I Become a Landlady in the Game World
Chapter 98 - 065: Suspect an Old Friend Has Come

Chapter 98: Chapter 065: Suspect an Old Friend Has Come

At that time, outside the gate of Yuxi Village.

Following Zhong Yongnian’s departure, the original residents of Yuxi Village thought they were going to head straight to Hope Village after leaving the territory.

But just a short distance from the city gate, they stopped and set up tents not far from the main gate of the territory.

Unlike the laborious construction they had to manually handle, a massive tent was quickly and easily erected by the Undead NPCs and Beastman NPCs, accommodating all of them underneath.

As for Zhong Yongnian and his group, they once again set up their stalls one by one.

This sequence of actions was truly baffling.

Seeing the bewildered expressions on the Yuxi Village residents’ faces, Zhong Yongnian cleared his throat and said, "We brought quite a few goods with us, and it would be a loss to leave without selling them."

Most importantly, they saw the potential in Yuxi Village.

Since Yuxi Village had so many people, and the environment itself was not as good as their Hope Village, just a little effort would complete their mission.

By then, they wouldn’t all need to go to other territories to gather information.

This decision was also made after discussing with Bayer.

Truly worthy of being the recognized commander by the territory, his mind was too nimble.

Since they couldn’t do business within the territory, they’d do it just outside; could that Lord really control them then?

The original villagers of Yuxi Village now looked at Zhong Yongnian and his group differently.

Are they still their dogs?

The Lord must be furious, right?

However, for some reason, they still felt quite happy about it.

Then someone spoke up, "Do you still have that umbrella? I plan to buy another one, it seems quite effective."

"Sure, seeing as you are about to be residents of Hope Village, I can give you a little more discount, but you don’t need to buy too much. Once you get back to Hope Village, the items there will be sold even cheaper than ours, so you won’t need to waste extra money," Zhong Yongnian said directly.

"...Yes." At that moment, the people’s hearts surged with expectation for Hope Village, greatly alleviating their apprehension about moving to the new territory.

Just as they were all ready, Bevin Wenkang had already hurried over, followed by some residents of Yuxi Village.

Everyone thought that after being expelled by Bevin Wenkang, they would just leave, but they didn’t expect such a sly move from him; however, the residents of Yuxi Village were quite happy.

Especially some who hadn’t planned on leaving—they didn’t plan to leave, but that didn’t mean they didn’t desire the cost-effective goods of Hope Village!

At the least, they had to spend less than a third of the money for the same items.

Seeing Bevin Wenkang arriving, Zhong Yongnian acted as if he didn’t see him, and addressed the residents behind him.

"Big sale, big sale, all our items today are 10% off. Bronze-level Iron Axes with a Damage Value of 50, original price 40 silver coins, now 36 silver coins."

"A torch is 5 copper coins, now 4.5 copper coins, buy 10 and save another 5 copper coins."

"Buns are 27 copper coins for 10, 260 copper coins for 100."

"..."

With the lead from Zhong Yongnian, other stalls also issued discount announcements one after another.

Originally due to Bevin Wenkang’s presence, many hesitant residents were now stirred up.

Someone shouted in the crowd, "We can’t just let money slip by! If even the Lord stops us, then there really isn’t any need to stay in Yuxi Village anymore, let’s go for it!"

With that said, a group suddenly surged from behind Bevinwenkang, and everyone else quickly followed, once again crowding the stalls.

As for Bevin Wenkang, he was forced to swallow the reprimand he had been about to utter because of that shout.

He couldn’t lose the people’s support anymore; otherwise, if more ran away, he would have truly suffered in silence.

He sighed heavily to himself.

He couldn’t fight them off, nor drive them away!

Forget it!

They would leave once they sold out their goods!

Out of sight, out of mind, Bevin Wenkang turned around and left.

Upon returning to his territory, he saw numerous residents rushing toward the entrance from deep within, their conversations faintly audible.

"A merchant team from another territory has come, selling goods very cheaply, they were previously selling within the territory but the Lord drove them away, now they’re selling at the entrance."

"Let’s hurry and buy, if we miss this we might not know when there will be such cheap goods again."

"Such cheap prices, could the quality be bad?"

"Don’t worry! Someone bought and immediately tested the weapon data on the spot, even forgery can’t deceive the system’s data."

"Then I must stock up on a few, to avoid running out of cheap ones when they break."

"That umbrella seems good too! Even though it’s just ordinary level equipment, it can be used to block rain, snow, and be useful for other special weather conditions, it’s good."

"I still envy those with orange equipment! Not even snowflakes can touch them, and their weapons, they are already of the silver level."

"Being in the same territory, why is there such a big difference!"

"..."

The voices gradually faded away, Bevin Kang could no longer hear them, but a feeling of resentment was deeply buried in his heart.

He then opened the control panel, glanced at the Task Hall, pursed his lips, and decided to unlock it.

[Building: Task Hall]

[Level: 1]

[Function: Can summon mercenaries, the Lord can decide whether to hire, once hired, the mercenaries will serve the territory.]

[Frequency: 1/per day]

[Dear Host, would you like to spend 100 gold coins, 10,000 wood, 20,000 stone to construct the Task Hall?]

"Yes." Bevin Kang nodded without hesitation, he was eager to prove that his territory would not be inferior to Hope Village, whatever Hope Village had, he must have as well.

Soon the Task Hall was constructed, looking at the brand-new building, Bevin Kang walked in and began the summoning.

In no time, the first mercenary was summoned.

[Name: Ellis]

[Race: Human]

[Level: lv.14]

[Identity: Resident of Sorrel Town]

[Profession: Mage, Mercenary]

[Life Value: 1400/1400]

[Magic Value: 1400/1400]

[Attributes: Constitution (20/20), Intelligence (13/20), Agility (15/20); Defense (12/20)]

[Talent: None]

[Price: 1 gold coin/month]

Staring at the last price, Bevin Kang was stunned, summoning a mercenary costs money?

Thinking of those menacing NPCs in Hope Village, Bevin Kang gritted his teeth and summoned directly.

Shortly after the summoning was complete, a figure appeared.

Ellis surveyed his surroundings before noticing Bevin Kang. Seeing Bevin Kang’s level, a look of surprise crossed his face, but he still respectfully called out, "Lord."

Satisfied with the presence of this person, Bevin Kang was quite pleased. With a Level 14 professional, they now also had professionals in their territory, and surely others would follow soon.

The next moment, he said with commanding authority, "From now on, you are my personal guard, responsible for protecting me."

Ellis: "...Yes."

—Never mind, given it’s 1 gold coin per month, let’s see how it goes.

Following that, Bevin Kang, along with Ellis, appeared confidently in the territory and headed straight to the town gate.

Originally, Bevin Kang had intended to show off.

Unexpectedly, Ellis, the mercenary NPC he had brought along, could not help but reveal a look of disbelief upon seeing Bayer from Hope Village.