After listening to Chen Xiu's words, someone stood up and asked, "Sir, this important task you are talking about can't be farming, right?" ”

Most of the fighters next to him laughed.

Chen Xiu also smiled, "That's right, it's farming!" But this farming is different from what you used to farm! ”

"Isn't farming just farming? What's different there? ”

Looking at the group of rough-skinned men in front of him, Chen Xiu was a little helpless, but there was some truth, and he had to make sense, otherwise, this group of people would be emotional, "Because, this kind of place is one of the ways for our independent brigade to make money and get rich!" ”

"Make money?" The soldiers didn't believe it even more, these days, can you still make money from farming?

"I know you don't believe it!" Chen Xiu continued to shout, "It's December now, it's almost January, and the weather is cold, but this is Hanzhong, at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, everyone is talking, what else can we plant in this season?" ”

"Sir, it's past the time to plant winter wheat!" Someone spoke.

"Yes, normally, winter wheat should be planted in November at the latest!"

Chen Xiu smiled, this group of people, I don't know what a greenhouse is, it's also quite cute.

"Okay, since you can't think of it, then I'll say it!" Chen Xiu continued to hold the megaphone, "This winter, more than two hectares of land under our feet will be planted with vegetables!" ”

"What?" Everyone was stunned, "Vegetables? Sir, you're going to freeze to death! ”

"Don't worry, if you freeze to death, I'll let you return to the team!" Chen Xiu continued to smile and said, "Fight devils!" ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!"

"Then sir, don't lie to us?"

"Gentleman, a word!"

"Good! Then we'll make up our minds with the sir! ”

Chen Xiu nodded, "You are now more than 1,200 people in total. Many people also know each other! Next, I'm going to divide you into 3 production camps! Each battalion, 400 people! There is a battalion commander and a battalion deputy, and there are 4 companies under its jurisdiction, with one company commander and one company deputy for each company, and the rest of the positions will also refer to the regular combat army. As for how to choose, now, you are all ordinary soldiers! You have to be responsible for reclaiming the two hectares of land under your feet first! Then, I'll send someone to rate you! From among you, the positions of battalion commander and other positions are elected. ”

"Sir, what is the basis for this scoring? See who does the best farm work? Previously, the details of Chen Xiu's military salary had already been notified, so these people's hearts were still quite moved. What's more, they are older, and they know the world, so they naturally know better.

"Just work hard!" Chen Xiu did not explicitly say that the position of the agricultural reclamation regiment was not scored by military quality.

Everyone had no choice but to call friends to work.

As for farm tools, there are not so many for the time being, but the troops originally had things like armor shovels to dig fortifications, so they could be used at this time.

"Little Liu, you immediately take someone to the county to buy some farm tools, if the farm tools in the county are not enough, go to the city to buy them!" Chen Xiu instructed his guard Liu Xiaoliu, "Then buy some vegetable seeds." Most importantly, glass and cloth! In this era, things like plastic sheeting have not yet become popular, so Chen Xiu can only buy some glass and cloth for emergency use.

"Tuanza, how much?"

"Buy it on this paper." Chen Xiu handed Liu Xiaoliu a piece of paper, on which were written the materials and quantities needed, and the quantities on them were all calculated by Chen Xiu.

"Okay."

"Drive a car!"

"Yes!"

After sending Liu Xiaoliu away, Chen Xiu began to watch the soldiers of these farming regiments work.

Indeed, they are all veterans, who have built a lot of fortifications and done farm work, and they are also set in a set.

Chen Xiu did not regret transferring these veterans, originally after the age of 40, his physical function would begin to decline, not to mention, the people of this era. Some people are 40 years old and 60 or 70 years old. What's more, the independent brigade will not go to the battlefield in the near future, and he has enough time to train a group of elite soldiers.

Some people just work with their heads bored.

Some people began to win over old friends and began to work with a division of labor.

Chen Xiu did not appoint any of the more than 1,000 people, in fact, he just wanted to see how their organizational ability was, the agricultural reclamation regiment was different from the combat corps, and what was more important was organizational ability. If these two hectares of land are all planted with greenhouse vegetables, then, in winter, it will be a lot of wealth!

In all ages, there are poor and rich among the people!

This batch of vegetables, except for the soldiers themselves, is provided to the rich!

The principle of greenhouses, in fact, is not difficult, as early as the Han Dynasty, there are greenhouse vegetables, but at that time, people believed in Taoism, felt that these vegetables were born against the sky, eat, will be bad for the body, and then banned. Of course, in the Tang and Song dynasties, there was no such exquisiteness.

"Tusheng, you go to the city, buy some chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, cowboys or something, buy more, preferably, you can bring people who know how to raise them over and live for a while." Chen Xiu continued to instruct another guard beside him that when the factory was built, the pigsty and other bungalows had already been repaired together, and as long as they were covered with dry straw, food and water, they could start raising these chickens and ducks.

"Yes!"

And Chen Xiu, this day is going to stay here and elect cadres.

……

On the side of the steel mill, there are constantly horse-drawn carts pulling carts of ore.

As for the rifle production line, both have already started.

The whole base shows vigorous vitality and vitality.

……

January 1, 1938, Xuzhou.

"Brigadier Tang, we're in Xuzhou!" Zhou Wen looked at Xuzhou City and breathed a sigh of relief, for more than ten days, they had eaten and slept in the open air, and finally, they arrived in Xuzhou!

"Yes! Captain Zhou! Finally, it's time to take a break! Tang Hu also sighed, in the past ten days, except for the first few days of being chased by devils, the next thing is to keep hurrying. looked at the brothers behind him, there were more than fifty people left. Sadness comes from it, Tang Hu closed his eyes, fell into the grass in his early years, he had already experienced such a thing, and now he is fighting against Japan, and he has experienced it again......

Behind Zhou Wen, there were more than 600 people left, most of whom looked tired.

"Brigade Commander Tang, I'll go to the headquarters first to get back to the command."

"Good!" Tang Hu nodded in response.

……

A few hours later, Zhou Wen returned.

"Captain Zhou, how's it going?" Tang Hu spoke.

Zhou Wen's expression was gloomy, their regiment fought too badly, "I don't know what to do with Shangfeng yet, I'm afraid that after we receive the order, we will continue to look for the big army to the west." ”

Tang Hu nodded, this is also how it should be, after all, here in Xuzhou, there is no 87th Division of the Central Army, but, Tang Hu and Zhou Wen, never thought that they would stay here directly.