The scorching sun hung above his head and baked the earth. Fu Yuanming wiped the sweat off his forehead and went into the mountains to pick herbs as usual along the rugged path.
When he arrived at Goose Feather Ridge, a few strange buildings in the valley ahead attracted his attention.
"I remember that these big houses weren't here the last time I came here.”
Looking at the tall building in the distance, Fu Yuanming smacked his lips in confusion.
The tall buildings of the Red Alert Base were definitely a novelty to the people of this era, not to mention Fu Yuanming, who had never left the mountains.
He was so focused on going forward to find out what was going on that he didn't notice that four figures were quietly approaching him.
"Stop! Don't move!"
The sudden shout frightened Fu Yuanming.
Unknowingly, four soldiers with steel guns had appeared beside him.
Fu Yuanming had always been an honest mountain man. He had never seen such a battle. He was so frightened that he sat on the ground and shouted,
"General, I'm a good man. Please spare my life.”
……
Up until now, the base's source of funding had been relying on the mining vehicle to collect ores 24 hours a day. Fortunately, the mining vehicle was a product of the base. Otherwise, if it were to operate continuously for 24 hours a day, most of the equipment would have gone on strike long ago.
The income of 4000 yuan a day was equivalent to 4000 yuan. If it was calculated in the future, 4000 yuan was equivalent to 1200000 yuan.
A million a day, just thinking about it made people excited.
However, 4000 yuan was not enough to satisfy his needs.
The price of 100 gold coins per soldier was not enough for the military camp to recruit soldiers 24 hours a day.
Moreover, you have to eat, drink, and pee, right? Food also costs money.
Fortunately, the base could directly exchange for individual rations. 10 servings of rations for a day only cost 1 point, which was not expensive. There was no shortage of food, but the taste was not very good.
Zhong Yu recruited 35 soldiers per day, and the remaining 500 yuan per day was used to buy rations and reserve.
Within a week, there were more than 240 troops. For this reason, Zhong Yu temporarily reorganized the existing troops and set up an infantry battalion.
Each squad had 10 soldiers, one squad leader and one deputy squad leader, a total of 12 people. The third squad was a platoon, with one platoon leader and one deputy platoon leader, a total of 38 people. The third platoon was a company, with four company communications officers, one company commander and one deputy company commander, a total of 120 people. The third company was a battalion, and there were 30 guards directly under the battalion headquarters. However, there were only five people now.
There were 245 people in the entire battalion, and he was the battalion commander. The 1st and 2nd companies were full, and the 3rd company was to be built.
Because the army was newly formed and had all the new recruits, the establishment of the army was very simple and crude. The equipment was also miserable. Other than the initial equipment of the individual Mauser rifles and grenades, there were only an additional 5 light machine guns of the Soviet style. It was considered heavy equipment. Company 1 and Company 2 were assigned two each, and the remaining one was given to the guard platoon.
In the transmigrator army, there was no one else who had such shabby equipment other than Zhong Yu.
……
Today's daily security was the responsibility of Company 1, Platoon 1, and Platoon 2. Each time, there was a shift of security personnel, and they would change shifts every four hours. Right now, it was the responsibility of Squad 3.
Ten minutes ago, Zhang Kai, the squad leader of Squad 3 who was responsible for the security mission, discovered Fu Yuanming who was picking herbs on the mountain. As the other party was dressed like a mountain villager and did not carry any weapons, he did not immediately take control of him. He only brought the other three soldiers and quietly followed him until he saw the base. Only then did they appear and detain him.
Looking at Fu Yuanming who was being controlled and begging for mercy, Zhang Kai's poker face did not change at all. He only ordered the two soldiers beside him,
"The two of you, escort this person to the commander immediately and hand him over to the commander to deal with personally.”
After receiving the order, the two soldiers ignored Fu Yuanming, who kept begging for mercy. They carried him on both sides and walked towards the base.
Not long after, Zhong Yu received a report from the soldiers that they had captured an outsider. He immediately rushed over out of curiosity. After all, he had been here for so many days and had yet to come into contact with the local residents.
In a temporary wooden house, Zhong Yu looked at the humanoid creature that was tied up like a dumpling from head to toe.
Was there a need to…
However, when he looked at the two expressionless Red Alert soldiers standing behind him, Zhong Yu gave up on educating them and ordered them to be untied.
Perhaps it was self-confidence or arrogance, but Zhong Yu did not believe that the frightened local in front of him could hurt him. After his body was modified, he was very confident in his current state.
