Chapter 33: A New Life (3)
The climate at the end of autumn was exceptionally cool, and with the Wind Helmet City and Winter Castle under the control of Lelouch, the number of people under Lelouch's direct control has reached 80,000, of which nearly 20,000 are in Limburg. There are 30,000 people in Wind Helmet City and Winter Castle each, and these 80,000 people greatly enrich the manpower available to Lelouch, but in the same way, before resuming production, these manpower is also a burden for Lelouch, in order to settle down these people as soon as possible and resume production, almost every day, there will be immigrants who are distributed, and these small immigrant teams are scattered on the land between the three cities like fire, forming a brand new village.
These villages are small with no more than five households, and many are only twenty households, but of course they will not last forever with so many people, and as time goes by, more people will migrate here in the future, slowly enriching the population.
At this time, on a dirt road that had just been slightly rested, a team of 50 families pushed large carts and small carts, talking and laughing, and the cool weather and the hope of future life made everyone in the team look so happy.
At the front of the line, there was an old soldier in armor, this veteran received a serious injury to his right leg, although he could barely continue to stay in the army, but Lelouch because he did not have a qualified grassroots manager under his hands, he still let this veteran retire early, and everyone was assigned to a small village as the village head.
These veterans who have combat experience and are loyal to Lelouch will become the most beneficial controller of Lelouch to the grassroots, because the border is barren, and there are no vested interests in the countryside to conflict with Lelouch, that is to say, Lelouch's control of the grassroots, that is 100%.
Don't underestimate this kind of control, this kind of thing that later generations called the degree of organization, but it is an important criterion for evaluating a country's overall combat effectiveness, and the most striking example of this is the comparison between the two sides during the War of Liberation, where the well-equipped, numerous, and economically developed side was defeated by the other side.
Leluxiu's current strength is this kind of organization and popular support, these two points are the root of Leluxiu's real strength, not those foreign aid or inexplicable strength in the body, no matter how powerful Lelouxiu is, can he defeat thousands of troops and horses? Not to mention thousands of troops, even in the face of two hundred heavily armed cavalry, not the kind of flexible wolf cavalry, Lelouxiu has only one way to die, in the face of absolute power, no matter how strong his personal strength is, he can't turn over even a wave.
Therefore, Lelouch attaches great importance to his organizational construction and popular support, and the current small team is the most basic manifestation of this kind of construction.
Old Kelly and his man pulled the car, his two daughters ran happily around the team, the veterans in front of him led the way, laughing with the people around him from time to time, and almost three sentences could not be separated from praising Lelouxiu, under the subtle influence of the veteran, the people who had respected and Lelouch continued to climb their favor.
Old Kelly held the food assigned to him, as well as the most important crop seeds and the most basic wooden cultivation tools, although these tools are only wooden, but for Old Kelly, it is already quite a luxurious thing, although the material is wood, but the variety is complete, and the number is huge, it can be quickly repaired or made up if it is broken, and it is also relatively durable.
In order to win the hearts of the people, Lelouch immediately distributed things to the people at almost every stage, which made the people extremely happy and trusted Lelouch.
The eldest son of the old Kelly family was successfully selected by the army, and they were taken to Limburg one step earlier to participate in military training, and with them, along with the ranks of those who were classified as workers, they were almost ten men, and they were immediately brought to Limburg, and it seemed that Lord Lelouch seemed to value such a thing as workers.
Although old Kelly felt that the car was very heavy, but they were still happily pulling the car, not only their family, but everyone in the whole team was like this, because they were the first to join the immigrants, the most rewarding, their land was more and better than the people behind, and the welfare was the same, so their settlement location was a little late, and now it was finally decided, but there were many good things, and now they were finally about to arrive at their new home, as the veteran village chief took everyone to turn over a slightly bulging dirt bag, finally, with the village chief's shout, their destination arrived。
At the bottom of the hillside is a small and delicate village, a pile of buildings built together, outside the village, a fence against wolves, a stream flows not far away, the houses in the village are mostly one-story wooden houses, built directly from slightly polished logs, the side near the interior is paved with a layer of wooden planks, except for a small number of stones used in the fireplace and kitchen, such a house can only be regarded as the standard of the temporary residence of ordinary Siberian herdsmen in later generations, but in the eyes of people like old Kelly, it is already an absolute mansion。
Led by the village chief, everyone walked towards their village in high spirits, and at the gate stood two construction workers, who were in charge of handing over the village.
