Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 31 The Crazy Brainstorming Maloney

  When Maloney heard David introduce the few villagers in his village, his first reaction was that he seemed, probably, seemed, should be late?

  He had considered whether to invest in David before, but looking at the situation in Lindong Village, are there too many people who "bet" on David?

  Although he doesn't know where Watney, Fording and Crawford are from? Moreover, it cannot be said that there are no civilians with surnames at all, but he absolutely does not believe that these few people gathered in the newly built village in such a remote area appeared here because of some strange coincidence.

What's more, although the lumberjack named Tirion Fordring seemed very polite and respectful to him, that special temperament couldn't be ignored at all—that feeling was like facing his father and grandfather. , or the top nobles of Iron Tree Fort, because this feeling is too absurd, Maloney suspects that he may be too tired to judge because of the rush.

  Riding into the village, sitting at the table where David and the others usually ate, Maloney would turn his head from time to time to look for the figure of Tirion Fordring, trying to make sure he had made a mistake. However, the woodcutter named Tirion went somewhere, but it was Mark Watney who hadn't seen before, and Maloney finally saw himself.

   "Is this a farmer?"

Although Mark Watney's appearance is not particularly outstanding, and he is wearing very ordinary coarse clothes - after Fording saw someone coming from a distance, he notified Mark of a temporary change of clothes, and Maloney did not see Mark at the first time After seeing him at this time, he felt that what he was facing was a scholar with rich knowledge, not a farmer who only knew how to farm.

  Now he can be sure that David's identity is very unusual, otherwise it would be impossible to get such strong support.

  As for a young man who is suspected to be a descendant of a nobleman, he joined the development team and became the village head. Do you want to expose such a thing as obtaining a territory?

   Maloney made a decision almost at the same time as he judged David's identity: None of my business!

  It’s true that he came to inspect Rindong Village, but what he wanted to inspect was whether Rindong Village is a qualified village? Has farmland been reclaimed? Is there a steady crop output? Can it support ordinary people to live on this land?

  After these things are confirmed, check the surrounding geographical conditions by the way, whether there are any mineral deposits or special products on this land.

   As for David's identity? It has nothing to do with his work. Not to mention that the identities of David and these villagers are just his speculations, even if it is confirmed, Maloney will not expose this matter.

  The reason is simple, what good will it do him to reveal David's 'true' identity? Absolutely not! The requirements for identity in the development decree of the Kingdom of Tilan are very loose. Anyone who is a citizen of the Kingdom of Tilan can participate, no matter if they are nobles or commoners.

  Even when the pioneering order was just issued, the main force to open up new lands was the nobles of the kingdom, especially those descendants of nobles who could not inherit the territories of their elders! It wasn't until the territory of the Kingdom of Tilan increased to a certain extent and the good places were occupied, leaving only some bitter cold places, that the nobles gradually 'withdrew' from this activity.

  Don't say that David is just a suspected descendant of a nobleman, even if he is really a nobleman, it is not a big deal. At the same time, David's situation has brought some inspiration to Maloney: Can he perform similar operations when needed? After all, as a wealthy and powerful aristocrat, it is not surprising to have several illegitimate children.

   "Although the winter in this area is colder, and ordinary crops cannot grow, it is still a territory."

  With this kind of thinking, Maloney became more concerned about some things. He kept chatting with Mark about the situation of the land. He wondered if it is true that nothing can be grown on this land except potatoes?

"It's not absolutely impossible to plant, it's more troublesome at most." For Mark Watney, who comes from a more advanced world and has mastered more advanced planting concepts, there is nothing absolutely impossible, especially when the potatoes he planted on Mars After successfully sprouting, his self-confidence has exploded.

  In Mark’s view, no matter how bad the environment is, can it be worse than Mars? So as long as there are suitable means, he believes that this land can grow any crop he wants, whether it is wheat, vegetables or fruits!

  Maloney listened to Mark's rhetoric, and had already confirmed the identity of the other party in his heart: this is a scholar in this field! The purpose of coming here is to ensure that David's Cold Winter Village can successfully produce crops. No wonder potatoes, a crop that no one has discovered before, can be found.

  Maloney made up the identity of Tirion Fordring by the way—maybe a powerful knight, maybe a personal guard arranged for David.

  Considering my own feelings, maybe this Tirion Fordring also served as the commander of an elite force? Otherwise it is impossible to have that kind of temperament.

  In this case, whose child is this David?

