A month later, the plan to breed Crystal Scale Lizards was approved.
In fact, the troll tribe has always eaten crystal-scale lizards, but it has not reached a large scale. After all, compared to crystal-scale lizards, hyenas and strange birds are easier to hunt.
On the Gadgetzan side, in order to verify whether the Crystal Scale Lizard had edible value, Li De led people to capture two untamed Crystal Scale Lizards and slaughter them on the construction site to improve the food. Li De also ate them, and they tasted quite similar.
chicken.
After confirming that the food is edible, the next step is to select a suitable place to build a breeding farm. After repeated discussions, the final site was chosen at Quicksand Post.
The Quicksand Post is more than a hundred kilometers west of Gadgetzan, an area originally controlled by Zul'Farrak.
But just a few days ago, it was attacked by Niebuhr and included in the sphere of influence of the Three Clans Alliance. The most important thing is that Quicksand Post is a rare desert oasis and a water source where Zul'Farrak's life is at stake!
Now that such an important water source has been lost, Niebuhr can attack Zul'Farrak in the north at any time using the Quicksand Post as a fulcrum!
Of course, Li De suggested that Niebuhr should not rush to attack now. Under the current situation, the longer the time, the more beneficial it is to them. Moreover, if so many people are absorbed before the breeding farm can truly take effect, the economy within the sphere of influence will be easily affected.
collapse.
It can be said that choosing the breeding farm in Quicksand Post is simply a genius design:
From a political point of view, the Shifting Sands Outpost is close to Zul'Farrak. Once the breeding farm comes into effect, it will produce a large amount of meat. For the poor sand trolls, food is hard currency! There will be no need for Niebuhr to attack by then.
, naturally a large number of trolls will come to seek refuge.
From a geographical point of view, Quicksand Outpost is naturally suitable for raising Crystal Scale Lizards. It already has enough water resources to support animal husbandry, and it is also adjacent to the Corruption Nest. In the Corruption Nest, there is a steady stream of Zerg. It is simply natural.
High-quality feed factory!
One month after establishing the breeding farm, Li De took his team to the Nest of Corruption every day to "get feed".
The overwhelming number of bugs is indeed scary, but as long as you master certain skills and clean up these giant bugs on the periphery of the Corruption Nest, it is actually not very dangerous.
Moreover, the bugs here have no magic attack means, which greatly reduces the danger for a heroic warrior like Li De.
However, in Li De's opinion, the best way to clean up these bugs is to ask a fire mage to take action. Setting fire to a large area of bugs would be too extravagant to just use a mage to clean up the bugs. Li De began to consider discussing with Nogfogg
Now, let the goblins make a batch of muskets and flamethrowers.
Li De and the others killed fifty scorpions every day. Unlike before, where they only killed giant scorpions and peeled off their shells, they had to take all these insects back.
This is why Li De only killed fifty beetles, because there were fifty people in total, and it was a waste to take too much feed. An eighty-pound beetle, fifty beetles a day is four thousand kilograms.
The feed consumption per month is approximately 60 tons.
After bringing the bugs back to the breeding farm, a group of troll workers will dismember the bugs and break them into buckets of paste to feed to the Crystal Scale Lizards. The looks of these pastes are disgusting, but the lizards eat them quite deliciously.
But a few days later, something went wrong. Several lizards died inexplicably. At first, Li De thought it might be the shadow energy contained in the Zerg that killed the lizards. However, Niebuhr's test confirmed that the feed itself was
Safe, containing only trace amounts of shadow magic and will not affect lizards.
Confused, Li De could only dissect the body of the lizards for examination, and finally discovered that these lizards all died of intestinal infarction?!
What blocks the intestines of lizards and kills them are some ore particles the size of the nail of a little finger! Some are iron ore, some are silver ore, and the most exaggerated ones have even been found with mithril and thorium!
Why do these minerals appear in the intestines of lizards? When this question came up, Li De immediately began to examine the corpses of the insects. Finally, a large number of mineral particles were found in the gaps and joints of their carapace!
