A square stone appears out of thin air, and under the action of an invisible force field, it cuts itself into huge stone slabs, and then splices them block by block along the planned route.

When the stone road is completed, the drivers with the new trolleys will be able to travel about three times as efficiently.

The stone mined by 500 quarrymen every day only needs 160 coachmen to transport it to the warehouse.

Now that there are eighty coachmen and two warehouses in the City of Hope, Meng Chen plans to add one hundred and twenty coachmen and two warehouses in the future.

Since Alfred had already taken on the task of guarding the City of Hope, and the large-scale construction had come to an end, Meng Chen's life was quite quiet for the next four days.

On this day, a message popped up from the light curtain in Meng Chen's mind, "Elite swordsman instructor, training is complete!" ”

Civilian Number: 0015

Loyalty: 88

Condition: Good

Class: Elite Swordsman Instructor

Level: Tier 2

Attributes: Strength 8, Agility 6, Intelligence 4

Skills: Teaching Lv2, Basic Swordsmanship Lv2, Basic Block Lv2, Slash Lv2, Charge Lv1.

The Elite Swordsman Instructor's new skill charge is very useful, and once you have accumulated three seconds of energy, the swordsman's slashing power can be doubled.

Meng Chen couldn't wait to see an army of elite swordsmen and elite marksmen.

After sending the elite swordsman instructor to the swordsman training camp, Meng Chen returned to the city hall, leisurely made a cup of tea, and said secretly in his heart: "As long as you give me another three months, the city of hope will ......"

At this moment, Alfred, covered in mud, walked quickly into the town hall.

You must know that as a hereditary nobleman, Alfred is very concerned about his appearance on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be so embarrassed today.

"Alfred, what's wrong with you?" Meng Chen asked in surprise.

Alfred knelt down on one knee and said guiltily: "Today, a medium-threat creature broke into the city of hope within five kilometers, and his subordinates led a hunting team to hunt it. Unexpectedly, the target is very difficult, causing the death of two archers and a swordsman, and I ask the lord for forgiveness! ”

"With Alfred's strength, hunting a medium-threat creature can cause casualties?" Meng Chen said secretly in his heart.

However, Meng Chen also knew that the difference in strength between medium-threat creatures was very large.

Some medium-threat creatures can be killed by a single arrow from a normal shooter, while some medium-threat creatures can push dozens of shooters to the ground and rub them.

Helping Alfred to his feet, Meng Chen asked, "What about that medium-threat creature?" ”

"I've been killed by my subordinates, and the body is in the slaughterhouse at the moment."

Meng Chen patted Alfred on the shoulder and said, "Since you have already killed it, then you will be counted as having a demerit." Let's go to the slaughterhouse and have a look. ”

"Yes! Your Lord! ”

When Meng Chen and Alfred arrived at the slaughterhouse, the cobblers, blacksmiths, and cooks had already gathered around the corpses.

This medium-threat creature is about 1.5 meters tall and more than 6 meters long, and looks somewhat similar to a monitor lizard on Earth, covered with thick yellow-green scales and sharp bone spurs, some of which are eeriely blood-red.

Although the monitor lizard was covered in scars, there was only one fatal wound, a small hole through the skull.

Based on the size of the monitor lizard and the remaining scars on its body, Meng Chen guessed that the strength of this monitor lizard should not be weaker than that of the King Kong orangutan.

"My lord, the scale armor of this monitor lizard has almost reached the limit of its white quality. Using the scale armor of this monitor lizard, you can craft three sets of superb refined leather armor! The cobbler said with excitement on his face.

"Very well, I'll leave it to you!" Meng Chen nodded.

The chef frowned and said, "My lord, the flesh of this monitor lizard is poisonous and cannot be made into food!" ”

"Really? What a shame that is! Meng Chen said regretfully.

At this time, the blacksmith spoke: "My lord, the blood-colored bone spurs of this monitor lizard are highly poisonous, and can be made into powerful poisoned arrows!" ”

For the powerful poison arrow, Meng Chen didn't care very much.

After all, Meng Chen's purpose in hunting creatures was twofold, one was to eliminate threats, and the other was to collect food.

Creatures hunted with poisoned arrows are obviously no longer able to be made into food.

However, Meng Chen did not refuse the blacksmith's proposal, after all, he was prepared, and he might use these poisoned arrows when he would.

After leaving the slaughterhouse, Meng Chen and Alfred returned to the town hall.

"Is this monitor lizard very strong?" Meng Chen asked.

Alfred said with a solemn expression: "Very strong! This monitor lizard is very fast, the scale armor has a high defense, and the blood-colored bone spurs are highly poisonous, and the protective color of the whole body makes it difficult for them to be detected in the first place. ”

After a moment of silence, Meng Chen continued to ask, "Do you think this monitor lizard is a solitary creature or a social creature?" ”

"Gregarious!"

"Why?"

"When the monitor lizard was killed, it let out a roar, and his subordinates heard a roar in response from a distance." Alfred said in a deep voice.

"Do you live in groups? That's a bit of a hassle! Meng Chen sighed.

Then, Meng Chen issued an order to Alfred, "I will expand your hunting team to 40 people, including 10 archers, swordsmen, elite marksmen, and elite swordsmen, and your key task in the future is to prevent the invasion of monitor lizards." ”

"Yes! Your Lord! Alfred replied with his right hand on his chest.

After Alfred left, Meng Chen muttered to himself: "It's better to build the city wall as soon as possible, otherwise you will be afraid all day long, and you will really feel too insecure!" ”

Today, the City of Hope has 120 quarrymen, but it will take at least a little over a month to fill the ten quarries.

Fortunately, the walls can be built in sections, and each 100-meter-long inner wall only requires 6,000 stone (gray) and 2,000 gold coins.

It didn't take long for Meng Chen to start building the first section of the inner city wall.

At this time, among the four warehouses in the City of Hope, there are 8,160 wood (gray/white), 4,250 stone (gray), and 128,640 grain (gray/white).

The current amount of wood is not very large, more than 8,000 units of wood is enough for a long time, and Meng Chen has ordered the lumberjacks to clear the trees at the location of the inner city wall.

With 120 quarrymen, 360 units of stone (grey) can be mined per day, and as the number of quarrymen increases, production will definitely increase rapidly in the future.

And the reason why the food is growing rapidly is because Meng Chen will send three hunting teams to hunt small and medium-sized creatures every day.

As the three hunting squads slaughtered, the animals around the City of Hope dwindled at a rate visible to the naked eye.

It may not be long before Meng Chen has to find a way to open up a new hunting ground!