Chapter 463
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Chapter 463: New Arrangements
After the trade was concluded, Luo Ji first examined the Gold-tier Grand Opera House Blueprint.
Its effects were essentially consistent with what Lu Rui had described, so there was nothing more to say about it.
However, what surprised him was that the other party had actually traded two fairly decent Silver-tier items.
The two Silver-tier items sent as ransom were a Silver-tier Leather Armor Blueprint and a Silver-tier Rapid Fire Arrows Skill Book.
Leaving the skill book aside for a moment, the Silver-tier Leather Armor Blueprint was undoubtedly a good item.
Taking Luo Ji’s Myriad World Civilization as an example, the standard armor for ordinary soldiers was leather armor.
Just this point alone demonstrated the value of this Silver-tier blueprint.
And most importantly, leather armor wasn’t easily phased out.
Bronze armor would definitely need to be replaced by better iron armor in the next era.
But what was there to replace about leather armor?
You could change its style and design, but its essence remained largely the same.
It was no exaggeration to say that this blueprint, if put up for auction, would definitely fetch a high price.
Luo Ji hadn’t expected the other party to be willing to trade this blueprint.
However, Luo Ji didn’t know that Lu Rui had actually obtained two copies of the Silver-tier Leather Armor Blueprint.
One, without surprise, he used himself. The other, however, was the one currently in Luo Ji’s hands.
Originally, Lu Rui had stored this one in his warehouse as reserve funds, thinking that if he ever ran out of points, he would sell it at the auction house to earn Civilization Points.
But man proposes, God disposes, and it ended up being used to avert disaster.
But the effect was evident; Luo Ji’s mood was noticeably better after acquiring this leather armor blueprint.
In comparison, the value of the Silver-tier Rapid Fire Arrows Skill Book was quite ordinary in his eyes.
As mentioned before, Luo Ji prioritized the strength of an entire army rather than individual power.
No matter how strong one person was, could they defeat an entire army?
And this Rapid Fire Arrows skill could only be taught to a single person.
But as he mentally reviewed all the generals under his command, Luo Ji was somewhat surprised to find that, besides Burigude, none of his generals in Myriad World Civilization were particularly skilled in archery.
Should he give it to Burigude? But Burigude’s archery skills were already quite impressive, and giving him another Rapid Fire Arrows skill book seemed pointless, even a bit redundant.
As thoughts raced, Luo Ji, realizing this, temporarily tossed the skill book into his system inventory, deciding to wait until he found a suitable candidate.
As for the Silver-tier Leather Armor Blueprint.
“He Liang, make a trip to the Armament Department. Hand this blueprint to the head of the Armament Production Department and instruct them to produce leather armor according to this blueprint from now on.”
“Understood, Your Humble Servant.”
He Liang, taking the blueprint, wasted no time.
He put on his greatcoat and quickly headed towards the Armament Department.
Luo Ji, meanwhile, slowly rose and walked to the window. Looking at the heavy snow still falling outside the window, Luo Ji didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Thanks to this blizzard, he even saved on truce tokens now. Anyone who invaded would just be giving him Civilization Points and Bronze Treasure Chests for free.
Such an effortless victory was quite relaxing.
But on the other hand, a continuous blizzard was also a huge burden on his Myriad World Civilization.
“Has this blizzard not stopped since it started?”
Luo Ji asked Jie Zichuan, who was waiting nearby, without turning his head.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, this blizzard stopped for a while 3 days ago, but after 2 days, it started snowing again…”
As he spoke, Jie Zichuan unhurriedly recounted the events of the past few days to Luo Ji.
During the time Luo Ji was away, invading other players’ civilizations, Lu Yang, who was in charge of the overall situation, naturally had no leisure.
Taking advantage of the 2 days the snow stopped, Lu Yang quickly mobilized manpower for a large-scale snow clearing effort within Mirror City.
At the same time, he also made special arrangements for various departments during this extraordinary period.
Overall, the situation in Mirror City was well-maintained.
The city lords of the other cities also took advantage of the two days the snow stopped to quickly send reports on their city’s conditions to Mirror City.
Luo Ji wasn’t there at the time, so Lu Yang handled everything promptly.
The contents of those reports and their proposed solutions were all compiled into a single report and presented to Luo Ji.
Leaning back in his office chair, he slowly flipped through the report.
Luo Ji was quite satisfied with Lu Yang’s efficiency and capabilities.
However, despite his satisfaction, the report in his hand still contained many things that troubled him greatly.
Great Wood City, as a crucial agricultural city in Luo Ji’s Myriad World Civilization, accounted for no less than 30% of the entire civilization’s agricultural food production.
Now, with this blizzard, most of the crops, except for a few cold-resistant ones, have frozen to death.
Yet, this wasn’t the most distressing matter.
The most distressing was the situation in Songhe City.
Days of heavy snow had collapsed Songhe City’s food storage warehouse, and also resulted in over 20 injuries.
All the grain in the granary was exposed to the wind and snow.
Due to the severe weather, it couldn’t be transferred in time, and after getting damp, much of the grain was rotting.
Although they could hold on for a short while without a food crisis erupting, over time, Songhe City’s food supply would certainly be difficult to maintain.
Faced with this situation, Lu Yang was undoubtedly extremely troubled.
He was currently trying to organize a team of barbarian soldiers to shovel snow outside the city, hoping to clear a path so that the supply caravan could deliver food to Songhe City before the situation worsened.
However, this seemed like a foolish strategy.
Because the blizzard was constantly raging, and snow was continuously piling up.
Clearing a path to Songhe City would be an extraordinarily massive task.
But the frustrating thing was that, besides this, there seemed to be no other way.
Wait! It seemed there might be another way.
Luo Ji’s brows slightly raised as if he had thought of something. But his facial expression still carried a hint of hesitation.
After some deliberation, he finally made up his mind.
“Jie Zichuan, go fetch Hill and Harold.”
Jie Zichuan’s expression froze. He clearly knew what Luo Ji was thinking.
“Your Majesty, the leaders of the two great tribes have only just surrendered. Is it really wise to call upon them?”
“Don’t worry, I have a plan for this.”
Luo Ji said calmly, waving his hand.
“Go bring them here.”
“Yes, Your Humble Servant obeys.”
