Chapter 8 The Current Situation of Sanzang Town (II)
"Let's get down to business. The first phase of the relocation of the small commodity factory to Glacier Town has been successfully resumed, and the second phase will continue after the expansion of the dungeon as planned. However, your husband said that someone wanted to order in large quantities, and asked us if we could reduce the cost and expand the scale. Seeing that Sal was almost settled, Sermena took out the bill and prepared to discuss the important contents.
The night before yesterday, Mr. Offett had a dream, and he dreamed that someone wanted to take a small commodity purchase contract and asked him what he thought, and he looked at it twice and felt that it was completely nonsense, why should we sell it in large quantities at a low price to a guy of unknown origin like you, so he refused without hesitation. The man smiled, and then kindly pressed the contract under his pillow and asked him to think about it, and if there is something he doesn't understand, ask more people, don't make your own claims.
The next morning, Mr. Offett woke up and remembered the dream, and thought it was very clear and vivid, but it was nothing, it was not just a dream. But when he picked up the pillow and found that there was really a contract underneath, his hands began to tremble involuntarily, and he was unwell and could not come to today's meeting.
Mike also heard about it from his father-in-law. "I've been feeling cold for a few days and can't be a director, and I have a previous contract that Miss Tossel Mena will handle on my behalf. ”
"400,000 needles, 300,000 fish hooks, 90,000 knives, 30,000 fire sickles, the total price is 50,000 gold coins, which is 20,000 lower than our own wholesale. This is only for the first month, and may be increased in the future, depending on the situation. Sermena guessed that Mr. Offitt might have been intimidated.
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Due to various factors such as knowledge and information, the omnipotent traverser did not feel that anyone was threatened, only that a big customer had come. And if it's expected, anyone can guess this big customer.
When Mike was traveling in Ascatra before, he stumbled upon a street selling his Xitian brand knife. After a little inquiry about Mike, he learned that this table knife was wholesaled from Woking Mall, and then, there was no more, do you want to continue to investigate which store in Woking Mall, who opened it, and whether there are any behind-the-scenes forces, how can the omnipotent traverser and high-end master be idle to that extent.
However, this did not prevent him from speculating a little.
Transporting the products of the Sea of the Moon thousands of kilometers to Amm is no easy task. Either there is a powerful and proficient master who realizes the vast market for small commodities, or it is an organization that has been trading between the two places for a long time. It's hard to say about the former, but almost everyone who comes to mind the latter has a name at first: Santarinhui.
While often considered notorious terrorists, most of the members of the super-organization that ruled the continent-spanning power of Fort Santil were mere speculative traders, some of whom would resort to illegal tactics such as attacking rival caravans, extorting food from villagers, or committing more serious crimes such as arson or murder. As for hiring bandits to raid other caravans and villages, or having mages summon or provoke monsters, it can't be said that there are none, but certainly not many, after all, the comprehensive strength of the Santarin Society is currently similar to that of medium-sized kingdoms, and it has long passed the bloody primitive accumulation stage. Of course, if the benefits are particularly huge - tens of thousands of gold coins a month or more are certainly enough - I believe they will not mind going back to their old jobs.
Now the question is, if the big customer is really Santalinhui, can it develop into a stable partner?
"I think...... Brother Mike, are you listening to me? "Sermena is also a little drumming in her heart, when Mike's younger brother blew that the annual sales of millions of gold coins within ten years can also be millions, she didn't care much, and then the sales became bigger and bigger, but it was always still within a certain scale, and suddenly a high roller came to the door and said that I was going to buy it a million a year, and I was cheap for three or five hundred thousand, okay, the first feeling was not to believe it, the second feeling was anger and joy, and then I was afraid, the scale was too big. Ask Ms. Red Dragon, she can't make up her mind, so she can only discuss it with Mike first.
"What's the point of worrying about trivial things!" The omnipotent traverser waved his hand, "Sister, the reason why you have many worries is completely because the realm is too low, hurry up and enter my ** exercise to get things done, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I think it's better today......"
"Yes, Brother Mike is really handsome and has a deep affection for you, and I think it's better to choose a day than to hit the day......"
