Zong Shen paused for a moment, then continued to add.

"Tiezi, this chariot will be kept by you temporarily, and it is strictly forbidden to leave the living area within three kilometers without my order."

"Salome Linyu, you have to take good care of this sweet potato vine, and arrange for people to plant it tomorrow."

The first to respond was Barenc Ironhand, who jumped excitedly on the chariot.

"Your command is my light!"

"I am your most loyal citizen!"

Its tone was high and its voice was shrill enough to represent his excitement.

The next one to respond was Salome Linyu.

He carefully held the sweet potato vine and nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will take good care of it."

Salome Lin Yuguang could understand the importance of sweet potatoes to the territory from Zong Shen's description.

With the care of this natural druid, plus the protection of fertile land, [Farm Tower], and [Natural Totem], it is still not a problem to grow a sweet potato breeding field.

Even if the territory will face new challenges in the future, he is sure that he can keep it.

At this time, senior pharmacist Clarissa Theresa also took a step forward and saluted Zong Shen.

Zong Shen also nodded in return.

"Regarding your work and workshops, there will be clear results tomorrow."

"The specific Mariel will inform you."

"It's late at night, everyone should go to bed early."

After speaking, he raised his chin towards Mariel.

The latter took the initiative to guide Salome Lin Yu and Clarissa Teresa into the back cabin of the Weightbearer mecha with a smile, and then walked to the Earthshaker chariot, and explained to the goblin engineer sentence.

At this time, the natural druid Salome Lin Yu noticed the [ancient tree of knowledge in infancy] planted on the east side of the central area.

"Huh?"

"I didn't expect there to be a natural ancient tree in the territory of the adults!"

"Can I go over and have a look?"

Salome Lin Yu turned around and begged Zong Shenge.

His eyes flickered, and he looked a little excited.

Zong Shen nodded, and readily agreed.

"Of course, but hurry up."

"After all, it's late at night now."

"You still have many opportunities to get along with it in the future."

After getting Zong Shen's permission, Salome Lin Yu nodded hastily, and then quickly walked towards the ancient tree of knowledge. This calm-looking natural druid has a passion for plants from his nature.

Zong Shen waved lightly at Mariel, signaling her to wait for a while.

At this time, Mariel had already finished talking with Barenc Iron Hand, and was sitting back in the driver's seat, ready to activate the weight-bearer mecha.

Senior agronomist Clarissa Theresa climbed into the hold of the load bearer.

Goblin engineer Barenk Ironhand also got into the cockpit of the chariot and started the chariot, ready to follow the weight bearer mecha and leave the central area.

Zong Shen stood with his hands behind his back, tilted his head slightly, and stared at Salome Lin Yu walking towards the ancient tree of knowledge.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and patted himself on the head.

"Wait, Mariel."

"I just exchanged 5,000 sets of cotton and linen clothes, and I will leave it to you now."

"Tomorrow, I will distribute it to everyone, and I will save the extra for the time being."

Zong Shen confessed to Mariel.

As an interior officer, Mariel naturally understood the situation of the peasants.

Clothes are indeed something that the citizens urgently need.

Especially those refugees, all of them are in ragged clothes, which lowers the overall appearance of the territory.

It's just that this problem does not affect normal life after all, so Mariel didn't report it in time, but she didn't expect Zong Shen to solve this problem first.

After hearing what her lord lord said, Mariel immediately jumped out of the driver's seat and came to Zong Shen.

"That's great, my lord."

"After changing into these clothes, the spiritual outlook of the citizens will definitely be greatly improved."

"Actually, apart from clothing, the number of citizens is increasing now. We should..."

Mariel was going to use this time to report some current problems in the territory to Zong Shen.

With the rapid growth of the number of citizens, the problems brought about by the big pot of rice have become more and more obvious.

But Zong Shen stretched out a palm and pressed it down, signaling Mariel to stay calm.

"I understand where the problems are."

"The uniform distribution of food and tasks will make the leaders become confused and lack motivation."

"They can't get paid, they can't buy ... and they don't have the means to buy supplies."

"The territory must establish commercial internal circulation and paid jobs in order to have the same vitality as normal state cities and villages."

"I told you before that the reform of the free people is imperative, but the time has not yet come."

"So don't be impatient, everything will be maintained according to the original standard."

Zong Shen said very frankly.

He naturally understood what Mariel wanted to say.

He has already considered these problems, the more people there are, the more serious the problem will be.

Therefore, Zong Shen firmly believed that the reform of the free people was imperative.

No territory can go black by relying on the big pot meal mode.

Although the big pot of rice is simple and crude, it is undoubtedly tantamount to turning the citizens into tool people.

If things go on like this, there will always be a loss of vitality.

Relying on the lord and a few internal affairs heroes to control the development of the entire territory in detail, the administrative efficiency will become lower as the time goes on.

If you want to develop for a long time, the reform of the free people is an unavoidable link.

Although there will be some troubles after the reform, short-term pain is worse than long-term pain.

Completed the reform of the free people, formed a commercial system and a sound administrative system within the territory.

