MC's career as foreign lord

Even with the storm raging around him, Zhou Ren felt like he had a good night's sleep.

This bed was truly a wonderful thing. With it, insomnia was no longer a threat, and there was no need to worry about not resting well. Sleeping on this bed made him unaware of the passage of time.

Waking up in the morning left him feeling refreshed, as if all the fatigue and weariness had vanished, replaced by vigor and tranquility.

However, Zhou Ren's comfortable days didn't last long. Just as he started munching on bread, his Spirit Journal began to vibrate frantically.

How frantic? His table was shaking along with it. If Zhou Ren hadn't placed much food on the table, he probably would have had to start all over again today.

"Such a shake-up!" Zhou Ren complained, opening the Spirit Journal and seeing the little silver dragon bouncing around like crazy, spitting out strings of characters from its mouth.

Anna: "Zhou Ren! My house is built! Come quickly! Hang all the glass for me!"

Anna: "Not awake yet? Humans are so troublesome, always needing to sleep!"

Anna: "Are you up yet! I've been waiting so long my dragon scales are withering!"

Anna: "If you don't reply, I'm going to ram the door!"

Zhou Ren: "Coming, coming! I'm bringing thirty pieces of glass!"

Zhou Ren shook his head. This girl seemed quite normal usually, so why was she acting like a lunatic online? Was this the joy of being online?

"But this Spirit Journal is really interesting, 'shake-up,' huh?" Zhou Ren said with a smile.

With bread in his mouth, he thought for a moment, grabbed a few more Spirit Fruits, and then, with the glass and tools, headed towards the door.

Speaking of which, he now had a cow. Thinking about it, fresh milk every morning seemed like a good idea! Finally, he wouldn't have to drink water anymore!

Although the water in MC was pure, clean, and very mild, it had no taste! He always felt like something was missing in the morning without milk or soy milk.

Zhou Ren thought he should hurry up and make tea. That way, at least he'd have the taste of some Chinese food; otherwise, he felt like he'd throw up if he ate bread every day.

Although the bread wasn't bad, and could even be said to be delicious, still… he wanted a change of pace, didn't he?

Moreover, the water for tea could be boiled, which meant he could finally have real boiled water to drink. Ah, how touching!

Next time he saw Anna acting crazy, he could bring her a pot of boiled water and say, "Feeling unwell? Here! Drink more boiled water!"

"Heh heh heh! Just thinking about it makes me uncontrollably excited!" Zhou Ren said, then he saw a group of mercenaries slumped at his door, sleeping in disarray.

"Anna, what's going on?" Zhou Ren asked. Anna was standing in front of his door, holding two large pieces of meat, looking at him.

"You really know how to sleep!" she said. "These people worked all night, and when the wind died down, they just slept here, as if it was noon."

She glanced at Zhou Ren, "Who told you to make your territory windproof? The walls have been taken over by some strong mercenaries. These people don't have the courage to fight for them, so they just gave way!"

Zhou Ren was silent. "Then how did they solve it before?"

"They dug pits. There are some pits of various sizes in your territory, all dug by them," Anna explained.

"Alright!" Zhou Ren nodded. He didn't have much to say. As for inside the wall…

He had already seen a team of soldiers going to deal with it. Soldiers needed to be stationed, garrisoned on the walls, which made sense.

As for the mercenaries who had their positions taken, they naturally had to slip out.

Zhou Ren wasn't too surprised. He followed Anna back to her territory, which was now very different from before!

The gate, walls, main building, and some separate structures had all been completed!

Not only that, but many buildings were also shining with magical light. Some elven mages hurried out of the houses, bowing slightly when they saw Anna.

"Your Excellency Antinoya, your house has been repaired. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, please feel free to call the Silvermoon City Elven Construction Society!" the leading old elf said, then hurried away.

Zhou Ren sighed, "They seem very busy!"

Anna smiled, "The Elven Construction Society is the best construction society in Silvermoon City. They have countless orders to fulfill every day. If it weren't for a group of energetic Archdruids, they might not be able to handle it!"

"It seems that Silvermoon City's commerce is very developed!" Zhou Ren asked, "So, what is the largest society?"

