Chapter 176: Drought

"I'll go, are you sure you want to do it?" Mo Qinghan listened to Liu Qi's plan, and suddenly looked confused.

"Cut, fools can see that the other side wants to consume with us, we are such a little people, food production can't keep up with consumption, sooner or later we will be suffocated, we can only find a way to let the other side strike first, otherwise we are too passive." Liu Qi said, "At present, this is the only way to alleviate the resource consumption of the territory." ”

"Okay, but we don't have enough money, the price of food has been rising recently, and it is estimated that there will be a famine soon, so you better prepare early." Mo Qinghan said.

After such a reminder, Liu Qi found out: It seems that this is the case, food is getting more and more expensive, it seems that all NPCs are deliberately hoarding food, and the market price has more than doubled compared to when the territory was first established.

"Well, don't care about the amount of money, buy as much food as possible, and the territory of these aliens is also a good target for plunder." Liu Qimo rubbed his chin and said, "Let the astounding world complete the improvement of rice seeds as soon as possible, as well as the irrigation of the fields near the river, these things cannot be delayed." ”

To improve rice seeds, Liu Qi wanted to do it a long time ago, and originally planned to ask for it directly from the "Qi" civilization, but unfortunately the rice seeds belonged to living substances, and they would die directly if they were teleported, and there was no use for eggs.

So I can only wait patiently, this kind of rice is not much better than Professor Yuan's hybrid rice, and the big red country relies on hybrid rice to feed 21% of the world's population with 7% of the world's arable land, which shows how powerful these new rice are.

Especially in this era of low productivity, food is the lifeline! If there is no food, it is a lack of confidence to talk to people.

"Got it, I'll let the world know." Mo Qinghan said, "Then I will call a team of heavy steps and caravans out, and remember to look for me if you have something." ”

"Hmm." Nodding, Liu Qi continued to look at the lord's handbook to see the recent development of the territory.

The population is still growing slowly at a rate of 20 people per day, and there are more old and weak women and children among these 20 people, which alleviates the problem of the ratio of men and women to a certain extent, but it also leads to the aging of the population in the territory, but it is not serious, and it is acceptable in front of it.

The province has recently been upgraded twice, from a third-level village to a second-level township, unlocking some new buildings, such as a mid-level barracks and a mid-level blacksmith shop.

The emergence of the intermediate barracks makes the longbow behind the territory heavy step is finally not used to bluff people, and the training cycle of about 3 days can train a qualified rookie archer, at least within 80 steps without missing the target, which is a relatively excellent result.

Don't dare to ask for anything, as long as it can play a certain role, after all, the focus of infantry is hand-to-hand combat, and they can't be expected to be both marksmen and martial arts masters, not everyone has this qualification.

Another 10 days passed, the troops outside the territory finally couldn't bear it, they had been stationed outside the territory for a long time, the grain and grass had been urgent, seeing the caravan full of food, naturally began to shoot, even if the heavy black armor seemed very deterrent, but the number was too small, the other party still had a bad heart.

"Liu Qi, the other side has begun to attack, will we still attack?" Mo Qinghan was on the city wall, and Liu Qi was standing beside him.

"Nonsense, thrash him!" With a wave of Liu Qi's hand, all the troops began to act in an instant, the city gate opened, and the troops of 900 people rushed out, first with heavy steps, and then with militiamen, even the militia were wearing standard armor, which looked much stronger than the 20,000 "beggar army" on the opposite side.

The bloody battle on the battlefield began instantly, after the heavy infantry approached, they first took out their longbows, and shot a wave blindly from a distance, although they were not accurate, but the number of people on the opposite side was dense, so the harvest was not small, and they took away more than 200 people on the opposite side at once.

"Bell!" An enemy soldier saw an opportunity to look at the body of a heavy step, but instead of slashing the opponent, the knife was blocked by the opponent's armor, and the blade curled on the spot, which was simply terrifying.

"Huh?" Chongbu felt something behind him, and when he raised the long knife, he slashed it head-on, taking the clever ghost away directly.

This incident tells us that in the face of absolute strength, cleverness has no effect.

"Keep attacking, don't stop!" Mo Qinghan ordered the troops to continue to move closer to the caravan in the center, and the 1,000 people were stunned to beat 100,000 people, as if it was not the other party that surrounded us, but our side surrounded the enemy.

The alien lord looked at the tragic situation of the battle, and immediately gave an order to retreat, and one of the coalition forces ran away, so the remaining lords naturally did the same, ordering the troops to retreat and leave the land of right and wrong, so as not to harm the pond fish.

"Cut, I knew it was the end." Liu Qi looked at the retreating enemy troops on the whole line, bored, there was no way, the height was unbearable!

"How's the battle damage?" After sighing, it's time to see the real battle situation.

"The militia suffered 20 minor injuries and 2 serious injuries, but there were no deaths." Mo Qinghan said, "There are zero casualties. ”

Liu Qi nodded, not surprised at all, it would be strange if there were casualties in the heavy step! With such a thick superalloy, where can these iron weapons made by aliens with muscles in their heads be able to break?

There was nothing else to cut on Chongbu's body except miss, and the enemy who sneaked up on Chongbu was directly stabbed back by Chongbu, and then withdrew from this stage.

"How long will it take to improve rice?" Liu Qi asked.

"There are still 10 days of harvest in the experimental field, and we will see the yield when the time comes." "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a bad premonition." Liu Qi looked up at the sky, the scorching sun in the sky was like fire, there had been no rain for more than 20 days, if it were not for the waterwheel irrigation, built near the river, it is estimated that the fields under the household registration would have dried up long ago, and the long-term drought has also caused panic among the people, and the price of grain has risen higher and higher, and now it is priceless.

The stock of the household registration can be maintained for about 2 months, and the following depends on this batch of improved rice, if it succeeds, it will be safe and sound, and if it fails, it will be removed from the planet.

The territory was defeated, and it was basically expelled from the Civilization Academy, so the territory is definitely not as simple as a game for the students, this time the alien troops, heavy losses, the Hukou army chased out 20 miles, killed nearly 6,000 people, 1/3 of the enemy army evaporated, and even the militia of non-chieftains all died, alas, it was too miserable.

What do you say is bad for aliens to fight, but they are staring at the protagonist who is hanging, and what is the difference between lighting a lantern in the toilet - looking for death ()?

"Don't worry, there is really no way, we will rob other territories." Mo Qinghan smiled indifferently, without the slightest pressure, she was more like a thief than the shocking world, and more robber than a robber.

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"My lord, the drought has lasted for 20 days, and the people are asking, how do your subordinates answer?" In front of Chen County's order, General Li was full of sadness.

"Tell them that heavy rain will come soon." Chen Xianling said, "We don't believe this ourselves, right?" With a self-deprecating expression, he paced out the door.

"Alas, it's just a misery for the people!" General Li sighed, "I don't know how many people have gone to the road of murder and arson this time." ”