Chapter 18: Construction Begins, Making Wooden Buckets [Please Favorite and Recommend]

Zong Shen held the reins in one hand and rested his chin on the other.

He let the horse trot slowly toward the direction of his territory.

He began to calm his mind to contemplate his future plans.

The expansion of the territory's boundaries was imminent.

With Colby and Luna stationed there, dealing with the ten hostile targets within a five-kilometer radius should be no problem.

Unless he had a sour face and a powerful monster happened to pass by during the expansion.

Then, attracted by the territory expansion task, they would arrive and wipe out his entire force in one wave.

Surely, he wouldn't be that unlucky...

As for other issues.

In the short term, the main focus would be on construction.

Additionally, daily treasure hunting expeditions absolutely could not stop.

The returns from treasure hunting were much higher than simple, conservative gathering.

During the process of treasure hunting, he could also kill some wild monsters to increase his level.

Lost in thought, time flew by.

More than twenty minutes later, Zong Shen caught up with the farmers who were following Luna.

At their walking pace, it would take at least another hour to reach the territory.

"Luna, I'll leave them to you. I'll head off first."

Zong Shen spurred his horse forward, passing by them and waving a greeting to Luna.

Luna also returned the gesture with a smile.

As a soldier summoned by Zong Shen, she possessed her own thoughts as well as basic loyalty to him.

"Everyone, let's pick up the pace!"

Luna gave a soft command.

She waved her hand toward the lord's courtyard, which was already faintly visible ahead.

At the same time, she watched Zong Shen depart.

With a flick of the whip, Zong Shen soon returned to the territory.

Seeing that the three silly farmers were not slacking off but were diligently gathering resources outside, he nodded in satisfaction.

He hitched the Old Traveler at the gate and let it go off to graze on its own.

The significance of a mount was unquestionable.

It could save a vast amount of travel time.

Take that bandit camp, for example; if traveling on foot, it would take at least two and a half to three hours.

But on horseback, it was much faster, taking only half an hour.

It was no wonder that in almost all the options for the second-to-last origin choice, there were rewards of horses.

This was practically a standard configuration for every lord.

Zong Shen walked into the courtyard.

When he opened the storage chest, he found that the supplies inside had increased significantly.

Clearly, during these two hours, the three farmers had been working industriously.

Zong Shen transferred the supplies from his backpack and personal storage slots into the territory's storage chest.

At this moment, the three farmers also returned with the gathered materials.

"You three, don't go out for now. Stay here."

The quantity of supplies in the storage chest refreshed once more.

【Money: 880】 【Wood ×65】 【Stone ×42】 【Iron ×38】 【Hemp ×49】 【Mithril ×9】 【Copper ×3】 【Low-level Elemental Crystal ×1】 【Unknown Dried Meat ×15】 【Hemp Rope ×5】 【Iron Axe ×6】 【Iron Pickaxe ×6】 【Smoked Fish ×1】 【Fresh Wolf Meat ×10】 【Fine Wheat Bread ×10】 【Brewed Rum ×10】 【Fresh Wolf Blood ×500ml】 【Hard Grassland Wolf Skull ×1】 【Grassland Wolf Bones ×15】 【Sharp Fangs ×2】 【Complete Grassland Wolf Pelt ×1】

Compared to before he left, there was a significant increase in both quantity and quality.

His pockets had suddenly grown heavy.

Zong Shen also felt his posture straighten, bolstered by a newfound sense of confidence.

"Tie Zhu!" "Er Gou!" "Gou Dan!"

Zong Shen shouted while standing by the storage chest.

"What are your orders, Lord?"

The three silly farmers did not dare to move recklessly, bowing as they sought instructions from Zong Shen.

"Follow me!"

Zong Shen led the three farmers outside the courtyard.

There wasn't much usable space within the courtyard, and since he had decided to expand the territory's boundaries soon, he decided to simply build the structures outside.

He first opened 【Construction】 and selected the 【Level 1 Simple Stove】.

Immediately, a phantom image of a stove building appeared.

Zong Shen placed it outside the courtyard.

"Tie Zhu, you are responsible for building the stove."

Receiving the order, Tie Zhu nodded and walked to the phantom image of the stove. A hammer appeared in his hand, and he began to hammer and tap away.

【1h 36m 59s】 A countdown appeared to the side, indicating progress; this was the time after being reduced by 【Engineering】.

As the time gradually shortened, the phantom image gradually became more solid.

At the same time, the materials in the territory's storage chest were automatically deducted.

Next, Zong Shen placed the phantom image of the Market for Er Gou to build.

The time was also 1h 36m.

After arranging the stove and the market, Zong Shen gave further instructions and placed a 【Tier 1 Straw Hut】. After the reduction, the required time was only 48 minutes.

Gou Dan was responsible for its construction.

Every construction task required a basic population.

Whether it was a farmer, the lord, or a soldier, anyone could be assigned to construction.

Watching the three farmers using their tools to hammer away with "ding-ding-dang-dang" sounds, his territory officially entered a period of feverish large-scale construction.

A sense of pride rose in Zong Shen's heart, even as his resources depleted rapidly.

Then, he placed the phantoms of two more Tier 1 Straw Huts and simultaneously took out six iron axes and six iron pickaxes.

After a period of construction, the quantity of resources had decreased significantly.

The main construction resources left were only these

【Wood ×10】 【Stone ×32】 【Iron ×30】 【Hemp ×40】 【Hemp Rope ×2】

It seemed that wood's consumption in the early stages far exceeded other resources.

All basic buildings required large amounts of wood; perhaps he would need to focus on targeted gathering in the near future.

Thinking of this, he set down the six sets of axes and pickaxes and instructed Tie Zhu.

"When Luna returns, tell her to have the two new farmers participate in construction. The remaining six farmers should all go gathering, focusing on wood!"

Tie Zhu's hands did not stop, continuing the "ding-ding-dang-dang" rhythm, but his face turned to look at Zong Shen.

"Lord, what about you?"

"I'm going to get water!" Zong Shen said as he walked toward the courtyard.

Entering the courtyard, he sat directly on the storage chest.

He opened the 【Crafting】 function.

In the list, he found an item.

【Simple Wooden Bucket: Wood ×3, Hemp ×1】 【Capacity: 10L】 【Crafting Time: 3m】

Currently, the wood stock had 10 left, and there was quite a bit of hemp, which meant he could make three simple wooden buckets.

Zong Shen began crafting.

Instantly, a tool hammer and a phantom image of a wooden bucket appeared in his hands, and he began to hammer away with "ding-ding-dang-dang" sounds.

It was a very magical experience.

After hammering for nine minutes, three wooden water buckets appeared at his feet.

With a wave of his hand, Zong Shen stored the buckets in his storage slots.

He then stood up, went outside the courtyard, and led the Old Traveler.

After nine minutes of construction, the phantoms of those three buildings had become much more solid.

Especially the Tier 1 Straw Hut; nearly one-third of it had already taken shape.

Zong Shen mounted his horse and headed north, directly facing the main gate, to search for a water source!