Around 40% of the supplies loaded onto the ship had been steadily consumed during the voyage to The New World. Food, originally their most abundant resource, had now become their fastest-depleting asset. Based on current portion sizes, the remaining stock could sustain the 1,405 people for just over five months. If the consumption of livestock—lizards, yaks, and sheep—was factored in, that window would shrink to about four and a half months.
Of course, these estimates assumed everyone ate three full, satisfying meals a day. If rations were reduced to two meals a day at 60% capacity, the supplies could easily stretch for nearly a year.
"Keep the food supply open," Su Mo ordered. "People only have strength when they're full. We don't want to end up with surplus grain and dead people. As for planting, there's no rush. We'll wait until the heavy snow passes and the soil nutrients are fully restored before making preparations."