   Several family names came to mind. It is definitely not an ordinary family that can use such excellent resources, but after several names flashed through his mind, he almost broke out in a cold sweat. Maloney realized that it might not be a good thing to continue to dwell on this issue, so he decisively stopped thinking...

  David tidied up in his wooden house, while observing Maloney's situation from time to time.

  Laura was standing in front of him, but she didn't mean to 'help' at all: "Aren't you worried about what Mark said?"

"Don't worry, Mark is not an idiot!" At any rate, he is a scientist who can join the Mars Exploration Program team, which not only requires Mark to reach the top level in his own professional field, but also to be able to complete additional training, to be able to do this Naturally, people in this world are not stupid.

   Don't look at Mark sitting there bragging and boasting, in fact, he didn't say a single word that shouldn't be said.

At this time, Fording came to David's wooden house after turning around without knowing where, walked to David's side and whispered: "The two soldiers are resting, and the other two are in the village. Patrol outside."

  The last was the knight Hackett. He also returned to the vicinity of Maloney after a circle, and stood guard not far behind Maloney.

"By the way, I arranged for the old hunter with the child to rest in my wooden house." Tirion said when David led Maloney to visit the general situation of Cold Winter Village—in fact, he just looked at the village. A few small pieces of farmland, I know the general situation of these people from Laura, Addis and Alfie are not officials of Iron Tree Fort or their followers, but will become the "insiders" of the villagers of Cold Winter Village, so they will naturally Do some care alone.

   You know, except for Maloney Mansfield who can live in David's cabin, the rest, including the knight Hackett, can only live in the temporary large cabin that has not been demolished.

"how about you?"

"It depends on how you arrange David?" Fording looked at David, and then at Laura who was standing next to him. Although he didn't say anything, the meaning he wanted to express was already obvious—if Dai Wei and Laura live in one room, and he can live with Mark; if David wants to live in a wooden house with Mark, Fording can only go to the big wooden house to deal with it for a few days.

"I'll go to Laura." There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing, David immediately answered Fording's question, and asked how many potatoes there are in the lower village: "How many potatoes are there in stock? Is it enough for fifty kilograms?" ?”

"Of course not." Fording can give the answer without even checking: "The last batch of potatoes harvested, except for a part of it as our food, the rest were replanted." They left for themselves The food reserves are not as much as fifty kilograms, but only about twenty kilograms.

In addition to the relatively small number of seeds at the beginning, which limited the output, the main reason is that the people in Cold Winter Village do not completely rely on potatoes for their lives. Whether it is the food brought by Mark from the Mars base or the food brought by Laura from her hometown in England It can make them not have to worry about eating problems.

   "Why do you suddenly need fifty kilograms of potatoes?"

  David told Fording directly that he 'sold' 50 kilograms of potatoes to Captain Gregory of the northern sentry. In addition to earning the first sum of money, he could also exchange chickens, ducks, horses, etc.

"Speaking of this..." Fording seemed to think of something, and suddenly mentioned something that everyone ignored: "It is difficult to deal with large livestock such as cattle and horses, but chickens, ducks, and even pigs and sheep, we seem to be able to try to solve it by ourselves." Bar?"

  David was stunned for two seconds, and then slapped his forehead hard. He really didn't think about it: "But, can you bring the living thing?"

  Before I only determined that if I wanted to carry something, I had to 'lift' it up, which is why I couldn't bring anything too big or heavy.

   At the same time, there was no way to bring someone here, otherwise Laura could have brought Rose to Winter Village for treatment. Even though Rose was seriously injured at the time, as long as he did not die on the spot, it is entirely possible to heal with the magic of the Holy Light.

   "When Maloney takes people around to inspect the surrounding situation, I'll go back and buy a live chicken for a try?" Laura will definitely go back, and she can only be responsible for the 50 kilograms of potatoes that were agreed.

"Well, just try to buy a live chicken first, and then decide whether to buy more chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep when the situation is confirmed." There is no need to buy it immediately before you are not sure that it can be delivered: "But it is like how to raise chickens. Books such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep can be bought in advance and delivered."

  David doesn’t know how to raise poultry and livestock, not only he doesn’t know how, but none of the people in Cold Winter Village, including the temporary guests, know this knowledge, so Laura had to bring some teaching materials, and then sharpen their guns and sell them now.

   "Well, I will consult relevant professionals, maybe the experience they have sorted out is more useful."

   "This is a good way, or...Rindong Village Chicken Farm will be handed over to you!"

   "..."

  (end of this chapter)