MC's career as foreign lord

"Such a big lava tank, do you all use it for forging?" Zhou Ren asked with some curiosity, circling the giant glass lava tank twice.

Coming to the Nether, of course, he couldn't just simply take two buckets of lava and leave; that would be too embarrassing.

It just so happened that this group of people had been working in the Nether for almost a month, so he took some time to inspect their work.

Moreover, if there are bees in other places, there are naturally bees here as well.

The summer beehives were openly displayed not far away, prompting him to quickly issue instructions to the elves and dwarves, warning them not to touch these Nether bees during their work.

Although he had heard that most of the bees were non-toxic, if they encountered a poisonous one, there wouldn't be much time to rescue them.

As for external detoxification tools, the matter of milk being spread throughout the territory was being ignored.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Ren didn't want them to know the secrets of the territory so quickly, so he didn't tell too many people.

If someone was poisoned, he would simply have them come to his room and give them a glass of milk to drink.

This way, the secret of milk could be preserved, and at the same time, the strange things happening in the territory could be minimized, which was the best method he could think of.

"Next time, I must have them prepare some milk in each area, so as not to run out later!" Zhou Ren said.

He seemed to remember something: in the Lazy Person's Kitchen, this special tool bag, there was actually a very interesting milk tool.

Of course, it could also be called a cow tool.

It was a special milk bottle that looked very simple but was particularly interesting to use.

It looked like just an empty glass bottle, nothing special.

However, if you caught a cow and placed it on top of the empty glass bottle, and then dropped an anvil on top, it would forcibly squeeze the cow into the empty bottle, turning it into a stationary, automatic milk-producing machine.

This bottle was naturally used in the kitchen, so there was no need to frequently run over to get milk, nor was there a need to hoard many buckets of milk in the box.

You only needed to place this milk bottle next to you, and you could always get enough milk from it, whether you used a bowl or a bucket.

Anyway, the cow would automatically produce milk when it was idle, until the milk bottle was full, completely submerging the entire cow, before stopping production.

"In the future, I can make more of these canned cows and put them in the kitchen, and also put one next to the biogas generator that needs cows.

I can also put one on my body, so I don't have to go around looking for cows in the future!"

Zhou Ren thought that in this brand new world, canned cows had an even simpler use, which was to directly lift the can and drink.

This method was naturally simpler and more convenient, and didn't require any special methods or means.

As long as you had this bottle in your hand, you wouldn't be afraid of any negative effects or toxins.

"As you will!" The people in the territory would not easily disobey the lord's words, and Zhou Ren had never been wrong in what he said.

Of course, they would not arbitrarily speculate on his thoughts, but only nodded to confirm his meaning before turning to prepare to do it.

"Wait! Have someone else do it, and you stay here and tell me about this area you've built!" Zhou Ren said.

It seemed that because this place didn't belong to the main world, Floo Powder couldn't connect as well here.

Moreover, the Nether was much smaller than the main world itself, and many of their areas were connected through various portals.

These Nether portals could better connect the relationship between the main world and the Nether, and there was no need to worry about conflicting errors between the two, because portals in the same area would be identified as the same one.

For example, this lava sea, whether from the top or bottom of the lava sea, the front or the deepest part, after placing a portal, the area that appeared was actually the portal from the dwarves' family land.

This made it easier to distinguish the connections between them and allowed the special creations forged by the dwarves in this area to be better utilized.

They even recreated the Tinkers' Construct smeltery in the Nether, restoring it perfectly.

With the original smeltery present, they no longer needed to run to burn clay to obtain scorched stone bricks.

Ordinary stones could be burned to obtain scorched stone, and then it was a good choice whether to assemble them directly or disassemble them for use.

They directly created a super-huge smeltery above this lava sea, which was on top of this extracted lava glass tank.

Originally, Zhou Ren had planned to implement it in the underground smeltery, but later the entire underground space expanded more and more, but the things needed became more and more.

So they specifically used the underground space as a warehouse and storage space for various treasures.

The real smelteries were all transferred to the Nether.

Next to this huge smeltery, there were rows of drain outlets and rows of smelting workbenches.

A row of dwarves stood in front of the workbench, using their clever knowledge to create batches of very useful equipment, which looked very interesting.

The reason why the dwarves' production was too low, in addition to the fact that they couldn't get particularly good materials, and that a lot of power was needed to maintain the survival of their race, was actually more due to their low utilization efficiency of metals.

This was not because their technology was not good enough.

In fact, the dwarves' technical strength was considered abundant throughout the entire continent, but the forging methods they adopted meant that they had to complete the forging at hand no matter what the situation.

This also led to the fact that they often had no way to better hone their metal forging skills.

This also made their metal output rate very low, and they also needed a large number of armors to sell in order to maintain the life of the entire race, so that most of the time they could only be used for smelting, rather than forging.

This prevented them from continuing to improve their forging skills day after day, year after year, and they could only live strong like this.

Only some special master craftsmen could spare a little time to specialize in researching casting tools.

But now it was completely different.

They didn't need a lot of time to mine.

Whether it was the Nether or the main world, the diligent skeletons could always hollow out all the areas in places they didn't expect, and then send some special casting materials over.

