lovenovelstory Chapter 4 Building Binding
Chapter 4 Building Binding
"Sir... what is this...?" A middle-aged man mustered his courage and slowly stepped forward, stopping in front of Yang Zheng before asking the question.
Yang Zheng forced a gentle smile and said in a soft voice, "Fellow villager, we are the Eighth Route Army, not officers. You can just call me Company Commander Yang!"
Besides, this must be grain that the Japanese soldiers stole from our village. Some of it was burned during the battle, which is a bit of a shame! Now that the grain is being returned to its rightful owner, everyone should take it back!
After Yang Zheng finished speaking, all the villagers in Changning Village looked at each other in surprise; the surprise seemed to have come a little too suddenly!
Just then, an old man with a hunched back and graying hair squeezed through the crowd. He didn't even glance at the pile of grain, but stared at Yang Zheng, then looked into the distance, and finally asked with a trembling voice, "Eighth Route Army commander, those Japanese soldiers... did you really kill them all?"
This time, Yang Zheng didn't immediately correct his form of address. Instead, he answered seriously, "Yes, they were all killed, and their bodies were burned some distance away!!!"
"Good...good! It's good that you killed him!" The old man shed turbid tears, his body trembling, as if he felt both guilty and relieved.
At this moment, the middle-aged man couldn't help but mutter, "Those Japanese soldiers are dead, and the Eighth Route Army can just pack up and leave, but what about us?"
The old man seemed to be suddenly enraged, raising his cane to strike, shouting, "Zhou Shunzi, you bastard... old... old..."
Yang Zheng stepped forward, gently helped him up, and then quickly said, "Fellow villager, my surname is Yang, and I am the company commander of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
Today's incident was done by our Eighth Route Army; we will never implicate our fellow villagers! We'll be stationed in the village tonight. Don't worry, if the Japanese come, we'll hold them off!
"You...you're not leaving?" Zhou Shunzi stopped in her tracks as she instinctively backed away, and asked with a hint of surprise.
"I'm not leaving."
Yang Zheng spoke with unwavering resolve, and the soldiers behind him also stood tall with pride.
The crowd fell silent for a moment.
The old man suddenly threw down his cane and knelt down with a thud: "Eighth Route Army officers, you...you are good people!"
"Grandpa, get up quickly!" Yang Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.
The old man was helped up, tears streaming down his face: "My son and daughter-in-law were killed by the Japanese devils... killed by the Japanese devils! They just wanted to steal our bag of corn... just one bag of corn..."
The cries were like a knife, piercing the night. More and more villagers emerged from their hiding places, men and women, young and old, and gathered around.
Some people cried, some cursed, and some just stared blankly at the soldiers in gray uniforms.
Yang Zheng felt a lump in his throat, but he could only gently pat the old man's shoulder. "We will seek revenge on the Japanese for these blood debts, for all eternity. Unless the Japanese are wiped out, these blood debts will never be atoned for!"
After another round of reassurance, the villagers calmed down and, under the arrangement of the old man, Zhou Dachui, they gave their village ancestral hall and three surrounding houses to the Eighth Company as a base.
It was at this moment that Yang Zheng learned that the village chief of Changning Village had been killed by the Japanese soldiers that day, and that Zhou Dachui was now the most senior person in the village.
After settling into the ancestral hall, which had three large rooms and a small courtyard, Yang Zheng immediately ordered Chen Xiaoquan to arrange for soldiers to set up sentry posts on the main road 3 kilometers outside the village, keeping watch day and night to prevent the Japanese from launching a sudden attack.
He also ordered the remaining soldiers to familiarize themselves with the newly acquired firearms and to make them effective in combat as quickly as possible.
The Japanese invaders could come at any time, so we had to act quickly.
After arranging all of this, Yang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and looked around the three rooms.
Military camps and blacksmith shops can now be linked together, and the resource points in the system memory need to be quickly converted into combat power.
Having thought of this, he didn't hesitate at all and focused his attention on the first-level military camp.
"Binding".
[Boundable building detected: Main building of Changning Village Ancestral Hall. Confirm?]
"confirm."
As if a glimmer of light flashed above the main hall of the ancestral hall, Yang Zheng felt a strange connection being established. It seemed that something inexplicable had been added to this dilapidated ancestral hall.
At the same time, the icon for a Level 1 military camp lit up within the system, and more information appeared below it:
First-class military camp
Current capacity: 20 (100) soldiers, subject to terrain limitations.
Training effectiveness improved by 10%.
Number of summonable warriors: 0/1000 (each warrior consumes 15 Soul Points and 150 Flesh Resources)
"Summon!" Yang Zheng didn't hesitate at all. What he needed most right now was manpower.
Please select the number of summons.
"Eight people." Yang Zheng calculated, leaving 20 soul points and 256 units of flesh resources as resources to build the blacksmith shop.
[Summoning... 8 soldiers will arrive at the military camp within 48 hours using appropriate methods. Please be ready to receive them.]
"Phew..." Yang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, a sense of anticipation rising within him. Without pause, he turned his gaze to the side room next to the main house and silently chanted, "Bound to the blacksmith shop!"
[Boundable building detected: Side room of Changning Village Ancestral Hall. Binding requirements: 20 Soul Points, 150 Flesh Resources. Confirm?]
"confirm!"
The process was almost identical, but with one difference: the system sent out additional prompts!
[Blacksmith shop successfully bound. The blacksmith is on his way and will arrive within 48 hours. Please be ready to receive your item.]
No wonder the blacksmith shop requires more soul points and flesh resources than military camps; it turns out it also comes with a blacksmith, which makes sense.
Yang Zheng nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the building's upgrade requirements.
一级军营升级所需条件为：杀敌：0/1000；召唤战士：8/1000。升级后军营内训练效果提升至20%，可召唤战士提升为2000。
一级铁匠铺升级所需条件为：铁匠6人（召唤每个铁匠消耗灵魂点20，血肉资源150），武器打造：0/500或金资源50。
Upgrade effect: After providing the corresponding blueprints and materials, firearms can be crafted.
Note: Blueprints can be reverse engineered by analyzing weapons using gold resources.
Yang Zheng pondered for a while and nodded. The military camp was simple and straightforward, so there was no need to explain. Upgrading the blacksmith shop was the next key point. Just that reverse-engineered gun blueprint alone was enough for him to pay attention to.
But how do we obtain gold resources? And what does it represent?
Physical gold? Or something else special?
Find an opportunity to get some gold, and burn it like the corpses of the Japanese soldiers.
Just as Yang Zheng was pondering this, footsteps came from outside the ancestral hall.
"Company Commander Yang!!"