Above the mage!

Chapter 381 Census Results
In addition to the establishment of fences, the entire camp is becoming more and more formal.

Single-family stone houses suitable for long-term residence have been built and stand outside the fence along with tall sentry posts.

The number of people in the camp increased to nearly three hundred.

This is because more and more Ice Clan mages within the tribe have begun to form pacts with their own sacred objects and practice the Qingmu Changsheng Sutra.

And the holy objects they had formed a pact with, naturally, without exception, were all planted in the territory opened up by Yugath-Shira.

This means that this forest is becoming more and more important to the Zhenbing tribe.

The number of Tree Guardians will only continue to grow for the foreseeable future.

This occupies the Zhenbing Tribe's precious Ice Mage resources.

Letting a mage be a forest ranger is actually a huge waste of "resources", which is like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly.

But I have to do it.

After all, the holy object is too important for the mage who practices the "Qingmu Changsheng Sutra" and he must protect it.

But now, the solution is at hand.

As long as the enlightenment ability of Yugath-Shira can be fully utilized, the forest protection task can be completely taken over by the tree people.

"Lady Flora, please direct the tree planting first. As for these magic tree species, I will take them back and let the magicians in the tribe to form a contract with them." While thinking, Gao De whispered to Flora.

"Leave it to Lady Flora." Flora puffed out her chest and said.

Planting trees has always been her favorite thing to do, and Gao De doesn't need to spend any effort to "cajole" her.

Gode ​​took out the ordinary tree species and gave them all to Flora. As for the magic tree species, he took them back to Phoenix.

In addition to the tree species, Gode also brought back to the North this time twenty bottles of prepared [Quick Digging] spell potions.

With these twenty bottles of spell potions, the North will be able to obtain twenty mages who have mastered [Rapid Digging] within half a year.

It will play a huge role in the upcoming Phoenix expansion plan and even the tunnel construction plan in Mount Walar.

God did not stay in Valar Bay for long. He immediately rode on the snow wolf and headed for Phoenix.

The simple shortcut between Varal Bay and Phoenix has expanded slightly since it was three months ago.

This is because the connections between the two places are becoming more and more frequent, and the expansion is carried out according to demand.

However, there is not much change in the time it takes for Gaode to travel between the two places.

If one wants to truly shorten the travel time between the two places, the most important thing is to dig through Mount Walar to avoid the journey up and down the mountain.

A day and a half later, Godd was already sitting in his office at Phoenix City Hall, looking at the report that had been prepared for his review.

The report is about the census.

Before leaving the North for the last time, Gaode instructed Sunaifa to organize and carry out the "First Population Census of the Zhenbing Tribe."

Although due to the limited conditions in the north, the efficiency of the census is low.

But the total population of the Zhenbing tribe is only over 500,000, so the workload is not that large.

In addition, under the war mother system of the Zhenbing Tribe, the cooperation of tribal members in the census is surprisingly high, and there will be no such thing as "troublesome people".

So in fact, the first census was successfully completed before the New Year.

According to Gaode's requirements, during the census, a comprehensive survey and registration will be conducted on the current population of the Zhenbing tribe, household by household and person by person, including how many households there are, how many people are in each household, their gender, specific age, etc.

The two report documents on the table are the final census results.

One is a census report of the indigenous people of the Zhenbing tribe, and the other is a population summary of other small and medium-sized tribes in the north that have joined Phoenix in the past six months.

Gao De first opened the Zhenbing Tribe Census Report with great interest and read it carefully:
【Number of households】: 125003

【Total population】: 523456

【Gender ratio】: Male population 268732; Female population 254724

There are slightly more men than women. In the Zhenbing tribe's way of survival, which is similar to that of a primitive tribe, men with greater physical strength and power have more innate advantages.

Therefore, even under the war mother system, the male population of the Zhenbing tribe is slightly larger than the female population.

This just goes to show that demand is everything.

Age distribution:
0-12 years old: 99456;
13-40 years old: 329777;
41-60 years old: 78518;
61 years and older: 15703 (including 10245 Iceborn mages);

The age distribution is also in line with Gaode’s expectations.

