Chapter 1849: Rapid Development (3)

Zhao Huai is one year older than Zhao Chi.

The two of them get along quite well.

However, ever since he lost his territory, he has been somewhat downcast.

Zhao Cang said: "Right, from now on Zhao Huai will come help me. When that happens, I'll be able to take it a bit easier. He doesn't have much talent for fighting, and the family has already asked him — he's willing to handle these things together with me. And it's fitting that he comes to help me. After all, it's the clan's great storehouse — it certainly can't be handed to outsiders. You should understand."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Understood. Then I'll be going now — you carry on with your work."

Zhao Cang laughed: "Alright. This battle we captured quite a few prisoners too. If we add in the grain you provided, the family won't have to sell as much, can keep more, and combat strength can grow faster as well."

It seems like everywhere needs grain to feed soldiers.

Normally speaking.

In this world, one plot of farmland can support 2 soldiers.

Of course, that's the bare minimum.

After all, there are all kinds of bonuses.

For example, the land bonus when establishing a territory — the bonus value isn't low.

There's also the regular fertilizer bonus, or the regular super-improved fertilizers.

Although ordinary fertilizer certainly can't compare to golden-manure fertilizer and gold-chunk fertilizer, it's still a lot more bonus than using no fertilizer at all.

There's also the extra bonus from setting it as a territory specialty.

Some lords even have an agricultural talent, which can give quite a boost too.

And all kinds of agricultural technology can boost grain output and ripening speed.

Doubling the final output is certainly easy.

Agricultural-type lords who specialize in farming have very high output — one plot of farmland can still support 5 to 10 soldiers, or even more.

This doesn't seem like much either.

But this is only the output of 1 plot of farmland.

Great lords who specialize in agriculture have an enormous number of plots.

Even Chaoge Town, which has barely expanded its territory at all, can farm 15,000 plots.

For long-established professional lords, having over a hundred thousand or even over a million plots is very common.

Of course, such lords' combat strength will definitely be a bit weaker.

After all, a person's energy is limited.

It's hard to attend to everything at once.

These agricultural-type lords are basically lords within a clan or faction, specializing in production and not responsible for fighting.

The Zhao clan has a few such lords too.

Uncle's second Lady, Fourth Uncle's second and third Ladies, and Big Brother's wife — they all specialize in agriculture.

There are also a few newly joined lords who handle agricultural farming.

However, if a clan or faction wants to expand and support more soldiers, it still needs more grain channels.

The Zhao clan is currently at this stage.

Zhao Chi nodded: "Don't worry, Third Brother. I'll have the grain delivered in a week. I'll be going now."

Zhao Cang smiled: "Alright, I'll set aside the money for you in advance."

Right after that.

Zhao Chi contacted Zhao Jing and had 5,000 units of golden sandalwood spot goods shipped from his side.

After a flurry of activity, time quickly passed.

After the supplies were shipped back, Su Qin also sent a message.

Su Qin 【Zhao Chi, I've arrived. Here's the list — take a look and see what you need.】

Su Qin had rushed from Stream Village to Horn Cliff Town — quite a distance.

Zhao Chi 【Alright, thanks for the trouble. I'll look right away.】

It's now just the second day after the battle ended. Although the exchange is packed with people, there are still large quantities of supplies that haven't been registered.

Zhao Chi browsed through roughly.

He didn't need to look at the materials — Su Qin would buy them for him.

No need for equipment either.