Chapter 76: Industrial Adjustment

  Mo Yan realized his mistake after returning to Lei Feng Gorge, when he learned that the price of grain in Ailan had risen five or six times. He felt that developing industry was an incorrect decision at first. The civil war in Ailan led to a sharp increase in demand for grain, and now all towns are actively purchasing supplies for the front lines.

  Although there are some fields outside the city of Thunder Bluff, the food they produce cannot meet the demand within the city due to the rapid growth of the population. Normally, Thunder Bluff relies on purchasing food to solve its food problem, but now the price of grain has risen due to the civil war in Eran.

  Let Mo Yan earn gold coins through business, and they all flow back into the hands of Salte Village. Although Mo Yan confirmed at the beginning that hoarding too many gold coins is not conducive to the development of Leiting Cliff, he also does not want the gold coins to flow away like this. Buying high-priced grain not only has no benefit for the reputation of Leiting Cliff, but also wastes money.

  Originally, Mo Yan was going to take advantage of this war and make a fortune. Now, the situation has made the income of Leiting Cliff not lose money, but it will be much less. The production of Dwarf's rifle, the construction of Yulin Bay Port, and the second city that is still in the planning stage are all very expensive.

  If Moyan didn't make enough money in this Elan Civil War, many things that were originally planned would be postponed. Moreover, the shortage of food was also a huge problem. If the Sart people of Elan reacted and found out that the food supply issue was the weakness of Leiting Cliff, they would unite to raise the price of food.

  So even in the long period of time after the war stopped, the development of LeiTing Village would still be stagnant. Fortunately, Mo Yan discovered this problem as soon as he returned to LeiTing Village, which gave him plenty of time to take remedial measures.

  Except for the three months of rainy season, most of the time in Xili Continent is sunny. This allows the planting industry in Xili Continent to produce almost all year round, and farmers mainly consider the problem of land rest, otherwise they would not be so reckless in planting.

  In the continent of Hill, in a year with seventeen months, except for the period from April to July which is the rainy season and cannot be cultivated. From the 16th month to April of the following year, it is divided into days when farmers rest and let the land rest. In the 17th month, which is the end of each year, almost all farmers on the continent of Hill will go to the temple or at home to worship their gods and pray for good luck in the coming year.

  As a result, for almost nine months of the year, it is possible to plant crops. If it were not for the constant presence of monsters that occasionally destroy the fields outside the city, there would be many more people on the continent. The yield from the nine months is enough to feed even more people, and the wheat used on the Hill Continent is different from that on Earth.

  The wheat variety known as Kamut has a shorter growth cycle than the common wheat of the earth. Although the yield is not very high, this is also due to the cultivation problem. If there is a more suitable planting method, the production of Kamut should be higher.

  There are 20,000 earth spirits in the Thunder Bluff, these creatures that are as numerous as cockroaches in the forest, doing the most menial work in the Thunder Bluff. The cleaning of the city and the collection of materials are all done by these earth spirits. Among these 20,000 earth spirit laborers, only 1,500 are responsible for farming.

  With the foolish brain of a land spirit, it's not an easy task to learn farming. Without deliberate cultivation and relying solely on self-study, they were able to develop the original hundreds of farming land spirits into 1,500, which is already a pretty good achievement. And Mo Yan created the curved handle pear after that, but he didn't manage these farming land spirits either.

  Because of the failure to make an internal combustion engine, Mo Yan gave up the idea of using alcohol as a driving force. In Mo Yan's mind, since the internal combustion engine had failed, there was no need for so much grain either. The grain used for brewing could be purchased, and at that time, the price of grain in Erlan was still relatively low.

  "It's too late for regrets now." Outside the Thunder Ridge, in the farmland, Mo Yan looked at the large number of earth spirits that had been gathered and were now opening up the land, saying: "For the time being, let's divert the woodcutting earth spirits to open up the land, striving to increase grain production within two months."

