Lying in the empty swimming pool in his palace, Lu Yan floated on the water like a dead body.
He recalled the thrilling moments before.
The simple difficulty of the Civilization game turned him into a nightmare difficulty, but fortunately, it did not reach a hell difficulty.
He had been reflecting on it for many days.
Today he came to the conclusion that a large population is the way to go.
For the common people, having fewer people is a good thing. But for him, who is above and beyond, having a large population is just a good thing.
What should we do if we run out of land?
Explore outside.
What should I do if there is not enough food?
Cultivate improved seeds, cultivate intensively, reduce waste, control the agriculture and food industry, and ensure minimum distribution...
All other commodities can be governed by the laws of the market, with the exception of food, because it is a rigid need among all needs.
He recalled the previous measures taken by various continents. Even places like McCann and Xizhou that adhered to free market regulation did not dare to completely let go of food.
McCann also has a food roll setting.
Food, still food.
He thought in his mind that he should devote most of his spiritual power to the improvement of food.
New varieties, new planting methods...
It's just that technology is limited to before the 20th century, which is a bit difficult, because many fertilizers and pesticides are products after the 20th century.
Fortunately, tractors, harvesters, and 19th century technology are enough.
Cars existed in the 19th century. With cars, tractors and harvesters could be built. With these two things, a small number of people could open up a large amount of land and increase the proportion of food supply.
Based on the yield of 500 kilograms per acre of land, one person can only support 5 people by planting 10 acres of land, but he can support hundreds of people by planting 1,000 acres of land.
He looked at the civilization interface and saw that the current population was "more than 1.56532 million people". The numbers were constantly changing, and he was frightened to see it.
This is because people are born and die all the time.
Only when the total number is large enough can it remain stable.
That violent beast that was being sealed could kill 45 million people alone. This was why he was so frightened that he thought he had lost the game.
This person is not a leek. It takes more than ten years to grow into a leek after cutting it off.
If he can't seal the opponent and lets him keep killing him, how many years will his 1.5 billion be enough to kill him?
As the leader of civilization, he cannot end the fight in person, and the Civilization series does not have a setting for players to end the fight in person.
He can only allocate resources and set various tendencies.
Now the land on this planet has basically been developed.
The rest, the Gobi Desert, the Great Desert, and the North and South Poles, are all areas that are difficult to handle with 19th-century technology.
Food was grown wherever possible.
His people are not mindless NPCs who cannot satisfy their various needs and cannot reproduce smoothly.
It's impossible for everyone to just give an order and have the baby happen casually.
If a person is born without food to eat, big trouble will still happen.
The best way out is to open up new land.
In orthodox history, the 19th century was also the last stage of colonial demarcation. In order to carve up the established colonies, two wars broke out in the 20th century. In the final analysis, they were all about grabbing land.
It wasn't until the mid-to-late 20th century that everyone stopped grabbing land... One of the important reasons is that the population growth of the major forces has stagnated.
Ridiculous.
Lu Yan opened the civilization map and saw cities occupying various places.
Where to build new cities?
At this time, he suddenly saw an icon shining.
He clicked it and took a look.
"One of your rangers discovered an ancient ruins, which was a portal. He opened the portal, and there was a new world on the other side. Your choice is: enter|not enter..."
I'm rough...
Lu Yan felt that this ranger was too mean.
Although he lacks land, he doesn't want to enter this kind of portal leading to the unknown now. If there is a hell on the other side, wouldn't he be dead?
The problem is that if he doesn't open the door, sooner or later the other side will open it.
So, it’s better to be prepared to enter.
The nightmare difficulty is about to be upgraded again.
But before entering, he still had to be fully prepared.
Troops were mobilized, castles were built, trenches were dug, machine guns, cannons were all set up, and hot air balloons were also set up...
In short, he gathered almost one-third of the civilized world's troops around the portal.
The other two-thirds must of course be placed in the deep zone and deployed in sequence.
He also ordered several large dioceses to organize a group of young men and women to dig deep holes and store food widely, hiding in them and never coming out.
There is only one task, making a baby.
This is the back-up he left for himself.
He has prepared many such back-ups.
On the sea, on islands, at the North and South Pole, in deep mountains and forests... If it were not possible to go to the moon, he would go to the moon.
After all, he can mobilize the resources of the entire civilization, which has never happened before in the history of the earth.
…………
What is the world on the other side of the portal?
The answer was soon revealed.
After he was ready, he ordered someone to open the portal again.
A skeleton staggered out of the portal.
"Holy crap! It really is a monster!" Lu Yan looked at the display on the map and cursed.
If those who come out are ancient soldiers, that would be the best.
Just push it horizontally, men will be slaves, women will be used as childbirth machines, and the land will be used for farming.
Well, the idea of being a leader of civilization is so simple and unpretentious.
However, if there is a monster on the opposite side, it will be unpleasant.
How do skeletons give birth to babies?
Even the legendary demihumans cannot do this.
"Open fire, no, put up a nail net, capture the ones alive, and study them." He issued the order directly to the Pope.
Soon, soldiers brought a big net and caught the first skeleton.
The skeleton didn't seem to be aggressive, it was ignorant and at the mercy of humans.
The whole body was torn apart.
Finally, the priests discovered that the structure of the skeleton was basically the same as that of a human being, except that there was a flame inside the skull, which was very magical.
Similar to the divine power of light, it can be used as energy to directly drive the body's actions.
The question is, there is no muscle traction on this bone, and there is no mechanical device. How on earth does it move?
By using the power of light to observe, they discovered the reason: the flames input their own energy into the limbs, and this energy formed something similar to a magnetic field. It was this magnetic field that generated forces in various directions and controlled the movement of the bones.
Just like a magnet attracting iron objects out of thin air.
The magnetic field has long been discovered. In 1824, Simon Poisson developed a physical model that can describe the magnetic field more accurately.
"It's really amazing." Lu Yan couldn't help but admire.
It seems that the world on the other side is not a kind place.
He wants to vigorously develop a temple army that uses divine power instead of an army composed of secular weapons.
Three days later, a zombie came.
Zombies are not so peaceful.
It has a foul-smelling green smell all over its body, and it looks like a plague at first sight.
Lu Yan was so frightened that he quickly ordered people to burn it to death without even studying it.
No one understands the horror of the plague better than him. At the level of the 19th century, many people died.
Seven days later, it was a vampire.
The vampire just showed his head and immediately fell to his knees.
"Ah, great god, the Vampire Baron from Arkan salutes you on his humble knees."
Lu Yan was very happy to hear this and decided to spare his life.
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