After quickly checking the statistics of the third-level warriors, Zong Shen raised his head again.
"The statistics of daily grain consumption must be done well."
"For those 'overflow' people who have no work arrangements for the time being, food standards can be temporarily lowered."
"As long as it can meet the basic needs of filling your stomach every day."
"In the next few days, I will try to get a batch of food back."
Zong Shen knew what the greatest pressure was caused by the sudden increase in population in the territory.
This wave of transferred population from the captive lords, coupled with the original population in the territory, caused the total number of citizens under Zong Shen's command to directly exceed the one hundred thousand mark, and even approach the limit of 120,000.
It directly changed from the original large-scale settlement level to the state city level.
Bosbon has a population of only a dozen or two hundred thousand.
With so many people officially joining the territory, daily food consumption has become the biggest problem.
If it weren’t for the fact that there were a lot of grain stocks in the territory before, and two aboriginal villages were plundered in succession in the past few days, plus the long-lasting military rations accumulated during various points exchanges, I am afraid that these hundreds of thousands of people would have been able to survive for three days in a row.
Food is not guaranteed.
Now relying on the territory's inventory, we can barely sustain it for a while.
But Zong Shen must find a new food supply channel as soon as possible, otherwise it won't take long for the territory to face a severe food crisis.
Calculating the long-term food consumption of hundreds of thousands of people is absolutely an astronomical figure.
This can no longer be solved by a few villages, caravans or surrounding cities.
He had to go to the giant city of Lentax and other nearby giant cities in advance to buy a batch of grain with dinars.
Only large-scale trade markets in giant cities can support long-term and stable grain trade.
Of course, purchasing food is only a matter of entitlement, and the most reasonable solution is still to develop farming.
Moreover, some self-trained soldiers must be mobilized to participate in farming.
Otherwise, according to the current situation in which there are many warriors and few farmers in the territory, if the warriors are completely withdrawn from the war, the free people's cultivated land alone cannot even guarantee internal circulation.
Therefore, he could only flexibly change his strategy and first keep some of his main fighters off-duty to prepare for war all year round.
Once again, efforts should be made to improve the establishment of the army, and priority should be given to meeting the needs for soldiers in all areas of the territory.
The remaining "overflow" portion will be directly allocated with cultivated land, agricultural tools and seeds, and arranged for them to farm.
This is an idea of his, and he is planning to hold a small meeting tomorrow on the specific matters.
By the way, before Xiao Heizi is sent out to collect his dependents, he can upgrade his territory to a few more levels.
After all, there are still privileges in hand. Every time the territory is upgraded to a level, the radius of the territory can be expanded by two kilometers.
This territorial scope is recognized by the lord system and is legal and compliant.
Within the territory, all the privileges Zong Shen has will be perfectly implemented.
As for the monster siege test that he would face when upgrading his territory, he didn't need to take it seriously at all.
According to the current strength of the territory, any wild monster will have to kneel down when it comes.
Unless you are unlucky and encounter a legendary strongman, it might be a little more troublesome.
Zong Shen plus Colby and Xiao Heizi, who has the strength of the old dragon-level five-color true dragon, are enough to compete with the legendary high-level.
You can't attract a demigod, right?
On the scale of the endless continent, the current territory can only be regarded as a particle.
Not to mention looking at the entire continent, even on the eastern grasslands of Avalon to which this area belongs, it can only be regarded as a small and peaceful place.
You must know that this grassland that once gave rise to the Wild Wolf tribe is six to seven thousand kilometers deep!
The northern part of his territory stretches for three to four thousand kilometers to the Rotten Bone Forest (dating back to Chapter 645) in the Kingdom of Nord.
In the Endless Continent, there is not much else but the most land.
As long as you have the ability and can take it and defend it, you won't have to worry about running out of space to expand your territory!
Now that the basic base of the territory has been laid out, how long will it take if we don’t farm now?
Thinking of this, he planned to make a trip in person later to have a good chat with Salome Lin Yu.
After being distracted for a moment, Howie, who was standing nearby, didn't dare to disturb him.
Zong Shen didn't say anything more, but continued to look at the sticky paper in his hand.
The number of fourth-level soldiers in the future is only over a hundred.
There is not a single fifth-level soldier.
