If Ma Yue was lazy, he wouldn't be so diligent if the Tool City was in Qiu Hai City. But now that it's closer and more convenient, Ma Yue goes there more often.
The area of arable land near Haifan City is quite large, and it’s quite far to go back and forth. It doesn’t matter. Since we want to focus on developing the northern branch, we can just transfer some large livestock and people there.
With the completion of the construction of the first sub-city of the Northern Branch, the population has reached 6,000 and the number of large livestock has reached 3,000. Not only the transportation of coal, but also the arable land area has greatly increased.
The Hai Tribe didn't recruit anyone to expand the northern branch, they simply moved people from Haifan City. Haifan City still had 25,000 to 26,000 people, so what was there to worry about?
The livestock town that the Northern Branch applied to build was also built smoothly. At least, when the enemy attacks, large livestock and sheep can hide in the livestock town. It would be painful if they were robbed.
As for the original timber walls, they were fine for keeping livestock in during normal times, but if the enemy attacked, they wouldn't be as reliable as stone walls. In short, the livestock town and the northern branch town were co-located for overall defense.
If you really put so many livestock into the livestock town, it would be very crowded. Of course, this livestock town is a temporary livestock protection area during wartime. It is not needed in normal times and is kept in the wood fence outside the city.
Normally, following the example of Haifan City, many tool-making facilities and even pig pens were located in this small livestock town, which somewhat standardized the situation. In times of war, when the small livestock town couldn't hold so many livestock, some would be diverted to the main city and secondary cities.
Ma Yue was diligent for a rare occasion and also inspected the northern branch. He found that the planning was good and the utilization rate was quite high.
Pigs are easy to raise and produce a lot of meat, making them theoretically more cost-effective than sheep. Of course, pigs are confined and require a lot of care. So, each has its own merits.
In the future, Ma Yue hopes that the people of the Hai tribe can eat pork as much as possible. Sheep, relatively speaking, still produce a little less meat.
The piggery in the livestock town has grown to over a hundred pigs, which is quite difficult. Just take your time.
"Sage, do you want to expand further?" Wu Qi asked.
"Let's leave it this way for now. With 6,000 people, it should be enough to defend this northern branch city." Ma Yue said.
"Indeed, this northern branch lacks a miracle cultivator like Lei Qing. If things go on like this for a long time, there might be trouble. Nowadays, the cultivators all like to charge into battle. It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm worried. The methods of the cultivators are really troublesome. Even if they don't attack the door, can the divine charlatans blast open the walls of this stone city?"
Wu Qi needed to express his concerns. As the leader of a big city, this was not the time to show off.
"You're right. If it were me, I'd have no problem blasting through this stone wall within twenty meters. That way, you'll have to be wary of the cultivators charging in more directions." Ma Yue nodded. The spiritual power released by the cultivators had an attack power comparable to that of a cannonball. However, the wooden gates were relatively easier to open.
"In that case, these six thousand men will do." Wu Qi knew the weight of his burden. The fate of these six thousand men would depend on him from now on. Even when Lei Qing was in Qiuhai City, he was still defeated by the Ghost City coalition.
If the charlatan was not there, the Northern Branch would be under great pressure, whether it was the enemy's spiritual cultivators or the excessive number of enemy troops.
"If we really can't win, just run away. Just save these big animals." Ma Yue set a minimum standard. Everything is easy to rebuild, but big animals are hard to buy. Big animals have a long growth period, unlike pigs and sheep, which only come in waves every year.
"I understand. If a war breaks out, I will try my best to keep the large livestock in the main city and the secondary city." Wu Qi said. In this way, if they really cannot win, it will be convenient to escape by riding these 3,000 large livestock, right?
"Don't worry too much. The reason Qiuhai City fell was that we had too few people. Now, the North Branch has 6,000 people, not 3,000. With such a large group of people, no matter how many enemies there are, we can hold out for a few days. Haifan City will come to rescue us."
"Don't worry, charlatan. The ratio of regular soldiers to deputy soldiers in the Northern Branch is so high that even if the enemy comes with tens of thousands of strong men, we are guaranteed to be able to survive for eight days." Wu Qi certainly would not run away when the enemy came. If so, what would you, the leader of the Northern Branch, do?
The population that Ma Yue assigned to the Northern Branch had a very low proportion of the elderly and the weak. If a war really broke out, they could even gather 3,000 regular and deputy soldiers, which showed that the Northern Branch was still extremely powerful.
The Northern Branch is a three-day cavalry journey from Haifan City. If Haifan City dispatches troops, they should arrive in about six or seven days. If the enemy wants to attack the Northern Branch, how many troops will they need? Do they really think the Hai Tribe is easy to mess with?
"Well, it's good that you think so!" Ma Yue was very confident in Wu Qi, who was steady and mature.
"Goddammit, if Haifan City really sends reinforcements, won't that leave Haifan City empty?" The ratio of regular soldiers to deputy soldiers is very high in both the North and South branches. Where did they come from? Aren't they just transferred from Haifan City?
"What do you think?" Ma Yue asked.
"This..." Wu Qi was upset. What else could he do? Either withdraw some of the troops from the Southern Branch. The Southern Branch's 3,000 men were mostly regular and deputy soldiers. Or, Haifan City could recruit or buy people, especially able-bodied men. However, the charlatan didn't seem to want to accept anyone.
With more people, the pressure on food would inevitably be greater, and Wu Qi understood this.
"I understand what you mean. I'll think about it later." Although there are still about 25,000 people in Haifan City, the ratio of regular soldiers to deputy soldiers is too small. I'm afraid there are not even 3,000 soldiers left, which is a bit pitiful.
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