Dungeon Mastery: The Plateau of Leng

Plateau of Leng

Population (500)

The four and a third mile long Plateau is two hundred feet above the Plain, with another two hundred feet high three hundred feet thick raised earthen mud-brick and stone wall encompasing a thousand acres of agricultural land and a city of a half square mile. About a mile of the outer wall has been breached by landslide.

The city itself has a mud-brick temple-pyramid and other smaller official structures. 

The People of Leng

The populace wear indigo dyed wool cloth clothing during the day. Indigo Silk cloth is worn at night. They consume Goat milk and soy tofu.

Agriculture within the Walls of Leng
Total Agricultural Land (1400 Acres)

Primary Produce
Produce:                              Yield
Soybean:                              5290lb/acre
Green Mulberry leaves:   4465lb/acre
Indigo:                                  1322lb/acre

Secondary Produce
Silk: 123lb green mulberry leaves fed to silkworms produce 1lb silk.

14 fields × 100 acres
• (700 acres) Mulberry orchards
   Produce: Green Mulberry leaves: 4465lb/acre
   700 × 4465lb = 3,125,500lb green mulberry leaf
    Silk: 123lb green mulberry leaves fed to silkworms produce 1lb silk.
    Silk produced: 3,125,500lb ÷ 123lb = 25,410lb Silk

• (400 acres) Soybeans
   Produce: Soybeans: 5290lb/acre
   400 × 5290lb = 2,116,000lb soybean

• (100 acres) Indigo
   Produce: 1322lb indigo dye/acre
    100 × 1322lb = 132,200lb indigo dye

• (100 acres) Goats storage
    100 × 100 goats per acre = 10,000 goats

Fodder fed Inside Walls
1/2lb soybeans per day per goat

Grazing Outside Walls
Produce: arid grazing three goats/acre
10,000 goats ÷ 3 goats/acre = 5.2 square miles of grazing land
• Produced: 20lb goat milk, 1lb goat wool/ year
10,000 × 20lb goat milk = 200,000lb goat milk
10,000 × 1lb wool = 10,000lb goat wool


Produce per Person                      Pop. Supported
1/2 lb goat milk/day                       547 people
20lb wool/year                                500 people
1lb soy beans/day                          797 people
1/2lb soy beans per goat/day      10,000 goats
10lb Silk/year                                  2,540 people
25lb indigo/year                            5,288 people

Optimal Population (500)

Annual Produce Surplus
• 20,400lb silk
• 8,577lb Goat milk
• 108,405lb Soybeans
• 119,700lb indigo dye