Chapter 7 Reaffirming Martial Law

  Xia Jun and Li Shi Jing walked around outside, when they returned to the village, they saw Old Man Zhang playing Chinese chess with Zhang Si Gou, surrounded by a crowd of people.

  Xia Jun and Li Shi Jing also went over to watch the commotion.

  The old man played chess very slowly, but after watching for a while, Xia Jun put away his contemptuous heart. Zhang Si Gou and the old man were both good at playing chess, at least not comparable to this amateur.

  Xia Jun said to Lin Debao who was watching chess on one side: "Taigong's chess skills are very good!"

  "Yes! In the village, no one can beat him, so he doesn't look for opponents anymore. He only gets interested when he meets a worthy opponent." Lin Debao said with a smile.

  The chess game went on until eight o'clock in the evening, and everyone dispersed. In this era without much entertainment at night, people generally go to bed early and get up early the next day.

  Xia Jun and Li Shi Jing were arranged to live in separate guest rooms. The next morning, Xia Jun got up early, took out the toothbrush and towel he bought from the exchange platform, and washed his face. Li Shi Jing also got up at this time, smelled the toothpaste used by Xia Jun with surprise, and it was obviously more advanced than the toothpaste currently used by Westerners.

  It's amazing how many surprises this guy has in store. After washing up, Xia Jun ran to the empty land at the village head with Li Shiying.

  Eighteen villagers who were selected yesterday have arrived at the empty land. They are naturally very careful about this high-paying job.

  "Attention, everyone!" Xia Jun shouted loudly. There was no response from below, and Xia Jun didn't mind, saying loudly: "Today, our Jianzhou Security Militia is officially established. I, Xia Jun, will personally serve as the commander."

  "Those who join the troop must abide by our military law. First, no rape of women is allowed, violators will be shot dead. Second, all captured goods must be turned over to the public, those who secretly keep them will be shot dead. Third, no stealing or selling of our troop's weapons is allowed, violators will be shot dead. Fourth, no disobeying of orders from our commander is allowed, violators will be shot dead. Fifth, those who flee in battle will be shot dead. Alright, let's recite these five rules together..."

  "First... " Xia Jun repeated the military law in a bored tone, he said one sentence, and the people below him repeated it, this went on for fifteen minutes.

  "Did you all remember?" Xia Jun asked loudly.

  "Got it."

  "Speak louder."

  "Got it!"

  "Haven't you eaten yet? The lady still wants to play the bandit?"

  "Taken note..."

  "Alright, today is the first day of our team's establishment. Everyone eat breakfast first, and there will be a task later." Xia Jun said, and soon had Lin De Bao's servants bring over the prepared dishes.

  These eighteen people in front of me are the only members of the security team at present. A group of mobs, Xia Jun plans to go to Shiniu Mountain today to clean up first, and then use Shiniu Mountain as a base to conduct comprehensive training for these mobs.

  Lin Debao was in charge of logistics supply, and he would be paid accordingly, with some extra compensation.

  While eating, Li Shijin came to Xia Jun's side and whispered to him: "The first three are fine, but the fourth military law is really a tyrannical clause."

  "This is called absolute authority." Xia Jun said seriously, and Li Shijin couldn't help but tease him with a couple of sentences.

  After breakfast, Xia Jun immediately commanded the 18 team members and 23 captured bandits to push several carts of household goods towards Shiniu Mountain.

  From today on, this Shiniu Mountain will be Xia Jun's territory.

  Xia Jun Zheng was thinking, when suddenly a mechanical voice came from beside his ear: "You have activated a new way to earn points - Territory."

  Territory?

  Xia Jun opened the exchange platform to take a look.

  Territory: You can get corresponding points as the territory expands, 200 points for every 1 square kilometer increase. If you lose a territory that has been occupied for more than 15 days, you will lose double points.

  "The territory you occupy is 5 square kilometers, and points can be credited after the 15th..." the platform assistant program prompted.

  "One square kilometer is 200 mu, and one million is two billion. Doesn't China have more than 90 million hectares of land?" Xia Jun rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit dizzy. These were astronomical figures, and for a moment he was overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of his good fortune."

  However, looking at the cultivation base of high-yielding crops for point exchange, it's a bit overwhelming. Just talking about high-yielding rice alone, the 3rd-level high-yielding rice base requires 5 billion points.

  In addition to high-yielding rice, there are also high-yielding soybeans, high-yielding wheat, and high-yielding corn. In addition to crops, there are also livestock such as dairy cows, beef cattle, mutton sheep, broiler chickens, and pigs.

  Alas! It seems like a long and arduous journey ahead!

  ……

  Soon Xia Jun led a group of people up the mountain and set up on Shiniu Mountain.

  As long as there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain on the mountain, the logistics will be temporarily handled by Lin Debao. He has a large network of connections in the local area and has contacts with surrounding villages. The fields of Lin Debao's family are even distributed in Jianyang County. It's not a problem for him to purchase some grain and meat, and Xia Jun is also generous with money.

  Xia Jun looked around on the mountain and quickly decided to repair the warehouse first, Zhang Si Gou and his brothers became free labor.

  But Zhang Sigou came over and negotiated with Xia Jun.

  "Squad leader, look at us brothers, we all have to make a living, if we don't even have a single copper coin, we can't get by! And didn't you say before? Staying with you is doing work, you should give us some consideration, enough for us to barely scrape by. Besides, the brothers won't run away, it's still because they think the squad leader has skills, and want to follow the squad leader." Zhang Si Dog said to Xia Jun

  "Haha! This is a good thing, I'm short of hands. But to make the captain believe you, just one sentence won't do." Xia Jun smiled and shook his head, inwardly crying out in dismay, previously he hadn't made it clear to them that this was free labor, and now there weren't many reliable people on hand, if they continued to suppress Zhang Si Gou and the others, who knows what kind of trouble might arise. Thinking clearly about these things, Xia Jun said to Zhang Si Gou: "As for the wages, don't worry, we're all our own people, I'll give you three silver coins every month, enough to support your family."

  "Thank you, Captain."

  "You go and tell them that this year they should work hard and behave well. Next year, let them join the team, and their monthly salary of six silver dollars will not be less." Xia Jun said.

  "Yes." Zhang Si Dog hurriedly ran to inform the captured bandits, and when they heard of such treatment, each and every one of them was filled with enthusiasm.

  Just as Xia Jun and others had just climbed the mountain, a group of people came down from the mountain. Li Shi Jing took a look and excitedly said that they were sent by her family.