Yamada Yuta’s efficiency was quite good.
Not long after they were incorporated, Chen Yu received a private message from Kairin, inquiring about the situation with the hyenas. Chen Yu briefly explained, and Kairin then arranged for them to be put to work.
Incorporating the hyenas.
It could be considered a major concern lifted from Chen Yu’s mind.
With the influx of hyena warriors, although the city-state was still short on manpower, it would not be as strained as before.
However—
Still harboring some reservations, Chen Yu sent Kairin a message to ask.
“Are we still severely lacking in manpower?”
If city construction still needed people, Chen Yu would need to consider recruiting a large number of workers from within the city-state. The efficiency of the coordinate engraver was limited, and it could not mass-produce in large quantities.
Waiting for survivors to join and fill the manpower shortage was obviously not very realistic.
It was too time-consuming!
Moreover, Chen Yu recruited survivors to leverage their strengths, not to have them work as laborers in the city-state. If it was purely about physical strength, how could they compare to the native orcs of the underground.
Chen Yu was not without the underground’s currency.
On the contrary, he had plenty.
Possessing tens of millions of gold coins, he could spend a few hundred thousand to recruit countless orcs from underground city-states to work for him.
Ding.
In about half a minute, Kairin replied to Chen Yu’s private message.
“City Lord, we are not lacking much anymore.”
Eh?!
Seeing this reply, Chen Yu couldn’t help but feel a little lost.
Not lacking?
How was this possible?
Yamada Yuta’s batch of hyena warriors was less than five hundred. Their contribution could solve some problems, but it was far from enough to compensate for the entire city-state’s manpower shortage.
“These hyenas are too capable.”
Before Chen Yu could reply, Kairin sent another message.
“City Lord, how exactly did you manage to get these hyenas to work for our city-state? They are too diligent; one person does the work of six or seven other orcs. Look at this…”
Ding dong.
A short video appeared in the private message dialogue box between Chen Yu and Kairin. Chen Yu tapped his finger, and the screen showed the hyenas, who had just left the dungeon, holding over a dozen pieces of lumber and moving swiftly.
Other orcs carried at most two or three pieces.
Let alone the survivors; even carrying one piece made them look distressed.
“Wow~”
Chen Yu couldn’t help but exclaim upon seeing this.
He didn’t expect these hyenas to be so lean and yet so capable. Could this be what the elders always called ‘lean and strong’?
“They are indeed quite capable, aren’t they?” Chen Yu replied. Kairin instantly exclaimed, “Yes, with that Yamada Yuta leading them, the hyenas are all working very diligently, and their efficiency is surprisingly high.”
“Is that so?”
Chen Yu smiled slightly and tapped the screen.
He opened the list of enslaved individuals.
Yamada Yuta’s loyalty was still 190 points, which meant that after he left Chen Yu and rejoined his subordinates, he did not develop any disloyalty.
This satisfied Chen Yu.
Like the ratman envoy before, not long after leaving Chen Yu, his loyalty began to decrease visibly.
It was obvious that all his flattery towards Chen Yu at that time was forced by the situation.
Not a genuine allegiance.
However, he should also be thanked. If not for his rebellious nature, Chen Yu would not have had the first major increase and recruited so many orc mercenaries.
Speaking of which, that ratman envoy was also from a city-state.
But Chen Yu had not encountered the Turner city-state.
It was likely that his city-state was not the Turner city-state that Chen Yu had visited, which meant that there were other city-states in the surrounding area.
It seemed he needed to let the intelligence department investigate thoroughly.
Chen Yu actually looked forward to reuniting with that ratman envoy.
“Alright, it’s good that the hyenas are working diligently, but are those few hundred people really enough?” Chen Yu was somewhat suspicious. Kairin replied again, “Simply relying on them is naturally not enough. In fact, the good work of these hyenas also influences other workers. Especially the Minotaur and Bearmen; seeing how fierce the hyenas are, they seem to be competing with them, and their work efficiency has doubled.”
Oh, this…
Seeing this message on the screen, Chen Yu never expected it.
This works too?!
He incorporated the hyenas to expand the city-state’s strength, but he didn’t expect them to have this effect, creating a chemical reaction among the orcs.
Igniting the fighting spirit of the orcs.
This unexpected joy was definitely beyond Chen Yu’s expectations.
“Good, very good!” Chen Yu said with a smile, “It’s a good thing the orcs are working hard. In that case, why don’t we do it this way, by piecework? The more you do, the more you get paid. For this, you can contact the survivors and ask if they have any accountants among them; they should be able to help you.”
“Okay, City Lord~”
Exiting the chat box, Chen Yu couldn’t help but stretch lazily and look at the barren land before him with a smile.
Although it was still desolate now.
But—
In the near future, Chen Yu was confident that this would become an extremely prosperous city, even surpassing all city-states in the underground.
The current state of rebuilding from scratch was in anticipation of a better future.
“The future is promising,” Chen Yu whispered with a smile, and then a sinister whisper reached his ears, “What are you fantasizing about again?”
“Barbara?”
The familiar whisper made Chen Yu turn his head, and he saw Sona and Barbara appear behind him at some unknown time.
“When did you two arrive?”
“We arrived when you were talking to yourself about the promising future and smiling like you were daydreaming,” Barbara said with a disdainful pout.
She had quite a few complaints about Chen Yu now.
Two sets of blueprints.
Although she could be absolutely certain that what she gave was not blueprints, it still made her heart ache when the design drawings turned into blueprints in Chen Yu’s hands.
Blueprints!
For the underground, the value of two sets of equipment blueprints was probably no less than that of a small city-state.
“You seem to be in a good mood.” Unlike the little demon’s sharp tongue, Sona’s eyes always held a warmth that made people feel as if they were basking in the spring breeze. “When we came, we saw the hyenas also being put to work. It seems you have persuaded them to pledge allegiance to you?”
“Sigh, it wasn’t persuasion, I cast a spell on them.”
“Demon Whisper?”
Sona raised her eyebrows and smiled.
“Seriously, your luck is so good that it’s hard for both Barbara and me to understand. At that time, when you got this magical tome from Kuka, Barbara and I were surprised for quite a while. No, to be precise, it surprised us for several days, right, Barbara?”
“Hmph~”
Barbara pouted and snorted.
“Sheer luck.”
Hearing this, Chen Yu couldn’t help but feel a little surprised.
“Is this Demon Whisper that difficult to obtain?”