Chapter 188 New Residence in Arrow Bamboo Forest
April 21, the first year of Daxia
The wooden building is finally completed!
The notice from the Craftsman Department had been issued during the day, so as soon as night fell, a huge crowd of people rushed to the edge of the wooden building.
"These four walls are made of a lot of iron materials and they look so strong!"
"I have inquired that all the joints used to connect this wooden building are made of iron. A single wall consumes an average of 120,000 kilograms of iron."
"Hiss... 120,000 kilograms? When we were at Wuyuan Mountain, the mining volume per year was only more than 200,000 kilograms, and this wall only uses so much!"
"Hey, can Zhuhe compare with Daxia? Do you know how much iron ore was mined in Daxia in the previous month?"
"How much?"
"900,000 catties!"
"Hiss..."
Zhu Meng's pupils trembled when he heard this number. When he looked back, he found that his father Zhu Xing was also dumbfounded and his mouth had not been closed for a long time.
It’s no wonder that although their Zhuhe camp has twenty-one dig sites and is qualified for mining, they don’t have rod chisels, and the average person only has about a hundred kilograms per day, and it’s impossible to mine every day, so A year's mining volume of over 100,000 would be pretty good.
One month, 900,000 kilograms of iron ore, what a concept!
"I heard that there will be more this month. The rules set by Master Yuwen before are that all diggers must turn in 5,000 kilograms of coal and 2,500 kilograms of iron every month. Do you know how many diggers there are in our camp now? Already? ”
Everyone turned to look at the person who spoke, with a hint of curiosity in their eyes.
The man slowly stretched out his palm, spread out his five fingers, and said with a smile: "I heard it's almost five hundred. Calculating it at five hundred, think about it, the amount of iron and coal mined in our camp in the next month. What are the differences? ”
500 Digging Realm!
Before everyone started counting, they were shocked by this number.
Especially Zhu Xing, Xiao Kangcheng, Chen Hua and others who had recently come from Wuyuan Mountain were amazed, and a hint of complexity flashed across their faces.
They have all been leaders, and they know very well what this number represents.
"2.5 million jins of coal, 1.25 million jins of iron, hiss..."
When someone calculated the amount of iron and coal mined, the crowd instantly became commotion.
"No wonder this wooden building can use so much iron. The four walls add up to only 480,000 kilograms, which is almost one-third of the monthly mining volume."
"I heard that this wooden building can even block the tide of cold beasts. From now on, it will be brightly lit even during the day. I don't know if it can be divided into one room."
"You should be able to get some. Let's go and have a look!"
"Take a walk, go in, go in, you can see whatever you want today."
"Look, Sir Sicheng has already brought people in, and they will be separated soon."
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A huge crowd of people all walked in through the gate. The wooden building with a total length of 200 meters was filled with people in an instant.
The overall structure of this wooden building is actually the same as the previous one.
The biggest difference is the materials used.
This is also very obvious inside the wooden building.
Therefore, whether it was the original over 1,000 people from Daxia, or the over 20,000 people from Jingxian and Wuyuan Mountains, they all couldn't help but marvel after entering the wooden building.
"Except for the first floor, the floors on the second and third floors are all laid with a mixture of iron sheets and wood."
"The circular hanging ladder in the middle is also made of iron."
"Twelve load-bearing columns, all forged from pure iron, tut, how heavy these are!"
"The Fiery Yang Cauldron is hung directly in the center and can be moved up and down."
"Hiss, what a thick iron chain. When we protected against the cold and wild beasts earlier, the iron chains we used were not even half as thick as this one."
"Didn't Mu Sizheng say before that this wooden building is more than ten times more defensive than the previous one!"
"No wonder we won't be afraid of it during the day from now on. If we live here, even if cold beasts come, we won't be afraid anymore."
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The story of Daxia's fight against the cold beast wave has been spreading for so many days.
Fortunately, there are more than 3,000 people who came from Jingxian, but there are nearly 20,000 people from Wuyuan Mountain. Not to mention the wave of cold beasts, most of them have never even seen a group of more than three cold beasts. Knowing that they will live in the future The wooden building can resist the tide of cold beasts, so you can imagine the excitement in my heart.
In addition to the top floor, you can visit the first and second floors at will. More than 20,000 people came in and quickly dispersed everywhere to check it out on their own. Some good people even started to study which room would be more comfortable.
While everyone was visiting the first and second floors, on the top floor, Xia Chuan also led Liu Bu Sizheng and Xia Hongzheng to visit the completed third floor.
