Live Stream: I Am A Lord In Another World

Richard’s territory was bustling with the grand construction of the city.

There were now over fifteen hundred people on the construction site.

Over three hundred people were raising the city walls. Over seven hundred were repairing the castle, over a hundred people were digging roads. And over four hundred people were repairing houses.

This new city was actually centered around the castle where Richard lived.

Coming out of the castle gate was a wide street.

This street was primarily lined with greenery, leading to a large square. Around the square were rows of houses, and on both sides of the main street were the town hall and the library.

The town hall is used to handle various city affairs, and the library is used to improve literacy rates.

Other buildings are constructed by Richard for trading purposes. He did not renovate any of the places of worship.

In other parts, there are living areas for the territory’s residents.

Buildings like warehouses are constructed next to the castle, and the barracks are also built next to the castle. With the thick castle walls separating them, there is no need to worry about noise issues.

Furthermore, the school is built behind the library, providing a quieter environment with the library blocking noise.

With sufficient manpower and materials, the construction speed is quite fast.

In just over ten days, a large number of buildings have been constructed.

During these ten-plus days, Richard still livestreams for over an hour every day.

Watching Richard’s territory slowly develop from nothing to a complete city, everyone in the livestream chat was captivated.

One day, Richard also let the camera follow Tieling the Minotaur all day, allowing him to perform, which gained him quite a bit of popularity.

Tieling the Minotaur probably didn’t expect to become a minor internet celebrity in another world. There were even memes of him circulating online.

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“Master, there are some people wandering outside the territory.”

And on this day, Mia, the cat girl, reported to Richard after patrolling outside his territory.

‘Bandits?’ Richard speculated.

Mia said, “Master, when I was in the Beast Kingdom, I heard some rumors.”

Richard looked at her.

Mia continued, “It is said that when there is a shortage of food, some nobles among your human kind also send people disguised as bandits to plunder everywhere.”

“Nobles?”

Richard wasn’t surprised.

“My lord, something’s not right. Today, less than half the usual number of people have come.”

At this moment, a scribe ran over panting and reported to Richard.

“What’s going on?” Richard asked.

The scribe said, “Word is spreading everywhere that a locust plague from the Beast Kingdom is about to arrive, so many people have gone back to harvest crops!”

“The news of the locust plague spread so quickly? Let’s go and see.”

When Richard and the two cat girls walked to the construction site, they noticed that there were indeed several hundred fewer people.

Most of the people still working now are the original residents of Richard’s territory.

Although there are about two thousand people in his territory, considering the elderly and children, there are only seven to eight hundred people who can work.

“My lord, the locust plague is coming, and they are all worried that if the locust plague arrives and the crops fail to yield, we won’t be able to survive the winter. So they all want to go and harvest the crops.”

Another secretary approached and conveyed the concerns of many residents of the territory.

“Those crops are not yet ripe, and even if we rush to harvest, there won’t be much yield. As long as you work, my lord will provide you with food and drink. What are you afraid of?” Ellie spoke up.

The secretary added, “Yes, but they are worried that when the locust plague comes, even the lord’s food won’t be enough. After all, the winter is so long.”

As he spoke, many residents of the territory had already gathered around.

“Bring them all here,” Richard ordered.

“Yes, my lord,” the secretary replied and left.

Soon, everyone was assembled.

Richard looked at them and said, “Indeed, my food is not unlimited.”

He paused for a moment, then cast a faintly majestic gaze over everyone.

Then he continued, “But as long as you continue to work for me, my food can get you through this winter. I guarantee that no one among my people will starve to death this winter!”

“My lord, I believe in you!”

After Richard’s words, Ellie exclaimed loudly.

“Lord, I believe in you too!”

Another person raised their hand, the one who received an extra copper coin in wages each day for being literate!

With someone leading the way, the other residents of the territory suddenly gained confidence in Richard, thinking about the great changes in the territory since he became lord, with him being a mage, and the various strange things he brought out.

Richard said, “With no ripe crops, there won’t be much to harvest even if we rush. The top priority is to build the city. Only then can we rely on the city to fight against the bandits when they come!”

“Yes, my lord!” Ellie and a few others responded.

The other residents of the territory followed suit.

Thus, the residents of Richard’s territory were stabilized.

Richard’s prestige in the territory played a significant role; otherwise, if it were someone else, they wouldn’t have been able to stabilize the situation!

Actually, with the current situation, at least half of the yield could be harvested. However, for Richard, the most important thing is to build the city, not to harvest crops, so he can only give up on those unripe crops.

This is also an unavoidable situation.

Otherwise, with everyone rushing to harvest crops, it would take at least ten days for each household to finish harvesting, and Richard would have no one available.

Richard sent several secretaries to nearby territories to see if they could persuade those people to come back.

The next day, the secretaries returned and reported that those people were somewhat worried. Additionally, the nobles in their territories had issued decrees stating that anyone who didn’t participate in harvesting the crops would be expelled, and the crops they previously planted wouldn’t belong to them anymore.

Under the pressure from those nobles, except for a few, no one was willing to come back.

In this world, all the land on certain territories belongs to the nobles. Basically, all the nobles will lease a portion of the land to their subjects for cultivation, then collect hefty taxes.

In other words, if those people don’t harvest the crops, the nobles will also suffer heavy losses. That’s why they are pressuring those people to stay and not go out.

Moreover, the people in this world have experienced more than one locust plague. Under the locust plague, no one can escape unscathed. Those people are not from Richard’s territory, so they don’t have as much confidence in Richard as the residents of his territory do. In a panic, they definitely want to seize any available food.

The power of the locust plague has already begun to show.

“We’re a bit short-handed.”

Richard looked at the suddenly reduced number of workers at the construction site and pondered a solution.

“Master, Dorothy is here!”

At this moment, Mia noticed something and said.

The fox girl is here again?