While chewing on a piece of beef, Lynn responded.

With Master Lynn's response, Kuisi continued speaking.

"Other than that, there's nothing else."

"Oh, Master, there's one more thing."

"The daily fine salt output of the salt factory has increased. The three salt factories now produce three thousand three hundred pounds of fine salt daily."

Lynn nodded knowingly.

The salt making technique at the salt factory is not complicated in terms of procedure.

Excavation, crushing, sieving and cleaning, dissolution and filtration, crystallization and grinding.

As long as they become proficient in these tasks, production efficiency will naturally continue to increase.

Of course.

The number of workers at the salt factory is limited, and their working hours are also limited.

Without improving tools and technology, there will always be a ceiling.

But with the brewery, glass workshop, and salt factory currently in the territory, these three production lines are temporarily enough to support the economic needs of the entire territory.

After finishing dinner, Lynn sat in the armchair, both hands gripping the small stone mill, continuing to grind [medicine] skill experience.

It's nearly enough to level up to Level 3.

...

On the other side of the night.

In a patch of overgrown wilderness at least hundreds of miles from Morgan Town.

A team trudged through the grass and bushes, advancing with difficulty.

At the front of the team.

Only Lawrence remained, still riding on a horse.

As the warhorse stepped forward, his body swayed along with its movement.

Behind the horse was a team of defeated soldiers.

They looked exhausted, each step seeming to take all their strength.

The long spears and greatswords originally used to kill the enemy had now become walking sticks.

They didn't care about the swords' sheaths and spear tails getting damaged on the dirt and rocks.

This group of twenty or so people was walking under the night sky, with only the sound of cracking branches and the occasional neighing of horses breaking the silence.

Everyone was silent.

Following behind Lawrence on horseback, Godfrey stopped walking.

He glanced at Lawrence, who showed no sign of stopping.

Then he looked at the remaining twenty-five exhausted Sword and Shield Corps soldiers behind him.

Godfrey swallowed and called out to everyone, "Everyone, once we cross this overgrown field, we'll reach Morgan Town."

"Once we enter Morgan Town, there will be plenty of food and drink for you all to enjoy."

"Stay strong! Don't fall asleep and collapse!"

"If you fall, you'll stay here forever!"

"In Morgan Town's brothel, the girls are waiting for you to patronize their business, and your expenses will be on me, Godfrey."

Listening to Godfrey's taunts, the hungry and weak soldiers suddenly perked up.

A chorus of responses erupted from them.

"Knight Commander, that sounds great!"

"Haha, you don't know this, but the girls in Morgan Town's brothel are really... well-lubricated..."

"Oh, I just realized you weren't in your tent the night before we set off! You went to find women!"

"When I get back, I'm definitely going to have some fun!"

"I'm going for a young one... no, I want three!"

"..."

As the atmosphere of the long-silent team began to stir with life, Godfrey exhaled a hot breath.

After this period of running around, every one of them had already exhausted their food supplies.

Even some of the horses they rode had been used as food.

But the journey was long, and without a dedicated logistics team transporting food, even the horses would not suffice for sustenance.

Luckily, they had entered Marquisate of Dukas' territory.

They no longer had to worry about pursuit from the Red Dragon Riders under the Grand Duke of Red Dragon.

Now, Morgan Town was no more than a hundred miles away.

Nevertheless.

These hundred miles would be a deadly trek for their nearly exhausted bodies!

Without willpower, they could easily collapse on the verge of reaching Morgan Town.

But as long as they reached Morgan Town, everything would improve.

As for those three thousand Sword and Shield Corps soldiers who died... they would remain forever in the Duchy of the Red Dragon.

...

Two mornings later.

A text panel suddenly appeared before Lynn's eyes as he ground medicinal herbs.

[Your medicine skill has leveled up to Level 3, unlocking: Biological Atlas]

[Reward received: Talent Duplication Book ×1]

Seeing the text before him, Lynn's eyebrows rose slightly.

Biological Atlas?

Driven by thought, Lynn opened the [Heavenly Artifacts] panel.

A book-shaped icon appeared at the bottom of the interface.

Lynn opened it, and page after page filled with various illustrations appeared.

Each page was categorized, from poultry and livestock to some peculiar creatures.

Forest Pig, Coatsworth Sheep, domestic chicken, draft horse, and other illustrations were already illuminated.

Lynn flipped through the pages.

To his surprise, he found that the illustrations of dwarves and succubi were also illuminated!

Are dwarves and succubi considered fantasy creatures?

Illuminating ordinary livestock can reward ten Energy Stones.

While fantasy creatures can reward one hundred Energy Stones!

That is to say.

As long as they become his possessions, he can light up the corresponding illustrations to obtain Energy Stones!

Satisfied, Lynn nodded.

The unlocking of the [Biological Atlas] has added a new way for him to acquire Energy Stones!

Otherwise, relying solely on [Fishing] and [Milestone] and [Task] for a small number of Energy Stones.

Is simply too slow!

Driven by thought, Lynn collected all the Energy Stones from the [Biological Atlas].

With the Energy Stones previously obtained from [Fishing], he now had over four thousand!

This allowed for four ability enhancements.

Or perhaps some accumulation to exchange for other items?

Putting down the stone mill in his hands, Lynn walked towards the castle gates while thinking.

His mind was focused on what the territory needed most at the moment!

Aside from the shortage of labor, the territory also lacked food.

But neither labor nor food can be exchanged from [Heavenly Artifacts].

While high-yielding [Emperor Potatoes] had undergone preliminary exchange.

There was currently no need for further consideration.

There were many other special seeds available.

Banana seeds, olive seeds, dragon fruit seeds, white cardamom seeds, cinnamon seeds, Mother and Child Spirit Rice Seeds, etc.

Even seeds with special abilities like poisonous tendril seeds, chomping cabbage seeds, moonlight insect seeds, etc.

But these seeds did not provide any advancement for the territory's development now.

More labor would be needed for cultivation.

Whether they could grow or not was another matter.

Not worth the effort!

In contrast, the first exchange should naturally be the design blueprints from the [Special Building Library].

Whether it's the [Wolf's Den] or the [Mutated Wild Boar Farm], those are what he wants to exchange.

If successfully exchanged, he can use the mutant wolves and wild boars to change the current shortage of warhorses in the territory!

Their combat ability might even exceed that of the warhorse cavalry.

With a sigh, Lynn closed all panels in his mind.

Consider those Energy Stones saved for when they would be more needed.

Just as Lynn stepped out of the armchair and started walking towards Lord's Square outside the castle.

The pounding sound of hooves reached his ears.

Lynn could see clearly, as people called out warnings, moving to the side of the road to make way.

"Emergency! Make way, make way quickly!"

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