Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Even the Production Team’s Donkey Wouldn’t Dare to Slack Off Like This!
It seems like [Tears of the Moon God] can be removed from the shelves now.
This new Moon God Spring Water will be named [Moon Holy Water].
It can definitely fetch a good price.
After all, it has a high recovery ratio of 1:3 and can also restore mana and energy values.
It’s absolutely an essential excellent product for home travel, monster killing, and exploration.
Zong Shen had a smile on his face.
He was already imagining the scene of making a huge profit with [Moon Holy Water].
At this moment, a commotion was heard from outside the territory.
The Wolf Cavalry finally returned to the territory with the farmers and two mages.
The five unfortunate farmers looked exhausted.
After walking for several hours over a distance of seventy to eighty li, it was comparable to completing a full marathon.
Even the two mages with slightly stronger constitutions looked fatigued.
Only the Wolf Cavalry riding the giant wolves were in their usual state.
This kind of long-distance travel without a mount is indeed a torment.
"Lord, we have successfully returned to the territory."
The three Wolf Cavalry dismounted, bowed, and greeted.
Zong Shen nodded and walked over.
"You’ve worked hard."
"Take a rest, we’ll set off again shortly."
Zong Shen checked the hunger level.
He took out five servings of Refined Wheat Bread and clear water and distributed them to the Wolf Cavalry and mages.
As for the new farmers, he distributed [Roasted Wolf Meat], a source of quality protein to fill them up.
These farmers had very average talent.
Four were stupid, and one was ordinary.
They were more than enough as ordinary laborers.
He then took out three portions of [Unknown Dried Meat] and fed it to the giant wolves.
As for this dried meat, he didn’t want to guess what kind it exactly was.
However, in these resource-scarce wilds where everything needed to be created from scratch, feeding it to the giant wolves and Black Panther seemed to be the best arrangement.
Seeing Zong Shen’s strike team further expanded.
The loyalty of the eight farmers who were rescued began to rise.
[Due to your increased combat power]
[Farmer San Pang’s loyalty to you increased by 5 points, current loyalty 70]
[Farmer Xiaozhuang’s loyalty to you increased by 5 points, current loyalty 68]
[Farmer Erya’s loyalty to you increased by 5 points, current loyalty 68]
...
The loyalty of those eight farmers started increasing simultaneously.
Among them, the most talented San Pang had his loyalty reach 70 points, while others also reached 68 points.
As for the five farmers who were retrieved from the unlucky lord’s territory.
Their default loyalty was already 70 points.
Overall, it was considered stable.
After everyone had rested for half an hour and alleviated their travel fatigue.
Zong Shen clapped his hands and called to San Pang the farmer who was not far away, cutting wood.
"Alright, alright, time to get back to work."
"Even the production team donkeys wouldn’t dare to rest this much!"
"Hey, San Pang, take these five new farmers with you for gathering, there are five sets of tools at the door!"
San Pang, hearing this, did not dare to delay, and quickly returned, saluting to Zong Shen.
He then took the five new farmers, collected the tools, and went to work.
Although he didn’t know what production team donkeys were.
He still understood the lord’s orders.
Zong Shen clearly saw that as the five farmers followed San Pang away, their eyes were glistening with tears of gratitude...
He nodded with satisfaction...
Now, with the Lord’s Courtyard as the center, all resources within a radius of one or two hundred meters had been gathered.
The farmers’ gathering range was getting farther away.
This was also an inevitable trend.
As the territory develops, its influence and range of radiation will gradually increase.
There were at least three hours left before nightfall.
Except for the [Tier One Elemental Arrow Tower], everything within the territory was already completed.
The Dwarf Uncle still lay fast asleep in a corner next to the courtyard, holding the almost emptied wine jar.
He showed no intention of immediately going to the [Blacksmith Shop] to assume his duties.
Zong Shen was not in a hurry either.
He consulted a strategy and found that it was still not a suitable time for expansion tasks.
So, he decided to start the second round of exploration for the day.
Previously, when attacking the bandit camp, strategy had hinted that thirteen li to the west of the bandit camp, there was a small forest with a Silver Treasure Chest and some Bear Monsters.
That place wasn’t far from the territory.
It was to the southwest of the territory, and before nightfall, the chest could be completely dealt with.
Thinking of this, he called Luna and Tiezhu directly.
Preparing for the arrangements for the second wave of exploration.
"Tiezhu, go explore the grassland east of the territory, and please be sure to return before sunset!"
Tiezhu nodded without any hesitation.
As a subordinate with full loyalty, Zong Shen’s orders equaled his life.
He turned around and left the territory, heading northeastward to explore the vast grassland.
"Luna, Korby, Bjorn, Favide, Tasuya."
"You will follow me and explore the southwest direction of the territory."
"Avid, you are in charge of patrolling the territory to ensure the farmers’ safety."
Zong Shen quickly picked out a few people.
Leaving the Wolf Cavalry Avid to be responsible for territory security.
Everyone else followed him out for exploration, including the two mages.
As powerful ranged troops, Zong Shen’s list of strongmen wouldn’t be complete without these two.
Tasuya quietly rolled her eyes.
Favide also gave a somewhat embarrassed smile.
Although mages had strong output capabilities, their physical qualities were still behind close combat soldiers.
Without mounts, the long journey was indeed a challenge for them.
Zong Shen noticed both of their expressions clearly.
He was already considering obtaining mounts for these two mages soon.
Unfortunately, in the territory of the previous unlucky lord, Zong Shen had found no horses.
Whether they were eaten by wild beasts or by them... he’s not sure.
"Let’s go, we will strive to build a great territory together!"
Zong Shen raised his right hand and shouted the slogan.
He returned to the courtyard to take a small half bucket of Moon God Spring Water as a backup.
Then, with a dashing move, he mounted the Old Traveling Horse, proceeding at the horse’s trot towards the southwest.
Behind him, Luna and the two Wolf Cavalry followed in the second formation.
At the end were the two mages wearing mage robes, holding the hem of their robes, trying hard in the calf-high grass to keep up, striving not to fall behind...
Zong Shen activated a guiding golden arrow in front of him through the strategy guide.
Following the arrow’s direction, he headed toward the vaguely visible forest in the southwest.
About forty minutes later.
The group arrived at the periphery of this small forest.
Though called a forest, it was actually pathetically small.
The entire forest was not even as big as a small park on Earth.
If Zong Shen could fly, he would see that this small grove looked like a freckle on the grassland, very abrupt.
If it weren’t for the guide’s direction, nobody would have thought that such a small grove contained a Silver Treasure Chest!