Of course, sending troops to Longlin City wouldn't just involve militiamen. Instead, they could draw a number of regular and deputy soldiers from the Sea Tribe in Haifan City. Of course, they'd also need to send a number of instructors. Not only would they be cooking salt and farming there, but they'd also need to mobilize the surrounding tribes for cooperative operations.
To put it bluntly, the Dragon Scale City branch will also have a militia organization in the future.
The emergence of the militia is indeed a great supplement to the Sea Tribe. Now, when the need arises, there are soldiers available, right? After all, they have been through two years of military training, so they are better than freshly captured soldiers, right?
In fact, Niu Tou and Ma Mian only led 2,000 cavalry this time, and the extra 500 regular soldiers were left in Haifan City, which was also short of people.
As Haifan City transferred away all the militia 'veterans', the losses fell on the Hai tribe. As a result, the harvest share of some tribes with militia quotas began to increase, ranging from 25% to 30% depending on the number of militia. Everyone is happy, right?
Immediately, the militia was called up again, and many were willing. The tribes surrounding the northern and southern divisions were densely populated, and with a simple call, another four thousand able-bodied militiamen appeared. To put it bluntly, the many tribes in this area yearned for the Sea Tribe, making it easier for them to return.
According to the news from Big Bad Wolf, the war over there was not going well. The fighting capacity of the Firebird Tribe was quite good. The scouts found that there were still many members of the Firebird Tribe in the forest. Big Bad Wolf did not dare to rush into the forest.
"Advance and retreat in an orderly manner? What does that mean?" Ma Yue was confused. Did the Firebird Tribe also insist on military training? Aren't the primitive people there said to be uncivilized?
"You charlatan, the intelligence says that the Firebird Tribe actually deployed their infantry in formation against our Sea Tribe's cavalry, including sword and shield soldiers and spearmen. Gray Wolf's cavalry had to maneuver several times before finally breaking up the enemy infantry formation. Clearly, the Firebird Tribe is imitating our military formation."
Harumi continued to report.
"We really can't underestimate others." Ma Yue immediately remembered what the Bing Yueyue sisters had reported. There was a powerful tribe deep in the southern prairie, and their weapons were even more powerful than those of the Hai tribe.
"Gray Wolf lost five or six hundred cavalrymen that time. I'm afraid they can't hold out." Chun Wu meant that the troops were too few. Didn't Gray Wolf say that there were still many Firebird tribe members in the forest? If they really broke in, they would be fighting on their home turf. With insufficient troops, wouldn't that be nonsense?
"Damn it! Why are there so many troubles?" One after another, "Let Gray Wolf handle it himself. Don't come back for the time being. Qiu Haicheng has too few troops. We can send more troops when needed."
"I understand!" It turned out that Qiu Haicheng only had about 2,000 men, which was too few. At least there were still 1,000 militiamen left from the Gray Wolf's group, which gave him some confidence.
Ma Yue left Gray Wolf behind. He didn't want to fight anymore, but if the Firebird Tribe went too far, Ma Yue wouldn't mind making a big move. "If you piss me off, I'll send an army of eight or nine thousand to kill you."
"What's going on in Dragon Scale City?"
"We landed in the city smoothly. Niutou has already started organizing the surrounding tribes to cooperate in farming. It's going pretty smoothly."
"Is that all?" Ma Yue's main concern wasn't the saltwater lake. First, you had to be able to farm. With two thousand cavalrymen, there wouldn't be enough manpower to farm. Cooperation with the surrounding tribes was necessary. A large animal required at least two people working together.
"Niutou means that Dragon Scale City is too far from the saltwater lake. We can land in Taki City and don't need to enter Taki City. In this way, it will be convenient to transport to the sea nearby."
"That's fine. We're invited by the grassland people, right? We're not entering their Taki City, so why not?" The Salt Lake is near Taki City, and Dragon Scale City is in West Water Bay, too far away. Besides, the Sea Tribe boils salt in large concrete basins and stoves, and they have to transport lime.
"Let Lu Yin's fleet go and haul the white ash to cooperate with the Niutou and Mamian. From now on, his fleet will be permanently stationed on Donghai Island." Ma Yue said, "Let Niutou and Mamian do their job well, and we'll send more troops to him before the spring plowing next year."
Letting the Bull Head and Horse Face take the lead was also a kind of example. It turned out that the leaders of other tribes could also lead their own tribes after submitting to the Sea Tribe. They were originally from the same tribe, so it was not a problem for them to cooperate.
"God damn it, the winter wheat harvest is here."
"Hey, good news!" Ma Yue was happy. No matter how much the yield per mu is, it is still wheat, right?
Originally, Haifan City didn't plant many acres of winter wheat. Ma Yue worked hard for a few days, personally directing the wheat harvest, and then went to the tool city to buy the stone mill he had built.
My classmates in the countryside have that thing at home. The principle is not complicated. I don't expect large-scale production, so I just crank the stone mill by hand.
The traditional stone mill is made of two round stones that have been hammered, chiseled and carved with an axe. Both plates are large stones of a certain thickness that are carved into flat cylinders by hand. The two plates are chiseled with oblique lines, which are called grinding teeth.
It's very difficult to build such a stone mill. However, in order to satisfy the taste buds of the charlatan, no matter how difficult it is, it has to be done.
Everyone followed the charlatan and watched as the wheat ears flowed through the millstone eye into the mill chamber, evenly distributed around, ground into powder, and flowed through the gap onto the millstone.
As the upper fan of the stone mill rotates, its grinding teeth engage and stagger with the grinding teeth of the lower fan, forming a very small lifting and lowering motion. As a result, a momentary tooth gap appears between the upper and lower fans, allowing the processed grain to continuously enter the grinding teeth through the holes in the upper fan.
"White flour!" Ma Yue almost burst into tears. His buddy could finally eat fine grains.
"Chef, everything is ready. Just steam some buns the same way as you steam corn buns. I want to eat them!" With fresh yeast, steaming buns is of course a piece of cake.
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