Explore the Surrounding Areas

After distributing the tasks, Jiang Chen went to the place where the potatoes were grown and checked the condition of all the seeds.

"Mm, the conditions are all normal. It looks like there won't be any problems as long as it's time to mature."

Parker returned half an hour later.

There were still a few wild rabbits tied to the giant wolf's body. It looked like they were the wild animals that Parker had hunted on the way out.

After seeing Jiang Chen, Parker got down from the wolf's body and walked in front of Jiang Chen, bowing:

"Sir, your subordinate has explored about a thousand meters nearby and hasn't found any danger for the time being."

Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. Parker, you go and rest. We'll set off in a while to search for resources."

"Yes, Sir!"

He turned around and returned to his tent after speaking, while the giant wolf lay on the ground and took a nap.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen gathered with Parker and two other soldiers.

Parker had gone out to explore the terrain before and spoke at this time:

"My lord, there are a total of six areas that border our territory."

The territory was about the size of a football field, and each border was connected to an area.

There was a limited amount of manpower at the moment, so they could only focus on exploring a certain area.

"The north is mountainous, the east is forest, and the other areas are mostly plain terrain."

"We'll need to go deeper to find out more details."

Wood resources were very important in the early days. According to Jiang Chen's plan, he planned to cut down enough wood to build the territory's buildings.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said,

"Let's start from the east."

He ordered iron egg to pick up a stone axe, and the other two soldiers to each have one.

The stone axe could also be used as a weapon, and Jiang Chen prepared a standard longsword.

After making sufficient preparations, Jiang Chen led a group of people towards the east.

..

Within the forest.

The light was much dimmer, and the scene a few meters away was mostly blocked by trees or weeds.

As a result, the scenery further away couldn't be seen clearly.

Parker ordered the giant wolf to scout ahead and acted as a scout.

Tie Dan and Parker walked in front.

Jiang Chen followed closely behind, with two soldiers protecting him from behind.

Parker and Tie Dan's vision was quite strong. They could see everything clearly even in such a complicated environment like the forest.

"My lord, there are twenty to thirty trees in this area."

"My lord, there are quite a few fruits growing here."

The fruit was bright red and looked a bit like an apple. It looked particularly alluring.

Jiang Chen picked one of the fruits and couldn't help but want to take a bite.

However, Jiang Chen was unable to determine whether it was poisonous or not. After all, many things in this world might be different from the world of wishes.

The path in this area wasn't difficult to traverse, and he basically didn't encounter any danger.

Suddenly, the Lordmaster's system reminded him.

[ system notification: Do you wish to include this area in your territory's return? ]

[ the first time you expand an area, you will need to spend 50 units of basic resources (food, grass, wood, iron, etc.)]

Jiang Chen shook his head.

He was poor.

A territory the size of a football was enough for him now.

"Your lordship, we've found a treasure chest!"

Iron Egg hurriedly called out.

It was a wooden treasure chest located under a tree that was over ten meters tall and required four or five people to encircle it.

Iron Egg climbed up the tree and wanted to take the treasure chest down, but the treasure chest didn't budge at all.

"The treasure chest is completely fixed in position?"

"Open it directly."

Iron Egg obeyed and opened it with force.

The wooden treasure chest still didn't open.

Even if he took out a dagger to pry it open or a stone axe to chop it, it would still be of no use.

The rules dictated.

The LORDMASTER system gave a hint.

[ only lords or heroes can open the treasure chest. ]

Jiang Chen understood and climbed up the tree to open the treasure chest.

[ system reminder: Level One residential blueprint ]

[ system notification: Iron Block * 3]

[ system notification: Eat Berries * 10]

"Accommodation blueprint, with this, I can finally build a real house!"

Jiang Chen hadn't thought that a wooden treasure chest would be able to open up a building blueprint, and he was extremely happy.

Jiang Chen had also wanted to build a house with the wood resources available, but the building channel had provided the most basic tents that could be built directly from materials. The rest of the higher-level ones required design blueprints.

Jiang Chen immediately looked at the detailed information of the accommodation blueprints.

[ level 1 accommodation: wood/50, iron/15, Stone/30]

[ description: Accommodation is the best place to provide shelter from the wind and rain. It can recover 3 points of stamina per hour ]

"I need a lot of materials, but it's worth it!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand, and the few items in front of him turned into specks of light and were stored into the system backpack.

Jiang Chen realized that the more items he stored, the smaller the backpack's capacity became.

Jiang Chen thought to himself that in the future, apart from the particularly valuable items, the rest of the items would be stored in his territory.

Otherwise, it would be too much of a waste of space.

Then, Jiang Chen took a bite of the berry.

It tasted quite good, sweet, and full of juice.

Jiang Chen then gave each of them a few.

"I've been out since early morning. Let's eat something first."

The berries were bright red. Jiang Chen still had quite a few in this forest.

"I'll collect the berries later, cut down the trees, and transport these to the perimeter of the territory."

"Parker, continue to explore the perimeter."

Jiang Chen took a few berries and returned to the perimeter of the territory.

Only after he put them down did the amount of resources the territory possessed change.

"It's troublesome without storage space."

Wang ergou and the two loggers were also very inefficient.

Jiang Chen waited for a full half an hour before each of them carried a log and placed it beside the thatched cottage.

[ hint: Wood + 2]

[ hint: Wood + 2]

It was too slow. He even asked Iron Egg to join the ranks of loggers. As a blacksmith, Iron Egg's body was a bit stronger, and he lopped wood faster.

It was about... three units of wood in half an hour.

"The population is still too small."

"We need to recruit more civilians."

"Priority is to gather berries."

As for the soldiers.

"Their mission is to protect their territory. They need to conserve their strength and guard against possible wild beast attacks."

Jiang Chen hadn't seen any wild beasts yet.

Parker had shot two little rabbits.

But at night, he could hear the roars of wild beasts coming from afar.

He opened up the chat channel and flipped through it.

A Day had passed, and there were already quite a number of people exploring outside the territory.

Within the regional channel.

There were a thousand lords in total

"Fuck, even the weeds outside are as tall as I am. I even sprained my ankle and fell if I wasn't careful. What's there to explore? !"

"Let your commoner subordinates take the lead."

"Those civilians can't do it. They feel even more afraid than me. If they shout too much, their loyalty will drop. How the F * ck are we going to play this!"

"I'm fine. I've been walking around outside for more than ten minutes, but I seem to have gotten lost in the forest... without the navigation, I don't know which direction is my territory. I didn't even make a mark when I came!"

"Help! I think I heard a wolf howl!"

Was there anyone who didn't know that the system had a map?

That's right, even if they knew the map, it might not be useful.

The map would only clearly show the situation inside the territory. Outside the territory, it would only show a rough area, and for areas that had not been explored, it would be even darker.

He thought for a moment, then recorded the situation of the 'system map'and sent it.

This was not some high-value information.

He believed that quite a few people would be able to tell.

He could use this to build a good impression... although it might not be useful.

Jiang Chen asked about the wolf howls again, then closed the chat channel.