Chapter 257
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Chapter 257: Active Preparation for War
After a round of transactions, Mirror City’s granaries, which had just sent out ten carts of grain to support West Plains City, instantly became overflowing.
Left with no choice, Luo Ji had to commandeer the empty military camp warehouses as well.
Watching the groups of soldiers frantically moving grain, this was just the first round.
In Ye Qingxuan’s words, she would successively send over five more rounds of grain.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji couldn’t help but gasp.
He knew that Ye Qingxuan’s 3-star wonder, the Colorful Terraced Fields, had explosive grain production, but he didn’t expect it to be this explosive!
Based on the quantity of each round as a standard, and then five more rounds?
And on top of that, she still had surplus grain to sustain the operation of her own civilization?
Luo Ji felt he needed to re-evaluate Ye Qingxuan’s civilization’s grain production.
Seriously, among unranked players, she could probably make a fortune just by selling grain to those who lacked it, right?
There was no time to think further.
He was now truly racing against time.
He immediately issued a ‘Conscription Order,’ and while greatly expanding his military strength, he also transferred a large number of personnel from various food production departments.
He temporarily assigned them to assist with the repair of the West Gate city wall in West Plains City and the construction of city walls in several other cities.
The grain successively traded by Ye Qingxuan practically filled all the granaries of Luo Ji’s subsidiary cities to bursting.
After solving the food problem, Luo Ji’s entire civilization could suddenly free up a lot of manpower!
If time wasn’t enough, then they would use manpower to compensate!
A city wall that originally needed ten people for 10 days would now have 100 people assigned!
He refused to believe it wouldn’t speed up!
Of course, this meant that the head of the Architectural Engineering Department would almost certainly be working himself to death again.
In addition, during this extraordinary pre-war period, the Armament Forging Department was clearly not idle either.
A group of bald men inside were forging weapons with great enthusiasm, and the clanging sounds never stopped for 24 hours a day.
It must be mentioned here that the bald men in the forging department weren’t bald from overwork, they shaved their heads themselves.
The reason was that the temperature from so many forging furnaces inside the department was too high.
Anyone with hair would be drenched in sweat within a few minutes of being there, and long hair soaked with sweat would stick to their bodies uncomfortably.
Shaving their heads made them feel cooler.
Anyway, a bunch of grown men didn’t care about that, and from that moment on, baldness mysteriously became one of the distinguishing features of their forging department members.
However, despite this, within Luo Ji’s civilization, the busiest department was neither the Architectural Engineering Department nor the Armament Forging Department, but rather, the quarry.
The managers of various mines were literally driven to madness during this period.
They had to deliver bricks and stones to the Architectural Engineering Department, and metal ores to the Armament Forging Department.
The worst part was that they also had to prepare stone projectiles for the slinger operators.
The workload was so enormous it could make one vomit blood.
During that time, simply seeing a rock by the roadside meant it was an important stone resource!
It felt like at this rate, even small mountains would be leveled.
And while his entire civilization was operating at full tilt, Luo Ji himself, as the supreme ruler of this civilization, naturally wasn’t idle either.
His main tasks became inspecting the progress of various departments and boosting the morale of his people.
Having just finished checking the conscription situation at the military camp, as Luo Ji was thinking about his next schedule, Liu Meng happened to walk out of the hospital, looking as if he had just had his wounds redressed.
“Liu Meng, how are your injuries recovering?”
Liu Meng, who unexpectedly encountered Luo Ji, quickly bowed in salute.
“Thank you for your concern, Sir. The doctor said the wounds have already started to heal, and I should be fully recovered soon.”
“That’s good. Don’t worry about other matters, and just focus on your recovery.”
As he spoke, Luo Ji changed the subject.
“By the way, that battle axe I had modified for you earlier, do you find it easy to use?”
“After the battle axe’s handle was lengthened, its power when swung is indeed astonishing. It can almost effortlessly smash through enemy shields, forcibly destroying their defenses, but…”
At this point, a hint of hesitation flashed in Liu Meng’s eyes.
“But what?”
“Please forgive my frankness, but for me, that long-handled battle axe is a bit too cumbersome.”
Liu Meng wasn’t afraid of angering Luo Ji.
After following Luo Ji for some time, he had long known that Luo Ji was usually easygoing and rarely put on airs as a leader.
However, the weapon was specially modified for him by the Armament Research Department at the Leader’s request, which was a kind gesture, and saying that he didn’t find it easy to use after a while was difficult for him to say.
However, Luo Ji didn’t care at all upon hearing this.
“I see. Are you more adept at a more flexible fighting style?”
“Yes.”
Liu Meng replied.
Luo Ji hadn’t actually noticed this, because Liu Meng’s fighting style wasn’t as obvious as Luo Yong’s or Bai Ze’s.
If he had to be compared to anyone, it would be Liu Zheng.
Both of their fighting styles leaned towards a combination of rigidity and flexibility, rather than a single extreme.
But even with a combination of rigidity and flexibility, there would still be a slight bias.
For example, although Liu Zheng could also employ a flexible fighting style, he preferred sweeping, powerful chops, while Liu Meng was clearly the opposite.
He could use a powerful fighting style, but he found a flexible one more comfortable to use.
“I have disappointed the Leader’s good intentions, your subordinate, your subordinate…”
Seeing Luo Ji fall silent in thought, Liu Meng, mistakenly thinking Luo Ji was angry, quickly began to explain.
However, Luo Ji waved his hand.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing. Actually, the reason I thought of lengthening the battle axe’s grip was to improve the weapons of the shield-axemen.”
“Why does the Leader suddenly want to improve the weapons of the shield-axemen?”
Liu Meng was a little curious.
For a troop’s weapon, the most important thing was a low threshold and ease of use, preferably a weapon that everyone knew how to use as soon as they held it.
The bronze battle axe clearly met this requirement.
Rashly increasing the length of the axe handle, although it clearly improved destructive power, also increased the demands on the user.
From a certain perspective, this move was not wise.
Facing Liu Meng’s question, Luo Ji thought for a moment, then seriously replied.
“Because I want to enhance the destructive power of the shield-axemen unit, to forge a violent unit that can, in one swift encounter, smash through the opponent’s shield-wielding unit’s defense line and tear open their entire formation!”
