"Grow your own food?"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong with surprise: "Old Li, your idea is good, but we are combat troops after all, what if we encounter an emergency?"

"And what about the land? The land suitable for planting in Xiaohuangshan has basically been used. We have no extra land!"

Li Yunlong said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with the combat troops? Most of our soldiers are from farmers. For them, growing crops is a return to their old career!"

"Old Zhao, have you never heard that? It is soldiers in wartime, and farmers in idle time. They use farmers to support soldiers and protect farmers."

"As for the land issue, you don't have to worry about it. Except for Xiaohuangshan, Ping'an County and Qinghe County are surrounded by wasteland. As long as we reclaim it, this land will be available!"

Zhao Gang nodded: "Reclaiming wasteland is not an easy thing, you have to invest a lot of manpower!"

Li Yunlong laughed: "Tomorrow morning, we will pull all our troops out and devote them to cultivation."

"When the time comes, I will tell the people around me that our Eighth Route Army is preparing to reclaim wasteland and ask them to come and help and take care of their meals at noon."

"Nearly 20,000 people will cultivate together, and I believe it will be completed in less than a day!"

Zhao Gang nodded: "Thinking this way, on average, no two people are responsible for one acre, and one day is really enough!"

"I will arrange this matter. In addition, I will bring you a dozen bags of seeds that you have cultivated in Xiaohuangshan at that time, and then I will sow the seeds directly when you cultivate them!"

After saying that, Zhao Gang turned around and left.

The next morning, when it was still dawn, Li Yunlong led his troops out of Ping'an County.

Kong Jie, who was walking beside Li Yunlong, said sleepyly: "Old Li, what did you do early in the morning? You called us up before Taiyuan came out?"

"Even if you want to pull us to train, it's too early!"

Ding Wei echoed: "Old Kong is right. You Li Yunlong can't sleep, so don't affect us!"

"The days when you are not here, Lao Kong and I are busy until midnight before going to bed. Now that you are back, why don't we have a good rest?"

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Respite is for the dead. Don't go anywhere today. Follow me out of the city. I'll take you to experience life!"

Kong Jie was stunned: "Feel life? Why? Are you going to take the troops out for training?"

Li Yunlong gave him an angry look: "What are you thinking about? What I mean by experiencing life is to take you to reclaim wasteland!"

Ding Wei rolled his eyes: "Reclaiming wasteland is called experiencing life?"

"The three of us are all from farmers. Before the Japanese came, we cultivated the fields at home. What's the good experience?"

Li Yunlong laughed: "That's just right, and it will help you two recall the fun of reclaiming wasteland."

"What about you?" Kong Jie asked, "You kid don't want to stand by and watch, right?"

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "I am also a brigade commander after all. What's wrong with watching you work? There must be someone to command, right?"

"Huh!" Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong with disgust: "You guy is amazing to be a brigade commander?"

"Before the Japanese came, you were just a farmer. Now you have some achievements and want to leave the people?"

Ding Wei immediately echoed: "That's right, Lao Li, you have no idea about your thoughts and will make mistakes in the future!"

Li Yunlong laughed: "Two political commissars, why can't you both tease me?"

"After all, we are brothers who are coming from the trench. Can I, Li Yunlong, do such unethical things?"

Ding Wei smiled and said, "You Li Yunlong have done fewer unethical things?"

Just as the three of them were chatting and laughing, they had already arrived at the open space that Li Yunlong mentioned before.

"Old Li, you said that the cultivation of the people is not here, right?" Ding Wei used his hand to cross the entire area, his eyes full of shock.

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Of course, what's going on? If it is cultivated here, it will be enough to grow a lot of food!"

Kong Jie looked at the wasteland in front of him and turned around and said, "You guys are busy first. I suddenly remembered that there are other things in the army, so I'll go back first!"

"Stop!" Li Yunlong said, "If you dare to run away now, I will treat you as a deserter and report to the headquarters at that time!"

Kong Jie quickly turned around, pointed to the wasteland in front of him and said, "Li Yunlong, I suspect you are just looking for trouble on purpose."

"It's enough to make a wasteland like this, and there are tens of thousands of acres. We just want to call everyone to eat or drink, and it will take more than a week to cultivate it."

Li Yunlong laughed: "Don't worry, Lao Kong, of course, there will be no only us."

"Let's work first, probably in a while, our helper will arrive!"

As he said that, Li Yunlong handed the hoe and shovel to the two of them, and turned around and walked towards the wasteland.

Twenty minutes later, Kong Jie wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Old Li, where are the helpers you mentioned? We haven't seen them yet?"

Ding Wei also looked at Li Yunlong with surprise: "Old Li, you kid can't be the one who frames us!"

At this moment, Chu Yunfei's voice came from the edge of the field.

"Brother Yunlong, why are you here? I have been searching for a long time!"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie were stunned, turned around and looked at Tiangang and said, "Old Li, the helper you are talking about is Chu Yunfei, Sun Ming and Fang Ligong, are you?"

"Even if the three of them are added, that's not enough. Besides, they all graduated from military academy. Did they do this?"

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Old Ding, you are a very smart person, why can't your mind turn around at this time?"

"Don't worry, this time the helper is not them, but the people in the surrounding areas!"

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, an old man drove over in an ox cart, and Wuyang and Wuyang followed him with a large group of people.

Seeing this, Li Yunlong put down the hoe in his hand and turned around and walked towards the ridge of the field.

"Captain Yang, I didn't expect that even you are here this time!"

Yangcun Village laughed: "Last night, Political Commissar Zhao said you want to reclaim wasteland, and the enthusiasm of the villagers was mobilized at once."

"You Eighth Route Army has taken care of us a lot. This time, we will treat you as a reward!"

"In addition, on the way here just now, I also saw the people of Daqing Town and Dagu Town. They also came here. I guess they would arrive in a while!"

As he said that, Village Chief Yang turned to look at the common people behind him and said, "Why are you still standing there? You're working!"

As soon as the village chief Yang finished speaking, the people behind him walked towards the wasteland with tools in their hands.

Everyone is working with each other, men are responsible for the cultivation in front, women and children are responsible for sowing seeds cultivated by Li Yunlong in the Xiaohuang Mountains.

Chu Yunfei glanced at the vast crowd of busy people and took a deep breath: "With so many people supporting and helping us, why worry about not driving the Japanese out of China?"

"Adminton Sun, Staff Fang, let's go. We are the Eighth Route Army now and we have to work with the people."

"Yes!" Sun Ming and Fang Ligong responded, then rolled up their sleeves and walked towards the wasteland.

In the evening, tens of thousands of acres of wasteland have become fertile land under the joint efforts of everyone.

Li Yunlong wiped away the sweat from his forehead and looked at the scene in front of him, feeling very satisfied.

"Ding!" Congratulations to the host for completing his farming achievements...
Chapter completed!