Several factories started construction at the same time, and there was a shortage of manpower. Yang Xuan continued to recruit manpower.
Almost all Dasheng people on Qiongzhou Island participated, but it was still far from enough. After all, the largest number of people on Qiongzhou Island were the local Li people.
However, the Li people have never been on good terms with the Dasheng people, but they have always maintained peace with each other.
But during the process of cutting down trees, they encountered the Li tribe.
A large group of barbarians wearing animal skins and leaves jumped out, waving weapons and shouting to drive the workers away.
After getting the news, Yang Xuan rushed over immediately.
Qiu Jun and Xue Xian have also arrived and are negotiating with a shirtless man whose body is covered with various shells.
Yang Xuan gently touched Dong Tianbao on the side: "What's going on?"
When Dong Tianbao saw that Yang Xuan was coming, he bowed his hands and said, "That man is the leader of a tribe of the Li tribe. He said that we have invaded their territory and are making a fuss."
The leader of the Li tribe spoke in dialect that Yang Xuan couldn't understand, and neither Qiu Xue nor Qiu Xue could understand it. A skinny Dasheng man was the one who translated.
Yang Xuan listened for a while and found that the leader of the Li tribe followed the rules and regulations. At one time, he said that Dasheng people should withdraw from their territory, and at another time, he wanted to compensate.
Qiu Xue and Qiu Xue were arguing, because this was the scope defined by Yang Xuan, so they neither dared to agree to compensation nor promised to withdraw.
But when they saw Yang Xuan, their eyes immediately lit up: "Mr. Yang, you are here, this matter is not easy to handle."
Yang Xuan nodded: "It's okay, I'll handle it."
He looked at the lean translator: "Tell him that we have no intention of invading their territory, and we are willing to compensate."
Then the translator chattered a few words with the leader, and then looked at Yang Xuan: "My lord, he said he wants us to leave their territory and pay compensation."
"Okay, tell him that it is our fault to occupy the territory, so I have a compensation plan, which is to compensate them for some living supplies, and also hire him as our consultant. Ask him if he agrees."
The translator was a little dumbfounded: "What is a consultant?"
Yang Xuan scratched his head and said: "It's just that we don't understand the customary territory of the Li people. In order to avoid similar things happening in the future, we need to consult him. As long as he agrees, we will give him a thousand cash per month."
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In Qiongzhou Island, silver is a relatively rare currency, and copper coins are usually used.
After listening to the translation, Yang Xuan clearly saw the leader's eyes rolling.
Then the leader jabbered a lot, which translated into asking Yang Xuan what kind of compensation he would pay. Secondly, he asked him if one thousand cash should be paid every month?
Yang Xuan said: "Of course, one thousand coins will be given every month, but as long as we need it, he has the obligation to tell us what he knows. As for the compensation, it's easy to say, you just ask him to price it."
After some communication, the leader mentioned a long list of things that needed to be compensated, but in fact none of them were valuable, and the most requested thing among them was salt.
Yang Xuan naturally agreed without hesitation. As for the consultant, the leader meant that as long as it did not violate their rules, he was willing to do it.
Then Yang Xuan told the translator: "Tell him that from now on he will come to the government office every three days for consultation, and he will be given a thousand yuan as a reward every month, and you will be responsible for translating for us from now on.
I’ll give you three hundred cents a month.”
The translator was immediately overjoyed, and after some communication, he agreed to pick up the compensation materials tomorrow and conduct the first consultation.
After the Li tribe left, Qiu Jun asked in confusion: "It would be a waste to spend money for consultation on such a small matter."
Yang Xuan chuckled: "There is an old saying that goes, if you are short-handed, you will be soft-spoken."
Qiu Jun suddenly understood: "Mr. Yang's brilliant move."
Due to the conflict with the Li tribe, several workers were injured, so Yang Xuan simply announced that work would be stopped for one day, and wages would still be paid, and the injured would be given three times their wages.
The next day, the leader named Sang Xi came as promised and brought a dozen hardcover boys to move things.
Yang Xuan had already prepared the compensation for him and asked them to move out. Then he took out a thousand cash and gave it directly to the leader of Sangxi, telling him that this was the first month's consulting fee.
The leader of Sangxi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and at Yang Xuan's insistence, he accepted the money at a loss.
Then Yang Xuan and the leader of Sangxi came to the woods where construction work was done yesterday and asked directly: "Where in this forest can we continue to cut down?"
After some exchanges with the translator, Yang Xuan's face turned dark. What the leader of Sangxi meant was that this area is all the territory of their tribe, and the other side is the territory of other tribes. In short, this forest cannot be entered any further.
Cut it.
According to Yang Xuan's plan, this large area must be cut down to facilitate the construction of factories in the future. It will definitely not work if it is not cut down.
Besides, 70% of the entire Qiongzhou Island is covered by forests. What else can we do if we don’t cut down trees?
However, Yang Xuan also knew that he could not show his anxious expression at this time, so he could only pat the leader of Sangxi on the shoulder and said: "Thank you for your advice, remember to come back in three days."
The leader of Sangxi clasped his hands together, expressed his gratitude, and left.
Yang Xuan scratched his head irritably. If you want to subdue these local residents, you can't force them. There are tens of thousands of people in the entire Qiongzhou Island, and 90% of them are Li people. These Li people will be their own population in the future, so they can only find ways to subdue them.
Use it for your own use.
The woods could no longer be cut down, so Yang Xuan simply transferred all the workers to the steel factory.
The steel plant has built two blast furnaces and is refining high-strength steel day and night.
The first thing to make is the spare parts for the steel-arm crossbow and the arrowheads of the crossbow.
Today, all soldiers of the Qiongzhou Guard are equipped with steel-armed crossbows and black knives made of high-strength steel.
And practice new fighting methods day and night.
Due to the super range brought by the steel-arm crossbow, it has reached three hundred steps, which is equivalent to more than two hundred meters.
Of course, at this distance, the accuracy is relatively low, but when you are in a formation, you don't need to aim at all, you just need to shoot in the designated direction.
Three-stage shooting can bring about a dense and continuous rain of arrows. As long as the number of people is not too different, the enemy will not be able to get close at all.
This tactic has been proven in actual combat on the grassland. At first, more than 100 of them resisted the attack of 800 horse bandits.
However, this method of combat has one biggest drawback, which is that it is relatively expensive.
After all, you are shooting with your eyes closed, so the consumption of arrows is huge.
In this regard, Yang Xuan is also improving his tactics and developing a single-man crossbow with greater power and range.
Shooting depends on talent. Good talent can be seen in ten days and a half of training. Some people have particularly stable hands and can hit the target accurately.
Yang Xuan focused on cultivating such people, and the long-range and powerful crossbow was also designed for these people.
Fire coverage and precise killing are both essential fighting methods.
