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Just as he was thinking about contacting Domit, a person suddenly flew over from the right. Zhang Mu took a look and found that it was an acquaintance.
"Brendo?" Zhang Mu took out his staff and prepared to fight. "Why are you here?"
Brando was also wondering, he went back and followed the elf army for a distance just to confirm that they had indeed left, why were you here, Zhang Mu?
The elven army is just dozens of kilometers ahead. You are a core figure in Lake's top leadership. Aren't you afraid of being killed on the spot by the elves' saints, causing Lake to collapse?
Seeing his alert face, Brando estimated that he would not get an answer if he asked, so he thought of his own plan and simply took credit for it: "I drove away the elf army, and I succeeded."
Zhang Mu laughed disdainfully: "You are kidding me, how can you drive away the elves' army?"
Brando was a little embarrassed: "Anyway, it was me who asked the elf army to leave."
he?
real or fake?
The reason?
Countless questions popped up in his mind, but Zhang Mu remained expressionless: "The target of the elf army is Lake, not Lagu. Why do you want to drive away the elf army?"
"Because..." After a moment's silence, Brando felt that now was not the time to show his hand, so he changed the subject, "You'll know later."
Zhang Mu clenched his staff tightly: "What I hate most in my life is riddles..."
Halfway through his words, Brando, sensing something was wrong, had already flown away.
With nowhere to vent his anger, Zhang Mu took a deep breath and said, "Next time we meet, if I say a word of nonsense to you, I won't be named Zhang."
The reason for the elf army's strange turn was found, but not completely.
Zhang Mu couldn't understand why Brando took action, but the outrageous thing was that he actually succeeded.
He thought about it for a while and felt that since the elves had given up attacking Lake, he didn't need to worry about it. There were still many things to do, so he decided to go back.
After returning all the way to Kedun City, Zhang Mu landed in front of the council hall.
The sheds that crowded the road had all been dismantled, and the farmers had all gone home. It looked like the recruitment was over.
After entering the meeting hall, Zhang Mu called Domit to ask about the details, and Domit gave a quick and brief account.
The recruitment progress is very encouraging.
Perhaps it was because of the half-month free food, or perhaps it was because of the people-friendly soldiers, the farmers did not have too many doubts about the generous treatment of the soldiers.
It just raised some questions about the "military merit system", mostly about whether it was true or false.
Can you be promoted to nobility by killing enemies?
Isn't it a soldier's job to kill the enemy?
After several soldiers from the Third Legion garrison in Kedun City came forward to testify, and farmers who knew several of them corroborated their claims, these doubts were dispelled.
The meeting ended successfully, and the disbanded farmers received enough food to last them until next year's planting, and then went home.
A few days later, the young farmer, who had settled his family, rushed to the city of Kedun again to participate in the formal conscription selection.
After reporting the good news, Domit talked about the difficulties: “According to the order of the Marshal, we collected evidence of the crimes of the nobles in the nearby cities.
Those who committed serious crimes were sentenced to death by hanging, and those who maliciously annexed land were sent to farm to atone for their crimes.
If too many farmers were recruited into the army, there would be a shortage of people to cultivate the farmland at home. Zhang Mu thought about it for a long time and came up with this idea.
Criminals who have committed heinous crimes must not be used. If we really want them to farm, the soldiers to guard them will be a huge cost. It would be better to directly implement the military farming system. Why bother with that?
"Is there anything wrong?" Hearing his low tone, Zhang Mu asked puzzledly.
"They claim that they are aristocrats and do not allow insults."
"What do you mean?"
“They said it’s OK to take back farmland, but there shouldn’t be any criminal penalties.”
Zhang Mu raised his eyebrows: "Didn't they let them watch the hanging?"
"forget."
"Take them to see the body."
"Burned."
Zhang Mu froze. "Why are you moving so fast?"
"It is your order, Marshal, to burn them on the spot after the execution."
"Have it?"
Domit carefully examined Zhang Mu's face and said, "Uh... should there be one?"
"Should I ask you or you ask me?" After cursing, Zhang Mu waved his hand and said, "After burning them, take them to see the ashes. The effect will be the same. Don't tell me that the ashes were also scattered."
"No, the ashes are still there."
"Okay, let's do it."
After solving this problem, Zhang Mu browsed around the Internet in Keton City.
Three schools are under construction. The reorganized administration system is extremely efficient and will be able to enroll students in about a month.
Zhang Mu had also prepared the teaching content early on, and the teaching materials were all compiled by him personally.
Considering Lake's special situation and the fact that it is in the midst of a war, the conditions are not sufficient to train students comprehensively from all angles of "morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics" like Blue Star, so the teaching direction can only be as close to "mechanical control" as possible.
The purpose is to quickly train a group of talents to run the arsenal.
At the arsenal, the factory building has been completed. Although the only thing left to do is to transport and install equipment, the workload is still considerable.
Because there are only a handful of people who have the skills to install equipment, even in the First Army, they can only take it slowly.
Project No. 17 is more complicated, even though there are blueprints.
