The sudden news broke the tranquility of Lingxuan Farm, and Lu Xi wanted to doubt whether the source of the information was reliable.
However, the system notification that popped up immediately before his eyes broke Lu Xi's illusion.
[System notification: Danger has been detected and is approaching at an extremely fast speed. It is expected to arrive at Lingbo Farm in 3 days, 21 hours and 25 minutes. Players are requested to make corresponding preparations as soon as possible to survive this crisis. 】
After staring at the countdown time given by the system for about half a minute, Lu Xi stabilized his mind. After thinking about it, he called over the few people who were currently in charge.
But in fact, Betem was the only one who mainly called. After all, Shuge was beside Lu Xi, and Rowim was a farm resident who had strong ability to act independently without having to call.
Bertem was still a little confused when he appeared, not knowing why he was suddenly called.
"How many transactions are left?" Lu Xi asked directly.
"There are only three orders left that have not been completed. They are all from Crook Town. They seem to have encountered some problems and have to delay their arrival for a while."
Crook Town... Lu Xi thought for a while, without thinking deeply, but directly ordered Betem.
"Don't worry about them. Check the manpower on the farm and ask everyone around to come back as soon as possible. As for those who haven't come back yet, send them a message and ask them not to come back for the time being."
In total, there were a total of forty low-level elemental warriors, who were divided into two teams by Lu Xi. Each team was led by two intermediate elemental warriors, and each team was assigned a low-level elemental mage.
To be more precise, there is no problem if these forty people are divided into four teams, except that the two low-level elemental mages need to obey the orders of two additional intermediate elemental warriors.
Malik took a large amount of the trade goods that had been agreed in advance and headed to the town of Muhatta with two teams of people. Although the speed of traveling would be much faster than Lu Xi's time, it would still take a long time to distribute the goods after arrival. It's not a short-term thing.
After spending about five days building the dormitory, the remaining two teams were arranged by Lu Xi to patrol around Lingnan Farm.
At first, I just searched for any monsters left over from the last time around Lingnan Farm.
In the next few days, after Bertem learned about the grievances with Crook Town, he suggested that Lu Xi expand the patrol area to include the surrounding villages.
After all, the towns of Crook are no longer trustworthy. The villages closest to Lingbo Farm are like a thorn that can hurt Lingbo Farm. There is no guarantee that it will fall into the hands of someone and target Lingbo Farm.
The final situation is that Lingnan Farm is in its own hands and does not give others a chance.
Secondly, Bertem wanted to show his goodwill to Miss Lucy. Crook Town will no longer send patrols in the direction of Lingbo Farm, which means that there will be no patrols coming from the villages surrounding Lingbo Farm.
Naturally, Lingbo Farm does not care about the strength of the patrol team, but for many small villages, without the patrol team, there is no adequate security guarantee. If the security is not sufficient, monsters will attack because they have not been cleaned up for a long time.
Miss Lucy was such a kind person, and she definitely didn't want to see such a tragedy happen, so Bertem took advantage of this as a way to show his kindness to Miss Lucy.
The effect was good. Lu Xi was indeed more satisfied with Bertem and was willing to give more tasks to Bertem.
However, only one team was sent out, and the remaining team stayed at Lingbo Farm. They were responsible for guarding Lingbo Farm and receiving the convoys of noble merchants coming and going.
Although Lu Xi calls the new building a dormitory, it actually looks more like a micro-community after it is built, with as many as three buildings, each with three floors.
In terms of height, it definitely cannot surpass the hut where Lu Xi lives.
Each of the three dormitory buildings has different classifications to facilitate memory. Lu Xi named each of them "single dormitory building", "family dormitory building" and "reception dormitory building".
As the name suggests, the single dormitory building is the current residence of these escort members. There are three floors in the building, with ten rooms on each floor, all with the same area.
Except for two low-level elemental mages and two intermediate elemental warriors who can be assigned to live in a separate room, everyone else is sharing a room with two people.
It takes the form of an outdoor staircase. Although it is a bit cold to enter and exit in winter, the privacy of each room can be guaranteed.
There is no hassle of entering and exiting the unit door.
The family dormitory building is currently vacant and no one is moving in. After all, it is for people who have already started a family. Currently, most of the people in this group are single.
