Chapter 18 Food Crisis

The next morning, Yang Yi took Old Blind Eye on a turtle mount and headed for Canyon Village.

Yang Yi and the murloc merchant had just been to Canyon Village yesterday. It would be a bit suspicious if they came back so soon. Others didn't know about the turtle mount yet. To be on the safe side, Yang Yi and the murloc merchant had better not show up.

Yang Yi brought Old Blind Eye, the deputy village chief, along because his specialty of [Negotiation] was very effective for the natives.

After Old Blind Eye left, no one directed the construction of the murloc huts. Fortunately, the village had been building two murloc huts a day for the past seven days.

There were less than 40 murlocs in the village at present. One murloc hut could accommodate five murlocs. The murloc huts built in the village were enough for the murlocs to live in for the time being.

When they reached the coast near Canyon Village, Yang Yi asked Old Blind Eye to go to Canyon Village alone with the coins. Old Blind Eye had the specialty of "Negotiation (B)", so it was easy for him to go to the murloc village alone to buy some small things.

The old blind man was led by the murlocs in the Canyon Village to the Murloc Village, while Yang Yi rode a turtle mount to check nearby.

The merchants in the Canyon Village not only sold alchemical potions but also copper ore for sale. It seems that copper mines have been discovered.

Copper ore is an important material for the development of the village. As the village continues to develop, these things will be needed sooner or later.

Copper ore is not like stone and wood, which are on the surface. If the location of the copper ore is not found, the Thorntooth Village can only stare blankly even if it has more manpower and tools.

Yang Yi looked back and forth along the coastline twice and did not find the existence of the mine. At this time, the old blind man had already walked out of the Canyon Murloc Village, followed by a strange murloc holding a bunch of tools.

Yang Yi used skills to check the attribute information of the strange murloc.

[Name]: Murloc Peon

[Qualification]: F

[Level]: Level 1 Quarryman

[Race]: Mixed Murloc

[Gender]: Female

[Ability]: Life (Quarrying 2/10)

It turned out to be the quarryman Yang Yi was looking for!

"Lord, this fishman is a level 1 quarryman and a slave. I bought him." Old Blind Eye said excitedly.

"Bought him? How much did it cost?" Yang Yi asked. Old Blind Eye only brought less than 12 coins to the Canyon Village. After deducting the things he bought, there should not be much left.

"I exchanged him for the [High-quality Heavy Sword]." Old Blind Eye explained.

Yang Yi then noticed that Old Blind Eye's own weapon was missing: "Well done, I will give you this [High-quality Heavy Sword]."

Murlocs with expertise are useful. Old Blind Eye's expertise in negotiation brought Yang Yi an unexpected surprise and solved the problem he was worried about.

Old Blind Eye was obviously still concerned about the lack of quarrymen in Ratchet Village after entering the Canyon Village. In addition, his expertise in negotiation played a role among the natives, so he had the opportunity to exchange his weapon for this fishman slave.

Yang Yi handed his sword to Old Blind Eye.

Old Blind Eye is willing to worry about and sacrifice for the Thorn Tooth Village, so as the boss, Yang Yi naturally cannot let him suffer.

"Thank you, Lord!" Old Blind Eye is not a man who would refuse openly or secretly, and he happily took over Yang Yi's heavy sword.

Yang Yi asked the fishman slave: "Are you willing to join our Thorn Tooth Village?"

"..."

The fishman slave did not answer, he looked at Old Blind Eye.

In a primitive and backward society like the Fishman Village, it is very common to have slaves and slave owners. The fishman slave has no chance to express his wishes, and he has to listen to the arrangement of the master completely.

Now the master of this fishman slave is Old Blind Eye.

"From now on, our Lord is your master." Old Blind Eye said to the fishman slave.

"I, am willing."

The fishman slave said weakly, sounding like he didn't like or object to joining the Thorn Tooth Village.

"Okay, let's go back and talk about it."

After returning to the Thorn Tooth Village, Yang Yi asked Old Blind Eye to arrange the quarrying, and the rest of the things to do was to wait patiently.

That evening, the old blind man found Yang Yi, and there was a food supply crisis in the fishman village.

The old blind man explained to Yang Yi in detail that there were 41 fishmen in the ratchet village, 10 of whom were arranged to quarry, 7 to cut wood, 5 fishmen hunters (one more was recruited the day before yesterday) to explore the sea area near the ratchet village, 3 combat professionals were not responsible for production, and 1 fishman with herbal skills was arranged to collect thorn algae.

In this way, there were only 15 fishmen left, that is, these 15 fishmen were responsible for the food of 41 fishmen. In the current situation of low productivity in the ratchet village, where food depends entirely on collecting wild animals and plants, it is an impossible task.

"What can I do? There is no food and no money." Yang Yi realized how much pressure it was for the ratchet village to let the old blind man transfer 10 fishmen to quarry.

However, Yang Yi was not sure whether the 10 murlocs could collect enough stone materials to build the murloc nursery pond within ten days. If the mission failed because of insufficient murlocs, it would be too late to regret. The lottery system was the key to the rapid development of Ratchet Village.

"We have almost explored the sea area near Ratchet Village, and found a lot of edible seaweed. Leave one of the five murloc hunters to explore the periphery slowly, and ask him to pay more attention to the movements of the lobster people. Send the other four murloc hunters to collect food."

"Send more murlocs to collect seaweed instead of fishing. Once enough stones are collected and the nursery pond is built, the number of murlocs who collect stones can be reduced."

"Well, reduce two more lumberjacks and send them to collect seaweed."

Yang Yi made arrangements while thinking. He decided to ensure the construction of the murloc nursery pond to the maximum extent, but the food in the murloc village will become worse in the future.

This can only be a temporary solution. In the long run, it will affect the morale of the murlocs.

As indigenous people, murlocs have many things to pay attention to, or there are many hidden attributes that even Yang Yi's Lord's Eye cannot see.

For example, Brack, a murloc beach walker, is definitely more efficient than ordinary murlocs in logging, but the consequence is that hidden attributes such as morale are reduced; for example, there seems to be no difference between sleeping in a murloc hut with ventilation on all sides and sleeping on the ground, but it is very different for murlocs.

The problem of food is the biggest obstacle to the development and growth of all murloc villages near the commercial coast. In many murloc villages, almost all the murlocs in the village have to go out to find food every day.

Like the murloc laborers who are paid as level 1 builders in the ratchet village, skilled murlocs like these used to have to go to the beach to find food, which is why they were attacked by lobstermen.

There are also many murloc villages that exile old and young murlocs due to food pressure, leaving them to fend for themselves.

It is necessary to solve the food problem of the murloc village as soon as possible, and to start growing seaweed as soon as possible. Even if you try to cultivate it, you should try it early. After all, only a stable food source is the most powerful guarantee for the development of the village.

Yang Yi once asked the old blind merman to collect seaweed "seeds" and shells. During this period of time, the murlocs who went to the sea to collect seaweed and several murloc hunters collected a lot of seaweed spores and shells. It is time to start trying to grow seaweed. .