Li Qinglin's troops spent half a month to suppress bandits, and Li Qinglin himself became the shopkeeper. But he was not idle, but busy with other affairs.

The first thing Li Qinglin was concerned about was the situation of the two squadrons stationed in Niuwangzhai and Xiashangou. With the guard squad, Li Qinglin ran away both places.

The situation in Xiashangou is better. Because it is relatively closed and has little contact with the outside world, the social relations are relatively simple, and the products are relatively abundant, so the big man quickly stood up. Because of his participation in the suppression of bandits, the surrounding bandits were wiped out by the third brigade, and the people are increasingly supporting the Ninth Squadron. The big man's work to collect "anti-Japanese donations" and "patriotic food" is progressing very quickly. Not only did the Ninth Squadron completely resolve the food and salary this year, but there was also some surplus.

Xiao Liuzi's work here is relatively difficult, and the main reason is the supply problem. The three villages in Niuwang Village have a smaller population, but they have less land. In the past, the national army forces forced the local government to collect food and pay, and after the seventh squadron entered, they immediately aroused the vigilance of local people, and even had some resistance to their arrival.

Xiao Liuzi immediately realized the key to the problem. He immediately found the patriarch of Niuwangzhai and announced in front of everyone that he would never charge another grain of grain locally. In order to express his determination to be self-reliant, Xiao Liuzi asked the patriarch to have a slope. There were many stones on the mountain and there was less soil. Xiao Liuzi asked the soldiers to transport river mud from the bottom of the mountain with mules and horses, and organized the soldiers to build terraces with stones. Now that food is no longer possible, Xiao Liuzi asked the soldiers to plant fruits and vegetables in the terraces.

In fact, there is another problem that cannot be solved all year round, that is, the water source problem. The places where Niuwang Village is located are mostly Shitou Mountain, and rainwater cannot be stored. Therefore, when the weather is a little dry, agricultural water consumption will be very tight. If the drought is longer, drinking water for people and animals cannot be guaranteed.

Xiao Liuzi also thought of many solutions to this problem. One of the important measures taken was to build a reservoir. There were many stones on the mountain, and the soldiers could pick them up as much as possible as they were able to. Xiao Liuzi took out part of the money from the small vault to buy glutinous rice and lime, and then sent soldiers to wash the river sand in the river. After intense construction, Xiao Liuzi and his friends built more than a dozen large reservoirs on the mountain. As long as it rained, the water on the mountain could accumulate part of it, which greatly alleviated the problem of local water shortage.

The Great Plain is more than ten miles below the mountain, which belongs to the territory of Anxi County, so Xiaoliuzi set his mind on the plain area. Xiaoliuzi learned Li Qinglin's method and collected "anti-Japanese donations" and "patriotic grain" among the local gentry. The number of people in the 7th Squadron was small, and the plain area was much richer. After this donation of grain, Xiaoliuzi actually collected the food and wages of the Squadron this year.

Seventh, the food and salary of more than 300 people in the Ninth Squadron was solved, and Li Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief. Li Qinglin's next key task was to build a new end point, that is, the construction of the Motianling Fortifications.

Because Sangyu Town is too close to the enemy, it is not safe to station the main force of the brigade for a long time. Li Qinglin transferred the direct squadron and Feng Zheng's 10th Squadron to Motianling, leaving only Zhang Ergou's Eighth Squadron and Cavalry Squadron to stay in Sangyu Town. Sangyu Town is the first barrier in front of Motianling.

According to Li Qinglin's plan, Motianling has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is basically at the center of Sangyu Town, Xiashangou and Niuwangzhai. This will become the key points that the three brigades must stick to in the future, and can even become the support point between the various troops. Therefore, a strong fortification must be built here.

The natural conditions of Motianling are good. When the old pouted, they only built some simple fortifications based on the terrain. Therefore, the work of building solid fortifications was extremely arduous. Because the bandit suppression work was basically over, Li Qinglin still threw this problem to Han Jizhong, Feng Zheng and others.

Han Jizhong and Feng Zheng are worthy of being military academy students, and are very familiar with the fortifications of the positional warfare of the National Army. Under the leadership of the two, hundreds of people from the squadron and the 10th Squadron were directly under the control of the squadron and the 10th Squadron, and Li Qinglin transferred the captured bandits. After more than two months of day and night robbery, the fortifications of Motianling had begun to take shape.

After completion, Li Qinglin led the squadron leaders of each squadron to walk along the mountain and inspected the fortifications of the entire Motianling. He saw that various stone bunkers on Motianling were everywhere, and trenches were connected, such as direct shooting, side shooting, crossing, and inverted fire points to support each other. Heavy machine gun positions, main mortar positions and several backup positions were set up very reasonably.

In particular, there are several natural caves on the mountain. These caves have been built into warehouses, military camps, ammunition depots, and Han Jizhong and Feng Zheng have built a solid stone wall at the entrances. On the one hand, this wall can block the enemy's direct firepower, and on the other hand, when the Japanese plane drops bombs, it can block the bomb shrapnel and shock waves.

These stone walls were also taken out of shooting holes, thus forming a solid fire point. As long as a machine gun is set up in the shooting hole, it is very difficult for the enemy to rush into the hole.

In order to improve the early warning capabilities of Motianling fortifications, Li Qinglin also invited Wang Leshan and others from Chenjiazhai to check and put forward suggestions for improvement. With the help of Wang Leshan and others, Han Jizhong and others added some secret mechanisms to call the police and defend.

After the fortifications were fully completed, Li Qinglin asked Xiaoliuzi, Zhang Ergou, Darenzi and others to lead troops to conduct several night attacks on Motianling, and they ended in failure every time. After almost practical inspections, Xiaoliuzi and others highly praised the fortifications of Motianling. After they returned, they also transformed the fortifications of Niuwangzhai and Xiashangu according to this fortification.

Li Qinglin also achieved an unexpected effect when he wiped out the bandits, which was that he obtained a lot of food and money.

It is the nature of bandits to be lazy and hate labor. The bandits in Motianling hid all the food, gold, silver jewelry, cloth and other goods that they robbed from all over the place in the cave. In order to eat meat every day, these people built pens on the mountain and raised pigs, sheep, chickens, etc. After counting, they found that in terms of grain, the grain stored by the greedy old puffered mouth can be eaten by more than 100 bandits in Motianling for two years.

After Li Qinglin captured Motianling, he naturally accepted it all. In addition, he also seized a lot of stolen goods in other places, and these dirts were piled up. Li Qinglin handed over the full responsibility of this matter to Jin Mingjun and Bao Jiafa to deal with it.

Jin Mingjun and Bao Jiafa have now taken over many of Xiao Liuzi's previous jobs. They have basically become Li Qinglin's housekeeper and military officer. They have brought people to transport all the food out of the cave and then carefully stored it. High-end cloth and mountain goods can be turned into money and transported all the money to Sangyu Town. After selecting the guns of the captured bandits, the newer and well-maintained Hanyang's three-eight large covers were left. Others such as singles, old sleeves and shotguns were sold to the gentry outside the mountain, which was also exchanged for a large amount of money.

After clearing out the bandits in the defense zone, Li Qinglin asked Han Jizhong to conduct a thorough investigation in the territory. During the investigation, Han Jizhong discovered a way to make money...
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