Starting Today, I'll Work as a City Lord

Of course, the wheat harvested and stored by the commoners is not counted in it, that is to say, Enli is calculated based on the consumption of the commoners in the city.

This is also a safe calculation method. If civilians eat up all the wheat stored at home, they will go to the big market to buy wheat. This variable must be calculated because they don’t know how much wheat each household has stored.

"Avery, what's the situation in Blade's Edge City?"

Liu Feng looked at Lang Erniang with black eyes, he decided on the population, next year 1000 more people will open up wasteland, and the food grown can at least feed tens of thousands of people.

In this era, population is the greatest resource. Of course, this is for Liu Feng. Too much population is a burden for other nobles, because the production of food crops cannot increase...plus the usual greed and extravagance of nobles Most of the lowly civilians will starve to death.

No matter where it is, the people below are the most miserable. They are either starved to death, or forced to work for others, or involved in wars.

But Liu Feng doesn't have this worry now. The food in his territory is enough to feed 2 to [-] people.

If 1000 new slaves are added, by the beginning of next spring, the value created for him will be several times more than investing in some wheat porridge in winter.

Moreover, as long as he insists on planting the rice, improved wheat seeds, and potatoes he brought from the earth next year, then Liu Feng can fully afford another 10 people.

This era is really sparsely populated, and people stay around the city, like a place farther away, completely deserted, even if that area is full of fertile land, but no one has the spirit of pioneering.

Of course, it also has a lot to do with the fact that there are more wild animals in this era. For example, the places a little further away from Xiyang City are all wasteland. Liu Feng will open up wasteland next year, and all of this will require a lot of people.

"You, you want those slaves?" Avery's orange eyes lit up a little.

"Why not?" Liu Feng said with a slight smile, with the corners of his mouth raised, "Many wastelands outside Xiyang City are short of people to grow wheat."

"This..." Avery turned her head to look at Enli, and after getting a nod of agreement, she immediately began to talk about what she had seen and heard about Blade's Edge City, especially about Diss, the former prince of the Karutu orc kingdom.

"Oh?" Liu Feng raised his eyebrows, looked at An Li, and asked in doubt, "That Diss has a bad relationship with you?"

"Not good, it can be said to be very bad." An Li spread her hands and said helplessly, "That disgusting guy, Diss, has been peeping at my father's throne. Some of the things that have caused him to go to the gallows long ago."

"That's good!" There was a sneer on the corner of Liu Feng's mouth. According to Avery, he guessed that Diss had also been operating in Blade City for at least two years, and now he has even controlled the Lord of Blade City.

In Liu Feng's view, devil fruit is some kind of addictive drug, similar to opium. He didn't expect that in this era, people have been infected with this "demon of desire".

Liu Feng took out a roll of maps from the drawer, spread it out, waved to Avery, and said, "Tell me the location of Blade's Edge City."

"Yes!" Avery immediately got up and went to the desk to watch carefully.

The moment she saw the map, Avery was stunned. This map is too detailed. The mountains, rivers and roads in the area around Xiyang City are all marked, just like the small hill where she was hiding, you can also see it on the map arrive.

This map, but Liu Feng asked Niu Da's patrolling soldiers to record it, and the approximate distances are marked. Liu Feng plans to make a sand table model in the future.

"Here, roughly this area." Avery gestured on the map.

"Okay!" Liu Feng nodded. The place Avery pointed to was a general direction, and it hadn't been carefully marked on the map, which also showed that Xiyang City and Blade's Edge City hadn't been in contact yet.

"The geographical location of Blade's Edge City is quite a distance from the Youshui River." Liu Feng propped his chin and said slowly, "The first half of the journey can be done by boat, but the second half has to be walked."

"This journey will take about one day." Avery said, "Including the time by boat, it will take two days."

"The question now is how to deal with Diss' pursuers."

Liu Feng tilted his head and thought about it, Blade's Edge City would definitely not let him take slaves for nothing, if the movement of 1000 slaves, Blade's Edge City would definitely find out if it wasn't an idiot.

Chapter 0253 to put on a show.

Take away the slaves. If Blade's Edge City came out to pursue them, there would be no other way but to send soldiers to stop them.

But now Liu Feng is a little embarrassed, that is, there is not enough troops. If it is a local battle, there is no problem, and logistics alone can drag the opponent to death.

After all, the new recruits have not been recruited for a long time, and they are all in training. Many of the recruits are weak and have no discipline at all. They die quickly on the battlefield. Even if they win against the orc knights, they will only win miserably.

Originally, there were about a hundred veterans in Xiyang City, but 25 were transferred to the Security Department, and there were about [-] left. Even if they were equipped with powerful weapons, they would be able to fight against the [-] well-equipped orc knights of Diss. , even if he wins, there will be no one out of ten, which is not what he wants.

The orc knights were not Baron Omar's horse thieves and miscellaneous soldiers. They were indeed defeated by Liu Feng's team.

The most important thing is that they are the passive side, not the active offensive side. The 1000 slaves are the key point. As long as Diss is not a fool, he will definitely slow down the progress of the slaves. The person who will die at that time will be Liu Feng They are gone.

If it was two months later, the recruits would have started to get started, and Liu Feng would dare to send someone to block the gate of Blade's Edge City.

Then the loss of military power is too great, so we can only rely on outsmart. Liu Feng vetoes some ideas from time to time in his mind. The development time of Xiyang City is still too short, and many coercive methods are restricted.

"I can go and distract them."

Avery suddenly said, now that the princess has been found, she also wants to help the slave orcs as much as possible.

Liu Feng's black eyes flickered, then he shook his head and said, "It's useless, you alone can't distract many people."

"..." Avery was at a loss for words. It was a fact. There were only about twenty orc knights who came to chase her before. Compared with the number of orc knights owned by Diss, it was really too small.

"By the way, Diss is planning to kidnap noble children, can we spread the news?" Avery's orange eyes lit up.

"It doesn't work. According to what you said, it will take many days for those nobles to react after receiving the news. I'm afraid those slaves won't last that long." Liu Feng vetoed again.

"Yes!" Avery scratched her cheek, turned her head to look at An Li, she really wasn't fit to use her brain.

"Master, can you use the treasure map as a bait?" An Li blinked her brown eyes and said softly, "As long as the bait is big enough, Diss will definitely send many orc knights."

"Go on!" Liu Feng raised his eyebrows. If he used the treasure map to lure him, Diss could indeed send out most of the knights.

"Uh..." An Li smiled mischievously, blinking her brown eyes and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"..." Several people were silent.

"Avery, hasn't the orc knight sent by Diss been chasing you?"

Liu Feng quickly thought of an idea, turned to Avery and asked, "Are you sure they are near Xiyang City now?"