Online Game: Me, with Unparalleled Comprehension

[Ding! You have successfully liberated Yingzhou in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun, making a contribution to the Song Dynasty. Your prestige in the Song Dynasty +100, and your military merit +100.]

You will face retaliation from the Liao Kingdom; prepare for battle.

Upon hearing the last sentence, Wu Feng rolled his eyes.

Sure enough, acquiring the city was easy, but there were quite a few troubles ahead.

This caught the attention of the Liao Kingdom, which was a real problem.

He leaned back in his chair, stared at the few lines of prompts for two seconds, and a few thoughts raced through his mind.

Liao Kingdom's favorability rating -100, mortal enemy, wanted by all.

This means he will have to be careful when walking in Liao territory from now on, as being recognized will result in a group beating.

But there are also some advantages.

Prestige in the Song Dynasty +100, Military Merit +100.

The honorary title of Grand General of Champions now has some real substance to back it up.

As for the Liao Kingdom's retaliation—

Wu Feng curled his lip.

Let them come; we're going to fight sooner or later anyway.

He turned off the notification, and with a slight thought, opened the management interface of Yingzhou City.

A semi-transparent light screen unfolded before my eyes, several times larger than the fake management interface, and densely packed with information.

The top displays basic information about the city:

Yingzhou City

[City Level: Medium-sized city]

[Prefect: Wu Changfeng]

Population: 103247/500000

[Grain: 503100 units]

Silver: 102400 taels

Timber: 308700 units

[Stone: 309100 units]

Iron ingots: 153400 units

Below is a row of function options—official positions, buildings, resources, military, civil affairs, and taxes—clearly categorized.

Wu Feng first clicked on the official rank column.

The entire official structure of Yingzhou City unfolded before my eyes, from the governor down to the prefect, the chief clerk, the military advisors of various departments, and the magistrates of various counties, layer by layer, with most of the positions vacant.

He glanced at it, then clicked on the clerk's column and filled in Zhang Heng's name.

A prompt appeared on the screen: "[Appoint Zhang Heng as the Registrar of Yingzhou City?]"

Wu Feng clicked "OK".

Zhang Heng stood to the side, a flash of white light appeared on his body, and a line of small characters appeared above his head—"Registrar of Yingzhou City".

He was taken aback for a moment, then his face lit up with surprise and delight. He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your promotion, Boss! I will do my utmost and live up to your trust!"

Wu Feng waved his hand, not letting him continue to pledge his loyalty.

"Go and handle the government affairs first," he said, turning his gaze back to the interface. "Summon Mu Lingyun and the other leaders here, and appease the people to prevent them from causing trouble. Strengthen the management of the city gates; keep them all closed, and strictly check those entering and leaving. Only open them if they are recognized as one of our own. Especially those powerful families; send people to keep an eye on them to prevent them from causing trouble."

Zhang Heng readily agreed, bowed, took two steps back, turned around, and quickly walked out of the study.

The footsteps faded into the distance.

Wu Feng continued looking at the management interface.

He clicked on the military section and saw the status of the two military camps outside the city.

Both military camps are displayed in the list, but the status bar shows "ruins".

Wu Feng was stunned for a moment.

He destroyed the military camp in the west; he didn't touch the one in the east.

Why is that military camp to the east also in ruins?

He thought about it and concluded that it was probably Li Hu who led his men to do it.

Last night, Li Hu sent people to keep an eye on the military camp, but unexpectedly, that guy led his men and wiped out the other one as well.

Wu Feng shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.

So what if we take it down? We'll have to fight sooner or later anyway.

He exited the military section and opened the architecture section.

The list of buildings in Yingzhou City unfolds before my eyes, far more complex than that of the mountain stronghold.

Residential areas, farmland, warehouses, markets, military camps, city walls, city gates, government offices, schools, clinics, blacksmith shops, stables—dozens of buildings of all sizes, each with its own level and quantity.

Wu Feng read through them one by one.

Residential area, Level 1, 500 units. Each unit has a population cap of 1,000, totaling 500,000. Currently, the city has a population of just over 100,000, so there is still a lot of room for growth.

One hundred plots of government-owned farmland, grade five, produce 50,000 units of grain daily. This is more than enough to feed all the officials and soldiers in the city.

