Chapter 384: Census Results

Besides the establishment of the enclosures, the entire camp was becoming increasingly standardized.

Detached stone houses that could be lived in for a long time had been built, standing alongside high guard posts outside the enclosures.

The number of people in the camp had increased to nearly three hundred.

This was because more and more Ice-Born mages within the tribe began to bind their own holy objects and concurrently cultivate the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing."

And the holy objects they bound were naturally, without exception, planted in the domain opened up by Yujia Te Xila.

This meant that this forest was becoming increasingly important to the Enduring Zhenbing tribe.

In the foreseeable future, the number of Holy Tree guards would only continue to increase.

This occupied the precious Ice-Born mage resources of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe.

Letting mages be forest guards was actually a huge waste of "resources," quite like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

But it had to be done.

After all, holy objects were too critical for mages cultivating the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing"; they couldn't not guard them.

But now, the solution was already placed before them.

As long as Yujia Te Xila's enlightenment ability could be fully utilized, the forest guarding task could be completely taken over by the tree people race.

"Lady Fuluola, please direct the tree planting first. As for these magic tree seeds, I will take them back first for the mages in the tribe to bind." Thinking this, Gao De discussed softly with Fuluola.

"Leave it to Lady Fuluola." Fuluola puffed out her chest and said.

Planting trees had always been the thing she liked to do most, and there was no need for Gao De to spend effort "coaxing" her.

Gao De took out the ordinary tree seeds and handed them all to Fuluola. As for the magic tree seeds, he would take them back to Phoenix.

Besides tree seeds, what Gao De brought back to the Northern Realm this time were twenty bottles of 【Rapid Excavation】 spell potions that had already been concocted.

Using these twenty bottles of spell potions, the Northern Realm could gain twenty mages who mastered 【Rapid Excavation】 within half a year.

In the upcoming Phoenix expansion plan and even the Valar Mountain tunnel construction plan, they would play a huge role.

Gao De didn't linger in Valar Bay and immediately rode a snow wolf to rush to Phoenix.

Compared to three months ago, the simple path between Valar Bay and Phoenix had expanded a bit more.

This was because the connection between the two places was becoming more frequent, and the expansion was carried out according to demand.

However, for the time Gao De needed to travel between the two places, there wasn't actually much change.

To truly shorten the travel time between the two places, the most important thing was to dig through Valar Mountain, avoiding the journey of going up and down the mountain.

A day and a half later, Gao De was already sitting in his office in the Phoenix City Hall, looking at the reports that had been prepared for him to review.

The report was about the census.

Before leaving the Northern Realm last time, Gao De authorized Su Su Su Nai Fa to organize and carry out the "First Census of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe."

Although limited by the conditions of the Northern Realm, the efficiency of the census was relatively low.

But the total population of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe was only over 500,000, so the workload was not large.

Plus, under the War Mother system of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, the cooperation of tribe members for the census was surprisingly high, and there would be no such thing as "stubborn people."

So actually, before the new year, the first census had already been successfully completed.

According to Gao De's requirements, during the census, a comprehensive investigation and registration of the existing population of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe would be carried out household by household and person by person, including how many households there were, how many people in each household, what gender, specific age, etc.

And the two report documents on the table were the final census results.

One was the census report of the indigenous people of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, and one was the summary of the population of other small and medium-sized tribes in the Northern Realm that had joined Phoenix in the past six months.

Gao De unfolded the Enduring Zhenbing tribe census report with great interest and browsed it seriously:

【Number of Households】: 125,003 households

【Total Population】: 523,456 people

【Gender Ratio】: Male population 268,732; Female population 254,724

Males slightly outnumber females... Under the survival mode of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, which is similar to a primitive tribe, males with stronger physical strength and power have innate advantages.

So even under the War Mother system, the male population of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe is slightly higher than the female population.

This just shows that demand determines everything.

【Age Distribution】:

0-12 years old: 99,456 people;

13-40 years old: 329,777 people;

41-60 years old: 78,518 people;

61 years old and above: 15,703 people (including 10,245 Ice-Born mages);

The age distribution also met Gao De's expectations.

Under the harsh conditions of the Northern Realm, most people simply couldn't live to the expected lifespan of 75 years.