More than 3,000 lords handed over more than 100 fourth-level soldiers, which shows that they are not people who are at the mercy of others.
Zong Shen could only admit this.
Anyway, when night comes, he will have more than a thousand lords' [Quick Succession] arriving in his account.
The harvest by then will definitely be many times greater than what was squeezed out of the more than 3,000 captive lords.
After all, inheritance can obtain all the remaining wealth of the dead lord, while collecting compensation and ransom can only squeeze out part of the lord's savings.
Although Zong Shen received the privilege of [Quick Succession], he did not want to kill the lord.
Because he has foreseen the future, the expansion and hegemony among the lords around the core strong men of the legion is inevitable.
He does not need to rush to harvest these "lambs", lest he become the target of public criticism at this stage.
In the future, when other lords grow up, new overlords emerge one after another, and the lambs become fat and delicious, even if he doesn't want to harvest them, the conflicts stemming from the lord's expansion will prompt him to harvest them.
At that time, the reward for killing a lord will be a hundred times what it is now, and in the era of all-out hegemony, even if he goes all out to strangle the lord, he will not become the focus.
Returning to the essence, what he has to do is to strengthen himself and the strength of his territory and people!
At least compared horizontally with the lords of the same period, Zong Shende has always maintained a crushing advantage. Only in this way can we lay the foundation for future expansion and hegemony.
His ambition is the sea of stars and stars beyond the dimension.
Small goals, starting from conquering the endless continent!
The ambition to strive for hegemony diluted his anxiety about food consumption.
As long as we get through this current difficulty, the future will be smooth!
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Gathering his mind, he focused on the data of the fourth-level warriors.
No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.
The fourth-level warriors who are in their early 100s can just supplement the backbone of the territorial warriors.
The further back the data goes, the more scrawled the handwriting becomes, representing the process of Howie's state going from energetic to physically and mentally exhausted at the time of recording.
After staring for a moment, golden subtitles appear, and the two data are compared with each other, making it clear to read.
[The total number of fourth-level warriors: 105]
[The detailed summary is as follows:]
[Level 4 self-trained infantry: 27]
[Level 4 self-trained crossbowman: 11]
[Level 4 self-trained archer: 15]
[Level 4 Self-Training Scout: 4]
[Level 4 Avalon strong swordsman: 13]
[Level 4 Nord Double Ax Warrior: 6]
[Level 4 Shark-Lizard Hunter: 11]
[Level 4 armored charging furbolg: 6]
[Level 4 Bear Goblin Warrior: 5]
[Level 4 Fire Intermediate Magician: 4]
[Level 4 Water Intermediate Magician: 3]
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Tier 4 warriors are still willing to be handed over by a small number of lords.
According to the compensation and ransom plan provided by Zong Shen, one fourth-level warrior can be worth ten third-level warriors or thirty second-level warriors.
Some lords were willing to sacrifice their elders to protect their younger ones, so Ling Ling always had more than a hundred fourth-level warriors.
Not to mention the self-trained soldiers among them, the bear goblin Zongshen was planning to sell them.
These strong goblins are far uglier than ordinary goblins.
The huge nose looks like a powerless hanging cyst, which makes people feel nauseated.
As a type of goblin, bear goblins also retain a strong desire for mating.
The simple grass skirt on the crotch could not cover the dirty and ugly organ.
In addition, the remaining fourth-level warriors are relatively valuable.
Especially the last fire and water mid-level mages, as well as [Level 4 Shark-Lizard Hunter] and [Armor-clad Charging Furbolg] are all very good Level 4 troops.
Among them, [Shark Lizard Beast] and [Bolbolg] Zong Shen are both familiar.
The former lives in the desert demiplane on the way from the territory to Bosbon.
The latter is an advanced version of the three furbolgs that Zong Shen once killed in the grove.
The powerful armored furbolg is seven meters tall, taller than the ogre.
He was wearing heavy black iron armor, with no runes on his body and no spiritual light flowing around him.
But the black iron plate armor, which is more than ten centimeters thick, still brings an unparalleled sense of security.
This is a powerful defense created purely by stacking materials.
The furbolg wears a round helmet on its head. The armor extends to its eyes and has two openings.
All parts of the body exposed outside the armor are covered with thick brown hair.
