Chapter 182: Fishman Farmer

After listening to Yang Yi's idea, Slark remained silent and said nothing. He neither agreed nor disagreed with Yang Yi's idea. For humans, Yang Yi's idea is normal, but for Slark, a fishman, this is the first time he has heard of it.

Where have you heard that adult fishmen of the fishman tribe have to teach young fishmen and fishmen? Which fishman is not born and raised, relying on his own struggle to grow up?

After listening to this, Scola was not confused. For a fishman, it was good that he was not shocked after hearing this.

"Lord, there are too many underage fishmen in the town, and most of the adult fishmen have things to do. I'm afraid they can't be managed. Moreover, there are no suitable fishmen in the town to manage these underage fishmen. More importantly, the food supply cannot be met. The population in the town is increasing rapidly, and the young fishmen are growing very fast. Now the food harvested in the town every month can only guarantee the food for the fishmen in the town." Scola was silent for a while and then said the part he was worried about.

At present, there are more than 3,000 adult murlocs in Ratchet Town, while the number of underage murlocs is almost twice that of adult murlocs.

The current situation in Ratchet Town is that the proportion of adult murlocs is low. Among the more than 3,000 adult murlocs, combat murlocs and various murlocs living professions must be deducted, and there are not many remaining murlocs. Then the main task of these remaining murlocs is to go out to find food to fill the food gap in Ratchet Village, so the manpower is even more tight, not to mention the selection of suitable adult murlocs.

So Slark is right to worry. Ratchet Town really lacks adult murlocs who are free and capable of doing this job. If they are all like the female murloc with a broken arm that Yang Yi met in the sea today, with an adult murloc leading a dozen underage murlocs, it is not only difficult to manage, but also difficult to ensure that every adult murloc will be dedicated and responsible.

There is also the problem of food supply. There are more and more murlocs in the town, and the appetite of the little murlocs grows rapidly after they grow up. It is not easy for the town to fill the stomachs of so many murlocs. Nowadays, the fishmen living in the bay outside the town mainly rely on themselves to find food. If they are centrally managed and uniformly supplied with food, it will be a big challenge to supply food.

Food is always the biggest problem of the fishmen, and it is also the main reason why the population of Ratchet Town cannot increase rapidly.

"So, this lord has an idea. Let's try it in the town first. We can find an area in Ratchet Village and lock all the fishmen in it, so that it is easier to manage." Yang Yi said.

"Lock up the fishmen and manage them? The same method as managing slaves?" Slark was puzzled.

"Not like treating slaves, just arrange the fishmen together, require them to eat and sleep together, and no other restrictions are imposed."

"Just eat and sleep together? That's it?"

"Yes, that's it. You can't go wrong if you listen to this lord."

Yang Yi vowed, because he partially copied the management method in the real world. Will this be called a fishman nursery in the future? Or a fishman orphanage?

Yang Yi's idea is to use this method to let the fishmen learn to be punctual and abide by the rules and cultivate a collective spirit.

It is not easy for the fishmen to be punctual and abide by the rules, so Yang Yi only asked the fishmen to eat and sleep together at the beginning. If the plan goes smoothly, the fishmen can continue to study and train together in the future.

Since Yang Yi has made the decision, Slark will do it.

After understanding Yang Yi's idea, Slark went to find a fishman who can do this job and rearranged the fishman huts in the ratchet village.

If you want to rebuild a fishman hut that can accommodate so many fishmen, it will not be completed in a short time. Fortunately, except for a small number of fishman huts in the ratchet village that are awarded to elite fishmen, most of them belong to the ratchet village. So there is no need to rebuild a fishman hut, just mark out a large area and let the fishmen who originally lived there move to another location.

As for the fishman seedlings living in the sea, because they all live in the sea and have not developed wisdom, it is even more difficult to manage them, so we can only wait and see.

After the matter was decided, Yang Yi asked Slark to deal with it.

Now, as the head of a town, Yang Yi cannot and does not need to do everything himself. He has handed over many things to his subordinates. Of course, one of the important reasons is that Yang Yi finds it troublesome.

"I heard that 'ruling by doing nothing' is the highest level of management. So being a 'hands-off shopkeeper' is also the ultimate goal of this lord, haha." Yang Yi found a good excuse for several people.

Unfortunately, it is not easy for Yang Yi to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and soon new things came to him.

There is a problem with the red-spotted mushrooms planted in Thorn Tooth Village.

