Xu Kuang asked Wang Xikui to organize a ten-person team to be responsible for reconnaissance and black guns.

The first task of this team is to find out the number of defenders and the deployment of troops in Xiangcheng Town within half a year, and establish a long-term stronghold in Xiangcheng Town.

Ryan bought a few properties in Xiangcheng Town early, just in time for Wang Xikui and them to live in.

……

Time flies, the last wisp of cold air between heaven and earth dissipates, and spring flies up the branches, and then turns into a river, meandering into the distance.

The sun shone on Xu Kuang's face, making Xu Kuang sleepy.

Ryan came to Xu Kuang and said with a smile:

"Young master, spring ploughing has begun, do you want to swing the first hoe?"

Xu Kuang frowned slightly, he had always hated these formalisms, but he thought about it and felt that there was no harm in doing so, so he nodded and agreed.

Everything was already ready, just waiting for Xu Kuang to wave the hoe.

Xu Kuang waved his hoe twice decently and left.

Before leaving, he confessed:

"Those waterwheels must be taken care of, in the spring ploughing season, water is indispensable, and the fertilizer that was soaked last year must also use ......."

Xu Kuang said again.

……

Shirakaba-gun, Shirakaba-jo

Victor looked at the thawing river, his brow slightly raised, and behind him, the eldest son Clyde and the second son Audlaine stood side by side.

"It's spring, I can't let that kid be idle, if he gets a firm foothold, my plans against Mushroom Ridge will be considered yellow."

Victor looked at his two sons and asked:

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Odlaine says:

"We can poison their wells, and send a hundred soldiers to patrol near Mushroom Ridge, and kill the people we see in Mushroom Ridge, and kill them until they are afraid, and in a few days, the people in Mushroom Ridge will all run away."

Clyde sighed and shook his head.

Victor looked at his eldest son with interest.

"Second brother, you are too reckless, you must know that this is not what it used to be. Xu Kuang has been recruiting troops recently, and his momentum is flourishing, don't do such a stupid thing. ”。

Audlaine's face turned red, but he still stubbornly asked:

"Then tell me, what should we do?".

"Let me ask you, if Xu Kuang gets bigger again, who should be the most panicked person?"

Audlaine asked quizzically:

"Isn't that us?".

"No, it's the six lords around him, when Xu Yun died, these guys could take the opportunity to swallow a lot of land in Mushroom Ridge, if Xu Kuang gets bigger again, they will not only spit out the land, but also maybe throw something in."

Clyde looked at Audlane and said to him in a serious tone:

"Brother, the position of lord in the future will be yours, and it is you and not me who should consider these issues, and now you come and tell me, what should we do?".

Audlane's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly:

"We incite the six surrounding lords to isolate him!".

Victor laughed, he patted Audlane on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Son, I'll leave this matter to you to do, I want to see how this Xu Kuang does big."

……

Xu Kuang watched with interest the training of the three rows under his hands.

Xu Kuang recruited more than 100 people scattered, and he divided these more than 100 people into three platoons, plus a reconnaissance squad directly under him.

Of course, this is only the initial soldiers, his territory is now the time to employ people, there is a shortage of people in all aspects, especially in terms of infrastructure, Xu Kuang can predict that the infrastructure will be short of people in the next few years, which is no way, caused by too rapid development.

Thirteen days have passed, Xu Kuang signed in and signed out some 38 covers in these thirteen days, and signed a few pistols, Xu Kuang kept two Colt M1911 for himself, and gave the rest to Wang Xikui.

As for these three platoons, Xu Kuang used the various materials collected during this time to make hundreds of divine arm crossbows, which could shoot two hundred and forty steps, and Xu Kuang gave each of them one.

Moreover, Xu Kuang also began to build some watchtower-like lookouts on the way in and out of Mushroom Ridge, each of which was equipped with a ballista.

All in all, everything is getting better.

Suddenly, Cuihua's voice sounded in Xu Kuang's mind:

Mission: Accept the homeless

Description: Your performance this winter has worried several surrounding lords, and at the instigation of Audleine, they plan to slow down your development by using a large number of homeless people to consume your food and grass, please make reasonable use of these homeless people, and accept no less than 500 homeless people.

Difficulty: C+

Rewards: 40mm Mortar× 1, 40mm Trainer × 100, 40mm High Explosive × 100, Class Experience× 500

Xu Kuang's eyes lit up, he understood the importance of population too well, he was worried about where he could get population, and now the lords around him were enthusiastic to send it to him, it was really amazing.

Ryan walked quickly to Xu Kuang and said to Xu Kuang:

"Young master, as you expected, now there are a lot of people outside the Mushroom Ridge, all of whom have come to us to find a way to survive, what should we do now?"

Xu Kuang asked unhurriedly:

"How many people?".

"At least a thousand people, but young master, if we want them all, only God knows how many people will come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"A thousand people ......," Ryan sighed, "Are the surrounding lords bankrupt?" With so many displaced people coming out at one time, aren't they afraid of causing civil unrest? ”。

Xu Kuang just chuckled and didn't answer Ryan's question:

"You send a notice, the whole family comes together, priority is hired, the whole family comes and is ready to settle in Mushroom Ridge, Mushroom Ridge will send a house.".

Xu Kuang thought so, anyway, it turned out that the group of people didn't know where they went, and their houses were kept to occupy space, and they were directly distributed to those in need, so as to enrich the population first.

As soon as this notice was posted, it was as if a bombshell had been ignited in the crowd.

dragged the family to register and make a register, and the family only came to inquire about the news of the remorseful, and hurriedly went home to report the news.

In the evening, Jenny and Ryan were alone with a booklet.

First, Jenny reported:

"Young Master, there are 755 people who have applied here today, including 203 men over the age of 40, 177 women over the age of 40, 215 men under the age of 40, and 160 women under the age of 40."

And then the Ryan report:

"Today there are 34 households registered in the Yellow Book, with a total of 287 people, of whom ......."

Xu Kuang nodded, he was quite emotional:

"This is a good start, there may be more people in the next few days, you have worked hard, and when you get past this level, I will give you a raise."

Both of them nodded a little excitedly, in fact, they didn't care about the salary, after all, their lives were all Xu Kuang, but the sense of accomplishment of this salary increase made them a little excited.

Xu Kuang stood by the window, looking at the lights below, with a little smile in his eyes.