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Watching the water flow eastward, watching the sun sink in the west, time is always passing inadvertently.

When the morning sun rose into the sky again, a full month had passed since Zeng Zhihua and the others left.

If there was one word to describe how the base has changed over the past month, it would be magical.

Under the day and night operation of hundreds of excavators and bulldozers, as well as a large number of reinforced concrete houses, the whole base is much less empty and a little more crowded.

From the first residential area to the eighth residential area, the framework has been built, and each residential area is in a square, just aligned with the eight directions of the Bagua Array. After the completion of the construction of these eight residential areas, the second batch of residential areas will also be built, and the direction will be behind the first batch, which will be built in stages, regardless of style and scale, exactly the same as the first batch.

The Bagua Array City designed by Li Lan has begun to have preliminary construction results, and of course, it will take a long time before it is fully formed.

The number of residents in the city has only increased explosively compared to a month ago, and the refugee camps outside the city have rarely seen refugees coming, and the number of refugees coming from Bossaso is increasing every day. At present, the number of residents in the entire territory has exceeded 300,000, which is a very large number.

Tens of thousands of them came from Bossaso, and the others applied for admission from refugee camps outside the city. Of course, Li Lan also allowed their families to enter those who were suffering from infectious diseases, and for the patients, Li Lan built a second field hospital. The second field hospital was dedicated to accommodating these patients with infectious diseases. this hospital. They are also isolated, and only family members are allowed to visit the sick for a short time.

This is also after Li Lan has been thinking about it for a long time. After all, it is not a way to put those people outside the city like this, and the practice of being too discriminatory will also cause a lot of negative impact. Luckily, those people were brought in, quarantined, and slowly treated.

There is always a reward for paying, and Li Lan's move has also won him some popular support, in general. It's not a loss.

Now, there are 300,000 inhabitants in the city, and there are more than 100,000 refugees outside the city, and people from Bossaso continue to come every day, more than six or seven thousand a day, and as few as one or two thousand. Like the refugees before them, after a medical examination and a secret scouting by military dogs. Once you are registered, your identity is recorded, and you have a temporary proof of identity, you can become a resident of the territory.

Right now. The more than 100,000 people in the camps outside the city are basically waiting in line. Of course, there are a small number of people. There are no plans to become residents of the territory, but no one has left. These people. Except for some of the lazy eaters, who eat all day long and wait for death. It's those who love their homes so much that they don't want to make a home here.

These two types of people add up to 30,000 or 40,000 people, accounting for a large proportion. Li Lan also has no way to deal with this, and now he can only deal with these people after those who want to become residents here are settled.

Li Lan did not continue to operate the refugee camp for a long time, and the assistance to them was not intended to be provided free of charge for a long time. There's no way he's going to take the food he's worked so hard to get and feed those guys who have nothing to do all day. Even if he needs the hearts of the people, he will never do that, because lazy people, even Somalis look down on him very much.

For those refugees who missed their hometown, Li Lan didn't have a very good deal for a while, he only tried to let them understand the policy of the territory, and let them join in willingly, forcing it could only be counterproductive.

The other people, who are all waiting for medical review, have already submitted their applications and can become full residents of the territory within a few days, as long as there are no other problems.

And the residents of the city, after a month of construction, according to the time of becoming a resident of the territory, the sooner they have their own houses. At present, the construction work in the territory is very fast, and a large amount of cement and steel is being sent here from Berbera every day, and with the joint efforts of more than 100,000 people, the number of houses of the inhabitants is increasing at a rapid rate.

In order to meet the needs of such a large-scale construction, Li Lan did not contact Zeng Zhihua a lot. Under the leadership of the Chinese government, Li Lan naturally needed a steady stream of reinforced concrete. Anyway, every time Li Lan pays the bill in cash. I'm not afraid that Li Lan will have more, but I'm afraid that he will have less.

Since then, a large amount of weapons and equipment have been pulled out, and under Farah's leadership, the arms business is very prosperous. Li Lan obtained the money for the purchase of reinforced concrete from the arms trade, and paid for a lot of the equipment he introduced.

The profits of the arms business are very lucrative, and coupled with the extremely cheap production prices in the base, it is not too profitable.

In just one month, Li Lan has obtained tens of millions of dollars in arms sales, and there are still many large orders, and if all of them can be delivered, it will not be empty talk to set a transaction volume of hundreds of millions of dollars. Many arms organizations active in Africa, especially those of individual organizations and secret representatives of non-governmental organizations, are very interested in Farah's weapons, and many of them have begun to place orders, and some have even paid deposits.

