Chapter 338 Winter Operation
Discussions with Zhou Xu always opened her mind, which also made Zhuang Mengdie's admiration for their leader even stronger.
In Zhuang Mengdie's view today, the wisdom of their leader is almost comparable to that of the 'Old Gods'.
Of course Zhou Xu didn't know that he was already on an equal footing with the 'Old God' in Zhuang Mengdie's place. After clarifying some key points of the three-bow crossbow on the design drawing, the next research and development work would obviously have to be handed over to Zhuang Mengdie, and there was basically no room for him to interfere.
After turning around and leaving the equipment department, the two of them had this discussion, which lasted for quite some time.
When passing by the cafeteria, Zhou Xu had already heard the noise. Dinner had already started to be cooked in the cafeteria.
He didn't plan to be idle during this time before dinner, so he wandered around Black Moon Village.
Although he had just been to Black Moon Village a few days ago, time was tight at the time and he was racing against time. He hardly had time to rest. He dismounted to catch his breath and then quickly got back on his horse to continue on his journey.
Therefore, the inspection work here has not been done for a long time.
After a round of visits, Black Moon Village is still the largest village among the villages under his command. After it was basically completed, the main work of the engineering team began to shift to other villages.
This also led to the fact that in Black Moon Village, there have not been many changes over such a long period of time.
After dinner, Zhou Xu went to bed early. After a night's rest, he went to the recruit training camp located on the outskirts of Black Moon Village early the next morning.
Zhou Xu just watched the training of the new recruits from a distance and did not disturb them.
He turned around and found another recruit instructor who happened to be on leave in the training camp and asked about the training situation of the recruits.
"How are the new recruits training now?"
"Reporting to the leader, the physical fitness of these new recruits is very good, and all the training can be basically completed smoothly."
After getting this answer, Zhou Xu nodded with satisfaction.
"Tell me, if I send them directly to the battlefield, will they be able to do it?"
As soon as Zhou Xu asked this question, the recruit instructor's body tensed up unconsciously.
After a slight hesitation, he spoke.
"It depends on who you're fighting against."
Zhou Xu listened and pointed in a direction.
"The primitive tribe on the other side of the mountain."
The recruit instructor was visibly relieved after receiving this answer.
"That should work."
The instructors for the new recruits here are basically veterans who were injured and retired from the front lines. They have a very good idea of who they are fighting against now.
If these new recruits were allowed to go to the grassland and fight those lizardmen, they would most likely be sent to their deaths.
But if the target is changed to a primitive tribe deep in the mountains, the situation will be different.
They have fought against primitive tribes before, even those like the Barbarian Stone Tribe that occupied an entire mountain and claimed to be the overlord.
Generally speaking, warriors of primitive tribes are not as good as them in physical fitness, and they also don’t have the energy to train. Their basic combat capabilities are probably not as good as theirs, not to mention their equipment.
This group of new recruits cannot defeat the Lizardmen, but after equipping themselves with equipment, they should be more than enough to fight against the primitive tribes.
Obviously, judging from the current situation, they will not be able to sit idle this winter.
Last winter, considering that incorporating people would increase his food burden, Zhou Xu waited until the beginning of spring to officially mobilize his troops.
But these are extraordinary times, so he has to use extraordinary measures.
He had to complete the annexation of the population and the training of soldiers in one go this winter in preparation for the fierce battle that would take place in the spring!
"Very good. Tomorrow morning, we will distribute equipment to the new recruits, and then set off on ox carts and transfer them all to Tieshan Village!"
"yes!"
After Zhou Xu left, the recruit instructor announced this matter directly to the recruits.
After a period of strict military training, the recruits had emotions that fluctuated greatly after hearing the news, but they did not make a fuss.
Some were nervous, some were excited.
There is no doubt that they all know that war is about to begin!
During this period, Zhou Xu, who had left the recruit training camp, did not return to Black Moon Village, but rode a horse to Salt Lake Village.
Compared with the distance from Grassland Village to Black Moon Village, the distance from Black Moon Village to Salt Lake Village is undoubtedly closer.
Compared to the Black Moon Village, where the overall atmosphere is relatively quiet after the winter, the Salt Lake Village is still busy.
There is no way. The most important job in Salt Lake Village is mining ore, and mining is a job that is not seasonal.
Especially for coal mines, the demand will become higher after winter than in other seasons.
Therefore, coal miners' income in winter is often higher than in other seasons. For them, winter is the peak season.
After passing through the outer mine, Zhou Xu came directly into the village.
"Teacher Wang."
"leader."
Seeing Zhou Xu coming, Wang Dong felt a little surprised, but he slowly bowed to Zhou Xu.
"By the way, the flag you ordered earlier has been made."
As he spoke, Wang Dong spread out the flag he had already made.
Because the material used is linen, the texture of the flag is naturally not something that can be described as fine, but it is still made quite well.
Wang Dong probably made it for him based on the style of ancient flags. The fabric was dyed black with plant dyes, and then a word was embroidered on it with undyed linen. However, the word looked a bit strange, and did not look like the simplified or traditional Chinese characters he remembered.
"Could the word embroidered on the flag be Zhou?"
Although he couldn't understand it, it didn't stop him from guessing. Zhou Xu felt that his guess was almost right.
And this was indeed the case. Wang Dong nodded quickly.
"Yes, it's the seal script of '周'. I originally wanted to use simplified characters, but after I finished it, I felt that it was not quite right. And I happened to know a little bit about seal script, so I changed the character '周' to seal script. After trying it, the effect was indeed much better."
It is not difficult to hear from Wang Dong's tone that he is very satisfied with the flag he designed.
Zhou Xu also thought that the flag was good, so he decided on it right away.
"When does the leader plan to hold the founding ceremony?"
Wang Dong can be said to be very interested in this kind of thing.
But Zhou Xu didn't care much.
"Do we need to hold any ceremony? Can't I just issue an order and notify all places?"
"Chief, you are wrong. The point of the ceremony is to make the people feel the importance of this matter. The primitive people of this era do not understand this."
"So, the more you show your respect, the more your people will naturally respect the country of 'Da Zhou', and they will develop a sense of belonging to defend 'Da Zhou' and share honor and disgrace with 'Da Zhou'!"
Wang Dong's words sounded logical, but it was undeniable that Zhou Xu felt that there was some truth in what he said.
"Then let's do it before spring. I don't have the time now."
(End of this chapter)
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