It must be countless times better than a one-size-fits-all meal like a big pot of rice.

At that time, apart from cultivating land, freedmen can also join various industries through assessment.

A vibrant territory and an efficient bottom-up administrative system can enable the territory to embark on a fast track of development.

And vice versa, rigid citizens and bloated, chaotic, and inefficient administration will become the biggest shackles for the development of the territory.

Zong Shen is well aware of this truth.

The big pot meal strategy is only suitable for the early stage of development, when the number of people is less than a few hundred.

It can be twisted into one rope to give priority to solving development problems.

However, when the development of the territory reached a certain level and the number of people began to increase sharply, the big pot meal strategy was no longer applicable.

Territories with different development progress and different backgrounds must change appropriate strategies according to local conditions. There is also a lot of knowledge about farming and development.

Although Zong Shen is not a political leader, but with his advanced development progress, he has more far-reaching consideration and vision.

After hearing what he said, Mariel felt relieved and prepared to hand over.

5,000 sets of cotton and linen clothes only take up 5 storage compartments, and the area is not large. After taking out and collecting again, Mariel put all the cotton and linen clothes into her own storage compartment.

"My lord, I will distribute these clothes with everyone tomorrow morning."

Mariel nodded and said.

Zong Shen nodded and added something casually.

"Also, wait for me in the fort hall after the distribution of clothes tomorrow."

"I still have a batch of blueprints for fertile land and defensive towers for you tomorrow morning."

"Come back and rest soon."

After finishing speaking, Zong Shen raised his hand and touched Mariel's head.

Mariel smiled sweetly, nodded slightly, but obediently did not say much, and directly returned to the driver's seat of the weight bearer.

Zong Shen also showed a smile, and then refocused on the [Ancient Tree of Knowledge in Childhood].

He knew that these tree spirits of the elves could communicate with humans.

The same goes for the ancient guardians in the territory.

However, this [ancient tree of knowledge in infancy] has never voluntarily spoken since it was planted.

Every time Zong Shen was around, the eyes and mouth on the tree were tightly closed.

Although Zong saw this, he didn't have any further thoughts.

In the final analysis, the tree spirit is also a very special species.

They are essentially a spiritual tree, possessing a certain wisdom and communicative powers.

It has different functions at the same time.

But there is no indicator of "loyalty" on them.

Each tree spirit has its own character and temper.

This will not affect their functions, but if the tree spirits are willing to communicate, then it is also a good thing, and the role of the tree spirits can often be better played after communication.

Just like those ancient guardians, they can give real-time feedback on the perceived situation in a timely manner, and can also accept Zong Shen's defensive instructions to carry out key strikes on special targets within the range.

This is an advantage that architectural defense towers do not have.

Now, let the natural druid Salome Lin Yu touch this "willful" ancient tree of knowledge to see how it will respond.

So Zong Shen also has some expectations for the next situation.

Salome Lin Yu was physically strong, and her movements were extremely agile.

Soon he ran to the ancient tree of knowledge, stretched out a hand, and caressed the tree.

There was a faint green light on his palm, as if trying to perform some kind of induction.

At this time, the trunk of the ancient tree of knowledge shook slightly.

Shu Shen's eyes opened suddenly, and he spoke slowly.

"Hello, Druid."

"Are you calling me?"

Its voice was thick and somewhat dull, even Zong Shen who was standing a hundred meters away could hear it clearly. It seemed that it was not shy about speaking in front of Zong Shen.

Salome Linyu received a response, and withdrew his palm a little excitedly.

The ancient tree of knowledge is an important tree spirit of the elves.

It can strengthen the warriors of the elves.

The higher the age, the higher the level, and the stronger the ability to strengthen.

Only the Tree of Knowledge grown on the World Tree can grow the Ancient Tree of Knowledge.

As a natural druid, Salome Linyu has a good relationship with the elves. He often travels with the druids in the elves. He is no stranger to the ancient tree of knowledge.

"I really didn't expect to see an ancient tree of knowledge here!"

"Please let me know my excitement. My name is Salome Linyu, and I am a druid who has been recognized by the force of nature."

Salome Linyu opened her arms and hugged the tree.

In response, the ancient tree of knowledge also dropped a branch, gently resting on his shoulder.

"Following the call, we may see more and more partners."

"Inheritance will not be broken, it will just be dusted."

"Salome Linyu, may the goddess of nature always favor you"

The ancient tree of knowledge responded to his self-introduction, and said some meaningful words, gently swaying its branches, rippling a little silver light of moonlight, and sprinkled on the top of his head.

"It's time for me to rest."

"Now that the land of Azshara has lost the roots of the World Tree, I need to absorb the power of the moonlight to strengthen myself."

The ancient tree of knowledge continued, and immediately closed his eyes after speaking.

Salome Linyu didn't say much, lowered his head, and reached out to caress the tree again.

After a few seconds of silence, he turned around and walked back.

Zong Shen listened to their exchange, thoughtful.

That ancient tree of knowledge seemed to know something about things before the end of the era.

