Chapter 10: A great harvest
Richard is extremely satisfied with the mummy unit.
When fighting, he is not afraid of pain or life and death, and his fighting power is extremely strong. With the sand transformation technique, he can also perform sneak attacks from the ground.
What's more important is that there is no logistical burden, and there is no need to consume food. Is there anything better than this in the world?
What the cow eats is grass and what is milked out is milk. The mummy does not even need to eat grass and milks directly.
In sharp contrast, there were three long-armed peons beside him who had already cracked their mouths.
Regardless of their level, these arms do not even have the ability to survive in the desert.
"Given the harsh living environment of the desert, in the future we should give priority to military units that do not require logistics."
In his thoughts, Richard confirmed the future development direction of Twilight City's army.
"Bring the desert wolf back to its territory."
After the plague was driven away, the desert wolf undoubtedly became a precious food.
This is a life-saving straw for Twilight City, which only has a few days of rations.
The long-armed peons cheered and hurriedly lifted the desert wolf up.
But three long-armed peons could barely lift one end, and the mummy had to participate in the important task of transporting the goods.
Looking at this, Richard estimated that a desert wolf weighed more than 200 kilograms.
Some of the big ones weigh more than three hundred pounds.
With such a big harvest, I feel happier and happier.
When carcasses of wild wolves were placed at the entrance of the lord's mansion, it immediately caused a sensation among the residents.
Everyone huddled together, standing on tiptoes, craning their necks to look inside.
"Oh my God, what a big wild wolf."
"Hiss, these beasts are probably elite level!"
"These are desert wolves, very ferocious. Ten ordinary people can only wait to die if they face one"
"Lord, you are too strong!!"
“It’s amazing”
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Karu, who had just been appointed as the political officer, pushed through the crowd and squeezed in beside Richard. His old body seemed to feel a little younger after seeing the wild wolves everywhere.
Raise your chest and salute respectfully.
"Good day, my lord"
Richard nodded slightly.
"These wild wolves will be cut up later, and the furs will be stored. Some will be made into dried meat, and some will be used as food for the residents."
Carew immediately saluted excitedly.
"Thank you for your generosity. It is our lifetime honor to meet such a great lord like you"
Richard didn't care about the other party's gratitude.
These people are the wealth of the Twilight City. What's weird about feeding his own lambs green grass while he is still waiting for the other party to produce milk.
"No need to be polite, as the lord of Twilight City, I should protect you."
"There are still 10 desert wolf carcasses that have not been brought back. You send people and 4 mummies to carry them back."
Karu was pleasantly surprised.
There is still one?
"Yes, my lord!"
Richard nodded and continued to ask questions.
"How is the census of residents going?"
"Reporting to your lord, there are a total of 15 people with special skills, including 5 junior blacksmiths, 3 junior carpenters, 5 junior tailors, and 2 junior builders."
Life professions are divided into elementary, intermediate, advanced, special, master and extraordinary levels.
The higher the level, the higher the level of items that can be produced.
Although they are all junior talents, there are 15 out of 100 people, which is a pretty good ratio.
Richard looked at the residents next to him.
"Ask five blacksmiths to work in the blacksmith shop. I have already occupied an iron mine, and I will be able to produce a lot of output in a short time."
"Five tailors took care of the wild wolf's fur to see how to use it better."
After making some arrangements, he pointed at the three long-armed laborers who were a little cautious.
"I have captured all three resource points you mentioned."
"At the same time, we conquered these long-armed peons in the quarry, 30 of them in total."
"Seven quarries have been resettled, iron mines have been resettled with 10, and lumber mills have been resettled with 10."
"The remaining three here, let them deliver food and water to these resource points in the future."
The territorial attributes of Twilight City are very special. Under his protection, the residents of Twilight City will not get lost in the desert, and their physical strength consumption will be reduced by 20%.
These three extra hard workers are put to good use.
Carew immediately responded.
"As you wish."
Soon, the residents who received the order began to get busy.
More than thirty strong residents, led by four mummies, went to carry the wild wolf carcasses.
In addition, four or five residents and three long-armed laborers carried dry food and water to the resource point to deliver supplies.