This also allowed them to put their whole minds into the cause of casting weapons and tools.

Each dwarf could be assigned a complete workflow production station next to the Tinkers' Construct smeltery.

Next to this enormous Tinkers' Construct smeltery, they had created countless drain spouts and smelting tables. Each channel could accommodate a dwarf. After covering the bottommost circle, they poured a layer of glass walkways on top, allowing the second batch of dwarves to arrive as scheduled.

Now, this place had replaced the Shield Dwarves' once-rumored capital, becoming their true sacred ground. This massive smeltery could allow over 300 dwarves to forge simultaneously.

"Not bad at all!" Zhou Ren exclaimed. He hadn't expected these unassuming little dwarves to give him a surprise comparable to the territory's purification in just a month.

"So, what kind of things have you made?" Zhou Ren asked. Swords, spears, sabers, halberds, axes, yue, hooks, and forks—these dwarves had been researching for a month in the Nether; they should give him some answers, right?

Unexpectedly, the dwarves became exceptionally excited upon hearing his question, eagerly pulling him to the boxes they had forged, wanting him to open them and see what was inside.

"Let's see what goodies you have… Whoa!" As expected, the collision of ideas from two worlds could indeed yield many good things, whether it was the weapons abruptly appearing before him or the iron pipe a certain dwarf was secretly polishing.

"Lord, after studying your firearms, we discovered that all firearms have flaws in the absence of truly seamless steel pipes. We used Tinkers' Construct to create a true seamless steel pipe!"

The dwarves said that immense power and high rate of fire were their current priorities. As for the dwarven musket, once a darling, it had long become an abandoned version.

The only thing they were still researching was whether they could fire multiple bullets simultaneously from a huge barrel to create a terrifying explosion.

This should be the theoretical precursor to modern artillery. As for most others, they had expanded their research based on machine guns, creating some long-barreled single-shot or automatic firearms. Even if they weren't perfect, one could still see the path they were taking.

"If these guns aren't accurate enough, you can try grinding some rifling inside the barrel. It should help you a lot!"

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He himself didn't understand military matters at all, but that didn't stop him from using some specialized technological knowledge to guide the dwarves. The dwarves had been making muskets for thousands of years; they must have some insights.

"You are truly the territory's number one forging master!" The dwarf guiding him subtly flattered him. After the flattery, the two left the forging area and boarded the railcar.

It seemed the dwarves' ambition wasn't just limited to this. They had not only researched high-level firearms but were also continuing some special research.

This was a good thing. Perhaps the dwarves would transform from the forging race they once were into the research race they were now? They no longer needed to fight and kill; they could simply be arms providers to satisfy the needs of the entire race and the future.

"After you visit here, you can go to the elven Nether gate. It's closer to the main world!" The dwarven guide said with a smile, turning to leave only after Zhou Ren boarded the car.

Zhou Ren himself certainly didn't feel anything; after all, he didn't think he had changed much during this time. Could he really put pressure on these dwarves or elves? He himself had no combat power at all.

But neither the dwarves, the elves, nor the humans in the territory would think that way. Most ordinary people knew that this lord ruled over so many of them, so how could he be as harmless as he appeared on the surface?

Therefore, the first thing many ordinary citizens thought of when they saw Zhou Ren was to bow, of course, but the second thing was to find a reason to leave.

After all, serving a lord was like serving a tiger. They didn't know if this lord had any special quirks. If he really found a reason to sentence them to death, they could only accept it.

This was the biggest difference between a medieval lord and eastern democracy. They truly controlled the life and death of everyone in the territory, and a single word could easily determine the life and death of any people in the territory, which even the local kingdom couldn't stop.

Therefore, the people in the territory only knew that their lord was kind, benevolent, and would bring them hope. As for his true personality, they didn't know anything about it. If he was the kind of guy who was moody, they had better stay away.

As for the higher-level elves, they also kept their distance from this lord. After all, to them, this lord, who could joke with the gods, was already stained with the color of the gods themselves.

Who knew, one day, he would lift up his own divine kingdom, ignite the divine fire, and leave the prime material plane directly to ascend to the celestial realm. This was the final destination of most of the gods in legends.

Therefore, a lord who was about to become a god wasn't the best person to get close to. If they accidentally emitted some divine might on a normal day, it could lead to their reduction in numbers.

If Zhou Ren knew about this, he would probably find it a bit funny and helpless. He didn't think he had any majesty, but in the eyes of these elves, he was already a famous figure.

At this moment, accompanied by the unique vines of this area, he had been going upwards all the way, and soon he came to another area that was completely different from the lava area just now.

If the dwarves had mostly excavated the terrain in the lava area and placed it in the scorched smelter to make special Nether stone bricks, then made them into black palaces or castles, this area filled with green plants looked like an oasis standing in the world of fire.

If he didn't know that these green things were all elven creatures, he would probably think so too. But after seeing the special plants that still grew on some yellowish soil, even he was a little moved.

He didn't expect these long-eared guys to really have some perseverance. They didn't give up. Instead, they were working hard here, little by little, pursuing the mystery of greening the entire world, even in such a world of fire.