Chapter XVIII The Food Crisis

Early the next morning, Yang Yi took the old blind eye and rode the turtle mount towards the canyon village. After all, Yang Yi and the fish-man merchant had just been to Canyon Village yesterday, and it would be a bit suspicious if they came back so soon, others didn't know about the existence of the turtle mount, so it was better not to come forward just in case.

Yang Yi also brought the deputy village chief of Lao Blind with him because his expertise in "negotiation (b)" was very effective for the aborigines. After the old blind left, there was no one to direct the construction of the fish-man hut, but fortunately, the fish-man hut in the village has been being built at a rate of two a day for the past seven days, and there are currently less than forty fish-people in the village, and a fish-man hut can accommodate five fish-people, and these built fish-man huts are temporarily enough for the fish-people in the village to live.

When he arrived at the coast near Canyon Village, Yang Yi asked the old blind eye to go to the canyon village alone with the coins, and the old blind eye had the expertise of "negotiation (b)", and it was easy to go to the fish-man village alone to buy some small things.

The old blind was led by the fish-man of Canyon Village, and Yang Yi rode a turtle mount to check nearby, and the merchants of Canyon Village sold not only alchemy potions but also copper ore for sale, and it seems that it is likely that mineral deposits have been discovered. Copper ore is an important material for the development of the village, and as the village continues to grow, these things will be needed sooner or later. Copper ore is no better than stone and wood, and if you don't find mineral deposits, if you want to mine Ratchet Village, even if someone has tools, you can only stare dryly.

Yang Yi looked back and forth along the coastline twice but did not find the existence of the mine, and at this time, the old blind man walked out of the canyon fish-man village, and for some reason he was followed by a strange fishman holding a bunch of tools.

Yang Yi used his skills to check the attribute information of the strange fishman.

【Fishman Labor】

【Level 2 Fishman】

【Junior Quarryman】

[Skill: Level 1 Quarrying]

It turned out to be the quarryman Yang Yi was looking for!

"Lord, this fish-man is a junior quarryman, he is a slave, and it just so happened that I found out that his master was buying him, so I bought him." The old blind man said excitedly.

"Bought it? How much did it cost? Yang Yi asked, the old blind eye only went to Canyon Village with less than 12 coins in total, and there shouldn't be much left after deducting the bunch of things bought.

"He's what I bought in exchange for a high-quality epee." The old blind explained.

"Oh." Yang Yi noticed that the old blind man's weapon was gone, "Good job, this high-quality heavy sword will be handed over to you." ”

The fishman with expertise is easy to use, and the expertise of the old blind "negotiation (b)" brought an unexpected surprise to Yang Yi, and solved the matter he was distressing at once.

The old blind man was obviously concerned about the lack of quarrymen in the village after entering the canyon village, and his negotiation expertise played a role among the aborigines, so he had the opportunity to exchange his weapons for this fish-man slave.

Old Blind This subordinate is willing to worry about Ratchet Village and is willing to sacrifice, as the boss, Yang Yi naturally can't let him suffer, so he immediately gave the high-quality heavy sword he brought with him to Old Blind.

"Thank you, lord!" The old blind eye will not push the secret openly, just like this, and directly take over Yang Yi's heavy sword.

"Would you like to join our Ratchet Village?" Yang Yi asked the fish-man slave.

"......," the fish-man slave did not answer, but looked at the old blind eye.

"From now on, he's your master." The old blind man said to him.

"I, willing." The fish-man slave said weakly, sounding like he didn't like or object to joining Ratchet Village,

Fish-man slaves have no will of their own and are completely at the mercy of their masters. There are few wars within the Fish-Man Clan, but this does not mean that there are no Fish-Man slaves, and it is common for slaves and slave owners to appear in primitive and backward societies like Fish-Man Village.

Yang Yi didn't care about the inner thoughts of this fishman slave, he asked the fishman slave this not simply to hear his answer, but to wait for the change of the attribute information of this fishman slave.

Sure enough, after the fish-man slave answered, there was an extra line on his attribute information: "Affiliation: Ratchet Village".

"Okay, let's go back together." Now that it has been certified, Yang Yi is relieved.

Back in Ratchet Village, Yang Yi asked the old blind eye to arrange the quarrying, and the rest of the work was to wait patiently.

In the evening of the same day, the old blind eye found Yang Yi, and there was a crisis in the food supply of the Fishman Village.

The old blind man explained to Yang Yi in detail, now there are a total of 41 fishmen in Ratchet Village, of which 10 fishmen are arranged to quarry, 7 fishmen are logging, 5 fishmen hunters (another one was recruited the day before yesterday) is responsible for exploring the sea area near Ratchet Village, 3 combat professionals are not responsible for production, and 1 fishman with herb collection skills is arranged to collect thorn algae, that is, there are only 15 fishmen in total to be responsible for the food of 41 fishmen, which is now low productivity in Ratchet Village. It is an impossible task to feed solely on the gathering of wildlife.

"What can I do, I have no food and no money." Only then did Yang Yi know how much pressure it was for the village to let the old blind man send 10 fishmen to quarry. However, Yang Yi is not sure whether the 10 fishmen can collect enough stone to build the fishman nursery pond within ten days, and if the task fails because of the lack of quarrying fishmen, it will be regretted, and the lottery system is the biggest reason for the rapid development of Ratchet Village.

"The sea area near Ratchet Village has been explored, and a lot of edible seaweed has been found, 5 fish-man hunters left 1 to slowly explore the periphery to pay more attention to the movements of the lobster people, and the other 4 fish-man hunters were sent to collect food. Send fishmen to collect seaweed instead of fishing. Once enough stone has been collected and a nursery pond has been built, the number of fishmen quarrying can be reduced. Well, reduce 2 more lumberjacks, also sent to collect seaweed. ”

Yang Yi made arrangements while thinking about it, he still decided to ensure the construction of the fishman nursery pond to the greatest extent, but then the food in the fishman village will become a little worse, which can only be a temporary plan, and it will affect the morale of the fishman in the long run. As an aborigine, the fish-people have a lot to pay attention to, or there are many hidden attributes, such as Brak, a fish-man beach walker, who is definitely more efficient than ordinary fish-people, but the consequence is to reduce hidden attributes such as morale, and for example, the fish-man sleeping in the fish-man hut and sleeping on the ground seems to be no different, but for the fish-man it seems to be very different.

The problem of food is the biggest obstacle to the development of almost all nearby fish-man villages, and many fish-people in the village have to go out every day to forage for food, just like the fish-man laborers of the junior construction workers in the Ratchet Village, who used to have to go to the beach to find food, so they would be attacked by the lobster people. Many fish-man villages have exiled young and old fishmen to fend for themselves due to food pressure.

It is necessary to solve the food problem of Fishman Village as soon as possible, and the cultivation of seaweed should start as soon as possible, even if it is to try farming, it should be tried as soon as possible, after all, only a stable food source is the most powerful guarantee for the development of the village.

Yang Yi once asked the old blind mermaid to collect seaweed "seeds" and shells, and during this period of time, the fishmen who went to the sea to collect seaweed and several fishman hunters collected a lot of seaweed spores and shells, and it was time to start trying to grow seaweed.

It's getting dark, so get some sleep and move tomorrow morning.