Under such harsh conditions in the North, most people do not even live to the expected life expectancy of 75 years.

Therefore, the proportion of elderly people in the population is extremely low, less than three percent.

This is the data obtained when there are 20,000 ice mages in the Zhenbing Tribe.

The life span of a wizard apprentice is the same as that of an ordinary person, which is 75 years.

The lifespan of a first-ring mage will skyrocket to 150 years, a second-ring mage's lifespan is 225 years, a third-ring mage's lifespan is 375 years, and a fourth-ring mage's lifespan is as high as 600 years.

Excluding the Iceborn Mage, there are actually only 5458 ordinary members of the Zhenbing Tribe who can live to be over years old.

Of course, for the rapidly developing North, such age distribution is actually a good thing.

This means that there is sufficient labor force and high population potential.

However, Gaode still focused on drawing a circle based on age distribution.

"We want more than 95% of our people to live beyond the age of ." Gao De raised his head and whispered to Sunaifa who was standing silently beside him.

Development is not just for him, but to enable everyone to live a good life.

"With Northwest Barley No. 1, the tribesmen no longer need to go out hunting in the wind and snow for food, and they will not starve. This is foreseeable," said Sunaifa.

Why people in the North often don't live past the age of sixty.

One reason is that going out hunting is an extremely dangerous thing, and injuries and even unfortunate deaths in the process are common.

The second reason is the shortage of food, coupled with the famine that occurs every three or four years. When necessary, food can only be distributed first to the labor force in the tribe, followed by children, and finally the elderly.

It can be said that many elderly people starved to death.

The emergence of Northwest Barley No. 1 made these two things disappear into history at the same time.

Given the strong physique of the people in the North, as long as they have enough food, it would not be difficult for them to live past sixty, or even seventy.

"Another thing is that since the proportion of children in the tribe is so high, education is of utmost importance, and the Ministry of Education's expansion and development should be given the highest priority." Gao De pointed to the line with the number of people aged 0-12 with his finger and emphasized.

"My king, building a school is not a big problem. The biggest problem is the teachers." There was helplessness in Sunaifa's deep blue eyes.

This is the North's Achilles' heel.

In the Zhenbing tribe alone, there are nearly 100,000 school-age children, but there are less than 50 teachers.

The teacher shortage is so huge that it gives Gao De a headache.

Even if all the monks in Haiyinrongguyuan were transported to the northern border, it would be a drop in the bucket.

How to fill this gap?
Gao De rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache.

Finally, he shook his head, put aside this thorny question for the time being, and continued reading.

The last content of the report is a special statistics on the number of Ice Wizards in the clan.

[Special Statistics for Iceborn Mages]:
Fourth Ring Iceborn Mage: 4 players

Three-ringed Iceborn Mage: 207

Second Ring Iceborn Mage: 1056

First-ring Iceborn Mage: 11345

Mage Apprentices: 4765

Compared with the population of more than 500,000, the number of mages in the Zhenbing Tribe is undoubtedly a very impressive figure.

At least looking at the entire world, there is no country with such a high ratio of magicians to population.

But Gaode is still not satisfied with this.

In a world with super powers, super powers should be developed into productive forces rather than just used as military force.

He also drew a circle on this module and wrote four words next to it: "National Mage".

Yes, this is Gaode’s most important plan for the future of the North.

He was planning to include mage education in the most basic universal education, so that all children in the North, regardless of whether they had Iceborn blood or not, could receive free mage education in the future.

Gao De did not expect these children to become powerful wizards. He just wanted them to become wizard apprentices and master one or two special tricks.

The problem is the same:
There is a shortage of teacher resources.

Putting down the population census report of the Zhenbing tribe, Gaode opened another summary data of foreign population.

After the Zhenbing Tribe announced its willingness to allow other small and medium-sized tribes to join, Phoenix ushered in a wave of explosive population growth.

Among the human tribes in the North, except for the three large tribes of True Ice, Hammer of Winter, and Frostwolf, which have a population of more than 500,000, the population of other small and medium-sized tribes basically does not exceed 100,000.