On the huge bear paw, the five black hooked claws are particularly eye-catching.
Once such a large beast warrior launches a charge, its power is absolutely astonishing.
This is especially true when traveling in groups.
Only the larger mountain giants can compare with it.
By the standards of the fourth level, [Armored Charging Furbolg] is already considered a high-quality unit.
As for the others, they are unremarkable. They are either the fourth-level standard arms of the Kingdom of Avalon, or the fourth-level standard arms of the Kingdom of Nord. There is nothing unusual at all. They just happen to be added to the unified organization to increase the scale of the territory’s original arms.
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After checking everything, Zong Shen nodded gently.
He closed the sticky paper and returned it to Howie.
"There is no problem in terms of quantity statistics."
"The next step is to complete the placement of these new soldiers as soon as possible."
"Besides the issue of food, the secondary focus is accommodation."
"We can first build the simplest [first-level straw shed] and [second-level cottage] to solve the current resettlement problem."
"Anyway, we can upgrade and expand on the basis of low-level buildings in the future, and the location of the buildings can also be relocated and improved later, which will not have a big impact on the general planning of the territory."
Zong Shen gave his final explanation, and Haoyi quickly nodded and bowed.
This population explosion is the territory's first development turning point after the defensive challenge ends.
The significance is far greater than occupying and plundering a few villages.
As for the [Quick Succession] that will be in place tonight, the population obtained will be implemented in the form of recruitment coupons.
It will not be released in one go. It is considered a follow-up part of this round of population explosion.
Since the recruitment roll is relatively flexible, Zong Shen can recruit people according to the actual situation.
In the coming period, the territory will not have much demand for warriors below level four.
Therefore, in addition to fourth-level and above warriors, Zong Shen will focus on recruiting farmers.
This is used to solve the problem of population balance in the territory.
"Sir, according to your instructions, the resettlement of the new residents will be completed as early as tomorrow morning."
"I will plan a resettlement area near the current boundary of the territory and build enough huts and houses."
"Food inventory information will also be compiled as soon as possible."
When Haoyi saw Zong Shen was about to leave, he took this opportunity to report his work quickly.
Zong Shen nodded and patted his shoulder with a gentle smile.
"Just make arrangements. Don't be too tired. Go and take a nap when you need to rest."
"The energy fountain cannot make up for sleep."
"The same goes for your heroic talents. Try to rotate them as much as possible."
"After the initial placement is completed, there is no need to be so nervous."
Zong Shen comforted and encouraged Haoyi.
The workload is too heavy, and these heroes are working overload.
This is not a good sign.
In fact, these newly joined warriors have solved the first problem after completing the statistics.
In the queue state, everything is clear and not as confusing as before.
"Please don't worry, sir."
Haoyi bowed and saluted again, which made Zong Shen's back feel sore.
"Okay, I'll go find Salome Linyu first. You can continue your work."
"Someone call Colby in a moment and ask him to take those disgusting greenskins to the portal enclosure and stand by."
Zong Shen waved his hand, added one last sentence, and disappeared in the next second.
Howie, holding the scrap paper in his arms, polished the broken charcoal pencil, turned around and shouted with a slightly hoarse throat.
"Don't be stunned!"
"Lead the whole team and move towards the predetermined location!"
"Auri, Cassel...report to me the current construction progress of the resettlement camp!"
Under Howie's roar, the scene returned to its previous busyness.
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A "suburban area" thirty or forty kilometers away from the central area of the territory.
The land here is all precious [primary fertile land] and [high-grade fertile land].
As a special type of land-based building, the [Fertile Land] series has better land fertility.
It also comes with a growth bonus, and with the help of related gain buildings and natural magic, it’s twice the result with half the effort to spawn crops!
This area is surrounded by clearly defined fences.
Salome Lin Yu is working in the fields with a dozen agricultural apprentices and 500 farmers/farmers specially assigned by Mariel.
In just a few days, there were large green wheat ears here, as well as tomatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, apple trees and other crops.
Finished [Stanley Fertilizer] is piled on the outside of the field.
Buildings such as [Farm Tower] and [Natural Totem] have also been moved to this area.
In just two or three days, the first batch of breeding will be completed.
This batch of seeds can be used to meet the reclamation needs of the freedmen plan!