I Become a Landlady in the Game World-Chapter 289 - 177: Hope Village Has an Alliance - Part 2

Once there are more people, won’t the territory prosper?

Of course, Hope Village’s products themselves do not worry about sales, but with the addition of convenient transportation, it’s merely double insurance, to some extent preventing adjacent territories from controlling Hope Village’s goods.

Brilliant! Truly brilliant!

Zhong Yongnian’s appraisal of Zhou Bai had been elevated yet again.

Whether Zhou Bai is the Lord or not, the development direction of Hope Village has never been wrong.

Of course, this does not mean that Hope Village’s choices have always been the best, but each choice made, ultimately, the development tends to be good for the territory, it’s progressive.

With such a leader in charge of the territory, as long as Hope Village remains steady and diligent, it definitely will not falter, and they could wholeheartedly stay in Hope Village.

Previously, when they went to Bengala Town, many chose to stay in Bengala Town, whether they were dazzled by its prosperity or not, this means that not all Blue Star residents of Hope Village are wholeheartedly dedicated to it.

There are quite a few who treated Hope Village as Newbie Village! Just waiting until they were strong enough to venture out on their own.

Zhong Yongnian didn’t harbor such thoughts. As long as Hope Village could provide what he wanted, he wouldn’t stubbornly venture out. Establishing one’s own influence outside would consume a lot of energy and financial resources, and there’s even a chance of complete failure. Compared to that, naturally, Hope Village was better.

On Zhou Bai’s side, everyone was waiting for Viscount Lancelot’s response.

At this moment, Viscount Lancelot was genuinely surprised.

He didn’t expect Zhou Bai to be so resolute.

Now, he had to consider how much road construction would benefit Hope Village to prompt them to exert so much effort.

Of course, the most important thing was whether it benefited his own territory.

While Viscount Lancelot was pondering, Zhou Bai was not in a hurry and quietly waited.

Once thought through, the other party would realize this was a win-win situation. The only slight loss might be that Glasgow Village’s residents could be attracted to Hope Village, but even without this road, once Hope Village’s fame spread, it seemed unavoidable anyway.

Viscount Lancelot had also fully considered what Zhou Bai had thought.

After all, what Bernie had said about Hope Village was true; thus, it indeed had attractive capital.

Furthermore, there was another way he wanted to retain people. He couldn’t provide certain things without ceding power, which he was unwilling to do, but schools—he could build those too. After all, if real talents were nurtured, it would benefit Glasgow Village.

As for deeper cooperation between the two places, that would be an alliance.

In time, during the Territory War, they might be able to help each other. His territory was developing well, and there were plenty of Lords eyeing his territory! The reason they hadn’t acted was that they were waiting for him to grow fatter.

Everyone knows that when a territory has just upgraded to a town or city, it’s most valuable.

That’s why he had hesitated to upgrade to a town.

Thinking this through, Viscount Lancelot had already made a decision, "Since we are to cooperate, how could we let your territory take all the responsibility? Let’s share it!"

Hearing Viscount Lancelot’s response, the leaders of the merchant team present were overjoyed. In the future, it would be more convenient to go to Hope Village; even half a day would suffice, greatly reducing their costs!

And Zhou Bai, seeing Viscount Lancelot’s sincerity, also threw in his own, "Once the road is repaired, one person will manage half the road. Along the way, we can build stations for the merchant teams to rest. Additionally, I am willing to open several franchised outlets of our territory’s goods in Glasgow Village, whereby we would only take half the profits."

The former was standard procedure; the latter was a benefit for Glasgow Village.

Of course, it was even more beneficial for Hope Village.

Unlike Hope Village, Glasgow Village was not a new territory. Having many territories dealing with Viscount Lancelot, if it were personal profits for Hope Village alone, Viscount Lancelot wouldn’t bother promoting Hope Village. But if profits involved Viscount Lancelot’s share, he would definitely put great effort into promoting it.

By then, Hope Village would be leveraging Viscount Lancelot’s connections.

On another level, this opportunity could also sever some of the covetousness from the Royal Capital’s nobility, forcing them to seek benefits from Hope Village openly and legitimately, and if it was open and legitimate, she wasn’t afraid.