The place where Thorn Tooth Village grows mushrooms was arranged by Yang Yi under the cliff of the Thorn Ridge Highland in the northwest. It was originally a large gravel pit full of weeds and shrubs.

Later, in order to grow mushrooms, Yang Yi asked the wild boars to plant thorn vines in the gravel pit first. The vitality of the thorn vines is extremely strong. After a few months, it has become a small-scale thorn vine forest.

Yang Yi brought along those little murlocs with leadership skills, and they came to the thorny vine forest in the northwest. Several murlocs brought him some mushrooms to look at.

The mushrooms in the murlocs' hands were only the size of a thumb, and some of the mushroom caps had not yet opened. If you didn't pay attention, you would think they were some grass roots.

If all the mushrooms planted this time were like this, then the harvest would be at least halved.

"These are the red-spotted mushrooms harvested this time? The red-spotted mushrooms were not grown well last time, so why did they become like this this time?" Yang Yi asked.

The mushrooms in Ratchet Village have actually been harvested once before. Yang Yi used red-spotted mushrooms and poison-cap mushrooms to trick the Kokar centaur. It was just that it was the first time Ratchet Village tried to grow mushrooms. At that time, the Thorn Vine Forest was not big enough and there were not many mushrooms grown in the experiment, so there were very few mushrooms produced.

This time Ratchet Village expanded its mushroom cultivation, but something went wrong for some unknown reason.

"Mayor, I don't know." The fishman peon held the mushroom and shook his head.

"Before the wild boar steel-maned geomancer left, were you not taught how to deal with this situation?" Yang Yi asked.

In order to grow mushrooms, Yang Yi made a deal with Tu Ya, the wild boar man, and exchanged some food and alchemy potions for the wild boar man to teach the murlocs to grow mushrooms.

Previously, the wild boar tusk sent several steel-bristle wild boars who knew how to grow mushrooms to teach the fishmen how to grow mushrooms. One of the steel-bristle geomancers was the main person in charge of teaching mushrooms to the fishmen. He could be regarded as a teacher. The technical person in charge of mushroom cultivation by fishmen.

Later, the mushrooms in Ratchet Village were harvested, and the wild boars left.

"The wild boar people don't know how to deal with it." Hearing Yang Yi's question, the murloc peons shook their heads.

"The Wild Boars have been growing red-spotted mushrooms, but they can't deal with problems like this?" Yang Yi didn't understand.

"The wild boar people said that if the planting is not good, just change the place and plant bigger." A fishman slave replied,

"Damn, this is indeed a good idea from the wild boar people." Yang Yi was furious. He had only invited these steel-whispered wild boar people in exchange for food and alchemy potions. As a result, no technical personnel were invited. If a problem occurred, all they would do was move to another place and try again. This is no way to solve the problem.

Speaking of which, although the society of the steel-bristle boars is stronger than that of the murlocs, they are only a semi-civilized race like the murlocs. Therefore, the method of growing mushrooms by the Wild Boars is also very extensive. Their methods of growing mushrooms are all based on words and deeds, word of mouth, and experience.

What the Steelmane Wild Boars can teach the Murlocs is how to collect mushroom spores, what conditions are suitable for planting, etc. Of course, these seemingly simple things require the accumulation of a lot of experience. The same is true for growing mushrooms. Whether you have experience or not has a huge impact on the yield.

In fact, the steel-bristle geomancer said this for a reason. For the wild boars, instead of trying to solve the problem, it would be better to plant in another place. After all, thinking is not the strong point of the pig head on the neck of the wild boar. Anyway, the thorn jungle they live in is so big that there is plenty of space.

However, Ratchet Village currently only has a small forest of thorns and vines. This forest of thorns and vines still needs time to grow, and it is impossible to change the place.

Yang Yi held himself back and did not get angry. He then asked: "There are thorns and vines in this area of ​​Ratchet Village. When the steel-maned wild boars encounter this situation, do they have no other option but to change places?"

"The wild boar also said that if it's hard to grow mushrooms, just plant something else and try mushrooms in a few years." The fishman peon replied. This was the experience of the wild boar that the steel-maned geomancer had said.

"Yes, if you fail to grow red-spotted mushrooms, then you can plant something else. As long as it is edible, you can plant anything. What other things do you think would be suitable?"

Several murloc peons looked at each other, but no murloc seemed to remember what the steel-maned geomancer said about what they could plant, until one murloc peon bravely spoke up: "Maybe... red-leaf potatoes ? It seems to be called that."

