In general, Zong Shen's current three-level city lord mansion is considered relatively advanced among the lords.
For example, Jiang Yi had reached Level 2 territory very early, but the City Lord’s Mansion is still a small courtyard of Level 1 even today.
However, in addition to the direct upgrade of the Lord’s Mansion upgrade certificate, the promotion of the Lord’s Mansion can also consume a specified amount of materials and spend a certain amount of construction time to build and upgrade.
There are a lot of materials needed to upgrade the Lord's Mansion, the basic construction time has exceeded three days, and the shape and interior are different from those upgraded with the Lord's Mansion upgrade certificate.
The Lord’s Mansion upgrade certificate is more like the kind of blueprint that covers the complete building, saving trouble and effort.
After Zong Shen inspected the brand new lord's small building, he went straight downstairs and left the small courtyard.
Standing at the entrance of the small courtyard, he took out a portion of dried beef that he had seized today, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.
Lord, he doesn't have any privileges in eating and drinking. This is also because of limited conditions. Everyone performs their duties, and no one cooks for him.
Thinking of dinner, he remembered the dinner he had eaten at Master Mars's house. He was a serious landlord, with cattle, land and house, and there was a cook who served him specially.
This is the life the great master should live!
Speaking of the cook, Zong Shen remembered the dishes that Tie Zhu brought back from Dinan Village when he went to the south to explore.
Not only is it delicious, but it also has attribute gains. Looking back now, that cook is a talent.
Regarding Dinan Village, he never had time to see the situation, so Dinan Village has become an aboriginal force that Zong Shen has not yet touched.
Dinan Village is located to the south of Zongshen's territory, closer to Jiang Yi.
According to Jiang Yi, the Medina of the Lightchaser Corps had a good relationship with the aboriginal people in Dinan Village, and should have had a good relationship with the aboriginal people in the village early on.
Zong Shen now has other more important tasks and cannot be distracted to run Dinan Village, but it is not appropriate to just let it go.
Zong Shen stood at the entrance of the courtyard, chewing dried beef while thinking.
Just when he was thinking the most fascinated, suddenly a dark shadow flashed from the side and came to him, Zong Shen raised his eyebrows, and instinctively took a step back.
He didn't feel relieved until he saw the face of the visitor clearly.
"grown ups……"
The person who came was Tie Zhu. Speaking of coming from the team's growth, Tie Zhu's sense of existence became very low.
His position in the territory is also relatively awkward. As a scout fighter, he is not suitable for frontal toughness, but there are not many investigation missions in the current territory.
As the first leader in the territory with a full favorability score, Zong Shen has always wanted to cultivate his idea, including in the recent soldier grouping, Zong Shen allocated all assassin-type fighters to Tie Zhu. Formed a scout team.
The scout team did not have any tasks in the past two days, just assisting the patrol team in the territory to make up for the defense, so for now, the position of the scout team in the territory is very embarrassing.
Just as embarrassing as Tie Zhu's current situation, large-scale combat groups are not useful, and small-scale assassinations have no chance. After all, Zong Shen is not like the guy Mitani Hideki, who makes his fortune by assassinating the lord.
Fortunately, since the start of the Crypt Challenge, no soldiers will be idle, and the level of the soldiers has also increased rapidly.
The soldiers under Zong Shen’s command have an average of level 12~14. Old people like Luna and Colby have even reached level 15 and 6. Even Tie Zhu’s level has increased a lot, before he was still 7. Level, it has become Level 12 in these two days.
At the very least, they can still make up for the territory every day, to kill those crypt monsters, and get a level upgrade, so that they will not be behind for a while and forever.
So Zong Shen was also more curious. Tie Zhu took the initiative to find the door today, what is the matter.
He chewed on beef jerky, took out another one and handed it to Tie Zhu.
"Eat, why did you come to me today?"
"Is something wrong with the scout team?"
Zong Shen asked with a smile, Tie Zhu raised his head, took the beef jerky, and saluted again.
There was a moment of silence, it seemed that the language was organized in my heart, and then he said seriously.