The central hall on the top floor.
No, it shouldn't be called the lobby.
This should be called the main hall.
The vermilion main entrance; the wooden floor carved with animal patterns; looking up is the golden roof, which is obviously made of powdered paint made of golden wood; there are also sixteen two-meter-high statues carved from animal bones placed around the main hall. Cold beast statues, those statues are even uniquely colored, with different shapes and lifelike shapes;
In the center of the main hall is the Lieyang Cauldron, and the surrounding ladder openings have been blocked. It is obvious that people are not intended to enter and exit at will.
Apart from the hanging staircase, there is only one entrance and exit to the hall, which is the vermilion main entrance on the west side, which is where Xia Hong and others came from just now.
Surrounding the Lieyang Cauldron are four load-bearing pillars that run up from the first floor. Different from the eight pillars distributed in other parts of the wooden building, these four pillars, like the top, are also coated with a layer of gold paint.
If we talk about these things, they only make the main hall somewhat solemn;
Then on the inner side of the east side of the main hall, the five-meter-wide platform raised by ten steps adds a bit of solemnity to it;
And the large golden chair on the high platform added a sacred touch to the entire hall.
The chair is also gold, but it is different from the gold on the top of the hall and the load-bearing columns. It is a textured gold that everyone can tell with just the naked eye. It is made of large pieces of animal bones polished and spliced together. Then a thick layer of gold paint was applied on the outside to finally achieve this effect.
The chair has a square backrest, and the only one and a half meter area above the seat cushion is carved with more than a dozen miniature cold animal patterns; the armrests on both sides are carved with a miniature dragon with fangs and claws, and the head of the dragon is right on the armrest. At the front end, the roaring forward posture is lifelike and domineering.
And the wall behind this chair is not empty either.
On the wall, there is a huge map of Daxia's territory engraved on it. People in the hall can see it clearly as long as they look up.
"Mu Dong, your skills are getting better and better!"
Hearing Xia Hong's praise, Mu Dong's anxious mood immediately relaxed.
"Thank you for the compliment, chief!"
He thought of something after he spoke, and continued: "Chief, Lord Sicheng said that this hall will be used exclusively for discussions in the camp in the future, so a lot of effort was put into it. Behind the hall is your room, why not do it now? Go and take a look, if there is something missing, we can add it.”
Seeing the expectation in Mu Dong's eyes, Xia Hong immediately guessed that his room was probably even more exaggerated than the main hall. He chuckled and shook his head: "I'll just go in and see the room myself. Everyone is still waiting to be assigned. You should have a lot to do today, so go get busy!”
Hearing the noise coming from downstairs from time to time, Xia Chuan nodded. After leaving, he led everyone to open the hanging staircase entrance of the hall and walked down.
Xia Hong opened the door on the east wall and walked into his room.
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"Everyone, gather in the main hall. Lord Sicheng has something to announce!"
"Everyone, gather in the main hall. Lord Sicheng has something to announce!"
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On the first and second floors of the wooden building, repeated announcements sounded in the corridors. People who were visiting various places rushed towards the main hall when they heard the sounds.
After the tour, the next step should be room allocation!
Everyone was mentally prepared. When they walked to the main hall, they were filled with expectations and their faces were naturally full of joy.
Soon, more than 20,000 people gathered in the main halls on the first and second floors. The main halls were both fifty meters wide. Even if there were two floors, more than 23,000 people came at the same time, so it would be extremely crowded.
Soon, not only the main hall, but also the aisles around the main hall and the hanging staircase in the middle were filled with people.
Everyone who came over saw Xia Chuan standing above the hanging staircase on the second floor, holding a booklet in his hand.
Guessing that the booklet was the list of people who would be allocated rooms later, everyone's faces showed a look of anticipation.
Seeing that everyone had almost arrived, Xia Chuan turned his head and glanced at Yuan Cheng.
Yuan Cheng understood the idea and immediately stepped forward, Luck shouted:
"Silence, everyone, silence!"
"Silence, everyone, silence!"
"Silence, everyone, silence!"
Yuan Cheng's basic strength was close to the limit of 30,000 kilograms. Luck shouted, and his voice was very penetrating. These three consecutive sounds could be heard clearly by the entire corridor on the first floor, not to mention the 20,000 or 30,000 people in the main hall. Clear.
More than 20,000 people fell silent, and the entire wooden building was instantly silent.
Xia Chuan walked to the center of the hanging staircase and spoke loudly: "The wooden building is complete. You all can't wait. I won't waste any more nonsense and just divide it up.