It is precisely because of such a best-selling business that Li Lan dares to carry out construction in such a bold way. For the time being, he doesn't have to worry about food, and the funds for construction have also come from, and the people's morale, which Li Lan is most concerned about, has also been greatly improved during these days.

Especially when all workers were paid wages for the first time, in order to unify the time, those workers who were less than a month old were also paid on a daily basis. Ten dollars per person per month, and those who have been doing it for a full month are given an extra five dollars each as a full attendance bonus.

And in order to continue to consolidate his image in the hearts of the residents, Li Lan also began to walk among various construction sites many times, often visiting those residential areas that had been established to see them.

After the people had formal monetary income, Li Lan also began to slowly set up commercial streets, and some shops were opened. In line with the principle that the fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, the owners of these shops are basically those mobilized soldiers who were injured and could not continue to serve after the original territorial war.

Li Lan allowed them to retire and become ordinary civilians, or they could join the management class of the territory, or they could become school teachers and policemen. Anyway, Li Lan completely depends on their personal intentions. However, for them, Li Lan will pay them an extra amount of living expenses every month.

In the army, he also established a set of military pay and allowance standards, so that soldiers can also have a certain living space in peacetime. Because Li Lan really didn't want them to get the reward they deserved in addition to paying.

After a month, with the addition of engineers and mobilizers, the territory now has tens of thousands of people. Li Lan also thought about the military salaries for them for a long time. Each of them can live like a normal person, and can marry a wife and have children and start a family. Maybe I don't feel it now, but when I get to it, maybe I don't need it.

Now the single women of the entire territory are all fighting the idea of these soldiers. In their eyes, these soldiers are first of all healthy, and secondly, they are able to write and martial arts, and they will not go hungry no matter what.

In the eyes of normal people, an ordinary worker can earn more than a dozen dollars a month, let alone these soldiers. And the residents know very well that all of these soldiers belong to Li Lan's own soldiers, and until now, those young people who want to be soldiers can't find a way. Because Li Lan did not plan to recruit ordinary people into the regular army.

Therefore, the soldiers who patrol and stand guard every day have become fragrant and sweet. In particular, the soldiers who drove the excavator were excellent targets in the eyes of many women. Engineers are also the object of many women's pursuits, who often walk with ordinary residents, often come into contact with women, and now many of them have objects.

Li Lan saw all this, of course, he was not angry because of this, and he did not prohibit soldiers from interacting with women. However, Li Lan wants to put an end to the habit of early marriage among Somalis, at least among his own soldiers.

The establishment of military salaries is for the sake of the soldiers' starting a family, and with the improvement of the army structure, Li Lan is also ready to set a rest time for the soldiers, so that they have time to go out for a walk and have fun without burden.

In fact, Li Lan also hopes that his soldiers can get along with the residents, and every soldier in Zuihou can marry a Somali woman as his wife. Relying on the political consciousness of these soldiers, this is very conducive to his control of the territory and the improvement of the people's morale.

Another very important point is that the soldiers are also men, and Li Lan knows very well that they also have seven emotions and six desires. Their loyalty to Li Lan, Li Lan can't let them beat the singles.

Therefore, Li Lan is still very concerned about this aspect, and personal problems have never been a trivial problem, and in the future, there will only be more and more soldiers, and this kind of thing needs to be arranged as soon as possible. Of course, Li Lan has no way to arrange a daughter-in-law for them, but he just lets go of the policy, and whether he can get a satisfactory daughter-in-law depends on the soldiers' own ability.

Li Lan also knew very well how much money he would have to pay for such a policy, but he did not feel any distress about it. The soldiers respected him as a god, and Li Lan naturally regarded the soldiers as brothers.

Due to the time constraints, the policy has begun to be implemented, but Li Lan has not yet seen what the effect will be. In the territory, there is another thing that Li Lan needs to worry about - whether he needs to recruit ordinary people into the army.

Li Lan and Natasha discussed this issue for several days, and in the end, Li Lan made an arbitrary decision and agreed to recruit young people into the army. However, these ordinary people who join the army will not become regular combat units, they will be used as second-line troops, they will not be issued heavy weapons, and they will only be responsible for vigilance and patrol duties. And their officers are all mobilized soldiers. At present, Li Lan only plans to recruit 500 people, and those who are in good health will be given priority to be admitted to form a garrison camp, and try it first. (To be continued......)