Xiao Shi didn't care, and said casually: "Returning to Elder Du, not counting the two seniors, there are a total of 9,860 monks in this city right now, of which 435 are in the foundation building period, and the rest are in the qi refining period.

In terms of personnel deployment, it is mainly divided into four parts, namely, mining, defending the city, patrolling and sundries, of which the main task is to defend the city and mining, more than 6,800 mining personnel, more than 2,100 city guards, 300 patrol personnel, and the rest are basically sundries.

The mining progress of the base is about 1.9 billion per month......"

It took a long stick of incense before Xiao Shi finished reporting the general situation in the city.

Du Fan listened very carefully, because the memory he got from Peng Dahai was incomplete, plus Peng Dahai, as the head of a city, usually thinks about far-sighted things, it is impossible to do everything himself, and some detailed tasks are naturally to be assigned, so his understanding of the affairs of the No. 38 stronghold may not be as clear as Xiao Shi, the big housekeeper.

However, after Xiaoshi's introduction, Du Fan knew a lot of things.

Du Fan pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is mainly responsible for the spirit ore mining?"

"Returning to Elder Du, he is a junior. A middle-aged woman in her forties replied.

"You rush to the mine now and withdraw a thousand people. Du Fan ordered.

The middle-aged woman was a little surprised, and opened her mouth to ask something, but one of the people next to her pulled her sleeve and shook her head at her.

"Is there a problem?" Du Fan asked, his face sank.

"There's no problem, the juniors will do it. The middle-aged woman's heart sank, and she immediately received her order.

"By the way, after you get to the mining area, concentrate on a certain area to retreat people, don't make it scattered. Du Fan added.

"Yes, the juniors remembered. The middle-aged woman saluted Du Fan and walked out of the hall.

"Who's in charge of guarding the walls?"

"Elder Huidu, the younger generation is mainly responsible for guarding the city wall. ”

"All the 1,000 people who have been withdrawn from the mining area will be handed over to you to strengthen the defense of the city. ”

"Yes, the juniors take the order. ”

"Okay, that's all for today, the meeting is dismissed, everyone is busy going their own way, and I'll call you again if there is something. Du Fan thought about it and felt that there was nothing to do for the time being, so he waved his hand and said.

"The junior retires ......"

When a high-ranking deacon heard this, he immediately saluted Du Fanqi, and then walked out of the hall in turn.

......

When there were only two people left in the hall, Du Fan leaned back on the wide chair, squeezed his eyebrows at Baili Qiu, and said, "Apprentice, describe your mood at the moment in four words." ”

Baili Qiu barely thought about it, and blurted out: "The dove occupies the magpie's nest......"

"It's worthy of being a master and apprentice, but there is a tacit understanding, haha......" Du Fan laughed, very happy, and then said: "Let me ask you another question, what is the intention of laying off 1,000 miners for the division?"

"Fill in the 1,000 or so villagers recruited some time ago, and none of the spirit stone mines they mined don't need to be handed over, all ......of them are ours," Baili Qiu said with a blank face.

"You're only half right...... Although the spirit ore mined by those 1,000 people does not need to be handed over to the Southwest Fortress, General Wu's person must come over to get a piece of the pie, so this part of the spirit ore is not all ours. Du Fan was a little melancholy.

"General Wu doesn't know how much ore the 1,000 villagers we recruited have mined, we just need to report the number casually, and then divide it for him. ”

"You are too naïve, what kind of person is General Wu? He is simply a slut who has lived two lifetimes, has seen through the true meaning of life, is beyond the flashiness of the world, and has a great understanding! How many mines can a miner open every day, can he not know? If you want to play tricks with him, it is simply impossible!" Du Fan squinted his eyes and said.

"Master, I heard Ren Gongzi say that you have also lived two lifetimes. ”

Du Fan was stunned for a moment, and immediately scolded: "He is talking nonsense...... Discuss business, don't talk to me useless...... In terms of the current situation, what would you do if you were me?"

Baili Qiu thought for a while, and replied: "Recruit more miners, increase the output of spirit ore, and achieve a win-win situation with General Wu." ”

"Win-win fart, I want a single win!"

"Then there is no way...... Master, you know me, I'm not good at that. ”

Du Fan sighed, and after being silent for a long time, he whispered: "It's not that everything is as he General Wu expected, for example, this time, he originally sent me over to rob the enemy's stronghold, but I did something even more awesome than robbing the stronghold.

General Wu would never have dreamed of such a situation, and I don't plan to tell him, because we still have to rely on this way to expand our business and become bigger and stronger...... Well, the previous plan needs to be adjusted, and those thousand people can't come over for the time being. ”

"Ah, if you don't tell General Wu, how can we get along?" Baili was surprised.

Du Fan had already considered it and said: "Wouldn't it be okay to get another stronghold out, this time you have to fight in a dignified manner, but you have to pick a soft persimmon, after all, that stronghold is just a cover to deal with General Wu, and you don't rely on it to make money, there is no need to bother."

I studied it, and the enemy's No. 37 stronghold near here is not bad, although the mining area in the sphere of influence is a little smaller, and the quality is not very good, the key is that the city defense is weak, and there is only one Jindan monk in charge, and it is estimated that it will be captured in one day. ”

"That's a good idea...... However, what if General Wu questioned us why we did not carry out the battle plan he had specified?"

"This is easy to do, let's just say that we have done our best, the No. 38 stronghold is really unable to attack, and we have no choice but to retreat and take the No. 37 stronghold......

In fact, with the city defense situation of the 38th stronghold, if it is a head-to-head confrontation, even if two Yuanying mid-stage come, don't think about breaking it in a short time, and when you can break the city, the enemy's reinforcements will already come...... General Wu just had a hard time thinking about me.

Of course, he may just want to test me to see how many pounds and taels I have, and whether I am really as godly as the legend says. Du Fan's eyes flashed and he muttered.

"Master, there is a question that I have been hiding in my heart for a long time, and I have always wanted to ask you. ”

Say. ”

"In this Kyushu Continent, Master is a transcendent existence, if you talk about identity, fame, if you talk about combat power, you are comparable to the middle and late Yuan Infant, you should be a powerful figure, but why did you become extremely low-key and cautious after coming to the battlefield, is it really just to make a fortune?" (To be continued.) )