Chapter 311 Shortage of Manpower

Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 311 Shortage of Manpower

Many changes in royal power are closely related to food. If the people can't even afford food, they will naturally have no way to survive except to rise up.

Pei Renli's kingdom is still in the preparation stage. There are only more than 500 murlocs and about 300 evil wolves and horned wolves. In its current state, it can only cope with fishing and hunting.

But in general, considering the future, Pei Renli's kingdom cannot be limited to just such a few creatures forever.

Since evil wolves and horned wolves are smart but unable to use tools, the task of mastering these technologies falls on the murlocs.

In addition to fishery and agriculture, Pei Renli also planned to develop animal husbandry.

It's just that what he plans to let the fishmen raise is not domestic animals, but giant centipedes that are often seen in the forest.

There are no monsters around the Demon King's Castle. This giant centipede, which is almost as tall as a person, is actually an animal in terms of classification.

They grow quickly and have thick flesh. The book says that the meat of giant centipedes is very close to extremely tender chicken. The carapace can also be used to make armor or other simple tools.

After all, fishmen cannot stay close to fire for a long time. Now that there is no way to solve the smelting problem, the giant centipede can provide a lot of convenience.

It's just that giant centipedes are poisonous, and there is no record of the method of pulling out the poison glands. Even if the blue-ringed murlocs have a high resistance to toxins, how to slaughter and handle these giant centipedes after raising them is still a problem, so Pei Renli has not let the murlocs do it yet.

develop.

Only by ensuring the source of food can more creatures be accommodated, and with 'people', the foundation of the kingdom can be truly established.

But having said that, there are still many problems to be solved.

For example, Pei Renli is letting fish people master the cage fish farming technology.

Perrenli doesn't know how to weave a web, but if you ask Ravna, she will ask 'what is a web'...

Even if the problem of weaving cages is solved, fish species still have to be screened.

Pei Renli needs to select a fish that grows quickly and has good disease resistance among the dozens of freshwater fish living in Meteor Lake. Then he has to build a special pond to cultivate fish eggs and fry, and wait until the fry grow into small fish.

Send it to the cage.

In this part, how to select and breed fry, the temperature and environment suitable for fish egg hatching, and what feed the fry and the small fish that will be placed in the cages in the future will eat...

This is already a lot of problems.

Moreover, it is impossible to feed too many people just by relying on fishery and animal husbandry. Of course, agriculture must really carry the banner.

The land in Dashuhai is fertile, but the climate is too humid and many crops cannot be grown here at all.

Regarding farming, Pei Renli only knows that it is best to rotate crops to maintain soil fertility, but how should rotation be done, what types of crops should be planted, how to deal with pests and diseases in the event of occurrence, precautions during harvest, etc...

Although Pei Renli's hometown is in the countryside, he has never farmed. He has only gone back to help harvest wheat during the wheat harvest season. It is really beyond the scope for him to guide agricultural production.

But he couldn't find a solution, and the fishman didn't understand even more.

Every time he thought about these many problems, Pei Renli felt a headache. He really wanted many time travelers to have their own search engine function. This feeling of not having a solution, although it provided guidance, was too uncomfortable.

After that, Perenli also wanted to develop compulsory education. Talent is the foundation of national development. The most important thing is that if there are a lot of technical talents, Perenli would not have to do everything personally.

Of course, this is a bit far.

He tapped his temple with a headache. No wonder many demon kings have never established any demon kingdom and have too many things to worry about.

In comparison, it seems that the situation in the Demon King's Arena is relatively easy to resolve?

It feels like putting the cart before the horse a bit.

Speaking of Demon King Arena, Pei Renli felt very resentful. It would be great if the Demon King system had a friend function. There are so many things that I want to talk to Phil Fei and the others.

But thinking about it carefully, even if there was a friend function, Pei Renli probably wouldn't dare to use it. After all, who knows if the real enemy is listening.

While thinking about these things, Ravna said:

"Your Majesty the Demon King, regarding the fishmen, I have another report to report."

Ravna took out a small leather bag and handed it to Pei Renli:

"You had some unexpected gains when you asked the fishmen to explore the underwater resources of Meteor Lake. They seem to have discovered ores."

Pei Renli opened the leather bag and found several stones piled inside.

Two of them are just simple rain flower stones, and should have no use other than being loved by collectors of strange stones.

Pei Renli wasn't very interested either. Even if there were ore underwater, it would be very difficult to mine. Besides, fishmen can't stay close to fire for a long time, so how to smelt it with an advantage of just one forehead would be a problem.

So he held it in his hand casually and looked through it casually.

"Um?"

Until a strange ore caught Pei Renli's attention.

It was only as long as the index finger and looked like a stone knocked out of shale. But what attracted Pei Renli was that there was a layer of light silver on the stone.

He lit up the dancing light technique, brought one of the light groups closer, and illuminated the ore from behind.

It can be seen more clearly now. There is indeed a layer of flowing silver on the surface of the ore, but it is different from the reflection of silver ore. It seems to glow by itself.

"What the hell?"

"Your Majesty the Demon King, is there any problem?"

"Quickly, ask the maid golem to go to my room and bring me the mineral encyclopedia I borrowed from school."