Sermena rolled her eyes. "Can you two be serious when discussing business, and don't keep talking. ”
"Alas, I can't understand this kind of thing with you, but I'll handle it myself. Wukong, hurry up and deal with the affairs of Sanzang Town, and Lukenpachpala can they do it. ”
Wukong also rolled his eyes, not all the I'm busy with is pushed over by you. "Luken is very good, and he has a good chance of becoming a great weapon, and I think I can gradually let him take over the Sanzang Town Guard. Pache Pala has too narrow a vision, so take him around when you go outside. Yoda's words are only suitable for deputy at the moment. ”
The Sanzang Guard is nominally led by Mike, but in reality it was first Sal, then Goku, and then given to Koria when he went underground. However, the command value of Coria is low, and the main energy is in Koria City, so when Mike and they came back from the underground, they found that the town guard had been divided into a number of small groups and there were a lot of problems, and they urgently needed to be rectified, so Mike, the supreme leader, showed his sense of existence like "Lao Tzu Hu Hansan is back", and then pushed the specific things to Wukong, and he himself took ** to travel to Askatra. Wukong must also train his deputy, and it has been concluded that Luken, who has ideals, morality, knowledge and discipline, can be of great use.
"Well, you're going to negotiate this time. By the way, Sermena, did the man say when and where? ”
"No, I'll probably go to Mr. Offitt first, like I did last time. ”
"Well, I'll go and ask him about it. ”
"When we talked, I thought ......," Sermena was a little undecided, "Madam thinks it's better to let them not sell it in the Moon Sea." ”
"You want regional exclusivity, okay, I see. ”
"Do you really know?"
"Alas, let's just say that your realm is too low......"
"Okay, okay, anyway, the semi-finished channel is in your hands alone, so you can do whatever you like. Sermena quickly shut up the fellow, "Next, next, it's time to talk about food and livestock, I'll call James, don't throw your face at Darmshal." ”
James is currently the farmer of Sanzang Town, but in principle he is still a man of Darmshal.
It wasn't long before James came, still holding a thick notebook.
"At present, we have a total of about 40,000 acres of arable land. Among them, 4,000 mu were planted with winter wheat before, and the expected yield per mu is 90 kilograms, and they are ready to be abandoned for spring ploughing next year after harvesting; 8,000 mu is the field that has been abandoned for a year before winter sowing and is replanted this year, and it is the field that we will focus on cultivating; 9,000 mu was cultivated for a year last year, and 7,000 mu is a burned field that has just been burned in autumn and is also ready for spring sowing; 12,000 mu has been planted for two consecutive years, and this year it is ready to be abandoned and accumulated with fertilizer. ”
Mike frowned secretly, these 40,000 mu seem to be quite a lot, but the utilization rate is only sixty percent, and what is the matter with the yield of 90 kilograms per mu, didn't it say that 270 kilograms are good? Speaking of how the cultivated area of 40,000 acres is calculated, and the place where our artificial canal is enclosed is only so big, is it all counted?
"According to your plan, we have concentrated manpower on digging a moat, which is expected to be completed in May. Considering that the moat is very long and can be used as an irrigation canal, I developed about 40,000 acres of enclosed land. It's just that some places are not suitable, and there is a shortage of labor because of the need to dig moats to build dungeons, so the average yield per mu is lower than last year, but the total output is significantly exceeded. ”
'Whoever told you it was a moat, that was the irrigation canal or not?' Forget it, it's pretty much the same in the eyes of you ignorant natives anyway. ’
"In the next few years, I think we should stop increasing the scale of cultivated land, and focus on leveling the terrain and deep ploughing the farmland, and gradually increase the unit yield. After all, the degree of land reclamation is very low, and many of them have not even been cultivated once, and only 6,000 mu of the 40,000 mu can really be said to be farmland. ”
‘...... 6,000 to 40,000, this is really empty enough, no wonder there is so much area and so low yield. But how do you count a place that has never been cultivated as farmland, and how can it be that you can directly sow seeds?'
"What's going on with farmland that hasn't been ploughed once, so can it be that you can just sow the seeds?" the wise Sal was also aware of the problem.
