Six months had passed, and the North and South divisions had each rotated their entire battalions. Ma Yue inspected them and found nothing unusual. It seemed the enemy witch hadn't done anything to harm the North and South divisions.
However, as a precaution, the rule of rotating one battalion every six months between the North and South divisions must be upheld. Each division's basic strength is two battalions, a thousand cavalrymen, and rotating only half of them shouldn't affect anything.
With the addition of four hundred dedicated workers, the North Branch saw a significant increase in coal production. Increased coal production also led to increased salt boiling efficiency—a virtuous cycle.
As for the leaders of the North and South divisions, Ma Yue wasn't planning on rotating them. With Wu Qi and Bai Ying in charge, Ma Yue felt reassured. Regardless, the North and South divisions were still quite far from Haifan City, so the leaders needed to be effective. Fei Niu's failure was a tragic example, and Ma Yue didn't want to use the North and South divisions as a test case for leadership.
The Hai Tribe's development focus lies in this warm region, so the North and South branches are of great significance, serving as important outreach points for Haifan City. Furthermore, the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the North and South branches is also encouraging. The region's pleasant climate and favorable weather make it ideal for agriculture and animal husbandry.
After the three major tribes of Ghost Town withdrew their troops, they did not attack the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe again this year. I guess they felt that these two bones were not easy to chew.
Peace is good, right? Why are we always fighting and killing each other?
Chun Wu, the intelligence chief in the core area, also kept sending new information. The Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe had both begun building their own stone cities. As for where the white ash came from, it naturally came from the Purple Tribe in the southern forest.
The Purple Tribe’s lime business is pretty good, even though the journey is extremely long and it only wastes some time. As long as there is profit, the Purple Tribe is satisfied.
Once the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe build their own stone cities, their defensive capabilities will be even more impressive, and it will be even more difficult to attack the city when the Ghost City coalition forces attack again.
That's fine. Ma Yue has no intention of attacking the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe anyway, so you can develop as you like.
In order to build their own stone city, the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe greatly increased their mining operations on spirit stone mines, and the frequency of transactions with Haifan City was increasing.
"Okay, Ma Yue wouldn't mind having too many Spirit Stones. Of course, the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe didn't trade large livestock like deer to Haifan City, so the Spirit Stone exchange rate for you will be lower."
In this regard, Haifan City treated the three tribes from Sun City, who had come from afar, much more favorably. Although due to the long distance, they only came to Haifan City to trade once a year in winter, the wildebeest trade allowed Haifan City to offer a much more generous price.
Since the grassland people withdrew, Poseidon City reclaimed an additional 500 acres of arable land in the grassland west of the city, and the radish harvest increased a lot; plus Qiuhai City is also suitable for growing radishes. Does everyone like the trade of salted dried radishes? Then come on.
The population of Haifan City continued to grow in peace, and the number of large livestock continued to increase through trade, resulting in an increasing amount of arable land in Haifan City and a larger potato harvest. Of course, the widespread use of copper plowshares also played a key role.
The sheep flocks of the Sea Tribe are growing bigger and bigger, and the navy's fishing harvest is also increasing. Overall, the living standards of the Sea Tribe are still improving, and the time they go hungry is obviously decreasing. Is this a good thing?
After a year of peace and development, the days without war are actually very good.
However, after a good year, the Thunder God and Qingfeng tribes are back to their old ways. They suspect the spirit stones are being sold too cheaply and are trying to raise the price! "Get lost! I've got more than enough spirit stones on hand. You can trade them if you want."
Chun Wu, the intelligence chief from the core area, sent the latest information. The spirit stones produced by the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe have new buyers. It is estimated that it is the spirit stone trade in the Ghost City, and the price is indeed higher than that offered by Haifan City.
It is understandable. Ma Yue came to this world and met many immortal cultivators, oh, here they are called spiritual cultivators. Since everyone is an immortal cultivator, of course everyone has the opportunity to use spirit stones to practice.
Ma Yue was not nervous at all. His spirit stone reserves were more than ten years old. It would be better not to trade them. He could leave more food for the Hai tribe.
There is no more trading of spirit stones, so what is left of the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe?
The Thunder God Tribe had enjoyed a year of peace, thanks to the large-scale trading of spirit stones for food and salt. They had finally recovered, and the sweet potato harvest was plentiful. They had even built their own stone city. They were truly content!
Of course, relying solely on the Purple Tribe for white ash, which was so far away, wouldn't be enough for both the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe to build their stone cities simultaneously. So what could they do? Haifan City had it. The Qingfeng Tribe's white ash was essentially obtained from Haifan City in exchange for mid-grade fire spirit stones.
In order to build their own stone city, the Qingfeng tribe had to go to Haifan City to bring back the finished white lime. After a year or two of being subjected to Haifan City's harsh trade policies, the Qingfeng tribe had grown dissatisfied with Haifan City.
It just so happened that Ghost Town had a demand for spirit stones, so the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe, who had long disliked Haifan City, completely cut off the spirit stone trade with Haifan City.
It just so happened that Ma Yue also looked down on the things that the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe traded.
What an unexpected surprise, White Wolf and Gray Wolf are back.
"What's going on?" Ma Yue asked.
"A large-scale war broke out again on the Ghost Mountain Peninsula, so we took the opportunity to rob some ships from the Iron Heart Tribe and escaped."
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