Duke of Herrington

Chapter 116 Change, Work, Special Training!

One morning after a day.
The changes outside Heishui City made all the people outside the city think they were dreaming!

A soldier guarding the city took a nap last night. When he woke up today, he found that the outside world had changed completely. He slapped himself five times in a row before he realized it.

"This! What's going on? Spring blossoms in one night? Although winter is over, it's a bit too fast!"

Last night, there was still a wasteland outside, and there was not a single grass left after being gnawed by the victims!Now it looks like an autumn harvest. The vibrant orchards and fields are beyond people's imagination. The winter here has just passed.
In order to let the lord feel the same surprise and joy, the soldiers rushed into Baron Tomato's bedroom at the fastest speed, and said: "My lord, the wasteland outside... is growing tomatoes! The wheat field is also prosperous." One piece! The scene is even more outrageous than when we harvested in autumn! There are some plants in the field that we have never seen before, I can’t name them at all”

Baron Tomato was angry for getting up, but the degree of shock these words brought to him, just suppressed the momentum of getting up!
He sat up, his eyes widened, thinking that the captain in front of him had taken the wrong medicine, or was he dreaming?I can only confirm with my mouth: "What the hell! How is this possible!? Are you sure?"

"I guarantee it with my life!"

Before he had time to get dressed, Baron Tomato put on his cloak and rolled up his pajamas and rushed to the city.

When he got used to the light and saw everything in front of him clearly, he didn't even know he farted loudly!

"My God!"

It was exactly the same as the reaction of the surrounding guards!In addition to shock is 'fuck'!
In this situation, Baron Tomato subconsciously took off his nightcap and looked into the distance, trying to find a trace of contradiction from this miraculous scene.
Half an hour later, 'Boom! 'The voice brought everyone back to their senses.

Following the sound and looking into the distance, Baron Tomato saw a big man of steel, who was moving around the field with black smoke!

All the people present were stunned, only one soldier murmured: "What is this? Can it still emit smoke? Could it be that you are burning something?"

This newly produced farm tool in the north is a special product proposed by Ted in order to green the desert and improve the utilization rate of Gobi resources --- an all-in-one farmland seeding machine developed by Thomas' team!

Of course, such machines are common and nothing special!

At the beginning of the design, it was considered to be sold to people in other regions. In addition to the local version, there is also a special foreign trade version!

In view of the fact that the empire cannot be destroyed in a short period of time, in order to expand the market and attract the attention of those nobles, he specially made the operation button particularly large!And it's easy to learn!
Under the banner of improving productivity and increasing the available population, this group of nobles will definitely not refuse!
Because the annual farming, in the eyes of the nobles, will cause a large amount of population waste. If you have this kind of machine, you can pull these people to do coolies and build a mansion for yourself!

Generally speaking, in order to make the mansion more magnificent, the nobles will pay a certain salary. Although the money is not much, it is better than farming!
So Ted has done a good job~
The biggest difference between the model produced by Beijing and the foreign trade model is that there are 8 large comfortable seats at the rear~
That is a comfortable seat for the moon elves!The seeds that have just been sown can be allowed to bloom and bear fruit directly, and the harvest will be abundant immediately!At the same time, you can also sow tree seeds, and you can create a few acres of forest within an hour, which is convenient and fast!
Seeing this, the Baron Tomato stood on the top of the city and admired the harvest scene. After a while, he realized something, and then he pointed at the large mature field in front of him and shouted: "The food is ready, go and tell everyone to harvest it! Directly improve the food!"

The soldier beside him didn't agree to the lord's request, but pointed to the bigger machine at the rear, and slowly explained.
"My lord, you just came here, so you may not be very clear about the situation here just now!"

Ever since, the soldier repeated what happened just now: "The things behind will be harvested, and now it is the second harvest! If the harvest is wheat, it will be directly ground into flour in that steel farm tool , and then bagged and transported to the granary”

"Ah, this!" Seeing such an efficient and convenient way of sowing and harvesting, the Baron Tomato covered his head and couldn't even say 'fuck'!
This perfect combination of technology and magic, while allowing the people to work happily without being tired, has also achieved an outrageous output!

Still the same soldier, he rolled up his sleeves and checked his watch, estimating their labor time for a round, combined with the 'eight-hour' labor system proposed by the Northern Territory Labor Law, he turned to Baron Tomato and said: "My lord, according to the current From the perspective of efficiency, they can handle our ten-year output by working six hours and resting for two hours.”

