It doesn't matter if the fire doesn't burn cleanly, we have a lot of people, right? Whether it's pulling it out or shoveling it out, as long as we work hard, we will eventually clear suitable land for farming.
Every inch of arable land is the product of the sweat of the working people. Too much trouble? Then you can't farm here your whole life, and you'll have to rely on fruit for survival forever. That's ridiculous, isn't it?
The bushes were almost burned, and the cavalry moved out again. With less resistance, it was much easier.
The cavalry scouts returned after running for a day or two, which shows that the distance to burn the wasteland was still very far.
Ma Yue returned. After burning the wasteland, there was nothing left. How could we cultivate the land? Haifan City needed to send a large number of plows. They also needed to send more horses.
It's still unclear what exactly Lingguo Island is suitable for growing. The Agriculture Bureau has sent a large number of professionals to Lingguo Island, and the specific suitable crops will be roughly determined in the next two years.
After rotating out two thousand captives from the Lingguo Island branch, two thousand able-bodied men with good faith power were sent from Haifan City to the Lingguo Island branch. While Ma Yue was cultivating, he began to talk about converting these prisoners of war.
However, most of these prisoners were from the small tribes of Oak Bay and West Water Bay, and generally speaking, they didn't have a strong sense of belonging to the Dragon Scale Tribe and the Taki Tribe. Furthermore, after this defeat, facing the powerful Sea Tribe, they were relatively quick to return.
Everyone is busy with post-war reconstruction, so Ma Yue can't afford to be lazy, right? Fortunately, these prisoners are in Haifan City, which is close and convenient.
These prisoners worked during the day, and after dinner, they received about half an hour of "ideological education" from Ma Yue...
A week later, the salt-making team had over a hundred more men, sent by Ma Yue. It's been so long, and you still don't have any faith? Typical ungodly people.
"Charlatan, there are already 500 of these ungodly elements in several batches. How about I take them to Xishui Bay to exchange them for our naval prisoners?" Shang Yin said.
"Good idea, I'll leave it to you." With so many diehards, staying here would ultimately be a hidden danger. Shang Yin, the Minister of Commerce, was quite qualified.
As for the thing about cooking salt, it’s no longer a secret. Just take it away.
"Shuichong, continue the rotation and eliminate the hidden dangers of the Lingguo Island branch as soon as possible."
"Will the Lingguo Island branch rotate another 2,000 people?" Shuichong asked.
"Yes, there are so many ungodly people. If something unexpected happens during the war, the harm will be too great."
"Okay!" Shuichong began to mobilize naval vessels. The Lingguo Island branch is now the boss. It would be a pity if it were lost.
"Second priest, transport some large livestock and sheep over there. The burning over there has cleared a lot of land. Even if there's a lot of shrubs, the sheep will eat anything, so it's easy to graze there."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." The second priest nodded.
"The Lingguo Island branch's farmland is still in its initial stages of exploration, so we don't need that many able-bodied men. We'll leave two to three thousand men in Haifan City for now, and we'll make arrangements once the Lingguo Island branch's agriculture and animal husbandry are on track." The Lingguo Island branch's labor utilization rate is indeed very low. "Specifically, you can decide what to do."
"Second Priest, you should go to the Lingguo Island branch in person and tell Wang Chao, the head of the civil affairs department, where has his initiative gone? Ask him to make a plan for the future development of the civil affairs department of the Lingguo Island branch." Ma Yue said this to express his dissatisfaction with Wang Chao, the head of the civil affairs department of the Lingguo Island branch.
If Ma Yue had to personally discover and order everything, what would you, the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, do? With such an obvious problem of idle labor, you, the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, must first come up with a solution.
"Okay! This time, I will go with the boat." The second priest felt the anger of the charlatans. The charlatans said that there was no need for roughly two to three thousand able-bodied laborers, which showed that the waste of labor in the Lingguo Island branch was huge.
"Gray Wolf, the training of these captured recruits is now up to you. They must adapt to the combat mode of our Sea Tribe."
"Don't worry, charlatan, our rotation training has never stopped." Is this what Wolfy does?
This is great. Everyone has their own responsibilities, and Ma Yue can worry less.
After two rotations, almost all the soldiers and deputy soldiers in Haifan City were transferred to the Lingguo Island branch. As for the remaining soldiers and deputy soldiers in Haifan City, almost all of them were transformed from prisoners.
The ungodly elements were thrown to Shang Yin as bargaining chips.
After capturing six thousand people, including more than nine hundred disbelievers, and clearing out so many unstable factors, Ma Yue finally felt relieved.
The salt-making team has been severely downsized. That's fine. There are plenty of elderly and weak people in Haifan City who can make salt. Why would we need those ungodly elements? We have no shortage of workers.
The main reason is that the Hai tribe is not short of people, and Ma Yue does not have that much time and patience to naturalize the captives.
Hai Rui's efforts paid off. The Otter Tribe from East Water Bay came to trade, surprisingly bringing a large number of sea beast hides. Since they were useful, they could be exchanged. Perhaps East Water Bay's fishing industry was more developed, so they had more sea beast hides than they could use.
You think you have too many ships? That's nonsense. After all, the population of a large tribe is limited. It can't support too many navies. When the navy reaches a certain size, where are the people to expand it? You can't have a tribe with only navies, right?
Even with the Sea Tribe's massive population, the navy alone only comprised a little over a thousand able-bodied men, with the remainder essentially consisting of marines. When the navy needed to fight, the marines served as the primary archers on board; when the army needed to fight, they could also participate. To put it bluntly, the goal was to conserve the navy's manpower and focus on amphibious operations.
Everyone has a limited number of able-bodied men, and the Sea Tribe is no exception. The navy is important, but production still needs to take place on land, right? Farming and animal husbandry on land are the foundation of survival.
The Sea Tribe has the Marine Corps, but other tribes do not, so the navy needs more able-bodied men.
Ma Yue was not entirely satisfied with the current trebuchets, primarily due to their lack of accuracy and waste of fuel. Therefore, current naval warfare still relied primarily on archers' rocket attacks, with muskets also being used where possible.
Aside from a few trebuchets on the walls of Haifan City, the other tribes had no equipment at all. What a waste!
Many cities and branches will have to be abandoned once the fighting breaks out. Why install catapults? Wouldn't it just give the enemy an advantage?
Why is there only a catapult on the top of Haifan City? Haifan City has so many people, you can't take it down, right?
Shang Yin, the Minister of Commerce, did a really good job. Through the exchange of prisoners, the navy of the Sea Tribe returned as many as eight or nine hundred people, including more than two hundred experienced sailors, which is a huge fortune.
Ma Yue gathered these prisoners and comforted them, saying that their defeat and capture were not their personal fault.
Not bad. These captives did not lose their power of faith just because they were captured, and they still have a strong sense of belonging to the Sea Tribe.
After all, the strength of the Sea Tribe has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if you suffer a defeat occasionally, in the end, your Dragon Scale City will still be captured by the Sea Tribe. The final victory still belongs to the Sea Tribe.
The stronger your tribe is, the better your sense of belonging will be.
Why are captives from small tribes easier to naturalize? If their own tribes are not strong, how can they have such a strong sense of belonging?
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