Chapter 49: High-level Blacksmith and Sorting the Harvest

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After pondering for a moment, he slowly opened his mouth and spoke, expressing the concerns in his heart.

"You really are an understanding human kid."

"But I’m used to being free and unruly. Joining your territory, is there wine to drink?"

Upon hearing the drunkard dwarf say this.

Zong Shen showed a sly smile on his face.

"Wine?"

"How about this flask of wine in my hand?"

Zong Shen flipped his hand and pulled out the [Mellow Green Forest Fruit Wine] he had previously obtained from the Ancient Bronze Treasure Chest.

This was a fine wine of Green Refined Level quality.

He directly popped open the seal of the wine.

He waved the small wine flask in front of the drunkard dwarf’s nose.

"Inhale..."

"This mellow aroma..."

"This fresh scent..."

"It’s the Elf Race’s fine Green Forest Fruit Wine!"

This dwarf named Copperbeard·Wine Fire, truly a drunkard, just by smelling could know what wine Zong Shen held.

"Good eyes, as long as you agree to return to my territory and swear allegiance to me, you can enjoy such fine wine in abundance."

Zong Shen continued to coax.

This psychological offensive paired with the wine strategy catered to his tastes, almost convincing this drunkard dwarf.

Copperbeard·Wine Fire smacked his lips, seemingly contemplating whether to agree.

Seeing this, Zong Shen seized the opportunity.

"Your legs are yours; if you’re not satisfied with my territory, you can leave anytime."

Upon hearing Zong Shen say this.

Copperbeard·Wine Fire finally nodded.

"Understanding Lord, I, a member of the Copperbeard Dwarves Tribe."

"Copperbeard·Wine Fire, swear allegiance to you!"

Zong Shen’s face was filled with a warm smile.

"Great, great, welcome to our territory!"

Then, he directly drew the [Sharp German Sword] and cut through all the tightly bound hemp ropes.

Copperbeard·Wine Fire landed swiftly on the ground, eager and hurriedly took the [Mellow Green Forest Fruit Wine] from Zong Shen’s hand.

He raised his thick neck and began to gulp it down.

With one big mouthful, he quenched the alcohol craving in his heart.

Only then did he carefully cover the wine stopper and start to don his equipment.

Holding the wine flask, he slowly followed behind Zong Shen.

"Lord, please take me back to your territory."

With fine wine in hand, Copperbeard·Wine Fire seemed quite satisfied with the situation.

Of course, Zong Shen was also satisfied; where else could he find such a loyal high-level blacksmith just by offering wine?

After Copperbeard·Wine Fire declared allegiance.

Zong Shen could already view some of his information.

[Dwarf Warrior: Copperbeard·Wine Fire]

[Talent: Rare]

[Level: lv47]

[Attributes: (Cannot view due to large level difference)]

[Hunger Level: 73]

[Loyalty: 65]

Zong Shen unexpectedly still couldn’t see his detailed attributes.

However, the Purple Rare Level talent and the lv47 level were enough to prove that this guy’s combat ability was far more reliable than his drunken appearance suggested.

Fortunately, the loyalty was acceptable at 65 points.

Lower than Tasuya but higher than those farmers rescued from the bandit camp.

Just need to cultivate well, get some good wine, and eventually, the loyalty can be improved.

This guy not only could be a blacksmith but also was a dwarf warrior with both decent level and talent.

Zong Shen smiled with great satisfaction, mounted the old Traveling Horse, and waved to Copperbeard·Wine Fire and Tiezhu.

"Let’s go, we’ll return to the territory first."

He gently nudged the horse’s belly, and began a slow trot toward the direction of the camp.

The dwarf and Tiezhu followed behind him, keeping pace with the old Traveling Horse.

Zong Shen began to comfortably check the gains from the dungeon that he hadn’t examined closely before.

Aside from the copper, iron, and Secret Silver, the blueprints alone were quite numerous.

[Tier Two House Construction Blueprint]

[Quality: Ordinary Human Building]

[Requirements: Wood ×30, Stone ×15, Iron ×8, Hemp Rope ×3]

[Footprint: 20 square meters]

[Durability Value: 300]

[Building Armor: 5]

[Provides basic rest shelter that can shield from wind and rain, slowly restores Life Value]

(Restores 1.5 Life Value per hour)

[Can accommodate 6 people]

[Construction Time: 1h12m]

Zong Shen slapped the blueprint, and it directly transformed into a white light, being grasped by him.

[Basic-Level Fertile Land Construction Map (10×10)]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Complete building, can be constructed without material cost, choose an area to place]

[Construction Time: 4m]

[Footprint: 100 square meters]

[A Basic-Level Fertile Land that can shorten crop growth time by 30%]

This was a complete building map, requiring no resources and akin to the Moon Well, convenient and labor-saving.

[Tavern Construction Map]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Requirements: Wood ×100, Stone ×80, Iron ×35, Copper ×20, Basic Elemental Crystal ×5, Basic Water Rune ×1]

[Footprint: 160 square meters]

[Durability Value: 1500]

[Building Armor: 30]

[Tavern building, a great place for drinking and leisure, requires supplying the tavern with drinks and a bartender; this building can expand the territory’s influence and might attract strong soldiers or heroes]

[Construction Time: 6h24m]

A rare Excellent Level tavern blueprint, Zong Shen similarly first learned it, saving a storage grid.

Before having a stable drink supply, the tavern is not very useful.

Even though he still had some [Crafted Rum], it probably wouldn’t be enough for Copperbeard·Wine Fire, this veteran drunkard.

Still need to wait until a stable drink source is obtained before construction.

[Basement Construction Blueprint]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Requirements: Wood ×50, Iron ×20, Stone ×50]

[Underground Space: 27 cubic meters]

[Durability Value: 1000]

[Building Armor: 10]

[Digging a basement can serve as an emergency shelter and store drinks or other materials]

An unremarkable basement, maybe later building a few could serve as emergency shelters or wine cellars.

[Acquired Tier One Territory Technology Research Institute Construction Map]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Requirements: Wood ×40, Stone ×20, Iron ×10, Secret Silver ×2]

[Footprint: 20 square meters]

[Durability Value: 600]

[Building Armor: 12]

[Tier One territory research building, once completed, can consume certain resources to research various Tier One territory technologies]

[Construction Time: 2h24m]

"Territory Technology has come out?"

Zong Shen exclaimed in wonder, slapping the blueprint to grasp it first.

Meanwhile, prioritizing it in his emergency construction list.

[Acquired Second-Level City Lord’s Mansion Upgrade Certificate]

[Upon completing the territory expansion task, this certificate can be used to upgrade the City Lord’s Mansion to second level (needs repair of the First-level City Lord’s Mansion)]

Besides building blueprints, there were various materials acquired from monsters.

However, he intended to take care of them by letting the dwarf uncle handle them after returning to the territory to build the Blacksmith Shop.

Now, he started examining some other items.