Chapter 46: Can't Leave Them Idle
In fact, Yan Xu did not suffer any loss. When recruiting people, the price for farmers and farm women was the same. However, farmers obviously had more advantages in farming, so recruiting farmers was more cost-effective.

Although these recruits are loyal, they also have their own needs. When they were at the pig farm, they would line up in front of the farmer's door at night, so this kind of thing must be solved. He doesn't want to see a mess down there, and the Hundred Man Killer should not be used here.

Now, taking advantage of the famine, we can let all farmers get married. Not only will the population double, but we can also get cheap labor, which is undoubtedly very cost-effective.

At the same time, the Guandi Temple also needs more incense and greater fame, all of which require sufficient population to achieve, so Yan Xu will definitely not lose out.

However, it is not enough to just get married and pair up, you have to settle down, so that you can complete the process of transforming from a tool to a human being.

Before, Yan Xu always felt that the people recruited from the system were not real enough. Sometimes he was really afraid that he would treat the people recruited from the system as pure consumables, so he took this opportunity to change his way of thinking.

Although it is more in his interest and efficiency to regard them as pure consumables, Yan Xu feels that such people are terrifying. If he meets such people, he will definitely avoid them, because human life is just a number in their eyes. Except for his own life, the rest can be described as addition and subtraction.

After the population increased, Yan Xu divided the farmers into two groups. Most of them went to Daogu Village, where the arable area was larger, more farmland could be reclaimed, and transportation was more convenient. It would be the main direction of future development.

The other part went to the Forest Village, but the population there was too small to cultivate much land. Moreover, it was too homogeneous, with all the people in the Forest Ninja Village. His distribution was a bit of a waste.

After the private plots and homesteads were divided, Yan Xu began to recruit labor. If there was no money, he would only provide food, which was steamed corn bread and grits porridge, two meals a day. This way, he would get enough labor and allow the farmers who had just started a family to save more food. He was not kidding.

With sufficient manpower, it didn't take long for the mountain trail to be completed, mainly thanks to the magic of the system.

After the planning is completed, the materials in the system are all processed, and farmers can directly take the materials for construction, which greatly improves efficiency. Therefore, although it is paved with time-consuming and labor-intensive stone slabs, the speed is so fast because the materials do not need to be polished or transported.

After the mountain path is completed, the next step is to level the mountainside. This is the responsibility of the farmers. After all, it does not require much technical skills, so civilians are mainly responsible for the construction.

Don’t think that splicing different types of wood together looks like playing with building blocks. In fact, it is a technical job. If there is any mistake, the house will collapse.

After eliminating the process of transporting and processing materials, the first building has completed the theme framework and entered the decoration stage. According to the progress, it can be moved in before winter, and then we will feel more secure.

The world is becoming increasingly unstable now. Not only are there many supernatural things going on, but there are also many bandits committing evil deeds everywhere. Many travelers and peddlers have died on the roadside, and no one knows how they died.

Taro and Jiro had a sense of responsibility and did not dare to be careless. In addition to stepping up patrols, they also arranged for people to stand guard at night. This prevented the situation in the territory from deteriorating. However, petty thefts were still unavoidable, which made the two men very annoyed. They really wanted to find a thief and kill him.

In addition to the angry Taro brothers, there are actually people who are ready to make a move.

In the open space outside the Moroboshi family residence, Karakamaru, dressed as a samurai, was teaching the recruited ronin swordsmanship. He was very strict and would hit them mercilessly with the bamboo sword in his hand if they relaxed even a little.

Although strict, the swordsmanship taught by Hui Ruomaru is not complicated. There are only a few moves, mainly forward slash and block and retreat. The so-called forward slash is to force the opponent to reveal a flaw through continuous and swift and powerful slashes, and then take the opportunity to kill the enemy.

Blocking and retreating is a way to deal with this kind of attack and to get rid of the opponent's pursuit.

Apart from this, the others are simply useless. There is no room for you to show off your sword skills on the battlefield. Most of the time, the winner is decided by face-to-face fighting. The loser lies down. Skills are for masters, they are not qualified at all. The key is to dare to fight and fight hard.

This kind of swordsmanship is simple and easy to learn, but it has very high requirements on morale. The higher the morale, the braver the fighting spirit, and the more likely one is to defeat a strong enemy. Therefore, training alone is not enough, and frequent actual combat is necessary.

Especially since these people are all born as ronin, they are dazzled by their current treatment, but if this continues for a long time, they might develop other thoughts.

In fact, this is also the reason why battles often occur between daimyo, that is, to let their warriors maintain their fighting spirit and skills, and also to kill off their excessive energy. Anyway, they cannot be left idle, otherwise they will be bored and may even intend to stab them in the back. Because as a lord, if you do not give them the opportunity to display their own value, you are unqualified.

Yan Xu felt a headache after knowing this. Wouldn't this force him to find an enemy?

The problem is that his territory is surrounded by the Shimazu and Sagara families, and he can't just start a fight with these two clients.

Helplessly, Yan Xu decided to let Hui Ruomaru take people to patrol the surroundings first. Whether it is human or not, as long as it threatens the territory, it will be killed first.

Hui Ruomaru was also very bored, so after receiving the order, he set off with his elite ronin soldiers.

These ronin were very excited. Their treatment here was excellent, but the more so, the more they wanted to show their value and were eager to make achievements. They completely ignored the dangers, put on their armor, took their weapons, and set off with rice balls.

On the way, Terumaru met Taro. Taro and Jiro were patrolling Inaya Village and Mori Village respectively. They were considered the security captains of the territory. Therefore, although their positions were not high, no one would look down on them, not to mention that the two brothers were more familiar with the surrounding situation, so Terumaru went forward to inquire.

"It's been quite chaotic lately. We see robbers and vagrants almost every day. They don't dare to rob territory openly, but it's hard to avoid petty thefts at night." Taro has heard villagers complain about lost things a lot recently, and he said with some distress.

"Then clean it up." Hui Ruomaru is not a sentimental girl, and being merciful is not her thing. Now she has reached the state of cutting people like cutting water, that is, the knife passes through the water, and after a while the water surface is calm without leaving any trace, so when it comes to cleaning, it really means a physical cleaning.

"It should have been done long ago. If I didn't need to patrol the village, I would have brought people to chop off their heads." Taro thought of the trouble those people had brought him during this period of time, and said with gritted teeth, and then mentioned the possible hiding places of these people.

Karakamaru led twenty elite ronin soldiers towards the place Taro mentioned, and happened to run into a few bandits threatening a priestess.

(End of this chapter)