Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 32 Territory Situation
Meng Zheng couldn't help but frown after hearing Jiang Tao's detailed report on the consumption of spirit stones. Clearly, the current spirit stone reserves were far from enough to meet the needs of building and developing the territory's military. He knew that in such a challenging and unknown underwater world, without a strong army, it would be impossible to guarantee the security of the territory.

Especially now that we are just a small team of 14 people, the consumption of spirit stones has reached this level.

If I want to form an army of one million in the future, I don’t know how many spirit stones I will need.

In fact, it is because the Canghai tribe has too little foundation, and basically all the gray-tailed mermaids have little combat power.

If the basic strength of the gray-tailed mermaid is at the third level of the yellow rank, then he only needs to be familiar with the battle formations and combat skills, and does not need to practice and improve step by step.

Therefore, in order to ensure the future development potential of the tribe, while developing the army, Meng Zheng must also consider improving the overall strength of the tribe.

Otherwise, improving the soldiers' skills little by little each time would not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the war potential would not be improved at all.

Once a war breaks out and develops to the middle and late stages, time is money and there is no time for you to train your troops.

Basically, after capturing someone and giving them a little training, they might be thrown directly into battle.

For the Eternal Continent, where battlefields are generally above the Yellow Rank, ordinary gray-tailed mermaids are too weak.

However, if you want to improve the overall strength of everyone in the tribe, you will need to spend a lot of resources.

Meng Zheng can't even supply the spirit stones alone right now.

"General Jiang, take these spirit stones for now. I'll find a way to solve the problem later." After a slight headache, Meng Zheng stopped thinking about it. After handing the spirit stones to Jiang Tao, he signaled him to continue training the soldiers and strive to help them master combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
Jiang Tao nodded in agreement. He knew that as a general of a territory, he had a responsibility to contribute to its development.

In fact, the Canghai tribe also has a way to solve the problem of shortage of spirit stones in the tribe.

That is to use the spring eye space. The spring eye space contains rich spiritual energy, which can help practitioners quickly improve their cultivation.

The problem is that the spring space is still slowly brewing, and it is not known when it will be opened.

But as long as it is opened, I believe that with the power of the spring space, training an army should not be a problem.

While waiting for the spring space to open, Meng Zheng also began to make other plans.

Improving the overall strength of the tribe requires not only spirit stones and cultivation resources, but also improving the basic strength and combat skills of the gray-tailed mermaids.

Therefore, it was decided to strengthen the tribe's education and training system so that every gray-tailed mermaid could master certain combat skills.

Open the territory panel
Territory Name: Canghai
[Territory Level]: Level 1 (Tribal Level)
【Location】: Tianyu Lake

Specialties: Mermaid pearls, mermaid silk, sea bamboo
【Population】: 90/100
[Public Sentiment]: 70/100 (neither hungry nor cold)
Public Security: 70/100 (People are at peace)
[Prosperity]: 28/30 (thriving)
[Military]: Mermaid Militia*14, Patrol Yaksha*24, Jiang Tao (Yellow Rank 9), Cang Yue/Cang Jing (Yellow Rank 7)
【Territory Buildings】:
Constructed buildings

Territory Altar, Mermaid Hut*65, Mermaid Hatching Pool, East China Sea Spring (incubation), Patrol Yaksha Hatching Pool, Hydraulic Catapult Workshop, Mermaid Militia Camp
Constructible buildings:
Water Spirit Shield Array*1
Mermaid Shack (Unlimited)

Coral Wall
【Upgrade conditions】:
Population: 100
Buildings: 3
Public sentiment: 30 (no hunger, no cold)
Prosperity: 30 (beginning to gain popularity)
Military: Militia Squad*1 (13 people)
The territory is only 22 people short of being upgraded to a second-level tribe.

At present, all aspects of the territory's development are very good, but the population growth is too slow, which has seriously delayed the territory's development progress.

As the population continues to grow, various building construction and development plans are implemented.

As the territory rapidly developed, population growth became a critical issue that needed to be addressed. Meng Zhengyou soared above the territory, gazing at the gradually thriving land, his heart filled with anticipation and a sense of urgency for the future.

He knew very well that only by upgrading to a second-level tribe could he unlock more advanced functions and further promote the development of the territory.

"After tomorrow, the territory will enter a new stage, and we must be fully prepared." Meng Zheng muttered to himself and decided to hold a territory meeting to brainstorm and discuss how to accelerate population growth and the various plans after the upgrade of the second-level tribe.

There are basically no major problems with the territory's buildings. Except for the Water Spirit Shield Array and the Coral City Wall, most of them have been completed. There are even two more dragon buildings: the Patrol Yaksha Incubation Pool and the East China Sea Spring.

The Water Spirit Shield Array requires too many resources, and there is no way to do it for now.

There is no need to build the coral wall for the time being.

Not to mention the insufficient population, there is no need to build a city wall just because the area is so small.

The development of a territory requires a large area. Building a coral wall will only limit the development of the territory and delay the progress of the territory's construction.

The most important thing is that the coral wall needs to be combined with the water spirit shield formation to fully exert its effect.

Otherwise, in this underwater world, it is easy to cross the city wall and attack the city. What is the point of building the city wall?

Therefore, Meng Zheng basically did not think about building a city wall. Only when the territory developed to a county level or above in the future, he might be able to start building a city wall.

As for the military, the territory only has 14 mermaid militias and 24 patrolling Yakshas.

However, with the two great masters Jiang Tao and Cangyue, the territory's military strength is actually very strong.

Not to mention that Meng Zheng himself has the strength of the fourth level of the yellow rank, and Cangmu and Muyu among the blue-tailed mermaids also have the strength of the third level of the yellow rank, and they can step up to fight when needed.

No matter what, the limitation of territory development ultimately comes down to the slow population growth.

If a large population can be obtained in a short period of time, then the territory can definitely develop faster and will not be unable to upgrade like it is now.

"We can't go on like this. We've almost finished exploring the territory. It's time to consider taming the vassal races."

If the territory lacks more ways to acquire population, then the best way is to conquer through battle and subdue vassals for your own use.

These conquered vassal races are also considered the population of the territory.

However, it is not easy to conquer a vassal race. One needs to completely defeat the race.

One is to provide food and shelter to the vassal races and to stabilize the people's hearts.

If you need to recruit soldiers from vassal races, you will also need to provide resources such as weapons, equipment, and salaries.

There is not much difference between the vassal races and the civilians in the territory. If the vassal races are beaten, scolded, or killed at will, it will also reduce the public sentiment, public security and other attributes of the territory.

Unless the race itself is designated as slaves, and attributes such as public opinion are not taken into consideration.

(End of this chapter)