Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The real changes in the new Great Xia Six Ministries were actually in the Reclamation and Hunting Ministries. The other four just had their suffixes changed.

Except for the Director of the Logistics Ministry, who needed to be replaced, the Lumbering, Gathering, and Craftsman Ministries were all headed by the same people, with basically no changes.

After explaining the changes to be made in the Six Ministries, Xia Hong simply washed his hands of the matter and left it all to Xia Chuan, the new Vice Director.

Building temporary residences; preliminary preparations for rebuilding the wooden buildings in the camp; inventorying the camp's material reserves; restoring the pre-war supply of materials; urging the camp's reserves and children to return to cultivation... ... ... ...

Xia Chuan methodically arranged the camp's current tasks.

Meanwhile, Yuwen Tao also led a group of people to begin formulating the specific regulations and operational rules of the Hunting Ministry.

The day quickly passed, and the wooden houses, silent for a night, began to become noisy again.

The more than three thousand people who had just arrived from the Mirror Immortal Camp were not used to the new environment and were mostly still somewhat dazed; the Great Xia people were different. Almost everyone came out of the wooden houses and threw themselves into the various urgent reconstruction tasks.

The benefits of having a large workforce were immediately apparent.

Barely half the night had passed, and another fifty-meter-wide square wooden shed had been built.

The people who had been allocated in advance moved from the original building into the new house, and the camp population became much less crowded.

"Sir, building this one temporary wooden house will be enough, it's only for dealing with a short period of time."

In front of the valley, Mu Dong found Xia Chuan, reported the completion of the temporary wooden house, and continued, saying:

"The reconstruction work of the wooden building has already begun to be prepared. Most of the Earth Digging Realm cultivators are mining in the mines, and some are forging iron materials. A large number of Lumbering Realm cultivators have also begun to go out. Using the original ground piles, we can start construction tomorrow night without any accidents. With so many people participating together, the speed will be very fast."

So many people, it's not just four words.

Xia Chuan looked around the inside of the valley, watching the crowds coming and going, several times more than before, his expression very excited.

"110 Earth Digging Realm cultivators, more than 1500 Lumbering Realm cultivators, and the remaining 3000 people. As long as there is enough Cold Beast meat, there will be continuous breakthroughs. I estimate that even a month and a half won't be needed. Speed up the time. Everyone is probably uncomfortable being squeezed into two wooden sheds."

"Yes!"

After Mu Dong finished answering, he turned around and went to busy himself with his own affairs.

Shi Ping happened to come over and bowed to Xia Chuan: "Sir, Yuwen Tao and all the others with cultivation above the Lumbering Realm have all been registered. The current total number of Lumbering Realm cultivators in the camp is 1581, with 982 newly added from the Mirror Immortal Camp and 599 from the original camp."

1581!

Anyone who breaks through to the Lumbering Realm must be included in the contribution value system, and the Mirror Immortal Camp people are naturally no exception.

Hearing 1581, Xia Chuan nodded slightly, the number was about the same as he expected.

"The newly added nine hundred Lumbering Realm cultivators have all entered the Logistics, Lumbering, Gathering, and Craftsman Ministries, with the most in the Lumbering and Gathering Ministries, and very few recruited by the Craftsman and Logistics Ministries."

"By the way, has the Logistics Ministry's material situation been inventoried?"

Shi Ping frowned slightly, his expression heavy, and said: "The damage to materials such as beast hide, Tengjiao tendons, poison sacs, Frost Wolf bones, Golden Wound Powder... is not too serious. It's just that there is much less beast meat. Originally there was a reserve of 160,000 catties, but after just taking inventory, we found that there are less than 30,000 catties left."

Hearing this, Xia Chuan's expression suddenly became heavy.

Although the casualties in this Cold Beast Tide were not large, the loss of property was very serious. After those Cold Beasts broke through the wooden houses, the Cold Beast meat and various properties in the second-floor Logistics warehouse were ravaged.

Cold Beasts also eat their own kind, so so much Cold Beast meat naturally became their main target for destruction.

Cold Beast meat is currently the most important consumable material in the camp.

Losing 130,000 catties at once will have a significant impact.

"With 30,000 catties, based on the camp's current population, 1581 Lumbering Realm cultivators, 110 Earth Digging Realm cultivators, and the remaining 3000 people, with reserves accounting for more than two-thirds, and the remaining children under six years old also having a monthly quota of five catties, calculating it this way, even if they only exchange for what they need for their cultivation, the daily consumption of Cold Beast meat is at least 10,000 catties."

