That night, the gate of the South China Navy's camp was closed, and the camp wall was full of night guards, but there were still some veterans who could rest in their respective barracks, but the situation of this group of recruits who had just joined the South China Navy for half a day was much worse than that, and even after the announcement of the 17 and 54 military orders just now, Ding Li, as the commander of the South China Navy, personally announced that tonight was an actual march, and all the recruits had to obey the order and temporarily camp five miles away from the South China Navy barracks for a temporary rest.

Although Ding Li is the commander of the Southern Navy, this order still makes many recruits curse in secret, although the weather in Guangzhou is still not cold after winter, but relatively speaking, the temperature at night is still a few degrees lower, coupled with the cold wind in the field, the recruits who are tired from the day of expanding the barracks are still willing to go to the barracks assigned to them during the day to sleep comfortably and warmly.

It's just that the military order is like a mountain, not to mention that after the military order was issued, Ding Li personally rode his mount out of the Southern Navy barracks and walked five miles away, and no one dared to say anything more about these recruits, especially the scarlet daze in the sunset at that time, which seemed to let everyone see that every drop of scarlet on the dafu was the blood and sweat shed by himself and the robes around him, even if they were just a group of recruits, and they hadn't even picked up a sword.

With the cooperation of daytime labor and the guidance of 100 veterans of the Southern Navy, a temporary camp was built before nightfall, although it was extremely simple, but the surrounding wooden fence wall could withstand the cold wind at night, but fortunately it did not rain that night.

After the temporary camp was put in place, something that made the recruits even more of a headache happened, and that was dinner!

Dinner is no longer like noon, directly from the barracks to send a pot of cooked meat and hot dough, but everything needs to be done by the recruits themselves, in the words of Ding Li's order, that is, do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, and the reason is that it is absolutely impossible for an elite army to have logistics auxiliaries when running long distances, as elite soldiers, whether it is combat or logistics, they need to be self-sufficient.

Fortunately, to the relief of the recruits, Ding Li did not let them go out to the camp to fill their stomachs, but transported the ingredients prepared in advance to the camp, and let these recruits toss all kinds of ways to eat, but also made everyone barely fill their stomachs, although it is not as delicious as at noon, but at least there is no need to starve.

Although the situation of the other two new battalions is the same, it is much better than the recruits on Ding Li's side, after all, there is no camp built there, and the veterans assigned there are also mixed with the recruits, so dinner and camping are not much different for the recruits of the two new battalions.

Early the next morning, after the o'clock, Ding Li took Heizi and others and the guards to leave the camp and return to the barracks, and this temporary camp has become a place for the recruits to settle down in recent times, and more importantly, Ding Li has issued a military order, and no recruit is allowed to step into the barracks half a step without special circumstances and approval!

Although this military order was a bit excessive, fortunately, there was a meal of roast meat sent from the barracks at noon, which stabilized the mood of the recruits a lot, and with the gradual run-in with the veterans, the overall progress of expanding the barracks was also accelerated a lot.

For half a month, the recruits who joined the Yugoslav Navy were also accustomed to this kind of life, but more and more people felt bored, after all, the purpose of their original enlistment was not to expand the barracks, this was the work of hard labor, and it should not be done by soldiers of a regular army.

It just so happened that half a month later, the ban on recruits entering the camp was lifted, but before the recruits cheered, they knew that for them, entering the camp was completely like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, and the long-term training on the school field was several times more difficult than expanding the barracks, and once there was a mistake, the punishment would be doubled, and the heavy would be served by military sticks.

Of course, for this group of recruits, the use of military sticks is very rare, and even if they are really forced to use it, the intensity will be reduced too much, so that the morale will not be destroyed with a single baton.

In this half a month's time, Ding Li has not been idle at all, walking between the three barracks every day, two new barracks have been built, although it is more than half smaller than the original barracks, but it is gratifying that the defensive strength of the barracks is greatly improved, completely according to the scale of the original barracks, to build a small fortress.

During this period, Xu Hong was the most excited, and mixed with the group of military craftsmen recruited by the Southern Navy every day, especially the military craftsman named Moyang, who made his own bed crossbow for the Southern Navy eight days after the arrival of the ten bed crossbows allocated by the Jiedu Mansion, although unlike the bed crossbows transferred from the armory, the range can reach 400 steps away, but after many experiments and improvements, the bed crossbows made by the Southern Navy themselves can also shoot light armor soldiers at a distance of 350 steps.

Being able to manufacture their own bed crossbows in large quantities is undoubtedly great news for the Southern Navy, but this news can only be regarded as mixed news at the moment, and what makes Ding Li a little worried is that the expansion speed of the Southern Navy is too fast, and the logistics have been completely unable to keep up with the rhythm, and the manufacturing time of a bed crossbow is at least half a month, and the cost is even more expensive and scary, enough for more than 200 people to consume food for a day.

