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Chapter 408 - 408 408 The New Use of the Five Pigs

408: Chapter 408: The New Use of the Five Pigs 408: Chapter 408: The New Use of the Five Pigs Coscola hastily said, “The job at Qiao Miya is too important, let me go instead.”

As Zhao Guang’s current Housekeeper, the internal affairs of the household are managed by Xi Fei, but many tasks are actually carried out by Qiao Miya.

Moreover, there are also some external matters that are executed by Qiao Miya.

If Qiao Miya were to leave, many tasks would probably cause a lot of disorder due to lack of personnel.

“Coscola’s case is still not suitable, after all, this trip is to open up trade channels and will require communication with the Lords of various lands.

If it were Coscola, I’m afraid some matters wouldn’t be easily discussed.”

There was no way around it, Coscola was skilled at dealing with mercenaries, but not at dealing with nobles.

Hearing what Zhao Guang said, Coscola knew he could not go.

“Rest assured, I will make all the necessary preparations.”

Just then, someone suddenly ran over, “Lord, we only have so many mules and horses.” Zhao Guang turned to look, and, indeed, they were very few.

Really, had I known earlier, I should have prepared more and reserved more from others.

Now, there were only just over thirty, which hardly made the merchant team significant.

A merchant team of over thirty sleds was indeed not small, but in reality, for his territory, it didn’t serve much purpose.

At minimum, he needed one or two hundred to have a significant effect.

Zhao Guang wasn’t short on food supplies, but many items still needed to be exchanged.

There were numerous miscellaneous items, and he also needed some things for the construction of the Mage Tower.

At that moment, Jeana suddenly said, “As long as they can pull the sleds, that should be fine.”

Zhao Guang nodded, “We need ones with great strength, and also obedient.

It’s a pity, if we had strong Beastmen they might also be suitable for use.”

Sometimes, Beastmen could be more useful than wild beasts, and they were absolutely obedient.

Jeana then said, “We have such animals, those five-stripe pigs could be used.”

Five-stripe pigs?

Zhao Guang was somewhat doubtful, but then his eyes lit up.

Yes, the adult five-stripe pigs could indeed be used, as they had a body length of four meters, their entire form akin to a watermelon.

If they were to walk on the ground, due to uneven surfaces, some areas would be difficult to pass through.

But on the smooth surface of ice, simply moving forward seemed to have no difficulty.

Moreover, after domestication by Humans, the five-stripe pigs were very obedient.

With just a little training, they would know how to proceed.

In terms of strength, these five-stripe pigs were definitely not weaker than mules and horses.

As long as they were well-fed, the physical strength and endurance of these five-stripe pigs were very significant.

With the omnivorous attribute of the five-stripe pigs, there would be plenty of things to eat along the way.

If they took another route, the five-stripe pigs might be attacked as food.

But this particular route passed through nobles’ lands, and they were not short of food.

The five-stripe pigs, seen as cheap meat in their eyes, why would they possibly want to snatch and eat that?

There was no need to worry about this.

One could say that unless there was a major accident, this was really a good plan.

“That’s fantastic, your idea is really great.”

Zhao Guang happily lifted Jeana and spun her around a few times.

After being put down, Jeana’s face turned beet red.

However, seeing her master so happy, Jeana also showed a smile.

Xi Fei felt somewhat helpless.

Why hadn’t she thought of this?

“Go, bring some of the five-stripe pigs over, let’s do an experiment.”

Of all things in the territory, five-stripe pigs were in great abundance.

Perhaps the pigs wouldn’t be enough for the many mouths to feed in the territory, and more breeding would be necessary.

Yet for pulling sleds, there would be more than enough.

If he was willing, he could produce thousands of five-stripe pigs.

Zhao Guang was also discovering for the first time that these five-stripe pigs had other uses apart from being eaten.

Soon enough, the five-stripe pigs were herded over, and they were indeed very obedient.

They were just unfamiliar with commands, so when pulling sleds they might stop or turn direction unexpectedly.

“Master, these five-stripe pigs are very useful.

With just three days of training, I’m sure we can get them fully under control,” Qiao Miya said while watching and taking notes.

Zhao Guang nodded, “That’s good, how big do you think the merchant team should be for this time?”

Qiao Miya calculated a bit, “No need for too big of a team the first time, but we can immediately prepare follow-ups.

Just need to find a few reliable people.

This time, we can completely assemble a team of a thousand sleds.”

A thousand sleds, what a massive number.

But thinking about it, the goods transported might not be that much.

Can’t help it, in a world without developed technology, transporting capacity is that poor.

“Then it’s settled, let Coscola help you.

After we open the trade channel, the follow-ups can be managed by others,” Zhao Guang planned to have Miller manage it once he returned.

As for power struggles, they were all slaves; they would not compete for this.

And in Qiao Miya’s heart, serving well as a master’s Housekeeper was far more important than any other position.

Thinking about it some more, Zhao Guang once again instructed, “Send the word out, don’t let anyone randomly drill holes in the ice any more.

We are not short of food right now, and the merchant team is more important.”

If there were holes everywhere, how would a large merchant team pass through?

Moreover, the amount of fish they catch by drilling so many holes is still far less than what is caught in a single winter fishing season.

These folks are just used to being poor, which is why they behave this way, especially the Rabbitfolk.

The Human side basically doesn’t lack food, but the Rabbitfolk really do suffer from chronic food shortages.

Even in such a natural environment, it’s evident how low their productivity is.

The reason for the excessive drilling was also a trend started by these Rabbitfolk.

After thinking some more, Zhao Guang gave another order, “For this purchase, prioritize shipbuilding materials.

Before spring arrives, I want to see at least a hundred ships.

No problem, right?”

After considering it, Qiao Miya replied, “There shouldn’t be a problem.”

He dared not casually make big promises; otherwise, if they couldn’t be realized, there’d be trouble.

Zhao Guang, too, understood that once spring arrived and the rivers thawed, sleds would be useless.

If a large number of boats didn’t follow up, the trade route he went to great lengths to open would be wasted.

If someone immediately made up the shortfall, the power of speech would be reduced or even lost.

Zhao Guang, coming from Earth, was very clear about the importance of control.

“In that case, we might need to continue increasing the number of merchant teams.

Calculate for yourself; if the materials are not enough, then expand the scale,” Zhao Guang directly gave Qiao Miya greater authority.

“I will try my best to complete the task.” So cautious, even at this moment, not daring to promise completion.