Seven days after Zhong Yu arrived at the refugee camp, his luck seemed to be good, as if he was favored by the goddess of luck. In other words, the system knew about his difficulties and specially provided him with certain care. A total of more than 1,800 people were employed in the entire refugee camp, which greatly alleviated Zhong Yu's population pressure.
He originally only had a population of 600, but now has about 2,500 people. He can already start some construction in the territory according to Zhong Yu's ideas.
First of all, Zhong Yu selected 300 young men of suitable age from the 1,800 refugees, organized them into a new army, and trained them to prepare for emergencies.
In the near future, not even a few days, his territory will face an army that is larger than his own, composed entirely of that group of barbaric barbarians. Those barbarians hunt all year round, and there are frequent conflicts between tribes. They all have certain war experience, and their strength cannot be underestimated.
If you don't want to be fully prepared, if your army is defeated now, then the new army composed of this group of refugees will be a life-saving straw. As long as you grasp it firmly, you will still have a chance. Have another war.
Those young men were selected and handed over to Wang Daniu to take them to the newly opened military camp for arrangement and training. The military camp was built by the refugees in the past few days. It is very majestic and spacious, including dozens of buildings such as accommodation, training ground, general command platform, meeting hall, etc.
The army that can accommodate about 3,000 people is stationed in it. This is for the future, when the territory and population expand, the army will inevitably expand. It is established in advance, and it can be regarded as a rainy day.
After arranging those young and strong soldiers, they began to arrange the remaining people and organize them to carry out the construction and development of the territory.
It is still early spring, just in time for sowing. The plain here is passed by the river. The land on both sides is very fertile and irrigated by the river. The vegetation is lush and covers both sides of the river. The ecological environment that has not been damaged by humans is so beautiful. Intoxicating.
A family of five needs about five kilograms of food every day, and on average each person needs one kilogram. The population of his territory will probably increase to tens of thousands in a short period of time, which will consume tens of thousands of kilograms of food every day, which is 100 shi.
And because the land here is relatively fertile, using the ancient algorithm, it is a field with high yield. An acre of land can produce about 3 stones of grain. If you can harvest two crops of grain in a year, then you will be responsible for half a year's worth of grain in one field, which is 18,000 shi.
Within half a year, the population will definitely increase, so he will need to add some more food reserves, at least 30,000 shi of food. In other words, he has to develop a total of at least 10,000 acres of farmland within this month, which is not a small amount of work.
According to the "General Commentary on Bu Nong Shu", "On the land in my hometown, one farmer can only manage ten acres. Therefore, if there is a lot of land, tenants will plant it and collect the rent. In addition, the population is densely populated, and it is difficult to obtain land, so the poor According to the saying in "Leasing and cultivating, it is also the trend". Since the ancient mu was a small mu, ten mu is probably about 3 mu of the current market mu.
In other words, cultivating 10,000 acres of land requires at least 3,000 strong laborers. However, because now, less than half of the young people among the refugees have been removed by themselves, and the rest are old, weak, women and children. The number of people who can participate in farming is about two thousand.
If we gather them all to work together, we can barely cultivate 10,000 acres of land with a good water conservancy system.
In this way, all the refugees were gathered together and divided into groups of a hundred people, a total of twenty groups, and each group was responsible for an average of 500 acres of land. Zhong Yu set up a reward, and the group that completed the task first would be given five more stones of food after the harvest. The group that finally completed the task was each punished with an extra month of hard labor.
Stimulated by rewards and punishments, the land reclamation work started quickly, and about one-seventh of the project was completed in just a few days.
At this rate, the task will be completed in about twenty days or so in less than a month. Maybe we can use the remaining ten days to cultivate more fields and grow more food.
After handling the internal affairs, Zhong Yu came to the military camp, but he had not yet arrived at the military camp. Not far away, a thunderous shout was heard. The sound was so loud that it made insects and birds fly up in fright, making people feel flinching.
"Take it, stab it! Take it, stab it! Be serious, it may be very hard now, but these are the skills that can save your lives in the future. The lord has a good saying: Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. This is You must remember these wise words." Under the protection of four guards, Zhong Yu slowly walked into the noisy military camp. Looking at the lively training scene in the military camp, a smile gradually emerged. These are the foundation for his future rule and suppression of this place!
Looking at the group of recruits who were punished by the instructor for making constant mistakes, there was a frustrated expression on their faces. Or because he performed very well and was praised by the instructor, a proud smile appeared on his face.
This spirit full of vitality made Zhong Yu keep nodding. An army with soul and vitality is an army with combat effectiveness. This kind of mental state is good, and when the time comes to go to the battlefield, their performance should be able to satisfy themselves.
Seeing that he had arrived at the military camp, Wang Daniu was standing on a high platform, commanding and training new recruits. He quickly got off the high platform, ran toward him in small steps, saluted, and slowly reported to himself the training situation of the new recruits.
"Lord, except for the first day or two when these recruits were not used to it, after a period of adaptation, they have become accustomed to the life in the military camp and are now moving in a good direction." Wang Daniu first briefly introduced the current situation of the recruits. .
Then he paused and said, "Now I have already carried out some basic formation and battlefield skills training. It is just a bit unfamiliar, but as long as I have him for a few more days, he should be able to basically master it. When the time comes, he will not be too familiar on the battlefield." If you don't panic, your chance of survival will be greatly increased."
When Zhong Yu heard Wang Daniu's report, he thought for a while: More than ten days have passed, and now about seven days have passed since the two tribes received the news that they had unified all the small tribes.
They won't give themselves much time to digest the newly plundered population. It would only take two or three days at most before they would attack us. In that case, these new recruits would be only semi-finished products and would not be of much use and could only be treated as consumables.
Thinking like this, Zhong Yu looked at the group of soldiers who were training, with a look of regret and pity in his eyes. Since we deplore our own small population, we must waste it in such a meaningless manner. Again, he felt pity for the soldiers who were full of hope for the future and knew nothing about their next fate. The smiles on their faces are the greatest irony of fate.
These thoughts flashed through Zhong Yu's mind, and were cut off by him mercilessly. As a lord with a land ten miles around and a population of several thousand, he did not need these meaningless mercy. Those soldiers could contribute to his great cause.
Taking an important step on the road to becoming kings and emperors and ruling over the entire continent is their honor, and it is worthy of them to use the time after death to brag to all the ghosts.
After all, they originally had nothing, but because of their own gifts, they were able to live a few days full of happiness. What could they complain or regret? For many people, they are already lucky!
Zhong Yu - "If you gain something yourself, if you lose it yourself, there is no need to hate it."
(End of chapter)