Chapter 234 Population Plan

That afternoon, the two-masted sailing ship of Ratchet Town, Ratchet One, set sail.

Yang Yi waved goodbye to the big chin on Ratchet One at the dock and sent the king of Stormwind away.

This time, the destination of Ratchet One is the Exiled Coast of Durotar, where the goblin Gazlowe of the Steamwheedle Consortium has built a new port. The new sailing ship Maiden's Love will set sail for Treasure Bay in the Eastern Kingdoms in a few days.

Yang Yi asked the murloc to drive Ratchet One to the new port of the Goblin Consortium this time, and there was another intention, which was to trade with the new port of the goblins.

The port of the Goblin Consortium remained neutral, which was a very necessary trading partner for the unpopular murlocs.

After sending away the Defias Brotherhood and the big chin, Ratchet Town returned to its previous state. Now it is the world of murlocs.

Yang Yi first returned to the center of the town, and he took out the planning map of Ratchet City.

"According to this blueprint, the development of Ratchet Town must first occupy three strongholds, namely the Dead Water Oasis in the west, the Warrior Island in the southeast, and the Thorn Ridge in the north."

"After the three strongholds are built, Ratchet Town will have an outer protective circle and will no longer be directly exposed to the opponent, so it is still necessary to complete this protective circle as soon as possible."

"At present, Ratchet Town has built a level 3 earthen wall in the Dead Water Village in the Dead Water Oasis, which has greatly strengthened its defense."

"Warrior Island has also been occupied by Ratchet Town. A small fishman village has been built on the island. Next, we plan to start building a port."

"Two of the three strongholds have been occupied. It seems that it is time to find a time to build a village on Thorn Ridge."

Yang Yi looked at the planning map left by Van Cleef and had a clear direction for the future development of Ratchet Town, so that he didn't have to fight around, which was very helpful to him.

Yang Yi did it as soon as he thought of it. He called the old blind eye.

At present, Slark was stationed in the Dead Water Village, and Brak was still recovering from his injuries. Only the old blind eye was suitable for deployment.

"Old Blind Eye, take two battalions of fighting fishmen and follow this lord to Thorn Ridge. We are going to build a fishman village on Thorn Ridge in Thorn Town." Yang Yi said to Old Blind Eye.

"Report to the lord, there are only about 300 fighting fishmen in Thorn Town now. If 200 fighting fishmen are taken away at once, I am afraid that the defense of Thorn Town will be empty." Old Blind Eye worriedly said.

Old Blind Eye's worry is not unreasonable. There are only about 600 fighting fishmen at present, of which 200 are stationed in Dead Water Village and 100 are stationed in Warrior Island. There are only about 300 fighting fishmen left in Thorn Town.

"This is indeed a problem." Yang Yi thought to himself.

If he takes one or two hundred fighting fishmen away this time, there will be a big loophole in the defense of Thorn Town.

At present, there are more than 3,000 adult fishmen in Thorn Town. It is already a big burden to raise 600 fighting fishmen. It is basically impossible to increase the number of fighting fishmen on this population base.

"Population is the biggest problem for the development of Ratchet Town now."

Yang Yi thought of the crux of the problem. Without enough population, Ratchet Town would not have the foundation for rapid development.

Just like the orcs in the tribe, due to the large population base of the orcs, they can recruit 500 new orcs with just one conscription at the crossroads.

This is almost comparable to the military strength of the entire Ratchet Town, and Ratchet Town has no comparison.

"Then let's slow down the construction of the village in Thorn Ridge. We can't leave Ratchet Town defense empty for rapid expansion." Yang Yi had to postpone the construction of the village in Thorn Ridge for the sake of safety.

Then he asked the old blind eye: "Ratchet Town must first find a way to quickly increase the population of Ratchet Town. What do you think?"

The old blind eye thought for a while and replied: "Lord, there are still some fishmen living outside Ratchet Town in Ratchet Bay, and they can be allowed to join Ratchet Town."

Ratchet Bay is actually very large. Even if the fishmen swim for a day, they can't swim from the Ratchet Town dock to the bay outlet.

In the entire Ratchet Bay, in addition to Ratchet Town, there are also some small fishman settlements scattered around, and many fishmen live in groups of three or five in the settlements.

Except for a few of these fishmen who are unwilling to join Ratchet Town, most of them were excluded from Ratchet Town from the beginning.

Yang Yi had encountered such a fishman when he was fishing on a boat before. The fishman had a broken leg and brought a group of fishmen.

"So, find a few small fishmen who know how to count, and first count how many fishmen are still living outside Ratchet Town in Ratchet Bay. If there are adult and strong fishmen who want to join Ratchet Town, give them priority to accept them." Yang Yi said to the old blind eye.

After receiving Yang Yi's instructions, the old blind eye immediately ran to make arrangements.

Yang Yi watched the old blind eye hurried away, and his heart was still not optimistic.

He estimated that the number of adult fishmen in the entire Ratchet Bay would not exceed 500 at most, and the number would be even less if the old, weak and disabled were deducted.

This number of fishmen cannot solve the current urgent population problem in Ratchet Town.

