When it was almost noon, the village had finally completed the construction of two low-level thatched cottages. In addition to the one provided by the system and the house in the village's administrative center, it was enough to house 20 people! Each thatched cottage consumed 5 units of wood, so the two houses consumed a total of 10 units of wood.
As Yang Rui busied himself with the construction, he was also coordinating the resources and labor situation in his mind.
Currently, the Big Mountain Village's most important task was to develop food production, so he had to put in the most effort. The system only gave him 100 units of food. Based on the calculation of 1 unit of food per person per day, as the number of people increased, it would not be enough for 4 days!
In the early stages of the game, the food production cycle was 4 days! In other words, even if he started to plant a batch of crops now, it would take 4 days for them to mature. During this time, there was a high possibility of a food shortage!
If there was a food shortage, there were two or three ways to remedy it. The first was to look for wild fruits to supplement the food consumption. This was also the most realistic way. The second way was to use money to buy food in the system city. Lastly, he could consider whether the Black Dragon Pool was suitable for fishing. He had to ask Wang Hai about this.
The second thing Yang Rui had to consider was the housing problem. The number of houses had to at least meet the number of refugees who respawned every day. This way, there would not be refugees who would leave due to the limited living conditions! Correspondingly, each house consumed 5 units of wood. He had to build a logging factory as soon as possible to ensure the production of wood. Otherwise, he could only buy it with money!
Of course, the harvesting of wood was one of the key points in Yang Rui's early planning. It was not as simple as just meeting the needs of the current construction. Due to the imperial court's actions to amass wealth, the price of wood had skyrocketed in the years before the Yellow Turban Uprising. Yang Rui was familiar with all of this, so of course, he had to make good use of it!
"Young Master Blazing Sun, as of now, there are 9 refugees who have respawned in the Big Mountain Village and have successfully registered their household registration. The number of villagers in the Big Mountain Village has reached 13. Young Master, please give your orders." Wang Hai brought two newly registered villagers to Yang Rui and reported.
Wang Hai was originally building the thatched huts with Yang Rui and the other villagers. However, with his old arms and legs, his efficiency wasn't very high. So, Yang Rui arranged for him to receive the refugees who respawned and search for wild fruits nearby.
After changing jobs, Wang Hai did a pretty good job. Not only did he manage to bring back all the newly spawned refugees, but he also discovered a large field of wild fruits. Judging from the size of the field, it was enough to supplement the villagers' rations for two to three days!
"Oh? There are already 13 villagers? " After thinking for a while, Yang Rui said, "Now the number of houses is basically enough for today's demand. In the following time, all the villagers will follow me to open up the wasteland and prepare for farming!"
Yang Rui had just calculated that the amount of wood they had was enough to build a house for three to four days. However, food was an urgent matter. Therefore, he decided to put all the villagers into food production.
"My plan is to divide all the villagers into two groups. One group will be responsible for opening up the land and tidying up the land, while the other group will follow and plant seeds. For every mu of land that is tidied up, they will immediately plant sweet potatoes!
Although this method isn't the most efficient, it is crucial to ensure that the food is harvested in a timely manner! The earlier we plant the crops, the earlier we can harvest them. Then, we can avoid a food shortage!
Does anyone have any opinions? If not, then let's do it together! "
The dozen or so villagers who had gathered together were stunned by Yang Rui's question! Did the village chief need to seek their opinions? This was something that they had never experienced before. Therefore, they panicked and responded, "We will follow the Lord's (Village Chief Blazing Sun) arrangements!"
Yang Rui and the other 11 villagers, excluding Wang Hai, went to the northern part of the village and started to open up the wasteland with everyone else. Meanwhile, Wang Hai continued to be sent out to search for food resources in the wild and to receive the refugees that respawned.
The area to the north of the meeting room was temporarily designated as farmland by Yang Rui. The village residences were all built on the southeast side of the meeting room. There was a small forest two to three kilometers northwest of the meeting room that could be used as the initial logging site.
The barren land in the inner valley was mainly due to the large amount of sand and pebbles. Tidying up the land did not require much effort. Very quickly, a mu of land was tidied up. Yang Rui estimated the work speed and immediately sent out three people to plant sweet potatoes, while the remaining group continued to open up the wasteland.
