Human Village (Seeking Collection and Recommendation)

"Your Highness! We have successfully researched domestication!" Zhao Fu had just finished giving orders to his subordinates when Bai Shan ran over, his face full of joy.

Hearing this, a look of delight also appeared on Zhao Fu's face. After researching for so long, there were finally results. He nodded and headed to the domestication room, where several scholars were standing beside a newly appeared stone tablet.

Seeing Zhao Fu enter, the men respectfully stepped aside. Zhao Fu walked up, placed his hand on the stone tablet, and received a set of information.

[Tamer]: F+ grade class. Introduction: After Class Transfer, one gains the ability to domesticate wild beasts. Class effect: Grants the skill [Domestication].

Seeing this, Zhao Fu performed a Class Transfer on two people to become Tamers and ordered others to capture wild chickens, ducks, and similar creatures that could be raised as livestock.

Currently, Great Qin Village was severely lacking in labor. With so many tasks to juggle, he had no choice but to incorporate a large number of Goblins to make up for the shortage. As for exploring the Great Rift, he would wait until the stairs were repaired before taking people down.

He arrived at the newly rebuilt Goblin Village not far to the west of Great Qin Village. Zhao Fu went in to take a look; the Goblins all lowered their heads respectfully and stepped aside. Zhao Fu found five mechanical scholars and instructed them to begin researching the construction of a ballista.

Just as he returned to the village, Bai Shan approached him again and asked, "Your Highness! What would you like us to research next?"

Hearing this, Zhao Fu had almost forgotten. Now that the domestication research was a success, the scholars were free, but there were simply too many things to do. Zhao Fu felt a slight headache, but after thinking it over carefully, he said to Bai Shan, "You shall begin researching the Teleportation Array!"

A Teleportation Array was a necessity. If Great Qin Village successfully researched it, travel between villages would become much more convenient in the future. At the same time, Zhao Fu also wanted to visit the system's main city; he had no place to spend the coins he had acquired, so he wanted to see what was available for purchase.

Upon hearing Zhao Fu's words, Bai Shan took his people back to begin the research.

At this moment, someone else came forward to report that a human village had been discovered five miles north of Great Qin Village.

Zhao Fu immediately took some men to investigate. First, he needed to determine if this was a bandit village or a regular one. Regardless, Zhao Fu was inclined to plunder its population; the rate at which the village refreshed was far too slow, and Great Qin Village was in dire need of people.

Over an hour later, they arrived at the human village mentioned by the soldiers. From a high vantage point, Zhao Fu carefully observed the settlement and muttered to himself, "A human village is truly incomparable to those of other races."

First, in terms of defense, the village used thick wooden planks as a perimeter wall, and there were guards patrolling the surroundings. If an enemy attacked, they would sound an alarm; the defensive measures were very strict. However, living in the wilderness meant constant danger, so they had no choice but to focus on defense.

The village had about four hundred people, including over sixty elderly and children, over one hundred and sixty women, and the remaining two hundred or so were men. It did not look like a bandit village, but rather a standard one. The basic patrol squads already possessed leather armor and iron blades, appearing even wealthier than Great Qin Village, which still used weapons made of Ironwood and had only a dozen pieces of leather armor.

As for their classes, they were mostly militia, though a few carried bows and shields. These people had not undergone a Class Transfer. Archer, Shield-bearer, and Cavalry classes could only be unlocked by researching them in advance or by increasing the village level; intermediate villages could unlock Shield-bearers, advanced villages could unlock Archers, and only at the town level could one potentially possess Cavalry.

The people in this village with bows and shields were relying entirely on themselves; they had no class bonuses or skills, making them more than half as weak as those who had undergone a Class Transfer.

If he took this village, he could instantly fill the population gap in Great Qin Village. However, if Zhao Fu charged in like this, facing solid defenses and an enemy more than twice his size, he would definitely suffer heavy casualties and be forced to retreat.

Force clearly wouldn't work. Zhao Fu turned to the others and said, "You all hide here for now. Bai Qi and I will go and negotiate!"

Zhao Fu and Bai Qi subsequently arrived at the village gate. The men at the entrance immediately shouted in alarm, "Who are you?"

Hearing this, Bai Qi was about to speak, but Zhao Fu signaled for him to stop. He spoke himself, "I am the Village Chief of the nearby Great Qin Village. I have come specifically to pay a visit to your village. May I trouble you to let me meet your Village Chief?"

Upon hearing Zhao Fu's words, someone immediately went to report. Shortly after, the gate opened, and a fair-skinned young man walked out with some men. He smiled slightly at Zhao Fu, cupped his hands, and said, "My father invites you in!"

Zhao Fu returned the gesture, and then he and Bai Qi followed the fair-skinned young man into a house. As soon as they entered, an elderly man with a white beard sitting at the head of the room stood up. Seeing Zhao Fu and Bai Qi, he smiled and gestured for them to sit, while a maid immediately brought tea.

"I did not expect our village to welcome two distinguished guests. Please forgive our lack of hospitality," the old man said apologetically.

Zhao Fu replied with a faint smile, "Village Chief, you are too kind! My village only moved to this area a few days ago, and we only just discovered your village. I apologize for the late visit, and I hope you will excuse us."

The old man was somewhat surprised and said, "I was just wondering how a village appeared nearby. So you moved here just recently. However, the wilderness is full of crises; it is truly difficult to find a safe place."

Hearing this, Zhao Fu nodded and was just about to say something.

At that moment, a young man walked in with a serious expression and reported, "Village Chief! The people from Dire Wolf Village are here to demand grain again."

The old man's expression turned grave. He excused himself and led his men outside.

"Your Highness!"

Bai Qi turned to look at Zhao Fu and called out.

Zhao Fu nodded, and the two followed them out. They saw over a dozen fierce-looking men standing at the village entrance. One of them, a dark-skinned, ugly-looking brute, shouted, "Hurry up and hand over the grain, you old fool!"

When the fair-skinned young man heard this, he was instantly enraged and stepped forward to say something, but the old man grabbed him and ordered, "Bring out the grain and give it to them!"

The villagers followed the old man's orders, bringing out a dozen bags of grain and placing them at the village entrance.

Seeing so many bags of grain, the leading brute wore a smug, triumphant smile and shouted at the old man, "You're a sensible old fool after all."

After saying this, the leader ordered his men to shoulder the grain and left.

Watching their retreating backs, the fair-skinned young man let out an indignant snort. Zhao Fu stepped forward to inquire about the situation and eventually learned the details.

First, this village was called Li Family Village, the Village Chief was named Li Youcai, and his son, the fair-skinned young man, was named Li Wen.

As for the Dire Wolf Village, it was a bandit village eight miles away from Li Family Village with over three hundred people. However, bandit villages generally did not have women, the elderly, or children, so those three hundred people were almost all men. Furthermore, each one of them had undergone a Class Transfer as a mountain bandit, brigand, or robber, possessing considerable combat strength.

However, Dire Wolf Village would suffer heavy losses if they tried to overcome the solid defenses of Li Family Village. Li Family Village was also afraid of these bandits breaking in to burn, kill, and plunder, so they maintained a temporary peace; Li Family Village had to hand over a certain amount of grain every month, and in return, Dire Wolf Village promised not to attack them.