The crossing starts from the Datang Shuanglong

Chapter 22 Building a Camp
It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish.

From ancient times to the present, if you want to guarantee the food and logistics of the army, the best way is actually to find a piece of land for farming, farming rice fields, fishing and grazing, as a foundation.

In fact, Chu Tianxiu had this idea when he was in Yangzhou, when he wanted to fight for the position of the leader of the Jiangyin branch of the Zhuhua Gang.

Since Chu Tianxiu wanted to use the thieves in the river to develop a navy, he naturally thought about the base area.

However, the place he originally wanted to be stationed was not this Hudou Island, but the Zhoushan Islands, which were farther away from here.

His eyes can see farther and more accurately.Two years later, after the death of Emperor Sui Yang and the complete demise of the Great Sui Dynasty, the world will be completely disrupted and officially enter the era of vassal hegemony, Chu Tianxiu may follow Li Mi, Du Fuwei and others to lead an uprising , separate one side, and compete in the world.

But before that, Chu Tianxiu was still unwilling to make a big move, so he set his sights on the Zhoushan Islands on the southeast coast, and stationed farms there as a base

In terms of geographical advantages, it is actually not as good as the Zhoushan Islands in the future, which will have great profits in fishing and salt, and will become a "land of wealth in the world" in the future. Moreover, in terms of land area, it is indeed slightly smaller.

But if you want to develop overseas.It is necessary to rely on the resources of the mainland, so the route is naturally as close as possible, and it is easier to transport other materials. Hu Douzhou is adjacent to Jiangyin, so it is very close to the mainland, and its geographical environment is much superior to that of the Zhoushan Islands. .

Today, the core of Chinese civilization is still the Central Plains with Chang'an and Luoyang as the core. The south has not been fully developed, and there are large areas of wasteland that have not been reclaimed. Deserted islands like Hudouzhou are naturally even less developed.

On this Hudou Island, it was not immediately controlled by the establishment of a town by the Sui Dynasty, and it was still a truly wild land.

Therefore, although the land on this island is very fertile, there are only about two or three thousand residents scattered here and there. They camp here and grow peas (broad beans) for a living. Most of them are to avoid the turmoil, The refugees and water bandits who were extorted by officials and exploited by landlords.

Two-thirds of them even hid on this island in order to avoid corvee and military service after Emperor Sui Yang ascended the throne.

Not only are there few people on this island, but they are also scattered here and there. There are not many irons and weapons in hand, so that even Da Jianghui's greedy temperament is too lazy to plunder those refugees. Naturally, Chu Tianxiu Don't even take them to heart.

To put it bluntly, if there were more residents and villages on this island, and more land could be reclaimed, then it would be easier for them to hold the navy.

The big fire a few days ago burned half of the Dajiang Society to ashes, so after thinking about it for a while, Chu Tianxiu ordered to clean up all the ruins of the Dajiang Society's buildings, and then replace them with the original ones. With the land as the core, after expanding the area by five times, wooden walls and fences were built outside to build a new villa.

No, to be precise, he is building a new city this time.

Building a town from scratch is naturally not an easy task, and all aspects need to be considered.Just a housing problem is difficult for ordinary people to solve.

Fortunately, in the initial stage of construction, there is no need to think too much about the living environment, only the sleeping problem is good, so Chu Tianxiu just separated out [-] township naval soldiers and all the prisoners of the Dajiang Society, let them work together, Cut down the forest.

Anyone who is familiar with European history or has tried games in other time periods can find that the houses they live in are relatively simple and rough. Exquisite so much.

But this is also good, the house can be said to be built very quickly, and a carpenter who knows the craft can quickly build a house as long as there are enough people.

As for the time in the future, Chu Tianxiu will naturally have people burn earth into bricks, mix volcanic ash and limestone, grind out a batch of cement ash as filler, use them to build standard houses, and replace these houses.

……

"Kakkaka!"

Chu Tianxiu is not the kind of person who sits back and enjoys his wealth, so he is willing to take the lead in building a city wall.

In particular, Chu Tianxiu found that he might have killed too many people recently. Not only was the murderous aura on his body getting heavier and heavier, but there was even an inexplicable smell of blood emerging from his hands, so that even if he smiled at people , It will also make that person feel shuddering, and there is a faint trace of demonic existence.

Chu Tianxiu could vaguely feel that this might be something wrong with his character, but it was just not to the point of becoming obsessed.

In the past, Chu Tianxiu didn't pay much attention to the problem of state of mind. Even if he secretly practiced the mental method of "Jing Zhongyue", it was a subconscious imitation, not a real need.

In his previous battles, the level of mental state can't really affect his fighting ability.But perhaps it was because Chu Tianxiu's cultivation had reached a bottleneck, so the problem of her state of mind suddenly became prominent.

At this time, it is beneficial to do some work such as logging, relax a little, relieve emotions, and get close to nature.

After he walked up to a thigh-thick tree trunk, he just took a deep breath, and with a 'clang' sound, the long knife in his hand flashed a flash of light, and instantly cut the big tree in front of him by the roots broken.

Accompanied by the creaking sound, a big tree fell down like this, and after the tree fell, seven or eight town navy soldiers who followed him quickly went into battle with knives and axes.A bang of ping-pong-pong cut off the upper branches.

quickly!

A simple log appeared on the spot, followed by two burly Zhuhua Gangbang, each of them carried it away.

Perhaps because practice makes perfect, Chu Tianxiu felled faster and faster.

At the beginning, it took him at least two or three minutes to cut down a big tree, but then he almost maintained the speed of cutting down three trees in one minute. Rest for more than ten seconds, and then cut down another tree.

With such rapid efficiency, more and more refugees followed him, almost five or sixty people, but even if so many people followed him to deal with the trees felled by Chu Tianxiu, they still couldn't catch up with Chu Tianxiu Show efficiency.

So that in the end, Chu Tianxiu was surrounded by refugees who were responsible for carrying the logs back, all of them were sweating profusely.

"This seems to be a way to practice swords!"

Under Chu Tianxiu's rise, after cutting hundreds of trees in a row, he didn't take a break until he realized that the people behind him couldn't keep up with his progress.

During this free moment, Chu Tianxiu faintly recalled a strange feeling when he was cutting wood just now, and thought about it in his heart.

The earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

Perhaps it was because after Chu Tianxiu suddenly relaxed from the tense state of mind, he just cut down a few more trees. He was familiar with the rhythm of cutting down trees, and somehow he felt a little bit of comprehension.

It was as if his state of mind had been wiped a few times with a clean rag, and some dust on it had been lightly brushed away, and it suddenly became a little brighter.

This kind of harvest may not be able to directly enhance Chu Tianxiu's hard power, but it will give Chu Tianxiu a little more "smartness" and "details" in his sword skills, which is enough for Chu Tianxiu to compete with Song Shidao next time. At that time, there were a few more changes in the knife technique.

(End of this chapter)