Chapter 401 New Island Development Plan
Qu Mao hangs around every day on the construction sites of new villages on the outlying islands to brush up cheating points, and the time unknowingly comes to March 8, the third year of Tianxuan, the third batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance that all levels of the Yi Village territory have been looking forward to Still did not come.
So Qu Mao became more and more determined that he should not always prepare to deal with the third batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance and affect the development of Yi Village territory.
The population of Yi Village territory is about to exceed 85,000 before the end of March. Although strictly speaking, because of some gamification settings, a small island of Yi Island can support a million people, and the outlying island is three times that of Yi Island. It is definitely no problem to feed three million or two million people.
But with a population of only 85,000 now, Qu Mao already felt that the existing three islands in the territory of Yi Village, namely Sky Island, Yi Island and Outlying Island, were not enough.
Fortunately, as early as March 1, Qu Mao had dispatched five new army generals and logistics officers to Ji Island, an island to the south of the outlying island. The island is smaller than the outlying island, and it is also covered with trees.
On March 8th, the new army hero who explored Jidao has sent people back to the outlying islands. Hua Tielan personally brought Qu Mao a total of 108 treasure chests. Unfortunately, the highest level is the gold treasure chest, and there are only 3 gold treasure chests and silver treasure chests. There are only 17, and there are 40 bronze treasure chests, but there are as many as 48 black iron treasure chests.
There are too few high-level treasure chests, and Qu Mao can't afford to open them, although Qu Mao once promised Su Yan that as long as the number of treasure chests exceeds 100, he will open them.
Give all these treasure chests to Su Yan for safekeeping. Qu Mao promises that Su Yan will get high-level treasure chests, or open these treasure chests when she returns to the lord's cabin on Yidao. Su Yan has no other opinions.
Su Yan is obsessed with opening treasure chests, but she is even more obsessed with believing that opening treasure chests in the lord's cabin can bring her better luck.
Taking advantage of Hua Tielan's opportunity to return to the outlying island to report in person, Qu Mao asked Hua Tielan about the situation in Ji Island.
Hua Tielan said: "My lord, although Ji Island is not as big as the outlying islands, it is actually not small. We landed on the northernmost beach of Ji Island and built a temporary pier.
After the troops landed on Jidao, the temporary docks were handed over to the navy for management, while the army was divided into five groups, each with an average of about 80 people, and searched southward in five groups.
We haven’t searched one-third of the island yet, so we can’t see the overall situation of Ji Island. We only know that Ji Island has a series of mountains in the west, and the central and eastern parts are generally relatively flat plains.
There is a river coming out of the mountainside in the northwest, meandering to the southeast, and when it reaches the middle of Jidao, it suddenly changes direction and flows to the south. "
Qu Mao nodded and said: "It means that Ji Island has at least an independent source of fresh water. I pay special attention to the treasure chest and the entrance of the suspected folding space. Hua Tielan, how is the harvest?"
Hua Tielan said: "My lord, all the treasure chests I picked up have been handed over to you. However, it is suspected that the entrance of the folding space has been searched by our five teams of explorers, but we haven't verified it yet."
Qu Mao said: "Okay, continue to explore, pay attention to the safety of yourself and the soldiers, don't rush forward, and don't ask for speed."
After sending Hua Tielan away, Qu Mao immediately summoned Su Yan, Xuande, Kong Ming, Su Li, and Zhao Pan to Yi Village on an outlying island to hold a planning meeting for the development of a new island.
After everyone came to Yi Village with the theme, Qu Mao said straight to the point: "You all know the news brought back by the new heroes who explored Ji Dao, right?"
Zhao Pan nodded, and said: "My lord, the troops exploring Jidao will routinely report the situation to their subordinates every day, and Lord Chafidel also knows all the information about Jidao exploration!
Master, do you have any new ideas about Ji Island when you summoned us? "
Kong Ming waved his goose feather fan, smiled, and said, "What else can there be? It's nothing more than a big increase in the number of citizens, and my lord wants to develop new islands.
Maffei Trani and Su Qiaoer will go to Yancheng Port in mid-March, and then within half a month, a total of 40 sea-going ships will be transported back from Yancheng Port in two batches. A conservative estimate is that the number will be 1.2 More than ten thousand people.
Coupled with the fact that Master Su Yan has not yet recruited all the excellent-level qualified citizens, our total population easily exceeds 85,000, and the adults began to worry about the lack of land on our three islands, Outlying Island, Sky Island and Yi Island. Resettlement of 85,000 people. "
Xuande's eyes lit up, and he said, "My lord, do you mean to develop new islands?"
