Regardless of potability, she seriously considered the Bathhouse. Automatic heating and cooling was not just a luxury, but in times of extreme weather conditions, it could save lives.
The NPCs mentioned that once a year or two there will be a major climate change—and there had never been an exception thus far.
Sometimes, it was extreme heat, which had such soldering heat that could kill people if they stayed out for too long.
Sometimes, it was the extreme cold, where people could lose a finger after staying outside for half an hour.
Even if the construction team was about to complete the basic utilities, wherein they could redirect water from the sources, other changes were not practical at this time.
Changing temperatures would be an energy-consuming endeavor and they might not be able to do it fast enough to rescue lives.
She silently tagged this as a building for consideration.
Next was the Production tabs which contained four new buildings: lumber house, quarry, ice house, and something called Gugu Bird House.
The first two just increased harvest and efficiency of transforming resources into usable products.
The ice house was another one for serious consideration. It would have been better if water from the bathhouse was potable, then she wouldn't even need to consider this.
However, if the freezing water from the bathhouse was cold enough, perhaps it would be enough to create ice from another source.
It would be even better if they found saltpeter.
The last one, based on the description, was basically a chicken coop. It increased the fertility of Gugu birds by 20%.
Sounded good... if she knew what Gugu Birds were…
This time it was Brenda who spoke up. "It's a relatively common bird, especially in the Eastern and Southern regions. I am not sure where the territory is, but based on the temperature, there should be some nearby.
"It is recognized as the best source of bird meat because of the amount of meat in each one and their strong fecundity." Brenda wrinkled her nose. "In retrospect, the meat was tasteless, but it is very filling."
Clutch added, "They're level cap is also level 3, though most of them are in level 2s, and were thus easier to domesticate than others."
Althea nodded in understanding. She decided that after the tide, she would send out missions to capture these things alive.
If it was really common, a few people should have encountered it before.
After a thought, she dismissed all the buildings in this tab, already formulating ways they could build them on their own.
For the Infrastructure Tab, there was one addition, but it was very essential, especially for others.
[Well (Lv1)- Produces a fixed amount of 5 tons of water per day.
Can be built continuously.
Cost: 100 wood, 100 stone, 50 gold per well. ]
This could be a bit costly. In Terran, the optimal water consumption per person was 100 liters a day—that was, the comfortable amount—with 2 to 3 liters a day needed to barely survive. If people didn't save much, the well could only serve a few scores of people every day.
That was to say, for a single well to serve an entire territory—which had thousands and thousands of residents—people would have to make do with a liter or two a day, at best (assuming only a few wells would be built).
However, this was not her concern, as she had plenty of water sources already integrated into the territory.
In the Defense tab, there were two buildings that caught her attention.
[Barracks (Lv1) - Trains soldiers to positions according to their aptitudes (vanguard, infantry, cavalry, etc.)
Cost: 100 wood, 200 stone, 100 gold]
[Training Hall - Allows users to simulate fights with archived monsters, races, and other entities with maximum realism. 20-50% of experience from counterparts could be earned.
Level 1: Max Level manifested is level 5.
Cost: 100 wood, 200 stone, 500 gold]
This was Good. Really, really good.
Considering the hassle of going out to kill and only finding level 1s—which didn't give her any experience anymore, which was unfair—she'd rather train within the comforts of the territory.
Well, it seemed like she would have to sacrifice a few good buildings. Oh, the armory as well.
At this thought, she looked at Clutch. "The armory is no longer possible, Clutch, I'm sorry."
This alarmed Clutch and the others so much that they bowed by instinct. "Don't apologize milrod! It's just a matter of convenience."
After all, the mixture the Lord gave him with so much inspiration, and additional efficiency bonus was only something very convenient for him. To think he made the Lord apologize for this—shame!!!
Looking at the NPC who was about to cry, she raised both hands in surrender. "Sure, okay, whatever you say."
She then told them the buildings that she chose, as well as the reason why, and she received their admiring gazes.
Looking at them like this, what do the aborigine lords do with their building slots? Why were these people's standards so low??
In any case, after adjourning the meeting, she finally went home to build the two buildings: The Training Hall and the Bathhouse, quite excited as to how they would add to the territory.
…
In the middle of the night, a series of announcements rang in everyone's ears waking them up from slumber.
[The territory has been upgraded. All weapons and armours sold at 10% discount!
[All weapons and armours can be bought using contribution points at half the value!]
[A beast tide is estimated to arrive in a few hours. Please defend the territory together! The contribution point system has now been activated.]
[Contribution Points:
As Territory-based currency: Can be used to buy or rent property, at a discounted price. Can be used to purchase rights to use special buildings.
As Merit: In the future, certain contribution points will be required in addition to other qualifications for high level jobs.]
Everyone could only stare blankly at the announcements.
…What…is going on??