He ordered the warrior to pull a chair over for the other party to sit down before saying,"
"Uncle, you don't have to be afraid. We're not bad people. I'm just an overseas Chinese who has returned to China to build some factories. These soldiers are just some guards arranged by my family.”
When he said this, Shi Yu felt a little embarrassed. Who had ever seen someone tie someone up like a dumpling when they invited someone?
Fu Yuanming felt that it was a mistake to go up the mountain to pick herbs today. First, he was inexplicably caught, and then he was inexplicably tied up into a dumpling. Fortunately, the young man in military uniform in front of him looked good.
"Then... Boss, what do you want to know?”
Fu Yuanming stuttered.
" It's like this. I want to open some factories, but I don't know much about the local area. This should be the place where the Li people live. I don't know if opening a factory will violate the taboos of the locals. Besides, opening a factory requires a lot of workers. Are the local villagers willing to come to work? Of course, they will have to pay wages."
Zhong Yu replied unhurriedly.
Zhong Yu did not open the factory on a whim. He had asked Xiao Mei before. The local area was where the Li people gathered. He did not know if the local residents were xenophobic.
Admittedly, he was not worried about the threat that the local residents would pose to him if they were xenophobic. However, it was definitely not happy that there were always people who were against him behind his back.
Moreover, he was planning to recruit soldiers here. If he offended the local residents, what was the point of recruiting soldiers? Was he going to recruit soldiers like Old Jiang? He couldn't do this.
As an outsider, it was undoubtedly a good way to open a factory and increase the income of the local residents to increase the distance between them.
Most importantly, there was an icon of a civilian factory on the control panel of the base.
This was undoubtedly a great convenience for Zhong Yu. Once the factory was opened, it would also provide Zhong Yu with a new source of funds.
Speaking of which, the Red Alert base's production methods for civilian products were somewhat different from military equipment.
The production of military equipment was mostly automated. However, civilian products were different. The base only provided factory equipment, and official production required personnel to operate.
Hearing that Zhong Yu was planning to build a factory, Fu Yuanming immediately became interested.
The oppression of the local tyrants and the occasional plunder of the bandits on the mountain made the lives of the local people not optimistic. When he heard that there was a chance to make his family's life better, he certainly did not want to miss the opportunity.
"This…Little Boss, do you really plan to open a factory here? There were people who built factories here before, but in the end, their families were destroyed by bandits.”
Although Fu Yuanming really hoped that the little boss would open a factory here, he still reminded him kindly after thinking about the previous mistakes.
"Oh? There are bandits in this area? How were the weapons and equipment of the members? Tell me in detail."
Zhong Yu's interest was piqued as soon as he heard that there were bandits nearby. It was not only to prevent accidents, but more importantly, he wanted his soldiers to grow quickly. The most direct way to grow quickly was to go to the battlefield. Learning in war was always the most effective. Using the weaker bandits as a starting point to train soldiers could not only let the soldiers see blood, but also not bring about huge casualties.
Bandits were always bandits, and a regular army was a regular army. This mountain was not easy to jump over.
Looking at the excited Zhong Yu in front of him, Fu Yuanming was a little stunned. Perhaps this young master of a rich family had been overseas for too long and did not know how terrifying bandits were. However, when he thought about how they had guards, each of them holding a high-quality steel gun, and grenades hanging from their waists, he said,
"En, there are three groups of bandits in our area. The nearest one is the largest group of bandits in Piggy Ridge. The leader seems to be called Huang Xing, and he claims to have 800 bandits. I'm not too sure about their weapons and equipment, but every time they rob our village, hundreds of people come with guns. They burn, kill, and rob. They commit all kinds of evil. I have a cousin who was killed by them.”
The more Fu Yuanming spoke, the more agitated he became. Thinking of the evil deeds of the bandits, he wished he could go and skin those damn bandits right now.
"Don't be agitated. Speak slowly."
Zhong Yu reminded him.
Fu Yuan paused for a moment and calmed himself down before continuing,
"There are two other groups of bandits. They are relatively far away and relatively weak. One is in Changling and the other is in Maling. They both have about three to four hundred people.”
"How about this, I will send a squad of soldiers to send you back first and investigate the actual situation of the bandits. Take these few dollars as compensation for your mental damage.”
Before Fu Yuanming could react, the soldier beside him pulled him up and led him out of the military camp.
After sending out a squad of soldiers to follow Fu Yuanming back, Zhong Yu began to consider.
"If I want to open a factory, I have to deal with the bandits. Moreover, clearing the bandits can earn military points. These mobs will definitely become a stepping stone on my path to rise!……However, there seem to be a lot of people."
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