National destiny survival: I am weak and rely on luck to fly

[Ding! You've accepted the 'Clear the Hobbit's Lair' quest at the tavern. Please head to Fuyuan Village in Beilingpo as soon as possible and show the parchment to the village chief. He'll lead you to the quest location.]

Shen Nan glanced at the time and it was already past two in the afternoon.

I don’t know if I can come back today after this trip.

He decided to arrange the affairs of the territory first before setting off.

After accepting the task of capturing the Ice Python, Shen Nan returned to the Lord's Hall. There were still four items refreshed in the store today that he had not had time to look at.

In the store, except for the first glass which he had already bought, the next three items were all food.

They were 1000 kilograms of flour, 500 kilograms of grain and a box of wheat wine.

Shen Nan spent less than 10 gold coins to buy all the food.

Then he looked at the last item.

The fifth item is a sword, which costs 5 gold coins.

Thinking that he didn't have a suitable weapon at the moment, he bought it without hesitation.

After buying all the goods for today, Shen Nan came to the door and called out, "Manager Fang."

Hearing Shen Nan's call, Fang Yongfu immediately trotted over and said respectfully, "Sir, what do you want?"

"When the collection team comes back later, tell them not to rush out." Shen Nan ordered.

"Okay, sir." Fang Yongfu responded.

Shen Nan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can go down."

"Yes, my lord."

Fang Yongfu retreated respectfully.

Afterwards, Shen Nan came to the warehouse and put the purchased food into the warehouse.

Seeing that the warehouse already had more than 3,000 units of wood and more than 1,000 units of thatch, I couldn't help but sigh: "There really is strength in numbers. We've already cut down so many trees in just one morning."

The amount of wood and thatch was sufficient, so Shen Nan immediately took out the remaining three blueprints of the houses for the residents and prepared to continue building the houses.

Wood - 1500 units

Thatch - 600 units

[Ding! Housing for residents is under construction... Countdown...]

A few seconds later, the system prompt sounded again:

[Ding! The construction of the residents' residential houses is complete!]

Looking at the five neatly arranged houses in front of him, Shen Nan felt very proud.

With the addition of the first and second floors of the tavern, the people no longer have to sleep in the open air.

The problems of food and housing have been solved, and now the only key step left is to transform the troops.

However, those young and strong men are still busy outside and have not returned to the territory yet.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shen Nan asked Fanfan to prepare some food for the journey.

I just accepted the mission of eliminating the hobbits in the tavern. Although the specific strength of the hobbits is still unclear, their number is about two thousand.

He has the ability of "Phantom Sea Sound", so no matter how many hobbits there are, he is not afraid at all.

The only thing that worried him was the heart of the territory.

The territory's protective shield will disappear at 12 o'clock tonight, and he doesn't know when he can return from this mission. Even if the territory is guarded by converted soldiers, he cannot be completely at ease.

If he is unlucky and leaves with his friends, and the territory is discovered during this time and the heart of the territory is destroyed, then he will be eliminated.

In view of this, Shen Nan decided to let Little Ball and Clucking Chicken stay in the territory, and he took Fanfan to the mission location.

While Fanfan was busy preparing the food, Fang Yongfu also came over respectfully and said respectfully, "Sir, the gathering team has returned and is all waiting for your instructions outside the hall."

Shen Nan responded and walked out of the hall.

Outside the hall, more than one hundred adult men and more than thirty young people aged fifteen, sixteen or seventeen stood in an orderly manner, waiting for his arrangements.

Shen Nan took a look at his remaining gold coins, which amounted to 1127.

It only costs 5 gold coins to convert an archer and 8 gold coins to convert a melee infantry.

Even if all these people were converted into soldiers, there would be enough gold coins, but he needed to carefully consider the distribution ratio between archers and melee infantry.

"People who are 18 and above and under 35 can stay, and the others can continue collecting." Shen Nan said after thinking for a moment.

He decided not to convert everyone into a military unit.

After all, the converted soldiers will consume more food than ordinary people, and there is really no need to convert those who are too young or too old.

As others left one after another, only men aged 18 to 35, who were in their teenage and prime years, remained.

Shen Nan then continued, "Do you know why I kept you here?"

Everyone shook their heads. Dacheng and Dachun, who had first contact with Shen Nan, said in unison: "Whatever the Master requires us to do, we will do it, even if it means risking our lives."

The corners of Shen Nan's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought to himself: I don't want your lives...

"I believe you all know that I am a magician, and I have a way to make you become heroes like knights." Shen Nan's voice echoed in the crowd.

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd exploded, everyone started chattering and asking whether this was true.

Dacheng and Dachun knelt on the ground without hesitation and shouted, "Please give us strength, sir. We are willing to do anything you ask us to do!"

Seeing Dacheng and Dachun's actions, others followed suit and knelt down to pray.

Shen Nan was silent for a few seconds before he slowly spoke: "I'm keeping you here to grant you power. But..." He paused, his eyes sweeping over everyone, "Giving you power means you will have to shoulder the responsibility of protecting the territory."

"We are willing!" everyone answered in unison, their tone firm and powerful.

Seeing everyone's positive attitude, Shen Nan nodded with satisfaction. Without any extra words, he said to everyone, "Everyone line up and follow me."

Everyone quickly lined up, and Shen Nan led them to the statue of the military nest.

He gently stroked the goddess statue, and a screen of light immediately appeared before his eyes:

【Army Lair】

[Currently available troops]: Archers, Melee Infantry

[Materials Required for Archer Conversion]: 5 gold coins, 5 units of meat

[Materials required for melee infantry conversion]: 8 gold coins, 8 units of meat

Shen Nan quickly calculated in his mind that there were a total of 18 men aged between 35 and 128.

Shen Nan selected 38 people and then submitted the required materials according to the system prompts.