Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 260: The Problem of Beast Meat
The dividing line of a day in Bingyuan is dawn.

It was already dawn when the Jade Bone Medicine was produced. Strictly speaking, it was April 29th of the second year of Daxia.

Xia Hong put the Hanxu Ding into the system and rushed all the way to the southeast. When he passed the beehive, he did not go in, but headed directly south towards Jing Valley.

From the Beehive to Jinggu, traces of human activities can be seen everywhere along the more than ten kilometers. Some of the traces can even be seen at a glance to have been left shortly before dawn.

"There are about 30,000 ordinary people in the Hive. According to the migration plan they have formulated, it is estimated that 20,000 people have passed through Jinggu and returned to Xiacheng in four nights. We cannot let any fish slip through the net. We must rush back to Xiacheng first, screen those people, and then put the Hanxu Ding in Jinggu."

Xia Hong walked alone at a very fast speed and arrived at Jing Valley in just a moment.

It was daytime now, so Jinggu was naturally quiet. No one could be seen outside the entire base. However, inside the forty neatly arranged wooden houses, all of them had lights on, indicating that many people were obviously living there.

Xia Hong walked directly towards the main building which had been renovated in the center of the base.

"somebody is coming?"

"Those who can be outside during the day must be strong enough to withstand the cold, right?"

"Look at his clothes. They are made of similar materials to those of Lord Yue Feng last night. They should also be of the Great Xia cold-resistant grade."

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At this moment, the people living in the wooden house were all those who migrated from the beehive. Most of them had just changed their environment, and many of them were not used to it yet. They did not fall asleep at all. When they saw Xia Hong walking in the aisle through the window, they all made curious noises.

"Yue Feng greets the leader!"

Xia Hong walked in so swaggeringly, and before he even got close to the main building, Yue Feng ran out directly from inside, walked up to him and bowed.

Yue Feng should have heard from Meng Yi about Xia Hong's return to the camp, so although he looked excited at the moment, he was not surprised at all.

"Get up. How many people are there in Jinggu now? Also, how many people have you sent to Xiacheng? You should have a specific number here, right?"

Yue Feng nodded immediately and replied, "In the past four nights, a total of 19284 people came from the Beehive, of which 15242 have returned to Xiacheng via the Xia Straight Road, and the remaining 4042 are still stranded in Mirror Valley, including Wu Shuang and the 1014 prisoners from the Beehive."

Almost as expected!
Although the distance from the Beehive to Mirror Valley is only a dozen kilometers, it is basically the limit to move more than 5,000 people in one night. Once these people arrive at Mirror Valley, it will be easy to take a straight road back to Xiacheng, which is very efficient.

"Among the 1014 prisoners, how many are in the Digger Realm?"

Xia Hong already knew that Daxia had fought two battles in total in Longyou, but he didn't know the exact number of prisoners, so he asked out of curiosity.

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng showed excitement on his face and said, "466 diggers and 548 woodcutters, from Zhaoyang and Wushuang respectively. The two iron mines in Jinggu are out of work, so these people are simply left here. I have followed the instructions of the Chief Secretary and registered these people under the name of the team that captured them. When the time comes, the mining amount can be directly used to meet the team's quota."

Xia Hong was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he chuckled a few times.

He almost forgot that Daxia also has a rule regarding prisoners.

According to the rules for prisoners, these more than a thousand people, who have all fought against Daxia head-on on the battlefield, will definitely be sentenced to more than three years of corvee labor. The coal and iron ore they mined during their service can be used to replace the mining targets of those hunting teams.

"Xia Chuan told me that all 32 intermediate hunting teams have been transferred here this time. Your team should have captured quite a few prisoners, right?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng immediately chuckled and said, "I have no choice. Si Cheng ordered me to garrison Jinggu. The Shanhe team can only be led by Yuan Kun. That guy is quite good. He has captured a total of 82 prisoners, including 24 in the Digging Realm. He ranks sixth among the intermediate teams."

"You can rank sixth, which teams are in the top five?"