The residents who stayed in the territory began to get busy.
A wolf weighing two to three hundred kilograms is quite difficult to handle.
The residents moved the wild wolf to the front of the only well in Twilight City, then took out a large pot from nowhere and started boiling water.
Richard stood aside and watched this scene silently.
The lively scene is like celebrating the New Year when I was a child.
Residents with smiles on their faces are particularly contagious.
The more simple it is, the more impressive it is.
His sense of strangeness to this world quietly disappeared a lot.
After observing the surroundings for a moment, his eyes were drawn to the well.
Water is the absolute lifeblood in the desert.
The well in the Twilight City was built in a very primitive way.
Dig a deep hole in the ground to reach the groundwater, and then build stones around the hole to hold it in place to prevent the soil from collapsing.
After the groundwater seeps out, tie the barrel with a rope and hang it down to load the water.
This well is placed in an ordinary residential house and can be used by about ten people without any problems.
But, this is the City of Twilight, his territory.
With only this well, what should we do with future urban development? ?
Richard felt a little uneasy.
While he was thinking, the gray-haired Karu came to his side.
The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead. His thin body looked like a tree that had dropped its leaves in winter.
But his physical age cannot offset his mental excitement.
"Lord, I just made an estimate. After removing the fur, bones, and internal organs, each wild wolf can have about 150 units of meat left. 25 wild wolves can produce nearly 4,000 units in total."
In systematic calculation, one pound of food is 1 unit.
"And the offal and bones are also edible. This food alone can feed us for three days."
"Meat can be dried and stored. 4,000 units are enough for us to consume for 20 days."
"Calculated in this way, plus our original food, the current reserve is enough for us to consume for 25 days. It is easy to save a little for a month."
Karu's tone was particularly excited, and the wrinkles on his face were relieved a lot.
Richard nodded, the harvest from this outing was indeed rich.
With three resource points and 30 long-armed peons, the mummy's level has been upgraded to level 2. Plus, plus the huge amount of food obtained from hunting, it can be said to be a huge profit.
But at this time his mind was attracted by other things.
Pointing to the well in front of him, he asked in a deep voice.
"Is there any water source around the territory?"
Carew shook his head.
"Nothing was found. We decided to stay just because we discovered this well a few days ago."
After saying that, his face looked a little hesitant.
"Lord, we may be able to arrange for some people to find water sources or rebuild a well."
"The water output from this well is not large. It is very difficult to supply hundreds of people these days. If things continue like this, I am afraid that the water in the well will dry up."
Richard raised his eyebrows.
Lack of water is a serious problem in the desert.
You can go hunting if you have nothing to eat, but you will die if you have no water to drink.
Nothing can be seen now, but if it develops in the future, this small well that uses primitive methods to draw water may be overwhelmed.
The excitement of hunting more than twenty wild wolves has diminished a lot.
"I will find a way to do this. Go and see if anyone knows how to find water or dig a well."
"Yes, my lord."
After Kalu left, Richard opened the forum directly.
Search keywords, the territory lacks water.
Hundreds of thousands of posts popped up instantly.
"My territory is on a high mountain and there is no water around. What should I do? I won't die of thirst, right?"
"Please help, how can we solve the problem when there is no fresh water on the island? Let alone distillation, the efficiency is too low. The little water distilled is not enough for the residents of my territory to drink for one round."
"There is a level 10 giant bear outside my territory. It has been blocking me for a long time. I am dying of thirst. Who can give me some water?"
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Most of these posts were requests for help, and it took Richard a long time to sift through them before he found a valuable one.
"I just picked up a 3-star treasure chest in the wild, but after opening it, I only got one treasure fragment-a spring water fragment. Three fragments can be synthesized into a 1-star resource treasure, spring water!!!
What’s the fucking use of this! ! When I go out, there is a river! ! Regret, if I had known I could get some food by selling it! Damn it, two hundred more refugees just came to the territory, and tomorrow they will be out of food! ! ”
1 star resource treasure?
Spring water?
Richard's eyes immediately lit up.
These sand sculpture players are indeed valuable. (End of chapter)