It took three hours to arrive and five hours to return. The wolf and jackal people that Li Xiang was worried about did not catch up, and everything was quiet behind them.
"Lord, what are you doing!" From a distance, Li Yi saw all kinds of prey carried by Li Xiang and his party, and quickly ran over with two farmers to help.
"When we encountered jackals fighting against wolves in the forest, we took advantage!" Li Xiang said with a smile: "With these beasts, we can recruit more people."
"Yeah!" Li Yi nodded and thought: "But housing is still a bit tight now. There are only two residential houses, so we need to build more!
By the way, lord, how many people do you plan to recruit?”
"Twenty!" Li Xiang was thinking about this problem on the way back: "There are jackals and wolves in the forest. Although we don't know how powerful the two are yet, we still need to make more preparations.
The beasts brought back this time already have more than 2,000 units of food. Recruit 20 more people, transfer ten of them to militia, and leave the remaining ten to you!"
Li Yi listened to Li Xiang's words, thought for a while and said: "Lord, we can recruit fewer farmers. Now it is enough for the time being. If we recruit fifteen more people, plus the twelve people we have in the camp now, we will have twenty people."
Seven people, we consume a lot of food every day, so keep some extra food reserves!"
Twenty-seven big men eat meat every day, and each of them eats at least three kilograms of meat, which is almost a wolf in a day. If there is no food reserve, something could easily happen.
"As you said, we also brought back some iron tools. See if they can be used!"
What is lacking in the camp now is iron tools. If there are enough iron tools, the farmers' work speed can be increased many times.
"There are also iron tools." Li Yi was a little surprised. The logging in the camp relied on the ax brought by Li Xiang. Without the ax, they didn't know how long it would take to collect the wood.
Li Yi left Li Xiang aside and trotted over to collect the weapons taken from the Jackal soldiers.
Among these weapons are rusty iron knives, blunt spears, and maces that are entangled with a lot of hair and flesh and have been polished so that the sharp edge cannot be seen.
In Li Xiang's eyes, these things are scrap metal, but in Li Yi's eyes, they are treasures!
In the yard in the center of the town, a long wooden stick was placed on both sides, and the body of the wolf was hung on it. The farmer used sharp stones to peel off the wolf skin, put the wolf skin aside, and collected the internal organs.
The meat is delivered to the warehouse.
Wolf meat is the most unpalatable among wild boar, venison, and raw beef, so these meats naturally become food for recruiting farmers.
Li Yi personally worked on the cow. After peeling off the thick layer of fur, the cow became much smaller. He cut off pieces of beef and placed them on wooden boards. Li Xiang and five militiamen roasted them comfortably in the room.
foot.
The coldest part of the body is the feet. Shoes cannot block the snow and water, but starting from today, all the militiamen will wear wolfskin shoes.
"Force (unnamed):
Owner: Li Xiang
Owned buildings: town center (1), residential buildings (2), military barracks (1),
Population: 11 people (the army’s population is included in the total population, Li Xiang is not included)
Troops:5
Lumber: 58 units
Grain: 235 units
Gold:0
"
"The population and food are already there, but how to solve the problem of weapons?" Li Xiang was worried about food and population before, but now he is worried about weapons.
There are no iron ores in the northwest, but can he make iron like this now? The only solution is to go eastward and buy weapons near the Great Wall.
It is not desolate beside the Great Wall. There are many people who were expelled from Daqian. There is even a small town built outside the Great Wall. In the small town, there are all kinds of materials, such as weapons, which have always been in the northwest. What the earth lacks most.
The main body of the transaction there is not gold and silver. Of course, if you can take out the gold and silver, the other party will take it. The hairy cow you just got is very popular there. If you take it, you can exchange it for at least ten long knives.
The problem now is that we can't get through, the road is covered with ice and snow, and we don't know how long it will take to get back and forth. Now is the time when the northwest is short of food, and they may have turned into a pot of broth in the past.
"I'd better improve my strength first!" Li Xiang thought for a long time and chose to practice. He returned to his room to sit cross-legged and meditate.
"Level: 2(75/100)
Occupation: Military general (template Lu Bu
Commander 38(353)
Strength:185(1535)
Mental strength: 21(201)
Physique:385(3535)
Agility:265(2515)
Kung Fu:
Martial Arts: The first level of body refining level
Proficiency:9/2000
True Yuan:50
"
He only needs twenty-five points of experience to advance to the next level. By running the martial art, he can get two points of experience in half an hour. Twenty-five points of experience is only a matter of six hours. Li Xiang is looking forward to it. After reaching level three, no one dislikes power. With power, everything comes. Some people may not agree, but this is reality!
If he had enough power, would he be thrown into this hellish place?
The farmers outside dragged long pieces of wood out of the forest. The snow was cleared into clearings, leaving no snow at all. A bonfire was lit. Now they did not need to worry about the wolves in the forest. They could rest assured. Be bold and build your own camp.
The heat from the fire melted the surrounding snow. Farmers leaned on the fire and shoveled the snow into the creek with wooden shovels, and then built houses.
Now the lord is waiting for them to build their houses, and the lord will recruit more tribesmen. With more tribesmen, this area will become fertile land for them!
the other side
The green gaze of the leader of the Jade Wolf glanced at the cold corpses of the jackals. This time the ambush was very successful and the jackals were killed, but then their tribe was killed by a group of new hunters. They should be Bipeds or a race similar to these monsters. .
Otherwise, the other party would not just take away the corpses of their clan members and leave the corpses of these gnolls in the snow. Bipedal creatures generally would not eat creatures that look similar to themselves.
The leader of the jackals stepped on the corpse of the jackal and slowly ate the meat of the jackal. A large group of jackals surrounded the bodies of the other four jackals. There were still some jackals who were not qualified to eat and could only eat from a distance. Watching, hoping that the wolf in front can leave some space for them.
There was also a group of wolves following the footprints on the snow, heading in the direction of Li Xiang and his party. There was no snowstorm now, and nothing could cover or blow away the scent of Li Xiang and his party.
The smell in the air told the wolves that in the direction of Li Xiang and his party, more than a dozen wolves were struggling to move forward in the thick snow.
