"Where are the peasants? Say it! ”

Li Asan hurriedly said: "Next to the jade in the courtyard, please go and have a look!" ”

Zhan Xiaobai hurriedly put down the plan at hand, and ran to the courtyard with Ah Fei and Spring and Autumn Shaoxia to see the late farmers.

Sure enough, there was a plainly dressed peasant standing in the middle of the courtyard, carrying a large wooden frame behind his back, as if he was carrying some tools. is looking around, and then keeps shaking his head "tsk", looking very disappointed.

Zhan Xiaobai was secretly surprised, this farmer was not quite the same as the peasants he had seen before. Ordinary peasants carried hoes. He held back his doubts and stepped forward to ask politely, "Are you willing to become a villager in this village?" ”

The simple peasant shook his head and said, "It's too simple here, there is not even a decent utensil, and this place is not suitable for me to live in." "As he spoke, he was leaving.

Zhan Xiaobai was stunned, and for the first time he saw a farmer who would take the initiative to refuse.

"Alas, wait!"

Li Asan shouted to him in a row, and limped up: "Please wait for a while, why don't we let the village chief talk to you about the specific conditions." As long as you stay, everything is easy to say. ”

The plainly dressed peasant hesitated and asked, "What preferential conditions can you offer?" ”

Li Asan said directly: "I will take the place of the village chief and provide you with a separate living hut." ”

The plainly dressed peasant thought about it for a moment and shook his head: "This condition is okay, but it is not enough. It's sparsely populated, so it's not a good place for me to work. I'd better go to another village. ”

Li Asan was in a hurry and wanted to offer other preferential conditions.

Zhan Xiaobai hurriedly pulled Li Asan aside and asked him, "Why does this farmer have a temper?" Isn't it enough to have a hut on its own? Could it be that he, like you, is a named NPc? ”

Li Asan glanced back at the simple peasant, and whispered to Zhan Xiaobai: "Lord, no, although this person has no name, he can't be lazy, this is a skilled peasant." These days, it's rare. ”

Skilled farmers = craftsmen, this truth is clear. No wonder Li Asan is desperate to keep him.

After Zhan Xiaobai figured it out, he said to the simple farmer with a smile: "In this way, you set your own conditions, what kind of preferential treatment are you willing to stay?" ”

After thinking about it, the simple peasant said, "Exempt me from all taxes for three months...... And ......"

"Okay, deal!"

Zhan Xiaobai didn't wait for him to speak with all the conditions, and sealed his words in one bite. The current tax in the village is 5%, and this little money does not help him at all. The role of a craftsman is much more.

The peasant opened his mouth and froze for a moment—the deal had been made, but the rest of his terms had not yet been spoken. In the end, he had to stay and become the second NPc villager in Xiaobai Village. The carpenter alone needs to occupy a hut (10 people). There are no longer enough living conditions to accommodate other farmers and it is no longer possible to recruit other NPcs.

The simple peasant began to work, sorting out his toolbox, and Zhan Xiaobai realized that he was a carpenter. To be precise, he is a junior carpenter's apprentice, and he will only make some very rudimentary carpentry. The chest was full of tools for making wood.

Zhan Xiaobai, Ah Fei, Spring and Autumn Shaoxia, and the carpenter, the four of them lit torches and built a wooden thatched hut overnight. Even the old village chief Li Asan was on the side to help. It wasn't finished until midnight.

"Damn, I'm tired. Boss, remember to pay me a salary in the future! ”

Ah Fei laid the last straw on the roof and shouted breathlessly.

"Okay, keep it on the books. When you have money, you pay your salary. ”

Zhan Xiaobai laughed, touched the hay stuck to his face, and got down from the ladder. I'm tired enough to choke today. However, getting 2 special NPc in a row, and 4 player helpers, is a good sign! As long as the development momentum of the small village is guaranteed, there is absolutely no problem in raising one side. His only concern now is whether he will be able to survive the early construction.

Settled the carpenter's housing.

Not long after, a peasant carrying a hoe appeared again next to the jade of the administrative hall. The farmer looked around, and under the temptation of the village chief Zhan Xiaobai's small number of preferential conditions, he took the initiative to stay in the small village, becoming the third NPc villager in the small village.

