MC's career as foreign lord

"Damn it! Why is this happening?"

Zhou Ren stood in front of his bed, feeling annoyed, frustrated, and, more than anything, puzzled.

Just moments ago, he was about to lie down and get a good night's sleep when he discovered his bed was rejecting him!

The instant he lay down, the bed seemed to emit a strange force that flung him right off!

"You may only sleep at night!" This notification flashed before his eyes, leaving Zhou Ren perplexed.

He was truly "困(kùn)"fused(sleepy). Zhou Ren felt his eyelids growing heavy. He especially missed Tea Wind at this moment. After all, drinking it granted a buff called 'Energy Boost' that lasted almost an entire day.

Energy Boost had only one effect: preventing sleep, which conveniently increased his working hours.

Ah! Capitalist's delight tea? Zhou Ren muttered in passing.

As for now... guess I'll get up. What else can I do?

Zhou Ren forced himself to perk up. It seemed that the MC system wasn't always a good thing; at least today's situation wasn't very intelligent.

However, after a quick wash, Zhou Ren didn't feel too sleepy.

After the sunlight touched his body, he could clearly feel his energy returning and his condition improving.

It was a strange feeling, as if his brain, knowing it was daytime, automatically sent a signal to his body: "It's daytime now, time to work! You're not even that tired!"

So, Zhou Ren easily finished his breakfast. Today, there was beet soup, which, with bread, made for a decent meal.

The wind seemed to have died down outside. The days were quite nice. The scattered mercenaries seemed to still be searching the wilderness for anything they could exploit.

However, there wasn't a single ordinary civilian in sight. It seemed those people knew that without any fighting strength, venturing into the wilderness for profit was no different from suicide.

The mercenaries occasionally glanced at the two territories. Whether it was the elite mercenaries who ultimately failed or Zhou Ren, this seemingly powerful and somewhat terrifying unknown professional, they were all objects of curiosity.

But Zhou Ren didn't care. Let them look! Did they think they could see through his territory?

With a full stomach, he finally regained some motivation. Speaking of which, there wasn't much he could do right now. The farm needed to be further developed, the pasture needed to be re-fenced, and then there was digging a tunnel to connect to the mine east of the town.

"Hmm... Thinking about it, I could actually discuss it with the town chief!" Zhou Ren thought. Since he was going to dig a tunnel, it would be a waste not to make use of it.

His original intention for digging the tunnel was to connect to the mine. People in this world were already less prejudiced against skeletons or undead creatures, but... it still existed.

So, after a simple test, Zhou Ren immediately strengthened his idea of needing to dig a mining passage, and his idea of utilization was actually very simple.

Since his passage would pass under the town, why not buy a house in the town and build the tunnel directly under the house? Wouldn't it be better to enter and exit through such a passage at any time?

Then, he thought of something even better. What if he made some rails and connected them directly through the underground passage? Wouldn't that be much faster than walking?

But to make rails, he needed a lot of iron. After making a series of tools and daily necessities, he didn't have much iron ingots left. He should find a chance to buy some more from the blacksmith, or... mine some himself?

Since coal mines had veins, why wouldn't iron mines? Maybe there were some iron mines hidden beneath his feet, but not many people knew about it.

There was also the matter of Tea Wind. He had finally made it yesterday using the land detector, and the seedlings in the field were also freshly made. He would feel like he was losing out if he didn't plant them!

Finally, there was the pasture. Five pairs of cattle and sheep were the initial data for Zhou Ren's pasture. He was also very curious about how the Miracle Breeding in the game would be expressed in reality.

He took down the memo scroll from the bedside and recorded these things one by one. He wouldn't rush the others; he would go see that fish first!

Ah, speaking of which, that fish was really miserable! Zhou Ren thought that such a legendary ancient creature, although strangely losing its intelligence, died from a pufferfish. Wasn't that a bit too tragic?

Was the toxicity too strong, or was the mortality rate of pufferfish too high?

Zhou Ren even felt a moment of silence for it. It hadn't even experienced the colorful world yet, so how could it have passed away directly?

