Chu Zhenhai's face suddenly improved, and he was even a little proud, not to mention other things, but there was absolutely no problem with the grain production and reserves in Qinghe Village.

"Don't worry about the grain, although the rice is not yet fully ripe, the situation is much better than before, and if nothing else, the yield can be doubled, about 12,000 stone, which can feed 2,000 people for a year. ”

Subsequently, Chu Quan said: "In terms of meat, there is also no shortage, we have raised hundreds of wild boars and bison cubs, and there are also a lot of chickens and ducks, plus Qianyuanwei goes to Huyaling from time to time to train, and can bring back a lot of prey." ”

Chu He secretly calculated that there were about 3,000 acres of land in Qinghe Village, but most of them were mountainous and the soil was barren, and one acre of land produced four stones of grain, which was not much.

In normal times, 10,000 stone of grain, excluding all kinds of taxes, can barely feed 1,000 people, but now although the war is in chaos, the county's taxes are afraid that they will not be able to collect, even if there are 2,000 people in Qinghe Village now, it is not a big problem to feed Qinghe Village by production alone.

Chu Zhenhai said again: "In addition, we bought more than 200,000 stone of grain from Datong County and stored it in several places. The cave in the steelmaking yard with poisonous bees hid 100,000 stones. ”

Chu He was really taken aback: "We bought so much grain, where did we get the money?"

Chu Qianzhong smiled at this time: "It's all money and silver from the sale of steel soldiers. The current steel soldiers are worth more than 1,000 taels of silver for a single sword, and if they are directly exchanged for grain, they can be exchanged for 500 stones. 200,000 stones, that is, 400 steel soldiers. ”

Chu He was a little puzzled: "Grain and grass are the most important in troubled times, on the side of Qinzhou City, the grain is about to rise to three taels of silver and one stone, and here it is only two taels of silver?"

Chu Qianzhong explained: "The problem is that they can't take away the food they have. Ordinary people, how can they have so much money to buy food. ”

"Those big landlords were reluctant to sell to us at a low price, but after two large families were looted by hungry and crazy homeless people, other landlords and tyrants had to sell to us at a low price. ”

Chu He frowned and said, "The soldiers and horses in the county are still there, how can they watch us buy grain on a large scale?"

Jiang Wei snorted: "Of course the county is unwilling, but our Qianyuanwei is not just here to watch!"

"The county commander had no choice but to give rise to the idea of the landlords and wealthy households who controlled the private soldiers, and secretly asked the soldiers in the city to pretend to be robbers to rob our steel soldiers of grain and grass, and as a result, more than 500 soldiers and horses were easily defeated by our 100 members, and we had to dispel this idea. ”

The Three Kingdoms is the power of the wealthy families, and those big landlords basically have a lot of private soldiers in their hands, such as the previous Hu Tong master book, the entire Hujiazhuang is his tenant, and if he really wants to go to war, he can pull out hundreds of soldiers and horses at any time.

At the beginning, Chu He killed Hu Tong, Hu Jiazhuang had no backbone, plus he didn't know who the murderer was, and Jing Xiong, a four-grade scholar, didn't do anything to Qinghe Village.

The whole Datong County has more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and if the county really wants to make a move against the big scholars, I am afraid that if the Yellow Turban Army does not come, the entire county will be destroyed in the war.

Under such circumstances, the county could only take Qinghe Village, but they couldn't imagine that the strength of Qianyuanwei was so strong.

Chu He frowned and asked, "What about the casualties of our Qianyuanwei?

Jiang Wei smiled: "Just those soldiers and horses in the county, how can they hurt us." Even if the county is unwilling, it can't help us. ”

"This battle only happened half a month ago. Qianyuanwei had a good foundation, after taking the Strong Bone and Blood Pill, coupled with the help of demon honey, the improvement speed was extremely fast, and most of them had already entered the Qi Induction Realm and practiced a golden bell jar, and the strength and physique of the rest of the team members were also greatly increased. ”

"Those who went out to sell steel soldiers and buy food and supplies were all members of the team who had trained into the Golden Bell Jar, all of them wore armor, and defeated the five hundred soldiers and horses in the county, and we only injured two team members, if it weren't for fear of causing more trouble, we could even wipe them out. ”

At this time, Chu Quan said with a little hesitation: "Anyway, the county is also in charge of righteousness, if we really work against them, we are afraid that it will not be able to develop steadily." ”

"The county order sent us a message through the eldest brother, hoping that we could give 50,000 grains and 1,000 sets of armor to support the county. ”

The county magistrate also privately told the eldest brother that as long as we take out the armor and food, and pay the taxes in full in the future, the eldest brother will be placed in Changding Township as the township leader, and the affairs of Changding Township will be decided by the eldest brother. ”

Chu Zhenhai also nodded and said, "We haven't replied to the county order yet." ”

He thought for a while and said: "After all, we are all from one county, and the food in the county is insufficient, so we cannot relieve the victims, and it will eventually pour into our Changding Township, I am afraid that it will cause a great blow to Changding Township." ”

"We originally decided that food can be given, but armor is not, just when you came back from the abyss, I don't know what you mean?"

