The Primordial Ancestor's Land had once provided a solution. After it collapsed, Tang Changsheng had dusted off his hands and left, and the Dushi Divine Hall had taken over the mess...
To be fair, the Dushi Divine Hall had truly devoted itself to Hongdong Stockade. It had shipped in untold quantities of supplies to keep the stockade provisioned. It had even opened up plenty of fertile fields, hoping to make Hongdong Stockade self-sufficient.
But now the entire Black Rock Mountains had fallen into their hands. To resist the Pan Troops, they could no longer leave everyone scattered as before. The people had to live together.
That put the burden of feeding over a million people and more than a hundred thousand warriors squarely on Tang Changsheng's shoulders.
And now the gold mines before them had been stripped bare...
"The Black Rock Mountains will belong to us from now on anyway. Let's follow the old custom: everyone chips in, and we'll count it as an investment..."
You Mengde could only sigh. Fortunately, the Immortal Sects had seen plenty of precedents for this sort of thing.
"Let's work it out. We need at least five hundred thousand shi of Grain and Fodder. We also need to re-equip the Black Rock Warriors, which means nearly two hundred thousand sets of armor and weapons... What else?"
"Ghost Soldiers. We'll need at least fifty thousand to guard the Netherworld. Don't forget, Hongdong Stockade no longer has an Ancestral God..."
"All right. Fifty thousand Ghost Soldiers. That's another huge expense!"
Tang Changsheng's eyebrows jumped. "You can buy Ghost Soldiers?"
"Of course. What can't you buy in Immortal-Fate City? Even Magical Weapons and Demon Soldiers are no problem!"
Tang Changsheng swallowed his surprise. "We also need high-yield crops that can grow in the Black Rock Mountains... Only