The workers also chatted without saying a word, but what they talked more about was the clever material of Lord Lelouch, who was able to come up with such a construction method.
This kind of wooden house is particularly delicate and strong, and easy to build, only five people are needed, in the case of sufficient raw materials, it only takes one to two days to complete the construction, they dig a pit, and then directly put the logs as the foundation and support columns, and then fill them with wooden planks mixed with stones, you can directly add logs on it, the only trouble of this kind of house is only the laying of wooden planks in the interior space.
So, after a week of work, the small village with more than 30 houses was finally ready to be delivered, leaving a small square in the center of the village, and behind the small square was the only two-story house in the whole village, which was built directly according to the permanent scale, as the residence of the village chief, and the office of the whole village.
After a few subtle words with the handover personnel, the veteran village chief led his villagers and stationed in this village, and the village chief did not talk nonsense, one did not speak, and the other did not want to say, after directly explaining that the work of today and tomorrow is to clean the house, familiarize himself with the environment, and settle the family, he announced the dismissal of the meeting.
Like the veteran village chief, everyone is looking for their own house according to the house number said in advance, and everyone who finds their own house will happily open their own door, bring their own things, and enter the new home.
Old Kelly's family of four, at this time, pushing their own car, looking for their own house in the village, the excited shouts of the house around them for a long time stimulated their hearts, the two daughters ran around the house like two little whirlwinds, and finally, with the shout of the eldest daughter, a house that was no different from other houses appeared in front of them.
Although the house is no different, but this house in front of the old Kelly family, is so beautiful and affectionate, the eldest daughter impatiently pushed the door in, there is still a smell of firewood in the house, the house is separated by wooden boards to create a set of two layouts, a living room, two bedrooms, the living room has a fireplace for heating, there is a large table and several stools in the middle, as for the small oil lamp, bed, simple wardrobe, these things are also available.
These things are not free, if ordinary people need these things, they need to use tax-free time in exchange, but the old Kelly's family is the earliest immigrant, so it is just an extra benefit.
And on the roof, there is also a small space separated by wooden boards, which can be used as a warehouse or a small attic, and more importantly, these houses have a built-in bathroom to solve the problem of washing and going to the toilet for the villagers.
There is also a small yard at the back of the house, which also has some land, which can be used to raise rabbits and some poultry, and grow some vegetables, when such a home is displayed in front of the old Kelly's family, they also send out the same cheers and surprises as the people in front, the old Kelly's man touched the wall of the house fiercely, as if this is his lover, although the family is happy, but also non-stop began to place the things they brought into the house.
In fact, they did not have many things, except for some utensils, only some changes of clothes and bedding, and their main wealth at the moment was only food and cultivation tools given by Lelouch.
It doesn't take long for things to be settled, more people are still familiar with their houses, it's almost time to eat, the women all go out collectively, ready to go to the creek not far away to get water, this generation because no one comes all year round, there are some wolves at that time, but Lelouch is a choice of some wolves rarely set foot in places to establish villages, if it really can't work, the troops will also be discharged to clean up, which is a kind of training, so there is no problem with the safety near the village.
There is a little smoke coming from the house, the villagers who are fetching water from time to time next to the stream, the men have begun to reclaim their own land non-stop, and the village chief is busy inspecting and inspecting, although they have just settled down for less than a day, but life seems to have completely entered the formality, and for the land reclamation, they are even more unwilling to waste even a second of time, grab a time, maybe they can have an extra season of potatoes or cabbage? Even if the first season harvest is not much, but at least it can be used to fertilize the field, right?
In fact, life is often spent in this kind of dull and inconspicuous, although it is bland, but it is happy.