71 Chapter 70, Rationing System_1

A journey of over a hundred miles was strenuously dragged out by Hudson for nearly half a month, finally successfully reaching the entrusted land.

The team grew from over six hundred people at the start to more than three thousand at the end. The increase of more than two thousand four hundred people was the fruit from this journey.

Sadly, the number of young and robust men was less than desirable. Even if counting the fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys and men under forty, it still fell short of eight hundred.

Most of the remainder were the elderly, women, and children who were in relatively good health. Those who were weak either perished in the prior famine or died along the way.

Of course, this definition of "old" adheres to the standards of the Continent of Aslante where people are considered middle-aged in their thirties, and are old in their forties.