Chapter 71 Secret Weapon

"There is no doubt that the number of elite population in the village will determine the potential for future development of the village. Unfortunately, it is too difficult to obtain elite population, and we cannot just recruit elite population blindly. Without ordinary population as the basis for development, the village's ability to resist risks will be too weak."

"At this stage, I still need more ordinary people, especially those who can quickly form a family and have children."

Zhang Yang analyzed it carefully, then took out two white quality fragments of hope and directly split them into 200 gray quality fragments of hope.

Then recruit 100 women of childbearing age and 100 adult men. Their presence can greatly alleviate the problem of lack of population in the village.

Women can no longer be recruited as living professions, but men can be recruited as craftsmen, cooks, butchers, farmers, lumberjacks and ordinary village guards.

They will take over the construction work of the village, thus completely freeing the soldiers from work and allowing them to concentrate on fighting.

But after recruiting these 200 villagers, Zhang Yang found that he could not simply distribute them to the houses because they had to get married first.

And getting married is not a simple matter of pairing people together, because everyone has their own unique personality and preferences, and forced pairing will have consequences at your own risk.

There was no other choice but for Zhang Yang to check the personalities of the villagers one by one.

For example, this one——

The village girl Jiang Chunhua is cheerful, outgoing, outspoken, straightforward, and dares to love and hate. She is considered to be the best among the 100 women.

Zhang Yang matched her with a countryman named Zhao Ergou, who was gentle, dull, kind-hearted, hardworking, and fond of taking advantage of others, but would shrink from difficulties.

The result? The marriage match rate is 67%, the happiness level is 69%, and they will have two sons and one daughter, all of whom are ordinary people and cannot be recruited as soldiers.

What the hell?

The good thing is that each couple can be matched three times.

So Zhang Yang matched the village girl Jiang Chunhua with the village man Li Daniu, who was cunning, fond of wine, and suspected of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. His only advantage was his intelligence.

The matching result is a marriage matching rate of 72% and a happiness level of 78%. The couple will have one son and two daughters. The daughters are ordinary people, but the son is of an outstanding level and can be cultivated.

"What kind of routine is this? It feels so profound and unfathomable."

Zhang Yang was really interested this time, so he matched the village girl Jiang Chunhua with the village man Tang Dachui. This man is reckless, irritable, hardworking, courageous, and responsible, but he also likes to beat his wife, which is a bit risky.

The result of the matching is that the marriage matching rate is 75%, the happiness level is 87%, and two sons and one daughter will be born. One son is ordinary, and the remaining two are excellent.

"Oh my god, what's the principle behind this?"

Zhang Yang was completely confused, but he became more cautious because if the match was good, he might be able to create an elite population for him.

He spent the whole day busy with the matching, and finally finished all the matches. He got a total of 89 couples. Yes, there were 11 couples who had irreversible errors in the matching, which resulted in terrible consequences. Either the man killed the woman, or the woman killed the man, or the woman picked apricot blossoms and the man picked peach blossoms, or they simply jumped into the river together or something like that.

Damn, so scary, so exciting! As for the next generation of children, he expected to have 242 children, 158 boys and 84 girls. This ratio of boys to girls is really crazy. Is it bad feng shui? Fortunately, there were 19 outstanding boys, 16 outstanding girls, and one elite boy. Yes, this was a big surprise for Zhang Yang.

Because this seems to be much more cost-effective than directly recruiting elite population, but it requires casting a wide net and wasting too many recruitment quotas.

After assigning residences to these 100 couples, Zhang Yang was too tired to talk. This kind of matching was too brain-consuming, just like opening a lottery, with no idea what would come out.

Like those 11 couples, they still look happy now, but they don’t know that their fate has already been determined.

In the evening, Zhang Yang sat in the castle, eating a rather delicious dinner with the core group of Wu Yuan, Qin Yidao, Liu Dali, Sun Goudan, and Bao Xiong, while reporting on the day's work and their respective suggestions.

There aren’t so many rules in Zhangyang, everyone is laughing and the atmosphere is very relaxed.

"We set out to the east today and walked for about a hundred miles in one go. We didn't find any villages, but we did encounter a few powerful monsters. But they quickly ran away before we could make a move. One of them was even an unknown giant monster that scared me to death."

