The game had been pushed forward by three months. Yang Rui was at a loss for what to do! Be it the accumulation of various resources or the expansion of the army in Mountain Town, they were all at a critical stage. With the game being pushed forward by so much, there were many things that could not be completed in time!
Especially the few missions that Yang Rui had on hand. According to Yang Rui's original plan, even if the game was pushed forward by one or two months, there would be enough time for him to complete the missions. Now that the game was pushed forward so suddenly, Yang Rui's plan was completely disrupted!
If these missions were to wait for the Yellow Turban Uprising to erupt, it was very likely that the rebellious humanoid NPC strongholds in these missions would have to side with the Yellow Turban Uprising. When that happened, Yang Rui would have no choice but to retreat to Mountain Town!
Most importantly, if he did not complete these missions, he would not be able to complete the sealed mission in the square box! When Liu County Lieutenant gave the mission to Yang Rui, he had made it very clear that he could only open the sealed box and receive the mission after all five missions were completed!
Among the few bandit suppressing missions that Yang Rui had, other than the Five Camps Bandit Suppressing Mission in Jiangji which was more difficult, the others could be completed. The bandits at the entrance of Ao Lai Valley, the bandits of Wenshui and Wenyang, and the bandits of Ma Zhuang Forest which he was currently in. Not to mention the bandits in Gaoqiao Town!
However, these strongholds were all resources! Every day that they were farmed, they could provide Mountain Town with more upgrade skill books and weapons and equipment! In particular, the Ma Zhuang Mountain Bandits Extermination Mission produced Third Grade Archers, which were rare long-range forces! There was also the Wen Shui Wenyang Bandits Extermination Mission, which would be useful in the future!
Even the Gaoqiao Town Bandits Extermination Mission often produced some very good equipment and items. If he took over the stronghold now, he would not be able to obtain such rewards anymore! According to Xiaohui, two days ago, he had obtained a special building blueprint from the Gaoqiao Town Bandits – the pawnshop blueprint!
As for the bandits at the entrance of Ao Lai Valley, they were completely within the boundaries of Big Mountain Town. They were already in the pockets of Big Mountain Town, so they were an indispensable resource. Yang Rui did not plan to take them down until the last moment!
After thinking about it for a while, Yang Rui was no longer in a hurry. After all, there was still a month. There was still time to decide which one to target first. He would farm for a few days first!
What was urgent now was to further increase the scope of conscription to deal with the upcoming Yellow Turban Uprising. Since the game had progressed by so much, the pressure of gathering three thousand soldiers before the Yellow Turban Uprising was huge!
After more than a month of large-scale recruitment, the total number of soldiers in Mountain Town had now exceeded one thousand and five hundred. However, most of them were First Grade militia! Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, they had to reach the target of 3,000 soldiers. From now on, they had to recruit more than 50 soldiers every day, which was almost double the previous 30 soldiers per day!
However, after the system's deduction and compensation, the number of refugees spawned had doubled again. The number of new villagers in Mountain Town was still above seventy to eighty every day. It was not impossible for them to recruit fifty people every day.
According to the population ratio of Mountain Town, one thousand and five hundred soldiers was almost a quarter of the total population. In other words, they had to feed one soldier for every three people. In the era of cold weapons in reality, this ratio was already very high. Under normal circumstances, it was more reasonable to have one soldier for every ten people.
Moreover, in the game, the soldiers themselves could also obtain a lot of benefits. Take the current situation in Mountain Town for example. As most of the soldiers were farming humanoid NPCs, the money they dropped every day was enough to feed themselves.
Currently, the population of Mountain Town had reached over six hundred and five hundred people. Of these, fourteen hundred were from Lower Ink Village, while the rest were residents of Mountain Town itself. A large enough number of farmers would be enough to support a strong recruitment for a period of time!
"Stop purchasing wood, ores, and other resources. Use all the money I have left over to purchase food. No matter how the price of food changes in the market, pick the lowest price list and buy freely."
Yang Rui, who had stopped cultivating the basic Neigong, resumed his running back and forth. The first thing he did when he returned to Mountain Town was to inform Chi Zhong about the purchase of food.
The current price of food had already reached forty to fifty copper coins per kilogram. Once the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, the price of food would quickly rise to seventy to eighty copper coins per kilogram and would continue for a long time. Therefore, the most important thing was to purchase more food as a strategic reserve.
If it were not for the special market in Mountain Town, the amount of food that could be purchased would be very limited. With the current shortage of food, not many people were willing to sell their food. Only in the special market like Mountain Town could some food be put up for sale.
"Lord, you're back!"
Yang Rui had just finished briefing Chi Zhong when Wang Hai arrived at Mountain Town's meeting center to look for him.
"Yes, Chi Zhong and Qian Qiang are both here. I was just about to talk to Elder Wang Hai about expanding the recruitment of soldiers."
"Uh, expanding the recruitment of soldiers?"
Wang Hai's expression was stiff. He obviously did not expect Yang Rui to expand the recruitment of soldiers at this critical juncture. In his opinion, Yang Rui's recruitment of thirty soldiers per day was a little too much. Now that he wanted to expand it, it felt like he was going all out.
However, this time, Wang Hai was only stunned for a moment. He did not express any objection in the following discussion, which surprised Yang Rui.
"Lord, the main purpose of this old man's visit is to report a piece of good news!"
After Yang Rui and the others finalized the recruitment of soldiers, Wang Hai immediately talked about another matter.
Good news? Could it be that Cheng Yu was willing to stay in Mountain Town? Yang Rui could not help but be excited. In the end, Wang Hai did not talk about this matter.
"Reporting to Lord, when Mountain Town was just established, the militia in my territory found high-quality ore at the wild boar farming spot. I wonder if Lord still remembers? Now, this ore source has been found! The quality of the iron ore mined from this ore source is not inferior to the quality of the iron ore in Linwen Village, and it is likely to be a rich ore source! "
"Oh? I didn't expect to find a rich iron ore source! "
Although the supply of iron ore had been solved, Yang Rui was still very happy to find an iron ore source at the entrance of Mountain Town. Now that the Yellow Turban Uprising was about to break out, Yang Rui had reason to believe that the demand for iron ore would only continue to increase, and its value would naturally rise!
"Yes! Lord. Since the last time I found the iron ore at the monster spawn point, this old man has been paying attention to the situation of the iron ore source. Unfortunately, I have not found anything! Until recently, when the villagers were building a quarry a few miles away from the wild boar stronghold, they inadvertently dug out a few pieces of iron ore and found the vein … "
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