Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 15459 Gathering
Shi Jie quickly said, "This is also an unexpected surprise. I just suddenly thought of it and asked one of my men. Someone said that we could make this kind of wooden drum, so I made one. The effect is pretty good. I plan to make a few more and put them in different places. Then I'll have people play them every day. That way, no matter where they are on the island, they can hear the drum. As long as they hear the drum, they will come here to gather. Gradually, everyone will gather here."

Ji Lei nodded and said, "It's a good idea, let's do it that way. Have a good rest today, and tomorrow I'll have someone bring you some game meat so you won't waste too much time hunting. Eat up, and go to rest early after you've eaten your fill."

Shi Jie responded, ate some of the animal meat, and then left. Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Shi Jie and his men left with some more animal meat. When they were about half an hour away from the base, Shi Jie left ten men behind to make wooden drums. He then led the others onward, leaving ten men behind every half hour. By the time they reached the first wooden drum they had made the day before, it was the fourth group of people. He left ten men there to play the drums and then led the others onward. Half an hour later, he left ten men behind again. After another half hour, they reached the second wooden drum.

The reason Shi Jie left a group of people behind every half hour, instead of every hour like yesterday, was because if there was an hour's interval, the drumbeats would be too faint. So Shi Jie shortened the interval today.

Shi Jie and his group continued forward, leaving a group behind every half hour. After five hours, they reached their final destination, where Shi Jie stopped. He then joined the other nine men in entering the forest, where they cut down a suitable tree and made a wooden drum. By the time the drum was finished, it was already dark. Shi Jie and his men lit a fire and roasted some animal meat. After eating, Shi Jie arranged for everyone to take turns sleeping.

Nothing more was said that night. The next morning, after Shi Jie and the others ate some of the leftover meat from the previous day, he said to them, "Leave two people behind: one to beat the drum and the other to gather firewood. Then, black smoke will appear. The rest of you, go hunting and find food."

The group responded, and two people stayed behind. One started beating the drum, while the other went to gather firewood. Soon they lit a fire and threw a pile of wet firewood on it, which caused a lot of black smoke to rise into the sky. At this time, Shi Jie and his men also caught some game and began to use the black smoke to make smoked meat.

Just as they were busy, a group of several hundred people emerged from the woods. They looked somewhat disheveled. When they saw Shi Jie and his group, they were all stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. With a cheer, they ran over. Shi Jie and his group were also very happy to see the newcomers and immediately went to greet them. When the newcomers saw that Shi Jie and his group only had ten people, they were somewhat disappointed. Shi Jie glanced at the leader and realized that he recognized him. It was a squad leader that Shi Jie had known before, someone of the same rank as him. Shi Jie immediately smiled and said, "Senior Brother Qin, I didn't expect to meet you today."

When Senior Brother Qin saw Shi Jie, he was very happy. He immediately said, "Junior Brother Shi, hahaha, it's so great to see you here. What are you all doing here?" He pointed to the bonfire and the wooden drum.

Shi Jie quickly said, "We are here on the orders of Captain Ji Lei to set up these things so that everyone can see them. If you keep walking along this beach, it will take about five hours to reach our base. Captain Ji Lei and his men are there. There are already nearly 20,000 people there, and there may be more now. We won't keep you any longer, Senior Brother. This is our mission. Just keep walking forward and you will reach the base."

Upon hearing what Shi Jie said, Senior Brother Qin immediately became excited and said, "Great, that's wonderful, let's go there now."

Shi Jie nodded, then glanced at Senior Brother Qin and said, "Senior Brother Qin, there are quite a few of you this time. Do you think we should leave some people behind to do the same thing as us, but move forward. We also need to build some wooden drums so that the sound of the drums can be heard no matter where you are on the island. What do you think?"

Senior Brother Qin was taken aback, then nodded and said, "Alright, let's do it that way. We've already found you, so there's nothing to worry about. We'll listen to you from now on." Shi Jie responded, then selected ten people and told them what to do there. After that, he led Senior Brother Qin and the others forward. After walking for another half hour, he taught them how to make wooden drums and even made one himself. After that, he left ten people behind and led the rest forward, arranging people along the way. That day, they arranged ten more locations. At night, everyone rested together. They still had over three hundred people left, waiting to be deployed again the next day. Their goal was to deploy everyone; the more people they deployed, the faster their team could assemble.

