MC's career as foreign lord

Those blank molds I just made are still here, perfectly intact.

Then, there's the most basic template creation related to Tinker's Construct, which is a bit like a carpenter's workbench. The general operation is to place the material you want to modify into the part builder, along with the finished template, and then perform some mysterious polishing.

The basic materials that can be polished are stone and wood. Wood can even be used to directly create three parts: the blade, handle, and binding.

These three components can then be assembled into a common wooden tool at the tool station. This tool can be assembled directly and only requires three planks of wood.

Some of the materials harvested can even be reused, which is much more convenient than making a wooden axe directly.

Moreover, Tinker's Construct tools are truly made for permanent use. No matter how long you use them, even if you break them completely, they can still be used as a wooden stick.

Most amazingly, even if you throw them into lava or a fire, they still won't be damaged. These tools won't even disappear.

They are like the last bit of afterglow in this world, permanently preserved in the place you imagine, and then you can pick them up again when you think of them.

Even if they are damaged, don't worry. You can restore them to their original state with similar materials, as if casting a Harry Potter spell.

Of course, this is just a wooden tool. If you need it, you can upgrade it, for example, by making a stone tool.

However, stone tools don't actually exist in Tinker's Construct. Even if you combine it and turn it into a real Tinker's Construct stone tool, you won't be able to use it because its role in the setting is not the tool itself, but the template.

So, stone tools are used in conjunction with the smeltery. Metal tools also need handles, bindings, and blades or heads.

These things certainly can't be made with wooden templates. They would be directly turned into flames by the hot metal fluid, without leaving any trace. Therefore, these templates need to be made of stone.

The stone will be directly swallowed under the hot metal fluid, but the metal fluid will solidify smoothly on the casting table.

After taking it off, besides the stone that has crumbled into slag, what remains is a complete metal template.

Moreover, Tinker's Construct has special requirements for the template itself. Only brass or gold templates can meet these requirements.

He certainly wouldn't be extravagant enough to use gold. In fact, there's no need. You just need to smelt some common aluminum brass through the Tinker's Construct smeltery.

Aluminum brass is also very easy to obtain. It is a special alloy that can be synthesized from four parts aluminum and one part copper, and half the volume of the ore can make a very complete template.

Zhou Ren was very generous and directly put in a lot of copper and a lot of aluminum.

Of course, anyone can be so generous when others are helping them mine.

This smeltery actually has a bad characteristic, which is that the alloys that are melted out cannot be separated into their original metals. Therefore, copper, aluminum, and tin minerals cannot be put in too much, otherwise, you will have to mine again if you want new copper in the future.

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of another very special but very useful plant, which is the oreberry!

This can also be regarded as a unique plant of Tinker's Construct. Their function is to grow some minerals. That's right! This is an organic substance that can grow inorganic substances.

If it happened in the real world, it is estimated that all scientists would exclaim that it is unscientific. A plant that can grow minerals is simply unheard of, but fortunately, this is a magical world.

"But this thing is not magical at all!" Hsia learned a bit of Zhou Ren's complaining skills, touched the oreberry that looked a bit peculiar, and then, unsurprisingly, got pricked.

"Oreberries have a certain amount of damage ability, which can ensure that they are not destroyed by those strange little animals, but the damage is not high, and slightly stronger people can resist it," Zhou Ren said.

This was also their accidental discovery in the mine. They slowly planted them in a row next to them. Sooner or later, these things will be planted in his underground farm.

Oreberries are very peculiar. They cannot grow in a light environment, but prefer weak light or even no light environment. The mineral content occupied by each fruit grown is also relatively small, about only equivalent to the amount of a metal nugget.

Of course, the benefit is that it is additive-free and pollution-free, and it can continuously produce, so Zhou Ren doesn't have to worry about not having any output after the underground mine is finished.

Once the entire underground world is full of these plants, even if he doesn't mine, his daily income may be more than mining.

At this time, the ores stuffed into the smeltery have been burned into molten liquid. Under the grinding of some mysterious force, copper and aluminum are turned into molten aluminum brass.

Compared to gold, which can also be used as a template but is much more expensive, molten aluminum brass can meet most of their needs.

Now, it's finally time to start casting the seared brick mold. The size of this brick is exactly the same as the size of various metal ingots, so the grinding method is also very simple. He casually picked up an iron ingot and placed it on the casting table, and then guided the molten aluminum brass out.

This was a very unique experience. The two people stood in front of the casting table, watching layers of bright yellow liquid cast around the iron ingot, filling the entire space.

Then, a somewhat strange gust of wind blew up. The originally hot metal liquid cooled down quickly with the help of this gust of wind, and soon turned into a condensed casting mold.

"Is this the ingot mold?" Hsia said. She curiously reached out and touched the casting mold, which seemed to still have residual heat, and then suddenly retracted her hands the next moment.

Zhou Ren looked at her with some amusement. She was clearly a quite mature princess, so why did she look like an ungrown child now?

He reached out and put Hsia's hand on the ingot mold, "After the liquid is completely solidified, all the heat will dissipate, so it won't burn your hand. Why don't you test it carefully?"

The huge ingot mold, a full meter long and wide, appeared in his hand. The two of them held it together and found that the iron ingot just got stuck in the middle of the mold and could be easily taken out.

