These people from the Kingdom of Swadia are not old and weak, women and children, they are all strong men.
Eat less
That is simply impossible!
Counting from today, Dherim's food reserves can only feed everyone for ten days.
This simply made Kant's scalp tingle!
What are you kidding
In this desert oasis, without food and water, people will definitely die!
And the most important point.
The gnoll's counterattack does not know when it will start. The current Dherim is still in a state of crisis, and the food reserves in the fief are insufficient. For Kant, a new lord who has just taken office and is basically poor and white, it can be called torture. , or uninterrupted torture!
"This is really troublesome."
Kant lowered his head and pondered, aware of the seriousness of the problem: "The food problem must be solved first!"
He made up his mind.
At any time, in any world, the food issue is the most important issue, no matter in reality or in games, or in the current strange world.
This is even more so for Kant.
In the current sentry oasis, the people stationed in Dherim need to have a full stomach.
Only when they maintain sufficient physical strength can they withstand the attack of the Wolf man.
After all, it is very difficult to raise a weapon when you are hungry and your whole body is weak, so how will you face the large crowd of wolf men that may appear
Even these Swadian farmers need physical strength to hold a scythe and protect their village!
"Definitely think of a way."
Kant frowned, thinking incessantly.
Reducing food distribution, although it can last more time, but for the current Dherim, it is equivalent to killing the chicken and taking the eggs, killing one thousand enemies and harming eight hundred, he will never do such a stupid thing.
Without strength, it means that you have no ability to resist!
"Let's go to the storage room to have a look." Kant returned to the governing hall.
The militiaman followed behind him.
The corner room on the first floor of the administrative hall is the current storage room, about 30 square meters, and the shelves are full of bread, air-dried meat, and round cabbages.
The smell of food is in the air.
"That's all we have?" Kant frowned, his face a little unhappy.
The militiaman replied: "Yes, my lord, that's all."
Generally speaking, it is not far from what the militia reported. Generally speaking, there should be 500 pieces of bread, 250 pieces of air-dried meat, and 100 pieces of cabbage.
Of course, today's breakfast is also removed, 16 pieces of bread, 5 pieces of air-dried meat and 5 pieces of cabbage.
So it seems that there is a lot of food, which is piled up in the storage room, but for the current 80 adults, three meals a day, and extra meals for soldiers on duty at night, can only last for 10 days.
After all, these Swadians are all strong, middle-aged men!
A large amount of food needs to be supplemented for three meals a day, not to mention that in the future development of the fiefdom, the physical exertion will be even greater, and the requirements for energy intake will definitely be higher.
Therefore, while ensuring the amount of food, we must also increase the variety of food.
"correct."
Kant raised his head slightly, and said to the militiaman, "I remember that there should be a lot of supplies in those three carriages."
This is all prepared by him in the Lion Principality.
Include lots of food.
Although some were consumed when they came to the sentry oasis, and some were taken away by the cavalry who left, there will definitely be surplus, including those specially purchased foods that are resistant to high temperature and storage.
"Also, we checked last night."
The militiaman quickly replied: "It contains bread, bacon, sausage, and a small amount of salt, sugar, and spices."
Kant nodded: "How much is the serving?"
"All together, there should be three days' worth." The militiaman replied.
"What? It's only a 3-day supply?"
Kant was stunned, and he couldn't believe it. The food he bought at that time was a whole carriage!
Because what he considered was not only the food consumption during the desert trek, but also the additional food consumption during the development of the sentry oasis, which can be said to be enough for the previous 30 Swadian farmers to eat for nearly half a month!
"After we checked, we found that it was indeed only three days' worth." The militiamen continued to report truthfully.
But Kant's brows were tightly frowned, just like the word Sichuan.
This was beyond his expectation.
"That's 13 days?" Kant frowned.
The militiaman nodded and said, "Yes."
Thinking about the consumption during the trek, Kant frowned even more. He was sure that he didn't eat much food, but the appearance of those cavalrymen when they left flashed through his mind, and Kant was a little stunned.
"These guys." Kant couldn't help gritting his teeth.
This is definitely revenge!
Those guys are taking revenge on themselves, using them to risk their lives to wipe out the gnoll tribe occupying the sentry oasis!
"You guys really won." Kant stretched out his hands and squeezed the space between his brows, sighing softly in his heart.
But he didn't continue to get angry, it was his fault first.
