With Food, You Can Speak with Confidence

However, the Beastfolk all kept their heads down.

After all, in their minds, Chen Changhe, as the lord of the Joseph Kingdom, would certainly not recruit these Beastfolk as his soldiers.

Seeing this, Chen Changhe quickly added:

"There is one point I must clarify here: this recruitment is not just open to humans."

Even Beastfolk, as long as you are willing to fight for me and can pass the screening, can become a member of the guard camp."

Therefore, those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts.

However, with the Mechanical Arm present, these Beastfolk, after becoming warriors of the territory, will soon convert to the faith of waaaaagh.

He preferred to recruit a group of Beastfolk warriors rather than ordinary humans.

This action caused a huge uproar among the human population. They could not understand Chen Changhe's actions and did not understand why he was giving such preferential treatment to these "inferior beings" in their eyes.

In their minds, these Beastfolk slaves were born to be enslaved and driven, with no hope of ever rising up.

The opportunity to work with them is already a blessing these Beastfolk have earned in their past lives.

Unexpectedly, the lord also planned to recruit these people as his warriors.

Isn't this just reckless?

But none of them dared to speak recklessly.

The Beastfolk were taken aback at first, but then a glimmer of hope gradually ignited in their eyes.

A tall Felinids Beastfolk stepped forward and asked Chen Changhe:

"My lord, are you truly willing to trust us Beastfolk?"

Chen Changhe nodded firmly. "In my territory, only loyalty and courage matter, not race!"

As long as you are in my territory, whether you are human or Beastfolk, you are all my subjects!

With Chen Changhe's guarantee, more and more Beastfolk began to be tempted.

Compared to humans, Beastfolk crave battle even more.

This applies even to lower-ranking Beastfolk races like Felinids and Rabbitman.

Ordinary Felinids and Rabbitman are naturally weak.

However, there are also many exceptionally gifted individuals among them.

In every war between the Beastfolk race and the Human Kingdom, Felinids or Rabbitman assassins would appear.

These are Felinids and Rabbitman who have been specially trained from a young age. They possess extraordinary agility and can leap to great heights in an instant to launch a surprise attack on enemies. The best among them even have keen senses and can detect approaching danger in advance.

Although it's impossible for any of these Beastfolk in the territory to be Felinids or Rabbitman.

However, it's also possible that after acquiring the Mechanical Arm, some of these Beastfolk might awaken corresponding bloodline powers due to the stimulation of its power.

If that's the case, then Chen Changhe has really struck gold.

These Beastfolk can break through the limitations of ordinary Mechanical Arm on their combat capabilities, gaining even greater strength.

With a wave of Chen Changhe's hand, a group of people who had been waiting nearby quickly came in and began registering information for these new residents.

The registration process proceeded smoothly, with everyone displaying excitement.

Meanwhile, Chen Changhe had already ridden the mechanical dragon into the sky, leaving this place and returning to Fubis Castle outside Hope Town.

Not long after, someone delivered the registration results to Chen Changhe.

Chen Changhe really didn't expect that there were so many talented people among this group of leaders.

Among these people were not only blacksmiths, but also a considerable number of them, a total of three.

In addition to the two blacksmith apprentices, there was also a full-fledged blacksmith.

Not only was his craftsmanship superb, but he also created many exquisite and practical ironware items.

I don't know what was wrong with his original lord, that he would hand over such a talented person so easily.

There are even more farmers who know how to cultivate crops, totaling more than 200.

The population of Hope Town has increased, and the demand for food has also risen significantly.

Chen Changhe has gold coins, which he can use to purchase food from other territories.

However, this is not a long-term solution.

If someone were to target the town and impose a food ban on the territory, Hope Town would face a food shortage crisis.

Therefore, relying on farmers in one's own territory to increase food production and achieve self-sufficiency is the fundamental solution.

There isn't much suitable land for planting outside the Hope Town, and most of it has hard soil and lacks sufficient nutrients.

At most, they can only grow a few of those sweet potato-like plants, which are called "konjac" in this world.

Originally, the entire grain harvest of Hope Town was barely enough to feed the town's 500-plus residents.

However, during this period, Chen Changhe led the people of Hope Town to reclaim and improve the mountainous areas surrounding Hope Town.

They cleared away the weeds, broke up the stones, and then found a way to fill in some soil.

Although the process was extremely arduous, everyone worked together and managed to transform many mountainous areas into arable farmland.

Chen Changhe also taught the farmers in Hope Town how to improve soil quality and how to plant and irrigate properly.

In this world, not only are ordinary farmers completely ignorant of this knowledge, but even noble mages are utterly clueless about it.

Not only that, Chen Changhe also improved the original konjac variety, which greatly increased its yield and made it taste better.

The new konjac variety is thriving in the farmland of Hope Town, becoming a new hope for the farmers.

With the current scale of planting, it can already meet the daily needs of more than 1,500 people.

Although the town's population has increased, the labor force has also increased accordingly.

With enough manpower, Chen Changhe can further expand the scale of his cultivated land.

At that time, not only will the territory be able to be self-sufficient in food, but the surplus food will also be able to be stored for unforeseen circumstances.

Having enough food gives you the confidence to speak up.

Chen Changhe understood this principle well, so he regarded grain production as the top priority for the development of Hope Town.

Not only these 200-plus experienced farmers, but Chen Changhe also arranged for the vast majority of the remaining people in the territory to grow grain.

With a sufficient food supply, Chen Changhe was able to attract more talent and residents to settle down, making Hope Town more prosperous and stronger.

Besides these people, Chen Changhe also discovered a doctor among these new settlers.

In this world, doctors are extremely rare.

There are even fewer than mages.

Doctors in this world treat diseases by using special herbs or minerals.

The medical skills they possess are often passed down through family tradition or learned in extremely secluded academies.

These doctors are highly respected because they are able to snatch lives from the jaws of death.

Medical resources have become an extremely scarce and precious resource in this world.

Often only a select few nobles had the opportunity to receive medical treatment.

When ordinary people fall ill or get injured, they can mostly only rely on simple herbal remedies or pray to gods for recovery.