Qin Yidao was the first to speak and report.

"Also, I had a feeling that we were being watched over there, especially the further east we went, the stronger the feeling became. Dachui, Mumu, Duankuan, and Datou could also sense it, so we didn't dare to take the risk and decided not to go there any further."

"Today we have hunted a total of 38 monsters, but most of them are small monsters below level 5. Village chief, I don't know why, but I always have a feeling that as our village becomes stronger, there are fewer and fewer monsters appearing around us. I still remember that before we built the village, there were so many monsters in this forest that we could see them everywhere. We had to be nervous every step we took."

"So I have a bold idea. Do you think that the monsters in the forest know that we are about to have a war with the orc tribe, so they are afraid of being affected and are hiding far away to watch the fun?"

After Qin Yidao finished speaking, Duan Kuan also spoke up, "Yes, I have similar thoughts. Ever since we had a conflict with the orc tribe, you, the village chief, took Boss Wu to the trial. We were all worried during those days, fearing that something unexpected would happen. In the end, nothing happened, and no monsters invaded, except for the orc spies. This can't be a coincidence."

"Could there be a more powerful village farther away? Stronger than the orc tribe, but because it is so far away from us, it has not attacked us yet?"

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Wu Yuan spoke at this time, and his guess immediately made everyone feel depressed. The Orc Tribe was already very strong, and if there was another stronger tribe, would this ever be the end!

"There will definitely be one, there is no doubt about that."

Zhang Yang finally nodded, because he knew that there would be a lot of people bound to the village building order in this world, and because of their different development timelines, some would be very powerful, while others would just be established.

"Starting tomorrow, Wu Yuan, Liu Dali, you two will also join the hunting team. It's safer. You can't be surrounded by others while you're hunting outside. In addition, the hunting range cannot exceed a hundred miles. You must be more vigilant. If you encounter orc spies, you can fight if you can, but you must be careful of traps. Also, bring more imprisoned spears and feather arrows."

"No matter what, we have to gather enough demon souls and demon blood and other materials to strengthen 100 soldiers within ten days. We now have enough demon souls to strengthen ordinary soldiers into elite ones, but we are still short of energy. As for strengthening elite soldiers into captain-level high-level demon souls, we only have 43 in reserve, and we still need 57. We must prepare before the war with the orc tribe, because I have decided to fight them in the field outside the village instead of relying on the castle for a decisive battle."

Everyone was stunned when they heard Zhang Yang's words, because they had always thought that this war would rely on the castle's defense.

"If it's a field battle, our troops will not be enough, and there are too many variables." Wu Yuan frowned.

"That's right. We still have to defend the castle and be careful about whether there are other monsters watching the fight from the sidelines." Qin Yidao also said.

Zhang Yang shook his head. "Look at our farmland, the buildings we have built, and the newly added villagers. You all know what the consequences will be if we rely on the castle to fight. If we lose these, it will be like starting from scratch. Oh, if the enemy attacks, we have to hide in our turtle shells. How can this be justified?"

"We must not only win this battle, but also win beautifully!"

Zhang Yang's words were powerful, but several core main forces under his command looked embarrassed, because they had all seen the strength of the orc army. Although they were all captains, they were naturally weaker in power confrontation. In the previous contact battle, if it were not for the powerful weapon Spear of Confinement, they would not have been able to kill sixty orcs in a row without any casualties themselves.

"Insufficient individual strength and manpower must be compensated by equipment and technology. Next, I will tailor weapons and equipment for you, especially Qin Yidao, Liu Dali and Sun Goudan. As hero-level units, the three of you will be our trump cards. I need you to have the ability to change the situation in the next battle, so I will make them for you first. But before the battle begins, you all need to keep it secret. After all, there may be ghosts behind the walls, and there may also be unknown forces sitting on the mountain watching the fight."

Zhang Yang suddenly lowered his voice and everyone was surprised. They had already seen the black jade heroic spear in Wu Yuan's hand. No matter the damage or toughness, it was the undisputed first artifact of the village, and it was even better than Duan Kuan's first sword.

So if everyone has a weapon like this, it can really bring a huge surprise to the enemy.

(End of this chapter)