Chapter 56: The Prologue to Great Development
Li Mufan's camp.
A flag was flying over the administrative center, with a big "Ming" written on it.
Half a month ago, Li Mufan took the two characters of the sun and moon from his homeland and officially named his territory Mingcheng. The newly trained 2,000 new soldiers were renamed Mingjun.
In addition to the two characters of the sun and moon, "Ming" has another meaning. Li Mufan came from Earth, and the Ming Dynasty of China drove out the Tartars and restored China, creating a prosperous era. Now he also has a hidden ambition to lead the army to sweep across the world and the eight wastelands to restore the former glory of the human race.
Of course, he has not told anyone about this meaning, only he knows it.
Although there is light snow in the sky at this moment, the construction site is still in full swing.
Twenty days ago, Cuihua's crops finally matured, and with the large amount of fresh fish caught by Ashou, the civilians had food and drink, and their bodies, which were close to the critical point, finally recovered, and their faces became ruddy.
A Shou built many new fish ponds near the Lancang River, laying the foundation for the future food reserves of the base.
On the construction site, adults were shouting and moving pieces of blue and white stone, and children were playing snowballs in thick winter clothes, which was very lively.
Cuihua planted not only grain crops such as potatoes, corn, and rice, but also large areas of cotton, herbs and other necessities of life.
After cotton, Li Mufan immediately organized people to make a large number of cotton clothes and quilts, which warmed not only the body temperature in this cold winter, but also the refugees' cold hearts.
After a month of crazy construction in the city, 50 houses have been completed.
Unlike most of the buildings in Tianheng Continent, A Qiang built an apartment-style residence according to Li Mufan's requirements, a three-story building, four units, and five households in each unit, which arranged the area more reasonably.
At present, according to the standard of a family of three, these fifty houses can only accommodate 9,000 people. After discussing with everyone, Li Mufan decided to establish a simple reward and punishment system. Those who perform well in the construction can move in early.
Once this system came out, the enthusiasm of the civilians was completely ignited. Who doesn't want to live in a new house?
The progress of construction has been accelerated again. I believe that it won't take long to solve the housing problem of 30,000 people.
The training of the new army is also being carried out slowly. Li Mufan doesn't know much about training soldiers, but he understands that if an army wants to be combat-effective, discipline is the top priority!
Soldiers, obeying orders is their duty!
He repeatedly emphasized the importance of discipline during several inspections of the barracks, and even demonstrated various commands learned from military training in his previous life, requiring Liu Long and Lin Chong to set an example, first learn to stand, then learn to walk!
One month, the new army did not learn anything else in this month, but learned the discipline regulations.
Although everyone was confused, the military camp provided food, with fish and meat per ton, enough rice, and military pay. For these recruits who had never even eaten minced meat on weekdays, no matter what they trained, they were willing to fight on the battlefield.
As for Peiyuan Dan, Li Mufan did not distribute it to them immediately. First, the quantity was not enough, and second, their loyalty was generally around 80. He planned to wait until the average loyalty of the new army reached 90, and then distribute Peiyuan Dan according to the specific situation.
Lin Chong was worthy of being the instructor of the 800,000 imperial army. He quickly understood the essence of Li Mufan's training method. Because Liu Long was busy with affairs, Lin Chong presided over the daily training of the new army's large forces.
On Cuihua's side, the area of the planting area has doubled. Even heavy snow cannot withstand eight times the fertility. Sowing as usual is nothing more than a slower growth rate, which is better than nothing.
Zhang Tie's stone-cutting team was the most efficient. As the saying goes, a general is like his soldiers. The members of the stone-cutting team all had bad tempers. They worked shirtless in the middle of winter, which made Li Mufan shiver.