"That's right. There are always rocks and roots in the ground that have to be removed before they can be ploughed, but we ......"
"I see. Mike quickly interrupted James's argument with a quick remark, otherwise there might be a bad development.
When a stone is buried in the ground, it is not deep, it is only thirty or fifty centimeters deep, and if it is not large, it is only a few tenths of a cubic meter in size. This is quite common when clearing wasteland, and if it is not removed first, it will block the plough when plowing the land. For the earth of mechanized mass production, this obstacle is not a problem, but in the Middle Ages, when there were no agricultural machinery, this small thing could make the peasant uncles feel bad. There is no agricultural machinery in the other world, and the slaves in Sanzang Town have no good way to face this kind of one- or two-ton big stone, James tried to let the stonemasons break the stone, and the low efficiency made him feel that it was better to put it aside for the time being and wait for the leaders to solve it, after all, the 5,000 acres of real farmland were basically developed with their help.
This "leaders to solve" solution is very otherworldly. Mike's solution was shrinking, and at that time he was already able to shrink about 1/ at a time. 4 cubes, as long as the stone is not particularly large, a spell can be taken away, extremely efficient; Koria's solution is siege crab handling, which is not a problem within two tons, and it is also very efficient; Wukong's solution is divine power and martial arts, and it is not very efficient to use a giant axe blessed with a high-level demonic weapon, which is not very efficient, so it is only responsible for breaking the boulder beyond the ability of Mike and Koria; Semena's solution is stone shaping, which can only be used as an aid, and it is more convenient to flatten and break the stone.
Although these methods are very good and efficient in James's opinion, the omnipotent traverser and high-end master don't like it very much: Brother visits the other world on behalf of the earth, is it just to be a migrant worker?! Therefore, he quickly interrupted James's discussion and prevented things from developing in a bad direction.
But Sermena is also aware of the problem.
"Well, it's really hard for you guys, so it's better to ......"
Mike pretended to be deaf and dumb.
“...... Why don't Mike take the time to bless a few giant axes with high-grade demonic weapons, and I'll send someone to break the stone with them. "Sermena knows what he thinks when she sees the virtue of so-and-so, but she doesn't want to be a migrant worker herself, so let's explore the potential of her subordinates.
"No problem. Mike immediately patted his chest and reassured. At his current level, the high-level demonic weapons released with the Time Delay Scepter could last all day, and it would take much effort to put a few at home in the morning.
"Do you have enough people there?"
"Cultivating the wasteland, how can there be enough manpower. At present, there are 3,000 goblins, 1,000 kobolds, 600 goblins and gnolls, and 386 cattle, 435 horses, and 100 skeleton oxen and horses for draft animals. When the moat is complete, it should be divided into parts. ”
"Well, what about farm tools or something?"
"In terms of small farm tools, there are 300 big hoes and 300 small hoes, 1000 small shovels, 200 large shovels, 1000 small shovels, 400 wheelbarrows, and other agricultural tools add up to about 800. Because it has night vision, it can rotate people throughout the day without stopping, so it is barely enough. "The so-called big hoe and big sickle are hoe sickles for tall creatures such as goblins and jackals, and small hoes and small sickles are used for dwarf creatures such as goblins and kobolds.
"In terms of large farm tools, there are 100 single plows, 50 double plows, and 100 cars. This problem is relatively big, the cattle and horses cannot work at night, and the number of skeleton cattle and horses is too small to rotate, which has a great impact on the production efficiency at night. If you can, I hope to increase the number of skeletons, cattle and horses, and I can work at night to grab a lot of time, and it is best to add some skilled and managerial talents. ”
James thinks that skeleton cattle and horses are very advanced, the effect is excellent, the strength is not inferior to real cattle and horses, no need to eat and drink to save feed, more importantly, can work at night, and ordinary cattle and horses can be used alternately to make full use of time and farm tools 24 hours a day, which can greatly improve the overall efficiency of agricultural production.