After Shi Ping roughly calculated the accounts, he continued: "I have already notified everyone that the Cold Beast meat reserves are tight. Everyone can only exchange according to their personal needs and cannot exchange more. Even so, the inventory has decreased by more than 4,000 catties after nightfall."

It sounds like only four thousand catties, but that's because Yuwen Tao and the others who have just joined have only just been registered and have not yet obtained contribution points, so they naturally cannot exchange them.

This also means that the original one thousand Great Xia people consume more than four thousand catties of beast meat every day; once the remaining three thousand people also start exchanging, the consumption will immediately skyrocket.

"Have these situations been notified to Yuwen Tao?"

Shi Ping immediately nodded and replied: "As soon as the Cold Beast meat reserves were inventoried, I immediately went to Yuwen-daren to explain the situation. When I went, he and Hong Guang and others were discussing the details of the Hunting Ministry, and the results should be out soon."

Xia Chuan's expression relaxed a little. Since the shortage of Cold Beast meat was serious, the work of the Hunting Ministry had to be resumed as soon as possible.

Big Brother had already said that, except in special circumstances, he would no longer interfere with the camp's hunting work, so the future income of Cold Beast meat would all belong to the people below him.

"What is it? Is there something you want to tell me?"

Seeing Shi Ping's face full of hesitation, Xia Chuan's mind moved slightly, and he asked curiously.

Shi Ping hesitated for a moment, and after thinking about it, he still spoke with a hint of dissatisfaction:

"Sir, Hong Guang, Hong Tian, and the other five seem to have a lot of opinions about your position as Vice Director. Also, they also have opinions about the competition for the position of Director of the Reclamation Ministry. Judging from the situation, they feel that the leader is biased!"

Hearing this, Xia Chuan raised his eyes slightly.

"Did you hear all of that with your own ears?"

"Yes, I accidentally heard it when I went to find Yuwen Tao after nightfall."

"Did Yuwen Tao say anything?"

Shi Ping's originally dissatisfied expression immediately eased a little, and he shook his head: "Among them, only this Yuwen Tao seems to be a good person, and he stopped them from continuing to say anything."

Hearing that Yuwen Tao stopped Hong Guang and others, Xia Chuan's expression eased slightly, and he said:

"That's enough. After all, more than three thousand people have come in, and it's normal for them not to be clear about their position. As long as Yuwen Tao can recognize it, that's fine. After a long time, their mentality will naturally change."

Giving a position of Director of the Hunting Ministry can already be considered the biggest concession they can make.

Although the Mirror Immortal Camp has more than three thousand people, they are, after all, the defeated side. According to common sense, it would already be very good to give them a normal status.

This is also because Great Xia is currently short of people. Otherwise, according to the previous conflicts between the Mirror Immortal and Great Xia, whether these people could get normal treatment would be a problem.

You must know that Yuwen Tao and the others not only have the blood of Great Xia's Earth Digging Realm cultivators on their hands, but also participated in the encirclement and suppression of Big Brother Xia Hong.

"In my opinion, they are just not content. The leader is magnanimous and doesn't care about their previous mistakes. We haven't forgotten. Fortunately, the widows and children of Li Yun and Li Kaiping are all aware of the big picture and didn't come out to cause trouble. Otherwise, even for the sake of these two families, they should be properly cleaned up."

"Don't say these words again in the future!"

Xia Chuan frowned and directly interrupted Shi Ping.

So many conflicts had occurred between the two camps before, and now that they have suddenly merged, there will definitely be problems. It seems that real integration will still take some time.

Xia Chuan changed the subject and looked at Shi Ping and asked, "By the way, are you interested in the position of Director of the Logistics Ministry?"

Hearing this question, a look of struggle appeared on Shi Ping's face.

"You have basically handled all the affairs of the Logistics Department before, and now your strength is also sufficient. The leader asked me to choose a successor, and for a moment, I really can't think of anyone else besides you."

Xia Chuan saw the struggle on Shi Ping's face and immediately knew what he was hesitating about, and continued:

"Don't even mention Hong Guang, Hong Tian, and the other five. Even if Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and others are interested, you won't be able to compete. My suggestion is that you honestly take over the position of Director of the Logistics Ministry. In the future, you will also have a place in the camp's decision-making level."

Xia Chuan's thinking was already relatively mature.

He could clearly see that the reason why Shi Ping and Luo Yuan and these people were pursuing the positions of the Six Ministries was to enter the camp's decision-making level.

Shi Ping did a really good job in the Logistics Department and also had the talent in this area.