The entire wooden building is divided into three floors, with 100 rooms on the top floor, 280 rooms on the second floor, and 360 rooms on the first floor. Excluding the leader's room, there are a total of 739 rooms.
Except for the leaders, there are 23,230 people in the camp, with a total of 5,821 family registrations and a population of 19,212 people. The remaining 4,018 people are all unmarried individuals with household registrations.
There are only 739 rooms in total, so priority is given to dividing them according to family registration. On average, every nine to ten people in a household live in one room, and the total number is approximately 610;
Then the remaining individual household registrations are divided according to men and women, with an average of 31 people living in one room, and the total number is 129.
The allocation this time is generally like this. Later, Qiu Peng, the director of the Battalion Requirements Department, will post all the allocation lists at the door of the wooden building. You can find your assigned room based on the list. Do you understand? ”
"I understand!"
"Hahaha, you can just live in."
"I understand, my lord!"
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After Xia Chuan finished speaking, the responses below came one after another. Most people had smiles on their faces, and they were obviously very satisfied.
But there were still a few people who frowned, their faces full of confusion.
"There are ten households living in each room, and there are nearly thirty people in each ten households. Mr. Sicheng, will it be too crowded to live like this?"
"Yes, the rooms on the first and second floors are only ten meters wide. It is indeed too crowded for 30 people to squeeze into a hundred square meters."
"Although it is better than the two temporary wooden houses before, it is still very crowded."
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Those who asked were basically from the hunting department's digging state.
When they heard these people asking, the others also reacted. Thinking of the rooms they had just seen, they immediately realized that according to this allocation, it would indeed be overcrowded, which was just a little better than the temporary wooden house they lived in now. .
Xia Chuan was not surprised when he heard everyone's inquiries. He told everyone again what he said during the meeting last night.
"I have said before that this wooden building is only to deal with emergencies like the previous cold beast wave, and is not used to improve everyone's living conditions, so the allocation method will not change!"
After hearing Xia Chuan's words, everyone suddenly stopped.
But at this moment, Xia Chuan suddenly changed the topic and continued: "But if you want to live comfortably, there are other ways."
After he finished speaking, Xia Chuan gestured to Qiu Peng.
Qiu Peng and several people carried out a wooden board and placed it in the middle of the main hall.
The wooden board is about one meter and a half long and about thirty centimeters wide. There are three thick lines running across it, dividing it into five panels. Around these three thick lines, many small square frames are drawn. , also marked with numbers starting from 1.
There is a giant frame in the middle of the board.
In the middle of the big box, there are two words marked. "Main Building"
Everyone looked stunned when they saw the word "main building".
Yu Wentao and other diggers, including many people in the Jingxian camp, seemed to realize something, and their expressions immediately brightened.
Many smart people made guesses when they saw the word "Mulou" and then saw the numbered square boxes.
Xia Chuan felt that it was almost done, so he pointed at the wooden board and continued to speak:
"Starting from today, anyone in the camp who breaks through to the Digging Realm will be eligible to buy a piece of land from the Camp Requirements Department. The small boxes marked with numbers are the plots of land planned for you. All plots of land are the same. One hundred square meters, after purchasing the land, you can use the contribution points to ask the Craftsman Department to help you build a house of your own..."
After Xia Chuan said this for a moment, he noticed that everyone's eyes were starting to light up. He added more fuel to the fire and continued:
"This house, together with the land below, will be registered and retained permanently by the Ministry of Camp and Requirements. As long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, you and your descendants will live in it for generations to come."
Coax…………
At this moment, everyone was excited.
"From generation to generation, after I die, can I still leave something to my children and grandchildren?"
Please...you...collect_6_9_书_吧 (六//九//书//吧)
"As long as you buy it, it's mine."
"The house is nothing, the land is valuable, it must be built."
"Only those who have reached the Digging Realm are qualified."
"You have to practice quickly. The highest number on it is 4200. If you want to live in the valley, you must break through quickly, otherwise it will be gone soon."
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The logging people and some ordinary people just looked excited and were involved in the heated discussion. However, the nearly 500 logging people in the camp knew that they were qualified to build houses. Their eyes instantly became hot, and their eyes were almost all focused on the wooden board behind Xia Chuan.
This is no longer just a matter of improving one's living conditions.
But it is an opportunity to leave a wealth for your descendants.
With Daxia's current development, they can almost foresee the future value of these lands.
"Sir, what is the price of this land? Tell us!"
