Zhou Yan's current task was to continuously develop and gather various resources.
Zhou Yan's resources were already considerable, but he would never be satisfied.
After harvesting so many materials, Zhou Yan began to upgrade various buildings again. It was worth mentioning that quite a few buildings in Zhou Yan's territory had reached their maximum level.
First were the several [Spirit Fields], but he had too many of them, and upgrading them all to the maximum level still required a lot of top-tier materials.
Then came the various warehouse-type buildings, several of which had also been upgraded to their maximum level.
Next was the [Divine Weapon Workshop], one of which had also reached its maximum level.
In addition, there were the defensive towers, with seven or eight defensive towers reaching their maximum level.
The prisoners from before had already been handled by the territory's officials. Those with secondary professions were all arranged to work in the territory's material instances.
Their treatment in the territory was excellent, far better than where they were before. Coupled with only eight hours of work per day, they didn't need to work more than ten hours.
Compared to their previous situation, it was like heaven and earth. Extra rewards were given for overtime, and it wasn't mandatory, which made these people very satisfied with the territory's policies.
Their loyalty was increasing daily, with many reaching the maximum level long ago. Their demands were simple: a satisfactory living environment was enough to make them content.
As for the soldiers, it was the same. Shang Yang had begun to reorganize and integrate them, assigning them to various legions for training. However, these soldiers did not have the barracks' bonus.
This was unavoidable, as only those summoned from the barracks possessed the attribute bonuses.
Shang Yang did not intend to integrate them into these legions. Instead, he planned to form a separate legion, with training temporarily conducted in those barracks.
Zhou Yan also agreed with this.
Their initial loyalty was indeed not high, but after these days of interaction, their loyalty began to slowly increase.
The primary reason was the territory's exceptionally good treatment of them, not only providing good food, drink, and housing but also paying them several times more spirit coins than before.
Most importantly, the territory's various buildings were too powerful.
The territory's might was a significant attraction for them.
Seeing that none of the territory's buildings were below S-class quality, and even more than half of them were R-class buildings, it made these prisoners filled with anticipation for this territory from the bottom of their hearts.
Their average loyalty was above 80 points, with a few already exceeding 90. With a little more time, their loyalty would reach the maximum level.
Naturally, with so many people, not all of them could be extremely loyal. There were still a very small number whose loyalty was below 50 points. For these individuals, Shang Yang directly made them secondary profession holders in the territory, preventing them from becoming soldiers at all.
Soldiers were very important, and these people could not be allowed to disrupt the territory's peace. Zhou Yan was very satisfied with his approach. In any case, when it came to soldier matters, he didn't need to worry at all by entrusting them to Shang Yang.
Even current battles no longer required his close attention. He only needed to understand the general situation and then delegate the rest to his subordinates.
A lord, after all, only needed to grasp the overall direction. No one could manage everything themselves.
As for the people from Canglan Continent, Zhou Yan was also about to leave the territory. The school had already been in session for several days, but he had not returned.
These people from Canglan Continent were confined to their rooms daily, not allowed to go out. Although their freedom was restricted, they had grown accustomed to it.
Besides the restriction of freedom, their food and drink were excellent, and no unpleasant incidents had occurred.
Zhou Yan went to the room, looked at them, and said, "I've been away for a while and haven't returned. Now I'll take you back to Canglan Continent. You can go home."
"We can go home." These people were overjoyed to tears, never having imagined they would have the chance to return home.
They had all been deceived and brought to the Lord Continent, hoping for a beautiful and happy life, only to be imprisoned.
Zhou Yan teleported them all out, then contacted Ye Bufan. Ye Bufan had already prepared his people, and when they were delivered to the entrance of Ziwei University, they were handed over to Ye Bufan's subordinates.
"Thank you."
They thanked Zhou Yan. If it weren't for him, they would likely have been imprisoned for life.
Zhou Yan had only done what he could, which was not much to him.
However, in the eyes of those people, Zhou Yan had saved the rest of their lives.
"You're quite something, kid. You've caused quite a stir. Even the Long family suffered a great loss," Ye Bufan said to Zhou Yan.
The matter of the Long family had caused a huge commotion, and Ye Bufan was naturally aware of it.
"If others don't offend me, I won't offend them. If they offend me, I won't care if it's the King of Heaven or anyone else!" Zhou Yan replied.
"I've had your information sealed, and even the school has blocked all your news. Clearly, someone in the school is also helping you conceal your information," Ye Bufan said.
Zhou Yan pondered, it was probably the principal. Besides the principal, Zhou Yan couldn't think of anyone else with such capability.
"It doesn't matter. Even if the Long family finds out, so what? I fear nothing now," Zhou Yan indeed had the confidence now.
When he lacked strength, he naturally needed to hide. But now that his strength was sufficient, he was not afraid of being known.
"That's good." Ye Bufan didn't ask further. He knew very well that Zhou Yan was not someone who spoke carelessly, but he still said, "If you need any help, just ask. We are friends, and we are brothers."
"Didn't I just come to you for help this time?" Zhou Yan smiled.
Zhou Yan didn't have many friends, only those from the school.
"You didn't just come from the Lord Continent, did you?" Ye Bufan asked.
"I went to another dynasty for a tour, to broaden my horizons, and incidentally picked up two pseudo-divine artifacts," Zhou Yan said.
"You're bragging. Pseudo-divine artifacts are not that easy to obtain," Ye Bufan didn't believe him at all.
Zhou Yan didn't explain.
After discussing a time to meet, Zhou Yan returned to his class to report.
Yang Junming didn't say anything either, as he had also heard some news about Zhou Yan on the Lord Continent.
When he heard the news, he was completely stunned.
Zhou Yan's territory, by himself, had annihilated the Long family's army of over two million troops and even destroyed their territory.
The entire Lord Continent was discussing this matter. It was undoubtedly the most exciting event at the beginning of the year on the Lord Continent.