Even some small tribes may have a total population of only one or two thousand people.

The number of people in a single tribe is not large, but there are many such small and medium-sized tribes on the vast snowfield.

Although there are no accurate statistics, there are definitely thousands of tribes.

Moreover, the age distribution of the population in each tribe is mostly the same as that of the Zhenbing tribe, with very few elderly people and mostly young and middle-aged people and children.

This means that the population potential in the North is actually huge.

This large number of people who have not yet been fully utilized and tapped will be enough for the Zhenbing Tribe to develop for a long time as long as they can be fully absorbed.

During this period of time, the number of tribes that came to Phoenix from all over the snowfield to surrender has reached 29, with a total population of about 250,000.

This is already half of the original population of the Zhenbing tribe.

Of course, this is a number that the Zhenbing tribe can fully accommodate today.

Jinhui Farm continues to expand, and the area of ​​reclaimed land has already reached 600,000 acres.

There has never been a shortage of land in the North; what is lacking is crops that can grow on the snowfields.

That means the population of Phoenix now actually has reached one million.

Gao De put down the report in his hand and let out a long sigh.

"My king, as you said, we have gained some extra gains during the census." Sunaifa spoke softly after seeing Gaode finish reading the two reports.

"Tell me about it." Gao De said with a smile.

"One is the process of census, which is actually a survey of the tribe members."

"In the process, we found that many tribesmen actually have unique insights and experiences in various skills such as hunting and planting."

"So, I asked people to organize these experiences and insights, and asked these tribesmen to act as mentors to promote them in the tribe and promote the improvement of the tribe's overall technical level."

"Another reason is that the census process can make the tribe members realize that they are part of the tribe as a whole and feel that the tribe values ​​them, thus enhancing their sense of belonging and identity with the tribe."

"In fact, as we began to absorb other tribes, the tribesmen were quite dissatisfied with this. They felt that they had contributed so much to the tribe, and now that the tribe was finally getting better, outsiders were able to receive the same treatment as them."

"This census has made them realize that they are different from the foreigners who joined later, and it has played a role in calming people's hearts to a certain extent."

"Finally," Sunaifa paused and said slowly, "Through the survey, we found many "rats" hiding in Phoenix. Usually, we don't have a systematic management system, so they don't need to do too much concealment to lurk in Phoenix."

"Once the census was launched, the identities they had fabricated before were full of mistakes and omissions, and we directly exposed them."

"How do you deal with these rats?" Goder asked with interest.

"It's the same as before. Go to their tribe and ask them to bring supplies to ransom the people." Sunaifa's dark blue eyes were as calm as water.

As for whether these tribes would do as they are told, Sunaifa had fought two of them alone and easily defeated the two war mothers of the other two tribes.

Although Sunaifa is young, he is definitely the best in the North, and his deterrent power has already reached its peak.

"The absorption of population continues, but the expansion plan of Phoenix needs to be put on the agenda." Gode said slowly.

The population data is here, and it is about to exceed Phoenix's load limit.

If we don’t start expanding, everyone’s lives will be affected.

This is what is called a loss of satisfaction.

"The average daily grain output data reported by the Ministry of Agriculture is close to 500,000 kilograms, which is enough to support us to allocate a large number of manpower to start expanding Phoenix. The main thing is the direction and ideas of the expansion. We are waiting for you to make up your mind." Sunaifa said.

"First, pick out twenty second-ring mages in the clan and distribute the spell potions and spell formulas of [Quick Digging]." Gao De thought for a moment and said so.

It is very efficient to learn first-level spells with a second-level wizard level, and it can usually be done within ten days.

"As for the direction of Phoenix's expansion," Goder paused, then continued, "Give me a few days and I'll draw a sketch for you."

He actually already had a preliminary idea of ​​the specific expansion plan in mind.

But after all, he studied mathematics, not civil engineering, so drawing was not an easy task for him and took time.

"Let's do this for now," Gao De stood up and said with a smile, "Now, let me go and see if the two 'princess' are used to staying here."

(End of this chapter)