MC's career as foreign lord

"This is the new City Hall, Lord Zhou Ren!" It was still the same town, but it finally had a bit of life. After the merchants returned, they moved their stalls from the wilderness back into town.

Because the wilderness had no shelter from the wind, and they were, after all, just ordinary people. Without cover, they would die miserably.

So now the town was gradually starting to look like a real town. Humans, elves, and halflings patrolled the territory, but the deep gnomes were nowhere to be seen.

They spontaneously patrolled their homes, collecting any strange objects that appeared in the wind and selling them to the City Hall.

This was also one of the townspeople's sources of income. The wind would blow resources from other parts of the territory to the town, and they might profit from finding them.

But it was only a possibility, because anything could be blown over. For now, it was just a way for the people to adjust to life after their return.

Fortunately, Henry and Werner were capable. They weren't exceptional among professionals, but they were doing well among ordinary people. They not only brought order to the town, which had been neglected for some time, but also gradually revived the economy.

"Lord, when we made the experience copper coins you created the special currency of the territory, no one objected! Some merchants even treat it as a large denomination supplement to gold coins!" Henry said. His position had changed his temperament, and he was no longer as timid as before, but spoke more fluently.

Moreover, he also had an aura of vitality, and it seemed that after becoming the mayor, he had finally embarked on the path of cultivation. Although it was a bit late, becoming an ordinary professional should not be a problem.

"Oh?" Zhou Ren didn't expect that the first trial of the new coins would be in his own territory. He asked with interest, "Aren't they worried that this is a scam to exchange money?"

"The coins you made have a power that they can feel in their hands. Some merchants with minor ailments have even started to recover after touching the coins!"

Henry said, his expression even becoming a little strange, "Many merchants are buying these copper coins at a premium. They call them divine copper coins!"

"Divine copper coins, huh?" Zhou Ren said. He didn't expect things to turn out this way, but thinking about it, it was quite amusing, so he let them do as they pleased.

His town would serve as a real pilot program, so that any problems with his new coins could be resolved in advance, instead of scrambling at the last minute.

From this point of view, it was quite good. Zhou Ren nodded, "You need to keep an eye on this situation. If anything goes wrong, report it to me immediately!"

"As you wish!" Henry stood silently beside Zhou Ren, looking like he had something else to say.

"If you have something to say, just say it!" Zhou Ren said. As the leader of the town, Henry must have many things to deal with, and as his direct superior and appointer, he also had many things that he had to judge for himself.

"I don't know if I should say this, but since you've asked, I'll explain it to you!" Henry hesitated, "Many people in the town who originally didn't have enough aptitude have gradually reached the threshold for cultivation, and they've all started to become apprentice professionals!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Zhou Ren, who thought he knew everything, was stunned. There was actually such a special development?

This was really something he hadn't expected. The qualities of those people in the town were mediocre, and there was no possibility of unlocking their combat power or professional level.

"Is that why you also embarked on the path of a professional?" Zhou Ren asked.

"That's not it. The main reason I was able to embark on the path of a professional is that the things you gave me were of such good quality. After eating two of them, even my youngest son has become an apprentice professional!"

Henry explained repeatedly.

"If that's the case, it's not a bad way to increase the number of professionals. In that case, I'll give you a batch of food to sell, and you can have them pay with the so-called divine copper coins!"

Zhou Ren thought for a moment and said, "The territory will also release many projects that require their work, and these jobs will also be paid for with copper coins. It depends on whether they're willing to make this exchange!"

The entire territory was in need of rebuilding, so even releasing many jobs would not affect Zhou Ren's territory progress, but would rather accelerate it and release some labor.

Those dwarven and gnome senior engineers could focus all their attention on the construction of the entire building, without having to think about personnel management or food allocation.

"If we're going to experiment, let's just do it thoroughly. Not only should we use the coins as public goods, but we should also release all these things and see how much these foods can fetch in your town!"

Zhou Ren said, "Don't underestimate this pricing. This will serve as a reference for the future. If you can do well, I will reward you with something special!"

"Your will shall be carried out throughout the town!" Henry said loudly, his spirit seeming to be invigorated at that moment.

He was invigorated not only by the reward, but also by the look of being valued. Zhou Ren really trusted him, and was able to entrust him with such a task directly, instead of through others.

Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of this new monetary system, he seemed to understand a lot when he saw the satisfied and happy smiles on the faces of the merchants holding the copper coins.

The Lord is indeed wholeheartedly for the common people. If it weren't for him, who would be able to enjoy such preferential treatment at this age?

Ordinary people would probably never be able to become professionals in their entire lives, so how could they feel it just by spending a little money?

Zhou Ren watched Henry walk away, his eyes flickering slightly. At least at this time, his worldview was still normal, and he didn't have Locke's situation from a long time ago.

Speaking of the previous mayor, he should have already run back to Val City to serve as his city's sheriff, right?

As the only town among all the towns that was not captured, his promotion was not unexpected.

Zhou Ren was thinking about another issue. The exchange of money is not a simple matter of words, but requires the full cooperation of an entire system.

At least, this lord of his still possessed sufficient credibility in the eyes of his territory's people. Moreover, the currency he issued, after absorbing the mysterious energy within, could directly transform into copper coins, retaining value beyond just the mysterious energy. This gave the merchants immense confidence.

