There were many capable people in the Niutou Valley, and many of them knew how to do carpentry. The wood was readily available, and they had cut down a lot of trees to build a winding path on the mountain, obtaining a lot of wood.
During this period of time, people were busy repairing roads, making bunk beds, building new houses, digging wells, planning farmland for next spring, and collecting stone materials to build the stone walls outside the military base.
According to Chen Fugui's suggestion, Jiang Yuntian sent out a platoon of people to leave the military base in civilian clothes and head to various places in the surrounding area. They were ordered to bring back orphans or extremely poor people from the surrounding villages. Jiang Yuntian was going to expand his army.
During the battle at Shanhaiguan, Jiang Yuntian felt that he was lacking in military strength. He only managed to pull over 300 people. He only managed to win that battle because he relied on the 88-caliber anti-aircraft guns and the suicide squad he led at the North Gate to catch the Japanese off guard, causing them to suspect that he was a ghoul.
Also, An Dexing's words had indeed made Jiang Yuntian wary. The Northeast Army was a warlord force and a local armed force. Who could guarantee that the Northeast Army would not attack the Niutou Valley base?
If they did not expand their army, the Yan Huang Army would be strangled in the cradle.
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"Perfect! Super perfect! It fits perfectly!" Jiang Yuntian looked at the fortress wall in front of him. It was made of steel and was two meters tall. It was completely compatible with the stone wall that had just been built!
This fortress wall was also a product of the Red Alert system. It was a defensive type and was very cheap. A one-meter-long fortress wall only cost 1 resource currency! It was simply like giving it away for free!
Jiang Yuntian was overjoyed. With such a good thing, of course, he had to use it to build a military base.
However, they couldn't be extravagant and wasteful. In non-critical places, they still used stone and mud walls.
The main job of the base was to build houses. The villagers of Niutou Valley were now working together. They worked together and did everything with half the effort.
The houses were built in a more planned manner, and the roads were also widened several times, making it convenient for the production of tanks and other vehicles in the future, which could be quickly mobilized.
A magical scene happened. The steel fortress wall perfectly fitted on top of the mud wall! In order to test its firmness, Jiang Yuntian called more than 20 people over to push it, but it did not budge at all!
This way, the cost would be greatly reduced! The construction speed had also increased greatly!
This kind of house that was integrated with the fortress wall was even stronger. Moreover, in the cold winter, the windproof effect was much better!
Not only did Jiang Yuntian want to build a house for living, but he also planned to open a school to spread cultural knowledge.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. The plan to establish a force could not be completed overnight.
However, there was a difficult problem in front of Jiang Yuntian now.
As more and more orphans and wanderers were brought back to Ox-Head Valley, although there were more and more soldiers who could fight, they were also faced with the pressure of food. This was winter, and spring was still three months away. Although the farmland had been planned, they could only use resource currency to exchange for food in these three months. The more people there were, the greater the pressure.
Moreover, he had his eyes on the neighboring Li Hua Village.
The village was even larger than Oxhead Valley, with a population of about a thousand people.
More importantly, Li Hua Village and Niutou Valley shared the same water source. If Li Hua Village was included in the military base, the amount of cultivated land would increase greatly. It would also be very convenient for the two villages to communicate.
Moreover, the expansion of the territory would give him the system's monetary reward.
Not long ago, he had received a reward from the Ox Head Valley. 3600 resource coins, which was equivalent to six Grizzly Bear Tanks!
It was just such a small territory, but he could obtain so many benefits. This made Jiang Yuntian's ambition swell.
However, occupying Li Hua Village meant that they had to bear the food problem of a thousand people!
Jiang Yuntian decided to start his business!
Ammo! The most cost-effective item in the Red Alert System was ammunition, followed by food.
Jiang Yuntian planned to exchange for a batch of ammunition and sell it to the Northeast Army in exchange for food.
However, he was not too clear about the market for firearms in this era. The market for food was the simplest. He could just ask in the market.
It was impossible to buy and sell weapons and ammunition without connections. Just as Jiang Yuntian was in a dilemma, An Dexing suddenly visited at this time.
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