Baron Glanville-Gower's words were full of praise, which made Richard's smile wider, and he followed his words, which in turn complimented the British Empire's great martial arts, and both of them rejoiced.

Mr. Baron could not have imagined that under Richard's slightly green countenance, there was a mature soul from the era of the information explosion, who had read the world coldly, how could he be deceived by such a small compliment?

Baron Glanville-Gower's words reveal the inherent arrogance of the British, who belittles the strength of the US military to the fullest, and closes his mouth as a "rude Yankee", with a look of contempt and disgust.

The implication is that those hillbillies in the United States are very easy to deal with, and the output is over with a meal like chopping melons and vegetables.

Richard will not be fooled by him, let alone underestimate the sacrifice and combat effectiveness of the US military.

But on the surface, in order to maintain the decency of both sides, Richard still boasted about the British Empire, and every sentence said to the itch of Baron Glanville-Gower, which made his arrogant face full of smiles.

The two talked as they walked, and soon came to the construction site where the city gate was being built.

The two Chinese captains of the musket team who were in charge of supervising the work here hurriedly greeted them, and they bowed with their fists in a respectful expression.

Richard waved his hand;

It means that everything is business as usual, he just brings the guests over to inspect it, and what to do and how to do it.

The two Chinese squad leaders retreated as they were told, and then looked sternly at the white slave prisoners who were bent over to work.

When he found that two white men were taking advantage of the labor, they straightened up and peeked in this direction, and immediately rushed up, knocked them to the ground with their whips, and scolded them sharply.

This little episode did not affect the mood of the two nobles.

Most of these white prisoners were American prisoners of war in the Battle of Burlington, and if they surrendered voluntarily, they could be incorporated to replenish the strength of the 1st and 2nd Denver Regiments.

Prisoners were not treated so well, whether they were soldiers or officers, coachmen or leathermen, artillerymen or cavalrymen, all of them were sent to the hard labor camp to be punished.

With the current heavy workload, only two meals a day can be served.

One meal in the morning, one meal at about one o'clock in the afternoon, to ensure that these white slaves had the strength to work.

If you work all night and have a meal at night, you will be hungry if you don't work, and if you don't work anyway, you won't be given anything to eat, lest you have enough to eat and run away.

These white captives have died of exhaustion in the past month under the oppression of heavy labor, which is called toasting without eating and drinking, and what is the crime to suffer by themselves.

Who told them not to surrender voluntarily?

The army of the Tang Kingdom has never engaged in any Huairou way, and in the land of North America, there is only iron-blooded suppression and cruel exploitation of foreign races, and it is managed by strict military discipline.

Richard's attitude was clear;

For example, all white people who are willing to join the army of the Tang Kingdom are brothers who fight side by side, and they are rewarded for their meritorious service with the Chinese, enjoy equal treatment, and can enjoy the glory of being a wife and a child, regardless of you and me.

Those who resisted and those who were captured were first sent to the hard labor camps for reform.

Among these people

The army of the Tang Kingdom selects those hard labor prisoners who are willing to take the initiative to approach and give them better treatment, regardless of whether they can eat well or not, at least three meals a day can be fed.

These people took the lead as the captain of the slave prisoner squad and squadron leader, and managed themselves in each construction section, urging other white slave prisoners not to be lazy, and dividing and disintegrating from within.

For example, the 3.3-kilometer wall connecting the two military fortresses is divided into 100-meter squadrons, with 50 prisoners in each squadron, and a total of 33 squadrons.

Together with two gate squadrons (each squadron was responsible for building one side of the gate), there were 35 squadrons for a total of 1,750 men.

According to the construction progress evaluation every week, the 5 advanced squadrons can eat enough, and the 5 backward squadrons can only eat once a day.

If there is a serious quality defect, the whole squadron will be killed.

Those who complain, spread rumors and demagogues, secretly collude, steal food, and fail to contribute to work will be punished severely as soon as they are reported.

If the captain conceals and fails to report, it will be regarded as the same crime.

The punishment measures included whipping, flail exposure, beheading, and a dozen heads hanging from wooden poles around the execution table for 4 weeks, clearly showing the terrible end of disobeying orders.

As a result of such strict management measures, the construction of Denver Castle is progressing well and far exceeding expectations.

Now is not the time for the American soldiers to press the border, and Denver's main task now is construction, so it is enough to use all this free labor to provide only some of the most shoddy food every day.

After all, the materials now have to be transported from the rear, and the nearest support base is still more than 1,000 kilometers away in Milan Town, and long-distance transportation is quite difficult, and it can save a little bit.

By December

The abundance of oats, sugar beets and potatoes on the newly cultivated land will alleviate the supply crunch and the captives will be fed.

The question now is, how many of them will be able to make it to the December harvest?

Those American soldiers who were captured early should be fortunate to be assigned to the 1st and 2nd Denver Torch Regiments, otherwise it would be difficult to die under the whip and brutal oppression.

