Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 188 New Residence Land Arrow Bamboo Forest

April 21, the first year of Daxia
The wooden building is finally finished!
The notice from the Craftsmen's Department had been issued during the day, so as soon as night fell, a huge crowd of people flocked to the wooden building.

"These four walls are made of a lot of iron. They look so solid!"

"I have inquired about it. All the joints of this wooden building are made of iron. On average, a single wall consumes 120,000 kilograms of iron."

"Hiss... 120,000 jin? When we were at Wuyuan Mountain, we only mined over 200,000 jin a year, and this wall used that much!"

"Hey, can Zhuhe compare with Daxia? Do you know how much iron ore Daxia mined in the past month?"

"How many?"

"90 million catties!"

"hiss…………"

Upon hearing this number, Zhu Meng's pupils dilated greatly. Looking back, he found that his father Zhu Xing was also dumbfounded, with his mouth open for a long time.

It's no wonder. Although their Zhuhe camp has twenty-one diggers who are qualified to mine, they don't have toothed chisels. On average, each person can only mine about 100 kilograms a day, and it is impossible for them to go mining every day. Therefore, an annual mining output of 100,000 kilograms is already very good.

90 kilograms of iron ore in one month, what does that mean!
"I heard that there will be more this month. Lord Yuwen set a rule that every Digger must hand in 5000 kilograms of coal and 2500 kilograms of iron every month. Do you know how many Diggers there are in our camp now?"

Everyone turned to look at the person who spoke, with curiosity in their eyes.

The man slowly stretched out his palm, spread out five fingers, and said with a smile: "I heard that it is almost five hundred. Calculated at five hundred, think about it, how much iron and coal will be mined in our camp in the next month?"

500 Digging Realm!
Before everyone started calculating, they were shocked by the number.

Especially Zhu Xing, Xiao Kangcheng, Chen Hua and others who had recently come from Wuyuan Mountain, were amazed and a complex expression flashed across their faces.

They have all been leaders, and they know very well what this number represents.

"250 million catties of coal, 125 million catties of iron, hissing..."

When someone calculated the amount of iron and coal mined, the crowd suddenly became agitated.

"No wonder this wooden building can use so much iron. The four walls together only weigh 480,000 kilograms, which is about one-third of the amount mined in a month."

"I heard that this wooden building can even withstand the tide of cold beasts. From now on, it can be brightly lit even during the day. I wonder if I can get a room."

"Everyone should be able to get one. Come on, let's go in and take a look!"

"Come on, go in, come in, you can look around freely today."

"Look, Lord Si Cheng has already brought people in, and they will be divided up later."

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A huge crowd of people walked in through the gate, and the 200-meter-long wooden building was instantly packed with people.

The overall structure of this wooden building is actually the same as the previous one.

The biggest difference is the materials used.

This is also extremely obvious inside the wooden building.

Therefore, no matter whether it was the original one thousand people from Da Xia, or the more than 20,000 people from Jingxian and Wuyuan Mountain, after entering the wooden building, they all couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.

"Except for the first floor, the floors of the second and third floors are all paved with a mixture of iron sheets and wood."

“The circular ladder in the middle is also forged from iron.”

"Twelve load-bearing columns, all forged from pure iron. Wow, how heavy are they!"

"The Fiery Sun Cauldron is hung directly in the center and can be moved up and down."

"Hiss, what a thick chain! When we were defending against the cold beast tide before, the chain we used was not even half as thick as this one."

"Didn't Mu Siming say before that this wooden building is more than ten times more defensive than the previous one?"

"No wonder you said you won't be afraid during the day anymore. Living in here, even if a cold beast comes, you won't be afraid."

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The news of Daxia's fight against the cold beast tide has spread over the past few days.

The more than 3,000 people who came from Jingxian were fine, but there were nearly 20,000 people on the Five Ape Mountain side. Let alone the cold beast tide, most of them had never even seen a group of more than three cold beasts. When they learned that the wooden building they would live in in the future could withstand the cold beast tide, one can imagine how excited they were.

Except for the top floor, the first and second floors can be visited freely. More than 20,000 people came in and quickly dispersed to various places to check things out on their own. Some curious people even began to study which room would be more comfortable to live in.

While everyone was visiting the first and second floors, on the top floor, Xia Chuan, accompanied by the six department chiefs, was taking Xia Hong to visit the completed third floor.

The central hall on the top floor.