"It seems that another plan to quickly increase the population of murlocs should be started ahead of time."

Since Ratchet Town got a few pirate ships, Yang Yi began to think about using these pirate ships to do something, including going to other murloc villages to recruit murlocs.

Just like there are many murlocs scattered outside Ratchet Town in Ratchet Bay, and they have not been accepted by Ratchet Town. Due to the low productivity of other murloc villages, a larger proportion of murlocs are excluded.

The living conditions of those murloc villages are much worse than those in Ratchet, not to mention the murlocs who are excluded. As long as they know the living conditions in Ratchet, they will be easily attracted to Ratchet.

With enough sailboats as transportation tools, Ratchet can go far away to transport the murloc population back on a large scale.

Thinking of this, Yang Yi spread out the map of Kalimdor.

According to the information Yang Yi has collected so far, the murloc race can be said to appear in various waters throughout Kalimdor. But most of them are small murloc villages that are not large in scale, and those small murloc villages are not worth Ratchet's mobilization of troops and fleets.

There are a total of eight places worth going to Ratchet, and Yang Yi marked them on the map with charcoal.

They are the Blackfin Murlocs in Dustwallow Marsh, the Gray Mist Murlocs in Darkshore, the Sandscale Murlocs in Azuremyst Isle, the Blacksand Murlocs in Bloodmyst Isle, the Saltfoam Murlocs in Ashenvale, the Blindlight Murlocs in Darkdeep, the Storm Bay Murlocs in Azshara, and the Acoran Murlocs.

These eight Murloc clans are the largest Murloc clans in Kalimdor that Yang Yi knows of, except for the Thorntooth Murlocs. They are also the eight most powerful Murloc clans in Kalimdor.

Yang Yi briefly compared the distances on the map.

"The Blackfin Murlocs are located in the Dread Coast of Dustwallow Marsh, south of the Barrens. They are the closest to Ratchet among the eight Murloc clans."

"The next closest are the Storm Bay Murlocs and the Akauran Murlocs. These two Murloc clans live in Storm Bay and Akauran Temple in Azshara respectively. Azshara is just north of Durotar, and it's not too far to sail there."

"The Saltspray Murlocs in Zoram's Coast of Ashenvale and the Blindlight Murlocs in Darkdeep Ashenvale. Although these two Murloc clans are not far from Ratchet by land, they are far away by water. Zoram's Coast and Darkdeep Ashenvale are both in the westernmost part of Ashenvale. On the map of Kalimdor, Ratchet Bay is located on the east coast of the continent, while Zoram's Coast and Darkdeep Ashenvale are on the west coast. If you want to sail there, you have to go north and go half a circle around the continent."

Yang Yi first drew a circle on the map of the Dread Coast where the Blackfin Murlocs live, and then drew two circles in succession in Storm Bay and Akauran Temple in Azshara.

The primary target - Blackfin Murlocs!

After many conflicts with Blackfin Murlocs, Yang Yi had already classified them as hostile forces of Ratchet Town, so the sooner he started preparing to deal with Blackfin Murlocs, the better.

After dealing with the Blackfin Murlocs, the next targets were the Storm Bay Murlocs and the Akauran Murlocs in Azshara.

After setting the target and the order of priority, Yang Yi began to act.

Yang Yi first found Swat, who was now a level 3 Murloc ambush.

"Swat, now I have a secret mission for you. You have to sneak into the Blackfin Clan and find out how many fighting Murlocs there are in the Blackfin Clan and how they are distributed. You also have to investigate those Murlocs who are excluded by the Blackfin Murlocs and have a hard life, preferably those who are dissatisfied."

"Yes!" Swat agreed firmly.

Swat was originally a Murloc from the Blackfin Clan, but because he was bullied by other Murlocs when he was a child, he killed them in anger and escaped.

Swat, who escaped, fainted on the beach of the Merchant Coast. Yang Yi happened to meet him when he passed by and brought him back to Ratchet.

In addition, Swat was a murloc ambusher, so it was perfect to arrange for him to sneak into the Blackfin Clan.

"By the way, you should pay special attention to a female murloc named Thief Eyes." Yang Yi added, and he remembered the murloc in the Blackfin Clan who liked to hide behind the scenes.

Swat got Yang Yi's instructions and set off silently.

After that, Yang Yi took Benbolba and Mojimus to inspect Ratchet, and then waited for the night to fall.

Today is the last day of another month, and Yang Yi is waiting for the lottery to start a new month.

In the last lottery, Yang Yi was unlucky again and drew the druid skill [Book-Starfall], and what was even more unlucky was that the corresponding task was to keep King Varian of Stormwind.

There was no murloc druid to learn this skill in Ratchet, and the King of Stormwind also left.

The last chance to draw a lottery was gone, and Yang Yi had been waiting for the arrival of the early morning tonight.

"At the beginning of the new month, you can draw a lottery."

After hearing the voice of promotion, Yang Yi took a deep breath.

Time passed quickly. Yang Yi calculated that this was his 24th chance to draw a lottery at the beginning of the month. .