Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Even Zong Shen is now rich.

But the capital increase brought about by business expansion will not be ignored.

Zong Shen's goal is very clear. He wants the territory to urbanize as quickly as possible.

This can be seen from his instructions to Mariel and Howie to carry out forward planning for the territory.

His plan for the territory is not like Chen Rui's, who honestly goes to the village level.

Zong Shen has higher development requirements for himself and his territory.

For this reason, he even let the territory skip the village level and plan it directly according to the state-level standards.

Bangcheng is already considered a standard city.

The difference between it and the giant city is more in scale and size.

At the current stage, as long as Zong Shen can take the lead in bringing the territory to the state level.

Both population circulation and productivity levels can be greatly improved.

The state-level city is regarded as a large threshold and platform for territorial development.

According to the development trajectory of ordinary lords, it would take seven, eight or even more than ten years of hard work to develop into a state.

This development time is already more than ten times longer than that of the aborigines.

For those aborigines, ten years is not too long.

Normally, it would take at least hundreds of years for a state city to develop and take shape.

It takes two or three generations of construction and development to build a state city.

And there should be no accidents during this period.

In comparison, the development speed of the lords is absolutely shocking.

Ten years is simply not worth mentioning in this world of swords and magic.

When some immortal species are in the growth stage, just sleeping for a cycle may last more than ten years.

But for Zong Shen, ten years is still too long.

His goal is to develop the territory into a state city in six months to a year.

It has a commanding population of more than 100,000 and more than 5,000 warriors of all levels.

In order to achieve this goal, he not only had to draw population and resources from surrounding villages and cities.

They were even prepared to attack the giant aboriginal city.

At the same time, we will develop and operate in surrounding cities.

Wait until Zong Shen has his own aerial beast.

Paired with a set or even multiple sets of [100-kilometer level teleportation], you can travel back and forth quickly.

Use different cities as nodes to purchase industries and install teleportation arrays.

Further accelerate exchanges and integration with indigenous peoples.

If you want to develop as quickly as possible, you must obtain more resources and population within a unit of time.

Zong Shen knew this very well.

His goal is very determined.

That's why he won't give up any opportunity to increase his strength.

This also includes requirements for territorial material reserves.

He wanted to build a city, not just a settlement.

A state city that could accommodate a population of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands was not like the current territory.

Just the resource consumption required for simple construction is an astronomical figure.

Not to mention that there are many problems involved.

During this period, Zong Shen also had to carry out a territorial reform.

First give all soldiers and farmers the status of freedmen.

Soldiers are paid monthly and by rank.

Farmers allocate land and basic production materials, allowing them to operate on their own.

In the early days, the territory took the lead in purchasing those crops and providing jobs that paid for work.

After completing the reform of the territory, the productivity of the territory can be rapidly increased.

What Zong Shen wants to do is very simple. He wants to revitalize the water in his territory.

The productivity of the indigenous people in this world is actually not very high.

This is not because of constraints.

In fact, in the history of civilization on this continent that spans thousands or tens of thousands of years.

Throughout the rise of human kingdoms.

The problem of polarization is particularly serious, even splitting all civilizations on this continent into two different worlds. Under the majestic shadow at the top of the superstructure, most ordinary people still live a hard life like the Middle Ages.

The major human kingdoms in the continent are currently in this state.

Those with vested interests are already overflowing with wealth and supplies.

But productivity levels at the lower levels are also not high.

In fact, this is entirely a situation intentionally promoted by the rulers.

Such a vast territory and hundreds of billions of people.

According to the pyramid's governance structure.

Even if the lower class is always in a state of low productivity, it can still be enough to support the upper class.

After all, the quantitative ratio between the two is almost thousands of times different.

On average, every nobleman and wealthy businessman is almost supported by thousands of commoners.

Only then can their wealth be gathered quickly and accumulate more and more.

Productivity levels and military strength are dangerous goods that need to be strictly controlled.

