Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Wooden Bucket Construction Begins

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Zong Shen pulled the reins with one hand and held his chin with the other.

He allowed the horse to gallop slowly towards the territory.

He began to calm down and think about some future plans.

The expansion of the territory was imminent.

With Colby and Luna around, they should be able to deal with the ten hostile targets within five kilometers.

Unless he had a foul face and some powerful monster happened to pass by when they were expanding the area.

Then, they were attracted by the territorial expansion mission and wiped them out.

Come to think of it, he shouldn’t be so unlucky…

As for other problems…

In the short term, it was mainly focused on construction.

Furthermore, he could not stop his daily treasure hunt.

Treasure hunting was much more profitable than simply collecting.

In the process of searching for treasures, he could also kill some wild monsters to increase his level.

Time flew as he pondered.

20 minutes later, Zong Shen caught up with the farmers who were following Luna.

According to their walking speed, it would take them at least an hour to reach the territory.

“I’ll leave them to you, Luna. I’ll be on my way.”

Zong Shen galloped past them and waved to Luna.

Luna smiled back.

As a soldier summoned by Zong Shen, she had her own thoughts and basic loyalty to him.

“Everyone, let’s speed up!”

Luna raised her voice slightly.

She waved her hand and pointed at the vaguely visible feudal lord’s courtyard.

At the same time, she watched Zong Shen leave.

As he whipped his horse, Zong Shen quickly returned to his territory.

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

He tied the old traveling horse to the door and let it eat the grass.

There was no doubt about the significance of a mount.

It could save a lot of time.

Take the bandit camp for example, if they were to walk, it would take at least two and a half hours to walk.

But riding was much faster. It would only take half an hour.

It was no wonder. In the last second option when choosing the identity, almost all options had horses as rewards.

This was almost every lord’s standard.

Zong Shen walked into the small courtyard.

When he opened the storage box, he found that there were more resources inside.

Clearly, the three farmers had been working diligently for the past two hours.

Zong Shen moved his backpack and the supplies in the storage compartment into the storage box.

At this moment, the three farmers had returned with the supplies they had collected.

“The three of you, stay here.”

The supplies in the storage box were refreshed again.

[Money: 880]

[Wood x65]

[Stone x42]

[Iron x38]

[Textile x39]

[Mithril x9]

[Copper x3]

[Elemental Crystal x1]

[Unknown dried meat ×15]

[Hemp Rope ×5]

[Iron Axe x6]

[Pickaxe ×6]

[Smoked Fish x1]

[Fresh Wolf Meat x10]

[Fine Wheat Bread ×10]

[Fine Rum x10]

[Fresh Wolf Blood x500ml]

[Hard Grassland Wolf Skull x1]

[Grassland Wolf Bones x15]

[Sharp Fangs x2]

[Complete Grassland Wolf Skin x1]

Compared to before they left, both quantity and quality had greatly increased.

The bag swelled up immediately.

Zong Shen also felt that he had straightened his back and felt more confident.

“Iron Pole!”

“Second Dog!”

“Eggface!”

Zong Shen shouted from beside the storage box.

“What are your orders, my lord?”

The three foolish farmers did not dare to move. They bowed and asked Zong Shen for instructions.

“Follow me!”

Zong Shen led the three foolish farmers outside the yard.

There was not much space in the courtyard. Since he had decided to expand his territory in the near future, he decided to build a house outside.

He first opened [Construction] and selected [Level 1 Simple Cooking Platform].

Immediately, the image of a kitchen appeared.

Zong Shen placed it outside the yard.

“Iron Pole, you’re in charge of building the stove.”

After receiving the order, Iron Pole nodded and walked over to the virtual image of the stove. A hammer appeared in his hand, and he began to beat it.

[1h36m59s] A countdown timer appeared at the side, indicating progress. This was after [Engineering] reduced the time.

As time gradually shortened, the illusory figure gradually solidified.

At the same time, the resources in the territory’s storage box were automatically deducted.

Then Zong Shen also set the market to be under construction by Second Dog.

The time was also 1h36m.

After setting up the kitchen counter and the market, Zong Shen gave some pointers and placed a [Grade 1 Grass Shack]. After reducing the time required, it only took 48 minutes.

Eggface was in charge of the construction.

Every construction requires a basic population.

No matter whether it was farmers, lords, or soldiers, they could be assigned to carry out construction.

He watched the three farmers start construction with their mallets.

His territory had officially entered a period of intense construction.

Zong Shen also felt a sense of pride in his heart. His resources were also rapidly decreasing.

Then, he placed two Level 1 grass sheds and took out six iron axes and six pickaxes.

After some construction.

The number of resources had decreased significantly.

That was all that was left of the main construction resources.

[Wood x10]

[Stone x32]

[Iron x30]

[Textile x40]

[Hemp Rope ×2]

It seemed that wood was depleted far more than other resources in the early stages.

All the basic buildings required a large amount of wood. Perhaps in the near future, they would need to focus on gathering wood.

Thinking of this, he put down the six sets of pickaxes and instructed Iron Pole.

“When Luna comes back, tell her to get the two new farmers involved in the construction. The remaining six will go and gather wood!”

Iron Pole’s hands did not stop. They were still clinking, but his face turned towards Zong Shen.

“Lord, what about you?”

Zong Shen said as he walked towards the courtyard.

“I’ll get some water!”

And bring it to the courtyard.

He sat down on the storage box.

He activated the [Manufacturing] function.

He found something on the list.

[Simple wooden barrel: Wood x3, Hemp x1]

[Capacity: 10L]

[Manufacturing time: 3m]

Currently, there were still 10 pieces of wood left in the inventory, but there was still quite a lot of textiles. With this, he could make three simple wooden barrels.

Zong Shen started building.

Immediately, the shadow of a mallet and a wooden barrel appeared in his hands, and he began to pound on them.

It was a magical experience.

After nine minutes.

Three wooden buckets appeared beside his feet.

With a wave of his hand, Zong Shen stored the bucket into his storage compartment.

Then, he got up and went outside the yard, holding the old traveling horse.

After nine minutes of construction, the shadows of the three buildings became more solid.

Especially the Level 1 straw shed.

Almost a third of it had already taken shape.

Zong Shen mounted his horse and headed towards the north opposite the gate, looking for a water source!