Chapter VIII Camp Construction
The next morning, a meeting was held again to discuss the construction of the camp, and the participants were still the same seven.
Looking at the "First Five-Year Plan and Development Outline of Sanzang Town" in his hand, Wukong, Sermena, and Mr. Offet were speechless for a long time.
Build a medium-sized town with 10,000 acres of farmland!
There is no need to look at anything else, this construction goal alone is purely to launch satellites, and it is neither necessary nor possible.
Mike coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment. His original plan was for a small camp with no farmland, but Kenael's praise and Cecilia's admiration carried him away, and he came up with such a thing.
"This may seem incredible at first glance, but if all goes well, it is possible. And it won't waste us too much time, we just need to lead everyone to realize the first phase of the plan before next year's spring ploughing, and we should be able to develop on our own in the future. "Mike. The first phase of the plan before spring ploughing is quite realistic, and the rest is all nonsense. Anyway, he estimated that the nine-ring tin staff could be taken back before that, and whoever had the ability to implement the plan after that would be handed it over to whomever he could.
Sermena pursed her lips and first raised her own question: "Brother Mike, not to mention that your plan is not feasible, sister, I don't understand one thing in the first place. As long as we leave, no matter how good this Sanzang town is, it will still be wiped out, so why should we bother with it. Or are you not going to go, brother Mike?"
"Even if it is necessary to build it in order to lure Kolya to attack and set a trap for land capture, it is too much to exceed, and the farmland is unnecessary. Goku thinks about things from a different perspective.
Mike thought for a moment and replied, "I thought about it carefully yesterday, and our battle with the Coria Pirates may not be very smooth. I think that if the problem is not solved by spring, I should negotiate with them and exchange Sanzang Town for property. As for what happens in the future, that's Kolya's business. ”
This answer was acceptable to everyone.
Sanzang Town has no future.
In this world, because there are too many bandits, in terms of territory development, the protection that the strong can provide is the most important resource.
Goblins are extremely reproductive, gnolls have a wide range of recipes, and dragons hunt for a large range, these three types of robbers are the most important threats to the civilized world. Centaurs in the wilderness, kobolds in forests and caves, ogres and giants in the hills, and fishmen in the water will also attack from time to time. In addition, there are many humans who have fallen into the grass, and lichs and vampires may also lead the invasion. If you are in a more chaotic area, the adjacent towns will also change from trading partners to invaders from time to time.
At the same time, the strength of the individuals in this world varies greatly, and the usual armed forces can only deal with ordinary bandits such as goblin jackals.
Mike can only abuse vegetables, and Sal is only stronger than him. But in this way, one person and one dragon cooperated to attack the small city of Damshore with a population of 7,000, and if there were no dozen strong men led by Viscount Talungard, then the townspeople could only let them bomb from high altitude and could not effectively counterattack. It won't be long before the inhabitants flee, the lucky ones flee to other towns, and the unfortunate ones become goblins' meals on the way.
Therefore, the protection of the strong is of paramount importance to the people. The development of the territory is basically centered on the castle/mage tower of the strong man in the territory - the lord is usually the strong man himself or his agent - the strength and number of the strong determine the maximum size of the territory, and the character and ability of the strong determine the prosperity of the territory. Once the strong disappear for some reason, the territory will decline rapidly.
For the mercenary group to prepare to establish Sanzang Town, the most important strong person is the mercenary group. With the powerful Goku as the cornerstone, Mike and Sermena, two mid-level spellcasters to assist, and Sal Tseying, who has high mobility, plus 50 goblins and 7 dwarfs to fight, it is possible to build a village or even a town in most places.
But no matter what the development becomes, as long as they leave, and there is no strong enough replacement, Sanzang Town will quickly decline or even disappear. In the current civilized wilderness, it is only a long time for the Sanzang mercenary group to leave, for example, in a year or two, this place will be turned into a ruin under the attack of bandits. Therefore, even if Mike wants to give it to his father-in-law, Mr. Offitt, he can't, without the corresponding force, it will be useless to give it to anyone. It's hard to say whether Coria can see it or not, and whether it can be supported is also in doubt, but since it is a negotiation, there must be some bargaining chips, and Mike, who has just been ransacked by Old Baker, can't afford to pay the ransom.
The first step in the plan, of course, is to choose a site.
Wukong took out a brief map given by the Dragon Palace, and based on the results of yesterday's exploration, he marked a few places on it that he felt were suitable for bait for everyone to choose.
Mike hopes that there will be more stone and wood, and that it will be easier to build infrastructure. Thrall wanted to be not too far away from the goblin tribe he had detected, and it would be easier to go back and forth. Others either have no opinion or no qualifications.
