At the beginning of May, the first potatoes from the Elena Plains ripened. The new farmers who kept gathering gathered harvested some of the potatoes as land rent, and the rest were deposited in the public treasury according to their grades, and received food stamps issued by the Elena Livelihood Bureau. With the help of such food stamps, new farmers can exchange the equivalent of grain at any time, or exchange the equivalent of kroner from the Livelihood Bureau. In the early days of the establishment of the food token system, Gastens did not add to the inflationary factor, and his popularity in the Elena region and the proven and readily redeemable food stamps established a relatively independent monetary system for Elena and strengthened Elena's resistance to external currency shocks.

However, food stamps were not a priority for Elena during this period. Throughout April, Elena was like a clock-wound clock, desperately producing weapons. The Valiant rifles produced by it were extremely successful on both the Eastern and Western Fronts, attracting more and more people to follow the trail in the hope of finding the secret recipe for that weapon.

"Security and secrecy have been further strengthened in recent times," Gastens stressed again at a council meeting one evening in early May, "and we are now the only seller in the whole market." Neither the Emperor nor Paul Chung dared to touch us. This period is the best time for our development, we must have a sense of crisis, increase the production capacity of the factory as soon as possible, strengthen the militia rotation training, and constantly improve the combat effectiveness of the Elena Plain. ”

"My lord, what are we going to do with that steam cannon that Paul Chung sent?" "I think that kind of weapon can break through the enemy's iron shield breastwall defense very well, and if we can imitate it, it can enhance the integrity of our weapon system and increase its power." ”

"That's not very technical," Gastens nodded at Gurakos, "I have some ideas of my own about the development of weapons in the Elena Plains, and I am not mature yet, so I can't tell you." However, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Luoshan-1 and Thundering-1 are enough for our own use, and the export situation of the Brave 1 is also very good, and the production of weapons still has to pursue production at present. ”

There was no objection to Gastens' suggestion in this regard. After all, he is the only one who can design that kind of perverted weapon. Everyone chatted about the recent production and war readiness of the Plains, and Daisy raised her hand to speak.

"Gastens, there have been several lines of investigation into the distribution of "Fluorite" recently, and our people who are engaged in the distribution have also encountered several dangers, and several comrades have died or been arrested. I reckon that if this continues, soon the Emperor will be able to find us. ”

"There's no way to do this, you can't hide it for a while", Gastens also had thoughts about it, "Let's try to delay the time when His Majesty the Emperor finds out, and give ourselves a little more space." ”

After saying this, Gastens put forward a new proposal, "In addition, now that the rectification and running-in work within the Elena plain has been basically completed, and the new peasant and new worker system has been established, I intend to begin to expand into the province of Enspan in the near future, and to extend the land reform to the whole province of Henspan." ”

"But my lord," said Sink Warren, raised his hand, "recent intelligence shows that the landlord class in Enspen is very hostile to us, and that the Administrator, Yarrow Roth, is also very dissatisfied with us. If it expands, it will definitely create contradictions. ”

"Don't be afraid," Gastens smiled, "we have their pigtails in our hands, they won't clash with us head-on!" ”

"Also, my lord," Ivan also raised his hand, "is the size of our regular army about to expand, and many of them have recently expressed their desire to join the army, and many of them hope that we can liberate more serfs and liberate their hometowns, and I think this call can be exploited." ”

"The expansion of the army should indeed be on the agenda", Gastens nodded, he had discussed this matter with Ivan in private, Elena had recently absorbed a lot of serfs, and the newly cultivated land was no longer enough to guarantee four acres of basic arable land per person. Factory workers need a certain amount of time to train, and the conversion of the new serfs from the militia to the regular army is a good solution.

"My initial idea was to expand the production regiment into a production brigade, set up three regiments, and control the scale at about 3,000 people. I am the brigade commander, Ivan Warren is the deputy brigade commander, and the commanders of the three regiments, and we will have another competition for posts and select the best commanders, what do you think? ”

"We have no opinion!"