The project manager didn't seem to understand Zhang Mu's modern drawing method. He could generally determine how to construct it, but the details were more difficult and required the designer, Zhang Mu, to explain it to them.
For this reason, Zhang Mu, who originally planned to return to Blue Star, stayed for a few more months until the beginning of the spring of the following year. Except for the final work on the 17th, he set out on his return journey only when all other matters were completed.
Before leaving, Zhang Mu found Domit and told him that he would be away for a few days. He also told him not to let down his guard against the coalition forces.
Although they were defeated and suffered heavy losses in Lake, they still have the foundation to organize another attack. To prevent the other side from launching a crazy sneak attack on Lake, heavy troops must be deployed along the border.
Domit nodded solemnly in agreement, and Zhang Mu turned around and left with peace of mind.
Chapter 364 Russia is rising again.
Zhang Mu passed through the portal and returned to Blue Star, floating above the sea for a while. Taking this opportunity to think for a while, he decided to go to Amei first to understand the current situation on Blue Star.
In terms of the completeness of global intelligence collection, Ame, which has long been keen on placing WDs in other countries, is undoubtedly far ahead.
The results were not unexpected.
Zhang Mu transformed into Mr. Gao and found Neo. After asking about the progress of the school and the moon landing project, he inadvertently changed the topic to Russia and said that he had been busy recovering from his injuries recently and would go to investigate what No. 17 had done recently.
Neo didn't know why "Mr. Gao" was interested in No. 17, but this was a rare opportunity to show off, so he naturally wouldn't let it go as he was thinking about "rejuvenation".
He asked his assistant to bring the documents, and then stood beside Zhang Mu and explained in detail.
The enrollment on the 17th has caused a sensation around the world. As the only remaining path to transcendence in the near future, it needs no further attention. Capable people from all countries are flocking to it, buying a ticket and flying to a distant foreign country.
It is not clear how such a huge flow of people will promote the development of Russia's tourism industry, but the airlines that took the opportunity to raise prices have made a lot of money anyway.
Originally they were worried that the high prices would scare away passengers, but they didn't expect that even after the price was tripled, there was still a shortage of supply.
However, after the five wolf bones were guarded by disasters and a large number of brave tourists died at the mouths of the disasters, this grand occasion finally cooled down.
No matter how much you desire to be extraordinary, you still have to live to get it.
Faced with the powerful disaster, the tourists were filled with despair and had no choice but to board the plane to go home, but Farid, the president and others had no way to escape.
There are five wolf bones in total. Currently, only Farid and the girl hold one each, and the ownership of the other three is still subject to competition.
The Russian people also value their lives. When they saw the bodies of tourists piled up in the woods, they still did not dare to go there easily even after the president's repeated mobilization.
This made the president very worried.
The selection criteria are described very clearly. It is not all about getting the wolf bones. You still have to hunt the disaster guarding near the wolf bones alone.
This means that even if you manage to steal wolf bones right under the nose of a disaster, it still doesn't count as a success, and you have to face the disaster head on.
According to the strength shown by the disaster, the Russian people have already equated "hunting the disaster alone" with "seeking death".
The people are very uncomfortable. The road to transcendence is right before their eyes, yet it is out of reach.
The Russian president is in an even more difficult situation. The people can at most voluntarily withdraw from the assessment, but he cannot.
The relationship between Yingguo, Amei and Chaofan is deepening, and the spacecrafts of the latter two are being manufactured overtime.
Russia is already one step behind. If it loses the opportunity to establish a relationship with No. 17, it will surely decline in the near future and be left behind by the times.
The president, whose mouth was foaming with anxiety, hoped to get some advice from Tefan.
He waited at entrance number 17, which was next to the wine barrel, hoping that Tefan had some personal matters to attend to or was out on vacation. Unfortunately, after waiting for a month, he still returned empty-handed.
Neo gloated a little: "Mr. Gao, you don't know how anxious he is.
A few days ago, he sent someone to visit Amei and asked me to contact No. 17 through you and give a message to Mr. Tefan.
Oh, I heard that he not only contacted me, but also contacted Yingguo, that is... Sorry, Mr. Gao.
Therefore... the authenticity of the news cannot be verified."
You don't need to confirm this.
Zhang Mu muttered to himself, and then asked, "Are you making any big moves recently?"
"Very big." When talking about this, Neo's brows revealed a trace of anxiety. "Although their second spaceship is still under construction, with only the Xuanniao spaceship...
The Xuanniao has powerful performance and can travel between the Blue Planet and the Moon and back in a few days.
The specific progress of the base construction on the moon is unknown, but based on the pictures taken by satellites, it can be inferred that at least the general framework has been completed.
I believe it won’t be long before the base is operational.”
Neo had reason to be anxious.
Once the base is up and running, we can mine on the moon, and the mined ore can be traded with the mountain gate for supplies. The traded supplies can be fed back to the base, greatly improving the mining efficiency and forming a positive cycle.
As for Ami, it will take about three months for the spacecraft to be completed.