More than 10,000 people walked through the mountain roads. The guides were people from the Ma clan, while the remaining 10,000 people were the bravest warriors of each tribe. Each of them carried armor and luggage and would go to the Owens Valley for new army training.
Although the southern expedition has been postponed, the period of raising troops can be put on the agenda.
In addition, a balanced ninth city will be built in the Owens Valley. These troops will train half a day and do urban development half a day, and will utilize the fertile land in the Owens Valley and turn it into massive farmland.
In today's Owens Valley, due to the water diversion project in California, the great lake dried up and turned into a large saline-alkali land.
But even so, this is one of the main growing areas in California.
Now that there is no resource migration in the Owens Valley, Zhou Li'an regards it as an important agricultural town.
At the same time, under the Agricultural Reclamation Corps system, the army picked up the hoe to cultivate the land, put down the hoe and rode horses to fight. It was self-sufficient in all materials needed, which not only completed agricultural development and city-state construction, but also allowed the army to maintain combat effectiveness at all times.
Just like the Western Xinjiang in the current world...
In fact, the Agricultural Corps is not a specialty of the Northwest. To be precise, it is a specialty of the times.
In the 1960s, there were peasant corps from as far away as the Great Northern Wilderness to Lingnan.
The emergence of this system was due to the lack of food in the era. On the one hand, efforts were concentrated to increase production. On the other hand, the war had just ended, and it was necessary to be wary of prying eyes from outside countries and to be drafted into war at any time.
As a result, the Peasant Corps, which flourished in both production and military training, came into being.
After the 1980s, the peasant and corps corps in various regions were reorganized and merged to follow local development policies and turned into agricultural reclamation groups, leather, and state-owned factories for military and civilian products, evolving into economic industries.
Only the Great Northwest is the only existing organizational structure of the Peasant Corps.
For the current equilibrium...
Zhou Li'an is very clear about the follow-up development.
The Southern Expedition is just around the corner, and a large number of people from Central and South America will flood in soon, requiring not only food and materials, but also a large amount of combat power and logistical support.
Therefore, the peasant-corps structure city is exactly in line with the current balanced divine kingdom.
While the city was being built and troops were being trained in Owens Valley, City 7 in Bakersfield was also under construction.
After the construction of the two cities is completed, the road will be connected. In the future, there will no longer be a need to pass through the virgin forest, but food will be transported from the mainland by cattle and horses.
The leaders of each battle group did not participate in this training for new recruits.
They are now working hard to improve themselves and practice the "laws of language", so the training of troops is left to the young troops below.
A group of students who are as good as cows have become the powerful leaders of this new army.
The training in the next two years will not only cultivate combat capabilities, but also enlighten the new army with knowledge.
And improve cohesion and control.
Instead of focusing on each unit, we must fully understand that when we are in the military, the brothers beside us are our closest relatives and our brothers and sisters who can rely on for life.
Disintegrate the clan consciousness and integrate the various tribes.
Among the marching team, Zhou Li'an was also among them.
When the gods go out, snow girls and cow dung are with them, and little flowers are also indispensable; they follow my master all the way to practice the law.
Zhou Li'an didn't activate time acceleration, but he just wanted to enlighten them on physical chemistry.
Although there is the Temple of the Law of Balance, if you have a good teacher to enlighten you, you will get twice the result with half the effort than self-study.
After they get started, Zhou Li'an can safely become the shopkeeper.
Therefore, I have two goals for this trip -
The first salt production base of the Kingdom of Balance was established in Mono Lake.
Mono Lake is the largest salt lake in California. Its central location makes it easy to transport output to various cities.
After all, Salt Lake City is far away in Utah, and the current salt consumption is not high, so there is no need to look far away.
This time is also for experience accumulation.
The second target was Sparks' prospecting work.
After the Owens Valley incident is over, we can go north from the valley and directly reach the capital region of Nevada, which is now the balanced sixth city.
This road will also be connected in the future to form a balanced road network.
