700,000. Do you want to upgrade?

  After Qin Lan clicked on the upgrade option, he only then discovered that with just this one click, the resources in Xianyang City had almost been depleted, especially wood, which was already nearly exhausted. When he first entered the game, he set all initial resources to be only 1 million. Later, despite constantly building and upgrading things, spending a lot of money, but fortunately, there were newbie rewards. Basically, all buildings below level 5 didn't require many resources. So resources not only didn't decrease, but instead slowly accumulated. However, Qin Lan was too careless. When he focused on developing functional buildings in the city, he often neglected the resource mines outside the city. In his impression, 1 million resources were enough for him to use for a long time... But unexpectedly, after the game's anomaly, not only could he no longer open up a sub-city, but the resources required for building upgrades had also greatly increased. Qin Lan believed that if he remembered correctly, the resources used to upgrade the government office to level 7 earlier were almost equal to those needed to upgrade it to level 10 in Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms.

  Once the resources are gone, other buildings in the city will probably slow down too. Qin Lan was extremely frustrated for a while... The difference between games and reality is really huge! Oh right, gift packs!!

  The government office was upgraded to level 7, which required 211 hours. Qin Lan used 7 Lu Ban secret records and 1 Lu Ban voucher in one breath, directly completing the upgrade of the building.

  Lu Ban's Secret Record, passed down by Lu Ban's ancestors, records various craftsmen's secrets and classic techniques. Many terms are obscure and difficult to understand. After use, randomly shorten 1 construction queue by 10-30 hours of cooldown time.

  Lu Ban's Notebook, a short note that records Lu Ban's architectural insights. After use, shorten 1 construction team's 1 hour cooldown time.

  Now let me go and take a look at the surprises brought by the 6th-grade official gift package and the 7th-grade official gift package.

  P.S., Recently many friends have been complaining about the slow update speed, and I'm very sorry for that.

  First of all, I've been very busy on my end. As you know, I'm living abroad. Christmas is the most important holiday overseas and during this time, I've been extremely busy, with my eyes blurring every day.

  Secondly, everyone knows that Qidian has a new book chart, and a new book will stay on the chart for a month. However, if the new book exceeds 200,000 words, it will be removed from the chart. My book has only been released for one and a half weeks and already has almost 80,000 words... how can I dare to update more?

  So, I apologize to all readers and friends... In the future, Yan Huang will definitely work hard to update.