They were, by nature, creatures who wouldn't rise early without profit. Seeing that these materials had other uses, they were naturally very excited and invented new applications.

At the very least, his initial design of one experience copper coin equaling 100 standard gold coins had long been broken.

Now, it takes at least 500 or even 600 standard gold coins to exchange for one experience copper coin. Even though the territory now has a fixed output of experience points, it's still in short supply.

You have to know that the only way his experience copper coins flow out is through large-scale currency exchange. This means that only when his territory's goods are sold, will the people in the territory choose to exchange the money in their hands for the coins he minted.

However, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth naturally deserves some credit. They control a large number of currency exchange rights and have completely transformed these rights into genuine currency exchange methods.

Most people only need to spend enough gold coins to exchange for a large amount of experience, copper coins, silver coins, and even real gold coins from them.

It is because of the existence of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth that the entire monetary system has not collapsed, but has become better and better under the regulation of some interested parties.

If the wealth system here is completely formed, they will transplant this system to the neighboring area as it is. The market being established will be the best experimental ground two months later.

As for now… his eyes flickered slightly. Even ordinary people can absorb experience points, so his current experience point situation seems to be insufficient. With magma available infinitely, he has to burn more things with his newly invented charred furnace.

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Originally, there was still a demon burning inside the charred furnace. In two days, many more demons should be sent over, so they can use these demons to obtain enough experience points.

In previous versions, apart from monster spawning towers and various monster farming methods, the simplest way to obtain experience points was, of course, from the furnace. After all, as long as there is enough fuel, the things burned in the furnace will provide a continuous stream of experience.

The initial burning item was cacti. Because of the existence of the cactus machine, you could create a huge cactus machine.

Then, collect the fallen cacti one by one using water flow, and continuously send them into the furnace for burning.

As long as you have enough cacti, the automatic cactus collection device is large enough, and your furnace wall is dense enough, you can create an experience wall without any loss.

However, later in the new version, due to the existence of the very special sheep wool machine, cacti were abandoned because burning sheep wool yielded experience points more efficiently and simply, without requiring so much space.

Just like that, he found the most appropriate way. Since there aren't enough experience points, he might as well go back and make a sheep wool machine!

The monetary system is related to his main plan for at least the next few years, so of course, he can't simply give up like that. However, a sheep wool machine doesn't seem as efficient as a carpet machine.

If there is enough burnable sheep wool or carpet, and he harvests some kelp, or even cacti, he can make the simplest experience machine.

The experience machine itself has no difficulty. More of it is actually just some simple design problems, which are the simplest mechanical stacks.

He can completely hide those stacked machines underground. This vast underground space is enough to hold all the designs in his heart.

Moreover, through the upward water flow design, he can transport the things brushed out from the underground little by little to the furnace mechanism on the ground, and then open the furnace to harvest experience.

This may be the most efficient way to farm experience besides the Nether monster spawning tower. After all, the most terrifying Nether Piglin Tower can achieve 368,000 experience per hour.

You have to know that an ordinary Edelman coin actually only needs to consume 10,000 experience points, and if Edelman coins are exchanged for ordinary gold coins, even if only considering experience points, it can be exchanged for 100 coins.

That's 400,000 standard gold coins. 360,000 experience points, when converted, is actually more than 10 million standard gold coins.

And this is only for one hour. As long as the world's refresh efficiency does not decrease and the characteristics do not disappear completely, this exchange efficiency will be maintained indefinitely, and the only thing that needs to be paid is Edelman alloy.

What's more, the dropped piglins will keep producing gold, and this gold can be directly thrown into the smelting furnace to be smelted into gold ingots, so that a truly infinite cycle can be achieved.

Zhou Ren thought so, but the obsidian needed to build this piglin spawning tower is too huge, so he can only think about turning the Nether into his own pasture in the future, and then transporting all the magma to reality through a fluid transport device before he can build it.

Now, he can only honestly farm kelp or cacti. As for kelp, there is a little in the river next to him, but promoting its growth also requires a lot of cost.

After all, kelp needs enough water to grow, just like cacti, their growth takes time.

Zhou Ren can only plan ahead at this time, but fortunately, he still has two months, and everything is not too late.

The sheep wool machine must first have sheep wool. Sheep wool comes from sheep. He directly took out the batch of scissors that he had not used up before to cut leaves. This time, he was going to reduce the weight of the sheep in the sheepfold.

After all, not many people manage the pasture now. Except for Mosa, who regularly goes to fertilize a batch of wheat, these guys are almost free-range when they don't provide meat.

So when he came to the pasture, what he saw was not the wonderful scene of cows and sheep appearing in the wind and grass, but a group of bloated fat sheep squeezed in the sheepfold, desperately trying to run out.

"Ah… You didn't entrust all the sheep feeding to Jim, did you? Mosa…" Zhou Ren supported his forehead.

After all, the little skeleton doesn't understand a lot of common sense. He can even imagine the scene of the bone frame squeezing into the sheepfold and carefully feeding each sheep, which is not surprising.

Just like that, after feeding two more rounds, this situation of a large number of cattle and sheep will appear.

"What's the point of picking sheep wool? Let's start a massacre!" Zhou Ren said.