In the blink of an eye, a few days later.

The first collective farm in Quyang County is already under construction.

Perhaps because of Xiong Wuliang's skill in painting large cakes, the slaves' enthusiasm for work has been completely mobilized!

In just a few days, a large area of ​​mountain forest had been reclaimed into flat land due to the struggle of the slaves.

The first batch of private houses have been built.

If these houses are placed in Quyang County, they can be regarded as luxury houses!

Because these private houses all use adobe bricks fired from adobe brick factories!

Moreover, the locations of these private houses have been planned uniformly, and they were built according to the farm drawings designed by Xiong Wuliang, the civil engineering elder. The rows of brand-new brick and tile houses are neat and orderly, and they are not like ordinary villages at all.

Messy.

At the gate of the entire farm, there is a row of large characters posted:

'Rely on your own efforts and work hard to build a new rural area in Quyang County!'

'Hard work creates wealth, hard work creates the future!'

There are also some more simple slogans...

For example, 'It is forbidden to dump urine and urine on the ground! Violators will have their tools confiscated!'

Mr. Xiong, accompanied by Zhong Hua and Xiao Yi, walked around the collective farm. Mr. Mi Liang nodded repeatedly and expressed great satisfaction with the slogans on the wall.

"My young master is really a kind man!" The slaves praised Xiong Wuliang even more while working.

In the field, there are already strong young men holding the plow and starting to cultivate!

Although summer has already entered, the climate in Quyang is warm and winter comes relatively late, so it is not too late to start sowing now.

In the farmland, the water wheel with burrs still rotates slowly in the newly dug ditch, transporting clear river water to the fields.

There are even neat rows of small saplings planted on both sides of the road!

Xiong Wuliang was amazed.

Once the subjective initiative of the working people is fully aroused, the construction speed will be really ridiculous!

It’s only been a few days, and this place has completely changed!

"I didn't know that your lord was coming, so I missed you from afar. Please forgive me!" A middle-aged man with an honest appearance jogged all the way to Xiong Wuliang's car.

This guy's name is Zhou Zhuo, and he is also one of Xiong Wuliang's personal soldiers.

Because of his simplicity and hard work, he was appointed by Xiong Wuliang as the person in charge of the demonstration farm.

"Well done! In just a few days, the current situation of the farm has completely exceeded my imagination!" Mr. Xiong praised it without hesitation.

Zhou Zhuo smiled honestly: "It's all the master's advice."

Zhong Hua on the side coughed lightly: "Zhou Zhuo, this is not a place for small talk."

Zhou Zhuo suddenly smiled and immediately bowed and said: "Young Master, please forgive me... please come this way."

The group of people entered the farm, and Zhou Zhuo personally served tea.

After briefly introducing the current population, cultivated land area and housing supply of the farm, Xiong Wuliang expressed satisfaction.

"How is the militia training going?" Xiong Wuliang asked.

At present, the biggest enemy of Quyang County is the Shaohu bandits entrenched in Shaohu.

Xiong Wuliang would not be able to sleep peacefully unless he contained this powerful enemy beside his bed.

If the entire Quyang County can train the militia team and defend the village, even if there are thousands of people in the thief of the Lake Lake, it is impossible to loot in Quyang County.

Mr. Mi Liang can have a good sleep.

Zhou Zhuo said respectfully: "Reporting to my lord, the farm has just been established and there is a lot of work. The construction work is still too busy, let alone the militia training."

"However, some bankers leave production every day and participate in combat training!"

"According to your order, not only young and strong men are participating in the training... women, children and the elderly are also trained."

Xiong Wuliang nodded with satisfaction.

The enemy is numerous and powerful. If you want to resist the Shaohu bandits, you need all the people to join forces!

Zhong Hua marveled at the construction of the collective farm: "It seems that it won't be long before the entire Quyang County will be re-planned using this farm as a template."

The mere fact that every household has a brick house is enough to tempt all village households to switch to the collective farm model.

The demonstration farm has achieved great results!

…

Xiong Wuliang knew very well that large-scale turmoil would break out in Yue soon.

At that time, Chu State will follow the historical process and annex Yue State!

The militia was organized just to prevent Shaohu pirates.

But the Shaohu pirates are only short-term opponents. If you want to make a fortune from your land, you have to think hard about attacking Vietnam!

Attacking Vietnam is not something that these old, weak, women and children can do.

This requires an army with strong combat power and absolute loyalty to Xiong Wuliang.

Logically speaking, Quyang has a total population of more than 15,000, of which 1,500 are young and strong men of the right age. According to the convention of drawing one out of two, 800 Quyang disciples can be organized.

It is a pity that Quyang County lost its vitality in the Qin-Chu Danyang War, and the private soldiers in its hands can be said to have declined in strength.

After several years of preparations for the war, there were only 200 Quyang soldiers.

Fortunately, there are not enough people, so we have to make up the equipment.

If you want to increase the combat power of Quyang's army, the best way is to smelt iron, improve the weapons, and strive to ensure that all members are armored!

But since there was no iron ore, it was impossible to improve iron smelting technology.

It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!

The largest mine in the Central Plains is the Yiyang Iron Mine in South Korea. Although South Korea is a small country, it has also formed a very powerful army with this mine.

Known as "Jinhan".

It is conceivable that South Korea must strictly guard against domestic iron ore. Even if it is sold occasionally, the price is extremely high.

In this era, iron ore, like grain and horses, were out-and-out military supplies.

It’s not just South Korea—all countries have strict restrictions on the sale of this type of military supplies.

Of course, even without this restriction, a poor guy like Xiong Wuliang couldn't afford it.

However...even if there is no iron, Xiong Wuliang still has a way to arm his army.

He has ordered Shi Er to build a large number of hand-held repeating crossbows according to the drawings.

If you don't have to consider accuracy, the cost of making this thing is really low - the raw material is just wood, and the most indispensable thing in Quyang County is wood.

Of course, there is really no need to consider accuracy.

The holding repeating crossbow can fire ten arrows continuously at one time, and each of the two hundred soldiers can pour out two thousand arrows in an instant.

Do you understand the theory of superior firepower?

The absolute advantage in quantity can make up for the lack of quality!

Anyway, there is a processing factory here, and there are enough arrow tubes!

In addition to the two hundred Quyang soldiers holding a repeating crossbow, a large number of hand-held repeating crossbows were also provided to the militia.

Quyang County is short of metal, so these repeating crossbows are the most economical weapons!

If an enemy invades, the militiamen can fire a large number of arrows at any unexpected place, which will definitely deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

Let this bunch of feudal backward elements feel what the "vast ocean of people's war" means!

…

In the mountain forest, a group of rough men with hair and tattoos walked quickly through.

The man at the head was eight feet tall, with tight muscles all over his body, and looked like a fierce general.

General of the State of Yue - Shaohu!

He is also the current second commander of the Shaohu Pirates!

Since King Si Wujiang of Yue was defeated and died a few years ago, Yue's 100,000 troops fled in all directions and were intercepted and killed by the Chu army, and were almost completely annihilated.

The surviving Vietnamese soldiers fled eastward desperately, trying to escape back to the country of Yue.

However, the State of Chu had already deployed heavy troops to guard the border between Chu and Yue, leaving no opportunity for the Yue people to take advantage of it.

He could only occupy the lake area in Quyang and become king, and survive by robbing the people.

The State of Chu seemed to have no intention of forgiving them, and sent troops to encircle and suppress them again and again.

Fortunately, Shaohu is a large area, and the pirates in Shaohu were spread out, so the Chu army couldn't catch them.
To be continued...