MC's career as foreign lord

"You're amazing!" Zhou Ren said, patting Jim's head and then using the workbench to make twenty more boxes in front of him.

This was actually about right. This skeleton was much smarter than he had imagined. He saw the burning coal and the iron ingots inside, as well as the only remaining piece of wood.

Jim seemed to have figured out how to synthesize an iron pickaxe on his own, but he just hadn't built a box. After all, relying on the pickaxe he left behind wouldn't be enough to mine everything here. Although Jim only mined one corner, according to the smallest estimate, Jim had mined nearly 60,000 blocks out of the three-block-high underground cave.

An iron pickaxe mines 250 blocks. A box of pickaxes can only mine a little over 10,000 blocks. No wonder his two-plus stacks of wood were used up. How many pickaxes did he make?

"You're a genius. Make two axes; we'll need them later!" Zhou Ren said, starting to run around in this area.

He wanted to collect all the scattered stones. These were all excellent building materials and couldn't be wasted.

Seeing him run, the little skeleton Jim also ran. He put everything in the boxes, filled them up with a casual arrangement, and then started running, mining the protruding stones along the way to restore the ground's flatness.

Zhou Ren didn't run as fast as him, but his speed wasn't slow either. He suddenly realized that after the minerals became rough ores, there were some benefits. At least item classification was very simple.

There were many minerals, even ridiculously so. Jim ran frantically and stuffed all the minerals into the boxes, while Zhou Ren made seven or eight more boxes and put all the minerals in them.

Now, the ores naturally had to be sorted and placed well. Zhou Ren had strong confidence that he would be able to get the storage drawer mod sooner or later, and then he could make a storage wall full of drawers.

As for now, he could only waste more wood and make more boxes.

Zhou Ren suddenly realized that this place was simply a tailor-made warehouse. If he made a water elevator, he could even save the effort of descending, and he wouldn't even need any decorations. He could just start construction with water and signs.

However, he hadn't figured out how to place the things here, so he didn't directly start making it. Jim ran like the wind, passing by him. Zhou Ren watched him open the boxes and take out some rough iron.

Rough iron and rough copper were the most abundant ores besides coal, but their quantity wasn't as much as Zhou Ren had imagined, only about two stacks or so. In fact, it was already a lot. After all, the amount of iron in each chunk was actually fixed.

Zhou Ren still remembered seeing a statistic that in one chunk (PS: 16 * 16 * 256 is one chunk), the amount of coal was 142, the amount of iron was 77, copper was similar to iron, probably also 77, silver was scarcer than iron, a little better than gold, about 30, then redstone was 24, gold was 8, lapis lazuli was 3, diamond was 3, and emerald was 1.

The number of blocks in a chunk was 65536, which was just about the same as the number Jim mined today. One could imagine how diligent the little skeleton was.

But after all, this was in the shallow layer, so iron and copper both had exceeded the limit, approaching three stacks, but lapis lazuli, redstone, diamonds, and emeralds were all simply zero. There was some gold, about sixty, which was okay.

The amount of silver was also not small, close to one hundred and eighty, almost three stacks. Of course, the most was still coal. In this shallow surface, he had mined nearly twenty stacks of coal, which was quite terrifying.

But thinking about it, it made sense. Coal, like lapis lazuli and redstone, was not simply a single mineral, but could become multiple, which was understandable.

The amount of coal was generally 1% of the amount of stone, which was already terrifying, but compared to the coal mine in the town, it was still insignificant.

Zhou Ren was suddenly a little curious. The amount of coal and minerals in his territory actually conformed to the basic mineral distribution, but the coal mine over there didn't seem to conform. A large amount of coal was piled up there, and he didn't need to spend much effort to mine it.

He could only guess one possibility: his minerals were more of a condensation of special minerals from the pure, mineral-free underground, while the mineral veins might be the real mineral concentration points in this world.

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. Zhou Ren decided to go to the coal mine next time to take a look. As for now? After this ore distribution was finished, he would go to sleep.

