Chapter 107

Mony looked at Ibro as if she knew that would be his answer, then she said:

"my lord is right about the underground threats. But what about the surface threats that will come from monsters strongholds here?"

Ibro was taken aback when he heard her words.

"Are there monsters strongholds on the surface too? Are they the same as these underground monsters?"

"Yes, on the surface there are a lot of monsters' forts. They are totally different from the underground monsters. In fact, these two types of monsters are rivals in reality. Each kind tries to prove its superiority to the other kind."

That was kind of good news for Ibro. He found another source to get more trophies and population from. This would give him a space to breathe. His enemy underground really was a very hard one to deal with.

The fact that these two types of monsters were rivals made him at ease. These surface monsters were away from the reaches of his enemy. He could use them to train his soldiers without much worry.

"Where are these surface monsters then? Do you know any details about them?"

"They are usually in the mountains my lord. They love to build high walls, very huge castles and forts in the mountains. These monsters live by raids. They raid any caravan that march around their stronghold.

They also raid the villages and even towns. They are known for their wealth and strength. Taking one fort down is a very hard task, but if we manage to conquer one, then we will gain many riches and a lot of rss."

"They have rss?"

"Yes my lord. They are different from those underground monsters. Those monsters don't see us as their food.

They eat like us, normal food either planted or hunted. So they have huge warehouses for grains and meat and other rss."

Ibro felt the huge disparity between the two monsters. One resembled him as a human and the other resembled the wild beasts.

"Has anyone tried to ally himself with them before?"

"We are allies with these monsters? That's impossible. Yes, they don't eat us like those underground monsters, but they wanted to kill us too. Their desire to destroy us is even stronger than the underground kind."

A crazy idea appeared in his mind. If he can't ally with them then he would tame them. A huge monster army fighting under his banner… that would be really awesome. The problem was about their defenses. He needed to make specific preparations for that.

"Then you are afraid they might attack our villagers in the farms?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Then you can use the river tributes as an outline for these farms."

"That would be appropriate. If we wanted to build a huge city in the future, then these river tributaries won't be our borders but will be running inside our walls. These farms will be constructed outside this small island that we are in."

"Then I will solve this problem. Your task is to give me a design of the future city and the location of these farms. The security issue will be solved by me."

This issue highlighted another area he should take care of, the internal security department. His village now has over half a million people.

He needed to maintain public order and guarantee several important building security. It would be impractical to use the army in everything. He must use this chance to establish the internal security department.

This department would be born from the army for now but later he intended to separate it entirely. The problem he faced now was about the lack of population again.

He felt as if these huge numbers were a burden and deficient at the same time. He was in the middle of a huge revolution. Either he sustained this period and grew to a steady development period, or he failed and his village turned into a failure.

The only solution he had in mind was to increase the population fast. Whatever it took him, he must cross the five million thresholds this month. The only solution to his problem was the problem itself, how ironic.

"What about fishing boats?"

He didn't plan to depend only on the farm solution. This solution was a long term solution that had many requirements and limitations.

The most important side effect was its inability to adapt to any sudden changes. He needed more flexible solutions to give him more security. Fishing boats were one of them.

"We already have two ports which created over 25 fishing boats. Each boat carries 2 villagers and can yield 100 fish units daily. Each fish unit equals 2 food units. So, these 25 boats can give 5k food units daily."

"That is not enough. I want you to build 10 more river ports and they will be responsible for our river issues. We need to build more sea ports, at least additional five ports there."

"Aren't all these ports more than our needs?"

She looked as if she wasn't convinced by Ibro's order. Ibro didn't explain to her. He knew from his previous Rioneed experience that sea was always the key to the future.

He needed to secure his advantage over rivers and seas so early to maintain his advantage. He didn't plan to explain these ideas of his to her. He just smiled and replied in a vague tone:

"We will need more than these in the future. Just build them as soon as possible. Also order them to build massive fishing fleets all the time, even if we don't have the manpower to operate them for now. Keep producing these boats all the time."

"As you command my lord."

He knew she wasn't convinced with his order. He didn't need to explain everything he ordered, he was this place lord. These ships would work as his backhand at any time.

The more he got the better. He needed to have these so if his population enlarged in a sudden way he wouldn't face this problem again.

"What about animal husbandry? Have you found any animal tamers in the village?"

"We have over 100 animal tamer talents. But we couldn't find a place to tame animals from till now."

"That is an easy problem to solve. I will form a scout squad. When they find any suitable animals to be tamed, they will inform these tamers."

"They will also need some protection to go and bring these animals back."

"I will instruct some army units to keep their company. You also need to prepare a wide suitable place for these animals to be kept at."

"I will put that in the plans for the design of the village."

"Good. Now you go and finish your tasks and I will head for the market."

Mony smiled as she asked:

"I should expect another big shopping storm from you, my lord, right?"

He laughed as he replied:

"I will buy a lot of things. Keep the area around the market empty and put people there to move all the rss I buy to the warehouses."