Chapter 42 Haunted
Once the land is reclaimed, crops should be planted immediately.
The seeds needed for 210 acres of land are not a small number. Zhang Yang can't wait for the wheat on the previous ten acres to mature, so he gritted his teeth and took out the white fragment of hope that dropped when he killed the deer monster before.
This thing is very precious, as you can tell from its property description.
"Hope fragment, white quality, one of the main materials for making resurrection potion."
Under any other circumstances, Zhang Yang would never be willing to use it even if he were beaten to death, but now for the rapid development of the village, he really gave it a go.
But how to use this white quality fragment of hope is really a headache, after all, this thing cannot be taken apart.
Finally, Zhang Yang pondered for a long time, and said carefully as if he was studying a spell:
"I need enough seeds for all kinds of crops and vegetables for 210 acres of farmland."
This was all he could do. The next second, the white fragment of hope did not burn immediately, but turned into all kinds of light and shadows. Three seconds later, a large pile of seeds appeared in front of Zhang Yang.
In just a few seconds, he was so nervous that he was covered in cold sweats. Fortunately, this white quality fragment of hope was quite powerful.
After a careful inspection, I found that there were many quantities and types of seeds, including 50 acres of corn seeds, 50 acres of wheat seeds, 50 acres of rice seeds, 20 acres of potato seeds, 10 acres of peanut seeds, 10 acres of fruit trees, 10 acres of beet seeds, and the last 10 acres were various vegetable seeds.
That was pretty much what he was thinking at the time.
With a sigh of relief, Zhang Yang finally understood that the wish made with the fragment of hope did not necessarily have to be said in one sentence. In fact, as long as the quality of the fragment of hope was high enough, then even saying a hundred sentences would be no problem.
With the seeds, Zhang Yang quickly arranged for people to plant them. They could harvest twice a year, so they couldn't miss the season.
Fortunately, with these seeds, if nothing unexpected happens in the future, the output of these lands will be sufficient to meet the needs of the village, and they can also be kept as seeds for further development.
Due to the importance of the 220 acres of farmland, Zhang Yang ordered Wu Yuan to send people to build a solid wooden wall around the farmland, and at the same time sent out a small patrol team to conduct daily patrols.
After dealing with all this, he continued to devote himself to the great cause of rubbing wooden spears.
This process lasted another five days. By then, he had produced 100 spears of confinement in succession. All of them were mid-grade magical weapons, and they were all distributed to 42 infantry captains.
It was also at this time that the second three-house complex was officially completed, the village prosperity increased by +5, and the villagers' loyalty increased by +2. So far, among the third-generation residents, except for the eight bachelors, the rest have moved into new homes and will get married in the next few months. At the latest, a new batch of fourth-generation babies will be born by next year.
If we are lucky, the village livability index will reach 20, and a group of third-generation babies will be born.
"Zhang Chunlei, Wang Qiuyu, Chu Beifeng! You three have performed well! Therefore, each of you will be rewarded with one acre of farmland."
Standing in front of the new Level 3 dwellings, Zhang Yang was very happy and did not hesitate to praise them. These three craftsmen were the ones who had performed best among those who had previously learned from instructor Qin Ge.
Five days ago, their proficiency in the secondary skill building construction/repair had reached 75, 70, and 65 points.
Now, five days later, after the three of them personally presided over the construction of a level 3 residential building, their respective proficiency levels have soared to 145, 140, and 135 points.
So Zhang Yang simply asked them to build another house. As long as their proficiency reached 200 points, they could build a castle.
Next, he went to see the craftsmen who made bows and crossbows. As he expected, within five days, three more craftsmen stood out.
The proficiency of the secondary skill bow and crossbow making/repairing has been increased from the original 10 points to 65, 60, and 55 respectively. The proficiency increase of other craftsmen is still between 10 and 15 points.
However, there is one exception, and that is Zhao Tiezhu. He was recruited by Zhang Yang using the last and most precious recruitment quota in the village construction order.
His performance was not amazing, but it was stable.
