Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 350: Counting resources and accepting villagers from Puteng Village (6666)

"My Lord, my Lady, and all the brave warriors, welcome back triumphantly!"

Other subjects followed suit.

"Welcome all the brave warriors back in triumph!"

They shouted loudly, each of them looking very excited.

Assam, Andrew and others behind him looked at each other.

This was the first time they were greeted so formally, and they felt a little embarrassed.

Cao Xing smiled and nodded slightly.

"No need to be so polite. You have worked hard these past two days."

"Rabu has already told me that you have been working hard to build various facilities in the territory during this period. Everyone is working very hard."

After receiving recognition from their lord, many of them even had tears in their eyes, with expressions of gratitude emerging in their eyes.

Without further ado, Cao Xing said directly:
"Now, please report to me what happened in the territory during the two days we were away."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

It was still the leader Cao Yi who reported first.

He stepped forward and said respectfully, "Dear Lord, during the few days you were away, we worked hard to build the city wall and construct a new elemental arrow tower."

"As you can see, a whole circle of walls has been built."

"In addition, we also built 32 intermediate elemental arrow towers and 14 intermediate frost arrow towers, and upgraded them all to intermediate level!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

The attack power of these intermediate elemental arrow towers is not high, only more than 500.

Even if it is upgraded to a high level, it only has an attack power of two thousand.

But their existence is still very important.

After all, once this kind of arrow tower is built, it can automatically lock onto the enemy and continuously launch attacks.

And it doesn't require any arrows or ammunition.

As long as there are enough of them, they can kill an elephant!

This time, Cao Xing suffered losses at the hands of these arrow towers in Duolun Lake City.

The dense array of arrows shot towards him, directly destroying his holy shield skill.

Moreover, under the massive attack, even with his terrifying recovery ability, he could not withstand it.

As a last resort, Cao Xing could only fly low and use the cover of those buildings to avoid the attacks.

It can be said that if there were no arrow towers at that time, Cao Xing’s danger would be much lower.

You don't have to use this thing at ordinary times, but you can't live without it.

So Cao Xing asked, "Cao Yi, how many arrow towers are there in our territory?"

Cao Yi thought for a moment, then replied: "My Lord, there are currently 71 primary + intermediate elemental arrow towers, 38 ice arrow towers, and 18 intermediate frost arrow towers in the territory."

Hearing this number, Cao Xing calculated it in his mind and nodded again.

There are nearly 130 arrow towers, which is quite powerful.

If we take into account the ancient war trees, defensive plants such as the Tengshou Fort, etc., the defense can be said to be very tight!
"Very good. Recently, I got a blueprint of an advanced arrow tower."

"For the next few days, we will stop building new arrow towers. We will upgrade all the intermediate element arrow towers to advanced levels first."

After hearing this, Cao Yi replied respectfully: "As you command, Lord."

After a pause, the elderly Cao Yi continued: "Besides that, there is one more thing I need to report to you."

"You said."

"It's like this. Yesterday afternoon, a group of villagers came to our territory. There were a lot of them, 237 people."

"They said Baron Fitz sent them."

"I don't know the details of these villagers, and the lord is not here, so I dare not make a rash decision."

"So I've placed them in the residential area outside the territory, and will deal with them after you come back."

Hearing this, Cao Xing was also a little surprised.

He knew these villagers.

Before this, he had discussed with Fitz Walker and asked him to get a group of people over to him.

But I didn't expect this guy to be so efficient.

Cao Xing nodded and said, "I understand. I will go and contact these villagers."

"Is there anything else you want to report?"

The chieftain Cao Yi shook his head, "No more, my dear lord."

After saying this, he retreated respectfully.

Then there is Da Zhuang.

Since this polar man broke through to the second level, his physique seems to have become much stronger.

He reported excitedly in a loud voice: "My Lord! These past few days, I have been working hard with the goblins to mine!"

"In three days, we transported back a total of 17 truckloads of ore, and then at night we rushed to sort out all the ore at the ore processing plant!"

"In total, we mined 52312 pieces of iron, 12812 pieces of copper, 18647 pieces of coal, and more than a thousand pieces of primary magic crystals."

"Plus some silver and gold ores that need to be smelted, but the quantity is currently unknown."

"And the stones you ordered were mined for more than 20 pieces!"

"Now, the resources in that mine have basically been mined out by us!"

"We need more and bigger veins!"

The goblin behind him also raised his hammer and said excitedly: "Bigger vein! Bigger vein!"

"Mining! We want to mine!"

Listening to Da Zhuang's report, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

He only gave Da Zhuang 60 goblins.

Unexpectedly, they were so efficient that they actually dug the mine empty.

However, naturally generated resource points like this will not regenerate after being mined.

Therefore, in the near future, we need to find new resource points for them to mine.