"What is it?" Anna looked at him strangely, "Didn't I say it before? The Legendary Mage Council and the Druid Elder Society!"

"Emmm…" Good heavens, Zhou Ren exclaimed. He originally thought the societies were just commercial companies, but they were actually state-owned enterprises? Weren't those two organizations the highest authority in the elves?

The two walked into the house. Anna pointed to some gaps she had left, saying, "These are the places. I've added some magical flames. Once your glass is in place, it will definitely look especially beautiful!"

"Ah, this…" Zhou Ren imagined the feeling of multicolored flames dancing in the glass—hiss, disco?

Once the glass was in place, it would have the flavor of a middle-aged and elderly disco!

But this was her aesthetic, so he certainly couldn't say anything. After placing all thirty pieces of glass, there were still two spaces left unfilled.

"Still two short!" Anna said with some disappointment.

"It's okay, I'll fill them in next time I come!" Zhou Ren said, looking at the room that was shining everywhere, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Anna, however, seemed very satisfied. Seeing that Zhou Ren was about to leave, she quickly said, "Zhou Ren, Shia should be talking to you about purchasing Spirit Fruits in a couple of days. Pay attention to your Spirit Journal!"

Zhou Ren nodded, "Okay, just let me know if anything happens!"

Just as he walked out of the house, he saw Leah's cute face, struggling with her homework. Zhou Ren immediately extinguished his desire to learn magic.

Leah was an elven royal, her teacher was the elven princess, and her aunt was a silver dragon. Even so, she still had to study magic knowledge every day. If it were him, a self-taught novice, wouldn't he have to study for seventy or eighty years?

Five years of college entrance examination, three years of simulation. Wouldn't this world be fifty years of magic and thirty years of practice? Never mind, never mind.

Zhou Ren suddenly felt that life wasn't so good. Why did he have to be so foolish as to learn magic? Wasn't living a good life more appealing?

And little bear Dag seemed to have smelled the scent on him, and was trying hard to crawl towards him. Why was such a small body so funny?

Zhou Ren had already guessed why. He still had two Spirit Fruits in his upper pocket! But this bear shouldn't be able to eat any more now, should it? What was it going to do?

Letting it crawl up his trouser leg, all the way to his pocket, it poked its head out with the fruit, and then, with a "whoosh," jumped straight down from Zhou Ren.

No wonder Leah threw it around casually. After jumping down, this bear acted as if nothing had happened, crawling towards Leah step by step.

Lia was still troubled about how to complete her studies and didn't notice that Little Bear had already climbed up the table corner again, quietly handing her its fruit.

"Bear! You hid another fruit?" Lia said, "Is it the kind that will give you a tummy ache?"

She looked at her little pet with some suspicion and shook her head, "You're not allowed to eat it now! If you get a tummy ache, I won't let the teacher come to save you!"

Zhou Ren chuckled, shook his head, sent a message to Anna, and then left the scene. He still needed to take care of the little girl and Dag. Although neither of them were very "bear-like," what if there was some kind of chemical reaction?

Henry didn't come today. Did he not collect what he needed, or was he just busy? Zhou Ren thought. He did feel a gaze and looked up to see Werner standing in front of him with a team of mercenaries.

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"Sir, I wonder if what you said before still counts?" Werner said, and the mercenaries behind him had already opened their packages.

Rows of meat chunks and neat leather hides looked quite smooth.

Zhou Ren nodded, "Of course. Do you want money?"

"Yes, I want more money, and then I'll buy that divine sword from the blacksmith!" Werner said with a look of desire.

Zhou Ren was stunned, "Divine sword? What divine sword?"

"Sir, you don't know?" Werner said, "The blacksmith in town recently received a very heavy and incredibly sharp sword. Even the weapons from Val City can't hold up against it!"

"This…" Zhou Ren's expression was strange. "This sword is very powerful?"

"Isn't it? Even the sword of the captain of the knight's team from the city isn't as sharp as it. If it weren't for the lack of professional amplification, I'm afraid even the town mayor would be vying to buy it!" Werner said, "How does it look, sir? Do you want to buy it all?"

"Buy! I want them all, buy them all!" Zhou Ren said, "If I were you, I wouldn't save money to buy that sword, but instead focus on improving my own strength!"

