The next day, past 7:30 in the morning, Zong Shen slowly woke up.

After a night of tossing and turning, he didn't fall asleep until two or three in the morning.

A new day officially began.

Zong Shen yawned and stretched lazily.

Today, he had to go out, following the small mountain path to the north, to check out the so-called wandering merchant at the mountaintop outpost.

He opened [Burrow Points], which had astonishingly reached 5,497 points.

Overnight, it increased by more than 1,300 points; who knows how many burrow monsters were eliminated.

He rolled out of bed, dressed in armor and equipment, and went downstairs to the Lord's Courtyard.

After collecting the Moon God Spring Water produced over time, he habitually went to the [Market].

After a night of selling, 8 portions of [Moon Holy Water] had sold out completely.

This earned Zong Shen 1,200 units of wood, 1,200 units of hemp, and 800 units of stone.

He then began to search for arrows and crossbow arrows in the market.

The prices today had increased by more than 50% compared to yesterday.

Zong Shen spent some resources to buy 4 sets of arrows for the Dragon Descendant sisters.

Such combat consumables are currently a necessity for many lords, especially essential for long-range units.

With this in mind, Zong Shen left the market and walked to the blacksmith shop, where today's Dwarf Uncle was uncharacteristically awake and hadn't even touched the rum left for him yesterday.

In his hand, he held a blacksmith's hammer, tapping away at the back of a heavy combat puppet, not even noticing Zong Shen approaching.

"Dwarf Uncle!"

Zong Shen called out.

"Good morning, Lord!"

The Dwarf Uncle stopped hammering and gave Zong Shen a slight bow.

"Uncle, can you make arrows and crossbow arrows?"

"Just the most ordinary kind will do."

Zong Shen stated his purpose for coming.

"That's simple. All it takes is iron and wood. You can use current-deflecting wood pieces for the arrow fletching to maintain stability; however, the power of such arrows is average, and they have low additional lethality."

The Dwarf Uncle casually stated that making arrows was not technically challenging.

With his high-level blacksmith skills, he could easily craft them.

The difference between excellent arrows and ordinary arrows mostly lies in the materials.

"Very well, produce 30 sets of arrows and 15 sets of crossbow arrows today; these are supplies needed at the frontline."

Zong Shen gave an order.

Besides the needs of the frontline, the surplus could be sold outside.

These are all current necessities with a large profit margin, with raw material conversion almost reaching a 1:5 ratio.

Ordinary players have only a few ways to obtain them, such as mastering making blueprints, buying from the indigenous people, or excavating in ruins.

A lord like Zong Shen who had a high-level blacksmith in his territory was incredibly rare.

"Alright, my lord, no problem at all!"

"However, by doing this, I won't have enough time today to research and modify this combat puppet."

"This batch of arrows and crossbow arrows will require about 180 units of wood and 180 units of iron, and should be completed by this afternoon."

The Dwarf Uncle readily agreed.

Zong Shen nodded, indicating his understanding.

"The research on the puppet isn't urgent; let's first tackle the urgent supplies needed by the territory."

He took out the resources needed by the Dwarf Uncle and handed them over.

The Dwarf Uncle took the order and immediately started forging.

Zong Shen also arranged the tasks for the blacksmith shop and turned to leave.

At the time, the farmers and kobolds, under San Pang's arrangements, began collecting.

Zong Shen casually took out some Bear Meat Soup made last night and gobbled it down; having been in the storage grid for most of the day, it had gone cold.

He wasn't picky; he finished breakfast in quick gulps.

Food issues in the territory are managed by Er Pang, with hundreds of portions of roasted meat available for distribution; as the population of the territory increased, the current food could last for another two days.

Currently, the territory has cattle and sheep, and food could also be purchased from Sitanos Village.

The water cellar has already been constructed, with several wolf cavalry under Korby's command each carrying three or four wooden barrels, moving between the creek and the water cellar to store water.

Some wolf cavalry were also responsible for filling the trough in the pasture; the daily water consumption of those cattle and sheep was also a significant logistical burden.

The excrement collected by designated farmers, after fermenting, shaping, and drying, becomes natural fuel.

The [Simple Public Restroom] also played its role; the excrement had to be cleaned regularly, and after the processing by the restroom's function, it would quickly turn into dried dung.

This is whiteboard-level material that could be sold in the market.

Its effect is to increase growth efficiency by 15% and production efficiency by 10%.

It's genuinely a treasure of farming.

Zong Shen called over Xiaoping and Erya, who were responsible for looking after the fields.

Aside from the eight pieces of Basic-Level Fertile Land he'd brought back, they had cleared some more land in the vicinity.

This area was serving as a temporary farming zone.

The wolf cavalry were currently in a rotating rest state, responsible for protecting the territory.

There were now two and a half squads, under the general command of Korby.

He led the Wolf Rider Squad One and also appointed Avid as the captain of the second squad.

The third squad was not yet full, so it served as a reserve.

Zong Shen directly called up Wolf Rider Squad Two, leaving Squad One and the six-rider reserve squad to defend the territory.

He also brought Luna, four Gun and Shield Warriors, the Water Mage named Milani who wielded Rain of Life Magic, Favide, Aisha, Tasuya, the Mapple Sisters, the Sharp Claw Druid Lenza Shattered Claw.

A total of twenty-four soldiers, apart from the wolf cavalry and Luna, there were eleven soldiers, precisely enough to ride ten Grassland Horses and the old Traveling Horse.

As for Zong Shen, he rode on the washed Pigsy.

During a long march, without a mount, the efficiency would be unspeakable.

Covering dozens of kilometers, if not over a hundred, one might not reach their destination within a day by foot.

Now Zong Shen had over sixty soldiers, no longer having to carefully allocate like before.

He could directly take two squads out and still have the capacity to protect the territory and raid the burrow frontline.

What is this? This is genuine strength!

Zong Shen's goal for today was clear: head north into the mountains, looking for the goblin merchant.

The group marched forward in a grand manner, appearing formidable, and when passing the burrow frontline, Zong Shen greeted Wenresa.

He also summoned the two Avalon Light Crossbowmen to inquire about the lord who was blown up in the mine.

That lord's territory was near the mine, not very developed, with few soldiers, only a Light Infantry aside from the two Light Crossbowmen.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have rashly entered the mine with just the two Light Crossbowmen.

With his forces, even if not blown up by the treasure chest, he'd likely be taken down by the Spider Web Monster.

Confirming the situation, Zong Shen no longer paid attention to it.

Riding his horse cleaned-up Pigsy, he understood that relying solely on walking, it might take an entire day to get there.

He had over sixty soldiers and no longer needed to use trial-and-error methods to handle the Burrow Frontline.

What is this? This is pure strength!

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