People in this world usually eat a large amount of food, according to the average of two catties of rice per person for a day, a year needs 700 catties, a total of seven stones. 150,000 stone of grain, even if it is 10,000 people, can eat for a long time. (In the book, one stone is equal to one hundred catties.) ）

Chu He pondered for a moment: "We have 100,000 and 50,000 stone of grain left, which can be used for 10,000 people for two years, and it should be able to meet the current needs, and it is also possible to give 50,000 stone to the county." However, if you can, try to stock up on as much food as possible. ”

He turned his gaze to Chu Qianzhong: "Third Uncle Chu, I don't know about the construction of armor, but there is a problem?"

Blacksmith Chu said with a smile: "Now iron is not easy to buy, fortunately, Second Brother Chu found an iron ore with extremely high iron content, we have transformed the small blast furnace, and we can directly smelt iron, so the output of the steel soldiers has increased very quickly." ”

"Now it is about 50 steel soldiers in a day, and it takes ten days to play a set of battle armor, and now the captains of the Qianyuan Guard are basically a set of all-steel battle armor. ”

"The iron-clad armor is much simpler, and now there are hundreds of iron-clad armors, all of which are distributed to the members of the Qianyuan Guard who have refined them into golden bell jars. ”

Chu He nodded: "The creation of weapons cannot be stopped, and it needs to be increased on a large scale." If there is a shortage of manpower, try to recruit trustworthy villagers, and in a month, the output of steel soldiers will exceed one hundred days. ”

"The armor is too complicated, you don't need to build a full-body armor, you just need to protect the vital points. It must be possible to create a simple set of steel armor in one day. In addition, the construction of steel bows should also be accelerated, and steel soldiers should be mainly steel bows as much as possible. ”

He looked at Blacksmith Chu: "I don't know if there is a problem?"

Chu Qian nodded emphatically: "In fact, the output of steel soldiers is the biggest factor in steel. Now it can be directly smelted into steel, even if ordinary apprentices can quickly build armor, as long as the number of people who mine iron ore is increased, and another thirty or fifty blacksmith apprentices are recruited, it is not a big problem to achieve this output. ”

Chu He knew very well that he could only implement the strategy of elite soldiers and strong generals now, and he could not fight for numerical superiority with others.

Moreover, he also needed a large number of steel soldiers in order to plan to trade with Meng to obtain money, food and development time.

Blacksmith Chu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Qianyuan, I don't think there is a need to rush the output of steel soldiers, the most important thing is the battle armor." ”

"We now have more than two hundred steel bows and thousands of steel knives, steel shields and other stocks, the elite of the Qianyuan Guard are armed, as long as their protection is improved, everyone is wearing armor, they will definitely be able to fight one enemy ten, and when the county really turns its face, even if the Yellow Turban Army attacks, we will not be afraid of it."

"Moreover, the big households in the county are basically gone, and now the steel soldiers can't exchange much silver and food for the county. ”

Chu He secretly pondered for a moment before saying, "Since this is the case, then build it according to the steel bow, steel knife, steel spear, steel shield and battle armor one-to-one." In addition, I have specially created ten sets of alloy full-body armor of different sizes, which will be of great use. ”

A set of armor usually refers to the three major pieces of weapons, armor and shields. If the steel bows, steel swords, and steel spears were all built one-to-one, the number of steel soldiers would be three times that of shields and battle armor.

The excess is used for sale.

Chu He's plan is to trade mainly in steel soldiers, and to protect the armor, it is for his own use.

There are not many soldiers under his command, and any one of them is precious, and he must try to save their lives.

As for the alloy full-body battle armor, in addition to arming Jiang Wei and other generals, Chu He also planned to use it as a gift.

For a seven-rank god of war like Meng Shu, it was difficult for an ordinary gift to impress him.

Huang Zhong and Gan Ning's two thighs also have to be held tightly. Enhancing their strength is equivalent to buying a strengthened insurance for Qinghe Village.

After everyone discussed it again, Chu He looked at everyone with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "All of you here, although you have a close relationship, but for Qianyuan, you are all the most important people in our Qinghe Village. ”

"In this troubled era, it is difficult to gain a foothold on the strength of one person alone, so Qianyuan hopes that everyone can work together to protect our Qinghe Village and protect this peace!"