  "But this way the wood production will be greatly reduced." Lirisis, who accompanied Mo Yan to the outskirts of the city, said: "Now the production of weapons requires a lot of wood, and the castle is almost complete. Wood is needed to make furniture and all sorts of necessities, and the city also needs wood as fuel."

  "The castle can be temporarily shut down." Mo Yan thought for a moment and said, "The fuel needed in the city will be replaced with coal, although this will affect the forging, but there is no other way. The problem of food must be solved immediately. Without the guarantee of food, Leiting Cliff can only be a paper tiger. Once the food supply is cut off, it will fall into an extremely passive situation."

  Once the development of an industry becomes unbalanced, it will have to pay a price to adjust later. Now, Lei Ting Village is not yet developed into a big city like An Kude or Yi Hui Cheng. To make adjustments now only requires gritting one's teeth, but once the population reaches tens of thousands, the cost of making adjustments later will be more than just a reduction in production capacity.

  At the same time as arranging a large number of land spirits to open up and cultivate farmland, Mo Yan also temporarily assembled some land spirits from the military units to participate in logging. These land spirits, who were specially trained for battle, were used as laborers during this special period in order to minimize the impact of industrial adjustments.

  While the Grey Dwarf's two hundred plus man volley gun team was also affected by limited production and food prices, only a hundred people got their expected weapons. They can currently only rely on these hundred volley guns to train in specifically designated military camps outside the city.

  As the latest breed of Thunderhold, the existence of Dwarf Gunners is strictly confidential. These Dwarves, mostly members of the Iron Brotherhood, signed a confidentiality contract when joining the gunner corps and swore an oath to their gods not to leak this secret.

  The simple confidentiality agreement made by Rize, although it cannot be bound by the signer like other agreements with special power, can also make the signed agreement appear with special words when it is leaked, so that Mo Yan can know who leaked the secret. Moreover, the gray dwarves do not even know that the contract they signed is not an ordinary magic contract.

  Manufacturing these two hundred confidentiality agreements was something Rye had done by dismantling some of his own magical items. When Rye handed the two hundred agreements to Mo Yan, he smiled and said that if he stayed here for a while longer, he might even have to dismantle his staff.

  Although Mo Yan paid the money to Rietz, this made Mo Yan still a bit embarrassed, and even more hateful towards the pirates who had robbed him of his materials. Once the situation in Ailan stabilized, Mo Yan would definitely go personally to twist off the heads of those pirates! If it weren't for these pirates, Mo Yan wouldn't have almost been able to say that he was supporting a great magician for nothing.

  Although Mo Yan returned from the underground city and found many annoying things, it's not like there haven't been any good things happening recently. Because Saint Fee has started a war with the coup plotters of Eland, the sales of Thunder Cliff's weapons have increased significantly. This allows Thunder Cliff to still have a large amount of gold income after buying food.

  The first large steam engine made by the dwarves has also been put into use in the mines. Using the power of the steam engine to transport minerals, the output of the mine has increased significantly. The laying of tracks and the use of mining carts have eliminated the need for the cave gnomes to carry the collected ore on their backs from underground to the surface.

  Raiton Cliff's third and fourth monster corps are also nearing the end of their training. Training monsters as basic officers is a bold experiment, and from Raiton's report, it can be seen that these monsters can now act according to requirements, distinguish the most basic tactics, and coordinate with commands.

  The success of this attempt will make the construction of the demon legion more convenient. In the future, only a high-intelligence demon needs to be configured, or a human can be used as the commander of the legion, and a considerable combat force can be formed. It is no longer necessary for even the lowest-ranking officers to have high intelligence to take on the role.

  If necessary, Mo Yan can even transfer officers from the First Legion or Second Legion to other newly formed Demon Legions as legion commanders. Thus, the biggest command problem that has been troubling Mo Yan is also well solved.

  However, Mo Yan is not in a hurry to do so now. After all, the current situation in Ailan has no harm to him. Moreover, after the third and fourth legions are trained, Mo Yan plans to send them to the second city first, to clear up the nearby demons for the engineering team that will come later, and to prepare the materials by cutting down trees.

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