Therefore, the proportion of elderly people in the population was extremely low, less than three percent.

This was data obtained only because the Enduring Zhenbing tribe had 20,000 Ice-Born mages.

The lifespan of an apprentice mage is the same as that of an ordinary person, which is 75 years.

A first-circle mage's lifespan will skyrocket to 150 years, a second-circle mage's lifespan is 225 years, a third-circle mage's is 375 years, and a fourth-circle mage's lifespan is as high as 600 years.

Excluding Ice-Born mages, the number of ordinary tribe members in the entire Enduring Zhenbing tribe who could live to over sixty was actually only 5,458.

Of course, for the Northern Realm, which is developing at high speed, such an age distribution is actually a good thing.

This means that the labor force is sufficient and the population potential is high.

However, Gao De still focused on circling the age distribution.

"We must let more than 95% of the tribe members live past sixty." Gao De raised his head and said softly to Su Su Su Nai Fa, who was standing silently on the side.

Development is not for his own development; it is to let everyone live a good life.

"With Northwest Barley No. 1, tribe members no longer need to go out hunting in the wind and snow for food, and they will not suffer from hunger; this is a foreseeable thing." Su Su Su Nai Fa said.

Why do Northern Realm people often not live past sixty?

One is because going out hunting is an extremely dangerous thing, and getting injured or unfortunately dying in the process is a common occurrence.

The second is the lack of food, plus a famine year that occurs every three or four years; when necessary, food can only be prioritized for the labor force in the tribe, followed by children, and finally the elderly.

It can be said that many elderly people starved to death.

The appearance of Northwest Barley No. 1 made these two things disappear from history at the same time.

With the strength of the Northern Realm people's own physique, as long as there is sufficient food, let alone living past sixty, even living to seventy is not a difficult thing.

"The other thing is that the proportion of children in the tribe is so high, so education is the top priority, and the expansion and development priority of the Ministry of Education should be raised to the highest." Gao De pointed to the line of 0-12 years old with his finger and emphasized.

"My King, the construction of schools is not a big problem; the biggest difficulty is teachers." Su Su Su Nai Fa's dark blue pupils flashed with helplessness.

This is the hard injury of the Northern Realm.

Just in the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, there are nearly 100,000 school-age children.

But the number of teachers is less than fifty.

The gap in teachers is really too big, making Gao De feel a headache looking at it.

Even if all the monks in the Haiyin Ronggu Yuan were transported to the Northern Realm, it would be a drop in the bucket.

How should this gap be filled?

Gao De rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a headache.

Finally, he shook his head, temporarily stopped thinking about this thorny problem, and continued to look down.

The last content of the report was a special statistical analysis of the number of Ice-Born mages in the tribe.

【Special Statistical Analysis of Ice-Born Mages】:

Fourth-circle Ice-Born mages: 4 people

Third-circle Ice-Born mages: 207 people

Second-circle Ice-Born mages: 1,056 people

First-circle Ice-Born mages: 11,345 people

Apprentice mages: 4,765 people

Compared to a population of over 500,000, the number of mages in the Enduring Zhenbing tribe is undoubtedly a very good-looking data.

At least looking at the whole world, no country's ratio of mages to population can reach this data.

But Gao De is actually still dissatisfied with this.

In a world with supernatural power, supernatural power should be developed into productivity, not just treated as military force.

He also circled this module and marked four words on the side: "Universal Mage."

Yes, this is Gao De's most important plan for the future of the Northern Realm.

He is prepared to include mage education in the most basic universal education, so that all children in the Northern Realm in the future, regardless of whether they have Ice-Born blood or not, can receive free mage education.

Gao De doesn't expect these children to all become powerful mages; he only needs them to become apprentice mages and master one or two specialized cantrips.

The problem is the same:

Insufficient teacher resources.

Putting down the Enduring Zhenbing tribe census report, Gao De opened another summary data of the migrant population.

After the Enduring Zhenbing tribe announced that it was willing to let other small and medium-sized tribes join, Phoenix ushered in an explosive population growth.

The human tribes in the Northern Realm, except for the three large tribes of Enduring Zhenbing, Winter Hammer, and Frost Wolf, which have a population of over 500,000, other small and medium-sized tribes basically do not have more than 100,000 people.