Jiang Wei also said in a deep voice: "Jiang Wei is an outsider, his father was killed by the Yellow Turban Army, and he knows the horror of troubled times. Qinghe Village is now Jiang Wei's root, and it is also your root, no matter what, Jiang Wei will not see Qinghe Village destroyed. ”

"If you don't have the strength, in the troubled times, you can't even be as good as a dog. ”

Jiang Wei looked at the leaders of the captains of Qianyuanwei: "Now that the second brother has given us a chance to control our own destiny, I believe that everyone will not let the second brother down." ”

Chu He smiled slightly: "Qianyuan is still young and won't say anything grandiose, but I can guarantee that as long as there is a mouthful of my meal, I will not let everyone drink porridge." ”

"I believe that in the future, Qinghe Village will get better and stronger, and our destiny will be firmly in our hands!"

Several captains of Qianyuanwei have all received the work of strengthening ideological education, to become the captain of Qianyuanwei, the most important thing is loyalty, listening to Chu He's words, they all said in a deep voice: "We are willing to die for the Chu team!"

This meeting can be regarded as clarifying the future development route of Qinghe Village, and also completely determining the leadership position of Chu River.

At the end of the meeting, Chu He did not stay at home, Qianyuanwei was his foundation, and he wanted to inspect Qianyuanwei.

The scale of the Qianyuanwei camp and the training ground next to the river have been greatly improved, and a training ground covering an area of three or four football fields is leveled, and it is not a problem to accommodate three or four thousand people for training.

Chu He wanted to inspect the Qianyuanwei, and most of the Qianyuanwei were quickly concentrated in the training ground, and only a small number of team members stayed outside to maintain order and monitor the situation in Changding Township.

Qianyuanwei rapidly expanded to 1,000 people, but it was still the previous establishment, divided into hunting team and village protection team, the captains were Jiang Wei and Chu Wu respectively, and below them were five team leaders, each team of 100 people.

Most of these ten detachment leaders are from Qinghe Village, and they are also people who went to the Chu family for a meeting before, and three are from other villages, but they have all undergone intensive ideological education work, and there is absolutely no problem with loyalty.

Seeing the Qianyuan Guard, which was neatly organized into ten phalanxes, with a strong momentum and standing motionless on the training ground, Chu He was still a little surprised, and he didn't expect that in just three months, the scale of the Qianyuan Guard with more than 100 people had expanded by seven or eight times.

However, in this troubled era, as long as you are given a bite to eat, you can have as many soldiers as you want, and it is estimated that this is the result of Jiang Wei and Chu Wu deliberately controlling the number of people and only recruiting Qianyuanwei from the eighteen villages of Changding Township.

Chu He looked at it, and two elite phalanxes were in front of him, most of them were familiar faces, all of them were dressed in leather and iron armor, holding steel guns, and hanging bows and arrows on their backs.

Although it is only 200 people, shouting and acting, like a team of 1 or 200 people, even gives people the illusion that it is worth tens of thousands of strong soldiers.

Although the momentum of the other eight teams is far inferior to that of the elite first and second detachments, after intensive training in military posture and discipline, each team has veterans to take them to the training ground.

In these eight squares, the weapons are not so neat, some have steel knives hanging from their waists, steel shields in their hands, some use big swords and shields, some wear leather armor and hold wooden sticks, and some are bare-handed.

Among them, those who carry steel soldiers and iron armor are all veterans, and those who are bare-handed or carrying wooden guns and shields are all new soldiers.

The other villages in Changding Township, including Hujiazhuang, where the owner's family had all run away, were not in a much better situation, because they did not concentrate on farming as in Qinghe Village, because most of the Ding Zhuang died, and the harvest was not good.

I heard that Qianyuanwei in Qinghe Village expanded its scale and recruited team members from Changding Township, and most of the young people in Changding Township tried their best to join Qianyuanwei and get a generous military salary to support their families.

Therefore, even if the Qianyuan Guard has expanded by seven or eight times, the new team members are selected from thousands of young people, among whom there are many martial artists who have cultivated martial arts, and even Chen Tong, a martial artist in the late stage of the Strong Bone Realm, has joined the Qianyuan Guard, and his foundation quality is even better than the original Qinghe Village team members.

With a little training, it is a strong army that can pull into battle.

This Chen Tong, Chu He is quite optimistic, he is also respectful to Chu He, and it is easy to pass the ideological education work and become one of the three foreign surname team leaders.

With the help of the Strong Bone and Blood Pill and Demon Honey, Chen Tong had already refined the first weight of the Golden Bell Jar, and his strength was among the best in the entire Qianyuan Guard.

Thousands of Qianyuanwei have all undergone ideological education, eating, sleeping, training, etc., all of them have to review and strengthen the loyalty education to Chu He, looking at their eyes, the fanaticism revealed, Chu He knows that this ideological education work has achieved great results.

