Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Farmers Can’t Appear Out of Thin Air

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

According to the hint, as long as one walked three miles north of the small courtyard, they would discover that small stream.

Zong Shen rode his old traveling horse forward at a constant speed. In just six to seven minutes, he saw the stream.

Although it was a small stream, the entire surface of the stream was about 10 feet wide. The current was a little rapid, but the water was not deep.

Zong Shen dismounted and came to the stream.

The stream was very clear. As the water was running, it was not muddy. One could clearly see the pebbles at the bottom of the stream.

He looked upstream.

He discovered that this stream flowed from the northern side, from the distant mountain forest.

It flowed from the north to the southwest.

He recalled that the system had previously indicated that there was a lake in the southwest direction. Presumably, this stream should be one of the water sources that the lake had gathered.

Zong Shen was not surprised that there was a water source nearby.

After all, if this place lacked water, it was impossible to create such a lush grassland.

Moreover, Zong Shen had discovered when he was excavating that the soil here was extremely fertile black soil.

It was relatively moist and sticky.

According to Earth.

That is, the fertile soil of grasslands that were found in warm, moist conditions.

The organic nature of this soil is at about 3% to 10%, and it is extremely fertile.

As long as the land had not turned into sand and the grasslands had not become barren, there was no lack of water.

This was common sense.

However, those lords who landed in the Gobi and desert regions were in trouble.

He just didn’t know if there would be a certain level of compensation for them.

The various settings of the Lord’s survival were very fair.

Zong Shen stood by the stream and was not in a hurry to draw water. Instead, he began to consider the relationship between the environment and survival.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he took out the three wooden barrels he had previously made and placed them beside him.

He bent down and scooped up a handful of water to take a sip.

The water was very sweet, and there was no strange smell.

It was clear that this was a stream that flowed out from the spring water in the mountains and merged into the grassland.

After continuous cleansing, the water quality was very good.

He focused on the water.

(The water source flowing out from the spring in the mountains is rich in various minerals. The quality is not bad, but it is still recommended that you boil it before drinking it.)

After checking the tips of the guidelines and confirming that there were no mistakes, Zong Shen started to fill up the water.

He filled the three buckets one after another and kept them in his storage compartment.

He let the old traveling horse drink water by itself downstream.

The three water buckets that were filled with water were similar items, so they could be stacked. They did not take up too much storage space.

There was 30 liters of water.

Now there were eleven farmers, two warriors, a black panther, a huge wolf, and Zong Shen himself and the old traveling horse.

This 30 liters of water should be enough for one to two days.

However, Zong Shen’s territory was not far from this stream. When he had sufficient wood resources, he could also make more wooden barrels and get Colby to fetch water.

He was worried about the farmers going away.

A farmer’s combat ability was too low. Without the ability to protect himself, it was easy to suffer losses when encountering danger.

Zong Shen pondered as he got on his old traveling horse.

He rode his horse back to the small courtyard.

Using his free time, he needed to quickly understand some common sensical problems.

The system would not answer these questions of “Lord’s Survival”. Originally, the Lord had to figure it out on his own, but Zong Shen was different.

He had the guide module.

So far, Zong Shen had no clear goal regarding how farmers could be acquired.

His initial farmers came from a gift at the beginning.

After that, he swept through the bandit camps and rescued eight farmers.

These farmers did not seem like warriors who could be recruited out of thin air.

“May I ask how to recruit more farmers?�

As the saying goes, if you can’t make a decision, you can rely on the strategy.

Zong Shen immediately voiced his doubts.

(There are several ways to recruit farmers.)

(The first and most important way was to find the villages, towns, and cities of the natives. By increasing your Reputation Points and completing missions to gain regional favorability or Reputation Points, you can gain the trust of the natives. Every once in a while, one could recruit the natives in the region. The number of natives recruited depended on their favorability and Reputation Points.)

(The second way was that mercenaries and ambitious people often appeared in town taverns. Here, as long as you are able to pay enough, or agree to satisfy the other party’s aspirations, you would be able to quickly obtain talents, and you might even encounter heroes with potential.)

(The third method was to plunder the aboriginals’ villages and forcefully plunder their people. However, you might encounter counterattacks and annihilations from the various aboriginals.)

(The fourth method was to attack bandits, roving bandits, and alien tribes. There was a chance of rescuing a certain number of natives.)

(The fifth way was to buy through the slave traders.)

(The sixth method was that after the territory expanded and the influence increased, it would naturally attract people to move over.)

(The seventh path was if you can accept the foreign tribes, you can even go to the foreign tribes and recruit them by forming an alliance or increasing their favorability.)

(Note: The above methods aren’t all methods of obtaining people. There are countless opportunities and experts waiting for you on the entire continent).

I see!

Zong Shen immediately understood.

Farmers and other populations could not appear out of thin air. They had to be conscripted from the native forces of the continent.

This was the main source of population.

Only with a basic population could they reproduce.

This would require decades of hard work.

“What about the soldiers? Can they only be recruited through recruitment scrolls?”

Zong Shen raised his second question.

(In the recruitment scroll, the soldiers that were directly summoned were all recruitment tools left behind from ancient times. There were many recruitment scrolls, but they were also very scattered and could only be chanced upon by luck. There was once a major recruitment method on the continent, and the soldiers inside were almost extinct now. Powerful heroes or soldiers were willing to sleep in another dimension, waiting for the Lord’s recruitment to reappear in this world.)

(In addition to the recruitment scroll, the aboriginal farmers could also be trained into soldiers as a basic population unit. However, they needed specific buildings, such as the level 1 barracks-type buildings in [Construction].)

(These were the most common and basic human recruitment units. Just spend some materials and you could train farmers into soldiers.)

(Of course, there were many special recruitment buildings that needed to be explored and excavated by the Lord!)

(To summarize, you have a long way to go. Work hard, Little Rookie Lord.)

After reading the notification, Zong Shen had a deeper understanding of population development.

For him to progress, it was unavoidable to interact with the aboriginals.

However, there was no hurry.

Today was the first day of development.

The territory had yet to take shape.

At the very least, Zong Shen would only consider making contact with the aboriginal forces after the territory had taken shape and had the ability to protect itself.