Even some small tribes may have a total population of only one or two thousand.

The number of individual tribes is not large, but on the vast snowfield, there are many such small and medium-sized tribes.

Although there is no accurate statistical data, there must be thousands of tribes.

And the age distribution of the population of each tribe is mostly the same as that of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, with very few elderly people and mostly young adults and children.

This means that the population potential of the Northern Realm is actually very large.

This large population that has not yet been fully utilized and excavated, as long as it can be fully absorbed, is enough for the Enduring Zhenbing tribe to develop for a long time.

And during this period, the number of tribes that rushed to Phoenix from all over the snowfield to surrender reached twenty-nine, with a total population of about 250,000.

This is already one-half of the original total population of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe.

Of course, for the current Enduring Zhenbing tribe, this is a number that can be fully carried.

The Jin Hui Farm continues to expand, and the area of reclaimed fields has long reached 600,000 mu.

The Northern Realm has never lacked land; what it lacks is crops that can grow on the snowfield.

That is to say, the population in Phoenix now is actually one million.

Gao De put down the report in his hand and exhaled a long breath.

"My King, just as you said, in the process of the census, we had some extra gains." Here, seeing Gao De finish reading the two reports, Su Su Su Nai Fa said softly.

"Tell me." Gao De smiled.

"One is the process of the census, which is actually a bottom-line check of the tribe members."

"In this process, we found that many tribe members actually have unique insights and experience in various skills such as hunting and planting."

"So, I took the opportunity to organize these experiences and insights, and at the same time let these tribe members act as mentors to promote them in the tribe, pushing for the improvement of the overall technical level of the tribe."

"The other is that the process of the census can make the tribe members realize that they are part of the whole tribe and feel the importance the tribe attaches to them, thereby enhancing their sense of belonging and identity to the tribe."

"Actually, as we began to absorb other tribes, the tribe members had many complaints about this, feeling in their hearts that they had contributed so much to the tribe, and now that the tribe was finally getting better, outsiders could get the same treatment as them..."

"This census made them realize that they are still different from the outsiders who joined later, which played a certain role in stabilizing people's hearts."

"The last thing is..." Su Su Su Nai Fa paused and said slowly: "Through the census, we found many 'rats' hidden in Phoenix. Usually, we don't have a systematic management, and they don't need to do too much cover-up to hide in Phoenix."

"And once the census started, the identities they fabricated before appeared full of loopholes and were directly caught by us."

"How did you deal with these rats?" Gao De asked with great interest.

"It's all the same as before, find their tribe and let them bring supplies to redeem people." Su Su Su Nai Fa's dark blue pupils were as calm as water.

As for whether these tribes would obediently do so... Su Su Su Nai Fa's deeds of picking one against two and easily knocking down the two War Mothers of the other two tribes are there.

Don't look at Su Su Su Nai Fa being young, but she is definitely the number one person in the Northern Realm, and her deterrent power has long reached its peak.

"The absorption of the population continues, but the expansion plan of Phoenix must be put on the agenda." Gao De said slowly.

The population data is here, and it will soon exceed the load limit of Phoenix.

If the expansion doesn't start, everyone's life will be affected.

That is the so-called drop in satisfaction.

"The daily average grain production data reported by the Ministry of Agriculture is close to 500,000 kilograms, which is enough to support us in extracting a large number of people to start expanding Phoenix. It is mainly the direction and ideas of the expansion that we are waiting for you to decide." Su Su Su Nai Fa said.

"First, pick out twenty second-circle mages from the tribe and distribute the 【Rapid Excavation】 spell potions and spell formulas." Gao De thought for a moment and said so.

Using a second-circle mage level to learn a first-circle spell, the efficiency is extremely high, and it can generally be done within ten days.

"As for the expansion direction of Phoenix..." Gao De paused and continued: "Give me a few days, and I will draw a sketch for you."

The specific expansion ideas, he actually already had a preliminary direction in his heart.

It was just that he had studied mathematics, not civil engineering, so drawing was not an easy task for him and required time.

"Let's do this for now," Gao De stood up and smiled: "Now, let me go see if the two 'princesses' are used to staying here."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 385 =====