MC's career as foreign lord

“I'm very sorry, Lord, but I have to interrupt whatever you're doing right now. There's something here that needs your attention!”

Just as Zhou Ren had finished making all the stained glass and was preparing to move on to the next task, his plans were abruptly interrupted by someone.

The person who came was Henry, the town clerk he had appointed. The clerk seemed a little apprehensive, apparently terrified of interrupting the Lord's thoughts.

Zhou Ren wasn't a demon or anything. He was hardly ever disturbed, but now that the clerk had come to his door, it must be something important.

“Is there something you can't handle that you need me to solve? Tell me about it,” Zhou Ren said. The machines over there still needed some time to produce, so he could take some time to solve some of the problems in the territory's operation.

Although Henry was just a commoner before, as a descendant of the nobility, he had no problem solving problems. But he had actually brought the matter to Zhou Ren, so it must be something very difficult for him.

“It's like this, Lord,” Henry said, with a light in his eyes that seemed difficult to discern. “A noble from the Human Empire has found me, asking me to help them obtain some materials at an internal price!”

Zhou Ren shook his head. “Is there anything to be hesitant about? Wouldn't it be better to just refuse them?”

“The Human Empire has offered conditions we can't refuse!” Henry said. “So I think you need to talk to them!”

Zhou Ren glanced at him. If he didn't know that Henry himself wasn't someone easily swayed by money, he would have suspected that this guy had taken money. After all, if he hadn't taken money, why would he say something that would make the Lord run to talk to them?

“Tell me what their conditions are first. If the conditions aren't satisfactory to me…” Zhou Ren didn't finish his words, but the threat in them was very strong. “I don't mind letting them know what it means to be invincible, even beneath the gods!”

“The conditions they proposed are…” Henry said, seeming a little uneasy between words, “to give you the status of an Imperial noble and recognize your financial status!”

They really did grasp his weakness. Zhou Ren was stunned. These human Imperial nobles weren't completely ignorant. They knew what he was desperately promoting, so they kept working towards these things.

“They know a lot. Who exactly leaked this information?” Zhou Ren said. He didn't believe that humans alone could figure out what he needed, and these two things were exactly what Zhou Ren most urgently wanted to obtain.

Compared to the relationship with the entire Elven race, humans, who actually occupy most of the continent, were the racial condition he most urgently needed.

After all, the relationship between currency being able to circulate among a few races and being able to circulate among humans is completely different. If they didn't want anything, they probably wouldn't have come to him, so there was a possibility of discussion between the two parties.

This possibility may not be high, but… Zhou Ren's eyes still flashed with a special light. This didn't mean there was no chance. Both sides had what they needed, so there was a possibility of talking.

“You did a good job. This is indeed not something you can decide. It's not good to refuse, so let me meet them!” Zhou Ren said.

Although he didn't foresee anything special, in a sense, he felt that a deep wall was already showing. These races on the continent had never been peaceful. Now that they suddenly saw a glimmer of hope, they certainly wouldn't miss it.

“Lead the way!” Zhou Ren said casually. Compared to this group of people who saw his value and then paid something, the Elves who contacted him first still had priority.

After all, they were the ones who made the first investment, and the effect of the investment seemed to be very good. No matter how you look at it, the Elves should get the first benefit, but this doesn't mean that Zhou Ren can't sell the second benefit. Everyone is a businessman, and a merchant's things are always meant to be sold. There is nothing that can't be sold unless the chips aren't enough.

Henry led the way in front, while he continued to think behind him. Today's events, at least, can be regarded as a relatively good sign.

After the Human Empire contacts him, I'm afraid that Dwarves, Halflings, and even those Fairies hidden in the forest, as well as some other types of races, and even the Celestial race, should all contact him?

Nokesville contacted him and bought many products from him with demons as bargaining chips. This has never been news.

This kind of behavior from a strategic cooperative partner actually touches the hearts of those great human empires. They also hope to have such an ally to help them share their worries and solve their problems.

At least in this situation, those who can hold back are actually wise people. After all, the person who first proposes cooperation may also be the one who gets slaughtered.

But now it seems that the wealthiest Human Empire doesn't seem to care about this, and they have a prerequisite. The lord of this territory is human himself, and the relationship between them will naturally be better.

Zhou Ren certainly didn't think so, but it still didn't rule out him using this identity to get close to the other party. All businesses have benefits, so naturally, some exchanges can be made.

Henry led the way in front, and he walked and thought behind him. In addition to these relationships, he actually thought about some relationships between the gods.

Don't the gods covet his things? It's impossible to think about it. Although the Elven Lord God, the libertine Corellon, is an anomaly among the gods, most of the gods' attitudes are actually the same.

They can't just go to other worlds, because in addition to the New World, other regions have some rejection of the gods, whether it is there or not. The main world cannot be entered by the gods at all, and of course, the abyss world can be entered, but coming out requires lying down.

In this case, the ability to allow the gods' avatars and thoughts to roam very easily between worlds is very important, and this is the role of the mutated Elf fruit.

Such a role is certainly not outstanding, but it can only be produced in his territory and can be regarded as unique. I don't know what Lathander said back in the mouths of the Gods of Justice. He had been waiting in the territory for so long, so why didn't any of those gods of the righteous camp get hooked?