No matter when, Zhou Ren put his body first. The situation that day was still vivid in his mind, the pain of wanting to sleep but not being able to fall asleep. He never wanted to experience it again.

It had to be said that this bed was still too rigid and not humanized at all. Wouldn't it be great if it was more humanized and could automatically adjust the sleep time?

Thinking about it, it wasn't impossible. He couldn't choose when to fall asleep, but as long as he was awake, he could choose when to wake up!

Tea was always used to refresh the mind. If he really had to work until the next day, wouldn't a cup of tea that lasted for most of the day be very necessary?

That's what he thought, and that's what he did. The first batch of tea leaves should be ripe for picking after tomorrow, so he could make tea!

But the work at hand still had to be completed. Zhou Ren had always been very clear about his position. Just as Jim continued to collect all these stones, Zhou Ren was a little shocked to find that even if he tried his best to pack them, the actual amount of all the minerals combined didn't even fill two boxes.

On the other hand, the boxes of cobblestone and other decorative stones were already filled with several boxes. He wasn't angry either. That's how it should be. Minerals were always the scarcest resource, and the rest was soil, gravel, and stone.

Speaking of which, Zhou Ren was pleasantly surprised to find that he had obtained several stacks of soil and even more, about half a box of gravel. Now, the flint for making bows and arrows was not lacking so much!

However, in fact, after the enchanting table came out, as long as there was infinite enchantment, bows and arrows shouldn't be lacking at all. But now the enchanting table was still lacking diamonds. This could only wait until Zhou Ren went down the mine next time, so bows and arrows were still a necessity.

"Making bows and arrows consumes materials! If only I could ask the elves to buy them directly!" Zhou Ren complained. If he could buy them directly, he wouldn't have to spend so much effort to make them. He just didn't know if the non-basic items were recognized by the MC system?

This recognition was very important. Only things that were recognized could be linked to some of Zhou Ren's items, such as fire arrows.

These fire arrows could ignite those strange monsters and could be considered one of his important killing weapons. Whether it was the two-headed giant or the advanced hobgoblin, the fire element was involved in their deaths.

So, this actually indirectly acknowledged some characteristics of MC. He hadn't tried this before and didn't know if acknowledging these characteristics would come at a price.

It was just like the dishes he cooked with the rice cooker before. Even if Zhou Ren could eat his fill, he still couldn't inherit any of the characteristics, including but not limited to inherent attributes, increased satiety, or the ability to store them in his backpack.

He actually needed to try these things one by one. Of course, now wasn't a good time to talk about these things. He sorted the diorite, andesite, and granite into boxes, with each type of rock taking up less than one box.

As for the remaining boxes, what was left was naturally stone, or rather, cobblestone.

Cobblestone and stone are actually the same substance. Destroying stone yields cobblestone, and cobblestone can be burned into stone in a furnace. The two complement each other and there's not much difference.

And stone is also the most abundant substance in the entire underground layer. It can be said that stone makes up more than 95% of the entire underground area. This distribution of materials allowed Zhou Ren to use cobblestone as a building material as much as he wanted.

He thought for a while, sorted the materials that Jim brought over again, then made dozens of wooden ladders, found a suitable place to place torches, and began his actions.

Zhou Ren first dug open the stone above, lit up the surroundings with torches, and then gradually went upwards, slowly creating a simple two-way passage.

Although he had already made stairs, no matter what, a straight line was the most convenient route. He also wanted to know which area was above.

Soon, Zhou Ren's head, along with a torch, appeared. It was quite high here. He could see his house, farmland, and the town not far away on the hillside.

This was the border between his house and the town's territory, a not-so-low hill. On the opposite side of the hill were patches of trees and farmland. With the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhou Ren could also see some special buildings.

For example, the tree he had cut down when he first arrived, as well as the houses next to it, the tall phantom of the church in the town, and the noisy and endless mercenary camp.

