Chapter 52 Poverty alleviation first, then military training

After receiving instructions from Yang Zhengshan, Yang Chengze and others immediately began to select people.

"Stand still!"

"Don't move!"

The scene was a little chaotic for a while.

These recruits were frightened and panicked, and had no idea what to do.

Fortunately, Yang Chengze and others have received training from Yang Zhengshan and do not have stage fright.

It took another two-quarters of an hour before a hundred soldiers appeared in front of Yang Zhengshan in a staggering formation.

"My name is Yang Zhengshan, and I will be your 100 households from today on!"

"See my face clearly and don't mistake me for the wrong person in the future!"

Yang Zhengshan walked in the queue with his hands behind his back, his eyes scanning the sallow faces.

"Now I give you three tasks!"

"First, eat enough!"

"Second, clean yourself up!"

"Third, clean the inside and outside of Linguan Fort for me. I don't want to stay in a pigsty, and you have made this place filthier than a pigsty!"

"Understand?"

"Understood!" Yang Chengze and others shouted loudly.

However, the others all lowered their heads and no one said a word.

"Are they all mute?"

Before Yang Zhengshan could speak, Yang Mingzhi scolded him.

"Understand?"

"clear!"

"Louder! Do you understand?"

"clear!"

As Yang Mingzhi asked, his voice gradually became louder, but it was still uneven and lacked any momentum.

Yang Zhengshan didn't care, waved his hand and said: "Give out food, three dou per person!"

These soldiers were refugees before and had no savings at all.

Linguan Fort had been abandoned for many years. Although it had been rebuilt, there was no food left in the fort.

According to Zhao Yuan, after this group of refugees arrived, he asked Lao Li to distribute a batch of food, but Yang Zhengshan estimated that they had almost eaten the food they had received before, otherwise they would not have become sallow and thin.

Hearing that Yang Zhengshan was about to distribute food, the originally lifeless team suddenly became noisy.

Everyone stared at Yang Zhengshan with wide eyes, surprised and delighted.

And Yang Mingwu has already taken people to move food.

"Thank you, sir!" Lao Li was the first to react and shouted loudly.

With him taking the lead, the soldiers knelt down and worshiped Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at Lao Li approvingly.

Lao Li can be considered a member of Linguan Fort, but he is not an ordinary military household. He was a veteran of the Zhenbiao Battalion. Because his left leg was disabled, he followed Zhao Yuan to do some chores.

He was previously responsible for the reconstruction of Linguan Fort and the resettlement of refugees.

"Give me food!" Yang Zhengshan shouted.

Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingwu and others immediately called on everyone to come forward to receive food.

After the food was distributed, everyone dispersed, and Yang Zhengshan walked into the official office of Tunpu.

It is said to be a government office, but it actually consists of four clay houses, a small courtyard at the back, and seven or eight clay houses.

The front is where the Tunpu officials work, and the back is where the Tunpu officials live.

"Is there a yellow book?" Yang Zhengshan asked Lao Li.

"Sir, follow me!"

As Old Li said, he led Yang Zhengshan into a study room.

The furnishings in the study are very simple, including a desk, two chairs, a bookcase, and a heated ondol.

Lao Li took out two volumes from the bookcase and handed them to Yang Zhengshan, saying, "Sir, these are the yellow volume and the fish scale volume."

The fish scale register is important in the field, and the yellow register is important in the household.

Yang Zhengshan opened the pornographic album and looked at it.

There are one hundred families in the fort, but the population is only 432 people.

This is obviously not in line with normal conditions. For example, there are more than 80 households in Yangjia Village, but the total population exceeds 700, with an average of eight or nine people per household.

But considering that these people had experienced escape, it was normal for their relatives to be killed or to be separated from their relatives, so Yang Zhengshan did not find it strange.

Yang Zhengshan quickly browsed through the yellow book, and then called Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingwu and others over.

"Tomorrow, we will find out the specific situation of each household. How many people are there in each household, how old they are, whether they have read books, practiced martial arts, and whether they have other specialties, such as needlework, cooking skills, knitting, etc."

“The more detailed you understand, the better!”

"Here!" Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingwu and others responded in unison.

When he came to Linguan Fort, Yang Zhengshan understood that what he wanted to do was not to train troops, but to alleviate poverty.

Originally, he thought that the ten carts of food given by Zhou Lan would be enough, but now it seems that his previous thinking was too simple.

The group of refugees Zhou Lan gave him was not a group of recruited soldiers.

Although the soldiers recruited may be a ragtag group, they are at least a group of qualified young men.

And refugees are refugees. For refugees, the priority problem is to keep them and their families fed and clothed.

This means not only providing them with enough food and clothing, but also finding a sustainable livelihood for them.

Let them have a foundation to live a stable life, so that they no longer need to worry about the food and clothing of their families, so that they have no worries.

In this way, they can receive training and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

If they were military households in other places, they might be able to solve their livelihood problems through farming, but the fields here are too barren.

Yang Zhengshan was certain that Linguanbao could not be self-sufficient through farming alone.

A night of silence.

The next morning, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Mingwu began to investigate door to door.

At the same time, Yang Zhengshan took Lao Li and Yang Minghao around Linguan Fort several times.

After the tour, Yang Zhengshan stayed in the study and started writing and drawing.

He first drew the plan of Linguan Fort.

The outer wall of Linguan Fort was built very solidly, but the houses inside Linguan Fort were repaired by the refugees themselves.

It was simple, dilapidated, and messy, and it was simply useless.

Yang Zhengshan felt that except for the government office, warehouse, granary, and stables, all other buildings in the fort should be demolished and rebuilt.

Of course, he was not going to build a blue brick and tile house, but just an adobe house.

The foundation can be built with stones, the walls can be built with mud, and the roof can be built with wood and thatch.

He had just seen that these common materials can be obtained locally around Linguan Fort, and it does not cost money.

Yang Zhengshan spent an hour drawing the plan of Linguan Fort.

According to his idea, the open space in front of the government office should be larger as a training ground for soldiers. The houses of the military households were all built behind the government office, with three main rooms and four side rooms in each household, forming a small courtyard.

As for the front of the government office, in addition to the training ground, some functional buildings can also be built, such as kitchens, restaurants, workshops, blacksmith shops, etc.

Build the house first, and then make plans for it in the future.

On the third day, Yang Zhengshan threw his plan to Yang Mingzhi and Yang Mingwu, asking them to lead people to start building houses.

It is not difficult to build adobe houses. He had seen villagers building houses in Yangjia Village before.

There is no need to hire masons. The village can find some young and strong laborers to build three houses in two or three days.

Yang Zhengshan estimated that he could rebuild the entire Linguan Fort in more than ten days.

He could wait for more than ten days.