"With your current state, you want to kill Eight Banners?”
"Dream on!"
Under Liu Tiechui's kind education, the recruits no longer had the same self-righteous attitude as before. However, they were still very puzzled about digging a hole.
Zhang Zongwu looked at Class President Liu Tiechui and asked,""Then, Class President, can you tell us why you dug a hole here?”
Hearing this, Liu Tiechui immediately waved his hand and said,"Why not? But we have to talk as we dig.”
Hearing this, everyone picked up their shovels and dug hard while listening to Liu Tiechui's words.
"Right now, we are digging a hole here. At the same time, we are also teaching you how to dig a trench and how to build a position!”
"If we go to the battlefield in the future, what if all of you don't know how to do it? Wouldn't we be at a loss?”
Liu Tiechui stomped on the ground and continued,"In the future, this position might be able to deal with the Eight Banners from the north. At that time, we might even fight the Eight Banners in the trenches we built ourselves.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Tiechui only heard a burst of shouts. Seeing this, Liu Tiechui hurriedly smiled bitterly and said,"Don't dig too deep. It's not good to dig too deep.”
The engineer shovel kept touching the ground, shoveling soil to the side.
Not far away, the other classes were doing the same thing.
At this moment, along the main roads of Qingzhou, new troops were constantly arriving to dig trenches.
The Changming Army, which had been through hundreds of battles, did not stop either. They were constantly strengthening their combat strength, which had been reduced due to the transfer of a portion of veterans.
The entire Qingzhou, be it the reserve forces or the reclamation forces, all moved to prevent the Eight Banners from attacking Shandong in time.
All the matters were pushed forward step by step.
Qingzhou City.
Zhu Youqi stood in front of the brick kiln, frowning.
In order to better defend the Eight Banners, Zhu Youqi decided to build a large number of fortifications in Shandong, especially the blockhouses!
For this reason, in order to quickly build a strong defense, Zhu Youqi thought of cement.
Standing in front of the kiln, Zhu Youqi said to the craftsmen beside him,""Put the limestone into the kiln and fire it. The temperature in the kiln must be high.”
The craftsmen at the side immediately nodded and placed baskets after baskets of limestone into the brick kiln to be incinerated.
Zhu Youqi could not remember the concrete ratio of cement, but he still remembered that cement was made of lime and clay.
Under Zhu Youqi's arrangement, the craftsmen opened the kiln one after another and continuously baked the lime. They continuously mixed the lime and clay together and tested it over and over again.
It was not until three days later that Zhu Youqi walked out of the craftsman's shop with a face covered in dust.
Even though he was covered in dust, Zhu You Xin's expression was extremely excited.
After three days and three nights of continuous experiments, they finally found the best ratio of cement.
After finding the ratio, all that was left was to continue mass production.
Naturally, Zhu Youqi didn't need to arrange these things, but new problems immediately appeared.
For example, how to use cement, how to use cement to build fortifications, how to use cement to strengthen the city defense, and so on. Zhu Youqi had to go and guide them one by one.
Time passed little by little as he wished he could split into two.
At the end of December.
At this moment, all the fortifications and trenches in Qingzhou had been completed.
The internal reorganization of the Changming Army was also completed.
The newly recruited captives, new recruits, and a small number of veterans had also completed their training and possessed a certain level of combat strength.
The conference room was once again expanded. At this moment, it was filled with the heads of various departments, as well as the officers above the regimental level. Zhu Youqi looked at the gradually expanding team, and a sense of pride gradually rose in his heart.
Staff officer Han Donghe stood on the podium and was continuously narrating the current strength of their group.
"Everyone, we now have 80,000 combat troops, the combat troops of two armies!”
"At the same time, the reserve force has once again reached 30,000 people. This will provide us with an endless supply of effective strength.”
"The reclamation troops have now broken through the 50,000 mark.”
"When we were about to launch an all-out attack, we already had 160,000 soldiers!”
There was an uproar in the meeting room. Zhu Youqi did not stop him, but he sighed in his heart. From the time he defeated the Eight Banners Army, he had gathered 160,000 people!
Even though this power could not contend with the Eight Banners, it was already a power that could not be ignored in this world!
After a while, the noise gradually died down, and Han Donghe continued to explain with a smile on his face.
"In terms of rations, after our continuous cultivation, restoration of farmland, and continuous purchases from various places, we now have enough food for 160,000 people for a year. Moreover, we have not stopped purchasing food from various places.”
"In terms of finances, of the one million taels of silver that the Imperial Court compensated, we still have five hundred thousand taels of silver left. Although the consumption is relatively large, we have to continue to develop and invest first.”
"In the entire front line of Qingzhou, we have built a large number of defensive fortifications, such as blockhouses and trenches.”
"We have also renovated and strengthened some of the old city walls that are unable to withstand the bombardment.”
"It can be said that the front line of Qingzhou is already impregnable!”
After saying that, Han Donghe turned to look at Zhu Youyou, who was sitting at the side, and said with a smile,""The special forces that His Highness personally commanded are now active in the north, constantly causing powerful damage to the Eight Banners.”
"Now, please continue to hold a meeting for us, Your Highness, and arrange the work for next year.”
As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted.
Zhu Youqi slowly stood up, looked at everyone, and raised his hand.
The applause gradually died down.
Zhu Youxin's gaze swept across everyone's face. The smile on his face began to recede until it finally disappeared.
Zhu Youqi looked at everyone and slowly said,""Just now, Han Donghe told us some delightful news.”
"Then let me tell you some bad news.”
"Next year will be the year that we can continue to fight against the Eight Banners in this world. It will also be the year that we will have the opportunity to develop and grow rapidly.”
The meeting room was silent and everyone was solemn.
With them around, Shandong and Huai 'an were thriving.
However, everyone understood that apart from these two places, whether it was to the south or to the north.
The situation was getting worse by the day!
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