"What the hell!" After hearing this terrible data, his jaw almost fell from the tower to the bottom of the city!

Listening to the roaring operation of large-scale agricultural machinery, Baron Tomato rubbed his chin and said in disbelief, "If they work for half a day, is it really equivalent to ten years of farming for us? It's too appalling!"

When mentioning agriculture, the Tomato Baron vaguely thought of the agreement signed not long ago. It seems that there is such an aid agreement, which can explain what these people are doing.
"About agricultural assistance. If the production efficiency is lower than the average level, Earl Herrington is obliged to help and get half of the net income from it!"

There are only two such fertile plains in the entire empire, one in the west and one in the east.

Tomato Baron has such a large land and doesn't know how to make the best use of it, it's just reckless!
If Ted is allowed to do it, within three days, the grain of the entire empire will fall below the issue price, causing all the farmers to switch to handicrafts.

And such a result is also what Ted wants.

I have temporarily monopolized the energy and transportation industries, and if I put the food industry into my pocket, it doesn't matter even if I am just an earl!

Because the lifeblood of the empire is already in his hands, as long as there is enough time, he can completely disrupt the market with prices, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the market.

Coupled with the guns in his hands, no one on the mainland will take care of his own development. Even if someone wants to force management, he will be persuaded to quit in the end
When the agreement was signed, the members of the Tomato family were all drunk and didn't care about 21. They felt that the interests were right, so they signed the agreement directly.

Ben West, the tomato baron, refused to hand over his land to others to take care of it, because it was a matter of principle and the dignity of nobles!
But when you think about it, one day is equal to five years' worth of production!It can only be really fragrant!After all, there is a spirited guy surnamed Wang who has already confirmed this point. Instead of sternly accepting death at the beginning, it is better to join them directly. Anyway, the final result is the same!

And this is not a major event of life and death, but a cooperation between nobles for mutual benefit!Maximize the value of the land!

In this way, farmers will be freed from production to participate in other work.

The common people will not starve to death, because under such an output, food will become very cheap!

For these kind and simple people, they can support themselves with a little movement!

In order to prevent Baron Tomato from not knowing what to do with the people of Blackwater City, Ted also arranged for the recruitment!
Now that farmers don’t need to farm the land, they can switch to other jobs. After the industrial revolution, handicrafts and heavy industries require a lot of workers, and they only need to be trained a little before they can start working!

In addition, if you are not used to ironing, you can continue to do your old job and continue to do agriculture.

Thanks to Ted's help, there is no shortage of wheat vegetables and fruits!But the output of meat is still very poor!Meat freedom for all is still a long way off.

After all, after people are satisfied with basic food, they must yearn for high-end ingredients!
At this time, it is a good choice to invest the remaining population in the development of animal husbandry!

If such a vast plain and the barren Gobi were transformed into pastures, it could even support the meat consumption of the whole world!
At the same time, at the bottom of the city, a red creature with a slightly ferocious appearance shouted for employment with a large registration book. Because of its red skin and oversized head, it was extremely conspicuous in the crowd!

"The chicken farm is hiring! Take care of three meals a day! The wages are calculated according to the standard wages of senior skilled workers in the empire! 50 copper coins per day!"

The prices in the northern border were the lowest a few years ago, but thanks to everyone's hard work, the current prices are even higher than those in the imperial capital!
High prices do not mean that everyone has no money. The prices and wages in the northern border have reached the old American indicators in 1960.

Outside, a double-layer chicken burger only costs 15 copper coins. If you add five more, you can get a set meal, get a big bag of French fries, and a glass of iced Coke!

In other words, the current prices in the northern region are considered normal prices in the true sense, which are about 2 to 3 times that of other regions.

In addition, the prices in the northern border are also extremely stable now, no matter what happens, the prices are still the same.

In order to consolidate prices, Chris and think tanks also passed a special proposal.

For agricultural and sideline products related to people's livelihood, if the production is reduced due to seasons or emergencies, causing prices to soar, the city hall will issue shopping subsidies to make the price increase within the acceptable range.

Of course, the producer is the city hall and Ted, so it doesn't matter if he earns less, and there is no need to squeeze his own wool.

Under the city, the big red man recruited enough people, so he brought these experienced or willing citizens to register.

