Village (Age of Empires III)

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“	Supports 20 population, which can be increased here with improvements. Also fattens livestock faster and trains Goats.	”
—In-game description

The Village is a civilian building in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties that is unique to the Chinese. It combines the functions of a House and a Livestock Pen, with the addition of being able to be garrisoned and serving as a drop-off point for Home City shipments.

Tactics

While much more expensive than Houses, Villages provide twice the population of Houses, which can be boosted even further with Home City Cards and improvements at the Village itself.

Units

Unit	Cost	Init. Food	Max. Food
Goat	100 food	50 food	300 food
Water Buffalo	80 food	50 food	500 food

The Water Buffalo requires the Water Buffalo Ranching Home City Card to be trained at the Village.

Improvements

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Town Government	200 wood	Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population
	County Government	200 wood	Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population; requires Town Government
	Prefecture Government	200 wood	Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population; requires County Government
	Provincial Government	200 wood	Villages get +10% hit points and provides +5 population; requires Prefecture Government
	Selective Breeding	150 wood 150 coin	Livestock fattens 25% faster
	Rural Sentry Uprising	50 food 50 coin	Spawns 2 Sentries; requires Village Defense Home City Card
	Rural Defense	50 food 50 coin	Spawns 2 Irregulars; requires Village Defense Home City Card

Further statistics

As the Village can only be built by the Chinese, only improvements available to them (including native improvements) are listed here.

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing (cavalry, light infantry, and villagers when garrisoned with Village Defense Home City Card)
Weak vs.	Everything
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)

Home City Cards

As the Village is exclusive to the Chinese, only other civilizations' TEAM cards that affects them are listed here.

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Village

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team British Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Fast-building Houses House, Manor, Longhouse, Shrine and Village build time -90% 1 Chinese Card Description Age Home City level Nomadic Settlement Ships 1 Village Rickshaw and Village build limit +1 1 Nomadic Expansion Ships 2 Village Rickshaws and Village build limit +1 1 Water Buffalo Ranching Villages can train Water Buffaloes 1 TEAM Provincial Administration Houses and Longhouses get +50% hit points; Villages, Shrines, and Manors get +33% hit points; all of them supports +10 population 1 Village Defenses Villages can attack when garrisoned and use Rural Sentry Uprising and Rural Defense 1 File:Improved buildings.png Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Land Reforms Villagers and Rickshaws build buildings 50% faster and buildings' build bounty is doubled 10 File:Land grab.png Land Grab Villages and Rice Paddies cost -30% to -40% and build time -75% 25 Indians Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

History

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During the late fourteenth century, the time of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor began a new policy of distributing vast amounts of land to local farmers. A product of a rural upbringing, the Hongwu Emperor favored farmers, and parsed the land, giving it to young boys who had reached manhood. To prevent the seizure of this land by corrupt landlords, he established non-transferable land titles and did away with taxation. The response was overwhelmingly positive. In 1393, the amount of land being cultivated rose drastically, at speeds never equaled by a later dynasty.

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Realizing that water conservancy would play a crucial part in the success of Chinese agriculture, the Hongwu Emperor focused on irrigation. He dispatched student from the Kuo-tzu-chien, or Imperial College, to develop massive irrigation systems and develop more than 40,000 ponds and dikes. Because of his decisive actions China experienced an agricultural revolution during the latter half of the fourteenth century.

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Gallery

An in-game Village before the Industrial Age

An in-game Village after the Industrial Age