The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 74 The Servant of the Territory

Ickert has never forgotten the existence of the cave monitor lizard.

Such a good agricultural machine, just putting it there is a huge waste of resources in the territory.

It just so happens that whether it is Ikett's seedling raising plan or the farming itself, the land needs to be plowed.

As a result, the cave monitor lizard was pulled out of the dungeon again, and under Ickert's whip, he began to plow the field.

The purpose of turning the ground is to make the soil soft, easy for air and water to infiltrate, and also to allow the roots of plants to grow better.

In the past, such work often required the brute force of livestock to complete it, but for cave monitors, turning the land is just a matter of magic, and it does not even require physical strength.

Because of this, Eckert once again turned into a monitor lizard knight, riding around the cave monitor lizard in the territory.

In a short while, the seedling field in charge of by the maid and others was finished by the cave monitor lizard, and Ickert led it to level the remaining land.

Cave monitor lizards are very efficient. On average, it only takes one or two spells per acre to complete the leveling, which takes less than 5 minutes on average.

Under Ickert's pressure, the cave monitor lizard had little time to rest, so the progress in the afternoon was astonishing, and it took only five hours to complete the renovation of 60 acres of land.

The reason why it stopped after five hours was because the cave monitor lizard's mental strength was weakened, and the efficiency of using magic became lower and lower, so Ickert had to order him to take a rest.

If the cave monitor lizard is really forced to work for a whole day, it can reclaim nearly 180 acres of land for the territory every day with just one monster.

Just like this, the cave monitor lizard has to spend a full nine hours a day for sleep recovery!This big guy really came to the territory to eat and drink for nothing!

As a monster, it can't work continuously for 24 hours at a high intensity. The cave monitor lizard can only do scientific things with its magical physique, which is really a shame for monsters.

It would be nice if the cave monitor was a machine that could do work with full mana, Ickert couldn't help thinking.

Of course, with his current technical ability, it's impossible to think about anything. Why don't you think about how to make all the rats in the territory work.

According to Eckert's current plan, it takes one day to complete the germination, at least three days from germination to the cultivation of qualified seedlings, and at least three days to fully sow the seedlings.

Except for today, there are only six days left for the territory to plow the fields.

In the initial stage of the territory, the arable area was [-] mu, which only took six days, which meant that Eckert needed to reorganize more than [-] mu of land every day!
If you gather all the mules and cattle in the territory, you can make up ten of them. These animals can turn over four or five acres of land in one day, and the total is at least forty acres.

Let the cave monitor lizard work at full capacity, at most two hundred acres a day, even if it is done like this, it is still far from meeting the requirement of three hundred acres a day.

Ickert thought of the horses in the territory. They are quite a lot and can also serve as labor force, but the key is that he doesn't have so many plows.

The plows in the territory, plus the carpenters rushing and repairing, are only enough for mules and cattle.

I didn't expect to be troubled by the fact that there were too many cattle and horses and they couldn't find a place to use them. Ickert felt very sorry.

Besides, the Cave Monitor had to work at full capacity, which meant that Ikert himself had to work at full capacity.

"Sometimes I really can't tell which one is the bull or the horse, you or me."

Ickert said to the cave monitor lizard, who just let out a weak cry of "ang", then lowered his head and continued to chew bamboo.

Judging from the current labor force in the territory, nearly a hundred acres of uncultivated fields may be left after sowing, and grain production will be greatly reduced, needless to say.

Things had progressed to this point, and Ickert realized that it was time to untie the love education camp.

At that time, the Ratman of the four brigades will not only exist as a semi-military force, but will become a complete labor force, injecting vitality into the development of the territory.

But before untying this bondage, one thing must be confirmed.

Ickert took advantage of the situation to drain the magic power of the cave lizard, threw it into the dungeon again, and found Genier at dinner time.

Needless to say, the purpose of this trip is to confirm the investigation information of the Wolf Man.

One man and one mouse came to the edge of the territory again, and combed the scent of the wolf man scouts one by one along the woods.

Genil deftly walked through the jungle, his nose pressed against the ground like a metal detector, and he searched for the Gnoll with the caution and earnestness of looking for landmines.

For Genie, it might be only at this time that he can deceive himself and comfort himself that this mouse is still very useful.

The establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is like a heavy hammer for Genil, who has a large number of ratmen. Although the power of this department is still unclear, but as soon as it was established, 40 of his ratmen were separated, which is unacceptable underestimate.

"Xixiu, shi, the chief of the clan, there is a new smell, in the grass, on the trees, everywhere, the smell is still very new, probably in the past few days!"

"Very well, Genie, can you deduce the number of people who came out?"

"This is not difficult. Please wait a moment for the clan chief. Sniff, the question is very mixed, some are tainted with the smell of rotten meat. It is very similar to the smell of undead, um. There are some, the smell of grass and trees is stronger."

"Undead? Vegetation?"

These two conflicting flavors appear in the territory at the same time, and the meaning is very intriguing.

"Quick, let's confirm their investigation location. I want to confirm whether this is a joint operation."

"The clan chiefs here, their investigation activities are all in this area, they are very close to each other, and there are even more of these smells when they are subdivided."

Genil pointed to the tower forest beside him and said that the place where the gnolls were investigating was the tallest of them.

"Then it can be confirmed that the Jackals have formed an alliance."

The rich smell means that the Jackals who participated in this investigation came from various tribes, and people from different tribes were sent to investigate, which shows that each tribe intends to verify the authenticity of the increase in troops in the territory.

This shows that Ickert's strategic deception plan has been half successful, and he successfully passed this information to the Gnoll tribe.

It's a pity that he can't interfere with the tribe's decision-making, so he can only bluff as much as possible.

The more stable approach is to continue to maintain the Ratman's military training, continue to deter the Jackals, gradually reduce the deterrent force during this period, and release the brigade one by one.

But in that case, the labor force advantage of the love education camp will be lost in vain.

Ickert has no stable capital, and there are too many problems to be solved in the territory. Just releasing one or two brigades will slow down the overall process.

It is most beneficial to the development of the territory to release three or even all brigades at once, but that means less deterrent troops.

At this time, it is not a good way to passively create an atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)