How could two months pass so quickly? Zhou Ren was also prepared for a protracted war, not to mention these camps that stood firm in the wind.

It seemed that more soldiers, people, and supplies were constantly pouring into this town. Zhou Ren saw many vehicles, tasks, and some special fluctuations. Those were the fluctuations of professionals!

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"This is the front line of the battlefield!" he said with some emotion, but it wasn't incomprehensible. The situation a few days ago was still vivid in his mind. If they didn't add more people, I'm afraid this town would really only have his territory left.

Zhou Ren could set aside a piece of land specifically for those people to move around, but the territory was so big. It was estimated that it wouldn't be very comfortable with so many people.

So, he once again thought of the underground and above-ground space. If these were all opened up, the space could be much larger!

The little skeleton crawled out of the cave behind him, looking at the new world with some confusion, and then raised the axe in his hand.

He remembered Zhou Ren's words, to use the axe to do something. Fortunately, he was stopped. Chopping soil with an axe wasn't even as fast as using his hands. Zhou Ren asked him to make an axe, naturally to chop trees.

After thinking about it, Zhou Ren still threw a crafting guide to him. Although Jim couldn't speak, his actions just now showed that this skeleton wasn't stupid. He looked silly and couldn't speak, but his learning ability was extremely high.

"Take a rest in the territory!" Zhou Ren said. He wasn't some kind of demon who liked to exploit his employees. Since the little skeleton couldn't stay idle, he might as well let him take a good tour.

On the other side, Mossa finally returned here with some information. Seeing the rising cave entrance full of torches, he climbed up without hesitation.

This place was actually not far from the tree farm. Since Zhou Ren had already walked here, he wouldn't be stingy to open a road first. This road led directly to the tree farm, which was the location in the mountains that he had leveled.

After Mossa arrived here, he saw that Zhou Ren had already placed four boxes next to him, earnestly teaching Jim who had finished resting.

"Jim, put the fallen wood in the first box, the saplings in the second, the apples, lemons, and tea seeds in the third, and the last box can be filled with the remaining wood," Zhou Ren said. In the little skeleton's eyes, he chopped down the first tree and then picked up the saplings that fell from the sky and planted them in place.

The sparks in Jim's skull flickered violently, seeming very excited. He just looked at Zhou Ren like that, then raised the axe in his hand.

Zhou Ren was also very satisfied. He estimated that he would have to chop a hundred trees for most of the day. With the little skeleton doing the basic resource collection, he could put more energy into using and interacting with the modules. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

"Master!" Just as he was thinking this, the lich Mossa's voice sounded at the right time, "Your will has been executed. I have killed all the creatures that secretly infiltrated the territory."

He said these words in a indifferent tone, as if he wasn't the one who executed them. No wonder he was a lich!

The master nodded, "Just pay attention to this yourself. Anyway, don't let them run over here casually. How is the situation with the territory's passage intersecting with the town?"

"It just so happens to pass through the central area of the town. The top is the church, the market, and some residential areas," Mossa replied, "If the master wants to buy a house, he can buy a manor in the town. It just so happens that there's no one there, and the location is directly above the cave."

"A manor?" Zhou Ren said. He did have a little impression. On the north side of the town, near Val City, there were rows of manor houses, most of which belonged to those big landlords, but there were also some houses specifically built for living.

"Then let's go ask tomorrow!" Zhou Ren said again, "That unowned house probably has some problems."

He could imagine this without guessing. If there were no problems, this kind of house in the central area shouldn't be vacant.

"Let's talk about everything tomorrow!" Zhou Ren yawned, "You guys pay attention to rest, I'll go first!"

He waved his hand and walked towards his house along the road.

Mossa nodded slightly and sat down like this, closing his eyes and meditating. There seemed to be countless magical particles suspended around him.

When Jim saw this scene, he also stopped and stood beside Mossa without saying a word, just like many years ago.

PS: This is today's first chapter. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, here's a chapter ORZ!