Now that there is a shortcut to directly become the Director of the Six Ministries, he has no reason to refuse.

The struggle on Shi Ping's face quickly disappeared, and he obviously made some decision in his heart. He bowed to Xia Chuan and solemnly said:

"Sir, I have thought it over. I still want to go to the Reclamation Ministry. Although I am greedy for the position of the Logistics Ministry, to be honest, whether it is contributing to the camp or increasing my knowledge, I still yearn to go outside more. I hope you can help me."

Seeing Shi Ping being so serious, Xia Chuan didn't force him anymore and nodded:

"Okay, then I will look for other candidates!"

Although the tasks of the Logistics Ministry are complicated, the power is not small. After all, it controls all the materials of the camp and also interfaces with almost everyone. There are quite a few people who are greedy for this position.

Shi Ping's ability to take the initiative to give up proves that he really yearns for the outside world. Xia Chuan naturally didn't say anything more and began to think of other candidates in his mind.

Yuan Cheng is definitely not suitable, he is too reckless and can't do this fine work.

Lin Kai, Yue Feng, Qiu Peng, Lu Yang, Xu Ning, these five are all possible.

After thinking for a while, Xia Chuan decided to talk to the five people separately to assess them before making a decision.

… … … … … …

In the first year of Daxia, on March 20th.

Yu Wentao and the five members of Hong Guang were sitting around a corner of the wooden house.

The six people, who had been discussing for a long time, looked tired, but smiles appeared on their faces, apparently very satisfied with the results of their discussion.

"These are the temporary rules and regulations made by the Hunting Department. If there are any changes later, we'll talk about them then. I'll go report to Lord Sicheng first."

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The six people stood up, preparing to find Xia Chuan. When they got up, they found that many people were gathered around the stove in the wooden house, and there was a burst of noise from time to time, which seemed very lively.

A hint of curiosity appeared on the faces of the six people, and they squeezed in directly.

After entering, they found Xia Chuan standing above, holding a wooden board in his hand facing the crowd, and speaking loudly.

"The Lumber Ranking has been announced. Now for the Coal Mine Ranking:

First place, Yuan Cheng, 1780 points, reward of 2000 contribution points;

Second place, Yue Feng, 1650 points, reward of 1900 contribution points;

Third place, Hong Gang, 1590 points, reward of 1800 contribution points;

Fourth place… … … … … …"

This is?

A hint of curiosity appeared in the eyes of Yu Wentao and the other five. Hong Guang directly grabbed a young man next to him.

"Who the hell is pulling me… Ah, Dad, Second Uncle, Brother Tao…"

The young man's reaction was a bit strong at first, and he even started cursing. But when he saw that the person pulling him was Hong Guang, he immediately shrank his neck in fright and quickly greeted them.

The young man's name was Hong Yu. He was Hong Guang's eldest son, fifteen years old this year, two years younger than Yu Wentao. Although he was young, he had already broken through to the Lumbering Realm for more than a year.

"Xiao Yu, what's going on?"

Hong Yu had been following behind him since he was a child, and Yu Wentao had a good relationship with him, so he directly asked.

"I heard that it's the mining competition that Daxia held some time ago. Today is the settlement period, and the rankings are being announced. The Lumber Ranking takes the top thirty, with the first place rewarded 800 contribution points, and the thirtieth place also rewarded 300 points; the Coal Mine takes five, with the first place 2000, and the fifth place 1500. The Iron Mine Ranking has already been announced, listen…"

"Now announcing the Iron Mine Ranking:

First place, Luo Yuan, 3290 points, reward of 2000 contribution points;

Second place, Xia Chuan, 3210 points, reward of 1900 contribution points;

Third place, Zhao Long, 3100 points, reward of 1800 contribution points;

… … … …"

Sure enough, Yu Wentao listened carefully, and Xia Chuan above was indeed announcing the Iron Mine Ranking.

"One point can be exchanged for 2 jins of Cold Beast meat. A reward of 2000 contribution points all at once is quite a generous sum. What's going on with the points for the amount of mining?"

Hearing his father's question, Hong Yu immediately explained what he knew.

"Daxia's calculations for wood, coal, and iron resources are different from ours. They count 1000 jins of wood as one point; 20 jins of coal as one point; 10 jins of iron ore as one point. This competition started on January 27th, and I heard it was held for the leader Xia Hong's breakthrough. I'm a little curious, what does resource mining have to do with the leader's breakthrough?"

