Zhan Xiaobai asked Qiushui, Jianba, A Fei and others to go there. He returned to the administrative courtyard alone.

In the past two days, Zhan Xiaobai has been considering the matter of harvesting grain at the end of the month and farming next month. Grain production is the top priority in village construction. Recruiting NPc farmers and NPc soldiers requires a lot of food. The more grain, the stronger it is.

The grain in the first month can be immediately put into the warehouse. What he is considering is not the harvest at the end of the month, but how to maximize the grain in the next month.

Li A San is more familiar with these things, so let's just ask him to discuss it.

Zhan Xiaobai came to the side room on the yard, herbal making room.

Li A San was busy. When he saw him, he quickly put down the herbs in his hand and said, "Lord, you are here."

Zhan Xiaobai nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, how is the blood medicine made?"

Li A San said: "The +5 blood medicine has been made a lot, enough for two days of sales. The +10HP blood medicine production process is not yet mature. The +7HP and +8HP defective products account for more than 60%, and less than 10% of +10HP. At least hundreds of tests are needed to adjust the precise herbal formula."

"Haha, the progress is already very good now. You can take a break and come to the lobby to discuss things with me."

"yes."

Li A San followed Zhan Xiaobai out of the pharmacy and returned to the main hall. The two sat down separately.

Li Asan observed his face and saw that there was no smile on Zhan Xiaobai's face, and asked, "Lord, you look sad, what's wrong with you?"

Zhan Xiaobai said helplessly: "Yes, a headache. A San, when we just built the village, because of our lack of experience and lack of grain and farming, we only reclaimed more than 50 acres of land in the first month. Based on the output of 35 jin per mu, we will only get 1,725 ​​jin of grain at the end of this month. If 100 farmers 1 jin of grain per day, it would take 3,000 jin in a month. The grain we produce is only more than half of it, and the gap is too big."

"But our village now has only 32 farmers. It is enough to support this population!"

Zhan Xiaobai shook his head and smiled bitterly. How could 32 farmers be enough? He is in a hurry to expand the population of villagers now.

Li A San said: "What are you worried about by the lord? Please also give me a famous saying, I would like to share my worries with you!"

Zhan Xiaobai did not answer directly, but asked back: "You said, how can we collect as much food as possible next month?"

Li A San was confused and didn't understand what Zhan Xiaobai meant, and replied: "Of course, we should increase the number of farmers as much as possible, so that they can reclaim more arable land. The more fields they have, the more natural food."

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "Yes, the more land you reclaim, the more grain you naturally have. In addition to farmers who can cultivate land, players can also cultivate land. We are now able to make iron hoes, and we only need to hire a group of players to use hoes to cultivate the land. In this way, we can get a lot of food at that time without worrying about excessive consumption."

Li A San shook his head and said, "Although this road is feasible, I am afraid that the price will be too high. Hiring players to farm will require paying wages. The current market herbal medicine purchase market is 1 copper coin. Players can collect more than 10 herbs a day, that is, more than 10 copper coins, so only players are willing to give up collecting herbs to farm. The farming efficiency of players is only 20% to 30% of NPc farmers, and at most one acre of land in 5 days is enough to reclaim one acre of land. One player needs to pay 50 copper coins. Our current capital reserve is only about 1,500 copper coins. How many players can we hire? How many acres of land can we hire? Although the lord's idea is good, it lacks practicality and can easily cause players to complain. Please be careful!"

Zhan Xiaobai used a copper knife to reclaim the fields himself, so he naturally knew the difficulty of players' desire to reclaim the fields. It would be very uncomfortable to stay in the farmland all day, let alone 5 days. In the small village, it still depends on NPc farmers.

The reason why he said this was to make Li A-san agree with his next plan.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled and said, "Haha, I didn't expect you to think so, so try to hire farmers. I decided to build 7 thatched huts in the past two days, and recruit all the remaining quota of villagers in the village before February 1. After collecting the grain, 92 farmers will also reclaim farmland on February 1."

Li A San was shocked after hearing Zhan Xiaobai's decision and quickly persuaded him: "My lord, we must not. We have very little food left now, and we can't withstand the growth of so many populations in one breath. We must take it slowly, and make plans for a long time, and make plans for a long time."

Zhan Xiaobai immediately said: "No, I know that the food is very tight now, but we don't have time to make a slow move. We must do whatever it takes to reclaim as much farmland as possible at the beginning of next month. As for the lack of food, we can use other foods as food rations. If you think of more ways, there will always be a solution."

Li A San secretly complained in his heart, which was difficult for him, and said, "My lord insisted on doing this, I can only obey my orders. As far as I know, the only thing that can be used as food rations is the fat fish in the river. Please ask the lord to collect as many as possible."

Zhan Xiaobai said a little strangely: "Is it difficult to catch fish after hearing what you said?"

Li A San said bitterly: "Without fishing nets, I and the farmers can only use wooden forks to fish by the river. After a day, they can catch 1 to 2 pieces. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is not enough to eat for a meal, so they can only replace a small part of the food."

Fishing nets belong to the weaver system skill, and wooden forks belong to the carpenter system skill. Small villages can make wooden forks, but cannot make fishing nets.

"Oh, that's it?"

Zhan Xiaobai was thinking. If he could catch more fish, it might be able to solve the food crisis.

"You immediately asked the carpenter to take all the farmers to build 7 thatched huts. In the afternoon, we went to the riverside to see how we could catch more fish and come back."

Li Asan received the order and immediately left the courtyard and invited the farmers to build thatched huts and houses.

This hut is not about having farmers immediately after it is built, but has to wait. If the village is attractive enough, it can attract about 10 farmers a day. It is January 23, so when you farm on February 1, you will be recruited.

At this time, the village's productivity will reach its maximum.

Under the population restrictions of the small village, looking at the entire "Rise of the Three Kingdoms City", even the most powerful, most adventurous, lucky, "very strong and violent" small village can only recruit 100 NPc farmers. At most, it will only be a draw with Zhan Xiaobai's strength, and it is impossible to have the power to surpass him.
Chapter completed!