Because of Pei Renli's solemn tone, the maid demon immediately ran away at a sprint speed of 100 meters, and then ran back again.

Opening the thick encyclopedia of minerals, Pei Renli finally found the part of the content he wanted as he flipped through the pages. While reading, he also compared the ores in his hands.

"I thought I saw it wrong. This is actually mithril."

Ravna said puzzledly:

"Your Majesty the Demon King, what is mithril?"

This is an extremely rare mineral that is as tough as dragon scales but as light as a feather.

Mithril is usually only added to weapons or armor in the form of alloys. Just adding a few grams can greatly improve the performance of weapons and armor.

This thing is usually sold in grams, and even where it is produced, only a few grams can be produced in a year. In addition to the rarity of the mithril ore itself, the lack of smelting technology is also a reason.

Finished Mithril is no longer precious, but very precious. Most of the time, even if you have money, you can't buy it because the supply is seriously insufficient.

There is actually a mithril mine under Meteor Lake. This is definitely a major discovery. It may be that the meteorite that smashed out of Meteor Lake itself carried mithril.

If these mithrils can be smelted, the problem of funds will not be a problem at all. The mithril mines alone can support all the expenses of a kingdom.

Moreover, mithril has the best magical properties and is the best material for making magic items. It is what all alchemists dream of.

But Pei Renli calmed down immediately, and it was a bit too early to be happy now.

The reserves of mithril are not yet clear, and the purity of this mithril mine is obviously very low. In addition, there are still issues to be solved about how to mine and smelt mithril efficiently.

It's like sitting on a mountain of gold, but the gold that makes up the mountain is one piece. Pei Renli wants to dig up two pieces and use them as money, but he doesn't know how to dig and how to dig.

"Regarding the minerals at the bottom of Falling Star Lake, remember to ask the fish people not to spread the word, and not to mine the minerals at the bottom of the lake for the time being."

Mithril is too valuable. If the news that there is Mithril under Fallen Star Lake is exposed, I am afraid that businessmen, adventurers, and speculators from the entire plane will flock here.

The power of money cannot be underestimated. Even a sea of ​​trees surrounded by dangers may not be able to stop them.

Although Ravna didn't quite understand what was going on, His Majesty the Demon King's orders were everything, and she wouldn't care too much about anything else.

Pei Renli looked at the other ores, and as expected, there were gold mines and tin mines. Gold and tin mines are also very common in places where mithril is found.

He calculated that even if the mineral deposits at the bottom of Falling Star Lake were to be mined in the future, gold and tin mines would have to be prioritized, and mithril mines could be piled up first.

After all, the smelting problem cannot be solved.

In the multiverse world, the race that is best at smelting is the dwarves, but it is estimated that they will not give away their smelting technology to others for free. This matter needs to be considered in the long run.

Besides, relying solely on fishmen is not very reliable.

These guys are okay as farmers, fishermen, masons, etc., but their physical limitations are too great. Compared to humans, the work they can do is very limited.

As for the other monsters in the forest who are willing to obey the devil's orders...

It's better not to think about this. Most monsters are just guys who sleep and eat when they're full. They can fight, but just use them as productivity.

So, what about tree elves?

Tree elves do not have the flaws of murlocs, and they are good at magic and druid spells.

But the tree elves are not good at using fire, because the tree elves don't eat cooked food at all, so they are not bad as farmers or craftsmen, and they are more professional counterparts as excellent scouts and soldiers. In terms of smelting and construction, it is hard to describe.

Moreover, although tree elves have better qualifications than humans in all aspects, they are weaker than humans in terms of physique and strength. They are not suitable for heavy manual labor.

Even though it is still just a prototype now, there will be more manpower needed in the future. The tree elves are indeed under Pei Renli's consideration, but like the fishmen, they have considerable restrictions on the content of their work.

Regardless of technical issues or metal smelting for the time being, Pei Renli now needs to find a creature that is physically strong, hardworking, and has excellent learning ability. It is best to be able to take on most physical work and heavy labor.

With this kind of creature around, fishmen can concentrate on the development of fishery and animal husbandry, and can transfer work such as farmland reclamation and logging to improve production efficiency.

And this creature...

Thinking about this, Pei Renli raised his head and asked:

"How's the intelligence investigation on the Lizardmen going?"

Recently, lizardmen have often poked their heads around the murloc tribe.

Normally, lizardmen will not leave their habitat easily, and their habitat is far away from the Demon King's City. Therefore, if lizardmen appear nearby, there is probably something wrong with their habitat.

"There is no information coming back yet. The maid golem is rushing to the lizard people's habitat. There should be news tomorrow at the latest."

The sea of ​​​​trees is really too big. Another group of maid golems sent to the Republic of Tula are still halfway there and have not left the sea of ​​​​trees at all.

It is said that Pei Renli disliked lizard people very much, and this dislike also extended to reptiles such as snake people.

But I have to say that lizardmen are very useful.

Now we need information to figure out what's wrong with the lizard people. After we have the information, we can find a way to capture them like the fishmen.

Perrenli's kingdom has just started, and there are still problems that he needs to solve...
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