Chapter 053: Planting vegetables by yourself, and having enough food and clothing

Seeing that the soldiers did not respond, Xu Xingxia waved his hand casually and shouted in a deep voice: "Since everyone hasn't thought about it, then let me know after it's done. Now, everyone will disband! After the disbandment, everyone will pack up their personal belongings and prepare for hygiene! Zhang Quanfu, you are responsible for preparing the tools!"

Zhang Quanfu hurriedly agreed: "I understand!"

Xu Xingxia nodded and waved her hand, and the soldiers were all disbanded. They entered the Niujiao Dune and began to pack up their personal belongings. As a result, they soon discovered that the Niujiao Dune was messed up by Peng Feng's servants. Some of them even had black feces on the big bunk beds. Some people couldn't help but curse them in a low voice.

Gao Meng and Zhang Quanfu went up to the third floor and found that the third floor was also ruined. Almost all valuable things were taken away by Peng Feng's servants. At first glance, they thought they were washed by the Tartars. The two couldn't help but whisper. Damn, they were simply a group of traitors!

Xu Xingxia was not concerned about the situation in Niujiaodune. No matter how chaotic it is now, it will be completely cleaned up after being thoroughly cleaned. He gestured to Yu Lijun, called the other party over, and said sincerely: "Old Yu, from now on, we will be in Niujiaodune. I have some things to discuss with you and get angry in advance."

Although Yu Lijun is much older than Xu Xingxia, he was still a little uncomfortable with Xu Xingxia calling him Lao Yu at the beginning. He was a relatively old-fashioned person and believed that he should call his name or his official position according to the military regulations. Xu Xingxia's name is not like a regular army. However, Yu Lijun still has this small adaptation. He said in a deep voice: "Xu Baihu, please tell me if you have something to do."

Xu Xingxia said slowly: "I want to clarify my respective division of labor with you. I am responsible for the matter of war, and you are responsible for matters other than war."

Yu Lijun said a little strangely: "The responsibility of his subordinates is to manage military discipline..."

Xu Xingxia said disapprovingly: "There are only ten people in Niujiaodun. How much time do you need to manage military discipline? How many things are there about military discipline? I'm afraid you can't find one in a month! Do you want to get moldy and hairy on your body? I mean, you have to pick up everything except military discipline, logistics, internal affairs, ideology, politics, etc."

Yu Lijun said in confusion: "I dare to ask, what is the internal affairs?"

Xu Xingxia's eyes quickly turned around and said casually: "It's... the daily life rules of soldiers. For example, hygiene duty, cooking, cleaning toilet buckets, taking care of war horses, preparing firewood, and preparing food. In short, things related to the lives of soldiers can be called internal affairs. Well, that should be the case."

Yu Lijun obviously didn't understand some of Xu Xingxia's words. However, he was not a fool, and he couldn't be a slap in the position of comforting him. With a little thought, he could basically understand the content of some words. Judging from Xu Xingxia's tone, it seemed that he gave him a lot of power. This surprised Yu Lijun. Others were worried that he would fight for power, but Xu Xingxia gave him a lot of power with just a flash of his hand!

Xu Xingxia said expectantly: "How is it? Can you be busy?"

Yu Lijun nodded and said cautiously: "I should try my best."

Xu Xingxia nodded and said with satisfaction: "Okay. Lao Yu, as long as you help me do these complicated things well, I will definitely not treat you badly in terms of military merits."

Since Xu Xingxia mentioned military merits, Yu Lijun was not polite and expressed his gratitudes. The real benefits of military merits are all there. As an officer who is responsible for registering military merits, how could he not feel the great attraction of military merits! As long as he can reach the heads of several Tartars, he may be promoted to the next level.

Xu Xingxia could still predict Yu Lijun's reaction. He was actually fully delegating power and giving Yu Lijun everything that had nothing to do with the battle. This is also a later generation, a person who obviously had a different understanding from the people of this era. People in this era want to control every bit of power in their own hands. Unless they feel huge external pressure, it is impossible to actively distribute it to others.