But this is also normal. After all, even the ancient trees of knowledge in their infancy have grown for more than a hundred years. They don't have a period of ignorant growth like humans or other creatures.

After the tree spirit awakens spirituality from being planted, it will obtain part of the inheritance from the world tree.

At the same time, it has high intelligence and understanding ability.

Older ancients of knowledge are usually the wise men of an elven race.

Zong Shen didn't say a word, just watched silently, as if nothing happened.

Salome Lin Yu quickly returned to his original position, bowed to Zong Shen again, and then nimbly jumped onto the back of the cargo hold of the weight bearer.

At this time, Zong Shen just waved his hand, then turned and walked towards the lord's fortress.

Mariel looked back at the cargo compartment, and after confirming that both of them were seated securely, she drove the weight-bearer mecha towards the living area to the east.

Behind her, the Earthshaker chariot also launched immediately, and its tracks rumbled away from the central area following the Loadbearer mecha.

The entire central area regained its tranquility, and the silver-white moonlight fell on the ground to its heart's content.

Putting a silver veil on everything in the world without discrimination.

There is no better night than this in a different world.

Zong Shen was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, he walked straight through the tower, walked into the lord's fortress, and sat at the long table in the dining room.

I was delayed for a while just now, and there is still more than half an hour before the end of the exchange.

He still has a lot to do.

At this time, his points balance is: 607189!

"worry…"

"There are still 600,000 points left in the flower!"

He no longer has the slightest nostalgia for this round of point redemption.

The defensive arrow towers that I was eager to exchange before have already been exchanged a lot.

In the roulette lottery draw, there was a ten consecutive draw for each gear, which can be called the most arrogant lottery draw since his arrival.

[Resource Materials] and [Auxiliary Items] didn't have anything he wanted to exchange.

After all, after the challenge is over, there will be another exchange mall opened.

Zong Shen would definitely not spend points on things that are not needed simply for the sake of consuming points.

When the next round of exchange mall opens, these points can still be used.

After thinking about it seriously for a while, he decided to exchange for some defensive arrow towers.

Because in the next round of exchange mall, there will be different categories of options for exchange, including [Architectural Blueprints].

It is always right to exchange a little more now.

The defensive arrow tower seems to have no sense of presence in the territory, but it is actually the most reliable backing in the territory. It is very important whether it is to resist the attack of the lord or the future attacks of the aborigines and other monsters.

Zong Shen had a strong premonition in his heart that the stronger the defense in the territory, the more sure he would be able to resist any catastrophe and crisis in the future!

No one wants their home to be undefended, naked like a stripped girl.

Thinking of this, he opened [Architectural Drawings] again and selected [Defense Drawings].

Exchanged again: [Tower of Chaos × 12], [Magic Arrow Tower × 12], [Ballowtower × 8], [Moon Blade Tower × 8], [Tower of Thunder × 8], [Tower of Holy Light × 4], [Undead Tower × 4].

In addition to the "standard equipment" in these territories, Zong Shen also exchanged for the [Armored Arrow Tower] of the orc clan. The advantage of this arrow tower is not in attack, but in defense!

It is no exaggeration to say that it should be the most "hard" arrow tower among all arrow towers.

The sturdiness value even exceeds that of the city walls of the same level, and the armor value is also ridiculously high. There is also a unique "array defense" effect. In the case of surplus points, you can exchange some to supplement the territory defense tower matrix and increase the matrix's strength. Comprehensive defense capabilities.

[Armored Arrow Tower] The biggest advantage is probably that it is resistant to roughness!

Zong Shen directly exchanged 16 seats to ensure that four seats can be arranged in all four directions.

And when the number of adjacent [Armored Arrow Towers] of the same level reaches four, the first effect of [Array Defense] can be triggered.

There are seventy-two defensive arrow towers in this batch, all of which he exchanged for Tier 4.

Since there are conditions to exchange for high-level defense towers, Zong Shen doesn't need to exchange for low-level ones.

Anyway, low-level defensive towers can often be opened through low-level treasure chests.

After this wave, he consumed another 252,000 points.

Now his points balance becomes 355189.

Zong Shen wasn't going to spend the more than 300,000 points now.

Save this point and redeem it after the challenge is over.

At that time, if the exchange classification options of [Recruitment of Citizens] and [Special Items] appear, it will be great.

For Zong Shen, keeping these points can be regarded as advancing and attacking, retreating and defending.

Once the redemption is processed, he closes the redemption option.

All the blueprints of the defensive arrow towers he exchanged have been automatically stored in the storage compartment~lightnovelpub.net~ and similar superpositions have been carried out.

This point redemption can be regarded as coming to an end.

The heat wave challenge is coming to an end, and there are still more than ten hours before the challenge period of the last day, and it is not known whether the lord system will challenge.

During the two-day battle against the Balrog boss, the wool of the lord system was almost bald by him.

Relying on the accumulation in his hands, he played various tricks and got a lot of points.

Fortunately, the lord system did not renege on the points he got.

But Zong Shen always felt that there would be new changes tomorrow.

But only after the announcement can we get a clear conclusion.

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