Zong Shen held the reins in one hand, and supported his chin with the other.
Letting the horse trot gently in the direction of the territory.
He began to calm down and think about some future plans.
The expansion of the territory's range is an urgent matter.
With Korby and Luna stationed, it should be no problem to deal with ten hostile targets within a five-kilometer radius.
Unless he's unlucky, some powerful creature happens to pass by during the expansion.
Then lured by the expansion task, leading to a total wipeout.
Hopefully, it won't be that unlucky...
As for other issues.
In the short term, the focus is mainly on construction.
Additionally, daily treasure hunts must not be stopped.
The gains from treasure hunts are far greater than from mere conservative gathering.
During the treasure hunts, you can also slay some wild creatures to level up.
As he thought, time flew by.
More than twenty minutes later, Zong Shen caught up with the farmers who were advancing with Luna.
Judging by their walking pace, it would take at least another hour to reach the territory.
"Luna, I'll leave them to you, I'll go ahead."
Zong Shen galloped past them, waved a greeting to Luna.
Luna smiled back.
As a soldier summoned by Zong Shen, she had her own thoughts and a basic loyalty to a Zong Shen.
"Everyone, let's pick up the pace!"
Luna called out softly.
She waved her hand towards the Lord's Courtyard that was faintly visible ahead.
While watching Zong Shen depart.
Urging his horse to speed, Zong Shen quickly returned to the territory.
Seeing the three foolish farmers diligently gathering resources outside, he nodded in satisfaction.
He tethered the Old Traveling Horse at the entrance, letting it graze.
The significance of a mount is undeniable.
It can save a lot of travel time.
Take the Bandit Camp for example, it would take at least two and a half to three hours on foot.
But it's much faster on horseback, only half an hour is needed.
No wonder, in the second last background option, almost every option included a horse as a reward.
This is almost standard for every Lord.
Zong Shen walked into the courtyard.
When he opened the Storage Box, he found that the materials inside had increased significantly.
Obviously, during these two hours, the three farmers had been diligently working.
Zong Shen transferred the materials from his backpack and Personal Storage Grid into the Territory Storage Box.
At this time, the three farmers had also returned with the gathered materials.
"You three, don't go out just yet, stay here."
The quantity of materials in the Storage Box refreshed again.
[Money: 880]
[Wood×65]
[Stone×42]
[Iron×38]
[Ma×49]
[Secret Silver×9]
[Copper×3]
[Basic Elemental Crystal×1]
[Unknown Dried Meat×15]
[Hemp Rope×5]
[Iron Axe×6]
[Iron Pickaxe×6]
[Smoked Fish×1]
[Fresh Wolf Meat×10]
[Refined Wheat Bread×10]
[Crafted Rum×10]
[Fresh Wolf Blood×500ml]
[Solid Grassland Wolf Skull×1]
[Grassland Wolf Skeleton×15]
[Sharp Fangs×2]
[Complete Prairie Wolf Hide×1]
Compared to before he left, both in quantity and quality, there has been a significant increase.
The purse was immediately bulging.
Zong Shen felt like his backbone straightened, gaining more confidence.
"Tiezhu!"
"Er Gou!"
"Gou Dan!"
Zong Shen called beside the Storage Box.
"What are your orders, Lord?"
The three foolish farmers dared not move, bowing and asking Zong Shen.
"Follow me."
Zong Shen led the three foolish farmers out of the courtyard.
There wasn't much available space in the courtyard, and since the decision was made to expand the territory range soon, he might as well construct the building outside.
He first opened [Construction] and selected [Level 1 Simple Stove].
Instantly, a phantom of a stove building appeared.
Zong Shen placed it outside the courtyard.
"Tiezhu, you will be responsible for building the stove."
Tiezhu received the order, nodded and went to the stove phantom, a hammer appeared in his hand, and he began to hammer away.
[1h36m59s] A countdown appeared on the side, indicating the progress, which was the time reduced by [Engineering].
As time gradually shortened, the phantom also began to solidify.
Meanwhile, materials from the Territory Storage Box were automatically deducted.
Then, Zong Shen placed the Market's phantom for Er Gou to build.
The time was also 1h36m.
After setting up the stove and market, Zong Shen pointed out and placed a [Tier One Grass Hut], after reduction, the required time was only 48 minutes,
with Gou Dan responsible for construction.
Each construction requires a basic population.
Whether farmer, lord, or soldier, they can be assigned to construction.
Watching the three farmers with their tool hammers go "ding ding dong dong" in building.
His territory officially entered a fervent construction period.
Zong Shen felt a sense of pride, and the resources were swiftly depleting.
He then placed 2 phantoms of Tier One Grass Huts and took out six Iron Axes and six Iron Pickaxes.
After a round of construction.
The quantity of resources decreased significantly.
Only these major construction resources remained.
[Wood×10]
[Stone×32]
[Iron×30]
[Ma×40]
[Hemp Rope×2]
It seems that wood is consumed far more than other resources in the early stages.
All basic buildings require a substantial amount of wood, perhaps a focused collection on wood is needed soon.
Thinking of this, he put down the six sets of axes and pickaxes and instructed Tiezhu.
"When Luna returns, tell her to have the two new farmers join the construction, the remaining six farmers, all go gather, focus on collecting wood!"
Tiezhu's hand didn't stop, still going "ding ding dong dong," only his face turned to look at Zong Shen.
"What about you, Lord?"
Zong Shen said as he walked towards the courtyard.
"I'm going to get water!"
Into the courtyard,
He directly sat on the Storage Box.
He opened the [Manufacturing] function.
In the list, he found one item.
[Simple Wooden Bucket: Wood×3, Ma×1]
[Capacity: 10L]
[Manufacturing Time: 3m]
At present, the wood inventory has only 10 pieces left, but there's plenty of Ma, enough to make 3 simple wooden buckets.
Zong Shen began to manufacture.
Suddenly, a tool hammer and the phantom of a wooden bucket appeared in his hand, and he began to tap "ding ding dong dong."
It was quite a miraculous experience.
After 9 minutes of hammering.
Three wooden water buckets appeared at his feet.
Zong Shen gestured, storing the buckets into the Storage Grid.
Then stood up, went outside the courtyard, and took up the Old Traveling Horse.
After 9 minutes of construction, those three building phantoms had solidified considerably.
Especially the Tier One Grass Hut.
Nearly a third of it was already formed.
Zong Shen mounted the horse and headed north towards the courtyard gate, searching for a water source!