"Now, let's do the first big thing first!"

Xu Xingxia then entered Niujiaodune and announced loudly.

The first thing to do is of course to do is to sanitate. In the past, Niujiao Dun was dirty and messy, with narrow space, air not circulating, and the smell was suffocating. Xu Xingxia was simply too unbearable for such a living environment. He didn't want to die of illness in Niujiao Dun. In the era without quinine and penicillin, getting sick was terrible. Now that he is the owner of Niujiao Dun, he naturally has to find a way to change all this.

In addition to arranging two elderly and weak soldiers to closely observe the movements of the Tartars on the Niujiao Dun, the other soldiers rolled up their trousers, rolled up their sleeves, and made great efforts to clean up. Xu Xingxia took the lead and pointed out where to do it, and the people behind them started to take action. Xu Xingxia's basic principle is to do whatever they want, and not everything. Only by clearing the inside of the Niujiao Dun as much as possible can the air circulate.

As the biggest source of stench, the stable was moved to the outside of the pier as a whole. Xu Xingxia built a new stable near the fort gate, which could accommodate thirty war horses at the same time. The original stable was all flattened. Almost half a foot thick horse manure was shoveled outside the Niuke Pier and piled into a hill.

In the past, the Ming army was worried that the Tartars would steal the war horses, so they set the stables in the beacon tower. Now, with Xu Xingxia's perverted archery technique, this worry is purely unnecessary. If the Tartars want to steal these war horses, it would be an excellent bait. As long as the Tartars approached, Xu Xingxia's black feathered arrows could kill them. Even if it was a war horse, it would be completely possible to change to the Tartars' head.

In addition to the stable, all the debris on the bottom floor, which were not available, were cleaned up. A large number of messy things were thrown outside the ox horn pier and piled up into several piles. After cleaning up a layer of ground and walls, a large amount of quicklime was also sprinkled with. The purpose of this was of course to disinfect.

The second floor was also ordered to be cleaned by Xu Xingxia. All items that belonged to the private sector were concentrated. All those that could not be concentrated were removed. Especially the curtains were cut off by Xu Xingxia. All the bamboo sticks on the wall were also ordered to be pulled out, and clothes and debris were not allowed to be hung on the wall. All the debris under the bed were also cleaned out. No debris was allowed under the bed.

Xu Xingxia's original request was to follow the internal affairs standards of the People's Liberation Army. However, later, he realized that it would be too difficult to implement it. The tofu quilt cannot be achieved for the time being. What can be done now is to place the items neatly and not be disordered. All excess items must be cleared away.

Xu Xingxia is not polite about the officer residence on the third floor. It is still the most basic principle. You don’t want all the things you can do. Those messy weapons, you can tell at a glance that they are unusable, were thrown into the garbage dump outside the pier. The only things that are preserved are food and some of the weapons that can be used.

When it comes to food, Xu Xingxia couldn't help but frown. There is a lot of useless debris in Niujiao Dun, and the only thing that is missing is crucial food. At present, Niujiao Dun's grain reserves are less than 300 kilograms. According to the calculation that each person consumes at least one kilogram of grain every day, there is only less than one month's reserve. The next time he receives food, he has to wait until the summer grain harvest is bumper in July, and there are three months in the middle. How to replenish enough food for two months in the middle, Xu Xingxia, as a defensive officer, must be troubled again.

"Damn it! Didn't this deliberately drag me down?"

After Xu Xingxia quietly cursed, she temporarily put this matter behind her mind.

It took a full day to sanitize Niujiao Dun to complete the main task. After the originally narrow Niujiao Dun was cleared out a lot of space, the air circulation speed was greatly accelerated, and the air became much fresher. Xu Xingxia took a deep breath and felt that the quality of the air was at least ten times better than before. Living in such an environment, it was finally acceptable.

