Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 941 Food Planning
The elves' construction ability is actually average, and even considering their work efficiency, it can be said that they are weak.

Therefore, the construction of the giant eagle training farm was not complicated. According to the description in the ancient scrolls, a construction team was dispatched and the construction was completed quickly.

This was the first day that Giant Eagle officially began training. After Zhou Xu came over and briefly inspected the situation, he quickly turned around and left.

After all, it was his first day at work and he was already unfamiliar with the job. If he stayed there any longer, the trainers would be too stressed and he would basically not have to do any work for the day.

When Zhou Xu returned to the Qinzheng Hall, Huo Qubing and Li Bowen had already started work.

Zhou Xu did not hesitate and quickly sat down at his desk and picked up a document to start reading.

This is a document sent from the Ministry of Agriculture, which reports in detail the grain situation in various regions and cities within their Great Zhou.

Although this year in the New South District, grain production has fully recovered to its previous normal level.

But due to the war in the southern border and the New North District, it is not true that they have abundant food.

All we can say is that we should tighten our belts, eat when we should eat, and save when we should save, and there will be no famine.

Normally speaking, after the beginning of next spring, when they have defeated the ratmen in the southern border, their internal food pressure will be significantly reduced.

If we really want to fully recover, according to the current situation, we have to wait for the New Taipei City area to restore its food productivity.

But this is a difficult matter and it is unlikely to be accomplished in the next one or two years.

Because the situation in the New Taipei City is different from that in the New South City.

There are generally no problems with the city layout in the New South District. After a wave of rectifications within each city, it can basically start to operate normally.

As for further reconstruction, we can talk about it later.

As for the Xinbei District, just as Zhou Xu had seen when he first inspected it, there were problems with the internal city layout, and the entire area basically needed major changes.

According to preliminary estimates, large-scale rectification of this area will take at least three years, and this is assuming that their labor force is concentrated there and the efficiency is high enough.

In this case, if we want food, it will be impossible to rely on the New Taipei City District to restore food productivity in a short period of time.

Zhou Xu, aware of this, turned his attention directly to the Plain Farm.

Even now, Plain Farm is the largest farm in their Great Zhou with the highest grain output!

With the development of their Great Zhou over the years, the fields on the plain farms have been continuously reclaimed.

In addition, they started planting fruits and raising meat poultry such as chickens, ducks and pigs in the past few years. Now most of the land in the area has been used by them, and there are only three or four pieces of uncultivated land left.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu waved his pen and directly instructed the Ministry of Agriculture headed by Zhao Geng to reclaim all the remaining land on the plain farm for grain cultivation.

Even on this basis, he felt that he should find another suitable place and build another farm.

As for the location, it will be in the southern border.

On the one hand, the climate and environment are suitable. At present, the southern border of their Great Zhou is mainly composed of tropical and subtropical regions, and the climate is very suitable for agricultural development.

On the other hand, Zhou Xu counted and counted, only the southern part of the border had a large area of ​​undeveloped land for him to build a farm. The other areas were basically crowded due to development and construction.

So he is now planning to concentrate more large-scale farms in the southern border.

He didn't have this idea in his early years because he had to consider the distance issue, or the food transportation issue.

In the past, if you wanted to transport the grain produced by the plain farms to the New South District, you had to cross mountains and rivers. The transportation cost was so high that not much could be transported, which was unrealistic.

For Zhou Xu at that time, it would be best if each area could have its own farm so that food could be delivered to various cities in the area in a short time to ensure supply.

But the situation is different now, their waterway is open!
Now, the big lake has been officially named "Qingshui Lake" by Zhou Xu.

Qingshui Lake is huge, running from north to south. Starting from the port of Lvlin City, a cargo ship can reach the southern factory in less than two hours.

Not far from the South Border Factory is the Plain Farm!

In other words, in the future, the grain from Pingyuan Farm only needs to be transported to the factory port and loaded onto ships, and can then be easily delivered to the New South District in a short period of time to supply food to the New South District, and the transportation cost will not be much at all.

With this in mind, Zhou Xu sorted out the grain transportation routes in his mind, as well as the current grain distribution within their Great Zhou.

The first is the area around Black Moon City. Since Black Moon City itself has large tracts of farmland under cultivation and has a good grain production capacity, including the grassland area, there is no problem for Black Moon City to supply grain to the surrounding areas.

The mountainous area has a small population, but abundant resources, and they are completely self-sufficient.

Even if there is an unexpected situation, whether it is the farm in Green Forest City or the farm in Black Moon City, they can deliver food in the shortest time possible, so you can rest assured.

At present, the area with the worst grain production capacity is Xinbei District, which has basically no grain production, because all the manpower there has been invested in large-scale reconstruction projects. The only goal is to complete the reconstruction there as soon as possible and get Xinbei District back on track.

Therefore, the food supply of the New North District now all depends on transportation from the New South District.

But everyone knows the situation in the New South District. The food supply is just enough for their own consumption, and they can hardly stockpile much food every year.

If we need to fully supply food to the New North District, at least half of the food in the New South District will be emptied.

Under this premise, the insufficient part in the New South District would naturally have to be transported by water from the Plain Farm.

According to the grain production capacity of the plain farm, by the beginning of next spring, after all the remaining land has been reclaimed, it will be able to fully supply grain to the southern border and the new south area at the same time.

However, from Zhou Xu's perspective, the food supply is too tight. As long as something unexpected happens, there will be not enough food, and trouble will inevitably arise.

Taking this into consideration, and with a preventive approach, this new farm naturally had to be built.

He thought about the location of the new farm and decided to find a relatively central location in the south or close to the southern fortress.

Such an arrangement was made considering that they would occupy the territory of the Corrupted Clan in the future, and that territory would probably require food supply by then.

Simply put, this newly established farm will become the grain production center of the southern region!
In addition to supplying the rainforest area, the grain from the plain farms is also transported by water to various areas in Da Zhou that are in need of grain.

Arranging the thoughts in his mind, Zhou Xu drew the planning route map in a few seconds. After checking it again, he nodded with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)