Su Yan said: "Your Excellency has already arranged for five new army heroes to lead the troops to Ji Island to pick up treasure chests and search for the entrance of the suspected folding space. It can be regarded as the advance preparations for the development of the new island.
However, my lord, there is not much difference between Jidao and outlying islands. Although our population is expanding very fast, there are still no less than 40 villages under construction on outlying islands, and there are more than 10 villages under construction on Yidao Island.
What the subordinates mean is that there is no need to develop an island as big as an outlying island. Of course, the subordinates fully support the development of new islands, but should we find a smaller island first? "
So developing Jidao, as the largest island with vegetation in the south, should be easier than developing outlying islands. "
Zhao Pan said: "My lord, although you positioned Sky Island to breed war horses, Sky Island is a little smaller.
Hua Tielan said that there are mountains in the west of Jidao, but plains in the east and central part, we bulldozed the trees and replanted pastures, wouldn't it be..."
Qu Mao coughed, interrupted Zhao Pan, and said: "The total population is not our bottleneck in the short term, but the lack of gold coins and the control value related to the total population are our current problems.
Furthermore, we have always said that we will not consider the third batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance, but as long as the third batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance does not come, it is impossible for us to completely ignore this factor.
So I have always been a little hesitant about whether to develop Ji Island or not. If the war against the third batch of invasion fleets of the Yi Village Alliance is over, I will definitely develop Ji Island without hesitation. I really can't make up my mind now. "
Xuande immediately said: "Sir, there is no reason to hesitate. The subordinates feel that the development of Ji Island will be of great benefit to the short-term and long-term development of our Yi Village territory."
Zhao Pan said: "My lord, does it matter if the third batch of invasion fleet of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance comes or not? Even if we develop Jidao, will we still be restrained by the third batch of invasion fleet of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance?
Even if the third invasion fleet of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance does not land on the outlying islands this time, but lands on Ji Island, our army is sure to defeat them on Ji Island. "
Kong Ming waved his goose feather fan and said, "Hehe, the army has severely defeated the third batch of invasion fleets of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance? If we can find a road like the Ziguang Trail, from Outlying Island or Yi Island or even Sky Island to Ji Island, or The Army can make such a feat!"
Zhao Pan was about to explode in an instant, but was stared back by Qu Mao.
Xuande said eagerly: "My lord, what are you hesitating about?
The construction of Digang is now on the right track, and the subordinates are willing to take the initiative to invite you to develop Jidao, just like Master Kong Ming developed Lidao in the past. "
Qu Mao said: "People's opinions generally feel that if you don't need to take a sea boat to get to Ji Island, you can proceed immediately, but obviously, even if I go to Ji Island to explore, I may not be able to explore a path like the purple light. out of the underground passage.
The benefits of the development of Jidao must be seen by everyone, but what about the risks of development? "
Xuande said dissatisfiedly: "My lord, it's just developing a brand new island. Is there any risk?"
Su Li, who had never had any sense of presence, suddenly said: "My lord, this subordinate feels that it is still too early to discuss this matter.
My lord, you see, the development of Ji Island, or the plan to develop other new islands, we will consider after Master Maffei and Master Su Qiaoer complete the purchase of two waves of citizens from Yancheng Port. What do you think?
The subordinates feel that at that time, the construction of the new villages on Outlying Island and Yi Island was almost completed, and it was clear at a glance how many people the villages on our existing islands could house. Prepared for the fleet's surrendered soldiers and prisoners of war. "
Su Yan nodded and said: "My lord, my subordinates are more in favor of Master Suli's opinion. The people purchased from Yancheng Port are the best people in the Yi Village Territory. A speech can complete the conversion of free people, and their loyalty and The degree of return is still very high.
Even if it is to develop Jidao or other brand new islands, it is safer to have the free people purchased from Yancheng Port to participate than to arrange for the prisoners of war obtained in the second batch of invasion fleet of the Anti-Yi Village Alliance to turn into free people and surrendered soldiers.
Of course, advance preparations can still be done now, such as sending additional troops to Ji Island, converting the current temporary dock into a civilian dock, etc. These things can be done in advance. "
Qu Mao thought for a while, glanced at Xuande, and said: "In this case, we have made a preliminary decision: if there are no special circumstances, we will wait until early April to develop Jidao.
Xuande, outlying islands were developed by Kong Ming, so Jidao will be developed by you, right?
As for the preparatory work mentioned by Su Yan just now, you can make your own judgment and arrange it yourself, okay?
The official construction will definitely have to wait until early April. "
Xuande regained his energy in an instant, and said with a smile: "My lord, this subordinate can't wait for it.
Please rest assured, my subordinates will make some preparations in advance without consuming the gold coins and resources of our territory. The official development will definitely wait until April. "
(end of this chapter)