Anna had said that abyssal magic fish were difficult to kill. Most of the time, even the gods could only choose to banish them instead of killing them, which showed how tenacious their vitality was.

Before, Zhou Ren didn't know if the fish was dead or alive, so he hardly paid much attention to it. What if he misjudged and was suddenly attacked?

After all, the territory's authority only worked on living creatures, and the abyssal magic fish, having lost its intelligence, had already been judged as a monster!

And even in the territory, wouldn't Little White, as a monster, still shoot you? Obviously not!

So, Zhou Ren had dragged it on for so many days. Now he was going to check the situation there. After all, a wooden cage standing in the wilderness was a bit of an eyesore.

Speaking of which, this area was right next to the farmland, closer to the river. Zhou Ren wasn't planning to use it as a pasture.

The pasture could be placed a little further away. After he widened and extended the road a little, the speed of going there wouldn't be too slow.

In this small pond, the fish was still in the same position as before, seemingly dead as could be.

Zhou Ren dismantled the wood and glass. The wood was directly recycled, and the glass could only be allowed to shatter.

Speaking of which, didn't Anna say she would invite him to install glass? I wonder when her house will be ready?

Zhou Ren shook his head, somewhat troubled, and dragged the abyssal magic fish out of the pool. Such a big fish did look quite delicious, but he wasn't sure what it was actually good for!

"I wonder if those mages would take it?" Zhou Ren thought. After all, in some rumors, mages were actually similar to scientists, possessing ample curiosity and strong hands-on skills. They should be interested in creatures of the Creator race, right?

He subconsciously used his backpack, and then surprisingly discovered that the fish could actually be put into the backpack, turning into an item material.

[Abyssal Magic Fish]: Unknown magical creature, use unknown.

Although the system didn't give any special evaluation, Zhou Ren's hanging heart was finally relieved. As long as it was dead, everything was easy to say. After all, dead people—no, dead fish—were not a threat.

Afterward, I'll see if I can find some suckers to sell it for more money," Zhou Ren thought of Anna again. This young lady is so rich; she should be willing to spend money to buy the Abyssal Moray, right?

If not, I'll wait for Leah's teacher to come and talk to her?

Zhou Ren's thoughts wandered quickly. When passing the sugarcane field, he found that the sugarcane in this field was already quite impressive. Many had grown to two blocks, which was quite fast.

However, the amount of paper is still far from enough, so Zhou Ren only harvested the taller ones and planted them in other locations. This allows for faster sugarcane collection, which is the standard planting method for sugarcane fields.

When the fully grown sugarcane covers these six rows of sugarcane fields and each row is three blocks high, it will be his harvest time. As for now, Zhou Ren can only say that the task is still arduous and the road is long!

The sugarcane field is very close to the farmland, or rather, it's right next to the farmland. Here, he can see a lush pile of crops.

Except for the potatoes, which aren't ripe yet, the other crops are almost ripe! The wheat has completely turned golden, and the beets exposing their roots also show a considerable sweetness.

As for the Elf Fruits, they are truly laden with fruit, all covered in fruit. Half a field has over a hundred fruits, which should be enough to eat for a while.

Even the rice seedlings have all matured, looking lush and beautiful, but unfortunately, they are not for eating but for planting.

He's going to harvest the seedlings now. One grain of rice can grow into three rice seedlings. He planted twenty-seven grains of rice in the field, just enough for eighty-one seedlings, the number for a standard rice paddy.

After harvesting the seedlings, Zhou Ren also harvested the beets, potatoes, and wheat, leaving a large empty space in the once-full field.

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He also collected the Elf Fruits, leaving the remaining Elf Fruit saplings empty. Leah only had forty seeds, and planting them all this time should be a quick way to recoup the investment, right?

Zhou Ren suddenly realized the problem here. The four fields previously opened up, plus the current sugarcane field—oh, almost forgot about the row of pumpkin seedlings planted together that haven't fully matured yet—suddenly, there isn't enough farmland!