Xia Hong asked with interest. Although Xia Chuan had told him everything about Beehive and Wu Shuang, he didn't know the details of the battle. He only knew that Beehive took advantage of Zhao Yang and remained unscathed, but twenty-eight people died in the fight against Wu Shuang.

"Cloud Dragon, Tiger Leopard, Falcon, Steel Mane, Xuanwu."

Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, Hong Guang, the names of the captains of these five teams immediately emerged in Xia Hong's mind, and his eyebrows raised slightly.

Yuwen Tao and Yuan Cheng were probably delayed at Yangyuan Peak and failed to catch up with the battle with Wu Shuang, so the Longwu and Tulong teams did not make it into the top five.

"The Xuanwu team has also made it into the top five. Hong Guang performed well this time!"

Previously, Hong Guang made a mistake in Wuyuan, and he directly disbanded the Xuanwu team. As he broke through to the cold-resistant level, the Xuanwu team was also rebuilt. This time, they were able to rank in the top five, which proved Hong Guang's growth. A trace of relief appeared on Xia Hong's face.

"There are a lot of new people in this round of camps, and there will be more than 1800 people coming later. You still have a lot to do. The situation in Longyou has been initially settled. I have ordered Xia Chuan to transfer people back first. Your Shanhe team should be among them. There is no shortage of manpower. You must pay attention to safety when the population migrates, and send more people to patrol along the way."

Yue Feng nodded. Although he had not been to Longyou yet, through the population handovers in the previous few nights, he had already learned a lot about the situation in Longyou and knew that a large number of people would come there later.

However, seeing that Xia Hong was about to leave, he quickly said, "Chief, those captives in the logging realm cannot mine, so there is no point in keeping them. I discussed with Qiu Peng and decided to send them to cut wood at night to build straight roads. This is also a form of service. Qiu Peng said that a fixed amount of beast meat should be given every month as a reward to those who are diligent and hardworking. This can be regarded as a motivation for them to serve. If they break through to the digging realm, they can be transferred to the mines to mine..."

Xia Hong's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this.

"Not only can we make use of the prisoners from the logging territory, but we can also motivate them to serve. By the way, we can also build a straight road. This is a good idea."

Hearing Xia Hong's praise, a smile immediately appeared on Yue Feng's face.

This idea was thought up by him and Qiu Peng.

The inspiration came from the population migration in the previous four nights.

Every day, more than 5,000 people set out from the Beehive and head south to Mirror Valley. Although it is only more than ten kilometers, the team is so large that the progress is terribly slow.

The reasons that limit the team's marching speed are, first, the weather, second, the terrain, and third, the occasional appearance of cold beasts along the way.

The best solution, of course, is to build a Xiazhi Road that can connect Beehive and Mirror Valley. This is not only for this migration of people, but also necessary to open up connections between various outposts as the territory of Daxia expands to Longyou.

Building the Xiazhi Road is not an easy task.

The large amount of wood is secondary. As long as you can get local materials, it is not difficult.

The most difficult part is actually the construction.

The thickness of snow on the ground in the Ice Abyss Wilderness was well known to everyone. Just clearing the snow from the ground was an extremely tedious and huge project. Fortunately, the process could be participated in by the woodcutters.
Not to mention, there is also the need to drive piles into the ground, which can only be done by the Digging Realm. Moreover, due to the length of the straight road, which is often more than ten kilometers, at least hundreds or even thousands of Digging Realm personnel will be deployed. Under such circumstances, the construction period will at least take more than a month;

Then there is the subsequent installation of tunnels, the arrangement of torch coal stoves, including maintenance after completion, and the arrangement of special teams to patrol and clear out the various cold beasts entrenched around the tunnels. There are many things to take into account.

"There are five Xia Straight Roads in Daxia at present. Three lead to the coal and iron mines in Hongmuling, one to Wuyuan, and one to Jinggu. I originally estimated that the straight road from Jinggu to Fengchao would take three months to complete. The leader has transferred 1800 people back, so the construction period can be shortened by half. It is estimated that it will be open to traffic in June, and it will be much more convenient to transport goods and personnel."

Xia Hong nodded, his face full of approval.