Could it be that he really had to wait for the auction to begin, for all the territory's resources to be revealed, before these people would take the bait? Zhou Ren silently shook his head, but he had already arrived.

Then he saw a few fellows who had become quite famous in the territory these past few days. That's right, it was those two mages from the Human Empire, and Herres from the Rhine Merchant Nation.

Besides them, there were of course others. He also saw a very kind-looking old man. If he guessed correctly, this one should be the Bishop of the Dawn Church.

There were actually quite a few people like this. He saw a very majestic knight, a martial monk with a peaceful demeanor, and even a short old man who was definitely not a dwarf or a gnome.

These diverse people formed the delegation of the Human Empire. They didn't all really belong to that great empire, but they just happened to be able to represent their part of the people and make promises of benefits for the entire empire.

He happened to see such a scene, and Zhou Ren was happy to see it. At least he could analyze a little bit of these people's preferences through their reactions.

In fact, the negotiator's preferences can, to a certain extent, determine the amount of items they need. He has always done this, and now it seems that the effect is much better than he imagined.

Just as he usually said, there will never be a shortage of buyers for the resources on the woodland, and for humans with limited lifespans, these resources can even restore vitality and increase the upper limit of lifespan, which are very important things.

Even in the current Human Empire, those nobles have countless ways to delay their aging, but most of the methods require violating the law or even violating divine authority.

This is not what they want to see. They don't want to be against the lofty gods, but they don't want to live only a short time like those ordinary people.

This is also the real reason why the nobles came here. They have a big appetite. They no longer like this kind of potion that can delay life, fruits that can increase lifespan, and some foods that can gradually make them younger from aging.

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At the same time, they also wanted the ownership and possession of the Trees of Life. When this condition was put forward, not only was Henry a little nervous, but Zhou Ren even laughed.

His face was still very calm, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong, but the coldness in his eyes might have been very obvious, "Are you sure you want the ownership of the Tree of Life, instead of the signing right of the Tree of Life?"

It seemed that the previous successful negotiations had given them a little unwarranted confidence. This human envoy, who didn't even belong to the strong, but was just a high-level professional, took out a joint signature of several emperors of the empire.

"What we want is the ownership of the Tree of Life, preferably the method of cultivating the seeds of the Tree of Life and the right to plant it itself. This is the ultimatum of the Human Empire!"

"Bang!" It had been more than two months since he came to this world, and it was the first time he had heard someone talk to him like this. He didn't know whether it was the Human Empire behind him that made this envoy too presumptuous, or whether the people behind him wanted to use this to test his patience?

Zhou Ren would not have any mercy, or rather, for a leader, mercy to the enemy is the most profound cruelty to his territory and the people on his territory.

He didn't know when a gun had appeared in his hand, a gun made by dwarves with a caliber of 30 millimeters.

The bullets of this gun need to be repeatedly loaded one by one. In fact, the effect is not great, but in the eyes of people with item bars, they can directly replace the bullets through the item bar, so the speed of changing bullets is not particularly slow.

Of course, as the lord, the only reason Zhou Ren favored it was that it was powerful enough.

The power of this gun is enough to directly blow the head of an adult orc into a watermelon. Even if the gun he is holding now is not loaded with full micro-particle loans, it will directly blow the entire envoy away, and blood will fall in the sky.

"Clear the scene!" Zhou Ren said, as if he had done something particularly insignificant. Only then did he slightly raise his head to look at the people in front of him, "The arrogant envoy seems to be unwell. I have temporarily asked him to rest. I wonder what you are here for?"

Only then did he truly reveal himself, what is arrogance! He directly denied the fact that the guy was dead. Since he was prepared to test himself and was so arrogant, whether he thought of it himself or was ordered by others, he should be prepared to be annihilated here.

The other few people were slightly stunned, but they were not really very surprised. They could guess the behavior of this lord, and they could therefore change the way they did things in their hearts.

They didn't care about the envoy who had already been dispatched, but they all stated their identities. As many people guessed, they actually represented several small countries around the Human Empire and the identities of different sects.

The identity of the little old man was even more interesting. He claimed to be a human from the Mechanical Mirror, which means that this is the only human who is not from the main world.

"Then I don't know what you are here for..." Zhou Ren asked. The trade problem of the Human Empire is nothing more than an exchange of interests. At worst, he can lose some benefits and obtain their things, but this old man from the mechanical world is here, could it be for profit?

"Our clan has a sage who predicted that you will be the promoter of the next era, so let us come to invest!" The little old man said bluntly, staring at Zhou Ren's eyes, as if to see something.

"I do have some skills. Even if I am enshrined as a god next, it is not impossible, but who can really grasp the things of the next era? It's just speculation!" Zhou Ren said calmly.

But the smile on his face did not stop because of this, but became even brighter. After all, this is an investor, to put it bluntly, it is someone who came to give him money. Whoever has money is the boss, no matter what he wants to do, just serve him well.

"Henry, send this lord to a special territory to take care of him!" Zhou Ren said, "I will come after I have finished talking with them!"