Before you know it, it's the early winter of the year, and every year at this time, it is the most lively and busiest time in the mountain village. Because in addition to many skilled workers who have gradually fixed their jobs, there are also many people who come from outside to do odd jobs in mountain villages or find work in the local area, and the factories are in a hurry to earn more money before the Chinese New Year, so all factories are working hard to start production.

In the farthest east of the base camp of the mountain village, that is, in the territory of Yulin Prefecture, although this is not under the direct jurisdiction of the mountain village, from the fact that the garrison of the three companies here has already grasped the actual control of the fait accompli, this is already half of the enclave belonging to the mountain village, and the reason why it is called half of the area is that it has not yet sent administrative personnel to take over like the area under the direct rule.

In addition to dredging and restoring the Shuangliu Canal, Deng Shifeng sent troops to Yulin Prefecture to supply two great strategic materials.

One is to obtain a large amount of cloth from Yulin Prefecture; Guangxi has been producing linen and cotton cloth from outside the Tang and Song dynasties, among which linen cloth is a large number of prolific ramie planted in Yulin Prefecture and has a large number of supplies to supply all over the country, and although cotton cloth is mostly woven with Lingnan kapok, its comfort and other surnames can be slightly worse, but it is also a good cloth in this era. (Note: According to Qu Dajun's "New History of Guangdong", Xinxing County and Xin'an County in Guangdong have the largest area and output of ramie planting, but the sales are all in Yulin because of transportation, so they are classified as the main products of Yulin Prefecture. ）

Considering that the mountain village is still growing in population and the consumption required by the army and the working class, there has been no own source of cloth production to ensure a stable supply has always been the heart of Qin Er's older generation, after learning that there are a large number of raw materials every year, because the textile industry in Yulin Prefecture is still in a low-level handicraft state, after winning Yulin Prefecture, the development of textile industry can get more and better cloth supply.

In addition to the supply of cloth, another key point in the strategic supply of Yulin Prefecture to the mountain villages is the supply of salt.

The Nanliu River of Yulin Prefecture has been leading to Hepu in Lianzhou Prefecture, Guangdong, Hepu has always been an important production area of Nanzhu, the East Pearl is not as good as the West Pearl, the West Pearl is not as good as the South Pearl, the South Pearl refers to the South Pearl produced in the Beihai area, and the main production area of the South Pearl is concentrated in the Hepu area. However, compared with pearls as luxury goods, Deng Shifeng and they value the salt works of Hepu more!

Needless to say, the important surname of table salt, for so long, salt and industrial salt need to be purchased from the outside world, although Qin Er and they have been committed to stockpiling this kind of strategic material, but the industrial mouth, especially the chemical branch, is researching and consuming more and more industrial salt, whether it is human consumption or industrial consumption, it is a little uneasy; Control of Yulin Prefecture restored the shipping capacity of the Shuangliu Canal, and if anyone wanted to control the supply of salt roads in Guangzhou, then the mountain village could at least take it from this channel.

In addition to the above two strategic materials, there is another very important reason that only the military and administrative high-level people know, that is, to obtain the mountain village's own strategic outlet to the sea and prepare to develop the navy, although the coastal water depth, geographical environment and hydrological conditions in the coastal area from Hepu to the coast are not absolutely ideal, but looking at the current era of tens to hundreds of tons and mainly wooden ships, it is enough to use.

For this reason, although the stationing of three companies in Yulin Prefecture will increase the supply and cost, it is still quite worth the effort compared to the strategic gains that can be obtained.

These three companies are currently stationed near the Shuangliu Canal, and in addition to one company taking turns to rest and one company to be on combat readiness duty and protecting the canal dredging project, another company is patrolling along the river, and in addition to clearing the safety of the waterway from the Nanliu River to the mouth of the sea, it is to protect those technical survey personnel to make technical preparations for the shipyard.

This week, it was the turn of the 2nd Company to patrol south, and more than 200 people marched all the way along the banks and on the river in three groups.

This kind of patrol made the soldiers very excited a few weeks ago, because a lot of the illegal salt in Guangxi was imported from Yulin, so there were many salt barons and some mountain bandits who lived by blocking roads and robbing in this area. And Luo Dan, who understood the meaning and spirit of Deng Shifeng's words, gave an order that was more bloody and vulgar: beat these guys so much that even his wife couldn't recognize them......

The supreme commander of the army has issued such a murderous order, and the commanders below are naturally extremely hard working in execution, and in order to ensure the safety of this half of the enclave and the distant garrison troops, three artillery platoons are also embedded with a total of ten artillery pieces to enhance the firepower of the distant garrison troops, plus the supply materials are fully replenished, and the troops are light and heavy firepower when carrying out the task of clearing and suppressing, and they easily conquer several mountain bandit nests that have been entrenched for many years. Hundreds of young captives were captured and entered into the ranks of free laborers who dredged the canals.