"Well, that's all I have to say. Mike scratched his head. It is not difficult to build skeletons, cows and horses, as long as the materials are enough, he can build hundreds of them by himself, but the problem is that the priest needs to maintain them. Sanzang Town is basically a slave captured in the wilderness, how can there be any priests, which makes it difficult for advanced skeleton cattle and horses to expand their scale. Talent is similar, occasionally can catch a wild talent is burned high incense.
'5,000 laborers, the town of Sanzang is finally worthy of its name. Should we get the dark elves? Or borrow Roseda's undead enlightenment technique to enlighten a group of people? But if this brother's identity is not leaked, how can he find a way to hide it...... Wait, speaking of the undead enlightenment, it suddenly occurred to me, this is a different world of magic, you should broaden your thinking, don't keep dwelling on what you have. If you just want to be able to work at night, you just need to have night vision, and you don't have to be skeletons. I remember that there was a kind of centaur in this world, about the same strength as a horse, with night vision, and a very high intelligence that could even speak, so it felt very suitable. I just can't remember exactly what to eat, I should eat grass like a horse, no matter, when I have time to catch a few horses to try, practice to test it. When I thought about it, my thinking suddenly broadened a lot, is it okay to replace the cow with a cow into a goblin? No, no, no, the goblin is not strong enough, it is better to turn a cow into an ogre? Bull Demon King, how does it compare with the Minotaur, and can it produce any chain effect? Well, it is indeed necessary to seriously study and study......
After Mike finishes his whimsical thinking, he discovers that James's agricultural report is no longer over at an unknown time, and the person who speaks is replaced by Sermena.
“...... We have about 12,000 total laborers, of which about 5,000 are adult goblins and kobolds, 5,000 goblins, and 800 gnolls, and the other races together are less than 100. In addition, according to the birth plan, there are a large number of female non-laborers who are mainly breeding at the current stage, the number is 1500 kobolds, 500 gnolls 400, and the cumulative number of newborns born in 16 months is about 4500 goblins and kobolds, with an expected survival rate of 70%, and about 800 gnolls, with an expected survival rate of 80%. Sermena secretly sighed, it has only been two and a half years since Brother Mike's first foolish Sanzang Town, and the number of people alone is close to the Dragon Palace, and there is currently plenty of food and a lot of land, far from the bottleneck. Relying on the goblin race, kobolds, jackals, and the three races with super reproductive ability, as long as they are not attacked on a large scale in the past few years and can be controlled to avoid a big riot, Sanzang Town will become, which is really unexpected.
James also secretly sighed, "It seems that this Sanzang Town is about to be completed." It's really unexpected, after only two and a half years, this young Mike has led people to lay the foundation of this 40,000 acres, not to mention that he has been there for most of the time! This development can almost be said to be smooth sailing, although it is said that there were several crises at the beginning, but since he came, he only saw the goblins surrender to the gnolls, and they were not at all as desperately resisting as their Darmshal kind, is this the legendary king's spirit?"
"Then why are our soldiers only 800? This is not counting the 100 or so we brought back. According to my plan, there should be 2,000, and even if it is no matter what, there should be 1,000, and if you think about it, there were already 500 people when we left, and this is not almost completely unexpected. And the bear goblin, why are they almost gone?"
"That's right. Wukong opened his mouth to explain, "When I was reorganizing the town guard, I found a lot of problems, and the equipment was not enough, so I divided the town guard into two parts: regular army and reserve. You say that the eight hundred refers to the regular army, and a thousand reservists. As for the bear goblins, Sanzang Town is too populated and dense, and last summer it almost finished beating the nearby beasts, and then the bear goblins went crazy from time to time because they ate too little meat, so they were deliberately consumed by Koria. A large part of the reason for the unstable morale of the town guard is also counted on this. But you should know about it, Koria said you made him do it. ”
"Well, I just said that I could control the quantity, but I didn't expect it to be so completely consumed...... "Alas, this is the disadvantage of not knowing how to develop sustainably." "Forget it, it's not a big deal, I'll catch it if I need to. James continued. ”
"...... in terms of grain reserves"
Before he could finish his report, the goblin guards suddenly ran in, "Master, there is a white dragon who wants to see you." ”