Bai Zhengming got the wooden sign and land deed and was taken to the edge of a piece of farmland they allocated to.

"This is the newly allocated land for you. The original owners of these lands were either killed by the thief army or taken away by the thief army. At present, these lands are all unowned lands. We have registered and made new land deeds for these lands. One is in your hands, and the other is left in the Wuchang government." Tao Kairan pointed to the newly allocated rice fields and said.

The rice fields have not been cultivated for more than half a year, and there is no irrigation, and the fields have been dry and hard. After the Tunjun led the fields, they began to cultivate.

Tao Kairan, Bai Zhengming and other military households opened the gates and released water, poured a certain amount of water into the rice fields, so that the fields could be soaked in water and then they could be cultivated after they became soft.

"According to the order of the Grand Marshal, all the houses in this village must be demolished and a military fort should be built." Tao Kairan pointed to a village in front and said. Then he squatted on the ground, took out a drawing from the bamboo tube, spread it on a large stone, and spread it out. This was a drawing of a military fort.

The military fortress of the garrison houses is surrounded by a circle of city walls. A city gate is opened to the north of Wuchang direction, and there is also a city gate to the south. The military fort is 400 steps in circumference, each side is 100 steps long, and there is a bastion on each corner. Walking into the city gate, there is a street surrounding the military fortress. On the outside of the street are buildings higher than the city walls, and inside are buildings that integrate military camps and fortresses. From a structural perspective, it is somewhat like the earthen building in southern and western Fujian. On the inside of the street is a tall circular fortress with four turrets at the top.

In addition to military camps, there are also cafeterias, public bathrooms, boiler rooms, small shops, warehouses and small workshops in the military fort, which is actually a small town.

"Sir, such a building is only useful for dealing with Jiannu. We are located south of the Yangtze River. Is it necessary to build such a military fort?" Bai Zhengming asked in confusion.

"Of course it is necessary. If you don't build a military fort, what should you do if your main force of Boye left? Whether it's a thief, a thief or a thief, we will fight when it comes!" Tao Kairan snorted.

In fact, Tao Kairan didn't know that such a military fort was really used to deal with the Qing army. Li Guodong knew that after the Qing army entered the pass, the Qing army on the east side of Duoduo could block Yangzhou north of the Yangtze River, but the Qing army on the west side of Haoge would definitely cross the river. At that time, relying on these military forts to cause trouble for the Qing army, it could delay the time of the Qing army. After the main army led by Li Guodong annihilate Duoduo, then turn back to deal with Haoge.

Building such a military fort is not difficult for engineers who already have cement. The biggest problem is how to convince the villagers in the small village in front to promise to demolish their homes and free up territory for the military households to build a military fort, and then let the villagers live in the fort.

"These problems are actually not problems. The villagers here are only women, children, old and weak. As long as you can convince them and let women marry you, all these problems will be solved." Li Guodong, who personally visited the construction of military farmland and military forts, said to the military households.

Bai Zhengming was overjoyed and cried out: "That's great, then I can get married."

"Hahaha! Lao Bai, which girl and wife can still like you, the old man?" A military clerk laughed.

"Haha, Lao Bai, you'll just die! You, don't know yet? We are not in good health and can't finish our own work. We still want to raise a family of big or small?" Another military clerk also laughed.

"Don't underestimate others! Since I, Mr. Bai, I, have eaten well and dressed warmly every day, and trained every day, and have long since become the same body as before." Bai Zhengming retaliated.

"Old Bai, you are still too old, so let the woman be given to our brothers." Someone said with a smile.

Li Guodong stood aside and looked at the military households with a smile and joked with each other. At this moment, Tao Kairan suddenly thought of a question: "Brother, are we too rash to go in like this?"

"Hahaha!" Li Guodong laughed, "Don't worry, the villagers nearby, Uncle Ben has helped you with ideological work. As long as you are bolder, you can find a wife. Brother, what's your name?"

Tao Kairan put his right hand on his chest and saluted: "Ye Bo Ye, the surname is Tao, and his name is Kairan."

"Xiao Tao, you are Xiaoqi, and you have good conditions. Come and find a wife as soon as possible." Li Guodong said with a smile.

Tao Kairan replied, "Brother, I won't look for a humble position. I'd better give this opportunity to my brothers."

"Why?" Li Guodong asked in confusion.

"The Huns have not yet been destroyed, so they have no family to do! I'll wait until they defeated Jiannu and found a wife before they were humble."

"Okay, ambitious!" Li Guodong patted Tao Kairan on the shoulder, "Take people over and negotiate with them. The thief army left and captured all the strong men, leaving only some women, children, old and weak, and they also need men to take care of them. Whether they can succeed depends on your own. Uncle Ben has something else to do. Let's take a step first and go to another place to see."

"Yeah, go slowly." The military households stood up to see Li Guodong off.

Afterwards, Tao Kairan took people to the small village, saying that they were going to negotiate, but in fact they were taking their brothers to go on a blind date. Before he could enter the village, he saw a few children standing at the entrance of the village, and he was looking at them curiously. When he walked into the village, he saw many women, but they were all black and thick big-footed women, and there weren't any better-looking ones.

In fact, Li Guodong had also visited several nearby villages before. He had not seen many beautiful women. They were all thick and yelling women. Even teenage girls were mostly dark and ugly. After all, in this era, these rural women had to do rough work since childhood. The wind and rain were exposed to the scorching sun all year round. Even the girls with good foundation became bad. The tiring labor made their skin thicker and their faces covered with wrinkles. Even fewer beautiful women had been taken away by the thief army long ago.

But for those poor men who can't marry a wife, it's better to have a woman, no matter whether she looks good or not? And a strong and sturdy woman is more suitable. They can do heavy physical work like men, so that men can be more relaxed.

"Many soldiers are here."

"So many men, are they here to be men for us?"

"There is no man at home, and life is sad."

Women have long been talking about it. Not only young girls and young wives, but also young girls and middle-aged women over 40 are talking about it, hoping that they can find a good man to support this family.

Cai is a 29-year-old woman. Like most rural women back then, she has no name and only a surname. Because she married from Caijia Village more than ten miles away, others call her Cai Sao. His man was captured by Zhang Xianzhong, and his 14-year-old eldest son and 12-year-old second son in the family were also captured by Zhang Xianzhong. Only her, her in-laws, her ten-year-old daughter and her eight-year-old young son. Her father-in-law was in poor health and was bedridden all year round. She and her mother-in-law supported the family. Fortunately, her daughter and young son were sensible and could help with some farm work.

"If you want to find a man, you can find him. If I don't look for him, I can do farm work." When someone came to ask Mrs. Cai to go out for a look, she refused.

The woman who came said, "Sister Cai, the military households are going to demolish our village and change it to a military fort. If they marry a Han, they can move in after the military fort is newly built."

"I don't believe it anymore. If I don't look for it, they demolished our house and could not let me move in? What if I find a man, it's not good to my father-in-law and mother-in-law? What's not good to my children?"
Chapter completed!