On the sixteenth day after the city was built, Meng Chen finally accumulated enough stones.

After determining the route of the canal to be built, Meng Chen gave the order to build the canal through the light curtain in his mind.

"Gold -200, Stone (Gray) -500, start building an aqueduct (1st tier)! After 48 hours, the construction was completed! ”

Under the action of the invisible force field, a square stone appeared silently, cut itself into stone slabs, spread in a groove with a width and depth of 1 meter, and extended all the way in the direction of the small river to the east.

After the construction of the canal began, Meng Chen let out a long breath and sent the 10 civilians he had summoned to the academy to train 2 butchers, 2 tailors, 2 carpenters, 2 leather craftsmen, and 2 cooks.

"Gold Coins-2! After 8 hours, the butcher training was completed! ”

"Soul power -8, gold -24! After 24 hours, the tailor, carpenter, leatherman, and chef were trained! ”

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Civilian Number: 0151

Loyalty: 80

Condition: Good

Profession: Butcher

Level: Tier 0

Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 1, Intelligence 1

Skill: Slaughter Lv1

Civilian Number: 0153

Loyalty: 80

Condition: Good

Occupation: Tailor

Level: Tier 1

Attributes: Strength 1, Agility 3, Intelligence 2

Skills: Textile lv1, cutting and sewing lv1

Civilian Number: 0155

Loyalty: 80

Condition: Good

Profession: Carpenter

Level: Tier 1

Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 2, Intelligence 2

Skills: Carpentry lv1, carving lv1

Civilian Number: 0157

Loyalty: 80

Condition: Good

Occupation: Leathersmith

Level: Tier 1

Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 3, Intelligence 1

Skills: Peeling Lv1, Leather Making Lv1

Civilian Number: 0159

Loyalty: 80

Condition: Good

Profession: Cook

Level: Tier 1

Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 2, Intelligence 2

Skills: Cooking Lv1, Ingredient Handling Lv1

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In the following four days, the canal had been repaired, and Meng Chen sent all the 40 civilians summoned to the academy to train as farmers.

The six plantations began to be cultivated one after another, and Meng Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

During this time, Meng Chen successively built a slaughterhouse, a tailor's shop, a carpenter's shop, a leatherman's shop, and a restaurant.

The resource cost of these buildings is the same as that of the blacksmith, which is 100 gold, 100 wood, 100 stone, and 10 metal.

The time soon came to the twenty-first day after the founding of the city.

On this day, Meng Chen summoned only 4 civilians, 2 of whom were trained as tomb keepers, and the other 2 civilians were trained as scholars.

To Meng Chen's surprise, the cost of training for scholars was actually more expensive than training swordsman instructors.

2 scholars, a total of 3 soul power and 30 gold coins, and it takes 120 hours to train.

Since then, the total population of the City of Hope has reached 204 people, including 60 farmers, 30 lumberjacks, 30 quarrymen, 30 coachmen, 30 swordsmen, 4 blacksmiths, 2 swordsman instructors, 2 marksman instructors, 2 tailors, 2 carpenters, 2 cobblers, 2 cooks, 2 butchers, 2 tomb keepers, 2 scholars, and 1 doctor. The last person is Meng Chen himself.

The light curtain in Meng Chen's mind showed:

Resources: 968 gold coins, 580 soul power, 8156/10000 food (gray), 0/1000 wood (gray), 0/1000 stone (gray), 76/1000 metal (gray).

As for the resources in the warehouse, there are 1096 units of timber and only a few dozen units of stone remaining.

At this time, the population of the City of Hope was already large enough, and Meng Chen did not plan to continue recruiting more civilians until the food problem was resolved.

Based on the current population, the food deficit in the City of Hope in the next 100 days is about 12,000 units.

With such a large food shortage, Meng Chen could only focus on hunting.

Moreover, due to the lack of strong bowstring materials, the carpenter's shop could not produce a good longbow.

The cobblers, on the other hand, were also unable to produce leather armor due to the lack of animal leather.

This also forced Meng Chen to put the hunting plan on the agenda.

Currently, Meng Chen's army has a total of 2 swordsman instructors and 30 swordsmen.

As for the 2 archer instructors who did not have a bow...... Ay! Don't mention it!

Ten of the swordsmen were stationed in the quarry and escorted the caravan drivers, and the other 10 were stationed in core buildings such as the town hall.

If Meng Chen went out hunting, he could only dispatch a maximum of 2 swordsman instructors and 10 swordsmen.

Through the detection function of the True Eye, Meng Chen was able to clearly monitor the activity trajectory and laws of various creatures within a radius of ten kilometers.

The entire northern part of the basin is bounded by small rivers on the east and west sides.

On the west side of the creek, where the town hall is located, there are relatively few flora and fauna, mostly scattered and almost no large-scale fauna.

On the east side of the river, not only is the jungle more dense than the west side, but even the light points representing animals are several times denser than those on the west side.

As for the southern part of the basin, the density of light spots is much higher than that on the east side of the river, especially the yellow light spots that represent the threatened creatures, so Meng Chen does not plan to set foot in the southern part of the basin for the time being.

After careful research, Meng Chen decided to officially start hunting tomorrow.

Just then, a seamstress from the tailor's shop came to the town hall.

"This is the first time that a city resident has come to me!" Meng Chen was surprised in his heart.

Meng Chen looked at the seamstress in front of him, she had long wavy blond hair, ocean-blue eyes, and a standard beautiful face.

Obviously, this seamstress is a big beauty, and even if she wears a thin linen dress, she can't hide her unique temperament and ...... Bumpy figure.

Thinking of this, Meng Chen hurriedly shook his head, silently thinking in his heart, "She's just an NPC!" She's just an NPC! ”

After the waves in his heart returned to calm, Meng Chen asked the seamstress calmly, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

The seamstress bowed and said, "Your Excellency! A few days ago, you complained that the clothes made by the tailor shop were ugly, and now I have found a solution! ”

"Oh? What solution do you have? Meng Chen asked curiously.

The seamstress opened the bag in her hand, and inside were several strips of dyed cloth.

Note: Meng Chen consumes gold coins and wood, which are refined into plant fibers through resource space, and then spun into cloth by tailors. 1 unit of wood and 1 unit of gold coins can be used to refine 100 kg of plant fiber.

Picking up a piece of red cloth, the seamstress said, "Your Excellency dislikes the unsightly clothes, because the original fabric was only gray and white. If you make clothes out of these colored fabrics, your lord won't feel ugly! ”

Looking at the various fabrics, Meng Chen exclaimed, "How did you do it?" Tailors shouldn't have dyeing skills, right? ”

The seamstress replied, "I collect the colored branches and leaves and deteriorate the rhizomes in the woods, and then I extract the pigments from the branches and roots, and then soak the cloth in the pigment liquid, and finally I get these colored cloths." ”