The news of the purge spread quickly, and it didn't take long for the battle to become boring as the warriors continued to sweep downstream along the river, as most of the bandits fled in all directions, leaving only a mess of empty nests waiting for the warriors. Finally, there were a few bandit dens that did not want to leave, and basically after two shots, they lost their armor and no longer insisted on being prisoners or fled away......

So now, such patrols are much safer than they were a few weeks ago, and they make patrols less interesting......

During the break between patrols, the soldiers sat under a few longan trees, because they had established some contacts with local ordinary residents several times, plus bought the hearts of many local children with candy biscuits or something, where there are wild fruits to pick and eat near the river, everyone knows very well, every time between patrols, everyone likes to pick some fruits to fight tooth sacrifices, and these wild longan trees are not only tall and fruitful, although there is really no taste, but no matter how you say it, it is also a thing to satisfy hunger, For this reason, every time they patrol, everyone will come here to pick up some and have a good time.

The big strong man was a little clumsy in his struggle with the longan fruit that was only the size of a small thumb in his hand, because it was wild and had not yet fallen off the tail fruit, so the fruit was too small, and the big man's fingers were thick, and it was difficult for him to do this kind of fine work; Seeing that the big one Fei Lao had a lot of effort to eat so many pieces, the short big brother couldn't look down on it and handed the longan fruit he peeled to the big one.

Eating a few small longan fruits in a row made the big one finally satisfy his appetite, and took out his change of shirt from his backpack and picked up edible fruits under the tree, but because he missed the season and the tail fruit, he couldn't pick up much for a long time. To be a man, you must know how to be sufficient, and the big one also understands that you can't be too greedy, so you sit down wrapped in dozens of longan fruits, and the monkey who has completed the task of picking it also scurried down from the tree.

"Brother dwarf, have you heard? Is the treatment of the military going to change? ……”

Throwing two large longan fruits into his mouth, the monkey, who likes to ask around for news, released new content again.

"I heard about it...... "The short big brother is quite old, his skills are also good, and the interpersonal relationship is handled very well, in this class with most recruits, in addition to the squad leader and the squad deputy is the third leader, everyone can also be called a short brother."

"I heard that the term of service will be adjusted to three, five and ten years to be longer, and the treatment is also different, what is the opinion of the short brother?" The monkey, who wanted to get the dwarf brother's opinion, hurriedly spit out the kernel in his mouth, and waited for the dwarf brother to express his opinion.

"What's the idea......"

The short brother didn't want to answer the monkey's question, but when he saw that his comrades-in-arms in his class and even a few people from other classes leaned over with interest, he understood that if he didn't say anything, it would be easy for these people to think crankily, and when he looked around, he saw that the squad leader and squad deputy were not there, so he whispered in a low voice.

"Specifically, I have only heard that non-staff personnel who have served in the army for more than three years, such as us militia or militia and people, can be naturalized as full-fledged mountain village residents, and can enjoy preferential housing applications and loan construction ...... than ordinary workers."

"I'll rub it, then wouldn't I be able to repair the house in advance!!" The monkey was excited when he heard this, and it had always been his ultimate dream to build a brick house for his family like a mountain.

"Don't interrupt! Listen to the dwarf go on! The words of the dissatisfied short brother were interrupted by the monkey's voice, and the big man next to him shook his hand to wake up the monkey.

"The period of service begins at the beginning of this year, and in addition to this, military personnel who are officially enrolled in the household can get more than 50 acres of land after serving for five years......

"How much!! Fifty acres!! ”

Hearing this number, even though the monkey had tried his best to control his emotional state, he still couldn't control it and shouted! This time, no one complained about interrupting the short brother's words, because everyone was also frightened by this number!

Because there are too many mountains in Guangxi, there has always been relatively little arable land, and it is already good for a family to have so many acres of thin fields, and those who can have more than 10 acres of land basically belong to the level of rich peasants, and those with more than 20 acres belong to the level of landlords. In fact, as long as there are more than ten acres of arable land, even according to the yield of low-yield fields, it is enough to fill the family; It doesn't matter if it's dryland, don't forget that the sweet potato, potato and corn crops in the mountain villages are not as demanding as rice.

Therefore, can you not be shocked when you hear the figure of 50 acres, which means that some people who are only going to be included in the household registration of a mountain village and are ready to leave the army will have to reconsider their plans and leave like this...... You've lost a lot of money!! (To be continued.) )