There are some differences between the different floors of the family dormitory building. The first and second floors are equipped with eight rooms. Each house is the same size. However, the rooms on the first floor have two bedrooms, which is more spacious compared to the room area. The second floor has three bedrooms. Each room is definitely narrower and is specially designed to accommodate multiple children.
There are only five rooms on the third floor, each with three bedrooms and a study room. They are distinguished from the two floors below and are allocated to the management.
Lu Xi directly arranged a family room for Bertem in advance. Although Bertem had been living in her house, after all, he was different from others and had to be treated well in advance.
When there were only the residents of Lingxuan Farm, it was easy to talk about anything, but when there were more real people, we had to start weighing various issues.
Fortunately, Lu Xi is also an adult who has withstood many social tests at work, so these are not problems.
The last "reception and accommodation building" was an idea that Lu Xi came up with. Lingnan Farm was really too independent from the outside world.
Isn't it ridiculous that such a large Lingnan Farm can only allow people to set up tents and pavements in the square when facing visitors?
So Lu Xi calmly thought about it, set aside a building in the system plan, opened it separately, and built it into a building to receive visitors.
The first floor of the reception and accommodation building is divided into two parts. One is similar to a school cafeteria and can accommodate hundreds of people dining at the same time. The other is a separate private room for VIPs to dine alone.
The second floor is similar to the arrangement of a student dormitory. Basically, there are bunk beds in ten- or eight-person rooms, which can be used for people to rest and sleep. There is basically no living space. Anyway, you can only stay for a few days at most.
The third floor is divided into eight rooms. The overall space is not too big, but it is full of various configurations, so there should be no objections.
If Lu Xi is such a distinguished guest, he can definitely let him stay in his cabin, and he won't have any objections anymore.
For example, the convoys of various noble merchants that have arrived recently have stayed here and received constant praise.
Although the house is not large, the furniture inside is so high-end that many people even carefully test whether they are staying in the wrong room.
That's right, Lu Xi arranged all his extra furniture into the reception and accommodation building. Many small aristocratic businessmen may not have this level of furniture in their homes, but they enjoy it, so they don't feel guilty.
As for furniture, Lu Xi really had no shortage of it. After the main mission was completed, the housewarming gift given by the game system was a set of hundreds of pieces of furniture. She was relieved to find a place to put it.
When he learned that there was a noble family living in the guest accommodation building, Lu Xi did not hesitate and asked Bertem to find a way to get the other party to leave as soon as possible.
Some people who are not so anxious about the transaction are willing to stay for a few more days, one is to enjoy the furniture, and the other is to taste the delicacies of Lingxin Farm.
Of course, it was impossible for Lu Xi to cook for this group of people himself, but don't forget that there is a real restaurant in Lingxin Farm.
Although I have never seen any guests in the restaurant, it is not a big problem to leave the task of receiving guests to the restaurant owner Kylena.
Of course, Lu Xi also set meal targets for each meal, so it was impossible for people to order unlimited dishes.
If you really want to experience other food, you have to go to the restaurant in person and "spend money" to order.
What surprised Lu Xi was that the prices in the restaurant were different to her and to outsiders.
For example, if Lu Xi sells a dish to the restaurant for 200 copper coins, the restaurant will quote a price of 2,000 copper coins to sell it to this group of customers.
Lu Xi felt like she had been cheated, but fortunately she didn't sell many dishes to the restaurant, so she didn't lose much.
Moreover, Lu Xi also tested it additionally and found that the dishes produced by the restaurant did not have its own magical special effects.
In other words, the effect is not obvious, at least it is not a difference that can be distinguished by the naked eye. Maybe some elemental warriors and elemental mages can detect it, but some ordinary monster meat actually has a similar feeling of bonus, which is not special.
Obviously no one would take out a plate of food to taste and test the actual effect in dangerous scenes such as fighting monsters.
But even so, the various dishes in the Lingxuan Farm Restaurant are still popular because of their novel methods and delicious taste.
Especially the one who is still staying in Ling'an Farm. Unlike the other team leaders who are just "housekeepers", this one is a noble young master and the younger brother of the family head. The age difference is nearly thirty years. , the kind that can be considered half a son.
