No war in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 19 Purple Building
Sure enough, there are upgrade rewards.

Su Ze looked at the guiding boy, only to see him take out three drawings from his arms and said to Su Ze:

[Please choose your reward from these three drawings! ]

Another choice between three. You have figured out the tricks of this crappy pay-to-win mobile game.

Despite the scolding, Su Ze still looked at the three drawings honestly.

After reading it, Su Ze's eyes lit up and he wanted to take all three away!
【Youfang Pavilion】(Purple)

“When parents are alive, do not travel far away; if you do, you must have a plan.”

Price: 20 points of cultural energy.

Function: You can recruit special traveling boys, prepare dry food, and go on long journeys, bringing back special products from afar regularly.

What is this? Traveling Frog?

Specialties from far away, doesn’t that mean that Su Ze, who is in Bian Jing, can get goods from far away through the traveling boy?

The war in the northwest is intensifying, the Silk Road has been cut off, and goods from the Western Regions are now in short supply in Bianliang City.

This is obviously a very powerful ability.

【Yingtian Academy】（Orange）

"If learning were to become an ocean, I would swallow up the nine rivers and respect the hundred valleys; if words were to become a sharp sword, I would cut through the floating clouds and carve the finest jade."

Price: 200 points of cultural energy.

Features:

[Retreat]: You can study hard in seclusion in the academy, and the time will pass at one third of the speed in the outside world.

【Good Mentor】: You can recruit special good mentor boys to teach certain subjects.

It’s worthy of being an orange building, it looks so powerful at first glance!
[Retreat] means you have more study time than others, and [Teacher] can also hire a good teacher for one-on-one tutoring. It is simply tailor-made for the civil service exam.

Why does it feel similar to some teaching aid advertisements in later generations?

But seeing the consumption of 200 points of cultural energy, Su Ze felt a little pain in his teeth. He asked:

"Why does [Youfang Pavilion] only require 20 points of Wenmai Qi, while [Yingtian Academy] requires 200 points?"

The guiding boy gave Su Ze an irrefutable reason:
Yingtian Academy occupies a vast area, with hundreds of dormitories and classrooms. Naturally, it requires more cultural energy than Youfang Pavilion. 200 points is already a discounted price.

Su Ze was speechless and looked at the third drawing.

[Ink Pond] (Purple)

The place where Wang Xizhi washed his brushes.

Price: 100 points of cultural energy.

Features:

【Copy】: Copy the authentic works of the calligrapher day and night to master his calligraphy faster.

This building seems a bit useless to Su Ze. He can practice calligraphy by studying in seclusion in the Yingtian Academy.

Moreover, 100 points of cultural energy is a bit too expensive.

[Mochi] is ruled out, but the remaining two are still difficult to choose.

Su Ze looked at the guiding boy and asked:

"Can't I have all three drawings?"

The guiding boy shook the green leaves above his head and said:

[You can only choose one card for this upgrade, but you can choose another card next time you upgrade.] Su Ze felt relieved after hearing this. Taohuawu still looked very dilapidated, and the Peach Blossom Spring scroll was not completely opened. Taohuawu could definitely continue to be upgraded.

Anyway, these drawings will appear again, so there is no need to rush to choose those that cannot be built now. Su Ze decisively chose [Youfang Pavilion] first.

After getting the blueprint, Su Ze immediately said to the guiding boy:

"Build the [Youfang Pavilion]."

[20 points of cultural energy have been deducted. It will take one day to build the Youfang Pavilion. Please wait, Taoyuan Master!]

Su Ze felt a little distressed as he had only 60 points left of the 100 points of cultural energy he had just obtained.

After ordering the construction of the [Youfang Pavilion], Su Ze opened the scroll and found an additional option to recruit [Traveling Boys].

Seeing that recruiting the [Traveling Boy] still required 5 points of cultural energy, it seemed that only the building prices increased, while the price of recruiting the Spiritual Boy remained unchanged. Su Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Peach Blossom Spring, Su Ze began to plan the construction.

First of all, it is land. Just one acre of [medium farmland] is not enough. More land is needed to feed oneself.

Although one acre of land in Taohuayuan can produce 12 crops a year, that means one acre is used as six acres.

However, in the Song Dynasty, even the fourth-class poor and lower-middle peasant households had 50 mu of land.

Although this is the average land area per household, and the land in Taohuayuan is prosperous, there is no risk of harvest failure.

However, after Su Ze's calculations, if he wanted to be completely self-sufficient in Taohuayuan and support himself, he would need at least three acres of farmland in Taohuayuan.

However, there is no need to spend too much cultural energy to buy more expensive farmland. Just use [low-grade dry land] to grow Champa rice first. If you can recruit a higher-level spiritual boy, you can upgrade the farmland.

"Purchase 2 pieces of [low-quality dry land]."

[10 points of cultural energy have been deducted. The two low-grade dry fields will be completed tomorrow!]

Su Ze counted on his fingers and found that there were 50 points of cultural energy left. He needed 2 agricultural boys and 1 wandering boy, which would consume another 15 points of cultural energy.

I worked so hard to get 100 points of cultural energy, but now only 35 points are left to use.

Raise chickens? Or raise pigs?
Su Ze thought about it and decisively chose the [Free-range Chicken Coop] (green) where he could get eggs.

After recruiting a Nong Yun boy to look after the chicken coop, there are only 20 points of cultural energy left.

It’s used up really fast.

Should we continue to cultivate the fields or build other buildings?

Su Ze looked at the building list and saw the [Simple Paper Mill].

If I want to collect the spirit of literature, I have to interact with the scholars in the current city of Bianliang. Is it possible to publish a private newspaper?

There was no ban on newspapers in the Northern Song Dynasty. If you could typeset and publish an influential newspaper yourself, would you still worry about not being able to capture the cultural context?

Although this upgrade didn't produce a building like a printing house, isn't it possible to build buildings in Peach Blossom Land? You can visit a printing house in real life and copy it to Peach Blossom Land!
So, to publish a newspaper, you need paper. You can build a paper mill first.

Moreover, reading by oneself also consumes paper. The cost of purchasing pens, ink and paper every month is also a huge expense for the original body. The produced paper can also be sold for money.

Thinking of this, Su Ze decided to use 10 points of cultural energy to build a [simple paper mill], and then spend another points of cultural energy to recruit the craftsman boy.

At this point, there were only five points of cultural energy left, and Su Ze decided to save it for next time.

After ordering the construction of a Youfang Pavilion, two farmlands, a chicken coop, and a paper mill, Su Ze took down the wooden sign hanging on Taohuawu and wrote down the name of the Lingyun boy he wanted to recruit.

One boy who travels far away, three boys who are good at farming, and one boy who is good at craftsmanship.

As Su Ze hung up the wooden sign, a breeze blew, and a paper boat appeared in the thick fog in the distance. Five spiritual boys dressed in different styles sat on the boat and floated towards Taohuawu.

Su Ze is ready to fight, now is the time to test his character!

It would be great if we could recruit higher quality spiritual boys like last time!
(End of this chapter)