There is such an effect in a short period of time, and Chu He is also understandable.

Not to mention these hungry and crazy guys, even those people on the earth who have undergone modern education, will quickly fall under brainwashing and education, not to mention that Chu He is now openly educating these team members on loyalty.

With the cooperation of various conditions, it can even completely change a person's concept within a month.

Now that the people are struggling to make a living, Chu He is now providing them with military salaries, feeding them to feed their families, protecting their homes, and giving them martial arts secrets to improve their strength, which is an excellent time to implement loyalty education.

After marching in line, walking right and shouting slogans, it is a drill of spears and bows and arrows.

The first and second detachments are all elites who have achieved cultivation in the Golden Bell Jar, and their strength has increased greatly, and they all have a strength of more than 1,500 catties, and they can completely pull ten stone steel bows.

Chu He watched as the two hundred team members drew their bows and arrows from a kilometer away, and the arrows of the steel arrows shot out like a meteor rainstorm towards the target thousands of kilometers away, and the sound of popping arrows piercing the wood kept sounding, which was quite terrifying.

Although it is an exaggeration to say that such an astonishing number of arrows are overwhelming, it is not too much to describe it as a rain of arrows.

If all the three-edged armor-piercing arrows are used, not to mention the third-grade blood condensation martial artists and Tibetan essence Confucian students, I am afraid that even the fourth-grade martial arts sects and scribes will be difficult to resist!

No wonder Jiang Wei didn't take the soldiers and horses of Datong County in his eyes, not to mention that he dispatched 500 soldiers and horses to loot the materials of Qinghe Village, that is, he dispatched 5,000 people, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take advantage of the elite Qianyuanwei 1st and 2nd detachments!

The other Qianyuan guards were also dumbfounded, and their hearts were shaken, and it was the first time they really saw the drill of the first and second elite detachments.

In the past, they were somewhat resentful of the treatment of the first and second detachments, especially the new recruits, everyone was a hidden abyss, but the first and second detachments, whether it was military salaries or supplies, were far superior to them.

Now seeing the strength of the first and second detachments, they know that it is not for nothing that the first and second detachments have received such treatment, and this is completely won back by their own strength.

After three rounds of strong bows, the first and second detachments put away their bows and arrows, quickly replaced them with steel guns, and rushed out with incredible speed with the force under their feet.

In just one minute, the two detachments crossed a distance of 1,000 meters, and the speed of the attack was amazingly consistent, almost in no particular order, they reached the front of the wooden stake target, exhaled loudly, and stabbed out with both arms of steel guns, easily piercing the wooden stake with a diameter of 30 centimeters!

Chu He was also very shocked, this is the army of the Three Kingdoms, and the quality is not comparable to those soldiers and horses in ancient times.

Such a strong army, compared to the Yellow Turban Army bandits he saw, can definitely be one as ten, if thousands of Qianyuan Guards reach this strength, with armor, I am afraid that even if 20,000 Yellow Turban Army bandits attack, they can be beaten back!

However, Jiang Wei and Chu Wu were a little surprised in their hearts, although the performance of Qianyuanwei in the past was good, but now in the drill, the overall strength seems to have improved a lot.

They couldn't figure out the reason, they could only attribute it to the fact that Chu He came back, and the team members were all puffed up to behave in front of Chu He.

The other eight detachments also practiced in front of Chu He one after another, such as slashing knives and stabbing guns, but they were not as amazing as the first and second detachments.

When everyone returned to the formation of a square team and waited for their own lecture, Chu He smiled and said loudly to the group of Qianyuan guards: "Not bad! Yes, you are all the patron saints of Changding Township, and the stability of Changding Township will be put in your hands in the future!"

Qianyuanwei shouted in unison: "It was originally the death of the Chu River team!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison, and the sound shook the field, and the momentum was like thousands of troops, and the sound shook the field.

Chu He followed with a smile: "I am very satisfied with your performance. Now that disasters are everywhere, the people of Changding Township are living in difficulty, and your burden is heavier, so I have decided that from today onwards, the third to eighth detachments, the captains, and the military salaries will be increased by fifty percent!"

"The first and second detachments, the military salary is doubled!"

Chu He has long known the treatment of Qianyuanwei now, and now that Qinghe Village is full of materials, it is time to improve their treatment, but this sentence is to completely make all the team members return to their hearts, even those new team members who have not seen Chu He.

In this troubled world, people are not as good as dogs, they are just asking for a full meal.

Of course, if the cake is rewarded, the stick can't be thrown away, Chu He followed and said: "In addition, I have another reward here, but I don't know if you can get it!"

"Your ten detachments, each team can send ten people to fight with me, if you can defeat me, I will reward all members with two pills of strong bones and strong blood pills each!"