Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 5 System Arms and Materials

After calming down, Owen carefully observed the two arms.

Swordsmen belong to the basic arms in the Empire Age. Although they are not very tall, they have a good physique. They wear iron helmets, leather armor, one-handed swords and log shields. They can fight, resist and run. They can adapt to various situations. This kind of complicated combat environment belongs to the kind of panacea.

In contrast, the archer was taller, wearing a vest-style leather armor, showing a pair of strong arms, holding a wooden bow, carrying a quiver, bright eyes, and a good spirit.

Owen compared the arms of the Empire era with the soldiers under his command, and found that the former was much stronger than the latter, and I dare not say that it was a level higher. Ten vs. ten, you can win, and ten vs. twenty, even if you don’t occupy a geographical advantage. , still able to fight a miserable victory.

Such a judgment is not without basis.

Although Owen has never been a soldier or fought, he knows that people are actually very fragile. No matter whether you are a martial arts champion or a heavyweight boxing champion, you will have to kneel if you are stabbed in the waist.

Especially in ancient times, there is still hope of survival if the muscles and bones are damaged, but if the internal organs are damaged, it can almost be equated with getting a ticket to the gate of hell.

Otherwise, why in ancient times people were allowed to own weapons, but hiding armor was a major crime of rebellion, because no matter how powerful a person is, he cannot withstand a few rounds of arrow rain. In and three out is not impossible.

Although the soldiers in the territory are not as elite as the soldiers of the system, the equipment is not too bad, and as long as he, the lord, really dares to go all out with his spear and charge, he will basically die if he gets hit. More elite, Owen still makes such a judgment.

This is also to remind myself not to rely on the system soldiers to be arrogant, and the system soldiers are not invincible. Once such a mistake is made in the war, he may not have the chance to do it again.

Owen placed these system soldiers in the long wooden house, because this place was originally used as a barracks, and each wooden house can accommodate ten soldiers, but it was full at the beginning.

Regarding the arrival of the system soldiers, the original soldiers did not have any doubts, no inquiry, no hostility, but rather happy, because it meant that they were stronger, safer, and more relaxed.

After ten more soldiers were added to the castle, although the daily food consumption was much higher, at least it was much safer. The days when four people patrolled the castle were gone forever, and now it has doubled.

As for food consumption, because not only food, but also many materials can be exchanged from the game with the progress value, Owen is really not panicked.

Of course, all of this is exchanged for the progress value, and the progress value needs time to recover, so it seems that the resources are unlimited, but in fact Owen still needs to plan carefully and plan ahead, otherwise if something goes wrong, the problem will be solved. It's not small.

Therefore, he must first calculate the consumption of soldiers and serfs, so that he can reserve enough supplies in advance as an emergency, at least for a month without supplementing system supplies, which is the minimum.

But it's not that I don't know. After a calculation, I found that the problem is really not small.

Due to the lack of animal protein and fat, both soldiers and serfs had a lot of food.

The soldiers are better, at least one catty of food is guaranteed a day, but this is still limited, if there is no limit, three to five catties a day will not be enough.

The problem is that with one catty of grain a day, or coarse grain, it is difficult to maintain normal physical strength, let alone training, so the soldiers' food can only be increased instead of reduced.

In contrast, the serfs were even worse. Half a catty of grain cooked into porridge was enough food for a day. No wonder the territory bought serfs every year in memory, but the population has not increased.

In addition, food supplements such as salt, vegetables, and fish have to be considered. This is not only related to health issues, but also to morale.

At the same time, consumables such as clothes, shoes, and equipment also need to be prepared in advance, and Owen finally has a big head.

A soldier does not count combat and high-intensity training. He consumes at least a thousand catties of food a year, four sets of thick and thin clothes, eight pairs of shoes, and at least one spare set of equipment.

There were far fewer serfs, but no matter how few they were, they could never save a catty and a half of food a day, and they had to have at least one set of thick clothes, otherwise half of them would die in one winter.

The sum of all the expenses made Owen couldn't help frowning. No wonder the Hydera family had only [-] half-time soldiers before. It's not that they don't want more, but mainly because they can't afford it.

Knowing the approximate consumption, let's calculate the problem of resource replenishment.

Although the system can exchange materials, it is not free. One progress point can only be exchanged for ten units of grain, that is, one thousand catties of wheat, which is equivalent to a soldier's annual consumption.

This is just infantry. If it is cavalry, it will consume more. After all, war horses are not just fed grass. Grain, beans, eggs, salt, not only eat more than people, but also eat better than people.

In addition, it seems that the ratio of progress value to food is very high, which is very cost-effective, but a thousand catties of food represents a loyal soldier who is willing to die for him.

No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was a loss, Owen immediately crossed out some of the previous plans, and the civil aspect could not be relaxed either, and farming had to be done early.

Not only must we pay close attention to food cultivation and get rid of our dependence on system food as soon as possible, but we must also reserve more craftsmen, such as carpenters, masons, and blacksmiths. These are not only closely related to life, but also very important to the military.

With enough farmers and craftsmen, Owen will greatly reduce his dependence on system resources, so that he can save more progress points to exchange for soldiers, because the loyalty of system soldiers is irreplaceable.

What's interesting is that in the system exchange, the price-to-performance ratio of sundries exchange is higher than food.

Cloth, candles, pottery, as long as it is not metal, the exchange is not much higher than food, but if you sell it, you can definitely make a lot of money, and you can buy more food and other materials.

However, considering his own lack of strength and the lack of suitable talents, Owen gave up this idea after thinking for a long time, because what he needs now is more accumulation, not attracting too much attention by showing off.

The emergence of the system can be said to have freed Owen from the ever-increasing panic in his heart, so he deliberately spent some progress points to buy items and decorate the castle, so as to save him from living in a historical site all day. It's also more practical.

In fact, Owen didn't buy many things, except that candles and lanterns were bought in boxes, and more were seasonings and food, because food always made people feel better.

In addition, Owen also bought a pig hair toothbrush, green salt for cleaning teeth, and bath beans for bathing. After putting on new clothes, his whole body looked brand new.

Besides, Owen didn't waste any more progress points.

(End of this chapter)