After capturing more than a hundred bulls, Suhlen did not continue to venture deeper into the wilderness. He planned to bring them back to camp first.
Even if only half of these bulls could be turned into cattle, it would still be a huge improvement for Suhlen's agriculture. As for the advantages of cattle plowing compared to horses, Suhlen was so poor that he couldn't even afford horses, let alone horse plowing. Moreover, horses were much harder to raise than cattle, even though they were fast and plowed a lot.
Whether it was military horses or ordinary horses, the requirements for raising them were very high. Horses were very delicate animals and were easily damaged. A good military horse in Calt would cost at least 30 Kinnar. The better ones would cost 40 or even 50 Kinnar.
Moreover, these military horses needed to be fed with fine feed and extra meals at night. It could be said that the feed for these horses was better than what most people ate. A military horse like this would consume at least 10 Kinnar's worth of food every year. Although ordinary horses did not need to be fed so well, they would still need at least 3 Kinnar's worth of food every year. It should be noted that many commoners only earned about 5 Kinnar's worth of food a year.
In comparison, the cost of raising cattle was much lower. Moreover, when a horse died, it would only be left with a piece of horse skin. When the cow was old, its meat could be sold for money. Not to mention, the horns could be used to make bows. Naturally, cattle plowing was more cost-effective.
The bulls Suhlen brought back were very irritable and difficult to tame. It was not easy for ordinary people to tame them. Most of the time, they would even hurt themselves. However, this was not a problem for the barbarians. The barbarian tribes in the northern wilderness would usually catch wild bulls to raise. Taming wild bulls was a basic skill for them.
Moreover, Suhlen had an ultimate method of taming wild bulls: piercing their nostrils. The nose of a bull was very sensitive. After piercing their nostrils, even the most irritable of wild bulls would become obedient babies. As for the fact that adult bulls were too strong to pierce their nostrils? Two barbarian warriors would be able to easily pin them to the ground.
When they returned to the camp, Suhlen counted the bison. There were 97 adult bison, 42 of them were bulls, and the rest were cows. There were 21 one-year-old calves.
Suhlen intended to let the barbarian women and children feed and cultivate these buffaloes. In the present camp, these women and children were the most suitable.
As time passed, Suhlen had been in the wilderness for a month. After the hard work of more than a thousand goblins, kobolds, and gnolls, the camp changed every day.
The pier of the Red Sand River had expanded a lot. From the beginning, there were only three fishing boats. Now, there were seven fishing boats. The berths at the port had also expanded by five times. It could accommodate more ships loading and unloading goods at the same time.
Downstream of the river, a row of four waterwheels stood by the river. These waterwheels were the hydraulic machinery of the blacksmith shop. Two of them were hydraulic forgers, one was a hydraulic blower, and the other was a crusher used to crush ores or scrap iron. However, there were no iron mines in the territory, so this machine was not in operation.
The walls of the camp were all made of stone. The five-meter-high and one-meter-thick walls surrounded the entire camp. Although these walls were far inferior to those in Corenta City, or even Blackstone City, they were enough to defend against the goblins, kobolds, and gnolls.
With these walls, the safety factor of the territory was increased by 50%.
In addition to the walls, many roads in the territory were opened. From the establishment of the camp to the sawmill, the port, and the farmlands, many of these roads were paved with stones. Large amounts of polished cobblestones were scattered on the riverbank. Suhlen had the goblins and kobolds transport them up in bamboo baskets to pave the roads.
To build these roads, they first flattened the soil, then sprinkled water on it. After the cobblestones were pressed in, they were rolled back and forth with stone rollers. In the end, the roads were smooth and firm. Even on rainy days, they would not become muddy, and on sunny days, they would not become dusty. In terms of roads alone, Suhlen was already better than many of the major human cities of this era.
On both sides of the roads were drainage canals that were about one meter wide and half a meter deep. According to Suhlen's plan, the entire camp must have a complete drainage system that could discharge all the sewage in the city. He could not tolerate his territory being shrouded in the smell of fermented feces and urine like the other cities of this era.
Outside the walls, not far from the river, more than five hundred goblins and kobolds were using tools to cultivate the farmlands under the supervision of a few human mercenaries. A team of supervisors was urging them to work hard. If any slave dared to slack off, a whip would quickly come down and tear his flesh apart. These supervisors were not humans. They were also goblins and kobolds.
After a period of enslavement, some of the smarter goblins and kobolds took the initiative to pledge allegiance to the humans. Suhlen thought about it and agreed. After all, the territory was severely understaffed, and these goblin supervisors could make up for it.
As for the goblin supervisors going easy on the workers? Such a situation would never happen. With the selfish, arrogant, and cowardly personalities of the goblins, they bullied their own kind even more than the humans after becoming supervisors. If they did not do well, Suhlen would not punish them. He would just throw them back, and the oppressed goblin slaves would treat them well.
Suhlen also discovered a problem. The slave supervisors were actually recognized by the system.
[Goblin Supervisor: Increase goblin work efficiency by 20%. Decrease slave safety by 10%. It was originally a goblin, but in order to eat better food every day, it decided to pledge allegiance to Suhlen. It has a decent talent for languages and has learned a part of the human language. It can communicate with humans. At the same time, it is familiar with the goblins' habits and can better command the goblins.]
Apart from the goblins, there were also kobolds and even gnolls who were willing to pledge allegiance to him as supervisors. This greatly reduced the lack of manpower in the camp.
Suhlen was used to the clean and tidy layout of the cities in his previous life. He had the same requirements for his territory. In his city plan, the roads were neat and tidy, and there were drains on both sides of the roads. There were even flower beds on both sides of the roads.
In the gaps between the roads were neatly divided plots of land. These plots of land were either houses or shops, giving off a clean and tidy feeling. On every street, there were public toilets set up at the same location. If the city was built according to Suhlen's design, it would definitely be the cleanest city in the world.
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