When he was building level 3 residential buildings, his secondary skill Building Construction/Repair only increased his proficiency by 25 points, which was higher than the average level but lower than the best three people, which was 45 points.
During these five days, his secondary skill of crossbow making/repairing actually increased by 25 points of proficiency, which is higher than the average level but lower than the best three people. It is currently 45 points.
However, since craftsmen have main skills and secondary skills, the proficiency of both secondary skills must be increased by 5 points in order to increase the proficiency of the main skill by 1 point.
Therefore, although Zhao Tiezhu is not the best in either the building construction/repair or the bow and crossbow making/repair secondary skills, his main skill proficiency is the highest among all craftsmen, at 59 points.
It should be noted that this main skill has a chance to produce items with attributes.
This is interesting.
So Zhang Yang thought about it and asked Zhao Tiezhu and the remaining 12 craftsmen to go to the quarry to excavate stones. Now that all the infantry captains were equipped with two or three spears of confinement, there was enough force to mine stone eight kilometers away.
This mining team will be very luxurious. Wu Yuan will lead the team personally. There will be ten archer captains, ten spearman captains, and ten shieldman captains. They will go out at sunrise and return at sunset. They can mine about 50 units of stone every day, which are the necessary materials for building the castle.
As for the Violent Bear Four, Qin Yidao, Liu Dali and the remaining 35 captain-level soldiers were responsible for staying in their hometown to protect the farmland and residents.
This was necessary. Although ordinary little monsters did not dare to approach during this period, and the monsters that occasionally came were killed in the first place, Zhang Yang still felt very uneasy. He always felt that this state of comfortable development must have a critical point.
And it turned out that his concerns were correct.
On the morning of the fourth day after mining the ore, when the mining team was about to set off, a woman's high-pitched scream rang out in the Level 5 residence, followed by more people shouting, as if something horrible had happened.
Zhang Yang was frightened and ran over, only to see that Wu Yuan and the others had already arrived, but they all looked strange and ugly.
"what happened?"
Zhang Yang first breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that it was not an invasion by foreign enemies.
"Village chief, a villager died. There was something wrong with his death."
Wu Yuan whispered.
Zhang Yang was stunned. When he entered the room of the deceased, the first thing he smelled was a strong smell of blood. Then he saw the deceased. He was lying on the bed, as if he was asleep, with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth, but his body had turned into a scarecrow.
This was a second-generation resident, a craftsman by profession. He had gone with Wu Yuan and others to excavate stones yesterday, but he died today. His wife had been sleeping with him last night and did not hear anything unusual, but when she woke up this morning, she discovered this strange scene.
"Who was on night patrol last night?"
Zhang Yang left the room, having already made a judgment in his mind, but he still asked.
"It's me and Zhou Datou. We're divided into two groups, five people each, two archer captains and three infantry captains. The focus of our patrol is on these two residential buildings and farmland. After all, we don't need to patrol too frequently in the fortress. But I swear, everything was normal in this residential building last night. I didn't even smell blood. It wasn't until early this morning that the bloody smell of the corpse came out like a floodgate opened."
Duan Kuan outside the door had a solemn and confused look on his face, because with his strength, it was impossible for the murderer to hide his perception and kill people.
Zhang Yang nodded, opened the village construction order directly, and summoned the ghost priest.
"How do you explain this? Don't tell me you fell asleep last night. You were less than 200 meters away from the incident!"
"Reporting to the village chief, this matter really has nothing to do with me. This is the situation at the mountain temple. The villager Yu Dazhuang spit at the mountain temple yesterday, so this incident was triggered. I don't know the details, but if you don't agree with this matter, I will catch this evil ghost immediately."
Hearing this, Zhang Yang understood that the mountain temple he had built before was now beginning to play a role. After all, this was a fantasy world, and faith was not like toilet paper that could be used when needed and thrown away when needed.
And if he wants to continue to let this belief develop, he cannot interfere forcefully.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Yang said, "Just watch over this matter. As long as the evil ghost stops killing people, don't interfere. The focus should still be on the outside of the village. I don't want any more enemy ghosts to get close and spy on me."
(End of this chapter)
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