There are many iron and coal mines under the names of Fengchao, Wushuang and Hanqiong, and the fire-condensing oil transaction with Longshan and Zhaoyang was just finalized last night. With the Xiazhi Road, the resources in Longyou can be efficiently and continuously transported back to Xiacheng, which will be of great help to Daxia.

Not to mention the exchanges of people!

"It's a good idea to use the prisoners from the logging realm to repair the straight road. Remember to report it to Xia Chuan and ask him to add it to the prisoner rules. This will give credit to both you and Qiu Peng."

Hearing Xia Hong's praise, Yue Feng showed a trace of hesitation, and said: "Chief, I don't need to be rewarded. I have a request, I hope the chief will agree to it!"

This is quite strange, Yue Feng actually took the initiative to make a request to himself.

Xia Hong suddenly became curious and asked, "What request?"

After hesitating for a moment, Yue Feng clasped his fists and said, "During the Longyou expansion, I have been staying here in Jinggu, but I have not been able to play any role. I am almost going crazy. Please ask the leader to replace me with someone else to be the garrison commander of Jinggu and transfer me to Longyou!"

"Hahahaha..." Xia Hong burst into laughter when he heard the voice. He thought it was a request, but it turned out that it was Yue Feng himself who was a little restless.

It's no wonder that in this battle in Longyou, almost all of Daxia's cold-resistant class troops were deployed, with only Yue Feng, Xu Ning, and Zhu Ling left behind. Seeing that everyone else was making contributions, Yue Feng could only watch and felt anxious, which was understandable.

However, Xia Hong glanced at the orderly Mirror Valley, shook his head slightly, and did not agree to Yue Feng's request.

When Yue Feng saw Xia Hong shaking his head, a look of disappointment suddenly appeared on his face.

Xia Hong smiled and said, "Don't be anxious. Being a garrison commander is not in conflict with fighting outside. If you can train someone to ensure that he can take good care of Jinggu when you are not around, then won't you be free?"

Hearing this, Yue Feng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Yup!

This is the same as his Shanhe team. He, the captain, did not go on the expedition to Longyou this time. Didn’t Li Yuankun and the team perform well?
"Okay, think about it slowly. I'm going back to Xiacheng first."

"Farewell, Chief!"

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he didn't wait for Yue Feng to salute. He turned into a gust of wind and rushed towards Xiacheng in the south.

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Xiacheng Neigu, Main Building

In the quartermaster department on the second floor, people were constantly coming in and out.

Qiu Peng was patrolling in the warehouse of the quartermaster department, and a young man behind him was constantly saying something to him.

"On the 5th, after the chief gave the order, we immediately raised the price of meat tenfold. Currently, 1 contribution points are exchanged for kilogram. Many people in the camp realized that there would be a shortage of meat in the near future, so a run on the bank occurred that day."

"You didn't take any action?"

"We adopted it. We stipulated on the same day that the daily exchange limit for the Cold-Proofing Realm was 100 catties, the Digging Realm limit was 10 catties, and the Woodcutting Realm limit was 5 catties. Even so, the meat consumption on the 118250th reached an astonishing 11 catties. The exchange volume in the following two days basically fluctuated around 120 catties. The reserve meat was reduced from more than 91 million catties to catties in three days."

"11 jin, how did they get it? So many Cold-Resistant and Digging-Level warriors went to Longyou, did they also get it?"

When Qiu Peng heard the number 11 kilograms, he was immediately confused.

The young man smiled helplessly and said, "What you don't know is that before those people went to the battle, they had already given the right to exchange contribution points to their families."

That makes sense!
Qiu Peng shook his head slightly, then he understood.

Those who went out to fight were working hard for the camp, so there was nothing wrong with them giving their contribution points to their families, and he couldn't say anything.

When Han Yuanjie reported to Xia Hong at the beginning of the year, the total number of diggers in the camp was 2192, and the number of woodcutters was 11924. Now that four months have passed, these two numbers have naturally undergone earth-shaking changes.

"3282, 16293."

Qiu Peng opened the quartermaster account book in his hand and saw the two new numbers. His expression froze slightly, and then he showed an expression of both joy and worry.