Walking out of the city gate under construction, after walking dozens of meters, there is a large gentle slope outside.

The entire Denver Castle is built on a large gentle slope, about 16 meters off the plains below, and a lush North American oak forest grows.

Now that these North American woods are being cut down in a systematic way, after the tall oak trees fall, some Chinese laborers armed with axes and hacksaws come forward to cut off the branches, cut them into sections, and then drag them away with horses.

The timber is sent to the sawmill, where it is divided into planks and squares by large entrenchments, and accumulated to dry in the shade and used as the main material for building houses.

For defensive purposes

All forests within 10 kilometers of Denver Castle were to be cut down to prevent them from being exploited by the enemy.

Richard chatted with Baron Glanville-Gower as they walked to the sawmill, which used British steam-powered machinery to drive circular saws, fueled by high-quality coal mined nearby, which greatly improved labor efficiency.

They didn't go far before the two men stopped, and the guards behind them followed closely to disperse the guard.

At this time

A group of cavalry appeared from the edge of the half-cut forest, they escorted a large number of Indian prisoners and women to face them, and there were some cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in the long line behind.

"Oh God, it's the filthy native Indians." Baron Glanville-Gower made no secret of his disgust, pulling out a silk handkerchief with lace trim and covering his nose, as if the stench of these native Indians would smoke him.

A faint hint of displeasure flashed in Richard's eyes, but he did a great job of concealing it, and explained; "Sir Goyle, this is my soldiers clearing the surrounding area of the native Indian tribes. When you grow large tracts of food, you need to prevent these indigenous Indian tribes from destroying and stealing, because they have a bad reputation and no credibility in this regard. ”

"You can sell these lowly indigenous Indian scalps to the Yankees, and they're buying them openly, for $10 each."

"Given the bad relationship between the Yankees and the Tang Kingdom, I doubt they will pay?"

"But what's the use of keeping it?"

"It depends on how these strong native Indians can mine stone and dig urban sewers. If the number is sufficient, you can consider arranging the moat project in advance. This is a great benefit in enhancing the overall defense of Denver Castle. ”

"What about these women?"

"You can arrange some light work, such as laundry, cooking, or raising poultry and livestock, there is always a place for it." Richard replied lightly.

He could not say that the soldiers were under a lot of pressure to carry out the front-line defense and needed to relax properly.

The Denver Fort now has more than 14,000 people, and in addition to the 5,000 white hard labor prisoners, there are nearly 7,000 military personnel and more than 2,000 Chinese laborers, basically young men with strong blood.

Without women, there will be chaos after a long time.

"King Qi, Lin Shoutian, the captain of the second brigade of the first regiment of the Chaozhou cavalry, and Huang Yuansheng, the captain of the fifth brigade, report to you that they are escorted back from the mission of clearing Indian tribes."

"Report on the situation."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The person in charge of reporting was Lin Shoutian, the captain of the second brigade, who stood up and saluted with a "snap" of his legs, and then reported;

"Our two cavalry brigades, with a total of 411 cavalry, were responsible for clearing the Native Indian tribe to the northwest, and after searching 53 kilometers forward, the indigenous tribe was found in a mountain pass.

This is a large Indian tribe, with a total of nearly 2,200 men, women and children, and after being discovered by our department, more than 500 Indian warriors were organized to try to resist.

Our unit used semi-roundabout tactics to suppress the enemy with a dense rain of bullets, killing more than 170 people, and capturing the rest.

After the war, 672 adult male prisoners, 855 adult female prisoners, and 200 minor prisoners were obtained.

In addition, 620 cattle, 400 horses, more than 4,300 sheep, chickens, ducks and geese and other poultry were captured, and more than 130 carts of grain and dried meat were captured.

Two people were killed and 17 wounded in our unit, please give instructions from Your Majesty. ”

"Good job, escort back to the camp and hand over, and give you a credit." Richard nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lin Shoutian and the others saluted again, turned around and ran a dozen steps back to the horse team, and then raised their hands to the rear and ordered; "The cavalry team moved on."

Richard was pleased with the Cavalry's gains, and by clearing the Native American tribes, the Denver garrisons were able to obtain valuable supplies, and the cattle sent to the military reclamation area would greatly enhance the efficiency of the reclamation.

Flocks of sheep, chickens, ducks and geese are sent for rearing, and more poultry can be bred in the future, and once a certain number is reached, a stable supply of eggs can be provided.

Indian Woman ...... Ahem......

These strong male Indian captives could bear the heavy labor, and even after the fort was built, it could be used to reclaim wasteland, build farmland and water conservancy facilities, build roads, etc., and in any case, the hard work was exhausting, and the value of labor must be fully utilized.

The army of the Tang Kingdom appeared in the form of conquerors, so there was no need for hypocrisy, and it was over directly oppression and exploitation.

Compared to the Yankees' 10 dollars for a scalp, it's really a lot more merciful.

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