The farmland outside Xia Village is golden. As the village chief, Chu Tian leads many villagers to the fields to harvest food.

Even the village chief went to the fields in person, as did heroes such as Hua Mulan, Elder Li, Zhao Qi, Wu Shang, and soldiers. Before the "Trail of the Yellow Turban" event begins, they must harvest food as soon as possible, otherwise they will be affected by the war.

In the era of cold weapons, soldiers and horses moved forward before food and grass were used. If the fields were not farmed properly, the soldiers would not have the strength to fight until their stomachs were full.

In "Lords", the morale of the troops is very important. Troops without morale will choose to turn around and run away, or even mutiny. In history, I don't know how many armies were defeated because of lack of food.

Harvesting crops with a sickle is no less laborious than hunting and killing.

Chu Tian had been harvesting grain for a long time and already felt exhausted.

Other lords in Xuzhou should also be leading the villagers to harvest grain at this time.

"Village Chief, it's time to eat noodles."

Elder Li's daughter, Li Lan, who is now a junior doctor at the Xiacun Secondary Medical Center, handed a bowl of noodles to Chu Tian.

"Thank you."

"Why is the village chief always so polite?"

Li Lan couldn't help but laugh.

Women and girls in Xia Village have to prepare cold water and rice and noodles at noon, and everyone eats in the fields.

It’s not easy for any farmer brother. As the village chief, Chu Tian personally harvested wheat, guided the raising of pigs, chickens, and fish, and also cared about public security and the satisfaction of the villagers. Only then did he experience the hardships of farming.

During his break, Chutian also had time to check the conditions for Xia Village to be upgraded to a third-level village.

The conditions for upgrading a second-level village to a third-level village are not difficult.

First, the prosperity reaches 200.

Second, public sentiment is 70 and public security is 70.

Third, the number of special buildings must be no less than 10.

Fourth, the military score must be no less than 400.

Fifth, the population must be no less than 800 people.

Xia Cun has met these four conditions, but the fifth condition is still a little short of it.

A village of 800 people can no longer be considered a small village. After being upgraded to a third-level village, it can be called a large village.

The food collected from Xia Village can still feed a few cavalry and 50 elite infantry.

It is said that above the elite infantry are the third-level infantry Xuzhou soldiers, which officially have their own name.

Currently, Xia Cun is only qualified to serve as the leader, Hua Mulan, and the 25% offensive and defensive bonus is very impressive.

"Well, we planted these crops last year. Now the village is getting bigger and bigger. Please pay attention to the grain and grass inventory, Mr. Village Chief. If necessary, you need to purchase grain from outside."

Elder Li walked over with a wooden stick and reminded Chutian of important information that there was a potential food crisis in Xia Village.

The initial amount of food in Xia Village is 500 units. This amount is enough for 500 people for a year. It is more than enough for Xia Village's initial population of 100.

However, the population of Xiacun is now close to the 800 mark, and the 500 units of surplus food can only last for more than half a year.

Moreover, in order to replenish their physical strength during the war, soldiers consumed twice as much food as usual.

The food issue is a difficult problem.

Accumulate grain widely and slowly become king is not just a slogan. Food can be directly equivalent to gold and silver in troubled times.

"If there is no food, we will rob it, and rob it from the Yellow Turban Army."

Chu Tian's eyes were fierce.

The Yellow Turban soldiers killed by the lords and princes in "Lord" can at least circle the earth. If you don't snatch the food of the Yellow Turban soldiers, it will be a waste of natural resources.

You can also steal the gold and silver from the Yellow Turban soldiers, then trade with Langya City and buy excess grain from the city lord Zang Ba.

When there is no war between the player lord and the NPC princes, the player lord can trade with the princes normally.

After listening to Chu Tian's words of tiger and wolf, Elder Li wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. His village chief looked more like a Yellow Turban Soldier than a Yellow Turban Soldier.

If it weren't for laying a solid foundation for the territory and the function of occupying other lords' territories hadn't been opened yet, Chutian would have directly led a group of soldiers out of the village to plunder.

Chutian suddenly remembered that Xiaozhu Village, five kilometers away, had economic buildings such as rice shops, merchants, and escort agencies. It seemed that he could buy food directly from Langya City through the buildings in Xiaozhu Village. The prerequisite was that he had money.

Chutian asked the village chief of Xiaozhu Village to use her building.

"No problem, but normal charges apply."

Soon Xia Liang, the head of Xiaozhu Village, replied to Chu Tian.

The benefits of the alliance are also shown, which is equivalent to two villages developing at the same time and getting what each other needs. This is the benefit of trade.

Chutian continued to work on harvesting crops.

Crop harvest is not calculated based on the grain income on the panel, but based on the actual harvest of seeds planted in October. There may be a bumper harvest, or there may be a locust plague or drought.

As the saying goes, if you sow melons, you will reap beans, the next year's harvest depends on this year's efforts.

"Food crops are too single. We need to enrich crop types and cultivate improved varieties."

Chu Tian had a busy day and discovered some problems while working.

Nowadays, the crops grown in Xiacun are mainly wheat and vegetables.

The setting of the Eastern Han District in "Lord" does not include corn, Champa rice, sweet potatoes and other crops from the Age of Discovery. Neither does the Holy See District or the Japanese District. Of course, the Eastern Han District also has its own exclusive crops, such as tea.

Specialties from different civilized areas can only be exchanged after the borders of the civilized areas are opened.

However, you can still buy seeds of rapeseed, yam and other crops in Langya City. As the village chief, Chutian must find ways to enrich the menus for himself and the villagers.

After harvesting the wheat, the work is not finished yet, it still needs to be dried and stored.

There is a granary in Xia Village. The granary is its own building and can be expanded or upgraded without drawings. Theoretically, the second-level village can also build a full-level granary... but no lord will invest a lot of resources in the early stage to expand the granary. No.

Food, no matter how big the granary is, is useless.

The time is gradually approaching when a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers will appear.

The appearance of the Yellow Turban Army this time is just a warm-up for the epic battle "Yellow Turban Rebellion". As for the epic battle "Yellow Turban Rebellion" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, according to the news Chu Tian learned at the guild, the epic battle is very difficult, and it is necessary to fight Zhang Jiao

, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang and other special heroes lead the Yellow Turban Army to fight to the death. Of course, the rewards are also very generous, and it is also possible to recruit special heroes from the Yellow Turban camp.

Before that, Chutian decided to upgrade Xia Village to a third-level village and build fortifications at the same time.

The basic fortifications of first-level and second-level villages are wooden fences, while the wooden fences of third-level villages can be replaced with a combination of earth walls and wooden fences.

Chutian still had the wooden arrow tower construction drawings that he had plundered from the rebel princes but had not used.

If you are just defending the village, you can also set up hunting traps near the village.

The wooden arrow tower and the hunting trap were enough to give the Yellow Turban Army a headache when they tried to attack Xia Village.

"Not only defense, but also offense. Only by killing as many Yellow Turban soldiers as possible can we gain more meritorious service."

Chutian waited until the population of Xia Village increased to 800 people, then came to the Lord's Mansion, preparing to upgrade Xia Village to a third-level village.

He can also be regarded as one of the first echelon lords in the Eastern Han District.
Chapter completed!