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It took more than half a month of hiking.
Everyone arrived in Owens Valley successfully.
The journey along the way was more like an outing, just in the mountains to escape the summer heat.
The teaching of the laws to Niu Shi, Xiao Hua and others was mostly done by the Snow Girl.
Snow Girl has practiced in advance, and now she can consolidate and improve while teaching and learning. Only when she doesn't understand, Zhou Li'an will enlighten everyone, making everyone suddenly realize.
The Ma clan already has a large scale, and now it only needs to be expanded to accommodate the living area of 2,000 horse breeders.
On the night of arrival, a blessing ceremony was indispensable to reward the horse breeders and encourage the army.
The next day.
Zhou Li'an and others set out for Mono Lake.
On the previous journey, Snow Girl, Niu Shi and others were studying and familiarizing themselves with the method of making salt. They were already familiar with the relevant procedures, but now they were only down to practical operations.
The salt from the salt lake relies on the solarization method.
The reason why the Great Salt Lake in Utah has become the leader of the American salt industry is precisely because of its long hours of sunshine and high temperatures.
In contrast, Mono Lake is located in the Owens Valley and has a suitable climate; salt production is limited by seasonal temperatures, so the salt production is not optimistic.
However, for the current equilibrium, Mono Lake's output is sufficient.
Everyone was stationed at Qingxi River in the upper reaches of the lake.
The water source of Mono Lake comes from the melting snow and groundwater injection from the surrounding mountains. It has only an inlet and no outlet.
Like the Dead Sea, it can only be entered but not exited, and the only dilution comes from natural evaporation.
This led to the deposition of minerals in the lake, which became "thick" after a long period of "sun cooking", and the salt content continued to increase, eventually forming a salt lake.
Around the Great Lakes, fresh water resources are very abundant.
This is also the basis for California's water diversion from the Owens Valley.
Zhou Li'an came to Mono Lake for the first time. After inspection and evaluation, he pointed to a woodland: "You can build a residential and production area here. Food can be hunted locally, or it can be provided by the 9th city (Ma clan land)."
Xiao Hua was still writing by the side.
Niu Shi asked: "My lord, where should we recruit salt-producing craftsmen? It is midsummer now. If we want to build a salt farm and reap the harvest, we need to recruit craftsmen immediately."
The snow girl glared at her younger brother, "It's too late for you to consider the selection of craftsmen now, isn't it? Why don't you think about it and improve it in advance? Then tell me, how to solve this matter?"
His cheeks were red, and he was always timid in front of his sister. He was no longer the confident person who could guide the country with the leaders of each war group.
After all, the Snow Maiden is the shaman of the tribe and the favorite of my lord, Kinkou.
When it comes to faith, he is inferior;
When it comes to knowledge, he is even worse.
The snow girl is not just a vase, she is the first to balance the current language civilization. In the past 10 years, she studied seriously in the first five years. Even during the expedition in the last five years, she did not relax. She followed Zhou Li'an to practice various kinds of things in this world.
law.
Furthermore, Zhou Li'an had already taught her to think more about worldly things and to distinguish pros and cons as early as in the Tushi Valley, the tribe of the Modoc people.
In short, Niu Shi is still at the stage of studying hard, while Yuki Onna's thinking is more transparent.
The little flower on the side stopped writing and looked at the red-cheeked Cow Shit. She was a little worried and couldn't help but said: "My lord, my lord, witch, Brother Niu Shi and I can follow my Lord and serve, so we hope to listen to my words."
The Lord’s words and teachings…”
"Everything in the world has its own rules, and our Lord, Balance, has his will."
She knelt down and worshiped devoutly.
The snow girl's expression relaxed a little now, and she knew in her heart that this was a clever little flower, raising the banner of my lord to defend cow shit.
But when it comes to faith, this is the balanced correctness.
"You are an adult, Xiaohua is only 12 years old this year, you are not as good as her!"