Everyone thought that the recruitment was over, and the citizens who came to look for opportunities sighed or slapped their thighs
Unexpectedly, several cars suddenly appeared from the distant horizon, and when the convoy arrived at the foot of Heishui City, there were many people who could feel very professional just from the clothes they wore!
They dragged wooden tables and stools, and spontaneously set up a place under the city.

When all the departments were in place, they shouted one by one:

"We're hiring woodworkers! Those who can make solid wood furniture are the best!"

"Hiring blacksmiths! All kinds of blacksmiths!"

"Who is proficient in post-partum care of sows? Well paid! The job is just outside the city!"

"Women with ingenuity can come to me! Make textile supplies to supplement the family, and can save a lot of private money! Formal contract workers!"

"Children who want to buy toys, pay attention! The farm has a part-time job opportunity for children under the age of 14! You only need to pick up eggs for 2 hours a day, and the reward you get after a week is enough for you to buy ten toys!"

Among these positions, there are a large number of meaningless redundant positions. Although there is no profit from them in the short term, in the long-term strategic sense, they can be prepared for a rainy day.

This kind of behavior is equivalent to what Roosevelt did during the New Deal.

But this time, Ted added his own understanding of the needs of the people, the real work-for-work pro max version!

When everyone is out of work, idle at home with nothing to do, and starving to death, provide them with necessary jobs, preferably in the field they are good at, and pay equivalent remuneration.

Instead of using food as wages, let alone forcing the people to squeeze their labor force for a bite of food!
The real work-for-work is to create jobs by the city hall without destroying the social foundation, so that the city can continue to operate in a healthy manner, so as not to collapse.

And Ted's behavior is equivalent to a social resource integration, to select professional talents, and then let those newcomers, and unemployed and unskilled youths learn shortage projects, so as to achieve the purpose of complementarity.

Only by doing so will the crisis be truly resolved, the city will be put on the right track, the people will trust the city hall more, and the lord's credibility will be enhanced.

If someone doesn't cooperate, then there will be no food, even if everyone is stupid and selfish, they still have to eat enough!So they will all come out and look for work.

As for those meaningless jobs, the extra production capacity can also be sold.

Because the truck's carrying capacity is not bad, using it for caravan transportation can also increase a lot of foreign exchange reserves, so doing this will not lose money!

In addition to those 'state-owned enterprises' recruiting for the purpose of integrating resources, there are also some small private enterprises in the northern border. In order to have their own business in Heishui City, they posted various recruitment advertisements on the bulletin boards under the city.

And more and more people gathered in front of the notice board. Baron Tomato was reading the complete agreement above the city while looking at the people looking for jobs below.
"Agreement 6, Earl Herrington is obliged to help the chaotic city get on the right track, including but not limited to providing jobs and assisting in maintaining law and order when order collapses."

This time, Baron Tomato carefully read all the agreements on the agreement while he was awake.
Although in terms of terms, Ted's hands are a bit too long, and he has to take care of almost everything.
This is an offense to nobles and cannot be tolerated!

But after thinking about it, this is actually quite good!I don't have to worry about anything, just sit and have fun and count the money!
From the point of view of development, within a few months, one's own pockets will become bulging, and the pockets of the grassroots will also have money to spend, which will further promote the development of commerce and light industry.
These behaviors and activities are all carried out under their own banner, and the northern forces are only the executors and will not dictate to Baron Tomato, so there is no need to worry about riots or disorder.

"Forget it, let's see the results. Anyway, I'm not losing money, and at the bottom of the agreement, if you feel that the reform is not going well, you can unilaterally lift some of the regulations on production trusteeship."

The thought flashed by, and then, there was another rumbling sound in the distance, but this time it was louder.
Looking at the smoke and dust rising from behind, more than 100 trucks carrying goods came to the bottom of Heishui City.

Immediately afterwards, Benjamin, who was temporarily the supreme instructor, jumped out of the car with his eyes wide open.

Because Muller is busy training the last batch of Valentine soldiers, and by the way teaching all junior officers the tactical system, he is temporarily unavailable.

As the smartest soldier among the soldiers, Joseph is now busy setting up armored training classes and has no time to come here to train recruits.

So the task fell to the third smartest Benjamin.
Of course, with him came Broken Tooth
But Broken Tooth is not here to train ordinary soldiers, but to teach scouts and artillery training, which is substantially different from Benjamin's work.