The warehouse is level 15 with a capacity of 1.5 million units, and currently stores more than 500,000 units of grain.

The market, a second-level market, is one of the sources of tax revenue, and can collect several hundred taels of silver every day.

The tax rate is now 25%, and we can collect 120,000 coins per day.

After reviewing the management interface of Yingzhou City, Wu Feng leaned back in his chair and nodded in satisfaction.

The city's development foundation is much stronger than he had anticipated.

Although the population is only slightly over 100,000, far from the upper limit of 500,000, the resource reserves are indeed frightening.

More than 500,000 units of grain, more than 100,000 taels of silver, more than 300,000 units of timber and stone, and 150,000 iron ingots—these figures alone are many times greater than the wealth of Qingfeng Village.

He reopened the architecture section and scrolled down a few pages.

The farmland construction list is still available, indicating that it can be further expanded.

The official land currently has 100 plots, which is far from reaching the upper limit.

He clicked on the option to create new farmland, and the interface popped up. The cost of each plot of land was not high: 500 each of wood and stone, and 1,000 coins.

Wu Feng directly selected ten pieces and confirmed the construction.

A pop-up notification appears: [Construction of ten new farmlands has begun. Estimated completion time: two hours.]

He then flipped to the section on logging sites and quarries.

There are only three of each now, which is far from enough.

Urban development requires a large amount of timber and stone, and the existing production cannot keep up with the rate of consumption.

We ordered seven seats for each type of table, making a total of ten seats.

Construction has begun on seven logging camps; estimated completion time: two hours.

Construction has begun on seven quarries; estimated completion time: two hours.

A significant amount of resources has been deducted from inventory.

Wu Feng closed the construction list and leaned back in his chair.

Compared to cities, counterfeit goods are definitely not in the same league.

In the mountain village, it's considered good if the farmland produces a few hundred grains a day, while the official farmland in the city produces fifty thousand a day.

The warehouses in the village can only hold about 10,000 units, while the warehouses in the city can hold 1.5 million.

The development potential of counterfeit goods is limited; cities are the true foundation for growth and success.

He thought about the Liao Kingdom's revenge.

Affection level -100, mortal enemy, wanted by the authorities.

These words sound frightening, but based on his understanding of the game, the Liao Kingdom wouldn't send troops to attack immediately.

It took time for the news to reach the Liao court, for troops to be mobilized, and for the army to set off.

Even if they react quickly, it will take at least ten days to half a month for them to reach Yingzhou City.

Moreover, he had seen a map of the Liao army's troop distribution in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun. Most of them were concentrated in a few large prefectures. In a medium-sized city like Yingzhou, 7,000 troops were already quite a lot.

Now that both military camps have been captured, the Liao Kingdom needs to figure out what happened before deciding how many troops to send.

This period of time is enough for him to do a lot of things.

Wu Feng sat up straight from the back of the chair, his mind racing, and opened the official rank interface.

The list of official positions in Yingzhou City unfolded before my eyes, starting with the governor, then the prefectural judge, the registrar, the military advisors of various departments, and the magistrates of various counties, layer by layer, most of them empty.

He doesn't have many people he can use right now, but they are all trustworthy.

Zhang Heng has already been assigned to the position of chief clerk. Although he is a bit timid, he is indeed capable of handling internal affairs and is competent enough to manage daily matters.

Mu Lingyun, Han Yufeng, and Xiong Batian are all capable fighters and should be assigned to military-related positions.

As for domestic affairs, although Qian Wencai, Sun Mingyuan, and Zhou Shuwen are not very loyal, they can still play a role if used well.

Just have Zhang Heng keep an eye on them.

He then thought of another question.

Although Yingzhou City was captured, the surrounding small towns were still in Liao territory.

He doesn't have enough troops to fight them one by one right now, so he can only defend this city and develop it slowly.

Once the troops are trained, then we can push them outwards.

We also need to work on talent acquisition.

He has now been reinstated to his official position from the Song Dynasty. Although the title of Grand General of the Champion is a nominal one, it still carries some status.

With this identity, recruiting unaffiliated scholars, military generals, and江湖人士 (jianghu figures) becomes much easier.

Some people can be recruited in taverns, some are from aristocratic families, and some live in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests.

We need to find a way to recruit all the capable people among them.