Padas Landry, the brother of the mayor of Landry Town, may be to show that Landry Town attaches great importance to Miss Lucy, or it may be Padas himself who sneaked out. Anyway, he was the one who came in the end. Arrive at Lingxuan Farm to conduct transactions.
And because of the delicious food, he had stayed at Lingxuan Farm for eight days. The other convoys had already arrived home with their goods, and he was still indulging in ordering food at the restaurant.
If Luo Weimu hadn't come to Lu Xi with the money earned by the restaurant recently, Lu Xi wouldn't have known that Padas had eaten so much money alone. What made Lu Xi a little flattered was that 200 copper coins worth were eaten. The restaurant sells dishes for 2,000 copper coins, and the extra 1,800 copper coins are all for her benefit as the owner of Lingnan Farm.
When Lu Xi saw this, she wanted to directly open up the reputation of Lingxuan Farm Restaurant and rely on the restaurant to make money, but reality shattered her expectations.
Lingxuan Farm is not close to three human towns, and no one would travel for several days just to get a few dishes.
If she really starts to promote the Lingnan Farm Restaurant, she won't be able to attract other customers except people from various noble families who come to her door to please her.
If I could open a branch, I could consider it, but it's impossible.
But the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to get through the crisis in four days.
Lu Xi looked at Bertem, thought for a moment, and told him the truth.
Bertem already knew that Zuo Zuo was a dragon. After all, they lived together every day. Some news couldn't be concealed. Lu Xi didn't want Zuo Zuo to feel uncomfortable being secretive in Ling'an Farm.
So at this time, Betem didn't look much surprised... When he knew that Zhuo Zhuo was the dragon hatched from the egg of the ice dragon on Beiruts Mountain, Betm was mentally prepared for this.
Looking at Miss Lucy, who looked serious but not nervous, Bertem thought for a moment and began to explore the situation at Lingnan Farm.
"Miss Lucy, what are your plans...?"
"There will be no danger in Lingxuan Farm." Lu Xi answered Bertem directly, and the residents of Lingxuan Farm will be fine too.
But the same cannot be said for other people living in Lingnan Farm.
This is a bit like the story of the three little pigs, where the little pigs who finally built the brick house faced the wolf outside.
The wolf can't break down the brick house, but the little pig can't get out either.
The wolf can stop surrounding the house and hide and wait for opportunities, but the piggy cannot stay in the house all the time and always has to go out.
To be honest, Lu Xi is not that afraid of Binglong. She saved Zhuo Zuo, and Zhuo Zhuo will definitely say good things about her to Binglong.
What she was really thinking about was, would it be possible to listen to her explanation after finding her irritable mother after she lost her child?
And how was she, a human being who was less than two meters tall and weighed more than a hundred kilograms, to find a way to explain to that ice dragon that was several hundred meters tall?
Even if Zhuo Zuo comes forward, is it possible that the other party will listen to the explanation? Can Zhuo Zhao explain it clearly?
Therefore, what Lu Xi was more concerned about was definitely not causing casualties during this period, and leaving space for her to have a "peaceful conversation" with the ice dragon.
That is, how to deal with the presence of non-farm residents in Lingnan Farm.
At the same time, avoid having other people approach Lingnan Farm.
Bertem thought for a moment and understood the implication of Miss Lucy's words. Even if he didn't know where Miss Lucy's confidence came from, there was definitely no problem in arranging people first.
But, should this group of people be prepared to fight the ice dragon, or should they be arranged to evacuate Lingbo Farm...
Facing Bertem's gaze, Lu Xi understood, so she shook her head, "I will not leave."
As for the arrangements for others, Lu Xi was completely unsure, so he left it to Betem to make arrangements.
It is also reasonable that the people brought by Betem will be taken away by him in the end.
Bertem was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that Miss Lucy had not completely regarded him as one of her own, and had even made the judgment that he would leave when faced with danger.
And ordinary people should really leave under such circumstances.
"Miss Lucy, Bethem is loyal to you. Wherever your footsteps fall, I will follow you to the death."
I dreamed last night that there were many comments from readers, and there were several long comments.
Then I started watching, and halfway through I knew I was dreaming.
Because I can’t have so many comments (tears burst out)
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This chapter was written in a bit of a mess, and my mind was not at home.