Once there is a large-scale surge, it will inevitably cause class unrest.

Greatly weaken the authority of the ruler.

This is a situation that no king or emperor would allow.

A low level of productivity is required to maintain a low level of desire.

Only by controlling the desires of the bottom residents within a certain threshold can the kingdom be stable.

But for Zong Shen, with the loyalty of the lord system, he doesn't have to worry about this.

He does not need "stability", but only "fast", "strong" and "rich".

Referring to those development experiences on the earth, he must revitalize the entire territory as soon as possible.

Comprehensively mobilize the enthusiasm of every citizen.

There are many areas that can be reformed.

At the same time, this world's magic technology, rune skills, and various extraordinary powers beyond the earth can also be used.

It's just that in this world, the products of various magic powers and magic guides are not affordable to the people.

Take the most basic [Elementary Magic Core] as an example.

In terms of dinars, it would be equivalent to one or two years of work by an ordinary aborigine.

These magic products and rune products are often used in the military or to improve the quality of life of those nobles.

Civilians don't have to think about it.

The cheapest people in the world are probably civilians.

So the technology trees in this continent are actually crooked.

Magic energy and rune technology are like castles in the air. They are advanced, but they are destined not to be popularized.

Therefore, Zong Shen already had an idea in his mind.

In this world, he can try to replicate the earth's technological route.

Those "high-tech" things can be ignored for the time being.

But he can study some gadgets that can quickly increase productivity.

When talking about the improvement of productivity, we have to talk about steam engines and internal combustion engines.

The properties and functions of these things are similar to [Magic Core].

But steam engines and internal combustion engines do not rely on the power of magic.

In addition, there are gunpowder and large-scale farming technology.

These are all areas worthy of study by Zong Shen.

But before that, Zong Shen must learn as much as possible about the products of this world.

Look for something that has the same physical properties as those on Earth.

Only in this way can the products of the earth be reproduced.

In this continent, many things on the earth actually have similar existences.

But it's still a commonplace question. These things often have the influence of magic energy.

Just like gunpowder, early gunpowder on Earth only needed to be produced by mixing sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter in proportion.

There are also things similar to gunpowder in this continent.

It is called "magic gunpowder".

They used a large amount of sulfur, a little carbon powder and mithril, supplemented by various magic materials and magic support to create it.

The dwarves and goblins are both good at making magic gunpowder.

The dwarves used powerful rune forging technology to create rune guns that could withstand the impact of magic gunpowder explosions.

Through the impact of the magic gunpowder explosion, the metal projectiles enchanted with "armor breaking" and "penetration" were fired.

These projectiles often have far greater speed and power than bows and arrows.

It can penetrate three layers of standard light armor and one layer of metal thick armor at one time.

It is almost as powerful as the arrows of a fourth-level crossbowman.

The only drawback is that the rate of fire of the rune fire wall is far inferior to that of the bow and arrow.

Not even as good as an ordinary hand crossbow.

At that time, the dwarf musketeers often formed three teams into a musket formation.

Each team takes turns firing while the rest of the team loads and prepares.

Make sure there is no interruption in firepower.

Apart from the issues of rate of fire and cost, there are almost no faults with the Rune Musket.

An ordinary dwarf can become a rune musketeer after a little training.

The goblins, on the other hand, took a completely different route from the dwarves.

Those goblin engineers and alchemists also delved into magic gunpowder.

and obsessed with its explosive properties.

Take this as the main research direction.

In the end, the "Goblin Bomb", which is famous in the mainland, was created.

There are also all kinds of fancy explosives.

Zong Shen had obtained a batch from Boswell before.

For example, the liquid [exploding sweetheart].

There are also various types of [Goblin Bombs], [Acid Bombs] with corrosive damage, and the most common [Mining Detonators].

They are divided into different models according to their power.

These bombs came in handy when Zong Shen dealt with the spider web monsters.