Yuki-onna hits the target without mercy.
Niu Shi then knelt down and looked at Zhou Li'an: "My lord is above, Niu Shi prays to listen to your teachings."
Zhou Li'an smiled and said: "You should be praised for following my will, but if you can think about it, it is also the duty of a minister. You must keep Xue Nu's reprimand in mind. No matter what you experience, you need to be prepared and anticipated in advance."
"At the end of the 8th year of equilibrium, you led troops to station in the Northland in order to speed up the expedition. Although you prepared food and grass in advance, you still left the army and more than 60,000 Iroquois tribesmen in a bitter cold!"
"This is the consequence of not thinking carefully. You need to reflect more."
Niu Shi's face turned red and he wanted to take the blame and commit suicide.
What happened in the North was indeed a mistake he made. At that time, he asked for the punishment and showed his devout faith, so he was exempted from the punishment and instead received the reward in the name of our Lord.
But now that the old incident was brought up again, he felt extremely ashamed of himself.
But at this moment, not only Xiaohua, but also Snow Girl was a little anxious... What if the master punished her?
She is sharp-tongued and has a soft heart, but she pushes him to get better.
Zhou Li'an took in the expressions of several people and said with a smile: "For you to reflect on yourself is for the great cause of the southern expedition in the future!"
"I look forward to your future performance..."
"You need to know that a fool will gain something after a thousand worries, and a saint will lose something after a thousand worries; don't be proud and complacent because of the existing legal realm. Pride makes people fall behind, while humility makes people progress."
"Do you know?"
Niu Shi suddenly felt as if he was about to receive an amnesty. When he heard about the Southern Expedition, his face turned red with embarrassment and turned excited, "My lord, Niu Shi will definitely learn his lesson!"
The snow girl was riding a roller coaster in her heart, going up and down, and finally the dust settled.
At this time, he said: "My lord and I have decided on the matter of craftsmen, but now it happens to be a test for you two. My lord does not blame you for not thinking carefully, but if you can't answer now, you two will be punished together."
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about this scene.
Zhou Li'an only found it funny.
With a wave of his hand, he created a comfortable lounge chair and sat down, quietly watching the snow girl train the two of them.
Because sometimes, if the true God speaks, the meaning will naturally increase infinitely, and even a small mistake can become a crime.
It's better to let the snow girl cook it and adjust the heat to create a delicious dish.
Niu Shi and Xiao Hua looked at each other.
Xiao Hua is encouraging, Niu Shi is even more stressed.
He was silent for a moment, and his confused eyes gradually gained brilliance and focus, as if he had found a spiritual light.
But just like in front of an angry class teacher who hates iron, it is difficult for good students to figure out the teacher's thoughts, and they become unconfident——
"Craftsmen can be selected from the new army. The method of refining salt is a new creation method. The people are all practicing from scratch, so there is no need to limit the selection of craftsmen."
The snow girl had no expression on her face and continued to ask: "What about the training of the new army and the establishment of a new city?"
Niu Shi felt great pain in his heart and sweated nervously.
Just as the answer is given, the teacher asks for the steps to solve the problem.
While he was perfecting his thoughts, he organized his words and stumbled: "The training of the new army cannot be neglected, but the construction of the new city only takes a few months, and the number of people does not need to be fully invested..."
"However, the salt refining method is limited by seasons...yes, seasons!"
"Salt drying can only be completed in midsummer. Even if half of the army is mobilized to make salt, it will only take two months. After summer, we will focus on training troops without delay."
The snow girl finally softened her expression and said, "You pass!"
The sun salt method is limited in the season, and if there is no suitable temperature, the brine pond cannot be evaporated and concentrated to complete the crystallization.
As for why there is no need to boil salt and fry salt?
Save trouble and cancellation costs!
Salt fields can be formed on the shore of the salt lake, and most of the procedures rely on natural drying. If you boil the salt, you need to mobilize manpower and form a certain process.
