Chapter 1668

A fresh scent cut through the women's body fragrance and slipped into Zhao Chi's nose.

Zhao Chi couldn't help but tear off a leaf and chew it in his mouth.

It tasted like ordinary cabbage.

The leaves on top were very green, the bottom part very white, and juice burst everywhere as he bit into it.

Eating it raw wasn't very tasty.

But what Zhao Chi was tasting now wasn't the flavor—it was joy.

"How much cabbage did we harvest this time?"

Zhao Chi asked Song Yun, the transport captain beside him.

Song Yun smiled and said, "Sorry, my lord, I don't know the exact amount, but there should be several thousand tons."

"Good, thank you for your hard work."

"Not at all. Yesterday's harvest will be transported away very soon."

Zhao Chi opened the system to check this round's data.

After searching through the Zhaoleyi Society, he saw the specific harvest amount.

3,900 tons.

That much?

Quite a generous quantity.

And this is only the yield from 500 farm plots—more new farm plots are still planted with cabbage behind.

But although the quantity is large, the water content in Chinese cabbage reaches over 90%!

One could say, eating this cabbage is eating water.

The total calories are only about 5% of flour's.

By calorie count, these 3,900 tons of cabbage equal only the calories of 195 tons of flour.

Very low in calories.

Eating only cabbage, one would get hungry again very quickly.

But Zhao Chi wasn't growing cabbage to fill bellies—it was to improve their lives.

They already had flour as the staple grain; this cabbage was just to diversify their food, to add some vegetables, not to provide calories.

So calories didn't matter at all.

The Flower Demons loved cabbage.

During the harvest they were practically drooling.

But they had already been trained into trembling obedience by Zhuang Ya, and didn't dare eat any.

They could only pick up some scraps and broken leaves from the ground along the way to satisfy their cravings.

Seeing this, Zhuang Ya waved her hand generously: "All Flower Demons, after the harvest is done, each of you gets one cabbage."

The Flower Demons fluttered about in delight.

Everywhere were flapping wings and excited, twittering whispers.

Zhuang Ya said: "Don't forget, this is all Lord Zhao Chi's reward to you. From now on you must work even harder for Lord Zhao Chi. There will be more and more cabbage in the future—as long as you do well, Lord Zhao Chi will reward you with more to eat."

The whole Chaoge Town rang with soft, dense sounds of gratitude.

Every Flower Demon was shouting Zhao Chi's name at the top of her voice.

Although Zhao Chi didn't hear it, the obedience of most of these Flower Demons increased by another 1 point.

As the mayor of Chaoge Town, Zhuang Ya had a certain amount of discretionary power.

Zhao Chi had also given her certain authority over food distribution.

As the harvest wrapped up, these Flower Demons really did each get their cabbage.

They each got one, and happily hugged them, devouring them greedily.

Every little mouth was stuffed full.

Their tiny teeth kept chewing vigorously.

Crunching and chewing sounds never stopped.

The cabbage was just ordinary cabbage-sized, but for Flower Demons this size was already quite large—each one could last them a full 2-3 days of eating.

They ate happily, and Zhao Chi was happy too.

Perhaps next time he could consider bringing the Flower Demons into the scope of his subjects.

After all, the higher the territory level, the greater the various rights that could be unlocked.

For example, after upgrading to a town, entirely new "Building List" and "Position List" and so on were unlocked.

If promoted to a county, even more things would be unlocked.

But this couldn't be upgraded casually.

Upgrading was simple in principle—just buy a large population and convert them directly.

But the problem was that as the territory level rose, the danger level would also shoot straight up.

Zhao Chi's several sub-territories were unregistered and not protected by the formation.

So these territories were essentially exposed directly in the vast sea of territories.

With a low territory level and low energy, they wouldn't attract attention.

But if promoted to a county, such a territory would already be of considerable scale, and without the protection of the formation, it could very well become a target for magical beast invasions.

Half of the true purpose of the Truce Tokens in Zhao Chi's hands was to deal with these magical beast invasions.

Yunmeng Village was still at the village level for now.

The port had already been built, but so far no merchant caravan had drifted in.

This is also because the territory's level is too low.

Once the territory's level rises, merchant caravans will gradually appear, and their numbers will increase sharply along with the territory's scale.

But what comes isn't only merchant caravans — there are also invading pirates.

So without true strength, rashly raising the territory's level is no good thing.

If there were the protection of a formation array.

Raising the territory's level also needs to be done cautiously.

After all, the most direct effect is that taxes increase, and the various responsibilities one must shoulder will grow as well.

When battles occur, enemies will also use the territory's level as a matching reference.

If one only has town-level strength but forcibly advances to county-level territory, then the enemies matched to it will also be county-level — wouldn't that be the end?

And this kind of assignment isn't always decided by our own side; it's the enemy who decides.

In the final analysis.

Raising the territory is absolutely a good thing, but one must have matching strength, or it will only backfire.

However.

Zhao Chi believed his own strength was sufficient.

He could consider taking in these Flower Demons as territory residents.

Female Ratfolk would also work.

There are currently a total of 3,000 Flower Demons and 1,500 Female Ratfolk.

If all are absorbed, the population will increase by 4,500 new villagers.

But for a county's 10,000 population requirement, this number still falls quite short.

The Ratfolk's numbers are already sufficient now, but a few more Flower Demons could be bought.

The Flower Demons of Horn Cliff Town have basically all been bought out by Zhao Chi; what's left either has a very high price or a very bad temperament.

In a bit, have Li Ruanyu help buy some.

Leave the warehouse.

Zhao Chi directly summoned Su Qin.

Su Qin naturally rushed over at top speed.

Her face was brimming with joy.

"What's up? Smiling so happily?"

"Hehe, I get happy just seeing you — is that not allowed?"

"Of course it's allowed, but that definitely isn't the only reason."

"Hehe, just now I delivered some Wind-Chasing Arrows and Finger Sleeves, earning several hundred gold coins, hahaha."