Chapter 7

The power line has been activated, signaling the beginning of the struggle for dominance!

Liu Ming, filled with excitement, opened the power line menu and discovered that the content inside had already changed.

At this stage, the situation of the power under Liu Ming's command is as follows:

Power Name: Han.

Lord: Liu Ming.

Position: Village Chief.

Era: Nomadic Era.

Power Buildings: None.

Buildable Buildings: Village Chief's Residence.

Unbuilt Buildings: Village Chief's Residence.

Resources: 250 units of coins; 0 units of wood; 0 units of iron ore.

Villagers: 27 people.

Public Sentiment: Ordinary (Cohesive/Ordinary/Panicked/Angry)

After checking the system, Liu Ming immediately noticed a problem: the food item in the resources had disappeared, replaced by iron ore.

Additionally, there was a very practical issue: more buildings could only be constructed after evolving to the Dark Age. In other words, until the Village Chief's Residence was built, nothing else mattered.

Since that was the case, he naturally had to see how much it would cost to build the Village Chief's Residence!

Village Chief's Residence: The starting point of the power, a spiritual support for the villagers, capable of producing villagers. Construction requires 200 units of wood and 100 units of coins.

Well, it indeed has the option to produce villagers, but Liu Ming had no idea how the villagers would be produced. What he needed to know most was how much wood one unit represented!

The system didn't completely slack off and quickly answered his question: "One unit equals 100 pounds!"

Following this ratio, Liu Ming roughly understood the unit conversion rate. However, the problem was where to get 200 units of wood to build the Village Chief's Residence.

"The system has detected that the residential property under the host's name can be converted into 300 units of wood, which can be directly used to build the Village Chief's Residence... Do you want to immediately build the Village Chief's Residence?" The system quickly provided a prompt.

Honestly, at this moment, Liu Ming really felt that heaven had not abandoned him. However, he didn't immediately build it but instead asked where the new building would appear once constructed and what would happen to the remaining wood from the old building.

"You can choose to build the Village Chief's Residence at a new location or on the existing foundation. As for the remaining 100 units of wood, they will be piled up where the host needs them, ready for the next construction task." The system quickly provided an answer.

Liu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went out to gather people to help move!

Many people were puzzled: Why was Liu Ming moving when everything was fine? And it was almost dark; couldn't things wait until tomorrow?!

Seeing this, Liu Ming immediately took out five strings of coins and said to everyone, "If you can help, I can pay you a certain amount of money afterward. Fellow villagers, rest assured, I won't shortchange anyone!"

Seeing the money, the villagers naturally didn't mind putting in some effort to help move. In fact, how much stuff did a rural house need to be moved? Thus, fifty-two able-bodied men quickly got to work.

"Village Chief, why are you suddenly moving when the house is perfectly fine?" Gao Shun, who didn't participate, came to Liu Ming's side with concern and asked in a low voice.

"Village Chief, are you sure you're not joking?" Gao Shun's face immediately fell.

Previously, he thought the Village Chief had great ambitions and might become a great talent. But he didn't expect that after returning for just one or two hours, the Village Chief would start playing tricks like the Taiping Dao.

No, it was even less reliable than the Taiping Dao!

At least the Taiping Dao had talismans and water, but the Village Chief had nothing in his hands. How could he produce a new house?

Gao Shun couldn't help but wonder if the Village Chief's mental state had worsened!

Just as Gao Shun was in a daze, everything that could be moved from the house had been moved out. Everyone was waiting for Liu Ming to pay them or to know where he was going to move the things. After all, there wasn't much stuff, and it would be unrighteous to just pay for moving it out.

However, at that moment, Liu Ming knelt down in front of the house.

In everyone's panic, they heard Liu Ming shout, "Thank you, heaven, for granting me a new home!"

At that instant, everyone thought: It's over, Liu Ming has gone crazy!

Suddenly, a beam of light shone down from the sky, covering the entire house. In a moment, the light disappeared, and the old, dilapidated house suddenly transformed into a beautiful, clean, and elegant residence.

At that moment, everyone's heads seemed to explode.

Many people were stunned, thinking: Could there really be deities in this world!

They immediately realized: The young Village Chief has been blessed by the deities! He is the chosen one!

What is the chosen one? The Son of Heaven!

Who in Liu Family Village didn't know that Liu Ming was a member of the royal family?!

Forget ordinary villagers; even Gao Shun, who had some knowledge, couldn't help but wonder: Could he really have a divine mandate?!

"Alright, fellow villagers, help me move my belongings into the new house. Once it's done, I'll settle the wages!" Liu Ming needed this effect, so he clapped his hands to remind everyone.

"Absolutely not, how could we dare to take money from you? You are the Village Chief, and we are the villagers. It's our duty to help the Village Chief!" At this point, who would dare to take money from the Son of Heaven? That would be a loss of longevity!

"Everyone says 'business should be fair' and 'a word is as good as nine tripods.' Since I said I would pay, not paying now would make me a liar," Liu Ming said, pretending to be unhappy.

"This... We thank the Village Chief!" Someone hesitated for a moment and then shouted.

More people began to cheer, praise, and submit. Using that so-called 'miracle,' Liu Ming smoothly subdued the villagers who still didn't respect him.

Afterward, the villagers helped move the things back into the new house. Entering the new residence, the villagers were extremely excited! After all, this was a home granted by the deities; just breathing here could inhale a few breaths of divine energy.

"Village Chief, this is..." Gao Shun was an atheist, but he didn't know how to explain all of this.

"It has a bit of a showmanship aspect, but without it, I couldn't really subdue those villagers who didn't respect me." Liu Ming didn't hide much and explained some of it to Gao Shun.

As for what he didn't say, Gao Shun also realized that he couldn't get the correct answer and could only let it go. He was still very curious about what had happened to this young man in just a few hours!

The villagers quickly received the five-zhu coins, thirty coins each, which was enough for a day's expenses.

Receiving the money, the villagers' support for Liu Ming increased slightly. This made Liu Ming feel that the money was well spent.

It was late at night, and Liu Ming returned to his new home.

Opening the system, he received a notification from the system, telling him that he had officially entered the Dark Age.

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