There are two parts of the logistics support of the Southern Navy, one is the support of the Jiedu Government within the system, including armaments, grain and grass, and military salaries, and even in terms of logistics, the Jiedu Government has also given the Southern Navy a certain amount of funding relief, but it is only a drop in the bucket for the South Navy, which is now accelerating its development.

On the other hand, the South China Sea Gang at the wharves of Guangzhou Port and Fuxu Port has now greatly shrunk its profits due to previous incidents, and with the expansion of the South China Navy, it is completely unable to make ends meet, and the South China Navy's logistics are becoming increasingly stretched.

For the economic crisis hidden in the dark, Ding Li can be said to have expected it a long time ago, but Ding Li has no better way to do business, using the army to do business, Ding Li has no experience in this area, and he thinks that he has no talent in this area. Especially after getting Xu Hong's solemn report day after day, Ding Li also began to worry, and the biggest problem in front of him was money.

However, Ding Li summoned the three battalions of generals after several discussions, but in the end there was no result, Kuroko was completely a killer, and now he is only acting as Ding Li's personal guard captain. Qin Mo was born in the army, although he had done the business of robbing houses and houses, but now as a regular army of the Tang Dynasty, he can't say this idea anyway, not to mention that there are no big Zhuangzi or local tyrants and inferior gentry waiting for them to rob them. Wang Ling, who was devoted to military affairs, stared dryly at several meetings, and even did not have any language proposals except for nodding and shaking his head.

And Xu Hong, who has always thought that he has the most ghost ideas, only asked everyone that if it is really difficult, can he make a deal with Jiedu Mansion and provide the bed crossbow produced by the Southern Navy to Jiedu Mansion to enrich other armies, so as to exchange for some of the benefits that the Southern Navy needs.

Of course, as soon as this proposal was exported, Xu Hong was almost frightened half to death by the traitor-like eyes of several people, and more importantly, Xu Hong's proposal was completely unreliable, just imagine the bed crossbow transferred by Jiedu Mansion from the armory, the worst range is four hundred steps away, how can he spend money to buy a replica of the Southern Navy with a range that is one percent lower.

Before today's military meeting, Heizi privately proposed to Ding Li whether to consider borrowing a sum of money from the Zhang Chamber of Commerce to maintain the current development of the Southern Navy, but this proposal is definitely not feasible, not to mention that Ding Li does not agree at all, even if he opens his mouth to say, now the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, which is dedicated to supporting Jiedu Mansion, has to deal with the Cao family and the Tian family's 'robbery' general compensation, and the hole on the side of the Southern Navy will naturally be under great pressure for the Zhang Chamber of Commerce.

It was already the sixth military meeting held in a row, and after a stick of incense, except for Ding Lizai who said a few words at the beginning, the tent was completely silent, and everyone present really couldn't think of a better way to deal with the thorny problems encountered by the Southern Navy, so they could only remain silent, even if the atmosphere in the tent was so depressing that it was breathless.

"Brother Li, I, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible." After this short period of contact, Qin Mo, who followed Ding Li, no longer regarded Ding Li as a life-saving benefactor, perhaps because of his current status as the vice admiral of the Southern Navy, he had been completely integrated into the team, but this proposal in his heart, Qin Mo was also entangled for a long time, and it was not until today that he heard that Ding Li had convened everyone to discuss the matter, and Qin Mo hesitated whether to propose it to Ding Li.

"Say, it's all this time, what else can't be said!" After listening to Qin Mo's words, Ding Li glanced at Qin Mo, who was full of hesitation, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, turned his head to look at Xu Hong and joked with a smile: "Our Xu Senjun even said the idea of selling bed crossbows, is it possible that you can still say the idea of letting the Southern Navy lay off personnel?" ”

Although he knew that Ding Li was joking, Xu Hong still blushed and lowered his head embarrassedly, he often bragged to everyone about how much money he made when he was in charge of the Nanhai Gang, and he could only be silent at the moment, but a pair of unconvinced eyes were cast to Qin Mo who was sitting opposite from time to time, and even occasionally pursed the corners of his mouth with disdain, thinking that Qin Mo must not be able to put forward any good opinions.

"Brother Li, the wandering thief army can rob homes and houses, why can't we learn their methods?" Qin Mo first looked at everyone, then stood up and arched his hand at everyone, and finally turned around and gestured to Ding Li, with a serious face, just when everyone including Ding Li showed surprise on their faces, Qin Mo's face still remained solemn, but a trace of perseverance flashed in his eyes, and he continued to add in a firm tone, and said his thoughts to everyone: "I have investigated the situation in the area of Guangzhou Mansion in recent days, and there are not a few bandits who occupy the mountains and fall into the grass nearby. If we can take it down, it will not only solve the urgent needs of our Southern Navy, but also pull our Southern Navy out to try! The establishment of the Southern Navy is not too short, it is a mule or a horse, and it is time to pull it out for a walk! ”