Since the conditions for annihilating the bandit encampment were not ripe yet, and there was still enough time for the quest — less than a week had passed — Yang Rui was not in a hurry to complete the quest. Moreover, he could obtain quite a number of skill books and equipment every day. Yang Rui was also very happy with it.
Thus, from the second day onwards, Yang Rui asked Molin to help him again. He was in charge of attracting the Level 3 bandits in the drill ground, killing monsters, dropping skill books and equipment, and training his troops to level up.
Molin was very cooperative with this. He was very clear about the current strength of Yang Rui and the mountain village. He also understood that only when the mountain village's strength increased to a certain extent could the threat of the Gourd Valley bandits be completely eliminated. Therefore, Molin very consciously became the vanguard of attracting monsters. He ran back and forth several times every day, attracting the Level 3 bandits in the training ground and the camp to the checkpoint for 'training'.
In this way, in just seven days, Yang Rui had accumulated over 220 Level 2 skill books and equipment sets, and over 150 Level 3 skill books and equipment sets! It could be said to be a huge harvest!
The only problem was that up until now, among all the soldiers in the mountain village, the highest level was only Level 29. They had yet to reach the level of Level 29 soldiers. Only Chen Li, Chen Ping, and a few others were Level 29 soldiers, and there were only 30 of them!
Almost half of the mission time for exterminating the Gourd Valley bandits had passed. Based on the leveling speed of the mountain village's soldiers, Yang Rui was not sure if they would have enough Level 3 soldiers to deal with the high-grade bandits in the camp even at the end of the mission time!
Because of this concern, Yang Rui greatly increased the training intensity of the soldiers. With the increase in the number of Level 2 soldiers, the task of exterminating the bandits could be completed in half a day. In the remaining half a day, Yang Rui sent all the Level 3 soldiers who had a chance of reaching Level 30 to the outer valley to find wild monsters to train.
In these seven days, the number of Downy Stone Turtles in the inner valley had finally reached the upper limit, and they launched a second attack on the mountain village. However, because Yang Rui had been keeping an eye on these guys, he had calculated the speed and time of the monsters' accumulation and made sufficient preparations in advance. He had even dragged all the fishing boats to the shore. Therefore, this time, the attack of the Stone Turtles did not cause much damage to the mountain village. The biggest result was that they had once again destroyed the dock that had been upgraded to a basic building.
The number and strength of the soldiers in the mountain village were no longer the same as before. The Velvet Stone Turtles only had time to destroy the docks in the mountain village before they were wiped out before they could even reach the shore! Many turtle shells were dropped, and they were all given to Liu Yan at the tailor shop.
The turtle shells left behind from the last Downy Stone Turtles attack had already been made into a few crude shields by Liu Yan at the tailor shop. They seemed to have decent defense, but there was no suitable equipment for them at the moment.
Although the docks in the mountain village had been destroyed once again, the general direction and range of the Downy Stone Turtles' nest had been scouted out. It wouldn't take long for them to determine the exact location of the nest, and limit the number of Downy Stone Turtles to a certain extent, so that they would no longer be a threat to the mountain village!
The Downy Stone Turtles' attack on the village was only a small matter. Although they had destroyed a basic docks, this loss was nothing compared to the current situation of the mountain village. However, something else happened on the same day, which attracted Yang Rui's attention.
Yang Rui, who had just finished dealing with the Downy Stone Turtles, was discussing village affairs with a group of villagers in the meeting room of the mountain village. Coincidentally, a messenger from the county commandant's office arrived, and the news he brought caught Yang Rui's attention.
Liu County Lieutenant's subordinate was originally a little pretentious. Although Yang Rui was also an internal staff member of the county commandant's office, and could be considered colleagues, he was still not as senior as Liu County Lieutenant! However, after Yang Rui enthusiastically stuffed many benefits into his hands, this man became very proactive and polite, and quickly told the whole story.
The county commandant's office's purpose for sending people to the mountain village was for wood! As it turned out, just a few days ago, Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, suddenly issued an imperial edict. He wanted all the local officials to donate high grade wood according to their official rank, in preparation for large-scale construction and building of palaces!
This time, Liu County Lieutenant sent people to find Yang Rui to ask Yang Rui to help him find high grade wood. According to the messenger, this time, the Han Dynasty had identified the Taishan area to produce famous wood, so the task assigned to Taishan County was very important! Thus, Liu County Lieutenant thought of Yang Rui, who lived in the mountains of Taishan. In any case, Yang Rui was now asking for his help!
After hearing the messenger's message, Yang Rui did not have any impatience. Instead, he immediately promised that he would try his best to help Liu County Lieutenant find and gather high grade wood. Furthermore, if he found anything, he would immediately send it to the county commandant!
The reason why Yang Rui agreed so quickly was because he knew that a county magistrate didn't need a lot of high grade wood. That is, grade 9 wood was enough. Yang Rui had accumulated some grade 9 and grade 8 wood from the market during this period of time. He thought that it would be enough!
Secondly, he had already found someone to give a gift, so there was no need to be stingy with this bit of wood. Moreover, he would not be giving it away for free. If this Liu County Lieutenant could be of some use at a critical moment, then it would be enough to offset the value of the wood.
The most important thing was that Yang Rui had finally received confirmation of the "Palace Repair Donation", so he could use the wood without worry! In his previous life, Yang Rui knew about the "Palace Repair Donation". Many players had made a lot of money from the wood business because of this. However, because Yang Rui had entered the game relatively late, he did not know when the "Palace Repair Donation" started. Thus, he was not willing to bet his limited funds on something unknown!
At this time, Emperor Han Ling had made a clear announcement, so Yang Rui naturally had an idea in his heart. Although the officials were not clear about Emperor Han Ling's true intentions, within two to three months, most of them would understand. The price of high grade wood would definitely skyrocket. Even normal wood would definitely be affected, and the price would also increase by a lot!
It must be said that Emperor Han Ling was really good at economic matters. Not only did he make a lot of money by selling official positions, his other economic methods were also very impressive! This "Palace Repair Donation" was a "major project" led by Emperor Han Ling under the urging of the Ten Attendants!
Emperor Han Ling used the pretense of building construction to collect large amounts of high grade wood. However, he did not actually use it. Instead, he sold the wood through the hands of the Ten Attendants to the officials who were in need of wood. Then, he asked the officials to continuously donate the wood. This was the "Palace Repair Donation"!
Yang Rui, who had game experience in his previous life, of course knew about Emperor Han Ling's methods. In this life, of course, he would take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money!
After receiving Yang Rui's affirmation, the messenger from the county magistrate's manor happily went back to report.
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