I'm the one running the game

Lü Xingshi trained his body through the inheritance in the "Earth Element Breathing Method".

His physical and mental strength improved greatly under the nourishment of the new white rock potion. Although it has not doubled, it is already far higher than that of ordinary people.

Even the sheriff of the Black Soil Territory is not his opponent with brute force and physique alone.

As for skills, he played with the shield for ten minutes and then stopped practicing.

What's so difficult about this thing? Think about his graduate account of the Great Red De Emperor of Heaven, who is proficient in all kinds of weapons and martial arts.

It's just a shield. He mastered it in ten minutes after getting started. At least he is at the master level.

It's true that this account is not strong, but it's not that Lu Xingshi is not strong. He has the ability to master everything.

It's not that he needs to start practicing from scratch when changing to a low-level technique or skill. Instead, he can understand and learn it at a glance.

The growth of strength will inevitably lead to the improvement of thinking logic, learning ability, and comprehension ability. It's not possible to grow strength without growing brains.

As for why it is slow to improve physical strength through physical training, this thing is not a skill. Without cheating, you can only practice hard and accumulate little by little.

No matter how talented you are, it is impossible to increase energy out of thin air through understanding. If this kind of energy is not conserved, you will be invincible directly. What is the point of practicing?

Skills can rely on understanding, but accumulation can only be done step by step. Krypton gold and cheating can accelerate this process, but there is still logic after all.

Of course, if the opponent does not use logic, Lu Xingshi can't do anything.

"Hu~" Lu Xingshi finished his work and exhaled a large breath of turbid air, and then asked: "Is the butler not back yet?"

"Not yet, but it should be soon." The chief guard and personal valet at the side handed over the prepared nutrient solution as soon as possible.

This was developed by Lu Xingshi himself. The cost is not high, but it contains various nutrients needed to supplement after intense exercise.

Lu Xingshi took it and swallowed it.

"But the people who sent the bandits to the Principality of Haipa have returned, and it went smoothly." The chief guard reported another thing.

The steward was not in the territory, so the report of these things naturally fell on his son.

"Go to the vault to get some silver coins and give them some rewards." Lu Xingshi didn't care too much when he heard it. What could be the problem?

"Yes, sir, I will convey your order to the financial officer." The chief guard did not refute or give Lu Xingshi advice. Instead, he did whatever Lu Xingshi said.

He would do what he should do, and he would only abide by his duties when he shouldn't do it. This is the professional quality of the steward.

"That's it, you don't have to follow me, go and get busy, and be more familiar with the duties of the steward. You will succeed your father sooner or later." Lu Xingshi sent him away.

The steward is not young anymore, and it's almost time for him to retire.

He is almost forty, which is a relatively long-lived person in this era.

Not only the steward, but also the three territorial officials, are actually not much different in age.

So they have begun to train their sons to take over.

In fact, Lu Xingshi is also a little curious, that is, what if these people don't give birth to a son?

But this curiosity was quickly suppressed by Lu Xingshi. Why would he be curious about this?

The chief guard obeyed Lu Xingshi's order, saluted and went to work.

Then, Lu Xingshi went back to rub his guns.

He really had nothing to do.

The Black Soil Territory was only the size of a town, not a modern town, but a town similar to the Western Middle Ages.

And the management system was perfect, and the nobles had certain advantages, enjoying power that did not match their responsibilities.

Especially Lu Xingshi was a pioneering noble, enjoying judicial power, he could make various laws in his territory, such as the introduction of breathing tax or the right of first *.

Lu Xingshi was naturally not so crazy to introduce breathing tax, as for the latter, forget it.

Do you really think that there are beauties everywhere here? He is not the protagonist. In fact, most of the civilians in this period were not very good-looking.

It is impossible for a farmer's daughter to be fair-skinned, beautiful, and well-educated. Most of them have rough, dark skin, cannot read a single word, and are rude and aggressive as a protective color.

This is the way to survive.

So if a farmer's daughter is really beautiful, eloquent, knowledgeable, and looks like a white lotus.

Then what awaits her is not the pursuit of thousands of people, but either the gallows or the stake.

This is already against logic. The people in the territory have little knowledge, but they are not brainless.

So Lu Xingshi doesn't understand how those nobles who are like sex-hungry ghosts can have the heart to rob the women of the people.

Of course, the objects of the other party's robbing of the women of the people may be the types of wealthy people like merchants, millers, and farmers, rather than the daughters of real commoners.

"Materials, craftsmanship..."

"If the gun is not made, it may be useless." Lu Xingshi sighed. The craftsmanship is okay. With his ability, there is an alternative.

But there is really no way to lack materials. The Black Soil Territory is so small.