The good news, of course, is the sudden increase in the number of people at the Digging and Logging levels in Daxia.

What worries me is that as the population increases dramatically, the consumption of animal meat becomes more and more terrifying!
3282 Diggers and 16293 Woodcutters. Based on this number and the upper limit of exchange just reported by my subordinates, if everyone exchanges, the current daily consumption of meat by the Quartermaster Department would add up to exactly 11 kilograms.

"In December last year, the total amount of meat handed over by the Hunting Department in that month alone was 210 million kilograms. If everything was normal, this consumption would not be a big deal for us, but now..."

Qiu Peng simply waved his hand, signaling his men not to continue speaking.

The situation had changed, he naturally understood.

Last December, he personally reported the figure of 210 million jin to Xia Hong in the hall. He remembered it clearly.

The problem is that at that time all the members of the hunting department were working hard to hunt the cold beasts, but it was not like it is now, when 2600 digging realm masters went to Longyou at once, including intermediate hunting teams.

"The reserve is 120 million catties. About 11 catties were exchanged every day in the last three days. Today, only 91 catties are left. In other words, in these three days, the hunting department has only handed over more than 4 catties of meat?"

As soon as Qiu Peng finished asking, the young man nodded immediately and said with a wry smile:
"Indeed, there are only so many. In Xiacheng, there are only 10 low-level hunting teams, and 3 of them are newly established. Their hunting ability is really not good. Fortunately, Master Zhu Ling is leading them personally. They can bring back about kilograms every night. In addition, Jinggu and Wuyuan can bring back more than kilograms every night. Together, they make up more than kilograms."

Qiu Peng shook his head when he heard that. Even if Zhu Ling had the ability to resist cold, he could only hunt low-level cold beasts with those low-level teams. Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill twenty or thirty of them in one night.

Yue Feng from Jinggu and Xu Ning from Wuyuan were probably doing the same thing. They took the hundreds of Digging Realm warriors who stayed behind and went to hunt low-level cold beasts to subsidize the camp.

“Sir, should we stop supplying meat to the reserve forces? These people consume 3 to 4 kilograms of meat every day. Even if they break through, they are still only at the logging level. As you said, we should prioritize cultivating some digging-level people in the near future. So we should stop supplying them first. This way, we can save some meat for others…”

"No need. I forgot to tell you that the leader has already transferred some people back. In the next few days, 1800 people will return to Xiacheng one after another. Among them, there should be many mid-level teams. By then, the meat reserves should not be a problem!"

Qiu Peng has been dealing with other things since he came back last night, and obviously has not yet announced the news.

When the young man heard this, his expression instantly became much more relaxed.

"1800 people, and there are many mid-level hunting teams, so there must be no problem. Can we also lower the price of beast meat?"

Under the current circumstances, 4 kilograms of meat can be brought in every day. When 1800 people return from Longyou, the current meat dilemma in the camp will be immediately solved. Thinking that there is still a lot of meat in stock, the young man immediately asked Qiu Peng whether he wanted to lower the price.

Qiu Peng immediately shook his head: "The price will not be lowered for the time being. This round of population increase will be terrifying. Let's first see the specific consumption of animal meat and wait until it stabilizes."

Will the number of this round of population explosion be terrifying?
The young man obviously didn't know about Longyou, and asked curiously:

"More than 15,000 people have come in the past three nights. Your Excellency is saying that there will be more people coming later?"

Qiu Peng suddenly raised his head and looked towards the roof.

The young man thought he didn't hear clearly and wanted to continue speaking.

"There should be more than 40,000 people coming over. I'm going to go upstairs to see the leader first. You wait here, I'll be right there."

Go upstairs to see the leader?

The leader is back...

"Yes, my lord!"

The young man's face became serious and he looked up towards the roof respectfully.

More than 40,000 people!

It was not until Qiu Peng left that the young man realized what he had just heard.

"Did I hear correctly? The Lord just said that there are 40,000 more people coming. The camp already has this many people. If another 40,000 come, wouldn't that be..."

He was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly filled with shock.

(End of this chapter)