In the end, the site of Sanzang Town was selected as follows: less than two kilometers from the coast, from about 700 meters to the south to the water's edge, there are rocky beaches, about two kilometers to the north are large forests, and further north is the mountain forest, and the east and west sides are relatively flat, ordinary waterside meadows.
The beach is steeper and the coastline varies less from high to low tides. Far enough from the sea to be safe, close enough to the sea for Koria to bite the hook, wood and stone, and it doesn't look suspicious. As a bait, it can be said to be very qualified.
Using her druid expertise, Sermena looked around and thought it was okay. Although the Moon Sea is called the sea, it is actually a super large freshwater lake, so the surrounding land is not bad, and because of this, a large number of evil races breed.
Mr. Offitt, with his expertise as a businessman, also looked around, and felt that it was not appropriate. I told Mike and others about my opinion: "I think this place is not conducive to the villagers to defend against robbers, and it is not conducive to the loading and unloading of goods by merchant ships, which seems to be not ideal." ”
Mike patted his chest and assured his father-in-law: "There is absolutely no problem! With us, there is no room for robbers in this place." As for loading and unloading goods, just build a road to the seaside, a small matter. ”
Mr. Alfitt felt that it was not a trivial matter to clear out the robbers or build the road, but Mike was full of confidence, and he did not say much.
The second step of the plan, of course, is to recruit villagers and build infrastructure.
This is not an easy task to recruit villagers under normal circumstances. But the Sanzang mercenary group is not prepared to come according to the normal situation at all. The villagers they are going to "recruit" are all the so-called evil races in the civilized world, and the recruitment method is all by force.
This kind of behavior can be interpreted as "recruiting evil creatures to build evil nests", it can also be interpreted as "slave trading organizations taming slaves in batches", and it can also be interpreted as "making evil creatures abandon evil and turn to good through labor education". Mike: They don't worry about others at will, anyway, this place is a civilized desert, and the city that has the ability to crusade against them is hundreds of kilometers away. The nearby pioneer camp was small and few, and according to Mr. Offett, there were dozens of people in the dozens, and there was little strength.
The first target that Sal was ready to attack was the largest goblin tribe he found in the vicinity, with about 400 people, among which the goblin bear goblin and other individuals with strong combat effectiveness were estimated to be about 100. He was going to lead his team to attack immediately, but Mike persuaded him.
"We don't even have a place to hold prisoners now, and if you catch it, it's useless, so it's better to continue to investigate first and see if there are other suitable targets, and then attack after two days when the domestication camp is built." Mike persuaded.
Sal thought about it and felt that there was some reason, so he waited patiently for two more days.
The infrastructure construction of Sanzang Town was carried out under the leadership of Captain Mike.
Mike led the crowd to build infrastructure, and the first thing he did was to use stone shaping to build a house for his father-in-law.
The second thing is to cut down the wood and get the equipment. There was no way, the mercenary group didn't prepare any tools for this situation at all, and the axe used to cut trees before was still a dwarven battle axe plus a stone axe he had made.
With the tools, the next thing Mike did as a modern man was, of course, to build public toilets. The place was built in one day, and there were four of them. Humans use the one which is small but relatively complete, with both men and women and walls and roofs; the goblins use the one which is large but very simple, with only a squatting pit, a pond and a wall against the town, and the main purpose is to prevent odors; there are two domestication camps, which are the same as those used by goblins.
The fourth thing is to build a domestication camp, in fact, it is to take branches and stones and randomly surround two circles, the big one is the size of half a football field, and the small one is half smaller, and there is no door except a gap, and then it is strengthened with magic. With this kind of rudimentary facilities, it is basically impossible to prevent the captives from escaping, but Mike feels that it doesn't matter, he only needs those who won't run away on their own initiative.
These four tasks took only three days in total, and the first phase of the infrastructure construction project in Sanzang Town was completed.
More houses are not needed for the time being, the mercenary group of four and Kena live in portable steel houses, the Orfit caravan lives in stone houses, the mercenary group dwarves and goblins sleep in tents, and captives and new members are in the open air.
Due to the scarcity of human resources, the mercenary group is currently unable to engage in any mess at all, and all subsequent construction needs to be carried out by prisoners through labor reform and self-construction.
Mike then tells Sal that the camp has begun to take shape and that he can lead his army into battle.
"Tomorrow all of us will fight, and then Team 1 will have to stay behind to guard and train prisoners, Dwarven Team will stay and cut wood, and Team 2 and 3 and the new combatants will all be handed over to you. Brother Sal, you have a great responsibility, and you must try to avoid damage. ”
"Don't worry. Under my wise leadership, all enemies are paper tigers!" Sal assured, patting his chest.