Just as Shi Jie had said before, they now have a large number of people gathered. There are already more than 30,000 people at their base. In just two days, more than 10,000 people have gathered at the base. All of these people went to gather because they heard the sound of the wooden drum. Ji Lei and his group were very happy about this situation.

On the fourth day after Shi Jie and his team set up the wooden drum to transmit sound outside, a heavyweight figure arrived at the base. This person was Gu Wuzheng, the captain in charge of 100,000 people. His arrival meant that the overall commander of the battle team had arrived.

When Gu Wuzheng agreed with Ji Lei and his group's approach, he also agreed to establish a base here. Now, there are already more than 60,000 people at the base. Under the command of Gu Wuzheng and his group, a base was built. Although this base was only temporary, it was well-built, consisting of wooden houses with thatched roofs. Everyone was very enthusiastic.

Seven days after Gu Wuzheng arrived at the base, there were now more than 90,000 people there. That is to say, almost everyone in his team had arrived. Gu Wuzheng was very happy, but he still sent some people to build wooden drums in various places, hoping to bring everyone to the base.

Finally, on the tenth day after Gu Wuzheng arrived at the base, everyone had arrived except for those guarding the wooden drums outside. Gu Wuzheng counted the number of people and found that not a single person in his team had died or been forced to withdraw from the test. This greatly excited Gu Wuzheng. He immediately arranged for people to call back all those guarding the wooden drums outside. However, even if they returned, it would take several days. Finally, five days later, everyone returned to the base. At this point, the entire army of 100,000 men was in place. Gu Wuzheng immediately summoned the captains of the ten squads to his side. After they all arrived, Gu Wuzheng looked at them and said, "Now that everyone in the team has arrived at the base, we can proceed with our next plan. Our next step is to build ships and then defend this island. At that time, our test will be considered complete." Everyone responded, their faces showing excitement.

Gu Wuzheng continued, "The problem now is that the tools we have are very inconvenient. In other words, we can't build large ships. We can only build small boats. After you go back, have the captains of each squad take a count to see how many people in our team know how to build ships. Then gather all these people together. We need to build more ships. Only in this way can we leave this place."

Everyone responded, and Gu Wuzheng then announced the end of the meeting. After the meeting, the captain of Shi Jie's team returned to his team and then called the captains of Shi Jie's team to his side. Once everyone was there, the captain looked at Shi Jie and the others and said, "The captain has ordered that after you go back, you should take a count and see how many people in our team know how to build ships. Then gather all of them together. Right now, we don't have many tools to build large ships, so we can only build small ones. Because we have a lot of people, we need to build more ships so that we can leave this place."

Everyone nodded, except for Shi Jie, who seemed lost in thought. After the captain finished speaking, Shi Jie said, "Captain, I don't think building a ship right now is a good option. Like you said, we don't have enough tools, and it would take too long to build a ship. So I think it would be better if we didn't build a ship, but instead built rafts, large rafts. Because building rafts requires the fewest tools and the least amount of technology. We can connect all the rafts together to make a huge raft, and then leave on that raft. That would be much faster than building a ship. What do you think?" Shi Jie looked at the captain after he finished speaking.

The captain was taken aback by his words, then thought for a moment before saying, "What you said makes some sense. Here's what I'll do: I'll report this to the battalion commander and see what he thinks. But you still need to count the personnel. Even if we end up building rafts, we'll need some experienced shipbuilders to guide us. Alright, go ahead and count the personnel as soon as possible." Shi Jie and the others responded and immediately went to get busy, while the captain went directly to find Gu Wuzheng.

After listening to Shi Jie's report, Gu Wuzheng also felt that there was some truth to it. He then called over the captains of the ten squads, and after discussing it, they decided to adopt Shi Jie's suggestion. Building rafts would be more convenient, faster, and simpler. Gu Wuzheng then gave the order for everyone to start cutting down trees. The trees on the island were felled in large numbers, and countless animals became food for Shi Jie and his men. At the same time, they officially began building the rafts. This time, they were going to build double-layered rafts, which would be much sturdier.