[Quality: Excellent (blue)]

[Requirements: Iron x60, Copper x15, Mithril x8, Primary Element Crystal x10, Primary Water Rune x1]

[Manufacturing time: 1 hour and 36 minutes]

[Water purification device can purify water quality and remove impurities and poisons in the water. Water runes need to be replaced regularly]

[Elementary water rune purification life: 120 hours]

(The security of water resources needs to be taken seriously, especially in times of war. Crazy opponents often attack the water sources of the territory)

This thing is a water purification device that can filter water resources and ensure the safety of water quality.

However, it won't be used in a short period of time. When the runes are rich, you can create one to filter the territory's water.

Among these drawings, the only ones Zong Shen can build currently are training grounds and city gates. The bathhouse requires water runes and fire runes, the cold storage requires ice magic gems and water runes, and even water wells and water purifiers require water.

Runes, the gaps in this rune thing are really too big.

Zong Shen called Sanpang through the communication crystal and brought a few farmers with him, and first came to the south of the lord's courtyard.

Place the fourth-level giant turret next to the guard tower.

As long as it is not charged, the giant turret will not automatically activate, and it will be shut down at ordinary times, because the explosion damage does not distinguish between friend and foe, and automatic attacks are likely to damage the territory.

There is still a large open space to the south of the courtyard that can be used, just in time to house some new buildings.

Anyway, this is the internal planning around the small courtyard for the time being. When the crypt challenge is over, Zong Shen will start to expand the territory, plan for a large area at the same time, and finally lay out and build a large city wall to form the prototype of a large territory and city.

Zong Shen placed a [Level 1 Training Ground] in the open space to the south and asked a farmer to start construction on the spot. Then he went to the residential area and upgraded 9 of the 35 newly built huts to Level 2

houses, so there are a total of 30 second-level houses in the territory.

Several rows of houses are neatly arranged in the territory, which makes it somewhat popular.

Then he came to the farmland and placed 2 more primary fertile fields next to the original 8 primary fertile fields. This was also a blueprint created in the mine.

There are now 10 primary fertile fields. The wheat, potatoes and tomatoes planted before have all grown. In the primary farmland with the growth bonus effect, the crops grow much faster than on the earth.

I believe that in the next few months we will be able to eat food, vegetables and fruits grown in the territory.

After taking care of the farmland, Zong Shen went to the gap in the four city walls, removed the roadblocks, and began to build the city gate.

Four city gates were placed in the originally reserved gaps, and all the roadblocks were moved out to block both sides of the city gates.

The fifth round of construction frenzy has officially begun, and each round of construction can make the territory more perfect.

It has gradually transformed from an isolated and dilapidated small courtyard into a complete territory with city walls, arrow towers, houses, pastures, farmland and other buildings. Now the territory finally has some appearance.

He still has three [blood-eating piranha seeds] in his hand, and he plans to plant one next to the city gate in the north, and the other two at the gate of the lord's courtyard.

At this moment, Colby suddenly ran over from the east side of the territory riding a giant prairie wolf.

"Sir, there is a carriage heading towards our territory from east to west. Do you want to guide it or intercept it?

He reported a situation to Zong Shen.

"The carriage? It should be Mariel."

"I'll go take a look with you!"

Zong Shen waved his hand and asked Colby to lead the way. He himself followed the giant wolf on foot and ran all the way without falling behind. His agility and [running] allowed him to rival the giant wolf in a short period of time.

Arriving to the west of the territory, you can see a carriage approaching at a constant speed. It was not attacked by cave monsters along the way, so it must be an aboriginal force.

About seven or eight minutes later, the carriage arrived at the city gate and stopped.

The car door opened, and the potbellied Mr. Mars got out first, then turned around and helped Mariel out of the carriage. He saw a smile on Zong Shen's face, and he was also looking at the territory in front of him.

The crypt challenge is arranged by the lord system. The natives cannot see the crypt monsters and will not be attacked by the crypt monsters. The two are as if they are in two parallel worlds.

Therefore, it is simply impossible to rely on indigenous forces to resist the cave monsters.

Of course, if you are willing to abandon the territory and hide among the indigenous forces, you can indeed save your life, but the territory will also be completely destroyed.

