Mount Lu Academy

Mount Lu Academy
Building
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend
Type	Active Landmark
Civilization	Zhu Xi's Legacy
Age	Feudal Age
Use	• Advances the builder to the Castle Age • Imperial Officials tax twice as often • Imperial Officials collect +20% tax as food
Construction
Food	1,200
Gold	600
Build time	110 seconds
Statistics
Size	4 x 4 tiles
Hit points	5,000
Ranged armor	50
Fire armor	0
Line of Sight	13.333 tiles

“	Imperial Officials collect tax twice as often and also collect 20% of taxes as Food. Contains unique upgrades that greatly improve the Imperial Official unit.	”
—Age of Empires IV description

The Mount Lu Academy is an economic and technology landmark in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, available to Zhu Xi's Legacy in the Feudal Age. It enables Imperial Officials to collect taxes twice as often, and also collect an extra 20% of taxes as food. It also contains unique upgrades that greatly improve the Imperial Official.

Available technologies

• Single Whip Reform - Imperial Officials move 50% faster.
• Regional Inspection Imperial Officials' Supervision ability improved from 150% to 300%.
• Military Affairs Bureau - Imperial Officials can Supervise Keeps and Outposts to reduce their damage taken by 35%.
• Imperial Red Seals- Increases Imperial Official limit by +2, grants an Imperial Official when researched.

Further statistics

Technologies
Hit points	Court Architects (+30%)
Resource cost	Tang Dynasty (-15%)

Trivia

• Its real-life counterpart is the White Deer Grotto Academy on Mount Lu, in China.

Gallery

Mount Lu Academy

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