Entering the office, we all sat down. "Unfortunately, we don't have any alcohol to enjoy ourselves. Still, make sure the cooks prepare a large buffet of food and let our people enjoy the night. Xiao, I want to hear your thoughts about the future."
"My lord, even though we won this battle with no casualties, it was too dangerous. We weren't fully prepared. First, we need to upgrade our defense forces. After the battle, some weapons and armor were damaged, and we need to repair them. Currently, our food reserves can last for about one month, but our harvest won't happen for another six months. We need to act fast to address this issue. Basic resources are also depleting, and with the population increase, we won't be able to accommodate everyone."
I rubbed my eyes. Just when I thought we were progressing, there was always more bad news.
"Let me check the system's rewards to see if they can help us."
[FESTIVAL STORE]
Points: 1000
Tree of Life (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 FP)
Divine Grade Micro-World (1,000,000,000,000,000 FP)
Ancient-Dwarves War Machine (1,000,000,000,000,000 FP)
I closed the store and took a deep breath. "One day," I thought, "one day."
Looking at the cheapest items, I saw food, weapons, building blueprints, and more. At least the store could guarantee our survival. After that, I opened the random reward.
[You have received the Heavenly Bank.]
"Perfect. Now I can play with my imaginary money. Damn it."
Lastly, I opened the silver chest.
**[You have received:
Population Summon x200
Basic Resources.]**
"I guess I've already used up my yearly luck," I thought as I stared blankly at the rewards.
"Elizabeth, I'm going to summon a lot more people. I'll need your help with the construction. Also, start planning a small court next to the palace for an office and to store all the census documents."
"Yesss, my lord," Elizabeth replied in a depressed tone.
"Xiao, continue your work with the new people. Choose 80 of them to start training under Yue Fei. For the time being, I'll buy all their equipment from the festival store. As for the food problem, see if anyone has fishing knowledge. We have a large river at our disposal. We can also supplement our food supply by hunting. Assign this task to the general when he wakes up."
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"
As they were leaving the office, I tried to inspect Elizabeth, but the result surprised me.
[Cannot inspect. Level too low.]
"Well, that's something," I muttered. I couldn't do anything about it, so I decided to rest.
Later, after everyone had eaten and celebrated, I returned to the palace and cultivated for the rest of the night.