While he was contemplating, Torres was diligently reporting all the supplies he had brought this time.
It was a very abundant supply of materials.
"All the supplies in these 50 carriages can feed 1,000 people for 7 days."
Torres then summarized: "Of course, Lord Shen Mu, this is the amount of supplies allocated based on the number of personnel Deherim had when I left."
As he spoke, Torres's face showed a hint of embarrassment: "But I really didn't expect Deherim, under your leadership, Lord Shen Mu, to develop so quickly, directly making this town have a population of over 5,000, and twenty to thirty thousand Blue Star Humans."
Regarding Deherim, Manid had added a few words during their previous conversation, which served as a reminder to him.
Therefore, Torres knew the current population size within Deherim.
Now he understood that the full 50 carriages of supplies he brought back, which seemed like a considerable amount, were truly insignificant for the entire population of Deherim at present.
"But it doesn't matter, Deherim is not short of supplies right now," Manid said with a smile, "With the large amount of supplies transferred from the Diesel Company, there's no need to worry too much about food. It's enough to feed everyone for three months without any problem."
And as he spoke, Manid reported to Shen Mu again: "Moreover, most of those Blue Star Humans go to the various residential buildings and apartments in Long City to find food themselves, and there's a lot of ordinary food they can eat. We just need to give them a fixed amount of Spiritual Realm food daily."
After all, the Blue Star Humans, who seem to be the most numerous, don't actually need to eat too much food containing rule power.
They just need to eat some simple native Blue Star food to fill their stomachs.
And it's important to know that Long City was once a large city with millions of inhabitants.
In various corners and warehouses of the city, there were countless materials that could be plundered and reused by them.
After all, most of those supermarkets and warehouses are currently in darkness.
So, due to the death spirit rules' ability to freeze time,
most of those materials will not rot or spoil.
As long as they are found, these Blue Star Humans can still be fed.
Therefore, these Blue Star Humans currently only need to eat a portion of Spiritual Realm food, or mount & blade food, to keep their bodies extremely healthy.
Then, for Shen Mu, the consumption of supplies in his Deherim would not be too fast.
"Hmm, you did very well, Manid." Shen Mu nodded.
Distribution according to need and labor is only right, as he also understood that his Mount & Blade Soldiers only needed to eat mount & blade food.
And the Spiritual Realm food confiscated from the Diesel Company could also be fed to his Mount & Blade Soldiers.
This naturally solved a part of the food problem.
At the same time, it also allowed those Spiritual Realm Commanders whose Blue Star Humans were followed by Spiritual Realm creatures to eat Spiritual Realm food and mount & blade food together.
The consumption would not be too much.
On the contrary, those ordinary Blue Star Humans could just eat some regular Blue Star food, and then, to replenish their mental and physical energy, a little Spiritual Realm food could be mixed in, which would be just right.
At least for Shen Mu, this was indeed good.
So Shen Mu was not short of food, and the only place actually short of food was the newly established Vigia Castle in New Rivadin.
"In that case, we still need to send troops to New Rivadin to deliver a batch of grain," Shen Mu mused.
New Rivadin cannot run out of food.
That place is no longer just his logistics base; it is also a critical position for him to block the Hell Devil' invasion of Bali River Street from the Su Family Village Station.
Once chaos breaks out in New Rivadin Castle, if the devils from under the Su Family Village Station take advantage of the situation, it would be a huge blow to his Deherim.
It can be said that now that Shen Mu has confirmed Deherim is securely established here,
the direction of New Rivadin is his top priority for construction.
So Shen Mu also told Torres about the food shortage in New Rivadin, as Torres currently had 50 carriages here, along with ample merchant guards, Hired Sentries, and merchant members to serve as transporters and protectors.
If Torres could help, it would save a lot of effort, as these carriages were specifically designed for transport.
They not only had a large capacity but also could travel smoothly.
It would probably only take two or three trips to fill all the granaries in New Rivadin Castle.