After the basic task was completed, Xu Xingxia inspected every week and decided to place a pot of flowers in multiple places. That's right, it was flowers. There was no special flower shop at that time, so it was impossible to buy a whole pot of flowers. However, Niujiao Dun had its own bottles and jars, which were made up more than a dozen, filled with soil, and planted some wild flowers in it, which was very easy and did not require any cost.

However, Xu Xingxia's request still surprised everyone. There is no way, his request is indeed too novel and too unique. Pots of flowers are placed in every corner of the Niujiao Dune? Did you hear it wrong? No women are here, so why are wild flowers placed everywhere? It seems that few people like flowers.

Yu Lijun said in wonder: "Sir, is this necessary?"

Xu Xingxia nodded affirmatively and said without any concealment: "It's very necessary."

Yu Lijun had to arrange for people to prepare bottles, jars and flowers. It is March now, and around Niujiaodu, there are wild flowers of various colors, and they can be dug out at the roots. Of course, if you go a little further and go to the foot of Helan Mountain, the wild flowers there will be more beautiful and more expensive. Since you decide to put them on, you will get some expensive ones. Zhang Quanfu volunteered to ride a horse to Helan Mountain to pick flowers.

Xu Xingxia and Yu Lijun checked all the way and soon arrived outside Niujiaodu. Outside Niujiaodu was an empty field, very flat. Looking around, no matter in any direction, you can't see the edge at all. Most of the fields were covered with weeds with calves, lush and green. They were originally farmland, but later the Tartars kept coming to harass them, so they had to give up.

The fields around Niujiaoduan are one of the biggest heart problems of Ningxia's avant-garde. After losing such a large area of ​​fields, the total area of ​​Ningxia's avant-garde's field was almost half. This greatly affected the strength of Ningxia's avant-garde. The money and grain of the military army still had to rely on its own supply, and the funding from the superiors was never enough. Without the land, the supply would naturally be less. Xu Xingxia's attention to this place was also attracted by the production of the fields. As long as someone had land, he could slowly accumulate strength. These three eternal principles.

Xu Xingxia pointed to an open space and said slowly: "Lao Yu, we want to open a vegetable field here to prepare to grow vegetables. What Niujiaoduan used to eat was pickles, dried vegetables, salted fish, dried radish, etc., and there were never fresh vegetables. It is not possible to not eat fresh vegetables for a long time, and it is easy to get sick. From now on, we have to work hard to ensure that Niujiaoduan has fresh vegetables every day."

Yu Lijun said with some concern: "What if the Tartars come..."

Xu Xingxia patted the bow and arrow on the back and said confidently: "I hope they will come."

Yu Lijun was immediately relieved. That's right, if a vegetable field could attract the Tartars to Niujiaodu, Xu Xingxia's arrow would definitely make the Tartars suffer a great loss. Killing Tartars in their 20 or 30 at a time, the Tartars would not be able to bear it if they did it a few more times. In addition, if the Tartars were entangled with Xu Xingxia every time, then the direction of Weizhenbao would be much safer.

Xu Xingxia walked around outside Niujiaoduan and said in an orderly manner: "We not only need to grow vegetables, but also plant something else. As long as it does not cause a fire or let the Tartars hide and approach, we can plant it. We can even raise some pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, etc. to enrich everyone's lives."

Yu Lijun said with some concern: "Master Baihu, if the Tartars arrive... our losses are a little too heavy? Pigs, cattle, sheep, etc. are not cheap!"

Xu Xingxia still said confidently: "Not afraid! I'm afraid that the Tartars won't come. As long as they dare to approach Niujiao Dun forty feet, I will dare to let them go without a return!"

Since the boss said that, Yu Lijun was not worried and said happily: "Then let's have some peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans, etc."

Xu Xingxia shook her head and said, "The beans are not good. If you want to build a trench, it will hinder our vision."

Yu Lijun nodded and changed his words and said, "Then don't have beans, change to radishes, taro, pumpkins, etc."

Xu Xingxia said cheerfully: "For specifics, you can arrange it as long as it doesn't hinder the battle."

Yu Lijun immediately said that there was no problem and he would make arrangements.
Chapter completed!