But fortunately, Cao Xing knew where some rich resource points were hidden near the territory.

Moreover, tomorrow is the day of system update, and new resource points should be refreshed near the territory.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "I understand, I will find a way to deal with the mineral vein.

"You guys should continue to mine several small resource points around the territory today."

"If there are no more mines, we can cut down trees. Timber is also a very important resource for us."

Da Zhuang straightened his body and replied respectfully: "Yes, Lord!"

The goblins raised their hammers and shouted in unison: "Dig, dig! Dig, dig!"

After Da Zhuang finished his report, the polar man Duan also came forward.

"Good day, my lord."

Compared to Dazhuang, Duan seems much more polite.

Cao Xing knew that this was an ambitious polar man.

This can be seen from what he said before, that he wants to change the lives of the entire polar race.

Cao Xing even heard that Duan had recently started learning to read.

Cao Xing did not resist or feel any sense of crisis towards this kind of ambitious polar people.

Because ever since Cao Xing started to expose him to this knowledge.

Duan's loyalty has not only not decreased, but on the contrary has risen to the level of die-hard loyalty, which says it all.

After this polar man has accumulated some time, he will have sufficient strength and rich knowledge reserves.

Perhaps he can really change the fate of all polar people with his own strength.

Of course, this process must be very difficult, no less difficult than the goblins coming out of underground and establishing a chamber of commerce.

And in comparison, the situation of the polar people is actually more difficult.

After all, above these polar people, there are nobility, religion, and a feudal system that has lasted for tens of thousands of years.

As mentioned before, that group of nobles will never allow cheap labor like the polar people to have a chance to turn things around.

Once these polar people show signs of such thoughts, they will be struck by thunder from the nobles!

Cao Xing couldn't help him with anything. Everything depended on himself and the efforts of all the polar people.

Coming back to his senses from his thoughts, Cao Xing said, "Duan, go ahead."

The polar man said calmly, "According to your instructions, we have also been working hard to build those important buildings in the territory recently."

"Among them, the Alchemy Workshop has been successfully upgraded to the advanced level, and the Blacksmith Shop and Sewing Shop have also been upgraded to the advanced level."

"In addition, we have upgraded the territory's furnace to level 18, which is still some distance away from the level 21 you mentioned."

"Then there is your Lord's Mansion, which has been successfully upgraded to Level 8."

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

For him, the current progress of the furnace and the lord's mansion is also very important.

He has two orange blueprints with the required levels for both buildings.

To build a [Large Space Teleportation Array], the furnace level needs to be reached to level 21.

As for the other [Statue of the God of Craftsmen], the level of the Lord's Mansion needs to be reached to Level 10.

"I see. Please continue reporting."

Duan continued, "Another problem is that we don't have enough resources in our territory."

"In the past few days, we have been building various arrow towers on a large scale and upgrading the city walls, which has consumed a lot of resources."

"What we are mainly lacking is iron, elemental crystals, and mithril. These three materials are basically exhausted."

"If it weren't for Brother Dazhuang who have been mining these days, I'm afraid our construction work would have stopped yesterday."

After hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes once again showed a thoughtful look.

He took a look at the resources in his territory.

【Wood】*12633
【Stone】*33582
【Iron】*10752
[Refined Iron] *337
[Bronze] *5322
[Mithril]*215
[Eternal Gold Ingot] *174
[Magic Pattern Stone] *135
【Longyan Mine】*4291
[Primary Element Crystal] *6981
[Intermediate Element Crystal] *184
[Advanced Element Crystal] *38
[Glacier Fragment]*923123
...

Just as Duan reported, the territory's reserves of various resources were running low.

The least of these is Mithril.

There is no way. As he continues to develop, more and more places need to use this advanced material.

There are also Hengjin Ingots and Magic Pattern Stones.

So these three materials are also the minimum.

"However, I made a lot of money in Duolun Lake City this time. Whether it was Mithril or Eternal Gold Ingots, I got a huge amount."

"So it should be enough for the consumption in the territory."

"What we lack most at the moment are iron and elemental crystals."

"This time I collected hundreds of thousands of refined iron, but no ordinary iron. However, there are many ways to obtain this kind of material, so there is no need to rush."

"The most difficult thing to obtain is the high-level element crystal."

The natives do not have this kind of material. It will only drop when the survivors kill monsters and strong men.

There are two development models between the indigenous people and the survivor lords.

When they build those advanced arrow towers, they need more mithril or other materials, so they can be built even without elemental crystals.

But in comparison, the indigenous people consumed more materials and it took longer to build the arrow tower.

In general, the survivor lords have the advantage in constructing various buildings.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "It seems that I still have to go to the market to find a way to get these high-level element crystals."

"It just so happened that I killed a few saber-toothed tigers on the way this time."