Fortunately, Zhou Ren always puts things like pumpkins and sugarcane aside, keeping them a considerable distance from the standard farmland, and the rice paddies he will open up next will be the same.

The detector detected the best planting location, right by the river. The soil is moist, the temperature is suitable, and the climate is comfortable, making it an excellent rice planting location.

Zhou Ren took out a shovel and hoe. In fact, opening up a rice paddy is completely different from other fields. It requires a whole piece of cultivated land (that is, land turned over by a hoe), and then the cultivated land is lowered with a shovel.

This row of sunken cultivated land is now complete. Zhou Ren made a standard 9 * 9 cultivated land and then spent about half an hour patting it flat one by one. This creates a huge sunken cultivated land!

Then comes the moment to witness a miracle. This is relatively close to the pool where the Abyssal Moray was just now. Zhou Ren ran over to scoop a bucket of water and poured it into the rice paddy.

The water in the bucket in his hand was not consumed, but... the entire rice paddy was still flooded with water! This is simply the greatest challenge to Einstein!

What? Einstein said this is not his business? Does that mean it's Lu Xun's business?

Zhou Ren casually complained and jumped directly into the rice paddy. The skin system automatically activated, not only not getting a drop of water but also feeling very warm.

Don't think too much, warm means the water! Huh? Why did I change color?

As a proper Chinese, Zhou Ren certainly knows that rice needs to be transplanted. This is actually the most standard rice planting method. Everything else—is heresy!

Yes, I'm talking about you, Bamboo MOD! Why can your rice be planted directly on the land? Unorthodox, too unorthodox!

Now is the time for the rice seedlings to show their skills! Zhou Ren took out the seedlings. To be honest, planting rice in the water is a bit unusual.

Fortunately, it's only one block deep, and he can easily stick his head out to breathe. It seems pretty good, at least in the short half-hour, the lush green rice seedlings have become very conspicuous.

"Now we just wait for the rice to mature!" Zhou Ren said. The food produced by MC tastes good, so hopefully, the rice will be even better!

Of course, even though the sun is already in the sky, today's task is far from over.

Zhou Ren harvested nearly two stacks of wheat and more than three stacks of wheat seeds, so naturally, he can't just leave them like that!

Wheat has many uses: raising cattle and sheep, feeding horses, making bread, and even hoarding food. It is the most excellent plant, and in the future, it can be combined with milk, eggs, and sugar to make cakes.

So, one field of wheat is certainly not enough now. He needs to open up more fields to plant wheat. The locations of the beets and potatoes remain unchanged, so open up two more wheat fields horizontally!

The ideal is good, but doing it is not that simple. Although it is a wasteland, it is different from the relatively flat open space that Zhou Ren chose. Other areas are not so flat.

Then he needs to do the clearing work like a tree farm, extract the excess soil and stones from this wasteland, and then clear a piece of open space for planting.

Zhou Ren often envies the sky island players because they have the fewest resources (not), but they are the most spacious. They can do whatever they want, and there is no need to consider the problem of uneven ground!

Conversely, each time he clears the environment, he actually accumulates a large amount of materials. He has already prepared two boxes in the warehouse specifically to store soil and stones.

Every time he misses the function of the storage drawer. Although it doesn't look particularly eye-catching, the storage drawer is the best supplement to the box in every way.

There's no point in thinking about this now. Zhou Ren shook his head and continued to devote himself to clearing the plains.

On the other side of the mine, Jim was commanding a group of skeleton soldiers to dig fiercely in one direction!

His empty eye sockets seemed to be filled with great excitement. It was in that direction! He could feel a very strong and very eager power, which should be the power of that man, right?

In a city far away, a beautiful elf with brown hair was urging the elf mage in front of her: "Little Gray, when will the teleportation array be repaired?"

"Your Highness, the teleportation array to Val City will be repaired today. Please pay the teleportation fee!" The elf mage in front of her was not annoyed and smiled as he reached out his hand.

PS: Although I update once a day, it's 4000 words per update, which is not short at all.