Su Chengyu soon gave up the plan to convert this 100 households into a military camp, although there were some ready-made facilities that could be used, but the area was too small, and the second was that the surrounding area was arable land, and it was easy to have a quarrel with the farmers during military training.

He led a few guards to ride around for most of the day, and finally chose an open wasteland in the southeast of Longnan.

Directly north is a hill, and on the south side there is a wide river running through it, and there is a large flat clearing between the mountains and rivers, and there are many trees nearby.

Best of all, there was a quadrangular tower seven or eight miles west of the wasteland. The quadrangular tower is said to be a "building", which is actually a small fortress built by the Hakka people. The four walls are tall and smooth, and there are more than three storeys of watchtowers built on the four corners, which is more than enough to defend against bandits. In the future, you can consult with the residents of this corner tower to let the new army come here to train and siege the city. If such a fortification can be taken, the ordinary city wall will be a piece of cake.

There are various terrain and landforms, and there is even a training fortress, so it is a very good comprehensive training camp as long as it is sorted out a little.

Wang Keqian was originally worried that Su Chengyu would be stationed near the county seat, but he was naturally very happy to learn that the military camp was built on a wasteland.

If this large area of uninhabited land is used as a military camp, there will be small traders begging for a living nearby, and perhaps people will gradually settle down and reclaim the land in the future. If this wasteland can be turned into a village in the future, it will definitely be a good thing for him in Longnan County.

Wang Zhixian had already been instructed by the teacher to try his best to assist Su Chengyu, but now he was even more attentive, and immediately organized more than 400 people nearby to burn the wasteland, level the ground, and build facilities, and instructed the county Cheng Luo Peng to personally supervise it.

At the beginning of August, it was the time of agricultural slack, the labor force was sufficient, and Su Chengyu paid for the people's food by himself, which was a hot scene at the construction site.

Hundreds of people, under the dispatch of Luo Xiancheng, quickly enclosed the seven or eight hectares of wasteland, and on the same day, they had to start filling in the mud between the two ponds.

Seeing this, Su Chengyu hurriedly stepped forward to stop and kept the swampy training ground he was planning.

He also carefully instructed Luo Xiancheng that except for the more than 100 square meters of open space used as a school field, all the other places should be kept in their original appearance and never repaired.

In order to prevent further mistakes, Su Chengyu simply changed into a military uniform and turned every point on the construction site. Sure enough, some problems were discovered.

For example, for the construction of barracks, Luo Xiancheng only hired more than a dozen masons and less than ten carpenters. Only these people bring some people, and if they want to complete the barracks that can accommodate thousands of people, I am afraid that they will have to work for more than half a year.

Su Chengyu had to take out another two hundred taels of silver and asked Qiao Qian to take people to a farther town to recruit craftsmen.

As he was about to leave the construction site of the barracks, he saw a carpenter making objects with a saw and axe, and went up to inquire that he was going to make a chase shop for soldiers.

Su Chengyu asked people to take paper and pencils, drew a picture of the double bunk beds, and instructed the carpenters to make all the beds in this style.

These carpenters are also veterans, and although they have never seen such a strange style of bed, they immediately saw that this bed is not only more comfortable to sleep on than the Chase bunk, but also not conducive to the spread of parasites such as fleas and lice, and can also save a lot of space.

It was praised by all the carpenters, and some people were glad that they had been sent to make beds, and that they could learn a new style of bed, and perhaps they would be able to earn some money from this when they turned around.

When Su Chengyu finished inspecting the entire construction site and came to the entrance of the barracks, he happened to see a stone more than one person high ten zhang away, and he immediately thought of something in his heart. He had the stonemasons in his hands and gave them another command.

At night, Su Chengyu didn't go to the post house arranged for himself by Wang Zhixian, but set up a tent next to the woods on the east side of the barracks, also wanting to get himself used to military life as soon as possible.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhixian got a message, saying that His Royal Highness the King of Chenzhou did not return to the post house the next night, and rushed to the construction site in a hurry, and saw that Su Chengyu was wearing a military uniform and directing the construction, so he was relieved.

When Su Chengyu saw him coming, he hurriedly greeted: "Lord Wang, there are just some things I want you to help with." ”

Wang Keqian stepped forward to salute, and then listened to Su Chengyu tell him repeatedly, and it took him a long time to understand, "The 'bidding' that His Highness said is somewhat similar to 'singing and selling'. It's just that the buyer raises the price, and the seller decides who to sell to. The bidding is just the opposite, it is the seller who lowers the price, and His Royal Highness decides who to buy. ”

That's basically what it means, but the bidding price is kept secret and will not be made public. All bids and goods grades are written on paper and packed in boxes. When the bid is opened, the low price and high quality will naturally win the bid. ”

Wang Zhixian was amazed by this brilliant method, "In this way, the seller will try to keep the offer price as low as possible so that he can beat other opponents." He hesitated again, "It's just that if these merchants communicate with each other......

Su Chengyu smiled and said, "It's okay." Businessmen seek profit, and whoever communicates with others is waiting to be betrayed. People who have come out of these business districts can naturally think of this. He continued, "This time we mainly bought military uniforms, leather boots, officers' sabers, and wooden guns for training, and everything had to be customized. Except for two hundred sabers, everything else had to be delivered in three thousand pieces, which were delivered in three batches. ”

Wang Zhixian nodded and wrote down, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Su Chengyu again.

"There is one more thing," Su Chengyu took out the recruitment notice that Hong Si had prepared for him last night and handed it to Wang Keqian, "My Longwei New Army needs to recruit a battalion of soldiers, and Lord Wang needs to worry about it." ”

Wang Keqian was a little embarrassed: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, the people who are willing to be soldiers have already been recruited by Yang Butang, I'm afraid it will ......" This Yang Butang is Yang Tinglin, the secretary of the military department who presides over all military affairs in southern Jiangnan.

"Do your best to ensure the destiny of heaven." Su Chengyu smiled and said, "How many soldiers can be raised, Lord Wang will do it." ”

Wang Keqian didn't say anything more, and immediately posted bidding matters everywhere in Longnan according to Su Chengyu's instructions, and even the two counties of Jinnan and Dingnan next to him issued some notices. As for recruitment, the formal process was still followed, and the documents were distributed all the way to the heads of the villages.

Before Yu Xin's brigade drove to Longnan, he had to complete all the preliminary preparations as much as possible, Su Chengyu thought about it one by one, and he really had a lot of ideas, and he couldn't wait to give birth to ten more pairs of hands for a while.

That night, Su Chengyu wrote a long recital, and asked Longwu for instructions on the training and strengthening of the army that he had planned in the near future. After writing, seal it with fire paint. He definitely can't believe it, and it is estimated that if he enters Fujing, this piece will fall into the hands of Zheng Zhilong.

He asked Shi Lin to select an absolutely reliable guard, and rode two horses to send the chapter to Tianxing Mansion.

Another day later, Qiao Qian returned to the barracks construction site with more than forty craftsmen. Seeing that so many craftsmen had come, Luo Xiancheng immediately assured Su Chengyu that as long as the building materials were sufficient, all the barracks could be built in a maximum of forty days.