"Great chief, how many acres of land can you get?" asked the second priest.
"The wind direction is wrong. At least one thousand acres of land will be lost. The isolation zone needs to be ten meters wider. Roughly one thousand acres of land can be burned and cleared. In this case, a lot of large livestock will still need to be restricted next year." Lei Qing said.
"Wang Chao, how many acres of land is this?" asked the second priest.
"Clearing the land is the most difficult, about 3,000 acres," Wang Chao said. Headquarters has sent 2,000 large livestock, and the original Lingguo Island branch had about 1,000 large livestock. For spring plowing, the current Hai Tribe's farming efficiency is roughly one large livestock per two acres. This does limit the value of many large livestock.
Many roots of shrubs cannot be burned completely and need to be dug out. Otherwise, there will be too many obstacles in the land during spring plowing, making plowing more difficult.
For the sake of long-term planning, there shouldn't be any tree roots or debris in the farmland, right? Besides, farming on Lingguo Island is a very troublesome thing in itself. If it were easy, Lingguo Island would have been developed for farming long ago, right?
"That's easy, your Lingguo Island branch has limited the number of large livestock to one thousand. I will just bring them back to Poseidon City before spring, haha!" said the second priest with a smile.
"Is this possible?" Wang Chao opened his mouth wide.
"Alright, take them away if you want. We still need to burn and clear another thousand acres of land. I don't think we'll have enough manpower to handle it." Lei Qing had no objection. They were all the Sea Tribe's livestock. They could farm anywhere. A thousand more large livestock in Poseidon City would mean two thousand more acres of radishes for the spring plowing season.
"Do you need more people? There are only 3,000 people in Poseidon City. If we can use 2,000 large livestock, we need at least 4,000 people." Lei Qing asked. Poseidon City originally had few large livestock left, only about 1,000. For each large livestock plowing the land, one person would be in front and one behind would be holding the plow.
"That's for sure. It's best if it's a strong man."
"Okay, that's settled."
Wang Chao was completely ignored by the two leaders: "Where is the manpower? Chief, if we go to burn the wasteland and clear a thousand acres of land now, this amount of manpower is not enough." The situation was completely different.
"What a time difference!" The second priest rolled his eyes. "Spring plowing takes about two months."
"You should lead the people to clear the farmland here, and I will take those people to burn the wasteland over there." Lei Qing said, "Wang Chao, if you think there are too many people here, you can also support some people over there."
Lei Qing was too lazy to pay attention to Wang Chao and rode away.
"You have too many people here. I'll take the boat back and take a few hundred people back first."
"Okay!" Wang Chao was helpless.
"Remember, we need able-bodied men. If we go back now, at least the able-bodied men can cook more salt." There is winter in Poseidon City, and to cook salt in winter, you need able-bodied men. Those with weak constitutions cannot withstand the cold.
The Second Priest had a lot to do when he returned. Most of the backbone members of the Sea God City Civil Affairs Department had been sent to Spirit Fruit Island, and he also had to promote and train new captain-level backbone members. Otherwise, what would happen if work efficiency dropped after the spring?
The next day, Lei Qing brought his men back to the vicinity of the original cliff base and began to dig an isolation zone. The spiritual fruits in this area must not be damaged in the slightest, even if it meant losing a thousand acres.
Lei Qing understood that if it weren't for these spiritual fruit trees, the charlatans probably wouldn't have developed and cultivated this spiritual fruit island. This was a matter of priority; it wouldn't work if the tree were not the main one.
Why did the Maohai tribe need to exchange bone shovels, stone spades, and the like? The production of bronze tools couldn't keep up, so for digging and the like, they could only use bone shovels for the time being.
To develop a new 1,000 acres of arable land, Lingguo Island suddenly faced a shortage of manpower.
This is still good, it’s better than having too many idle people, right?
Wang Chao roughly estimated the progress of the work. The two months of spring plowing time difference can indeed make up for some labor shortages. Large livestock are concentrated on plowing the land here, and manpower is concentrated on cleaning up there. The time difference can be roughly connected, and the value of the large livestock will not be wasted.
The core team leaders from Poseidon City, after gradually becoming familiar with the work here, have been coordinating the labor force for various tasks as much as possible, and their work efficiency is gradually improving. As a grassroots cadre in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you have to be able to organize things. How to reasonably distribute the workload is the most important responsibility of the team leader.
A captain of the civil affairs department has to lead 500 people to work, and there is a big difference between the good and the bad.
Wang Chao gradually felt more relaxed. To cultivate grassroots management talents, he needed to observe more in his daily work and cultivate more when there was an opportunity.
Why did Haifan City need to establish a branch? Too many people concentrated in one place is the most likely to result in a waste of labor, especially in an era of low productivity. The same is true for Lingguo Island; isn't it necessary to cultivate in one place?
Lingguo Island wasn't just covered in shrubs; there were also quite a few tall trees. It was impossible to burn the trees, so the arable land, which seemed to be quite a lot, was divided into plots.
So, in fact, Lingguo Island is not suitable for farming at all.
Isn't it all for those precious spiritual fruit trees? Of course, there are also spiritual stone mines. If you want to occupy this place, you can't do it without sufficient population and military force. Then, you will be forced to farm here. People need to be fed, so be as self-sufficient as possible.
From planning the development to exploring suitable crops, over a year has passed. Aside from the experimental fields, Lingguo Island still hasn't produced much food. The initial costs are unavoidable. Once the arable land stabilizes, everything will be fine.
Ma Yue wasn't dissatisfied with the information Wang Chao and the Second Priest, Red Feather, had sent back. Mistakes were understandable when developing a new model. Ma Yue had already prepared for the difficulties inherent in developing Lingguo Island, which was covered in low shrubs and trees.
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