Chapter 12 Food Issues
Looking at the greatly changed Beifeng Village in front of him, Guo Hao burst into tears, even though he had only been away for a few days.
However, the bitterness of this is not something outsiders can understand. He did not dare to be offline for too long in the wild. He basically had to survive so many days with his life.
The villagers standing guard at the entrance of the village rang the bell early to inform Guo Hao of his return, and Guang Lao led several villagers to greet him.
"Village Chief, you are finally back. The village is in big trouble!" Guang Lao handed Guo Hao a book of bamboo slips.
"What's wrong?" Guo Hao took the bamboo slips and read them while arranging for the villagers to stay overnight with their guides.
"This is real?"
"It's absolutely true! Village chief!"
"I understand, Guanglao will arrange for these villagers to build buildings first, and I will figure out the rest." Guo Hao handed all the architectural drawings in his hand to Guanglao.
"Yes, village chief, I will make arrangements right away."
Guanglao finished the drawings and immediately started taking action without saying a word. It was obvious that Guanglao enjoyed the process of making the village prosperous little by little.
Guo Hao returned to his house and placed the bamboo slips in front of him.
He did not expect that during his absence, there would be more than a thousand people in the village. Counting the original villagers, Beifeng Village already had more than 2,000 people.
In order to accommodate these people, Guang Lao expanded the village several times according to Guo Hao's previous layout. Now it looks like a small town.
The influx of large numbers of refugees was originally a good thing, but who would have thought that the number would be so huge.
Beifeng Village's already stretched resources have plummeted even further. Guang Lao spent all the money in the village on buying food. Coupled with the fact that hunters went to the mountains endlessly to hunt, they could barely supply the entire village's consumption.
In autumn and winter, food is already in short supply, not to mention that the number of refugees is increasing day by day, with new refugees arriving every day.
The inventory in the warehouse is decreasing every day, and we are about to run out of food. When the refugees are hungry, they will inevitably cause trouble, and that will be the real trouble.
"It's a food problem again..." Guo Hao couldn't remember how many times he had solved this problem.
He was not a farming player to begin with, and it was autumn and winter, so he couldn't think of any good way to solve this problem.
Although the drawings brought back include a series of food buildings such as pig farms, sheep farms, and chicken farms.
However, these new buildings require investment in manpower and time, and it takes at least a month to build them from scratch.
Even with these buildings, it will take about half a year to fully realize output, which will not help Beifeng Village's current crisis at all.
Guo Hao silently calculated the remaining grain in the village and estimated that there would be a famine in about ten days. Even if the lowest level of food rationing was started, fifteen days would be the limit.
Sighing, Guo Hao picked up the dumplings at his feet and took out the [Fine Pet Elixir] from his backpack.
Tuanzi was too young to be taken around, so Guo Hao left him in the village. He was given food every day and no one controlled him, so he became more chubby.
Guo Hao thought to himself that although it was a pet elixir, the dumplings should also be edible.
Before Guo Hao could make any move, the dumpling was snatched up and eaten.
"No one is trying to rob you, why are you so anxious?" Guo Hao scolded with a smile, and slapped the dumplings hard a few times.
Tuanzi rolled off Guo Hao's body with a groan, and then lay down comfortably in his nest.
"Robbing?" Guo Hao looked at the dumplings and thought of a way.
"Grab!" Guo Hao, who had no other choice but to think about it, could only make this decision.
Whether this method can be successful or not really depends on God's will. Even he can't guarantee that he can get enough food to survive the winter within fifteen days.
Guo Hao made up his mind to go out to plunder food. He concentrated the labor of the whole village and started to build the [Cavalry Barracks]. Fortunately, he captured the Hu people's horses last time, otherwise he would not even have the capital to go out and plunder.
[Cavalry barracks, basic building, place for training cavalry, troop training effect 1, training leader: Guo Fei, currently available for training: cavalry archers. 】
The effect of the cavalry barracks is excellent. The 72 young men selected by Guo Hao are directly converted into cavalry archers. Although the force value ranges from 5 to 19, at least horseback archery is not a problem.
After informing Guang Lao of the plan, Guo Hao led his troops and set off quickly. Time waited for no one, and he did not dare to gamble with the lives of the villagers.
[Unit]: Cavalry (Strength 5-19)
【Number of people】:72
【Morale】:75
[Characteristics]: Accurate, mounted shooting.
In order to prevent other dangers in the village, he specially left two young men from the village who initially followed him to protect the safety of the village.
Two horse archers who can come and go freely, plus a dozen young men, it is basically no problem to deal with ordinary stupid thieves and wild beasts.
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The sky is like an inverted deep sea, the clouds are rolling like waves, and the majestic mountains are dotted with endless wilderness.
In the wilderness, 73 cavalrymen galloped forward.
"Herodus~"
The war horse snorted and its hooves dug imprints on the ground, but it was tightly controlled by the knight on the horse.
Guo Hao looked at the 72 cavalrymen around him, who were as silent as statues. He wanted to take the cavalrymen who were not fully equipped with weapons to plunder, but no matter what, they were just hitting the rocks with eggs.
But he had no other choice. He only carried five days of food. If he failed, everything would be lost.
His target is very clear, which is the small Hu tribe.
Generally, a small tribe has a population of no more than 500. As long as it takes it by surprise, there is still a chance of victory.
It was not until sunset that Guo Hao and his troops finally found a small Qiang tribe.
Guo Hao did not lead his troops to attack immediately. He found a relatively secluded place to rest and waited for the opportunity to come.
Guo Hao chose a good location, which happened to be a small hill. On the one hand, it was convenient for observation, and on the other hand, it could cover his body.
Maybe the Qiang people of this tribe have been at ease for too long. Guo Hao and his party lurked in the wilderness for a day, but the Qiang people didn't find anything.
At night, Guo Hao walked over alone and carefully observed the layout of the tribe.
The layout of the Qiang tribe has no rules. From Guo Hao's perspective, just a fire can completely destroy the tribe.
But that's not Guo Hao's purpose. He is here to grab food. He can get rid of the Qiang people by setting off the fire, but then the food will be wasted. Moreover, if the cattle and sheep escape, it will be troublesome to gather them again.
Already.
Guo Hao was very patient and crawled back to the place where the cavalry rested.
Facing the eyes of all the soldiers, Guo Hao nodded.
"I have figured out the tribe's layout. We will launch an attack tomorrow night!"
There was no talking all night, and on the evening of the second day, Guo Hao and the soldiers ate their dry food together, waiting for night to fall completely.
Chapter completed!