Chapter 1888

She really was willing to spend it.

A considerable labor force was invested.

These are all very strong laborers.

Once Gu Qing finished negotiating with Yi Ning, she quickly arranged everything.

The north would still be reclaimed by the slave laborers from Zhao Chi's territory, the east was assigned to 400 giant beastmen, the west to 700 giant demons, and the south to 2,000 strong beastmen.

Among them, the ratfolk were split into four groups, with 375 people in each direction.

Yi Ning smiled and shook her head: "No need, Sister Gu Qing. If it's just reclaiming land and tilling, they don't need the ratfolk to dig holes and loosen the soil in advance, so those 1,500 ratfolk can just continue cooperating with your slave laborers here."

Gu Qing looked at the mountain-like giant beastmen and nodded.

With such massive builds used for reclaiming land, it really was effortless.

Even the weakest strong beastman among them had tremendous strength. Of course, having ratfolk help would be faster, but it didn't really matter without them—after all, there were a full 2,000 of them.

Gu Qing said: "Alright, they're truly a capable bunch for work. It'll be noon soon, so I'll notify the kitchen to prepare the meals first. How much do they eat?"

Yi Ning laughed: "They eat quite a lot, my lord. Li Ruanyu specifically instructed me to bring them back to eat."

Gu Qing asked: "How can that do? Since they're working here, of course we'll provide the meals. I'll talk to Sister Li Ruanyu about it. You just need to tell me how much they eat."

"This… isn't that appropriate?"

"There's nothing inappropriate about it. You must have heard about the relationship between Sister Li Ruanyu and our lord Zhao Chi?"

Heard about it…

Yi Ning had indeed heard about it.

Moreover, she had stood outside the room and genuinely listened to the entire thing from start to finish.

So she nodded: "The relationship between our lord and Lord Zhao Chi… I know about it. Alright then… A giant beastman's food intake is 40 times that of an ordinary person, a giant demon's is 15 times, and a strong beastman's is 5 times. It's a lot."

That food intake… is still okay, right?

It really was a lot, but completely within an acceptable range.

After all, a Taoyuan woman's food intake was already 10 times that of an ordinary person.

One giant beastman only ate as much as four Taoyuan women.

A strong beastman ate even less—only half of a Taoyuan woman.

Gu Qing smiled: "No problem. Do they have any requirements for their food?"

Yi Ning shook her head: "No requirements, as long as they're full."

Gu Qing nodded: "What about you and those 500 brothers of the Imperial Guard? How much do you eat?"

Yi Ning looked a little embarrassed: "We… also eat quite a lot, all about 2-3 times that of ordinary people."

Gu Qing smiled: "Understood. Then I'll trouble you to supervise things here. I'll go arrange the meals right away, and they'll be delivered at noon."

Yi Ning nodded: "Alright, thank you for your trouble. Then we'll start working now."

Gu Qing smiled: "Thank you for your hard work."

Under Yi Ning's command, Li Ruanyu's laborers began working.

Truly worthy of being giant beastmen.

When they walked in a line, you could really feel the ground trembling.

There was clearly no wind, yet the crops on both sides of them all swayed slightly.

"Kala-la…"

They dragged the enormous tools brought from Li Ruanyu's territory, swaying forward step by step with heavy footprints.

The tool looked like multiple giant hoes lined up together, about 5 meters wide horizontally, like a giant hoe-rake, but it had been improved to a certain extent, making it more labor-efficient to use.

There were also very large shoulder straps and harnesses on it, which could be fitted onto the giant beastmen.

They only needed to slam the tool into the ground, driving the massive tines deep into the earth.

Then they would bear the shoulder straps and stroll forward step by step, swaying gently as they went.

The ground behind them, over 5 meters wide, immediately churned violently, as if an earth dragon were rolling beneath.

Large amounts of soil obediently scattered apart, becoming loose and sparse.

The tree roots and loose stones in the soil were directly exposed on the surface, and after a simple clearing, farming could begin.

At this rate, 1 field could be reclaimed in 1 hour.

Of course, Fang Li's construction team would still need to do some simple planning, separating the different field areas and building simple irrigation channels.

The actual time until planting could begin would be even longer.

The giant demons' side was also very easy.

Their tools were a bit smaller, but still about 2 meters wide. Basically, each giant demon could finish reclaiming 1 field in 3 hours.

Although much slower than the giant beastmen, it was already many times faster than ordinary people.

The strong beastmen's efficiency certainly couldn't compare to theirs, but they were all 2.5-meter-tall large muscular men.

They worked bare-chested, emanating a strong body odor, hollering and shouting as they toiled.

They gripped hoes and tools with both hands, swinging them up and slamming them down rapidly. Each strong beastman could also finish reclaiming 1 plot of land per day.

Moreover, there were a full 2,000 of them, so their overall efficiency was about the same as the giant demons'.

If they also added Zhao Chi's 1,500 ratfolk and the daily converted slave laborers, the newly opened territory of Chaoge Town would probably only need about 1 week to be completely reclaimed?

Including planning the areas and building irrigation channels.

After all, Li Ruanyu's laborers were here to work, not limited to just reclaiming farmland—they could do other jobs as well.

Such as helping build irrigation channels.

In other words…

One week later, the number of farm fields here in Chaoge Town could reach 45,000?

This development speed is truly heaven-defying.

No wonder they say finding a rich woman can save you twenty years of struggle—it's really a great time and effort saver.

With such strong labor force, having a big appetite is only natural.

Fortunately, Zhao Chi's side has a large grain output, otherwise they really couldn't supply it.

Li Ruanyu's laborers eat the equivalent of more than 5,000 Taoyuan women.

Every day, they need to eat over 50 tons of food.

That's enough to feed 50,000 ordinary people.

But it doesn't matter, let them eat as much as they want, as long as they can work.

The food provided to these laborers is quite ordinary, but the food given to Yining and those 500 soldiers is much better.

Following the female soldiers' standard, with meat, milk, and vegetables.

After arranging everything, Gu Qing can go out.

The original plan was for Zhao Chi to take Gu Qing out.

But after a little consideration, they decided to let Zhao Chi drive Gu Qing out together.

This way it's still two people.

Moreover, their hero abilities and enhancement abilities can stack, attributes can also be inherited, making Gu Qing much stronger.

It's also more convenient for Gu Qing to go out alone.

Although there's no need, Gu Qing still puts on a face mask.

Soon, they appeared in Stream Village.

The entire Stream Village is under construction.

Every clan has quite a few buildings dirtied and damaged by the Heavenly King Army, needing repair and cleaning.

Some were simply torn down and rebuilt.

The moment Gu Qing appeared, they were spotted by the nearby patrol team.

They looked Gu Qing up and down, noticed the full set of iron armor and the face mask, and couldn't help but approach.

"Hello, please show your identification."

Zhao Chi knows all the people in this patrol team.

They are all from the three clans; even if not familiar, at least their faces are recognizable.

Zhao Chi directly displayed the guarantor field in Gu Qing's identification information.

"I'm from the Jade Squadron."

The patrol members saw it and immediately said friendly: "Oh oh oh, so you're Captain Li's person, go ahead."

Zhao Chi asked: "Do we have horse carriages and spirit-energy vehicles in our village now?"