Xu Chuan's words were very concise, and although most of the elders present had never read any books, they basically understood them.

There was no opinion on his request to restrict the caravan's behavior, but rather supported it.

In the past, when caravans came here, although they would bring income to the villagers, they would often make a mess in the town.

The caravan was large in numbers, plus animals such as mules and horses that carried goods, and eating, drinking, and lazing all had to be dealt with.

And sometimes the people of the caravan will clash with the villagers in the town, and those who are wronged are basically their own people, no way, the caravan is full of people, and it is also the God of Wealth, and it is normal for the villagers to be wronged.

"These Sichuan nephews are in charge, and we old guys don't have any opinions."

In the crowd, carpenter Miao Laosan said with a smile.

Xu Chuan led the guards to become town guards, led the army to defeat the bandits in two battles, and had initially established his own prestige, although this prestige was still fragile, but it was enough to make people change their opinion of him.

As for the idea of the cigarette factory and the caravan inn, which are already beneficial to Sanzhi Town, everyone will naturally not object.

Xu Chuan raised his head and looked at Miao Laosan, a carpenter who was smoking, and said, "Cheng, then this matter is settled, Uncle Miao, whether it is the construction of the tobacco factory or the inn, we need your help, we must repair the inn before the arrival of the large-scale caravan." ”

"As for wages, I'm afraid this is not available for the time being, and after the cigarette factory is established and the first batch of cigarettes is sold, I will make up for everyone."

Miao Laosan nodded and said with a smile: "What kind of wages do you want, you don't need it, this is a good thing, the villagers will support it, anyway, now that the farming is busy, everyone is idle and has nothing to do." ”

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Although this is a good thing, we can't let the villagers work for nothing, but now we really don't have any money, so we can only owe it first." ”

Miao Laosi is the best carpenter in the Sanzhi area, and he brought out a group of apprentices, who have a great influence among the carpenters, and the furniture and even houses in many families in the Sanzhi area are all repaired by him.

So now we need his help to carry out the project smoothly.

Xu Chuan is short of money now, very short of money, although there are many ways to make money in his mind, but it will take time.

Not only he is lacking, but the residents of the Sanzhi area are also lacking, and they have been robbed by bandits all year round, and the people have almost no money left in their hands.

Fortunately, the products here are quite abundant, and the residents are simple, enthusiastic and hard-working, and anyone can come forward to help with anything.

For example, in the past, the manufacture and construction of trebuchets, military camps, and steel factories were helped by the villagers and the common people, and not only did they not ask for wages, but even the food was eaten at their own homes.

Although all this work is to defend against the bandits, Xu Chuan can't let these residents continue to work endlessly.

A city without any real money flowing is a dead city, without any vitality to speak of, people's patience is limited, and a little motivation is always needed.

Competition and desire are the source of human development, and the big pot can only allow enthusiasm to accumulate for a while, but cannot develop for a long time.

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The meeting dispersed, and under the leadership of Miao Laosi, a large number of carpenters and ordinary people were drawn out and began to build cigarette factories and inns for caravans.

A large number of carpenters began to process the wood under the command of Miao Laosi, while some stick residents brought large quantities of stone from the mountains.

Under Xu Chuan's guidance, everyone chose an open place on the edge of the town and got busy.

It was a huge undertaking to build an inn that could accommodate thousands of people.

Xu Chuan's plan calls for several three- and four-story buildings and even ready sewer pipes.

Although he is just a scumbag in terms of civil engineering design, he still knows the basic theory of the buildings he lived in in his previous life.

Don't underestimate the receptivity of the ancients, after he put forward these concepts, Miao Laosi and other carpenters quickly got the design drawings out.

Whether it is the overall layout or the design of the pipes, it is a piece of cake for these old carpenters.

Moreover, there are pipes made of bamboo soaked in tung oil and with strong antiseptic ability, which is enough to connect the water source to the inn.

In this case, Xu Chuan even wanted to get something like a flushing toilet out for a while, but he gave up after thinking about it.

At present, the main thing is that the water can only be lifted by manpower to the roof, and it is very inconvenient to use water, and the problems such as the sealing of the pipeline are still relatively difficult to solve, so they can only give up for the time being.

For now, it's nice to be able to connect the water pipes to the inn and provide a couple of places to get water on each floor.

The steps should not be too large, just come little by little.

In contrast, his attention was mainly focused on the cigarette factory and the training of the town guards.

Tobacco is a way to make money with high hopes, and the town guards are the force to protect the homeland.

These two are much more important than the construction of inns for caravanserans.

Although inns can also make money, they are far less than tobacco.

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Repairing inns, building steel mills, guiding the production of cigarettes, and the town guards also began training, Xu Chuan rushed to and from Sanzhi Town and the military camp, and was busy every day.

The current three-regardless zone has entered a quiet period, and he has to seize the time to develop.

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In the barracks, Xu Chuan and Ji Liang stood together, looking at the neatly lined guards on the training ground, and their hearts were full of feelings.

At the beginning, these town guards couldn't even stand up straight in formation, let alone make left and right turns.

In order to let these people distinguish between left and right, Xu Chuan had a headache for a lot of days, and in the end, he had no choice, so he let the town guards barefoot with their right feet, and after a few days of training, they were able to make the town guards distinguish between the left and right.

Standing in a military posture, walking in unison, running, counting and training, pulling exercises, archery, the use of catapults, etc., Xu Chuan took out all the training methods during military training in the previous university period, and then combined with Ji Liang and others to discuss together, and finally decided on a set of training methods for protecting the town.

Although most of the guards didn't understand why they were trained in this way, the first rule of the military regulations: "unconditional obedience to orders" made everyone enforce it.

On the first day of training, Xu Chuan loudly told all the town guards that what they couldn't do was to fish for seeds, and the town guards didn't need to fish for seeds, and if anyone couldn't meet the standards after 30 days, they would be directly expelled.

I have to say that the radical general method is still very useful for these simple people in this era.

No one wants to be a fisher, no one wants to be looked down upon, and no one wants to be laughed at because they can't endure hardships and quit the town guards, so everyone gritted their teeth and trained.

Isn't it just running in a military position? No matter how tired you are, can you go to the battlefield and be desperately tired of the bandits?

Day after day, just like that, everyone persevered, and more than half a month passed, and the training had begun to bear fruit.

Compared with half a month ago, the spirit of the town guards has improved by several grades, and their faces look more resolute, and they already have the demeanor of a soldier.

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