Zhan Xiaobai asked him to build thatched huts with carpenters, increasing the number of thatched huts and attracting more farmers to come and live.

couldn't stand the sleepiness, Zhan Xiaobai and the three of them fell asleep in the administrative hall. Three hours ago, just after dawn, Zhan Xiaobai woke up. Now that it's only the first day of the open beta, he's adjusted to his best, and he's not a little sleepy.

Zhan Xiaobai did not disturb Ah Fei and Chunqiu Shaoxia, who were sleeping on the wooden pillow, and came to the courtyard alone.

I saw Li Asan directing the carpenter and two peasants to build a thatched hut. Two huts have already been built, and the foundation of the third building is being built. NPc farmers are almost twice as productive as players.

Zhan Xiaobai was in a happy mood, hehe, it was only less than three hours and there was another farmer in his small village, and the construction progress would be much faster.

Li Asan saw Zhan Xiaobai and hurriedly came over to say hello: "Lord, we now have 2 farmers and 1 carpenter, and the construction of the village has entered the regular stage." I believe that it will not be long before many farmers come to live in our village. But ......"

Zhan Xiaobai Qi said: "But what? ”

Li Ahsan said worriedly: "They build thatched huts to work for the village, so you need to pay them. 10 copper coins per person a day. ”

Zhan Xiaobai has been thinking about how to build a small village, and almost forgot to have a salary. Construction needs financial and material support, otherwise it will not be carried out at all. He hurriedly asked, "How many things do we have now?" ”

Li Asan figured out an abacus and said: "The small village has its own materials and funds for start-up: 100 wood, 100 stones, 500 catties of grain, and 500 copper coins. (Poor few). Each hut consumes 10 wood, and 3 wood is required to make each of the four village doors, leaving 61 wood. Farmers consume 1 kg of grain per person per day, and there are 496 catties left. The wages of the peasants and laborers are 2 copper coins a day, and after deducting 6, there are 494 copper coins left. If we have no income, we will soon fall into a state of shortage of funds and materials, causing the morale of the residents to decline, and even to run away from the village. Please also ask the lord to make it clear. ”

Zhan Xiaobai suddenly had a big head when he heard these data, he didn't need to calculate, and he knew that this little bit of grain and wood could only support 10 days.

He walked around the yard, mentally calculating. The current situation of the small village is an extreme shortage of materials, and once there is a shortage of materials, the small village that has been built with great difficulty will face the danger of collapse. At present, we should focus on stockpiling food, timber and other materials, and then we should have the strength to increase the number of farmers and support more residents in small villages. Otherwise, there are too many residents, and the food will be exhausted at once.

After thinking about it, he immediately said, "After the construction of the third thatched hut is completed, stop building the thatched hut immediately." In addition, let all the peasants go to cultivate the fertile land, so that we don't need to consume our reserves of copper coins, and we can also increase the grain. ”

Li Asan hurriedly said: "After building three thatched huts, we will be able to recruit up to 24 farmers. The old man suggested that they be divided into 3 groups. One group cultivates fertile land, one group builds a lumber yard, and one group makes tools in a craftsman's house, all three of which can bring income......"

Zhan Xiaobai hurriedly asked Li Asan to stop. Li Asan is too verbose, and he has to tell him everything clearly, which is not good.

"You are the deputy village head, just give them a division of labor. Now you say one of our most important jobs? ”

Li Asan immediately said: "The most important thing is to build a carpenter's house (it costs 20 wood). There was no carpenter's house, and the carpenter lacked many tools and was inefficient. Others will also lack tools...... The second is the reclamation of farmland, which must be cultivated in the first five days of the month, and the grain can only be harvested at the end of the month. (Harvest on the first day of January). ...... The third is the lumberyard, which consumes 20 wood. In this way, we can get wood from a steady stream of energy. ”

Zhan Xiaobai immediately said: "Okay, suspend the construction of the thatched hut and start building the carpenter's house immediately." It's dawn, and the carpenter's house should be ready by noon. Reclamation in the afternoon. As for the construction of the lumber yard, there is not enough manpower at the moment, so we will ignore it for the time being, and we will do it again in five days when there are enough manpower. Just pick the most important ones first. ”