Seeing off the people from Tiger and Leopard Village, Zhan Xiaobai asked Qiushui, Jianba, Ah Fei and others to go their separate ways. He returned to the administrative courtyard alone.

In the past two days, Zhan Xiaobai has been thinking about harvesting grain at the end of the month and planting next month. Grain production is the top priority in the construction of small villages. Recruiting NPc farmers and NPc soldiers requires a lot of food. The more food, the stronger it is.

The first month's grain can be stored in the warehouse immediately, and he is not thinking about the end of the month, but how to maximize the next month's grain.

Li Asan is more familiar with these things, so let's just talk to him.

Zhan Xiaobai came to the side room on the side of the courtyard, the herbal medicine production room.

Li Asan was busy, and when he saw him, he hurriedly put down the herbs in his hand and said, "Lord, you are here." ”

Zhan Xiaobai nodded and said with a smile: "It's hard work, how is the blood medicine made?" ”

Li Asan said: "A lot of blood medicine of +5 has been made, which is enough for two days of sales. The production process of +10HP blood medicine is still immature, +7HP, +8HP defective products account for more than 60%, +10HP is less than 10%, and at least hundreds of tests are needed to adjust the accurate herbal formula. ”

"Hehe, it's progressing pretty well. You can rest for a while, and come with me to the lobby to discuss things. ”

"Yes."

Li Asan followed Zhan Xiaobai out of the pharmacy and returned to the main hall, and the two sat down separately.

Li Asan looked at his face, saw that there was no smile on Zhan Xiaobai's face, and asked, "Lord, you look worried, what is the trouble?" ”

Zhan Xiaobai said helplessly: "Yes, a headache." Ah San, when we first built the village, because of lack of experience, coupled with the lack of grain and agriculture, so we only reclaimed more than 50 acres of land in the first month, according to the yield of 35 catties / mu, at the end of this month we only got 1,725 catties of grain. If 100 farmers have 1 kg of grain a day, that is 3,000 kg in 1 month. We only produce more than half of this amount of grain, and the gap is too big. ”

"But there are only 32 farmers in our village now, and it is enough to feed this little population!"

Zhan Xiaobai shook his head and smiled bitterly, where is there enough for 32 farmers. He's in a hurry to expand the population of the villagers.

Li Asan said: "What is the lord worried about? Please also quote that the old man is good at worrying about the Lord! ”

Zhan Xiaobai didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "You say, how can we collect as much food as possible next month?" ”

Li Asan was confused, didn't understand what Zhan Xiaobai meant, and replied: "Naturally, the number of farmers is increased as much as possible, so that they can reclaim more arable land, and the more fields there are, the more natural grain." ”

Zhan Xiaobai said with a smile: "Yes, the more land you reclaim, the more grain you will naturally have." In addition to the farmer can cultivate the land, the player can also cultivate the land. We're now able to make iron hoes, we just need to hire a bunch of players and let them use the hoes to plow the land. In this way, we will be able to get a lot of food without worrying about overconsumption. ”

Li Asan shook his head and said, "Although this road is feasible, I am afraid that the price paid is too great." To hire players to farm, you need to pay wages, and the current market for the purchase of herbs is 1 copper coin and 1 copy. Players can collect more than 10 herbs a day, that is, more than 10 copper coins a day, and only players are willing to give up collecting herbs to farm. The player's farming efficiency is only 20%~30% of that of NPc farmers, and at most one acre of land can be cultivated in 5 days. 1 player needs to pay 50 copper coins, and our current capital reserve is only about 1500 copper coins, how many players can we hire? How many acres of land are planted? Although the master's idea is good, it lacks practicality and is easy to cause players to complain. Please also be aware of it! ”

Zhan Xiaobai himself used a copper knife to reclaim the field, so he naturally knew the difficulty of the player wanting to reclaim the field, and it was very uncomfortable to stay in the farmland for a whole day, let alone 5 days. Small villages still rely on NPc farmers to cultivate the fields.

The reason why he said this was to make Li Asan agree with his next plan.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled: "Haha, I didn't expect you to think the same way, then good, let's hire farmers as much as possible." I decided to build seven thatched huts in two days, recruit all the remaining villagers in the village by February 1, and after harvesting grain, on February 1, 92 farmers simultaneously reclaimed the farmland. ”

Li Asan was shocked after hearing Zhan Xiaobai's decision, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Lord, by all means, we don't have much food left now, and we can't withstand the growth of so many people in one breath." You have to take your time, think long-term, think long-term. ”

Zhan Xiaobai immediately said: "No, I know that the food is very tight now, but we don't have time to toss slowly." It is necessary to reclaim as much farmland as possible at the beginning of next month, at all costs. As for the lack of food, we can use other foods as rations, you have to think of a way, there will always be a way. ”

Li Asan secretly complained in his heart, this was difficult for him, and said: "The lord insists on this, and the old man can only obey his fate." As far as the old man knows, the only thing that can be used as rations is the fatty fish in the river, and he asked the lord to collect as much as possible. ”

Zhan Xiaobai said a little strangely: "Listening to you say this, is it difficult to catch fish?" ”

Li Asan said bitterly: "Without fishing nets, the old man and the farmer can only use a wooden fork to spear fish by the river, and at the end of the day, they can catch 1~, 2 only." It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, not enough to eat in one meal, and can only replace a small part of food. ”

Fishing nets belong to the weaver skill, and wooden forks belong to the carpenter skill. The village can make wooden forks, but it can't make fishing nets.

"Oh, so? ~”

Zhan Xiaobai was thoughtful. If we can catch more fish, we may be able to solve the food crisis.

"You immediately ask the carpenter to take all the peasants to build seven thatched huts, and in the afternoon a few of us will go to the river to see how we can catch more fish and come back."

Li Asan received the order, immediately left the small courtyard, and beckoned the peasants to build thatched houses.

This hut is not built and there will be farmers immediately, but it will have to wait. If the village is attractive enough, it can attract about 10 farmers a day. It's January 23rd, so by the time the plant is planted on February 1st, it's just full.

At this time, the productivity of the village will be at its maximum.

Under the population limit of the small village, looking at the entire "Rise of the Three Kingdoms City", even the most powerful, adventurous, lucky, and "very strong and violent" small village can only recruit 100 NPc farmers. At most, it is just a tie with Zhan Xiaobai's strength, and it is impossible to have the strength to surpass him.

Based on undefeated, this is the basic strategic thinking of Zhan Xiaobai.