As for external purchases, the merchants in Black Soil Territory were just wandering around and didn't go too far, so it wasn't easy to collect materials.

As for the surrounding situation, he had recently learned about it through the merchants.

"Wait a minute, the Black Earth Territory is so closed. How did the previous Viscount come into contact with the outside world, and why did he pursue art and freedom?"

Lu Xingshi suddenly discovered such a blind spot.

It was like a place isolated from the world, and suddenly someone knew what was going on outside.

"It does need to be checked, but it shouldn't be a secret." Lu Xingshi muttered. The territorial officials should know it, and the servants in the castle will also know it.

But there is no rush, no one knows where to run anyway, and his noble status as a Viscount is now secure, even if the other party comes back, he cannot take it away.

Before the other party left, fifty years after collecting all the taxes, he also took away all the gold and silver coins in the vault.

Compared with him, Lu Xingshi was extremely kind. Even if he wanted to come back and seize power, the territorial officials would not support him, let alone the people.

An aristocrat who dared to extend taxes to fifty years later, with such an abstract move, would he really have a way to survive if he were allowed to come to power again?

What's more, noble status is not something you want to take back after you say you don't want it.

If you really think that the royal family is easy to bully, this kind of behavior is no less than contempt for the royal authority, and you may be directly executed by the royal family.

"If it doesn't work, just make a bomb instead." Lu Xingshi looked at the half-formed firearm in his hand and felt that he had entered a misunderstanding.

Thermal weapons are not just firearms.

In fact, the same goes for various grenades and landmines. Although they are disposable items, they are indeed more expensive than bullets in terms of cost.

But in terms of power, it is still enough.

But there is also a disadvantage, that is, it does not distinguish between friend and foe.

With firearms, Lu Xingshi can be said to be a sharpshooter, so he doesn't have to worry about killing the wrong person. But bombs, when they explode, don't care whether you are a friendly force or not.

"If it doesn't work, why don't you just be crazy and cooperate with the crossbow?" Lu Xingshi's mind twitched and he thought about using the crossbow to shoot the bomb into the enemy camp and explode.

Then he continued to develop along this line of thinking.

"With bombs attached to the Jinnu, the weight will cause problems in range, rate of fire and even hit rate."

"I might as well just build a ballista and a trebuchet."

"When the time comes, a triggering explosion will be added to the arrow of the ballista, and the catapult of the trebuchet will be directly changed to a large grenade."

When Lu Xingshi thought about it, he seemed to have something to do with it.

He doesn't need to say how good he is at fighting, as long as he ensures that the Black Territory is not breached in the early stages when his strength has not yet risen.

"The crossbows, trebuchets, and other required resources are easy to handle, and the Black Earth Territory can collect them."

"But the materials for making bombs are a bit troublesome."

"The Black Earth Territory is lacking a lot, such as sulfur..."

Lu Xingshi had a headache when he thought of this.

Fortunately, they are easier to find than firearms. There should be some in the surrounding noble territories. But if you want to buy them, it will cost a lot of money.

"Buy, you must buy. Grand Duke Haipa's revenge will not come in a short time. Even conveying the order will take time."

"So I have to stock up on a batch of goods as soon as possible."

"As for the outside world, just declare that we are researching a new perfume formula." Lu Xingshi immediately found a reason.

There will indeed be people who question it, but if the other person's question has anything to do with Lu Xingshi, he doesn't need to prove anything to the other person.

In the black soil territory, he is the emperor of the soil, and no one dares to say anything about it.

If you really dare to point fingers, after Lu Xingshi is finished, he can also go over and point fingers, or even directly interfere in the other party's internal affairs.

When he has a ballista loaded with explosive bolts and a trebuchet with explosive slings, the truth is within the range of these two things.

There are really people who don't know how to live or die, so Lu Xingshi will show him what the sword of truth is.

In the age of gods, Lu Xingshi would have been honest, but I'm sorry to say, he can't be honest now.

Moreover, his true body was coming over. If the true body wasn't too far away, even in the age of gods, Lu Xingshi wouldn't have eaten beef.

"Come here, tell the financial officer to come over. I have something to ask him." Lu Xingshi shouted.

The servant outside the door hurriedly responded, and then followed Lu Xingshi's instructions to find the financial officer.

If Lu Xingshi wants to spend money, he must go to the financial officer. As for building a ballista, a crossbow trebuchet, etc., this requires carpenters and blacksmiths, but this is relatively simple.

From the citizens to the territorial officials, the Black Earth Territory actually belonged to Lu Xingshi, Viscount Langton. Whatever he wanted them to do, it was just a matter of words, even if he wanted them to die.

During the feudal period, this was his virtue. Lu Xingshi never thought of rebelling against his own class. He did not have such great determination and consciousness.