Yang Yi looked at the fishman who spoke. This fishman was still holding the failed mushroom in his hand. Yang Yi's question just now was mainly answered by this fishman, and his expressive ability was pretty good.

Yang Yi took a look at the attributes of this fish man.

[Name]: Murloc hard worker

[Qualification]: E

[Level]: Level 3 Murloc

[Race]: Miscellaneous fish people

[Gender]: Male

[Ability]: Knowledge (Plant 6/10)

[Expertise]: Diligence

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Knowledge abilities can be learned in school. Smarter fishmen can learn a wide range of knowledge such as natural knowledge and ocean knowledge. Some not so smart people can also learn plant knowledge, fish knowledge, algae knowledge, etc. and other small branch knowledge.

Yang Yi nodded slightly after reading the attributes of this fish-man. Being able to learn plant knowledge shows that this fish-man's head can still be used. In particular, this fishman has the specialty of "hardworking". The fishmen are mainly lazy and lazy. It is really rare to have such a hardworking specialty, although this fishman only has E-level qualifications.

Yang Yi then made a decision. He said to the fishman: "Then plant red-leaf potatoes instead. You will be responsible for this matter. If you need to find a wild boar man or need any other help, you can ask this little fishman. , she will try to help you."

Yang Yi pointed at the little fish-man behind him who had clever skills. She was the little fish-man Empty Wine Barrel who was designated by Yang Yi yesterday as the leader of these little fish-men with leadership abilities.

"Yes, Mayor, I will definitely work hard." The little fishman promised with his empty wine barrel and his big round head.

"I, I, I'm responsible?! Mayor, I don't understand..." When the fishman peon heard that he was responsible for planting red-leaf potatoes, he was so frightened that the mushrooms in his hands fell to the ground.

"What are you afraid of? If you don't understand, just learn slowly. There is always a first time. If you plant well, I will give you a name in the future." Yang Yi put on the posture of a leader and patted the fishman laborer on the shoulder.

"Walalalalal (excited and shouting), name it, I'm responsible, I'm responsible."

Hearing that the mayor might reward him with a name in the future, the fishman laborer screamed excitedly, and all other worries were thrown out of his mind, and he immediately agreed. .

In this way, Yang Yi handed the planting of red leaf potatoes to this fishman laborer.

After dealing with wild boars for so long, Yang Yi still has some understanding of red leaf potatoes.

The wild boars have several main sources of food. In addition to hunting and robbing, they also raise wild boars and coyotes to provide meat, but those are not the main sources of food.

There are several main types of food for wild boars. In addition to hunting and robbing, wild boars often eat fungi such as red spotted mushrooms grown in thorny jungles. In addition, the red leaf potatoes grown by wild boars themselves are also their main rations. Sometimes when the harvest is poor or they don't get enough food, the wild boars will even eat ragweed on the roadside. However, the wild boars' tough stomachs still can't effectively digest ragweed, so eating ragweed can only temporarily relieve hunger. Many wild boars have bloated stomachs after eating ragweed, and they can't defecate, and finally suffocate to death.

The difference between the two is that the planting requirements of red-spotted mushrooms are relatively simple, but they depend on the weather. Sometimes when the climate is right, a lot of wild red-spotted mushrooms will grow naturally in the thorny jungle, but sometimes there is no harvest.

The planting of red leaf potatoes is different from that of red-spotted mushrooms. It requires a special crypt and people who know the planting technology to take care of it, and it takes more effort.

So in the wild boars' thorny jungle, red-spotted mushrooms are planted everywhere, and red leaf potatoes are planted in crypts.

Red leaf potatoes are planted in crypts, and red leaf mushrooms are planted on the ground. There is no contradiction between the two.

Yang Yi decided to plant both crops in the thorny vines. Anyway, whether the crops are good or bad, the fishmen in the town can gain some experience. Maybe he can also find out the reason why the red-spotted mushrooms are not growing well.

"I don't believe that fishmen can't grow something on land. It's so difficult to train a fishman farmer." Yang Yi was stubborn.

At present, the fishmen in Thorn Village have only successfully planted one kind of land plant, that is, ragweed planted in the fields. Other farmers regard this kind of ragweed as a weed that invades the fields and it is too late to deal with it. It is obviously not a regular crop. The seaweed and clams farmed in the bay do not need to be taken care of by fishmen farmers. Basically, they grow naturally.

So until now, the number of fishmen farmers in Thorn Village is still zero, which makes Yang Yi feel uneasy. .