The representatives of workers, peasants and soldiers who attended the meeting were somewhat excited. At this juncture, the expansion of the army was a very strong signal of external expansion, and in addition to the fact that Gastens clearly proposed to export the agrarian revolution to the outside world, the comrades attending the meeting clearly realized that Elena had completed the initial accumulation and began to shift from development to expansion.

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On May 13, 848, Elena, who had completed the expansion of the army, sent the first agrarian reform team to the province of Ens Pan, and arranged for the second production regiment to accompany the escort. As the first external expansion since the establishment of the Elena system, Gastens arranged for his old subordinate, Garence Warren, the former commander of the second company of the production regiment and now the commander of the second production regiment, to accompany Charlie Harry Warren to promote land reform in Enspen.

Because the Elena Plain is under the jurisdiction of the city of Moon, the land reform work is first carried out on the land around Elena that belongs to the city of Moon in accordance with the principle of proximity. As a result of greeting Prince Eliot in advance and getting the approval of the other party's pinching nose, the big landowners who got the news had already fled from Moon City, leaving behind a group of small and medium-sized landlords who didn't know what was going on, facing the land reform team on the Elena Plain.

"I repeat, we are here to increase the agricultural productivity of the city of Moon. Now the eastern front is restless, and the western front is hot, but there is a large amount of land abandoned in our province, which is not right! Wait until autumn when there is no food, and there may be an even worse food crisis......"

Charlie Harry Warren, the leader of the land reform team and an indigenous serf from the Elena Plains and one of the first new farmers to flee to the Elena factory, is speaking from a high platform built up of crates. His words reached the ears of all those who rushed to hear the news through a huge tin horn. Most of these people were free peasants and tenant farmers, and some serfs sent by the landlord's family to inquire about the news. They listened quietly to Charlie Harry's words, speculating on the meaning behind them.

"Can they understand these things?"

Som Warren, who had just become a new farmer and was able to participate in this land reform as a land surveyor because of his excellent performance in cultural classes, stood at the back of the crowd and looked at Charlie Harry standing on the stage, "It's still simple what we said in school, fighting local tyrants and dividing the fields, how easy to understand!" ”

"It's not good to say that outside!" Seeing that the listeners who were closer to them heard Som's big mouth, Jon Warren, who came with him to participate in the land reform team, hurriedly covered Som's mouth, "There are too many people who have offended this sentence, and the head is not allowed to say so." ”

"Isn't that all?"

Som was still grinning, but he looked at Jon Warren with an angry look on his face, and he stopped knowingly. Charlie Harry spent half an hour to explain the purpose of the land reform in a secretive manner, and under the protection of the soldiers of the Second Production Regiment, he began to collect serf contracts door-to-door, and issued the first production charge task for these serfs to be liberated on the spot.

Assist the Agrarian Reform Task Force in surveying land and dividing fields. All those involved in this work are entitled to priority allocation of land.

In this era, farmers had a fanatical pursuit of land. When everyone figured out the policy of land reform and realized that the help team could not only relieve themselves of their serf status, but also get land and become free farmers, the onlookers were boiling. They actively signed up, and even took the initiative to take the team and soldiers to their master's house to find their own contract. Although the small and medium-sized landlords were very dissatisfied with this, and even some extremists organized a small-scale revolt, they were forced to give in and surrender the land and the contract under the pressure of the soldiers of the 2nd Production Regiment, all equipped with Brave rifles. For those who eventually cooperated, the land reform team did not rush to exterminate them. They bought the land of these landlords at a relatively reasonable price and then gifted them out of the country to ensure the purity of the areas where the land reform was carried out.

In this process, Som Warren has been very active and conscientious as a land surveyor. Jon Warren, who was in charge of monitoring him and observing him, had long been wary of people like him who couldn't hide anything, and actively joined in the land reform work. And it was in the midst of this chaos that Som Warren stole a loophole and met his connector in an abandoned house on the edge of the village where they were carrying out land reform.

"I thought you wouldn't come."

Dressed in sackcloth shorts and shorts, with a towel tied to his head, and his skin was dark, he looked like an authentic peasant except for the calluses on his hands and shoulders.

"Why don't you come if you have money?" , Som still has that big grinning character, and the loud connector person trembles.