"You put this thing back on the casting table, and then change the placement direction of the liquid in the smeltery on the smeltery controller, and you can use it to make it!" Zhou Ren said to Hsia.

The elven princess seemed particularly interested in assembling these things and didn't want anyone else to do it. It seemed this little girl, who hadn't found her place, had found a way of life that suited her.

“I'll assemble the rest. You can go do your own thing!” She nudged Zhou Ren, seemingly feeling his presence was affecting her work efficiency.

Zhou Ren shook his head helplessly. The little girl was young, but her temper wasn't small. But it didn't matter, since he had chosen her, he could naturally tolerate this much temper.

He did have quite a few things to do now. After the furnace was made, he naturally had to start a new plan, such as the territory's defense.

He needed to build a sufficiently strong stone wall around the entire territory as the most basic defense, completely enclosing his territory. These walls would restrict people's movements.

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Only during the time the gates were open would certain roads and areas be accessible. And the moment the gates closed, anyone without permission would be directly restricted, confined within the territory, and cleared out by the patrolling guards.

This was a kind of de facto territory security rule. With the restriction of this wall, no one could break through the territory rules and intrude into the territory. They wouldn't even be able to see what was inside through the wall.

This was the best defense Zhou Ren could think of. As for the territories outside, naturally, it would be up to others to vigorously rectify them, such as the races living outside.

Zhou Ren's eyes lit up. He was worried that there weren't enough people to build the wall. Wouldn't it be great to mobilize them?

Since the dwarves and gnomes were helping him, he naturally had no psychological barriers with humans. Everyone was one of the races of the continent. Since others could abide by the rules, humans and elves could too.

Then he thought of the elves diligently clearing the grassland for him. Anyway, they were about to leave. If he selected a few hundred elves as builders, they shouldn't object, right?

After all, this was a rare opportunity he was leaving for them, a good opportunity to integrate here. If they couldn't even seize this opportunity, they shouldn't even be on this continent. They should obediently retreat into their High Forest and lick their wounds.

“Why do I feel like you have bad intentions?” O'Harricon had also learned his way of speaking, staring at him with suspicious eyes. It wasn't that he suspected, it was just that the youth in front of him was too confident.

This kind of person-swapping appearance didn't seem like he was looking for people to work, but rather giving benefits to their elves with a condescending attitude. How could their elves eat such charity?

“If you don't explain the benefits clearly, maybe I need to report to the Queen!” O'Harricon naturally had to hold back a bit. What if Zhou Ren was purely looking for a few hundred laborers, wouldn't his arrangement be ineffective?

“All elves participating in the labor will receive three elven fruits sponsored by my friendship. At the same time, all the magic power improvements and insights they gain during the labor belong entirely to them. I will not charge any further fees!”

Zhou Ren said, and then he saw O'Harricon's face completely darken. So, when you were thinking at the beginning, you were planning to charge fees, weren't you?

But he hadn't finished speaking. Since he wanted the elves to obediently help him, then all kinds of benefits should be given. He wasn't short of these benefits, but rather short of people willing to work hard to promote him.

“Similarly, everyone who helps me work will receive a ticket that allows free entry and exit to my territory, valid for them personally and transferable to others, for a period of one year!”

“Are you planning to charge everyone who enters your territory?” O'Harricon clearly smelled a bad aura. “How much are you planning to charge per person?”

“Apart from the professionals who are preparing to join my territory, it's not too much to charge each person one gold coin, right?” Zhou Ren said casually.

He was preparing to hold auctions, and not just set up auction houses. Not only would auction houses be built, but various markets, task systems, and even trading systems would naturally be improved. Otherwise, how could he better fleece the sheep?

Moreover, people who came to his territory would inevitably reap endless benefits. With such benefits, charging a standard gold coin each time to enter the territory wasn't a big deal, right?

Under his explanation, O'Harricon suddenly felt that this matter wasn't impossible to consider. People also paid the cost…

My foot! Even with the elves' wealth, O'Harricon couldn't help but shout out loud. This wasn't just some simple materials. Once such a trading system was completely created, it would mean that their entire elven race would really become someone else's property.

At least a large portion of the various currencies and resources harvested by their race would all end up in the arms of the youth in front of him. He looked young, but his heart was really a bit black.

“Well, so fragrant!” He finally agreed to this condition, which was harmless to the elves. After all, they were also a beneficiary of the entire sales system, but he already vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The youth in front of him was clearly not sincerely thinking for them, but was using this method to tie them all to the chariot. If this chariot really started, then what was the ultimate goal of this youth?

He wouldn't want to use this set of methods to coerce the races and gods on the continent, would he? Many races did this in the past, and now they have fallen from the position of the dominant race in the Toril world. Hopefully, he won't ruin himself.

The two quickly reached a unified agreement. The elves would send 500 elves with rich manufacturing experience to build a long enough wall for him. The time would be in these two days, because the wind would come in two days, and he and the elves would withdraw uniformly, leaving only these elves building the wall to stay and be uniformly commanded by Zhou Ren.

If these elves did some other things during this period, then the same would be charged. This was a rare sales agreement in this world, or rather, a labor dispatch contract.

Zhou Ren smiled slightly. Once these people are in my hands, it's up to me. What you want is the information of this territory and the creations they can obtain, and what I want is to pack both the people and the things together!