No, it shouldn't be called the lobby.

This should be called the main hall.

The main entrance is vermilion; the wooden floor is carved with animal patterns; the golden ceiling is visible when you look up, and it is obviously painted with powdered gold wood; there are also sixteen two-meter-high cold beast statues carved from animal bones placed around the hall, and those statues are even painted in a unique way, with different shapes and lifelike;

In the center of the hall is the Fiery Sun Cauldron, and the surrounding staircases have been blocked, obviously indicating that people are not allowed to enter or exit at will.

Apart from the hanging ladder, there is only one entrance and exit to the hall, which is the vermilion main door on the west side. Xia Hong and his group just came in from there.

Surrounding the Lieyang Cauldron are four load-bearing pillars that run through from the first floor. Unlike the eight pillars distributed in other parts of the wooden building, these four pillars, like the top, are also coated with a layer of gold paint.

If these things were said, they would only make the hall somewhat solemn;
Then the five-meter-wide platform with ten steps on the inner east side of the hall adds a bit of solemnity to it;

The large golden chair on the high platform adds a sense of sacredness to the entire hall.

The chair was also golden, but different from the gold color of the roof and the load-bearing columns of the hall, it was a textured gold color that people could tell with the naked eye that it was made of large pieces of animal bones that were polished and spliced ​​together, and then coated with thick gold paint on the outside, which finally created this effect.

The chair has a square backrest, and the part only about 1.5 meters above the seat is carved with more than a dozen miniature cold beast patterns; the armrests on both sides are carved with a small Tengjiao with bared fangs and claws. The head of the Tengjiao is right at the front end of the armrest, and the roaring posture is lifelike and domineering.

The wall behind this chair is not empty either.

On the wall, there is a huge map of the territory of Daxia. People in the hall can see it clearly as long as they look up.

"Mu Dong, your cooking skills are getting better and better!"

Hearing Xia Hong's praise, Mu Dong's uneasy mood immediately relaxed.

"Thank you for the compliment, Chief!"

After he spoke, he thought of something and continued, "Captain, the Chief said that this hall will be used for meetings in the camp from now on, so a lot of effort was put into it. Behind the hall is your room. Why don't you go take a look now? If there is anything missing, we can add it."

Seeing the expectation in Mu Dong's eyes, Xia Hong immediately guessed that his room might be even more exaggerated than this hall. He chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I'll go in and see the room myself. Everyone is still waiting for their rooms. You should have a lot of things to do today, so get busy!"

Hearing the occasional noise coming from downstairs, Xia Chuan nodded, took his leave, and led everyone to open the staircase entrance to the hall and walked down.

Xia Hong pushed open the door on the east wall and walked into his room.

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"Everyone, gather in the main hall. Lord Si Cheng has something to announce!"

"Everyone, gather in the main hall. Lord Si Cheng has something to announce!"

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On the first and second floors of the wooden building, repeated notification sounds were heard in the corridors. Upon hearing the sounds, people who were visiting various places rushed to the main hall.

After the tour, the next step is to allocate rooms!
Everyone was mentally prepared. As they walked towards the main hall, they were all filled with anticipation and naturally had big looks of joy on their faces.

Soon, more than 20,000 people gathered in the main halls on the first and second floors. The main halls were 50 meters wide. Even though there were two floors, it was extremely crowded with more than 23,000 people coming at the same time.

Soon, not only the main hall, but also the aisles around the main hall and the suspended stairs in the middle were crowded with people.

Everyone who came over saw Xia Chuan standing on the ladder on the second floor, holding a booklet in his hand.

Guessing that the booklet was the list of people who would be assigned rooms later, everyone couldn't help but look expectant.

Seeing that most people had arrived, Xia Chuan turned around and glanced at Yuan Cheng.

Yuan Cheng understood what he meant and immediately stepped forward, shouting:
"Silence, everyone, silence!"

"Silence, everyone, silence!"

"Silence, everyone, silence!"

Yuan Cheng's basic strength was approaching the limit of 30,000 jin. He shouted with all his strength, and his voice was very penetrating. These three shouts in succession could be heard clearly by not only the 20,000 or 30,000 people in the main hall, but also the entire corridor on the first floor.

More than 20,000 people fell silent, and the entire wooden building fell silent in an instant.

Xia Chuan walked to the center of the hanging ladder and spoke loudly: "The wooden building has been completed, and everyone should be impatient, so I won't waste any more words and will go straight to the division.