After weighing, it was found that the insect carrying the most mineral particles accounted for 20% of the insect's weight!
Li De couldn't help but click his tongue after hearing this:
'What a good guy, one pound of feed costs two kilos! I said the lizard's intestines would be blocked to death!'
After finding out the truth, the problem was solved. After that, one side of the insect body was cleaned before processing the feed. As expected, the lizards did not die anymore.
But at that time, Li De's focus was no longer on lizards. He never imagined that he could get unexpected gains from just feeding! Rare mineral deposits were found in insects!
However, it is reasonable to think about it. It is normal for bugs to dig back and forth deep underground and come into contact with huge mineral veins. However, it is not clear what happened in the middle, resulting in a large number of mineral particles remaining in the bug's body.
But this is not important. No matter how it appears on the insect, Li De has identified it now. There is mineral in the insect, and he is hunting for feed more vigorously. In addition, the goblin weapons are in place one after another. In Li De's hand
A considerable amount of ore has also been accumulated!
Among them, iron ore accounts for half and more than four tons. Of course, this is not valuable.
What is really valuable is more than a ton of silver ore and half a ton of gold ore! There are also mithril, true silver, thorium and various gemstones ranging from hundreds to dozens of kilograms!
Minerals such as mithril, true silver, and thorium are all important materials for making magic equipment. Only a few dozen grams of them can improve the quality of the weapons and equipment during the forging process.
But what about now? Li De has hundreds of kilograms on his hands! And there will be more and more in the future!
Not to mention anything else, those silver and gold mines solved Li De's urgent need: the lack of currency in the territory.
Life in the territory is getting better day by day. The social division of labor among people is different, and the daily necessities produced are also different. In hard times, they can still be distributed uniformly, but now that materials are becoming more and more abundant, we can't keep bartering, right?
There must be general equivalents to balance the various resources.
Now with half a ton of gold and one ton of silver, all the problems have been solved. Li De looked at what kind of insect nest is the Nest of Corruption? It is clearly a golden mountain!
Everything is getting better and better:
The growth of the crystal-scaled lizards in the breeding farm is gratifying. The first batch of female lizards have begun to lay eggs. Except for the male lizards that are kept for breeding, the rest can be put into the market. This will not only provide a large amount of meat for the three tribes, but also provide the crystal-scaled lizards with a large amount of meat.
The skin is also used in many ways;
The bugs in the Corruption Nest of the "Feed Factory" make selfless sacrifices. While providing nutrients to the lizards, they also provide more important wealth to Li De;
The expansion work of Gadgetzan has reached the final stage. The new city is enough to accommodate more than twice the current population of the three races (there are many guest rooms that cannot be counted as residential housing). After this, the human race will start construction.
The port of the territory!
The prosperity and development of northern Tanaris put a smile on everyone's face, except for the trolls including Zul'Farrak.
Since the loss of Quicksand Post, trolls in Zul'Farrak have been defecting continuously! Trolls often take advantage of the night to escape to Quicksand Post and become a glorious Crystal Scale Lizard breeder. For this reason, the furious
Ukozi killed many trolls.
Although Ukzi killed more and more people, the trolls were less and less afraid of him. He was no match for his nephew Niebuhr. After suffering the backlash of the curse, Ukzi was like a head.
The thin sick wolf could hardly even lead an attack in person, and now he only dared to stick to the city. Almost everyone could see that Ukozi was at the end of his rope.
The last straw that broke the camel's back was the death of his most trusted lieutenant and his brother Uziru.
Two days ago, in order not to sit still and wait for death, Uzilu concealed the truth from Ukozi and led the last elite troops, choosing to fight to the death with Niebuhr. But the final result was that Uzilu lost to Niebuhr in a head-on duel.
The head was also returned to Zul'Farrak.
Seeing Uziru's head, Ukozi spit out a mouthful of blood again, and his desperation made him make a crazy decision!