"The tiger meat on them can increase a lot of strength and is very popular among those in close combat. I think we can exchange it for a lot of resources."

"After this merger, the market population will expand from 20 to nearly one million. With such a large population base, we don't have to worry about not receiving enough resources."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then said: "I know about the lack of resources in the territory."

"Your task today is to continue upgrading the furnace and the Lord's Mansion, and then repair the city wall."

"Once I have gathered all the resources, I will continue to build more arrow towers."

Duan wrote down Cao Xing's instructions one by one.

When he finished speaking, the polar man bowed slightly.

"We will do our best to complete the mission. May the stars bless you, my dear lord."

There was a fanatical look in his eyes when he looked at Cao Xing.

In my heart, I have already regarded my lord as my faith.

Cao Xing looked around and continued to ask, "So, does anyone else have anything to report to me?" Everyone looked at each other.

The Centaur Kantor raised his hand and said, "My Lord, I have something to report to you!"

"Cantel, you say."

"My Lord, when we were patrolling the territory yesterday, we passed by the nearby Talus Woodland and found many Frost Goblins there!"

"Any team we meet will have hundreds of goblins!"

"I estimate that the number of frost goblins inside the forest should have reached a terrifying number."

"This should be a large gathering place for frost goblins!"

Cao Xing frowned slightly, then asked, "How strong are those goblins?"

Kandar replied: "They are all level 2 to level 4 goblins, with a small number of level 5 goblins among them."

Cao Xing looked thoughtful.

Frost Goblins of this strength are not a concern for his territory.

However, the Talus Woods was only 15 kilometers away from his own territory.

There are several villages nearby, including Hogg Village, with which he has a good relationship.

Goblins are a group of debauched and brutal creatures.

This is also a significant safety hazard.

So, Cao Xing said, "I understand. I will send someone to investigate the situation and see how to deal with these goblins."

"As you command, my lord!" The Centaur Kandal also respectfully took his leave.

Cao Xing looked around and found that no one was ready to report, so he continued to give orders:
"Okay, everyone who went out with me last night, you can go back and rest now."

"Everyone else, start working as I just instructed."

"I will obey your will, my merciful and great lord!"

The entire territory, with a total of several hundred people, dispersed in a huge crowd.

Soon, only Cao Xing and four women were left here.

They are Liu Muxue, Sarah, Elisa, and Tong Chuchu.

Cao Xing asked in confusion: "Didn't I tell you to go and rest? Why are you standing here?"

Liu Muxue beside him whispered, "Axing, don't you want to take a rest?"

She knew that Cao Xing had been on the road and fighting all the time in the past few days.

Over the past three days, the total rest time has not exceeded 1 hour.

Elisa and Tong Chuchu also said with concern: "Yes, yes, Lord, you should also go and have a rest."

Although Sarah didn't say anything, her affectionate eyes said it all.

In response to their concern, a slight smile appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

Although he has many loyal and even fully loyal subordinates in his territory.

But in this regard, girls are much more delicate.

Renis wanted to focus more on archery and use her own strength to help Cao Xing.

He shook his head and said, "It's okay. I'm a fifth-level mage now after all. It won't affect me if I don't sleep for a few days."

"I'll go take a rest after I finish the things on hand."

Next, he has a lot to do.

Whether it is to receive that group of refugees, digest the gains from their trip, or find new resource points, they are all more important things at the moment.

Hearing this, the four women looked at each other.

"My Lord, is there anything we can help with?"

"Yes, yes! We also want to help the Lord share the burden!"

Cao Xing smiled and was about to say that there was nothing he needed help with.

At this time, he seemed to have thought of something.

"By the way, Mu Xue, the batch of food we obtained earlier needs to be stored in the basement first."

"Now go with Sarah and ask Duan to give you a few people to move the food to the basement and have them stack it up."

"If there's not enough space, let them build a few more basements."

This time, the amount of food they harvested was terrifying!

A total of more than 900,000 kilograms.

There are currently only three medium-sized basements in the territory, and this space is definitely not enough.

More underground space is also needed.

After hearing this, Liu Muxue nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

She was also happy that she could help Cao Xing.

Then, he took Sarah and quickly went to the basement.

Elisa and Tong Chuchu were still standing there, seemingly waiting for the next instruction from the lord.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Come with me."

"Let's go check out the newcomers. You will lead them to get familiar with the territory."

"No problem, my lord!"

The two little girls immediately followed Cao Xing obediently.

Soon, the group of three arrived at the third ring area of ​​the territory.

Compared to the previous two days, nearly twenty high-level shelters were built here.

It almost fills the vacant position of the land.

Moreover, each [high-level shelter] covers an area of ​​nearly 180 square meters and is divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower.

If we squeeze in a little, it won't be a problem for thirty or forty people to live here.