The entire wooden building is divided into three floors, with 100 rooms on the top floor, 280 rooms on the second floor, and 360 rooms on the first floor. Excluding the leader's room, there are a total of 739 rooms.

In addition to the leader, there are 23230 people in the camp, including 5821 family households with a population of 19212 people. The remaining 4018 people are all unmarried individuals.

There are only 739 rooms in total, so priority is given to dividing them by household registration. On average, every nine to ten households live in one room, so there are about 610 rooms in total;
Then the remaining individual household registrations are divided by gender, with an average of 31 people living in one room, for a total of 129 rooms.

This is the general distribution for this time. Later, Qiu Peng, the director of the quartermaster department, will post the distribution list at the entrance of the wooden building. You can find your assigned room based on the list. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

"Hahaha, as long as you can move in."

"I understand, sir!"

………………

As Xia Chuan finished speaking, responses came one after another, and most people had smiles on their faces, obviously very satisfied.

But there were still a small number of people with frowned brows and puzzled expressions on their faces.

"Each room has ten families living in it, which means there are at least thirty people in ten families. Sir Si Cheng, isn't it a bit too crowded?"

"Yes, the rooms on the first and second floors are only ten meters wide. It is really too crowded to squeeze 30 people into a hundred square meters."

“It’s better than the two temporary wooden houses we had before, but it’s still very crowded.”

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Those who asked questions were basically from the Digging Realm of the Hunting Department.

When they heard these people asking, the others also reacted. Thinking of the rooms they had just seen, they immediately realized that it would be very crowded if it was allocated like this. It would only be slightly better than the temporary wooden house they were living in now.

Xia Chuan was not surprised to hear everyone's questions. He repeated to everyone what he had said during the meeting last night.

"I've said before that this wooden building is only for dealing with emergencies like the previous cold beast tide, and is not used to improve everyone's living conditions, so the distribution method will not change!"

After hearing Xia Chuan's words, everyone immediately stopped talking.

But at this moment, Xia Chuan suddenly changed the subject and continued, "But if you want to live comfortably, there are other ways."

After he finished speaking, Xia Chuan gestured to Qiu Peng.

Qiu Peng and a few others carried out a wooden board and placed it in the middle of the main hall.

The wooden board was about 1 meters long and about centimeters wide, with three thick lines running across it, dividing it into four sections. On both sides of the three thick lines, there were many small square frames drawn, and those small frames were marked with numbers from onwards.

There is a huge frame in the middle of the wooden board.

In the middle of the big frame, there are two words marked.

Seeing the word "main building", everyone was stunned.

Yuwen Tao and other people in the Digging Realm, including many people in the Jingxian Camp, seemed to realize something and their expressions immediately brightened.

Many smart people had guesses in their minds when they saw the word "wooden building" and the small square boxes with numbers.

Xia Chuan felt that it was about time, so he pointed at the wooden board and continued:
"From today on, anyone in the camp who has broken through to the Digging Realm is eligible to purchase a piece of land from the Camp Supply Department. The small boxes with numbers on them are the plots of land planned for you. All plots of land are 100 square meters. After purchasing the land, you can spend contribution points to ask the Craftsman Department to help you build a house of your own..."

Xia Chuan paused here, noticing that everyone's eyes had begun to light up, he added fuel to the fire and continued:

"This house, along with the land underneath, will be registered by the Ministry of Supply and will be permanently reserved. Unless there is a natural disaster or man-made calamity, you and your descendants will live in it for generations to come."

coax…………

At this moment, everyone was excited.

"From generation to generation, when I die, can I leave it to my sons and grandchildren?"

"Once you buy it, it's mine."

"The house is nothing, the land is valuable, we have to build it."

"Digging Realm. Only those who have reached the Digging Realm are qualified."

"I have to practice quickly. The highest number on it is 4200. If I want to live in the valley, I have to break through quickly, otherwise it will be gone soon."

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The loggers and some ordinary people were just excited and engaged in heated discussions, while the nearly 500 diggers in the camp knew that they were qualified to build houses, and their eyes suddenly became hot, with almost all of their gazes focused on the wooden board behind Xia Chuan.

This is no longer just about improving one's own living conditions.

Instead, it can leave an opportunity for wealth for your descendants.

With Da Xia's current development, they can almost foresee the future value of these lands.

"Sir, what is the price of this land? Tell us!"