"Oh, so that's the situation." Torres had no intention of refusing at this point. After hearing Shen Mu's explanation, he immediately stood up, placed his hand on his chest, and bowed respectfully, saying, "These are trivial matters, and it is my honor to serve you."
"Hmm, very good." Shen Mu nodded with considerable satisfaction.
"Lord Shen Mu, in that case, let me first coordinate the supplies to be transported," Manid reported at this time, "Also, the supplies Torres brought back need to be arranged into the warehouse as quickly as possible, so I'll go arrange that right away."
"Go," Shen Mu waved, also letting Manid and Torres leave together, to first complete the tasks he had just assigned.
Just as Manid had said earlier, the large amount of supplies brought back needed to be sorted and then stored separately in warehouses or granaries.
And Torres could, in this process, arrange for the transportation of some supplies according to Manid's general plan, and then head towards New Rivadin to transport the life-saving rations.
Although Shen Mu didn't say much just now, based on his analysis, the food reserves in New Rivadin must not be much.
At most, they would run out of food in two or three days.
Otherwise, Shen Mu would not have emphasized the issue of insufficient food reserves there, as Torres was also a genius merchant, capable of keenly inferring the urgency of information from the tone, demeanor, and subtle expressions in what others said.
Of course, these were key to earning dinar in daily business operations.
Now, of course, these are also more efficient techniques in the process of serving Shen Mu.
Shen Mu, however, did not concern himself with the emotional fluctuations of the two.
After the two left, he stood up from the main seat in the living room and walked towards his bedroom.
Because in his bedroom, the grip of the Dragon Flag fragment, that special artifact capable of holding Faith Power, was still on his bedside table.
And inside, it had already absorbed the Faith Power that had been drawn from the mental energy of those Blue Star Humans during the three or four days after he left Deherim!
It was stored within this special artifact, the grip of the Dragon Flag fragment.
"It's right here."
Shen Mu entered his bedroom, pushed open the door, and on the bedside table next to the large bed, the grip of the Dragon Flag fragment, looking like an ordinary handle, was placed there.
It looked unremarkable, without any magical properties, but this was a fragment of Shen Mu's original world artifact.
'Buzz!'
As if sensing Shen Mu's arrival, the grip of the Dragon Flag fragment immediately began to vibrate slowly, releasing subtle waves of rule power.
At the same time, within these subtle rule powers, there was a feeling of closeness and joy conveyed to Shen Mu.
It was as if a pitiful puppy had sensed its owner.
"Alright, let me see how much Faith Power is stored now." Shen Mu walked over and took hold of the grip of the Dragon Flag fragment.
With a slight thought, he had already communicated with the System.
A dialogue box appeared before his eyes.
【Item Name】: Dragon Flag (Fragment State) (Grip) (1/7 fragments)
【Item Description】: It is said that this is the most precious item of a certain complete world and its derivative worlds, embodying the most sublime faith from these worlds. Whoever masters the complete "Dragon Flag" can have the possibility of being crowned "King of the World."
【Item Part】: Upper Grip (Total parts: ① Upper Grip; ② Lower Grip; ③ Spearhead; ④ Tail Spike; ⑤ Left Dragon Flag; ⑥ Right Dragon Flag; ⑦ Divine Dragon Ornament)
【Current Effect】 --
【① Bear Faith (Dragon Flag): This holy artifact once represented the dominion of the world, thus embodying the longing and faith of countless races and peoples, countless populations from 2 main worlds and countless derivative worlds.】
【② Grip Enhancement (Upper Grip): When you consecrate this holy artifact, the grip strength of all your subordinates will be enhanced. Ranged +10% accuracy, Melee +10% damage.】
【Carried Faith Value: 54711 points.】
The content in the dialogue box was about the specific situation of this Dragon Flag fragment.
"Hmm?!" Shen Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.