In particular, the lord's courtyard will be completely destroyed, and the lord's authority will be lost forever, and he will become a free citizen.

Freemen would lose the privileges and conveniences of their lords.

But it is not a dead end. There is still a chance to develop one's own power among the indigenous people, but this time period may become very long.

Although freemen are not as good as lords, they are much better than death.

Now there are a very small number of free people among the lords whose territories have been destroyed. In the future, these people can only be active between the indigenous people and the lords.

However, Zong Shen didn't understand or care about this. Being a lord was still very satisfying, especially when he established and developed the territory step by step. This sense of accomplishment was overwhelming.

After Mariel got off the carriage, Zong Shen quickly greeted her.

He first shook Master Mars's hand, and then gently shook Mariel's hand.

However, he saw that Mariel's body was trembling slightly, and her eyes looked behind her with some fear at the cave monsters wandering outside the range of the arrow tower.

She had joined Zong Shen's territory before, so she could see these monsters.

Although she was not attacked by monsters along the way, she was still a little frightened.

Hero-level characters do not occupy the command value and are independent heroic-level units.

Zong Shen patted her shoulder comfortingly.

"Don't be afraid, our territory is safe."

"Master Mars welcomes you to my territory!"

He greeted them politely and then led them through the unfinished city wall, into the territory, and all the way through the pasture to the lord's courtyard.

The coachman who came with him was waiting outside with the carriage.

When Mr. Mars passed by the pasture and saw the more than a hundred prairie cattle and dozens of prairie sheep, an awkward yet polite smile appeared on his face.

"There are many cattle and sheep in your territory and pasture!"

he said suddenly.

Zong Shen nodded as usual.

"Okay, these are all trophies obtained from the gangster Carlisle."

"These cattle and sheep are all stolen property of the gangster Carlisle, so I brought them back and raised them myself."

He said it seriously, but Mr. Mars was really a little unreasonable when he heard it.

Although he knew clearly that these cattle and sheep were robbed from his pasture by the gangster Carlisle, he really didn't know what to say.

After what happened to Carlisle, the cattle and sheep really had no direct relationship with Mars. They were the stolen goods of a gangster.

What's more, now that his daughter has joined in, he naturally won't say any more unflattering words.

Zong Shen took Mars and Mariel to the lord's small building and sat down at the long table in the hall on the first floor.

He took out the [Finely Brewed Highland Wine] and placed the already cleaned crystal wine glasses. Each person poured a glass of wine, which was regarded as a treat.

After the three of them took a sip of wine, Mariel's fear eased a lot.

Mars put down his glass, looking hesitant about speaking.

"Just say whatever Mr. Mars wants to say."

"There are no outsiders here."

Zong Shen smiled and said calmly.

After hearing this, Mr. Mars spoke slowly.

"Sir, your territory seems to have just been established. There is not much permanent population, and there is no large-scale farming or commerce."

"In addition, you have not obtained the certification from Bangcheng. If this kind of illegal settlement is discovered by Bangcheng, it will be easily cleared by the National Knights."

"There are many people who have established such settlements recently, but none of them are as large as your territory."

Mr. Mars expressed his opinion and also revealed an important piece of information.

That is, the indigenous forces have begun to notice the emergence of the lords. This situation is consistent with the rule adjustment in the previous official period. However, due to the geographical isolation caused by the vast area, the reaction of the indigenous people will not be reflected so quickly.

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There is another piece of information, that is, as long as you obtain the certification from Bangcheng, you can become a neutral and legal force. If you want to avoid trouble, you still have to go to Bosibon.

Zong Shen thought for a moment and then nodded calmly.

"Indeed, but this place will soon develop into a village. At present, the territory can only be regarded as an armed settlement."

"There are not many permanent farmers and working people, but there are more soldiers."

He said frankly that as a former down-and-out nobleman, Mr. Mars was now a large rancher and businessman, so he still had certain vision and connections.

Zong Shen's original intention was to take advantage of the situation and use the power of the indigenous people to rapidly develop the territory.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Mars nodded, looked directly at Zong Shen, stretched out a five-pointed star-shaped magic token.

Sir, "I will send people to build a large ranch in your territory in a week. At the same time, I will also introduce some traveling businessmen here."

"I believe that your territory will be able to develop, so Mariel will ask you to take good care of it."
To be continued...