"My lord, the scout team applies to join the exploration team!"
"We want to fight with you!"
"The scout team will defend your glory with daggers and lives!"
Tie Zhu came to Zong Shen this time, and he actually applied for the battle.
After hearing Tie Zhu's words, Zong Shen did not immediately reply, but narrowed his eyes and began to think carefully about Tie Zhu's request.
It is a fact that the scout team is not suitable for frontal attacks. Scouts are good at hiding and killing deadly, but their own defense and health are not high. They often look pale and weak in assassinations against powerful monsters, far inferior to gun shield fighters. Heavy shield infantry is powerful.
In terms of comprehensive combat capabilities, even the wolf cavalry can't match it. However, the territory does not currently have such a demand for tasks such as assassination and reconnaissance that are suitable for the scout squad.
But now that Tie Zhu took the initiative, Zong Shen really needs to arrange some meaningful tasks for the scout team.
Of course, it is still impossible for them to join the main battle sequence.
Now Zong Shen has a task that suits them well, which can be handed over to the scout team.
After thinking about it, Zong Shen finished thinking and raised his head to look at Tie Zhu.
"The task of the main battle cannot be given to you."
As soon as his words were uttered, Tie Zhu's expression was lost.
"but…"
"I now have a very important task that can be handed over to your scout team to perform."
"This task is also very critical. If it is done, it will be of great benefit to the development of the territory."
Zong Shen's conversation turned, and Tie Zhu raised hope again.
He immediately knelt on one knee, bowed his head in a show of loyalty.
"My lord, please do not hesitate to give orders!"
"The scout team will definitely live up to its mission!"
Zong Shen saw that Tie Zhu regained his spirit, and then continued.
"I need you to take the scout team to Dinan Village, south of the territory."
"That is the village you once investigated."
"I will provide you with funds of 10,000 Continental General Dinars."
"Your mission is very simple. Qiao Zhuang enters the village and pretends to be a businessman to settle in the village."
"Use this money to start buying properties. When necessary, I allow you to use assassinations to clear obstacles. The task requirements are also very simple. At the same time, it is to build the property and collect information from the village and report it to me. The main thing is to build a good relationship, and I will inform you of the follow-up tasks."
"Secondly, when in the village, I pay great attention to the situation of other lords and find out the network of those lords in the village."
"If you find heroic talents or special talents, try to build a good relationship as much as possible, such as the chef you discovered that time with culinary expertise."
"If you have any emergency, you can contact me with the communication crystal. If the funds are not enough, you can send someone back to ask Mariel."
The final result of Zong Shen's thinking was to send Tie Zhu to lead the scout team to Dinan Village for development and management, laying a good foundation for Zong Shen's future plans for Dinan Village.
There are three advantages to doing this,
For one thing, the scout team can find valuable things to do.
Secondly, this time will not be wasted completely.
Thirdly, it can be considered a rainy day to prepare in advance.
As Zong Shen was talking, he took out 10,000 Continental General Dinars, placed them in the small wooden barrel that was previously filled with dried meat, and handed them to Tie Zhu's hands.
After understanding the details of the mission and knowing the importance of this mission for the future development of the territory, Tie Zhu swept away his previous frustration, and his face showed an eager look.
He solemnly took over the small wooden barrel containing the funds for this mission and respectfully saluted Zong Shen.
"My lord, rest assured, we will definitely stand firm in Dinan Village."
"If you encounter obstruction..."
As he spoke, his voice fell low, and he reached out and made gestures on his neck.
Zong Shen nodded with a smile. This kid has mastered the essence and has a future!
"Well, since you are so eager, let's set off tonight."
He waved his hand and said to the excited Tie Zhu.
Tie Zhu saluted again, and flexibly ran to the small courtyard to gather the members of the scout team. These assassins had their own stealth methods, and their life-saving ability was still very strong.
Furthermore, Tie Zhu also had a communication crystal numbered 4 on his body, which could be contacted in time, so Zong Shen was not worried about this task.
Ten thousand dinars is just a small amount of money to him, and the scout team has always been on the edge in the territory.