"Whisper to me!"

"Okay, okay, just like you, even if we are seen, no one will doubt it", Somme smiled and stretched out his hand, "I'm here, can you give me the 50 crowns you promised me first?" ”

"Without news, there is no money."

The connector said stiffly, "And you've been gone for so long, and there has been no news, if I hadn't been keeping an eye on your actions, I might not have been able to find you this time." Say, if you have something to sell us, we will buy it at a high price. ”

"It's not like what I said," Somme shook his head, "but you can give me 50 crowns if I get in, and give me the money first, or I'll shout now!" ”

"It's no good to expose yourself!"

"Anyway, I'm a single person, and I have a bad life, if you don't give money, I'll call it!"

The connector glared at Som Warren fiercely and threw it a small package, "50 crowns, it's all in there, tell me, what news can you give us?" ”

"I'm going to think about it......," Som Warren walked around the room twice, holding his shoulders, "we have a big man, do you want to listen?" ”

"Good!" , the connector apparently did not refuse the message.

"There's a big man, the kind of big man who has seen the emperor......", Somme said halfway, stopped, and put his hand flat in the air, "That, that, what about this big man......"

The connector snorted disdainfully, took out a 10 kroner bill, and placed it in Som Warren's hand, "Take it!" ”

"Hehe......", Som Warren took the money and bent down to perform a non-trivial etiquette, "This big man is Luna Brewster, the first apprentice of the Mage Tower, very powerful, I have seen the emperor, and I have also seen the great mage......"

As soon as he heard that it was the person from the Mage Tower, the connector was obviously less interested. However, the intelligence fee has already been given, and the information still has to be heard. Som Warren was not a spy for their vocational training, but a serf with an eye for money. They promised to give him 50 crowns and sent him to Elena. Compared with other serfs who have no news when they go, although this big mouth looks unreliable, at least it comes, which is good.

"Anything else?"

The connector listened to Som Warren gossip about Luna for ten minutes, and finally waited for an opportunity to interrupt him.

"No," Som Warren scratched his head embarrassedly, "nothing else, do you want to listen to such things as farming and dividing fields?" ”

"Nothing else?" , the connector people feel that they are not calm, and they bought a news that they already knew for 60 crowns? If he goes back, his superiors might kill him.

"What do you want to know?" Somme grinned, "I'll help you inquire." ”

"Can you inquire about this kind of thing?!" , The connector was even more angry, but for the sake of the other party's positive attitude, he still put forward his own needs, "How many troops do you have?" How many people? What kind of weapons do the factories produce, and what is the production capacity? How much food do you produce? How many people can you give it? What's next for you? Who is the current backer, is it possible for you to come into contact with the design drawings of the weapon, do you have such information? If you want to have, I will buy it at a high price. ”

"Eun ......", Som nodded as he listened, "Okay, I've written it down, I don't know all the grain production, but there is some news, do you want to hear it?" ”

Listening to Somme's uplifted "Do you want to listen", the connector felt like his head was going to explode. He coughed and gave Somme another 10 crowns.

"The potatoes we planted have just been harvested, and the yield is about 500,000 kilograms, which is ...... more."

"Sweet potato?" , the connector paused for a moment, "Can you eat that thing?" ”

"It's not delicious, but it's okay to eat," Somme recalls very seriously, "we said at the beginning, eat first and then eat well, so many sweet potatoes, keep them well, and Elena won't go hungry." ”

"Uh-huh, I see", the connector secretly memorized the number and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"No, I'll go back and ask you the rest."

"Be careful about weapons, beware of being discovered!"

The connector looked at Som as unreliable, and was worried that the thread that had been buried in Elena would be broken, so he hurriedly advised. Som nodded in response, said a few more words, and turned to take his leave, leaving only the connector to think in the room.

On the other side, Somme found Jon Warren, who had been following him, and gave him 70 Cronon on the spot.

"Brother Jon, this is the money I just sold to the intelligence dealer, I know that you follow me because you are afraid that I am a bad person. I'm not a bad person, but I like money, and I'm telling you now, can I keep half of it for myself? ”