Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 99 The Interior Ministry and the Headquarters

Su Mu recruited a week's worth of archers from the Archer Tower and then returned directly to Kuraki without stationing any troops in the building.

After all, the distance is still a bit far, making it inconvenient to provide support. Moreover, the building has already been recognized by Longlet Castle, making it legitimate, and no one would dare to use it without permission.

His first words to Forrest were, "Has the boundary stone returned?"

"It's been brought back and is currently placed next to the council chamber in the square."

The two arrived at the square and handed over the transportation to the officials.

Maggie must have already given instructions, because the official handling the handover was very accommodating. He verified the baron's seal, had the guards put down the stone, and then left immediately.

Su Mu looked at the giant rocks filled with magical energy, which also contained the land ownership mark certified by the kingdom. This meant that his newly built city would be under the kingdom's protection.

Now that the boundary marker is in place, the headquarters and the Ministry of the Interior will be within easy reach.

[Inner Affairs Hall (Level 2): ​​Collect tax payments and refine magical energy, earning 1000 gold coins daily.]

Allows the construction of a town headquarters, a level 2 magic guild, a barracks, a griffon cliff, a blacksmith shop, a stable, and a brotherhood.

Resource consumed: 2500 gold coins

Because the Interior Hall is connected to the boundary stone and is also related to the kingdom's spiritual energy, even an architect like Forrest could not tamper with it and could only build it step by step.

Su Mu dripped his blood onto the boundary stone, and immediately the Lord's blood activated the stone's effect, surging wildly onto the original stone and quickly consuming the materials that had been transported.

Giant stone pillars rose from the ground, extending the original council hall by hundreds of meters. The interior was spacious and magnificent, with a single stone chair at the end of the stone table, representing the lord's authority.

Forrest almost cried when he saw the Internal Affairs Department's conversion efficiency.

I've finally reached 1000 gold coins! You have no idea how I've managed to get through these days.

With such a high timber production, and given the current scarcity in the kingdom, the fact that it was exchanged for resources and gold coins until nothing was left shows just how high the expenses of Cangmu Town are.

With daily gold coin production now doubled, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The next step, naturally, is the expansion of the main base. This also requires boundary stones, but the consumption is much less when building individual cities, as it can be controlled by the internal affairs hall. However, if the territory expands in the future and controlling a region requires an enormous amount of these stones.

[Town Hall (Tier 2 Main City): The Town Hall increases the base growth rate of creatures by 50%, strengthens the town's defenses, and has a main arrow tower.]

Resources required: 2500 gold, 5 gems

Compared to the initial construction of a fortress, expanding the headquarters is much simpler. It only requires combining stone and boundary stones to build a tower, which can increase the base growth rate of all units and add defensive towers.

But Kuraki had Forrest, the great architect, who had a new creative idea the moment he saw the unfolded drawings.

[Headquarters (Intermediate Civil Engineering Choices)]
Special Effect 1: The city's base growth rate is increased to 100%.

Special Effect 2: Expand special arrow towers and send out more archers to garrison them, improving the defensive capabilities of the arrow towers and increasing the defense of garrisoned soldiers by +1 (increases to +2 on top of the original fortress).

An additional 5000 gold coins and 10 Primogems will be required.

Fortunately, Forrest exchanged some resources before returning. Logs are in high demand in Kuraki Town and are a hard currency in the market, making it easy to exchange them for raw stones.

The extra cost of civil engineering is indeed staggering, but it's well worth it compared to the benefits it provides.

Su Mu even considered spending 3-4 times the price to include both items, but unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking.

These two effects represent two types of extreme development. The first is the increased base growth rate from the main base; a 100% base growth rate bonus is equivalent to a level 3 main city's bonus, and combined with the special bonuses from various levels of barracks, it can directly elevate Kuraki Town to an incredible level. The second type is the construction of a formidable defensive fortress. The arrow towers not only include ordinary defensive towers, but also terrifying crystal arrow towers (firing giant crossbows) and spell cannon towers (firing magic). Ordinary cities need to be built to a high level and then combined with special buildings to expand on the walls; now, he can build them with just a small main base, which will likely astound any invading enemies.

However, at present, Kuraki's main focus is still on recruiting soldiers, and the growth rate is the most important thing. As long as there are soldiers, there is a defensive force.

"Basal growth rate!"

As the lord, Su Mu will ultimately make the final decision. At present, the only thing Cang Mu needs to do is to mass produce troops!
Without hesitation, Forrest immediately cast Intermediate Civil Construction, using it in conjunction with Earth Convergence to expand his base. After Su Mu became a baron, Forrest was also able to freely visit the magic guild of Longlit Castle, naturally learning this crucial Level 1 magic.

As earth magic was cast, the entire city wall was covered in smoke and dust, and the stones grew naturally at a considerable speed. Following Forrest's instructions, the workers drove stakes into the ground at every section of the city wall and in every area, providing the foundation for the special growth rate of the main camp.

Because special effects were chosen for construction, additional time is required.

"Three days! Give me three days."

Only Forrest would dare to guarantee that such a massive project could be completed in three days.

Of course, Forrest knew perfectly well that the enhancement from the Governance skill did have an effect; such a significant improvement in the base camp could not have been achieved with just the Intermediate Civil Engineering skill.

Currently, the defense of Qiangnu Town has been successful, and the Xilin Plain is temporarily safe. Three days is more than enough time.

So Forrest lived and ate with the workers every day, working overtime.

As the Minister of Finance and Construction, he stopped being stingy and directly arranged for his subordinates to receive five times their usual salary, telling them to persevere for three days and contribute to Kuraki Town.

As the sun shone down at dawn on the third day, a square-shaped city was nearing completion. With Forrest striking the final blow, the defensive arrow towers were also completely finished.

The main base has been completed.

While he still had some magic left, Forrest decided to build the blacksmith shop in one go.

【Honor Blacksmith Shop: The blacksmith shop can research new weapon technologies and provide your army with advanced crossbows.】

Resource consumption: 1000 gold coins, 5 logs.

Special Consumption: 10 Logs

There's not much to say about this building; its only special effect is to research and supply advanced ballistae.

Ouling was very interested in this. He went in and took a look. He found that the blueprints directly included a level 2 giant ballista. He was very happy and spent 1000 gold coins to customize one, preparing to use it to practice.

Forrest was exhausted from working on three buildings in a row. He lay down in the Magic Guild to meditate, not wanting to move a single finger.

The construction work will have to wait for now.

[Kuraki Town troop production rate: Spearmen 28/week, Archers 18/week.]

Control recruitment buildings: 2 guard towers, 2 archer towers, 2 griffon cliffs

It seems there are still not enough buildings, but if special effects are added and the main city is boosted, the output will be considerable.

Most importantly, you'll be able to recruit level 4 troops soon, which are the main force of the castle and are definitely something to look forward to.

But at this critical juncture, bad news came from the south.

(End of this chapter)