Yuan Cheng was the first one to speak impatiently, and he asked the question that everyone was concerned about. Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan chuckled when he heard this. Seeing everyone's eager eyes, he didn't keep them in suspense and pointed directly at lot No. 11 on the wooden board and said:

"The prices of plots of land in different areas are tiered. You can go to the Supply Department to find out more. I'll take plot No. 11 as an example. The price of this plot of land is 5000 contribution points!"

hiss…………

Not to mention ordinary people and the lumberjacks, even Yuan Cheng, who was the first one to follow Xia Hong out hunting, couldn't help but gasp at this moment.

5000 points, what does this mean?
He currently has just over 6,000 yuan in his possession.

As far as he knew, Xia Chuan had just over ten thousand on him.

5000 points, Yuan Cheng looked at Luo Yuan, Zhao Long and the other three brothers beside him, and his heart moved slightly.

As soon as the meeting is over, I will go find Qiu Peng immediately!

When Xia Chuan saw Yuan Cheng's eyes, he laughed secretly in his heart.

The price set by Qiu Peng was discussed with him. He probably has an idea of ​​who can afford it at this stage.

This price is definitely expensive at this stage.

But it is not outrageously expensive, and it is not difficult to buy it at the Digging Realm.

Based on the lowest guaranteed income, 2500 kilograms of iron and 5000 kilograms of coal, the monthly mining income of the Digging Realm is 500; for a low-level hunting team, the minimum target is fifteen low-level cold beasts. Based on a team of ten, each person can get about 450 points.

By this calculation, it will take about five months to buy it.

This is still the minimum income. If you want to buy it quickly, do more mining and hunting, you can basically get it in less than five months.

Compared with the ten-stone iron-framed bow that requires 2000 contribution points to buy one, the price of this land can even be considered extremely low and unreasonable.

After all, in the long run, as the population increases in the future, the prices of these lands will definitely rise, and may even rise to an outrageous level.

"It's 5000, which is a benefit for you in advance!"

Xia Chuan said to himself, and seeing that everyone had almost finished discussing it, he asked someone to remove the wooden board and continued:

"Alright, you can contact the Quartermaster Department for more information about the house construction. That's all for today. Next, I have two more announcements to make..."

The first thing is to reward Mu Dong and Cheng Feng.

Salt, silk, white paper, cloth, wine, beast essence pill, blood sore pill, hot wind pill, and blood violent pill, nine items, each rewarded with 10,000 contribution points.

As soon as Xia Chuan read out Xia Hong's commendation order, the more than 20,000 people in the camp instantly became excited, even the Digging Realm cultivators were no exception.

Ten thousand contribution points, and it’s a one-time thing.

Even after hearing Xia Chuan say that the money would be divided equally among all participants, everyone still looked excited.

This number is really tempting!

The current minimum monthly salary for digging is just over 1000. If you want to earn more, it will cost a lot of energy. How can you be rewarded with for inventing something?
Everyone in the camp had their eyes aroused.

Seeing the looks in everyone's eyes, Xia Chuan knew that his elder brother had achieved his goal.

If nothing unexpected happens, in the days ahead, the people in the camp will definitely rack their brains to research, especially those who have not made much progress in cultivation. In the future, they will have a new way to gain contribution points.

After finishing the first thing, Xia Chuan dismissed everyone directly, leaving only the captains of the twenty-two hunting teams.

"Master Si Cheng, do you have any instructions for our hunting department?"

Seeing that Xiachuan only left people from the hunting tribe, Yuwen Tao began to ask.

Xia Chuan nodded, and without beating around the bush, he took out a marked map of Daxia, showed it to everyone, and asked:
"The area currently controlled by Daxia is roughly divided into five areas, namely the northern foot of Wuyuan Mountain, the western wall of Shuanglong Mountain, the eastern outer part of Hongmu Ridge, the western part of the arrow bamboo forest, and a small area in the southeast of Pingxiyuan. Have you found anything?"

When everyone heard this, there was a hint of weirdness in their eyes.

This is not a problem. The markings that Xia Chuan made on the map are already very clear.

"Si Cheng is trying to say that we only control a small part of these five sectors, not the entire territory, right?"

In the end, it was Yuwen Tao who spoke out.

Xia Chuan nodded, knowing that everyone had seen it, so he stopped keeping the secret and said in a deep voice: "420 square kilometers is not the limit of our Great Xia, and we must not stop expanding our territory.

