I Become a Landlady in the Game World

A few nobles, upon hearing these words, paused mid-expression, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Could these villagers really dare to mock them?

Although their words conveyed no such intention, how could they not understand the implied meaning under such circumstances?

Their expressions shifted subtly.

Zhou Bai, having watched his villagers finish their sarcastic remarks, cleared his throat lightly and then addressed the few nobles, "Please do not blame them, my lords. They are merely overly curious and mean no harm. Guests come first, my lords, would you please follow me inside?"

It was time, a chance to offer a way out had to be given.

Just because he didn't want the other party to dominate his territory did not mean he wanted to offend so many territories all at once.

After all, Hope Village would still need to do business in the future.

It had to be said, seeing Zhou Bai's polite inquiry at this moment, the nobles' tempers were considerably assuaged.

They had not forgotten that they were here to "do business" with Hope Village, and it wouldn't be good to create conflict.

Especially since Hope Village's ranking had soared nearly two thousand places, surpassing their territories; this was sufficient to prove that Hope Village was stronger than their lands in some aspects.

In Stan Continent, strength was honored, so it was fine for them to lower their heads slightly.

Moreover, they were given a way down.

This was the key point.

This group of nobles also realized that Hope Village was different from other territories they had visited.

Take the territory's residents, for instance—how could the residents of any territory dare to speak to nobles like that?

Prestige was like a scale; if one side got heavier, the other would naturally get lighter.

Once the few nobles understood, they nobly nodded their heads and followed Zhou Bai inside.

Zhou Bai, taking advantage of the moment, turned to the soldiers nearby and said, "See to our honored guests' carriages as well."

"Yes." The nearby soldiers quickly took their orders, started arranging for people to guide the nobles' subordinates to a nearby cart station, and incidentally mentioned that a fee would be charged.

"To park a Beast Cart here incurs a fee?" The soldiers being charged were a bit dumbfounded—shouldn't nobles have privileges in a territory? Their lord had to pay for their own stay in a hotel, which was already humiliating enough, and now they had to pay a fee.

"These are the rules of our territory, but by leaving it here, we will feed your Demon Beasts and take good care of them. Moreover, when you need it, paying the road toll will also be convenient."

"There's a toll for the road, too!!!"

"Yes, our territory has spent a lot of effort on the roads, and if we didn't charge a fee, everyone could walk on it, couldn't that disrupt the order of our territory?" The soldier from Hope Village spoke eloquently.

"Fine, I'll pay!" Their lord had relented, how could they not?

But is Hope Village a bit too stingy???

Meanwhile, the nobles at the front, unaware that their carriages were also being charged a parking fee, were somewhat pleased to see their carriages being properly arranged by the people of Hope Village, and they also began to introduce themselves.

"Conrad, Viscount of Dempsey Village."

"Kains, Lord of Chester Village."

"Chaplin, Lord of Zakli Village."

"Barton, Baron of August Town."

Each took their turn to introduce themselves.

As they introduced themselves, Zhou Bai took the opportunity to check the rankings of their territories.

Mostly Level 3 villages ranked after Hope Village, and as for August Town, its status was indeed higher, but since Barton was not the Lord, he naturally couldn't claim the prestige of August Town.

"What brought you to Hope Village so suddenly? Was it because a merchant team went to do business in your areas?" Zhou Bai immediately inquired further.

In fact, she expected many people to visit after the Territory War, but didn't anticipate that quite so many would come within these few days.

Indeed, over the past two or three days aside, merchant teams had been coming one after another.

Today, a great number of nobles arrived at once, including a Marquis.

It seemed likely that the merchant teams that came and went to Hope Village played a significant role.

Their rapid arrival suggested they might not be far from Hope Village.

She could just take this opportunity to find out their approximate locations.

"It's not just because merchant teams have come to do business in our area but also because some of our original merchant teams went out once and then took their families away with them," Viscount Conrad of Dempsey Village was the first to speak, looking at Zhou Bai with a smirk, "I was surprised when, after contacting the lords of several nearby territories, I found that it wasn't an isolated case, so we all decided to come and take a look together."