These 20 shelters alone can accommodate hundreds of people.

But according to Cao Yi, he allocated fifteen rooms to these 237 refugees, so there was enough living space.

Soon, Cao Xing saw a group of figures gathered in an open space next to the residential area.

...

...

Grapevine Village was originally a small village located in the southwest of the Snowstorm Plain, near Liushui Town.

There are more than sixty households in the whole village, and all the villagers make a living by growing a kind of winter grape.

The agricultural area outside the village is covered with large greenhouses.

There are lush and green grape vines planted inside.

This winter grape has a slow growth cycle and takes half a year to grow once.

February and August every year are the harvest seasons in Grapevine Village.

On every harvest day, bunches of purple and green grapes hang on the branches of the grape racks, as dazzling as gems.

The grapes produced in Grapevine Village are of high quality and are very popular among local wine merchants.

People in the village will use these winter grapes to make delicious wine and hold lively grape festivals.

The villagers are hospitable and their life is as mellow and sweet as wine.

However, about ten years ago, the village of Grapevine was incorporated into the territory of Baron Augustus.

In other words, the entire village, including the villagers, became the baron's property.

The baron set regulations for them, requiring Grapevine Village to pay a fixed amount of taxes every year.

According to regulations, there are about 60 households in the village.

Every year, more than 90,000 kilograms of winter grapes need to be grown and submitted, which is a fixed quota.

Regardless of how much or how little you plant, you must hand in 90,000 kilograms.

As for the problems and difficulties you encountered, those nobles would not consider them.

The excess can be consumed internally in the village or sold to local wineries and used for village expenses.

But if less is planted, the whole village must contribute money to fill the gap.

If a village does not pay enough in the first year, it will not only be punished by the baron, but will also have to make up the shortfall in the second year.

If the sufficient share is not paid for three consecutive years.

The baron will then consider this village to have no value in existence.

The villagers of the entire village will be distributed to other villages or sold directly.

The families and interpersonal relationships that had been established there would also be directly disrupted.

For the civilians of this world, living in this cold hell is already extremely difficult.

The ties of family and friends have become one of the few reasons that can keep them alive.

Being separated from one's family would be more painful than killing them.

However, the Baron's orders were absolute and no one could disobey them.

Even if he ordered the entire village to be razed to the ground and all the civilians to the death, they could not complain.

This is a feudal system that has lasted for tens of thousands of years and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of everyone in this world.

Therefore, the entire Grape Village has been working hard to grow grapes over the past decade in an effort to achieve the share required by the Baron.

However, in this world's extremely harsh weather, ordinary plants simply cannot survive.

Not to mention, grapes are crops that need to absorb sunlight.

In previous years, there was less severe weather.

Even with everyone in the village working at full capacity, the annual output of Grapevine Village is barely around 10 kilograms.

At the end of the year, there are only 1 kilograms left, which are sold to local wine merchants in exchange for a meager income, and life is still manageable.

However, the good times did not last long.

In recent years, severe weather with strong winds and snowstorms has become more frequent.

Blizzards, cold winds, cold fog and disasters, etc.

Every natural disaster not only endangers the lives of civilians, but also affects the growth of crops in the greenhouses.

That year, they only handed over 80,000 kilograms of grapes. The remaining 20,000 kilograms were filled by the entire village using all their savings.

This can be said to have emptied their savings of many years at once.

I thought the second year would be a little better.

As a result, the weather became even worse.

Throughout the entire year, they only harvested 60,000 kilograms of grapes.

For three consecutive years, the share required by the Baron was not reached.

Therefore, Putian Village was disbanded on the spot.

Baron Augustus originally wanted to randomly assign them to work in some mines.

As a result, he lost a bet with another baron and simply sold these civilians to make up for the gambling money.

Then, the entire village was sold to Arkady Volk.

That is, Fitz Walker's father, the previous baron.

As a result, just as he took over the vicinity of his territory, the old baron fell seriously ill.

It was not until after his death that Fitz Walker remembered these villagers.

As the chief of Grapevine Village, Zelko is over fifty years old this year.

In this world, the average life expectancy of civilians is around fifty or sixty years old.

So Zelko is now considered a centenarian.

The old village chief hunched his back, looked around, and sighed at the group of simple-looking villagers next to him.

"Alas... I don't know what the new lord's temper is like..."

"Hopefully, he can be a little nicer to us."

A pale-faced woman wearing a cotton hat said, "Village Chief, this territory is much larger than we thought. This lord must be a very capable person, right?"

The old village chief shook his head. "I don't know. We haven't seen what this lord looks like yet, and we don't know what kind of person he is..."

"However, I heard that this lord will return today."

"All of you, be smart and don't offend him, okay?"

"Otherwise, our future life will be difficult..."

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