Hearing Hong Yu's slightly curious question at the end, a flash of light suddenly appeared in Yu Wentao's eyes, and he thought of the scene where Xia Hong had directly made millions of jins of coal and iron disappear in the Mirror Immortal Camp before.

"Have you noticed that the temperature here in the wooden house is very abnormal?"

Compared to Yu Wentao and the other five, Hong Yu obviously knew more about the camp.

The six people had been discussing the Hunting Department all day yesterday. Hearing Hong Yu's question at this moment, they suddenly woke up. The wooden house clearly only had one stove lit, but the temperature was frighteningly high, much warmer than outside.

Yu Wentao was the first to turn his gaze to the stove in the center of the room, which was more than one meter in diameter. The others also looked over when they saw this, their eyes full of curiosity.

They had certainly seen stoves that burned coal.

But could a stove with a diameter of only one meter warm the entire wooden house, which was fifty meters wide?

That's not right, not only the wooden house, but the temperature was no different from inside the house for at least a hundred meters around the outside of the wooden house.

"Brother Tao, can you see it? I heard people from Daxia say that the stove was a magical item made by the leader Xia Hong. As long as it is lit, it can increase the temperature within a hundred meters, which means that as long as you don't leave the area within a hundred meters of the stove, you don't need to light a fire at all, and people can keep warm. I've tried it myself, and it's really like that. Isn't it amazing?"

At this moment, Yu Wentao's eyes were not only curious, but shocked.

Hong Guang and the other five were the same. At this moment, they realized that the ordinary-looking stove in front of them had such magical effects.

"That's right, it not only keeps you warm, but this stove can also prevent strange creatures. I heard that strange creatures that broke into the camp were discovered before.

It's not just this stove, I've inquired a lot in the past day, and there seem to be quite a few magical things in Daxia.

A forging hammer that can be shaped at will;

A wooden training dummy that can transform into the appearance of a Cold Beast;

A green bamboo fence that is very similar to our snow bamboo, or even more powerful than snow bamboo;

A marking stone that can monitor life signs within a one-kilometer radius;

A medicine pot that can automatically record medicinal materials and automatically generate drug formulas;

Small torches, congealed fire oil… … … …"

As Hong Yu said one by one the magical items he had inquired about yesterday, the expressions of Yu Wentao, Hong Guang, and the other five also changed continuously, and at the end, their faces were even a little unbelievable.

This kid, could he be losing his mind?

"There's one more thing that I heard them say. The leader Xia Hong has a martial arts training ground. It costs 20 contribution points to enter and train for a day, and the efficiency of training in there is twice that of the outside!"

Hong Yu's last mention of the martial arts training ground directly stunned Yu Wentao and the other six, and they couldn't speak for a long time.

Pa… … … …

Finally, Hong Guang couldn't help but slap his son directly.

"You kid are confused, where did you hear this from, and you dare to take it seriously!"

"It's true, Father, Brother Tao. When I first heard it, I thought it was fake, but later I asked several people from Daxia, and they all said it was true, and some of them have even trained in it. I can be sure it's absolutely true. I'm also planning to save up contribution points. As long as I can go in and train for a few days, I'll definitely be able to break through to the Earth Digging Realm soon."

Seeing this, Hong Guang was about to take action again, but he was stopped by Yu Wentao.

"Uncle Hong, don't worry, Xiao Yu wouldn't be so easily deceived…"

Although he said that, there was still some disbelief in Yu Wentao's eyes.

Training efficiency, doubled?

How could such an unbelievable thing be possible!

Not necessarily. If the martial arts training ground is unbelievable, then the things Hong Yu said earlier are also difficult to understand.

"Brother Tao, you believe me, I've already seen the torches and the congealed fire oil. There are more than a thousand people in Daxia, and they can't all be lying to me. Besides, I'm not the only one who asked. Zhu Kang and Meng Ao were also asking around last night. They might know a little more than me. If you don't believe me, ask them two."

Zhu Kang was Zhu Ling's son, and Meng Ao was Meng Yi's son. The two were about the same age as Hong Yu, and they were at the age where they liked to run around and inquire.

In fact, at this moment, Yu Wentao already believed it 70%.

He understood that Hong Yu, his childhood playmate, was definitely not someone who would make unfounded statements. Since he dared to say so, he must be confident.

"It seems that there are still many surprises in this Daxia waiting for us to discover!"

Yu Wentao said slowly, with a few more gleams in his eyes.

"Yu Wentao, how is the preparation for the Hunting Department going?"

Coincidentally, Xia Chuan, who had finished with the mining competition rewards, also walked towards Yu Wentao's side.