These explosives, which ignore both the enemy and ourselves, are often able to cause a large amount of damage to such groups of enemies.

As for another thing Zong Shen came into contact with, it was the so-called [Magic Cannon].

It is a pure product of magic energy.

It compresses magic energy and releases an explosive energy body to kill and injure enemies.

All in all, after the territory develops further, Zong Shen still has many areas that need reform.

This also applies to the scientific research field.

At present, the only talents related to the territory are dwarf uncles who have mastered advanced blacksmith skills and some rune forging skills.

He needs to collect some talents who are proficient in magic technology, rune technology, alchemy technology, and engineering.

These talents can often only be found in giant cities.

The magic workshops and various handicraft workshops in the giant city usually have such talents.

Zong Shen stood in the [market] and thought for a while.

After these batches of warm-weather quilts were put up for sale, one of his worries was solved.

According to his estimate, this batch of quilts should be sold out within the next two days at the latest.

That is what he had expected before, within the first day of the second phase.

If all this batch of quilts is sold out, the various resources obtained will be able to fully meet the construction needs of the territory for a long time to come.

Zong Shen came to his senses and put away the thoughts and plans in his head.

After turning around, he was stunned on the spot.

As his body turned, the rustling fur coat fell down.

In just ten minutes, more than ten centimeters of snow had accumulated on the ground outside [the market].

Blow by the north wind, even the corners of the building were covered with a layer of snow.

Zong Shen looked around and saw that the territory was completely white.

The whole land seemed to be covered with a white tulle.

This is the power of nature.

The snow outside is still falling freely.

This level of snowfall would be called a blizzard on earth.

The snow did not intensify, and the temperature dropped sharply after the initial snowfall.

Now it has gradually stabilized.

In such weather, visibility is very bad.

And with this amount of snowfall, it won't even take a day for large-scale snow accumulation to occur.

At that time, it will be difficult to move forward at all.

Zong Shen was covered in armor, with [rabbit fur boots] and [rabbit fur leggings] on his feet.

He was wearing the [exquisite bearskin coat (blue)] that Mariel brought from home.

Coupled with his strong physique, this made him not feel cold at all.

Moreover, he was wearing a battle helmet, which blocked out most of the snowflakes and cold wind.

He simply took off his helmet and exposed it to the wind and snow.

In less than a minute, his head and face were covered with snowflakes.

Especially the hairs on the lips and eyebrows are covered with a layer of hair.

Because of the body temperature on the face, snowflakes can melt quickly.

It made his face wet.

Zong Shen stretched out his hand and wiped his face, and the cold touch cheered him up.

This also gave him a clearer understanding of the first stage of winter.

Then Zong Shen walked out of the [market] and walked into the lord's courtyard.

Walking through the soft snow, we returned to the lord's small building.

Looking back, I saw a series of obvious footprints along the way.

Zong Shen stood on the steps outside the small building and stepped on it a few times.

Shaking off the snowflakes clinging to the rabbit fur boots and calves.

Only then did he enter the living room on the first floor.

He conveniently closed the beautifully decorated door.

Keep the wind and snow out.

Luna had already fulfilled Zong Shen's previous instructions and sat in the hall, taking a nap with Black Panther in her arms.

It's much warmer inside the small building than outside.

In this cold winter, once you are in a warm and dry environment, it is easy for people to feel sleepy.

Zong Shen looked at Luna, who had her eyes closed and was breathing lightly, with a gentle smile on her face.

He couldn't help but slow down his steps and movements, and tiptoed towards Luna.

After walking a few steps, Black Panther lazily opened his eyes and stared at Zong Shen.

Luna's long elf ears also twitched slightly, and she opened her hazy eyes.

As the Huntress of the Night, she has transformed into a heroic talent.

But the corresponding alertness and talent have not disappeared.

"grown ups…"

"you are back."

Luna quickly regained consciousness.

Called softly.