He threw out a bag of gold coins and looked at the twenty-odd pieces of leather on the ground, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Sir, will you need more next time?" Werner asked again, "Recently, monsters are rampant in the wasteland, so it might be difficult…"

Zhou Ren shook his head, "If you want to help me, catch me two wild boars! Rabbits are also fine, the more the better. Oh, right, if you see any unfamiliar plants in other places, you can also tell me, and I can give you generous rewards!"

He looked at the suspicion in everyone's eyes, "Even the blacksmith's sword might be possible!"

A stream of light appeared in his hand, and he took everything away, then threw out an apple and handed it to Werner, saying, "This is a little reward in advance."

After the other party somewhat dazedly accepted it, he leisurely left.

The mercenaries were silent for a while. "Big brother, are we still going to buy the sword?"

Werner gritted his teeth, "Buy my ass! Let's go catch animals. Why wouldn't we trade catching something for him for a thousand gold coins!"

"Aren't you afraid he won't give it to us?" A few younger brothers continued, "What if we run for nothing? After all, the blacksmith said that this sword can't be bought!"

Werner slapped him, "What do you know! This is a real big shot, not someone like the blacksmith!"

He looked at the figure walking away in the distance, "Who has been able to help us build a wall that can block the wind for decades? Aren't we all just digging holes to resist?"

"Go! Let's catch animals! Xiao Qi, didn't you say that some strange plants were growing somewhere? Let's go take a look!"

"Yes! Boss!"

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Zhou Ren, of course, didn't know about this scene. In fact, the excessive number of mercenaries here was also affecting his life a bit, but only a bit.

These creatures related to money were working very hard to earn money, or, it could be said that in their spare time from earning money, their greatest interest was to study this invisible wall.

They even figured out the use of the wall, forming an iron-barrel-like camp around the wall and then inducing monsters to make way, which could be said to be tried and tested.

Zhou Ren also found it very interesting. Even if none of them were professionals, it couldn't be said that they had no combat power, right? Maybe this was the daily life of ordinary people?

He shook his head and didn't think about it. Compared to the dark and confined years, the world where the people died tragically, although the people in this world didn't live safely, at least they still had some dignity.

Whether it was the town mayor or the church, no one said that it was to protect anything, but the system of the Elven Empire was actually to protect the people. There was no doubt about that. An empire with such thoughts would at least give people a greater sense of security, right?

Zhou Ren smiled and left. He still had to do his own thing. This territory was his greatest asset. Before there were people who were truly trustworthy, he still had to do it himself!

"Hey! Speaking of this, I wonder how those skeletons are doing?" Zhou Ren suddenly thought of the skeletons in the mine in the east. He hadn't gone to see them these days. What were they doing?

He continued to run to the field. The wheat in yesterday's area had sprouted into patches of green seedlings. Zhou Ren ran to harvest the potatoes and then continued to plant them. Finally, there were enough potatoes. He would eat baked potatoes today!

He also took a look at the rice paddies. Even though they were growing very fast, it would still be a long time before the rice matured. His farming dream still wouldn't come true so early.

The soil detector was a good thing. Zhou Ren randomly probed around and found that tea could be planted in the area where rice was planted, but it needed to be at an altitude of more than 80 yards.

Tea needs to grow in a warm and humid mountain environment. The environment here is naturally sufficient, but the altitude shows that it is only less than 20 meters, so it is still not enough!

If Zhou Ren wanted to plant tea, he would have to build an island in the sky!

He would do it as soon as he thought of it. He was never a procrastinator. A large number of stones were in his hands, and the cobblestone steps were already in place. With the wooden railings, he could easily extend the steps towards the sky.

But this would take up a large area of land. A height of sixty squares would require sixty squares of land. Zhou Ren thought for a while and brought some torches.

He decided to just do it in one step. He would make a simple straight staircase and leave space for the upper and lower floors.

A sky farm with five floors each seemed to be taking shape!

At this time, in the town, the residents on the ground seemed to hear strange hammering sounds, which made them run to the blacksmith's house to report it, but the blacksmith scratched his head and came back from outside. Who could it be?