Yuan Cheng was the first to speak eagerly, asking a question that everyone was concerned about. Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Xia Chuan.
Xia Chuan chuckled when he heard the words. Seeing the heated gazes of everyone, he didn't show off. He pointed directly at the No. 11 plot on the board and said:
"The prices of land in different locations are divided into different price brackets. You can go to the Battalion Demand Department to find out more about it. I will take land No. 11 as an example. The price of this land is 5,000 contribution points!"
Hiss…………
Not to mention ordinary people and people in the logging realm, even Yuan Cheng, who was the first to go hunting with Xia Hong, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air at this moment.
5,000 points, what is this concept?
His whole body now only has more than 6,000 points.
As far as he knew, Xia Chuan was in his early 10,000s.
At 5000 points, Yuan Cheng looked at the three brothers Luo Yuan, Zhao Long and others beside him, and his mind moved slightly.
As soon as the discussion is over, I will go find Qiu Peng immediately!
Xia Chuan smiled secretly in his heart when he saw Yuan Cheng's eyes.
The price Qiu Peng set was discussed with him. He probably knew who could afford it at this stage.
This price is definitely expensive at this stage.
But it’s not ridiculously expensive, and it’s not difficult to buy one in the Digging Realm.
Calculated based on the minimum guaranteed income, 2,500 kilograms of iron and 5,000 kilograms of coal, the monthly mining income in the excavation realm is 500; for a low-level hunting team, the minimum target is fifteen low-level cold beasts. Based on a team of ten people, approximately every People can get 450 points.
Calculating this, it will take about five months to buy it.
This is still considered the lowest income. If you want to buy it quickly and do more mining and hunting, you can basically get it in less than five months.
Compared with the ten-stone iron bow that can be exchanged for 2,000 contribution points, the price of this land can even be considered extremely low and unreasonable.
After all, in the long run, as the population increases in the future, the prices of these lands will definitely rise, and it may not even rise to an outrageous level.
"Set 5,000, which is considered a benefit to you in advance!"
Xia Chuan secretly thought to himself. Seeing that everyone was talking about it, he asked people to remove the wooden planks and continued:
"Okay, you can ask the Battalion Requirements Department for further information about building houses. We will stop here today. Next, I will announce two more things..."
The first thing is to reward Mu Dong and Cheng Feng.
Salt, silk, white paper, cloth, wine, beast essence pill, blood sore pill, hot wind pill, violent blood pill, nine items, each rewarded with 10,000 contribution points.
As soon as Xia Chuan read out Xia Hong's commendation order, more than 20,000 people in the camp instantly became excited, even the diggers were no exception.
The contribution value is 10,000, and it is one-time.
Even after hearing Xia Chuan say that it was shared equally among all participants, everyone still looked excited.
This number is really too tempting!
The current minimum monthly guarantee in the Digging Realm is just over 1,000 points. If you want to earn more, it takes a lot of energy. How can you be rewarded with 10,000 points for inventing something?
The eyes of everyone in the camp became intense.
Seeing everyone's eyes, Xia Chuan knew that his eldest brother's goal had been achieved.
Not surprisingly, in the days to come, the people in the camp will definitely rack their brains to study it, especially those who have not made much achievements in cultivation. In the future, they will have a new way to obtain contribution points.
After saying the first thing, Xia Chuan dismissed everyone, leaving only the captains of the twenty-two hunting teams.
"Lord Sicheng, do you have any instructions for our hunting department?"
Seeing that Xia Chuan only left people from the hunting department, Yu Wentao asked.
Xia Chuan nodded, did not mince words, took out a marked map of Daxia, showed it to everyone, and asked:
"The area we currently control in Daxia is roughly divided into five sections, namely the northern foot of Wuyuan Mountain, the western side of Shuanglong Mountain, the eastern peripheral part of Hongmu Ridge, the western part of Arrow Bamboo Forest, and a small area in the southeast of Pingxi Plain. Did you find anything? ”
When everyone heard this, a strange look suddenly appeared in their eyes.
This is not a problem. Xia Chuan's marks on the map can already be seen clearly.
"Sicheng wants to say that we only control a corner of these five sectors, not the whole territory, right?"
Finally, Yu Wentao spoke up.
Xia Chuan nodded, knowing that everyone had seen it, so he stopped trying to keep it secret, and said in a deep voice: "420 square kilometers is not the limit of our Daxia, and we must not stop expanding our territory.
These five sections, from easy to difficult, should be Wuyuan Mountain, Arrow Bamboo Forest, Pingxi Plain, Hongmu Ridge, and Shuanglong Mountain.