Originally, when these big guys knew that they would be programmed into the rear and fired, they refused!Because they like to fight close to face!
But nothing can escape the law of true fragrance!Because when the cannon was fired, the sound was too loud, just as shocking as the thundering drums in the tribe!
In addition, when Ted and Chief Phoenix were discussing, they mentioned that their remaining poor population had to preserve their strength, and when the flames became flames, they would think about the front line.

Finally, relying on the enlightenment of the crowd and the power of the cannon, they quickly accepted their new duties.

So Broken Tooth learned artillery, and his brain was also strengthened, so he learned very fast. In addition, he had been a scout for a long time, so he could just pass on his experience together.

After the volunteer training team was assembled, Benjamin imitated Mueller, wearing a pot hat, staring at donkey eyes, pacing back and forth in front of the soldiers with a ferocious face, staring at the soldiers present as if everyone owed him hundreds of millions. everyone.

After a long time, he waited for the atmosphere to relax before he spoke: "Let me introduce myself first, I am Special Training Sergeant Benjamin Smith! In the next eight weeks, I will be your training chief officer!"

After introducing himself, he raised his voice by an octave, yelled at everyone present, his loud voice alone could frighten many soldiers!
"I don't care what training you have received before, but now you must listen to me! From now on, without my permission, you are not allowed to say a word, and when you speak, you must either start or end. Up sir!"

"Do you understand!?"

"Understood sir" the crowd responded sparsely, not at all what the army should look like
"Goofy! Haven't you girls eaten? The girls in the Q building are shouting louder than you! I can't hear you! Say it again!"

This time, all the soldiers shouted in unison, "Yes! Sir!"

Such an answer eased Benjamin's expression a little. He stopped and gave everyone a little compliment: "Very good! Very energetic, this is what an army should look like!"

However, when the style of painting changed, Benjamin continued to learn how Muller trained recruits, and gave everyone a blow!

"I don't care how old you were in the army before! But to me, before the training is over, you are just a puddle of dung that even a dog hates. You don't even deserve to be called a human! You are the most lowly creature in the world! Even the maggots in the cesspit are nobler than you!"

In order to achieve the training effect, step on everyone hard first, and then pull it up, so that everyone can understand the meaning of special training.
So Benjamin turned around and changed his tone, and said seriously to everyone: "But after the training is over, you will be the bravest and most elite soldiers in the world. Urinated on their shoes! When I saw your face, my first reaction was to kneel and surrender!"

"You will become the sharp swords of Heishui City, piercing any enemies standing in front of you! Make them regret coming to this world!"

"I am strict, but also fair! You are all equal waste, scum, and maggots here! Here, I guarantee that you will be treated fairly."

Not far away, a seemingly elite soldier couldn't help but whispered: "Here comes another sanctimonious idiot."

How could this voice escape Benjamin's ears?After the hellish devil training from Muller, it only takes two years!From a pile of waste to steel!
He followed the voice to a few soldiers and yelled at them: "Who the hell said that? Who is it? Which piece of trash!? Dare you say it but don't admit it? Are you worthy of being a man with handles? You can't even admit it!" Don’t dare!? Do you want me to chop up all your things and feed them to the dogs? Ah!!!”

In order to increase the feeling of oppression to the extreme and train their psychological endurance, Benjamin picked an unlucky person to come to him: "Did you, the bug, say that?"

"Not me, sir!"

"Better not you! If it were you, I'd hang you from a tree and stuff your belly full of shit!"

Such funny words, but because of the thick and powerful voice, and the oppressive force like a mountain, everyone was stunned and didn't laugh!

In order not to let his comrades suffer together, the proud soldier took a step forward and admitted, "I said so!"

With the attitude of one person doing things and one person being responsible, this elite who has been in the army for more than 20 years admitted what he did!
As for why he complained, it was because he refused to accept it!

He couldn't figure out why a boy who looked less than 30 years old was qualified to train him?

Benjamin turned around and came to this brave man
"What did you say? I appreciate your honesty! You can go to Aunt Susan's next door to me and eat her burnt apple pie! Trash!"

'Boom! 'Benjamin didn't hold back, and punched the soldier in the stomach heavily.
And taunted loudly: "You trash, why are you dumb now? Where did your ability go just now? Did you eat it like shit? Ah! Believe it or not, I kicked your ass to death!"

