Faced with this problem, Wright fell into deep thought.
The main issue was that, as the Elf King, Wright's abilities in development and administration truly still needed strengthening.
This was also inseparable from the fact that, over all these years, the Elf race itself had never sought much development, and its internal construction had always remained lukewarm.
After all, under such circumstances, Wright had never had the chance to accumulate relevant experience.
If Zhou Xu had been here instead, he could have spotted the crux of the problem at a glance.
When all was said and done, the essence of the matter had nothing to do with how many elves had chopped down how many trees. The real problem was that, within Elf Forest, Wright simply had too little work to offer.
Setting aside the fruit and vegetable gathering that could basically be ignored, there were only two jobs that required substantial labor: mining and logging.
An entire race, with only two main jobs within it? No matter how one looked at it, that could never be enough.
On top of that, Wright had failed to properly arrange the details.
With logging and mining placed side by side, logging was obviously the easier of the two.
To put it simply, if Zhou Xu had been in charge, the most straightforward solution would have been to give miners higher wages and a series of related benefits.
That way, when choosing a job, everyone would clearly understand that although mining was more exhausting and involved greater risks, the income and benefits were also higher.
Going a step further, Zhou Xu would also limit the number of people in each position. Once a position had enough workers, no more would be added.
But Wright had not done that. This was clearly an oversight