However, due to their loyalty and trust in Luog as their leader, no one raised any objections.

From the beginning to now, Lu G's actions had made all his people realize that as long as they closely followed the footsteps of their leader, they would be able to achieve a better life.

With the promotion of the commercial system, a large number of corresponding departments were also established such as the mint responsible for making copper coins and the commerce department for registering and pricing various goods.

Of course, although it was called the commerce department given the current situation, they had no concept of pricing and could only assist Lu G.

The initial pricing of the first batch of goods still required Luog, the leader, to roll up his sleeves and get involved, making this period quite hectic for him.

However, once they got past this initial hurdle, with Lu G's pricing as a reference, the Commerce Department would soon be able to get on the right track.

Besides these new departments, many new laws were also established.

The two most important being prohibition of privately minting copper, coins, and regular tax payments.

The prohibition against counterfeiting did not need much explanation.

But the tax issue was something Luog nearly overlooked.

If the trib's people did not pay taxes, where would the income for the trib's warriors who trained tirelessly everyday to protect the tribe come from? How would they cover their living expenses with the introduction of the commercial system? Realizing this, Luog quickly added this regulation regarding the law requiring individuals to pay half of their income in taxes.

No one in the tribe expressed dissatisfaction.

Take the hunting team for example.

They originally turned over all their catches to the tribe which were then uniformly distributed by Luog.

Now they only needed to pay half.

So what was there to be unhappy about? With the introduction of a new system, the entire tribe was revitalized, gradually moving in a positive direction.

In addition, during the subsequent player invasions, Luog's luck was also quite good.

The random teleportation points from his system were almost always around the Mingjing tribe.

Although the establishment of the Iron Wall tribe had reduced the garrison forces in the Ming Jing tribe, with a few teams of stonethrowers that had just been trained, and with Lu Gi personally commanding, it was not difficult to deter the invading players while taking advantage of the defensive position.

After all, players at this level were not like those highle big shots who could effortlessly send thousands or even tens of thousands of troops to attack a city.

They only had a few soldiers and no one could afford to lose them unless they encountered particularly irritable opponents.

The default mode was to fight first.

If they couldn't win, they would withdraw decisively without dragging things out.

Occasionally, they met a few who like to play tricks and set ambushes.

But against Luog strategy of holding the defense, they were somewhat helpless.

Forcing an attack would be too costly, and in the end, they could only retreat.

The only regrettable aspect was that this defensive strategy was not conducive to racking up achievements.

When it came time for the system to evaluate Lu G, who had held his ground, often received poor evaluations, ultimately earning only a black iron chest or even a bronze chest.

However, Lu G remained patient.

The road had to be walked step by step, and meals had to be eaten bite by bite.

He understood very well that what he needed now was not how many treasure chests he could get but the opportunity for steady development as he had not fully endured through this initial newcomer period.

The biggest characteristic of this period was that he could only passively defend and had no energy to invade others.

Although he had initially planned a defensive strategy, having the energy to invade others was a dividing line between novice and experienced players.

In simple terms, during these months, the players who invaded his civilization.

If they came with a 50 member army had at least 80 or even over a 100 troops in total as they kept the remaining forces at home to defend.

Before invading others, one must first secure their own territory.

This is common sense for strategy war game players, especially in those particularly competitive and intense war games.

You could work hard to break through city gates and win in an invasion only to turn around and find your own home plundered.

Returning to square one, how could one be happy about that? While you were attacking others, they were also attacking you.

At this point, one of Lu G's weaknesses was exposed.

The stone throwers.

The stonethrowers were a crucial defensive unit for him to simultaneously defend three tribes.

He had significantly increased their numbers during previous military expansions, making stone throwers account for more than half of his total forces.

However, this approach also became a weakness because stonethrowers could not be used in invasion battles.

How to fight? Should everyone carry a heavy basket of stones to attack? With their mobility, they were not suited for invasion battles and could only fight defensively.

This made it clear why stone throwers have been phased out by the times.

While they were powerful defensive units, their limitations due to weight made them too restricted.

They were simply too slow to keep up with the military development of the entire era and thus were eliminated.

In contrast, archers, even if they carried two quivers of arrows, would not weigh as much as a basket of stones.

They could participate in almost any battle without issue, demonstrating their versatility.

Therefore, Lu G's biggest problem was that he had become a thoroughly specialized student in military development.

To improve this situation, there were only two options.

One was to select a batch of stone throwers to train them as archers, and the other was to continue expanding his forces, but this time focusing on archers and melee shield and axe troops.

He was completely inclined towards the second option as the strength of his defensive forces was crucial to him, especially since he had three tribes to garrison.

From Luog's perspective, there was essentially only the path of expanding military strength.

But the difficulty lay in the fact that, as mentioned, maintaining troops these days was not easy.

Raising a 100man army was even harder.

So, he had to work hard on developing the tribe.

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Chapter 144 changes boss.

How much for this piece of road dear meat? 60 copper coins.

No way.

That's so expensive.

The stall next door sells road dear meat for only 13 copper coins per pound.

And this piece weighs at most £3.

This piece is from the hind leg of the deer priced at 20 copper coins per pound.

That's the price for all of it.

And this is the last piece left.

Do you want it or not? It's too expensive.

Let me think about it.

Freshly made hose and copper picks.

There are only six today.

So hurry if you want one.

Once they're gone, the stall will close.

Freshly caught fish.

Come and take a look.

Come take a look.

Just fired ceramic pots and bowls.

Don't miss out as you pass by.

It has been just over half a month since the introduction of the commercial system and the entire Ming Jing tribe has completely transformed.

The area where everyone used to gather to cook has now been turned into a commercial zone by Lajia with constant calls from vendors creating a lively atmosphere.

Walking through the commercial area on the way to the armory, Lajia's face is filled with pride.

However, not everything has gone smoothly during this time.

For instance, there have been many issues with forging.

While there were no problems mass-producing some daily necessities using the reverse mold method, the forging of military weapons has consistently struggled with quality.

By the way, the forging department has now been divided into three parts.

One dedicated to minting copper coins, another focused on crafting daily tools, and the last merged into the armory specifically responsible for forging military equipment.

Although Legia has imparted all the correct forging knowledge to the craftsmen in the armory, written knowledge is one thing, while practical operation is another.

The craftsmen in the tribe still lack experience and skills in weapon forging and can only slowly experiment and explore on their own.

Additionally, over the past few months of researching forging technology, Luagia has discovered another thing.

The handsome copper sword seen in films are complete nonsense.

Real swords forged from copper or are short and wide, much shorter than the long swords everyone imagines.

To be honest, calling them short swords is more accurate.

Because of this length issue, holding them feels awkward, making it impossible to associate them with the word handsome.

Perhaps with advancements in forging technology, the length could increase.

But by the time the technology exists, the very existence of copper swords would be of little significance.

The main reason for this situation lies in the material.

Copper as a metal lacks sufficient toughness.

If you force the blade to be too long, it will break after a few strikes.