Lu Bu immediately arranged for the shipbuilding workshop to make ten centipede ships ten feet long. Compared with sand boats, the centipede ship has a simple structure, simple production, and more convenient sails to control. It has many oars and sails at a fast speed. During the test of Weishan Lake, this kind of ship can almost rush to the shore directly, which is the best choice for landing.

Six observation posts were arranged within a few miles around the military port, and sentries with good eyesight were selected to take turns to observe the sea surface.

There is only one potential enemy, Sun Ce. As for Liu Biao, he will not attack Lu Bu from afar.

Xu Sheng was very arrogant. Although he was burdened, he wanted to use the weak strength of the First Navy to fight against Sun Ce's powerful navy. It would be awesome to think about it.

However, the only bad thing is that Lu Bu asked the Navy to stop and not be too arrogant.

"Our fifteen warships are all new soldiers. If they are attacked by Sun Ce, the entire army will be destroyed by the time they are defeated. So before the three thousand troops are trained, they are not allowed to be promoted."

Xu Sheng nodded: "Don't worry, lord, you must not be arrogant, and you must first develop your strength."

Lu Bu's anti-espionage organization patrolled nearby every day, looking for ulterior motives, but so far no such person has been found. Lu Bu repaired the Navy camp for a few days and led his army to Chenglian, Langya.

Cheng Lian Chu's new army ten thousand has undergone a year of training and can be said to be a veteran. Although he has not experienced any major battles this year, it has expanded eastward for hundreds of miles, and small battles such as suppressing bandits and quelling rebellions have also been carried out dozens of times.

Two or three hundred places east of Langya County are now owned by Xuzhou, with an increase in area.

Cheng Lian’s Central Army camp, Lu Bu sighed a little: “I haven’t seen you for half a year. You are much more mature, and you have white hair in your temples.”

"Shame, I grew white hair just after I was just over thirty. However, the lord did not look tired after running for thousands of miles. The grasslands in Youzhou are different from Xuzhou."

Lu Bu shook his head: "There are war everywhere and war smoke everywhere. The three most prosperous counties in Youzhou now have a larger population than Langya County, so they are back."

"This year, Langya County has a good harvest of potatoes and corn. Except for a few areas, there are almost no famine population affected by locust plague."

The Langya Army is still very capable. While the farming of 40,000 mu of land has not yet been completed.

"The spring potatoes are 5,000 acres, and the harvest is great. They are big and round. Now the spring corn has come down, and the corn as thick as the arm is yellow and orange, which is very beautiful. It is really a pleasure to not worry about military rations."

The canteen has a wealth of dishes, and one meal can guarantee two kinds of vegetables. You can eat duck eggs almost every day, and you can eat meat once every four or five days.

Duck eggs are transported from Weishan Lake in logistics, usually four times a month. Pork is self-supported by Chenglian Army, and there are not many, but it is still possible to improve your life occasionally.

Lu Bu inspected the grain field. After the potato harvest was completed, the corn planted now was already high. The corn in the spring field had just been broken off, leaving green corn stalks. The soldiers harvested it and chopped it to save it and fed it to horses and cows. Soybeans, sorghum, peanuts, sunflowers, and sesame seeds were growing well. More than a dozen varieties planted in the vegetable field, green vegetables, radish, beans, cucumbers and watermelons were planted quite well. I couldn't help but praise it: "There is a talent for the general in the public service. Not to mention that it is enough to support ten thousand soldiers."

Cheng Lian was embarrassed to be praised and smiled and said, "There are still many more vegetables to the surrounding people this year, and more of them have been processed into dried vegetables for preservation. Oh, by the way, the military ration processing workshop arranged by the lord has been successfully made and is about to send it to Wang Heng for a look, but he didn't expect the lord to come."

"Let's go and have a look."

The military ration arranged by Lu Bu is a compressed military ration with high calorie and high nutrition, so that he can maintain physical strength when he goes deep into the enemy's back and does not receive supplies.

The small workshop is not big, covering an area of ​​only 200 to 300 square meters. More than a dozen fire-headed soldiers wearing white coats are busy.

Fry walnut kernels, sunflower seeds, peanuts, sesame seeds, and chopped dates. These are all agricultural products grown in the mountains of Langya County, and the prices are quite expensive. Boil them with white sugar, add them to the fried kernels, then pour them into the mold, and compact them with huge stones.

"Master, please see, the finished product is as hard as iron and needs to be cut by a steel shovel. A small piece weighs more than one pound, and a slightly larger piece weighs four or five pounds. The cost is too expensive, and a pound costs twenty cents."

Lu Bu was so amused that he arranged for research and development to reduce military rations. How did he develop this?

"Do your confidentiality work well and don't let the people know how to make it. This thing is too expensive and the people can afford it. Mi Zhu will cry if he cuts it."

The master who made military rations laughed and said, "The general is right. It's all good things here. But after experiencing heavy pressure, it becomes as hard as iron and stone. In fact, it tastes very difficult. The biggest purpose is to fill your hunger. It's okay to hold on to a small piece for a day."

One pound per person a day, and combined with the beef jerky produced in Youzhou, elite soldiers carry dozens of kilograms of military rations, so they can completely avoid supply for half a month, and there is no problem with long-distance sneak attacks.

"Yes, this nutrition is still fine. It's just that the cost is too high. Don't produce too much. Follow the general logistics plan."

Cheng Lian pointed to the yard next to him and said, "If you want to say that military rations are good, the local pancakes in Langya are good, and the locals have good teeth. The pancakes made of sweet potato noodles, corn flour, and sorghum noodles are dried well over high heat, folded into long strips and kept dry for a year. When eating, a green onion or some old pickles are made, which is delicious."

"Pancakes are indeed very cost-effective, but they can't eat them if they are not used to them. They will be really not delicious after being kept for a long time."

As we were chatting, Huaji outside reported: "Liu Sanfu is here, and he said he has something to do and ask General Cheng Lian for help."

"Oh, let him go to the Central Army and go there later."

Lu Bu and Cheng Lian checked in the canteen before returning to the Central Army. Liu Sanfu was correcting the Hou.

When he saw Lu Bu coming, he quickly kowtowed: "Greetings to Master."

"Sanxe, what are you asking for assistance from the garrison? Can't your 800 local troops handle it?"

Liu Sanfu shook his head: "Has the governor Xiao expanded his territory to the east recently? He pushed it to the east for a hundred miles, but there were no bandits. There were a mountainous area with a large town called Heishan Town. There were six or seven thousand people in this town, all of which belonged to the same clan. They did not fight against the government, but they had a bad habit."

"Bad habits, what bad habits?"

"The mountains and grain harvests are poor around the town. In order to save food, the elderly in the family were unable to work when they were seventy years old, so they threw them into the mountains and ignored them. The governor of Xiao County was very angry and asked the local area to completely correct their bad habits, but the local area refused to correct them. There were thousands of strong men in a town, and I, the number 800 people, were not useful. So I came to ask General Cheng Lian for support."

Abandoning an elderly parent is like replacing a child and eating it, which is contrary to human ethics. But it has its roots and productivity.

First of all, the labor tools are not good, and the work is not good. The seeds are self-produced all year round, and they are not paid attention to the optimization. The yield is too low. To survive, doing such things is also a reason.

But can we get rid of this bad habit by sending troops to toughen our forces?

"Let's go, take me to the yamen."
Chapter completed!