Chapter XVIII The Food Crisis
Early the next morning, Yang Yi took the old blind eye and rode a turtle mount towards Canyon Village. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
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 for Yang Yi and the fish-man merchant not to come forward just in case.
Yang Yi also brought the deputy village chief of Lao Blind with him because his [Negotiation (B)] expertise was very effective for the aborigines.
After the old blind man left, there was no one to direct the construction of the fish-man hut, but fortunately, the village has been building this fish-man hut at a rate of two a day for the past seven days.
At present, there are less than forty fishmen in the village, and a fish-man hut can accommodate five fish-people, and the fish-man hut built in the village is enough for the fish-people to live for the time being.
When he arrived at the coast near Canyon Village, Yang Yi asked the old blind eye to go to Canyon Village alone with coins. The old blind eye has a specialty of "negotiation (B)", and it is easy to go to the fish-man village alone to buy some small things.
The old blind was led by the fishman of Canyon Village in the fishman village, and Yang Yi rode a turtle mount to check nearby.
The merchants of Canyon Village sold not only alchemy potions but also copper ore, and it seems likely that copper ore was 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 the location of copper ore deposits is not found, Ratchet Village can only stare dryly even if it has more manpower and tools.
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 had already walked out of the canyon fish-man village, followed by a strange fishman holding a bunch of tools.
Yang Yi used his skills to check the attribute information of the strange fishman.
[Name]: Fishman Laborer (F)
[Race]: Miscellaneous Fish-Man (female)
[Level]: Level 1 Quarryman
[Ability]: Craft (Quarrying +2)
It turned out to be the quarryman Yang Yi was looking for!
"Lord, this fish-man is a level 1 quarryman, a slave, 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 got in exchange for [Premium Epee]." The old blind explained.
Only then did Yang Yi notice that the old blind man had his weapon gone: "Good job, the [high-quality heavy sword] of the master of the skill will be handed over to you." ”
The fishman with expertise is easy to use, and the expertise of the old blind negotiation 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 Ratchet 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.
Yang Yi handed his sword to the old blind eye.
The old blind man is willing to worry about Ratchet Village and is willing to sacrifice, as the boss, Yang Yi naturally can't let him suffer.
"Thank you, lord!" The old blind eye will not push the dark openly, and he will happily take over Yang Yi's heavy sword.
Yang Yi asked the fish-man slave, "Would you like to join our Ratchet Village?" ”
“……”
The fish-man slave did not answer, he looked at the old blind eye.
In a primitive and backward society like Fishman Village. The appearance of slaves and slave owners was very common. The fish-man slave did not have the opportunity to express his wishes, he had to be completely at the mercy of his master.
Now the owner of this fish-man slave is old and blind.
"From now on, our lord is your master." The old blind said to the fish-man slave.
"I, willing."
The fish-man slave said weakly, sounding like he didn't like or object to joining Ratchet Village.
"Okay, let's go back together."
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, and now there are a total of 41 fishmen in Ratchet Village, of which 10 fishmen are arranged to quarry, 7 fishmen are logged, 5 fishmen hunters (another one was recruited the day before yesterday) is responsible for exploring the sea near Ratchet Village, 3 combat professionals are not responsible for production, and 1 fishman with herb collection skills is arranged to collect Thorn Algae.
As a result, there are only 15 fish-people left, that is, these 15 fish-people are responsible for the food of the 41 fish-people. In a situation where the village of Ratchet is now unproductive, and food is entirely dependent on wildlife gathering, it is an impossible task.
"What can I do, I have no food and no money." Only then did Yang Yi know how much pressure it was for the old blind eye to 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 key to the rapid development of Ratchet Village.
"The sea near Ratchet Village has been almost explored, and a lot of edible seaweed has been found. One of the 5 Fish-Man Hunters was left to slowly explore the periphery to keep an eye on the Lobster-Man's movements, and the other 4 Fish-Man Hunters were sent to collect food. ”
"Send fishmen to collect seaweed instead of fishing, and when enough stone is collected to build a nursery pond, you can reduce the number of fishmen quarrying."
"Well, reduce 2 more lumberjacks and send them to collect seaweed."
Yang Yi made arrangements while thinking about it, and 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.
This can only be a temporary solution, and it will affect the morale of the fishmen in the long run.
As aborigines, there are many things that need to be paid attention to, or there are many hidden attributes that even Yang Yi's lord's eyes can't see.
For example, Brack, a fish-man beach walker, is definitely more efficient than ordinary fish-men to cut wood, but the consequence is to reduce hidden attributes such as morale; Another example is that the fish-man sleeping in a fish-man hut ventilated on all sides looks the same as sleeping on the ground, but it looks very different to the fish-man.
The problem of food is the biggest obstacle to the growth of all Fish-Man Villages near the Caravan Coast, and many of them have to go out every day to forage for food.
Skilled fish-people like the Fish-Man Laborers of Class 1 Construction Workers in Ratchet Village had to go to the beach to find food before they were attacked by the Lobster Men.
There are also many fish-man villages where fish-people are exiled to their children and left 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.