Wuyuan Mountain is too far away from the valley, and there is a cold wave in the near future. We will put it aside for now. Our next stage of the task is the Arrow Bamboo Forest. ”
Xia Chuan pointed to the location of the Arrow Bamboo Forest, pondered for a moment, and continued:
"The Arrow Bamboo Forest runs east-west, with a total length of only more than 70 kilometers, and a width of about 20 kilometers from north to south. Although this entire area has been included in the territory of Daxia, in fact, our exploration of it is only one-third. 1. ”
Moreover, this one-third was explored before by Jingxian Camp.
Xia Chuan didn't say this out loud, but everyone understood it in their hearts.
"Mu Dong, didn't you recently say that the Artisan Department is short of bamboo silk? If we can capture the entire Arrow Bamboo Forest, it will be much easier for the people in the Collection Department to go there in the future, and the bamboo silk production will naturally be higher."< br>
Mu Dong and Cheng Feng beside him both nodded when they heard this.
Paper, cloth, silk, bow strings... Bamboo silk has a lot of uses. If the people in the collection department can enter and exit the arrow bamboo forest at will, the output of bamboo silk will definitely increase in the future.
"So, the next stage of the task is to explore the remaining two-thirds of the area and turn the entire Arrow Bamboo Forest into our actual territory in Daxia. By the way, you can also take a look at the Arrow Bamboo Forest. Are there any other human camps on the eastern edge?"
Everyone's eyes lit up and they all nodded.
Drawing detailed maps and attracting new people to the camp are also tasks of the Development Department, and upon completion they will be rewarded with considerable contribution points.
"Also..."
Xia Chuan turned his eyes to Yu Wentao, pointed to a place called Mirror Valley marked on the map, and said: "The coal mine in the Arrow Bamboo Forest can be ignored for the time being, but the two iron mines near Mirror Valley must send people I have to take turns to be on duty there, and I can’t let others steal it, so I decided to set up a temporary station here in Mirror Valley.”
There was a hint of complexity in Yu Wentao's eyes, but he still nodded.
Mirror Valley was naturally the previous location of the Mirror Immortal Camp. Although it has become history now, in the final analysis it still belongs to the territory of Daxia and must be managed.
The buildings of Jingxian's station are still there, and there are many things in them that can be used directly. It is perfect for a temporary station.
"This temporary station can be used as a supply point for exploring the Arrow Bamboo Forest. If you usually go too deep and have no time to return to the valley, you can go here to rest; more importantly, you can keep an eye on the Pingxi Plain to avoid beehives or Other campsites, come and try the Arrow Bamboo Forest idea!”
As soon as these two points were mentioned, everyone immediately realized the importance of Jinggu and looked up at Xia Chuan.
"Who among you is willing to take charge of this station?"
The captains of the twenty-two hunting teams suddenly had expressions on their faces.
"I do."
"Me."
"I do too."
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Except for Yu Wentao, the other twenty-one captains all spoke enthusiastically and expressed their intention to take charge of this temporary station.
I haven't even said what kind of funding will be provided for this temporary station, but these people are so eager to go.
These people seem to be enlightened.
"Since everyone is interested, let's compete as before!"
After Xia Chuan finished speaking, he paused and continued: "There are nine days left in this month. Based on these last nine days, whoever of you has explored the most areas of the Arrow Bamboo Forest will be the person in charge of this Jinggu station!"
Twenty-one people heard this and nodded solemnly in agreement.
"My lord..."
Yu Wentao looked hesitant at this time and said: "The Bingshuo tree will bear fruit at the end of this month. At this time, we are exploring the arrow bamboo forest..."
Zhu Yuan, Zhu Ling, Hong Tian, and Mengyi, the four people in the Jingxian camp, heard the words and immediately reacted, and their expressions changed.
When the crystal fruit matures, there will be a tide of beasts in the arrow bamboo forest.
They almost forgot about this incident, but Yu Wentao remembered it.
"Don't worry, the leader also knows about the beast tide. He will be there during this period. If there is any problem, he will notify you at any time!"
When they heard that Xia Chuan said that Xia Hong would go there in person, everyone's expressions suddenly cheered up.
On the other hand, Yu Wentao and the other five people were still frowning.
They have a real experience with the beast tide in the Arrow Bamboo Forest.
With the leader’s current strength, I’m afraid...
The five people looked at each other. Although they were worried, it could be seen that Xia Chuan and the others still held back their words and did not speak.
(End of chapter)