After this heavy punch, the veteran realized how terrifying the man in front of him was!Under the green camouflage uniform, there is no excess fat, and the whole body is muscular!Just that terrifying power already made him regret what he just did.

The roar made everyone terrified, but Benjamin still didn't intend to lower his tone. He pulled the veteran's collar, pressed against his face, and sprayed the saliva that had been hoarded for many years on him without reservation!
"Stand up, waste, hurry up! Slow down, and I'm going to wring your skull off and use it as a food bowl for dogs!"

"It's sir!" The veteran hurriedly stood up, feeling an inexplicable sense of fear spontaneously!

Next, Benjamin pinched his waist with both hands, and stared at him with his nostrils wide open: "The training camp is all excellent volunteers selected from the army! You all came here voluntarily, then you! Why did you come here!? Trash! "

In desperation, the soldier could only come up with this answer: "To become stronger! Sir!"

"To become stronger?" Benjamin raised one hand and put it on his chin as if thinking: "Just like you!? Tell me how tall are you?"

"Report sir! 180cm!"

"180? I really didn't know that a lump of soft dung could pile up so high! From today on, I'll call you Long Tongue! Until you get rid of your talkative habit, you'll always be called Long Tongue!"

"Yes, sir!"

Deterrence was enough, and all the soldiers present felt afraid of themselves, so Benjamin took out his whistle, blew it hard, and issued the first substantive order: "Now! Everyone! Get down!"

Although they didn't know why they were ordered to do so, they still obeyed, because the task of soldiers is to obey.

"Because of the gossip, all of you have to do fifty push-ups. If you can't finish it, others will do it with you!"

On Earth, after years of training records, only this method can develop the collective consciousness of the soldiers the fastest, and one will win and one will lose.

Of course, if this idea is to be established, there is a necessary condition, that is, the soldiers must be volunteers. If they are recruited, they are likely to cause trouble because of selfishness or dissatisfaction!
Above the city wall, when the weapons and ammunition were handed over, Baron Tomato signed a six-month interest-free installment payment according to the agreement provided by Ted.

It is also because of this magical installment payment that Tomato ancestors bought double the ammunition, plus 20 water-cooled heavy machine guns and 10 60mm caliber mortars!

As for the 81mm mortar, and the 105mm howitzer, Ted's team is still doing final testing!Ted does not intend to sell products that have not passed the complete test!But it can be pre-released first.
Therefore, the tomato ancestors ordered some cannons and shells.
Because the soldiers have not finished training, and the first batch of soldiers will get their guns in the fifth week, so the first weapons shipped can only be temporarily placed in the arsenal.

When Baron Tomato picked up the GM M1917 bolt-action rifle, praise was unabashedly thrown in the patriarch's face.

"Patriarch! My dear ancestor! This weapon is really good. While ensuring its power, it is not expensive, and it can also reduce ammunition consumption. It is indeed very suitable for the defense of our Blackwater City! It also meets our current needs."

Ancestor Tomato stroked his non-existent beard, picked up another weapon and laughed, and then flattered his grandchildren: "Of course, I also participated in battles when I was young, and I have my own views on this aspect."

"During this trip, I also referred to their military organization by the way. The platoon is the combat unit, the company is the grassroots command unit, the regiment is the direction of attack, and the division is the leader of the battlefield. This concept, in my opinion, is better than a large-scale corps. At the same time, push forward to be better”

Baron Tomato also agreed with this approach. When he saw this epoch-making weapon, he thought that the current tactics and strategies were outdated and had to be innovated!

"I also think so. There is an old saying in our empire, how big is your ass, how big your pants are, any tactics and combat methods are based on weapons and arms. Their weapons are excellent. In order to maximize the advantages of weapons , and in order to reduce battle losses, the corresponding tactics have also been adjusted a lot.”

"However, we use cold weapons to fight hand-to-hand and arrange the formation to move forward. If the battle damage exceeds a certain level, it will collapse, and the army will be defeated. There is no room for recovery."

"Based on this comparison, our little bit of ink is really not as close as 01:30 to them."

Ancestor Tomato vaguely remembered Ted's views on cold weapons, and imitated his appearance and repeated it in his own way: "Yes, according to Earl Herrington's original words, that is our weapon tactics, even better than those in the northern border. The unearthed cultural relics are still far behind.”

"Unearthed cultural relics? Hahaha."

(End of this chapter)