In this way, the two groups of people spent about the same amount of time. Often, when one side had just finished opening up a mu of land, the other side had almost finished planting the rice. They quickly caught up with the progress.
In the middle, Yang Rui took some time to go offline and make lunch. The two groups were led by the level 10 brothers, Chen Ping and Chen Li, respectively. There was no need to worry about any problems.
This time, Xiaohui was still online. However, the breakfast that Yang Rui had prepared for her was all eaten. It seemed that she had gone offline once! Yang Rui knew that Xiaohui must be very obsessed with the game. After preparing lunch for her, he did not disturb her.
When he went online again, the wasteland had already been opened up to three mu of land. The sweet potato planting work was also eighty to ninety percent complete. There were three more people in the working group. They were arranged to be in the group that opened up the wasteland. They were the newly respawned refugees that Wang Hai had gathered while Yang Rui was offline!
"It's only noon now. Is there going to be a 'boom' on the first day?" Yang Rui thought. "If that's the case, it's really a good start. However, I still need to prepare a thatched cottage to prevent the 'boom' from happening and there's no place to arrange for housing. Then, I'll just lose the refugees for nothing."
Thinking up to this point, Yang Rui still let Chen Ping and Chen Li lead the group to open up the wasteland for farming. He then transferred two villagers to repair the cottage.
The term 'boom' was a very popular catchphrase on the forums in his previous life. Normally, a territory would spawn eleven or twelve refugees every day. If there were more than fifteen, it would be called a 'boom'.
Refugees were a productive force for the territory. Therefore, a 'boom' would be very popular. However, the frequency of a 'boom' was not high. It would be good if it happened once a month on average. Sometimes, it would not even appear once in a few months!
What Yang Rui did not expect was that on the first day of the opening, not only would there be a 'boom', there would be quite a few of them! After noon, old man Wang Hai, who had been wandering around, brought back one or two refugees one after another. By evening, he had actually brought back a total of 10 people! Including the twelve that spawned in the morning, there were a total of twenty-two refugees that spawned today!
The number of villagers had reached twenty-five! If not for Yang Rui's rich experience and the fact that he had started building the thatched cottages in advance, the refugees that could not be accommodated would have been wasted! Even so, the four thatched cottages and the town hall could barely accommodate twenty-five people.
After an afternoon of hard work, the amount of wasteland developed had reached seven mu. Furthermore, they had completed the task of transplanting sweet potato seedlings, using up 700 sweet potato seedlings.
The planting progress was slightly slow. However, Yang Rui did a rough calculation. With the increase in the number of villagers, it would take less than three days for all 3,000 sweet potato seedlings to be planted. There was no need to worry about wastage at all!
With the 'boom' of refugees, Yang Rui's planning progress needed to be improved. With the surplus labor from farming, Yang Rui considered building a logging factory in advance. With enough wood, he could consider building a dock and fishing boats at the Black Dragon Lake. He could also consider building a militia camp that required a lot of wood.
Thinking about the militia camp, Yang Rui could not help but feel a little anxious!
The newly built player villages had a protection period of half a month. During the protection period, external forces would not take the initiative to attack the village. However, after the protection period, if the matter was not dealt with in time, there was a high possibility that monsters would attack the village.
Yang Rui knew that every newly built territory would have three to four spawn points of monster encampments. These spawn points could be filled with wild beasts like tigers and wolves. They could also be filled with humanoid NPC encampments. However, no matter what, when the number of monsters spawned in these encampments reached a certain standard, there would be a large-scale attack on the village. There was a high possibility that the new territory would be greatly damaged or even completely destroyed!
"Once the food supply is guaranteed, I'll have to quickly send out the militia!" Yang Rui muttered to himself.
After evening came, the NPC villagers would rest. Players could still continue playing the game, leveling up, and fighting monsters. However, Yang Rui had been busy the entire day. He had been working for almost twenty-four hours. He was already exhausted! Immediately, Yang Rui gave some instructions to Chen Ping, Chen Li, and Wang Hai. Then, he chose to go offline.
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