It would be better to spend a little money, not only to mobilize the enthusiasm of the scout team, but also to arrange some means. This is a multi-tasking thing.
Up to now, his Continental General Dinar balance has 86,657.
The storage of money is a kind of metaphysics, whether it is a territory storage box or a portable storage compartment, money can be withdrawn, which has nothing to do with whether Zong Shen is in the territory.
It's entirely because the lord system has its own set of rules for storing money.
But this is also good, because this is obviously a very convenient function.
As soon as Tie Zhu was sent away, Zong Shen stretched his waist, holding a yawn in his mouth before he came out.
Mariel is here again, with a book between her waist, and there seems to be something to report to Zong Shen.
"My lord, I want to report to you today."
After these two days of training, the greenness on her face has faded a lot, and she is still skilled and diligent in her work, but there is still a long way to go before becoming a mature logistics officer.
Zong Shen nodded, and threw the last small half of dried beef into his mouth.
"My lord, today I sold four rounds of iron ore in the market, and consumed 9,600 iron ore in exchange for 12,000 pieces of wood, 7,000 pieces of hemp, and 5,000 pieces of stone."
"In addition, I consumed 100 ml of Luna Spring, 1,300 pieces of wood, and 130 pieces of dried beef in exchange for 10 elementary water runes, 6 elementary fire runes, an intermediate canteen drawing, and a strange item..."
Ma Lier reported to Zong Shen that he had gained in the trading market today.
But at the end of the report, she began to hesitate, seemingly worried.
"What peculiar item, show it to me."
Zong Shen didn't say much, just showed a curious expression.
Mariel flipped her hand and took out a strange thing.
This thing is a circle bigger than a normal fist, and the surface is wrapped in a thick black substance, which looks a little disgusting.
The black matter on the surface is still creeping slowly, like a living thing.
At first glance, Zong Shen was almost taken aback.
What did Mariel bought back?
He was more puzzled in his heart, staring directly, checking its attributes.
[Foul Heart (Unknown)]
【Quality: unknown】
[An ancient mysterious heart, revealing a sacred and evil atmosphere of contradictions, its surface is polluted and wrapped by evil substances, no one knows the internal situation]
(It is wrapped in the heart of a powerful Spirit of Light, but it is not easy to remove this layer of evil grime, unless you can get the epic holy water prayed by the Archbishop of the Holy Kingdom in the Holy Kingdom Temple, or Other epic-level purification items, after removing the evil grime, you can obtain the power of the incarnation of the spirit of light through this heart)
After reading the prompt, Zong Shen already knew what it was.
This is similar to the heart of the devil, belonging to the heart of an ancient spirit of light, except that this heart is blocked and contaminated by a substance called evil dirt.
Zong Shen stretched out his hand to take this filthy heart, and asked Maryl with a slight smile.
"Why would you buy this for no reason?"
"I'm afraid no one pays attention to this kind of thing in the market."
He asked curiously, although Mariel knew that he had been fused with the devil's heart.
But this kind of thing, unless you have a strategy like Zong Shen, can know the hidden secrets.
Other people won't buy it at all. In the system's information, this thing is an unknown item that doesn't know the specific function.
Buying such unknown items requires taking risks. Zong Shen has seen some unknown items in the market before. Ninety-nine percent of them are basically rubbish, and some come from different dimensions in the war ten thousand years ago. All items will be marked as unknown, but in fact there is no use for eggs at all.
Only like Zong Shen who can see the details of ~www.novel35.com~ can we tell whether the unknown item has any effect.
Ordinary lords who get this filthy heart can't get rid of the evil grime on the surface, and they can't learn anything useful from it, so they will choose to put it out for sale.
In fact, there are a lot of unknown items on the market, and they are basically put out for sale for this reason. It is a pity that the food is tasteless and discarded. It is better to hang on the market to see if there are any takers.
Hearing Zong Shen's question, Mariel thought about it for a while, then shook her head honestly.
"This is an impulsive consumption."
"I just think that this dirty heart may be useful to you."