But there is no shortage of salt in the current equilibrium, and the cost of buying salt in this world is extremely low.
The current salt refining is just a first scientific experiment for Niu Shi and others to accumulate experience, and it does not completely rely on the output of the salt lake.
More manpower and material resources would be better spent on agriculture and infrastructure.
All in all, it’s still a matter of ballpoint pens.
It can be made, but not necessary.
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3 days later.
More than 500 people from the Ma clan were mobilized, built simple residences, and began to build a large number of salt fields.
Niu Shi and Xiao Hua led a group of students to direct their homework.
Zhou Li'an took Snow Girl and headed north to the 6th city of Sparks.
Salt production will still take a month or two, so there is no need to wait too long. Taking advantage of this time to accelerate the pause, Zhou Li'an must finalize all work arrangements.
Create a helicopter in the Ma clan.
In less than an hour, one master and one servant landed in City No. 6.
One hundred thousand people of Hexiang welcomed the true God, knelt down and praised him, and various ministers and elders came to report what happened in the city.
If Zhou Li'an does not come, it will not hinder the command arrangements for each city.
In the current balanced cities, there will be messenger knights every three days, riding horses to summarize and submit matters to the elders in various places.
The Presbyterian Church found cultural figures like Xiao Hua in the colleges of each city to inform the city of matters. Xiao Hua then wrote a letter and gave it to the courier to be sent to the main city.
If there is an emergency, the cities are not far from each other and you can change horses at any time in each city. The 200-mile expedited journey can be reached in one day.
Laying communication lines or building radio signal towers is a thing of the past. The existing industrial base has not yet started, so it is too early to talk about that.
On that day, there was a carnival in the big city on the 6th to welcome the arrival of the gods.
the next day.
Zhou Li'an took the map and explored the minerals with others.
The so-called exploration is actually more like a simple children's treasure hunt game.
Because Zhou Li'an was already alive, he asked Barbara to help collect past mining records in California and Nevada.
The precise coordinates, mineral types, and even reserves and depth are marked.
At this time, you only need to arrive at the exact location, set up a public notice board, and mark the minerals and reserves of the place...
Notice boards are located here and there.
The next thing to wait for is the arrival of modern mining engineering equipment.
The first mineral demand is coal mines.
After the coal mine is produced, thermal power generation can be completed, and a power grid can be laid in the No. 6 city to support the operation of more mining machinery.
As for the first batch of coal mine output, small mining equipment does not consume as much power as imagined.
Two high-power generators are enough to drive the operation.
For details, please refer to the current illegal gold diggers in the Amazon jungle. They do not have any large-scale equipment and rely only on manpower to carry diesel and ignite generators. With a simple energy supply, gold can be continuously produced in the dense forest.
Equilibrium is certainly different from these gold diggers.
Gold diggers can only act in a sneaky way, and the balance is to develop into a large-scale industry.
The first batch of coal mine output can be used in thermal power units and have its own power support. With the output of various minerals and cement, more factory projects can be operated, and eventually a self-sufficient industrialized system can be achieved.
Just like rolling a snowball, the first thing to do is to pinch out a snowball, and then continue to grow as it rolls.
And the present world just provides this first snowball for equilibrium.
Early August.
When Niu Shi and others arrived from Mono Lake, the salt pans had grown to a large scale and a group of skilled craftsmen were trained to work on them.
During this period, Zhou Li'an returned to reality many times and put mining equipment into the system space.
A few days later.
Zhou Li'an created a creature outside the main city No. 6 to bless him.
Countless open-pit coal mining equipment were carried onto horse-drawn carriages by the people, and nearly 2,000 people gathered together to set off for the coal mountain marked by our lord Kung Fu.
Zhou Weiguo took the images, and Xiaohua also recorded the day with pen and paper——
Equilibrium 10 years, August 7.
Our Lord, Kinkou, gave a creation called ‘machine’ and announced that Kinkou’s Kingdom has taken the first step in industrial development.