Chapter 51: Chapter 51: Massive Construction, Infrastructure Maniac
She started reporting with a serious expression.
"Lord, one of the three portions of Moon Spring Water you listed for sale in the market this morning was sold."
"The area around the territory was relatively calm this morning, with no unexpected situations occurring."
Zong Shen smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.
"Great job, you’ve worked hard."
"By the way, find a good spot around the territory and plant this for me."
As he spoke, he tossed a seed emitting a purple aura.
Luna agilely caught it.
A look of shock appeared on her face.
"This... this is the Seed of the Ancient Guardian!"
"The powerful guardian tree spirit of our Dark Night Elf Race!"
Seeing Luna’s somewhat surprised expression, Zong Shen found it amusing.
The Dark Night Elf Race is a powerful branch of the Elf Race.
The Ancient Guardian is a type of tree spirit.
The buildings of the Elf Race are essentially living trees, also known as tree spirits.
The Ancient Guardian is akin to a guardian of a territory or city.
It possesses strong defensive and counterattack abilities.
That’s why Luna was so surprised.
She solemnly cupped the Seed of the Ancient Guardian in her hands.
"Rest assured, Lord, I will plant it with great care."
"However, the growth of the tree spirit requires irrigation with Moon Spring..."
"It needs about 200ml of Moon Spring daily, for three consecutive days."
"The tree spirit will then grow rapidly, contributing to the protection of the territory."
Luna knew that Moon Spring is indeed wealth and hard currency for the current territory.
So, she had to seek Zong Shen’s consent once more.
Yet Zong Shen waved his hand generously.
"No worries, use the Moon Spring as you see fit."
Earlier today, he had activated the effect of the "Spring of the Moon Well."
Now, the Moon Spring had nearly 2 liters of Moon Spring Water.
It was truly lavish and well-stocked.
With Zong Shen’s permission, Luna packed some Moon Spring Water and left with the Seed of the Ancient Guardian.
Zong Shen went to the market and retrieved ten portions of Basic Elemental Crystal.
Who knows which tycoon would actually trade ten Basic Elemental Crystals for 40ml of Moon Spring!
However, the other portion couldn’t be sold.
These ten Basic Elemental Crystals could be used to construct a Tier One Elemental Arrow Tower.
As a Refined Level defense building blueprint, its alert range reached 500 meters.
It only required 10 square meters of space, making it ideal for inner defense in the courtyard.
When the three-day newbie protection ends, this arrow tower would be sufficient to cover the current building range of the territory without city walls.
Zong Shen consumed eighty pieces of hemp, crafting eight hemp ropes.
Then, he directly chose to build the Tier One Elemental Arrow Tower.
The hologram of a twelve-meter-high arrow tower appeared.
Zong Shen moved it to the center of the courtyard.
He casually called over a farmer and assigned him to the construction.
The construction time of the arrow tower wasn’t short, taking 6 hours and 24 minutes, even after being reduced by Engineering.
Let the farmer slowly work on it.
Next, Zong Shen chose a Tier One Blacksmith Shop and placed it on the open grassy area outside the courtyard.
The territory already had a Dwarf Uncle as a professional blacksmith, so the Blacksmith Shop needed immediate construction.
Another farmer, under Zong Shen’s guidance, was ordered to begin construction.
This building would only take 1 hour and 36 minutes to complete.
Next, Zong Shen chose a Tier One Territory Technology Research Institute, placing it on the open ground for the farmer to build.
As for the Basic-Level Fertile Land, it was already a complete blueprint, easy to place directly.
He personally took action, spending four minutes.
He hammered out this piece of fertile land.
It was a 10-meter by 10-meter square field.
Total area of 100 square meters.
It didn’t seem very large.
Zong Shen called over two female farmers, Erya and Xiaoping.
Handed them some wheat seeds and instructed them to start farming immediately.
Among the remaining buildings, the tavern was temporarily of no use.
It was better to gradually upgrade the six Tier One Grass Huts in the territory to Tier Two Houses.
Building upgrades only required the resources that differ between the two tiers of buildings.
Nonetheless, it still required twenty pieces of Wood, eight pieces of Iron, fifteen pieces of Stone, and three Hemp Ropes.
Other resources were manageable.
There wasn’t enough hemp for the Hemp Ropes.
Previously, they crafted eight Hemp Ropes, now there were only 114 pieces of hemp left.
Currently, eleven more Hemp Ropes could be crafted.
Zong Shen calculated and decided to upgrade three Tier Two Houses first.
Then build two Tier One Grass Huts.
Though Grass Huts were inferior to Houses, housing only two people and being drafty on all sides.
But they were cost-effective to build.
Perfect for transitional use.
So, Zong Shen crafted nine Hemp Ropes.
Upgraded three Houses.
Then, he added two more Tier One Grass Huts beside them.
Including the farmland, all ten farmers were busy with construction and labor.
There were no farmers on standby in the territory.
The surrounding air was filled with the sounds of "ding ding clang clang" hammering.
The shadows of the buildings began to solidify, looking quite impressive.
With Zong Shen’s wave of extensive construction.
The entire territory had already started to take shape.
It was much more developed than the first day upon landing.
The future looked promising!
Zong Shen felt a sense of accomplishment and pride in his heart.
He was like a maniac with infrastructure.
Watching the once empty field gradually fill with buildings.
And the busy farmers hammering away.
Made Zong Shen feel proud.
The territory was like a child, growing step by step.
In the future, it would become a town, a small city, or even gradually expand into a vast giant city.
Of course, Zong Shen’s future might include more than just one territory.
Everything was full of possibilities.
This round of construction consumed a lot of resources.
The resource reserve in the territory was significantly depleted.
Zong Shen returned to the courtyard, opened the storage box, and took a glance.
Wood ×171
Stone ×87
Iron ×83
Hemp ×18
Secret Silver ×30
Basic Elemental Crystal ×14
Hemp was beginning to run low.
Basic infrastructure required a large amount of resources and time.
Even someone as wealthy as Zong Shen saw his inventory deplete significantly after a construction wave.
Other lords wouldn’t even dare try to think about it.
They might have to be precise just to erect a Tier One building.
There’s no way they could be like Zong Shen, starting multiple buildings at once.
Zong Shen fetched a small barrel of Moon Spring Water.
Came to the market and removed the sale listing for the Elemental Crystal trade.
Then, he began browsing in the market.
After half a day of progress.
The items listed by the lords, whether by type or quality, had become quite varied.
Clearly, more people had obtained the market blueprints.
Market trade could only become prosperous with a sufficient number of participants.
Zong Shen began trying to find some valuable things in the market!