Chapter 55: Astonishing Speed

  "This should be the strength of a mid-term Refiner, if it's really possible, leading an army of 50,000 would be absolutely no problem, and in that case, our military's most urgently needed general talent would have been found! Just thinking about it is exciting!"

  Zhang Xu's eyes had an excited look, a mid-term general of the Refining Qi and Spiritualizing stage was indeed enough to make him somewhat agitated.

  "If they have already left, then it's a tragedy, hopefully they haven't left yet!"

  Zhang Xu's mood became anxious, he thought a lot in his heart, and felt some regret. He should have thought of it long ago, but now that he did, his heart was somewhat dimmed by the thought of this talented person's ambition.

  "Hmm, it should not be in Chang County, there is no such cloud pattern. It seems that even if we discover it early, there's nothing we can do about it. We can only think of a solution after unifying the Donglai Commandery. Even if we find it now, it would be pointless!"

  Thinking of this, Zhang Xu's mood calmed down, and he also had some self-mockery. He thought that he was indeed a great general, but now after three years of development, he already had such strength, which was not easy to come by. His mentality slowly relaxed, and he stopped worrying about this matter, instead focusing on the preparations for the entire army.

  Although it is said that Donglai County has no powerful forces and each governs itself, other lords also look down on it, and the remaining counties have countless refugees. However, when attacking, one must still be fully prepared, strategically despising the enemy but tactically taking them seriously.

  At this time, Zhang Xu collected his emotions and had someone send him intelligence continuously. At this point, he could see that his cloud energy, whether it was the current cloud energy pattern or his innate cloud energy, was already deep red and unparalleled, as usual without any problems.

  As expected, after the intelligence arrived, Zhang Xu showed a smile. At the same time as the autumn harvest, Guan Hai and Wu Qing also observed to confirm the situation of the soldiers they were about to recruit. They were very satisfied with the training of the militia for more than half a year.

  They have the foundation of old believers, and they serve as Jiazheng households to arrange militia training. These militiamen, although trained only once a decade, can eat their fill and drink enough, and sometimes even have fish and meat supplements, so their physical fitness is slowly becoming extremely strong, not inferior to the regular soldiers of other marquises. Although it's said that they are still slightly inferior to the previous militia, and the training time afterwards will not be too long, but I believe that having experienced the war in Donglai County is enough to make them become veteran soldiers!

  This is the benefit of having sufficient food and a stable foundation. In just over half a year, it's enough to provide excellent soldier seeds. With just one battle, they can become seasoned veterans. Although they may not be as good as the Qinglin Town Militia who were trained directly to become old soldiers, they have also become strong.

  In this era, that lord could make the people under his command eat fine grains every day, without having to supplement with wild vegetables, and even had meat. To be honest, the treatment of soldiers by the lords was not as good as this, which is also why Zhang Heng's beliefs could spread quickly and stabilize the hearts of the people, subtly influencing them, so that his subordinates had long regarded him as a god.

  "It seems that Guan Hai and Wu Qing, the two generals, are indeed sincere. Now that the candidates are ready, they can be quickly recruited into the camp after the autumn harvest. This is a matter of great urgency, and it's clear that the stimulation for these two generals is also huge. Of course, this is my good fortune. Although these two generals are not top-notch, Guan Hai has the potential to become a great general. With such dedication, I am blessed to have such subordinates supporting my Taoist faith, which will surely achieve great success one day!"

  A sharp glint flashed in Zhang Xu's eyes.

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  "Come on, Master Xian's ideal is to protect the world and let all people live a good life. How can we be tired? We work overtime for our own sake as well as for Master Xian!"

  In the wilderness, in a small piece of land, the head of a peasant household shouted with all his might, directing everyone to work together, dividing labor and continuously harvesting grain.

  Harvesting the harvest, bundling the bundles, transporting the transportation. It can be said that with one jia as the foundation, each jia is divided into thousands of mu of land, continuously harvesting, one mu of land at a time. This household has already completed the harvest of 600 mu of land in just over ten days, but they are still not satisfied. This achievement is only mediocre among everyone, out of more than 600 jias, this jia is nothing special. Among them, there is the powerful Jia Zheng, who has already led his own people to complete their task and is now helping to build a camp.

  But the distribution of food is divided according to merit and contribution, which is also one of the reasons why Jia Zheng is anxious. Of course, more importantly, they deeply understand Zhang Xu's great cause, even the army is working hard, they naturally know what it means!

  "Come on, come on!"

  Some little kids, losing the fallen grains, this era is not like modern times, when harvesting, a lot of grain falls to the ground, and no one takes care of it. In this era, every single grain of rice is precious, so these little kids, without much strength, can still play their part in this task.

  Of course, most of these children are from households with a surplus of food, after all only these old believers have enough grain to feed their families.

  One by one, in the vast fields, a large number of good farmlands were slowly harvested. In just ten days, with everyone's utmost effort, an astonishing 4 million mu of grain was harvested, which is enough to show their hard work!

  "Everyone is working hard, there are still thirty mu left, let's try to finish it today!"

  At this time, a neighbor of theirs, A Zheng, shouted loudly with a big mouth, making A Zheng angry and ashamed. After all, although they were also good at saying it, they did a great job, but they were still surpassed by others.

  The people of this village were also secretly worried in their hearts, and the movements in their hands couldn't help but quicken a bit!

  "Great Immortal Master, we are deeply grateful for your kindness. We should speed up our harvesting to repay the Great Immortal Master's kindness and also gain sufficient merit and contributions for ourselves, so that we can get a larger share of grain!"

  One by one, the members of Jia Zheng's household shouted in unison, their voices earthy and simple, with a hint of boastfulness, but extremely genuine, they are Zhang Xiao's powerful driving force!

  "Haha, with such ordinary people, how can a big undertaking not succeed? 600,000 mu of land was harvested in just ten days, and the land in Qinglin Town is almost all harvested too. This way, it's possible to finish harvesting half a month ahead of schedule, which means we'll have an extra half-month for military training! That's great!"

  Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Zhang Xu knew that this was the power of people's hearts!