But thinking about it now, just started the development of the fief, and realized that there is a big gap between reality and ideals, and it is difficult for him to maintain every step, and he doesn't know how many difficulties are waiting for him in the future.
"My lord."
The militiaman opened his mouth and advised, "Let's eat something first, breakfast is ready."
Next to it, a Swadian farmer who was acting as a chef came over, holding a tray in his hand, with a large wooden bowl full of food on it, chopped air-dried meat and chopped cabbage, sprinkled with fine salt and pepper and stewed. into a thick soup.
At the same time, there are two palm-sized pieces of white bread on the tray, which have been toasted with an open fire and have an attractive burnt yellow color.
"Well, breakfast looks good."
Kant took the tray.
Put your worries to the back of your mind beforehand, it's time for breakfast.
The soup is rich, and the stewed air-dried meat and cabbage are delicious with toasted bread.
And throughout the oasis, the smell of food is also spreading.
The farmers in Swadia were also eating bread and thick soup with big mouthfuls, with excited smiles on their faces, discussing in a low voice from time to time, and laughing loudly when they talked about happy things Voice.
This is his fief.
Kant liked the relaxed atmosphere of taking a short break amidst the tension and busyness.
This is the joy of staying away from the Lion Principality, the vortex of power, especially the fact that he has full control over this place, and the right to have everything in his hands makes him even more intoxicated.
No one does not love power, and not everyone is willing to be a hermit.
ambition,
This thing, sometimes everyone has.
"Excellent, delicious food, thanks to the chef for me."
Kant put down the knife and fork with satisfaction on his face.
After breakfast, his brows were slightly opened, and he was in a good mood. He left the governing hall and walked towards the oasis pond outside. He purely admired his fiefdom and divided the land use areas in advance.
"Slap."
But Kant didn't pay attention, he seemed to have stepped on something when he came to the pond.
Before he could lower his head, a dissipated stench appeared in his nostrils. When he looked down, Kant's usually calm face was distorted a bit: "Damn it, this is really disgusting."
Just on his cowhide boots, he stepped on the sticky brown object by the pond.
It's gnoll excrement.
And his slightly distorted face was full of gnashing of hatred. He scanned the surrounding ponds and found at least thirty such mines, which looked like landmines!
The jackals who are still in the primitive tribe don't know what hygiene and epidemic prevention are!
In fact, this primitive creature also seems to be immune to common diseases.
"Made."
Kant cursed secretly, stepped back quickly, and rubbed his feet on the sand to wipe off the disgusting excrement.
But at this moment, a prompt box from the system appeared on the retina.
[Ding...Temporary task release]
[Temporary task: Reorganize the oasis]
[Reward: Flour × 20 bags]
[Introduction: Your fief is located in an oasis, but it is currently polluted by dirty gnolls. Re-clear your oasis for the future.]
system tasks.
Kant was slightly startled, but looking at the introduction on his retina, surprise flashed in his eyes.
Even the nausea from stepping on excrement disappeared a bit.
This is a timely assistance!
In the current sentry oasis, what is most lacking and urgently needed is undoubtedly food.
And now after this temporary task is completed, the reward is exactly the food Kant needs most, and it is 20 bags of flour, which can be baked into bread with water!
Although 20 bags of flour is not much, at least it can add a few days of extra time.
At that time, Kant's choices will be even greater.
Whether it is to return to the Principality of Lions to buy food, or to go deeper into the desert to find a way out, Kant has more time to make a decision, and he does not have to worry about the problem of storing food that will overwhelm his arrangements in a short time.
"Cleaning up the oasis is very simple." Kant had a plan in mind.
In fact, even if there were no system tasks, he would arrange for the Swadian farmers to focus on cleaning up this oasis.
After all, after the Jackal lived, it was really a mess!
"Tree?"
Kant was about to arrange cleanup work for the farmers, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the northern part of the pond, where several Populus euphratica trees were taking root, swaying their branches and leaves with the wind, showing their figure in the early morning sun.
But a tree also appeared in Kant's mind.
Date palms!
The reward for the temporary task of the system, 20 date palms in full fruit!
Kant had completed two missions before, one was to defeat the sneak attacking Gnoll army, and the other was to exterminate the Gnoll tribe, and obtained 20 date palm trees and a desert bandit stronghold respectively.
These are all things that can directly appear in this world, just like the governing hall, which can be realized instantly!
(end of this chapter)