"Send 800 back? Then there will only be 3,000 people left here in Longyou?"
Seeing Qiu Peng’s confusion, Xia Chuan slightly shook his head, "That’s enough. Long Mountain and Zhaoyang won’t attack in the short term. Even if they fully commit to attacking, whether these 800 are here or not doesn’t really matter."
Xia Chuan took out a map of Longyou, examined it for a mont, then continued, "The Beehive is located in the southeast corner of Longyou, with Hanqiong to the north, Wushuang to the northwest, and Yang Lu to the west, which is currently a dead land due to the previous Dewdrop Plague incident; I suspect no one would dare go there, so it serves as a natural barrier.
We don’t need to station troops in the Beehive; we can focus all 3,000 people on guarding positions at Wushuang and Hanqiong. Both Wushuang and Hanqiong have branches of Long Mountain running through them. In tis of peace, these people can be organized to hunt in the mountains, and the hunted animals can be transported back to Xia City through the Beehive to solve the beast at shortage there..."
Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng, with their eyes set on the current predicant of Great Xia, kept actively pondering and discussing ways to improve. As they walked and talked, they unknowingly reached the top-floor hall of the main building.
As they were about to finalize their decision, Qiu Peng was ready to leave and head back to Xia City, but when he looked up, he found Xia Hong sitting at the top of the hall.
"Greetings, Leader!"
Xia Chuan didn’t expect Xia Hong, who had said he would go into seclusion for cultivation just this morning, to co out so quickly and imdiately bowed in salute.
"Now you find out the manpower is insufficient, right?"
Xia Hong looked at the two of them, a slight smile on his face.
He had heard most of their discussions just now, and he was, of course, pleased that they spotted the biggest challenge faced by Great Xia so promptly.
Upon hearing Xia Hong’s teasing, the two lowered their heads slightly, showing a trace of awkwardness.
"It’s not too big a problem. Xia Chuan is correct; Long Mountain and Zhaoyang won’t attack in the short term. There’s plenty of ti for you to resolve the shortage of beast at and the lack of manpower in the Earth-digging Realm!"
Xia Chuan realized that everything he had just said had been heard by Xia Hong, so he promptly said, "Leader, do you think my idea is feasible?"
"Of course, it’s feasible. I even think 800 is a bit too few; with this round of population growth, Great Xia’s total population will exceed 100,000. The daily beast at required by 100,000 people is massive, which can’t be t by only a thousand or so hunters in the Earth-digging Realm. Let’s do this: send another 1,000 back, leaving 2,000 in Longyou—sufficient!"
Seeing Xia Hong issue an order directly, although Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng looked hesitant, they still nodded without objection.
"Have Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Zhao Hu, and Zhao Bao lead 1,000 Earth-digging Realm hunters to guard Gourd Valley, while the rest, and another 1,000 Earth-digging Realm, will stay here at Wushuang. We also need to send people to inventory all the iron mines, coal mines, and various other special resources within Hanqiong, Wushuang, and Beehive territories, along with all supplies stored in their camps; except for the portion needed, the rest can be gradually moved back to Xia City.
Enhancing camp strength isn’t solely about cultivation; other aspects matter as well!"
Enhancing camp strength isn’t solely about cultivation.
Other aspects matter as well.
Repeating Xia Hong’s words in their minds, Xia Chuan and Qiu Peng were suddenly jolted, as if enlightened, their eyes brightened instantly.
Exactly!
The number of people in the Earth-digging Realm is undoubtedly the foundation for camp strength, but other aspects are also crucial—like weapons, armor, infrastructure, and even morale...
"Leader, I understand!"
"Leader, Minister, I’ll go back to Xia City right now."
Qiu Peng’s quick comprehension was apparent. He eagerly bid farewell to the two. After Xia Hong nodded, he promptly turned and left the hall, heading to Xia City.
"After you advanced to the Cold Resistance Level, how strong are you?"
As soon as Qiu Peng left, Xia Hong asked Xia Chuan.
"Six manes."
"Has it not increased much, I assu?"
Xia Chuan was montarily stunned, then nodded, "Interdiate beast at has very little effect on now, and the boost from sunlight during the day is quite small, so there really hasn’t been much change."
After answering, he saw Xia Hong smiling as he took out a wooden box, and Xia Chuan faintly guessed sothing, his expression imdiately showing excitent.
Xia Hong opened the wooden box, inside were thirty drops of Cold Apple Jade Dew, obtained after he killed Wu Xiong, who was controlled by the Deceitful Monster.
"I’ve got the formula for Boiling Jade Bone, and the herbs gathered from Wu Shuang and Han Qiong are completely sufficient; you prepare so coal stone and other herbs, and try Boiling Jade Bone here in Wushuang, so you can experience how the Cold Resistance Level is cultivated."
"Okay, elder brother, but..."
Xia Chuan spoke excitedly, but quickly realized sothing, frowned, and continued, "Elder brother, but we don’t have Jade Bone on hand!"
Jade Bone refers to the bones of Advanced Cold Beasts.
Xia Hong had been dealing with various camps in Longyou all this ti, so he certainly hadn’t had the chance to hunt Advanced Cold Beasts, nor had the others.
"Just prepare it, and soon soone will bring it to us!"
Upon hearing his words, Xia Chuan thought of sothing, and the initially furrowed brows imdiately relaxed, a smile gradually erged on his face, and he turned to leave, starting to make arrangents.
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