He already knew the specific situation of the Dragon Flag fragment, but the existing faith value below, that is, the amount of Faith Power already stored, was truly unexpected to him.
It was over 54,000 points.
The amount of this Faith Power was indeed unexpected to him, as when he left Deherim before, the amount of Faith Power in it was 0.
In just 4 days, it had directly reached the current amount.
"It's a bit beyond expectations," Shen Mu's face showed a look of surprise.
But if he thought about it this way, Shen Mu also recalled what he had heard Zhang Caidong say when he met Zhang Caidong's group of humans before.
That is, those Blue Star Humans had just been basically organized.
Approximately 30,000 Blue Star Humans had all been incorporated into his new human territory plan, beginning to be grouped and organized, embarking on a normal working life as they did at the Diesel Company.
And the so-called working life was to pray in the open areas of Deherim, so that their mental energy would transform into Faith Power that could be absorbed by the lord's core.
Of course, the Mount & Blade Rules and Mount & Blade System that Shen Mu possessed were definitely different from the spirit world rules.
But the principle was the same.
After all, the Mount & Blade Rules had already absorbed the spirit world rules, abyss rules, hell rules, including death spirit rules.
It can be said that the reason why the Mount & Blade Rules could grow into what they are now is because of the growth produced after absorbing these four types of rules.
In fact, it also includes the blue star rules, which are already in a weak and collapsing state.
They have also been absorbed by the Mount & Blade Rules.
Otherwise, why would the various powers within the Mount & Blade Rules, which were originally game rules and incomplete, be able to appear vividly in the Blue Star World? It's because after absorbing so many rules, they all gained true rule blessings, which allowed Shen Mu to possess his current foundation and strength.
"In that case, my initiative in having Zhang Caidong take charge of organizing these Blue Star Humans was indeed a wise move."
Shen Mu also felt satisfied with his ingenuity.
In just 4 days, he had already gained over 57,000 points of Faith Power.
This means that in the future, as long as he gradually gets on track, he will gain more and more Faith Power, eventually allowing the over 30,000 Blue Star Humans, as mentioned by Zhang Caidong, to continuously provide him with over 30,000 points of daily saturated Faith Power.
In this way, he would have over 30,000 additional Faith Power points every day, which would provide ample enhancement and amplification for both construction and crop growth, as well as merchant teams.
"In that case, I also need to think carefully about how to make all those Blue Star Humans quite satisfied with my current rule."
Shen Mu stroked his chin.
As long as they were satisfied with his rule, it would be equivalent to placing their psychological reliance on him, and during prayer, they would involuntarily transmit all their mental energy to Shen Mu.
This means that all Faith Power would be given to Shen Mu, making Shen Mu's faith value higher and higher, and more and more abundant.
This would be a virtuous cycle.
"Perhaps I should also let them try some abundant Spiritual Realm food," Shen Mu also stroked his chin, initially formulating a plan.
Delicious food is definitely a way to win people's hearts.
And the more one is in a low point in life, or at a lower social class, then a lavish meal can not only capture their stomachs and mouths, but also bring comfort to their souls.
Thus producing a good effect of winning hearts.
And now Shen Mu happens to have Halflings, these excellent chefs as guides, and a considerable number of Swadian Commoners as kitchen helpers.
Then making a batch of relatively delicious Spiritual Realm food is also quite easy.
And even if it's not delicious Spiritual Realm food, for these ordinary Blue Star Humans, it is a special food with excellent amplification effects and is quite nourishing.
'Knock, knock, knock.' Just as Shen Mu was contemplating, his door was gently knocked from outside.
"Lord Shen Mu." Then, a Swadian Sergeant's voice came from outside the door: "In the living room, Zhang Caidong said he wants to see you, to report on his work again."
"Zhang Caidong?" Shen Mu was slightly taken aback; he had just been thinking of finding Zhang Caidong.
So he nodded and replied, "Tell him to wait for me in the living room. I'll be right down."