These five sections, from easy to difficult, should be Wuyuan Mountain, Jianzhu Forest, Pingxi Plain, Hongmuling, and Shuanglong Mountain.

Wuyuan Mountain is too far from the valley, and there is a cold wave in the near future, so we will put it aside for now. Our next mission is the Arrow Bamboo Forest."

Xia Chuan pointed to the location of the arrow bamboo forest, pondered for a moment, and continued:
"The Arrow Bamboo Forest runs from east to west, with a total length of only more than 70 kilometers and a north-south width of about 20 kilometers. Although this entire area has been incorporated into the territory of Daxia, in reality, we have only explored one-third of it."

Moreover, this one-third was what the Mirror Fairy Camp had explored before.

Xia Chuan didn't say this out loud, but everyone understood it.

"Mu Dong, didn't you say recently that the Artisan Department was short of bamboo silk? If we can capture the entire Arrow Bamboo Forest, it will be much more convenient for the people in the Gathering Department to go there in the future, and the output of bamboo silk will naturally be higher."

Mu Dong and Cheng Feng beside him nodded when they heard this.

Paper, cloth, silk, bowstrings...bamboo silk has many uses. If the people in the gathering department can freely enter and exit the entire bamboo forest, the output of bamboo silk will definitely increase in the future.

"So, the next stage of our mission is to explore the remaining two-thirds of the area and turn the entire bamboo forest into our Daxia's actual territory. We can also take a look to see if there are other human camps on the eastern edge of the bamboo forest."

Everyone's eyes lit up and they all nodded.

Drawing detailed maps and attracting new population to the camp are two tasks of the pioneering department. After completion, there will be considerable contribution value rewards.

"in addition……"

Xia Chuan turned his gaze to Yuwen Tao, pointed to a place called Jinggu marked on the map, and said, "The coal mine in the bamboo forest can be left alone for now, but the two iron mines near Jinggu must be guarded in shifts to prevent others from stealing them. So I decided to set up a temporary station in Jinggu."

A complicated look appeared in Yuwen Tao's eyes, but he still nodded.

Jing Valley is naturally the former base of the Jingxian Camp. Although it has become history now, it still belongs to the territory of Daxia after all, so it must be managed.

The buildings of Jingxian’s base are still there, and there are many things inside that can be used directly, making it perfect as a temporary base.

"This temporary station can be used as a supply point for exploring the bamboo forest. If you go too deep and don't have time to return to the valley, you can go here to rest. More importantly, you can keep an eye on Pingxi Plain from here to prevent the beehive or other camps from attacking the bamboo forest!"

As soon as these two points were mentioned, everyone immediately realized the importance of Jinggu and looked up at Xiachuan.

"Who among you is willing to take charge of this station?"

The captains of the twenty-two hunting teams all looked shocked at once.

"I am willing."

"I."

"I would like that too."

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Except for Yuwen Tao, the other twenty-one captains all spoke up and expressed their willingness to take charge of this temporary base.

I haven't even told you what kind of funding will be provided for this temporary base, but these people are so eager to go.

These people seem to have finally come to their senses.

"Since you are all interested, let's compete like before!"

After Xia Chuan finished speaking, he paused and continued, "There are still nine days left in this month. Based on these last nine days, whoever has explored the most areas in the Arrow Bamboo Forest will be the person in charge of this Jinggu station!"

Upon hearing this, the twenty-one people all nodded solemnly in agreement.

"grown ups……"

Yuwen Tao hesitated at this time and said, "The ice trees will bear fruit at the end of this month. It's too late to explore the arrow bamboo forest at this time..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuan, Zhu Ling, Hong Tian and Meng Yi, the four people from the Jingxian camp, immediately reacted and their expressions changed.

When the crystal fruits are ripe, there will be a tide of beasts in the arrow bamboo forest.

They almost forgot about this, luckily Yuwen Tao remembered it.

"Don't worry, the leader is also aware of the beast tide. He will be there during this period of time. If there are any problems, he will inform you at any time!"

When they heard Xia Chuan say that Xia Hong would go in person, everyone's expressions suddenly became excited.

However, Yuwen Tao and the other five people still had frowns on their faces.

They had real experience of the beast tide in the bamboo forest.

With the leader's current strength, I'm afraid...

The five of them looked at each other. Although they were worried, they still held back and did not speak, as could be seen from the expressions on Xia Chuan and the others' faces.

(End of this chapter)