Cut off my army's food supplies? I'll open a portal between the two worlds and max out my

After the harvest was completed, the Anxi army members immediately finished tilling the land, and they were waiting for the general to distribute the new "immortal seeds".

The members of the Anxi Army knew very well that as long as the immortal seeds given by the general were planted in the fields, a bumper harvest was guaranteed.

This common sense has become established in Anxi Town. Even if newcomers ask what the Immortal Seed is, the elders will advise them, "Don't worry about the immortals. Just plant what the general gave you!"

A yield of 5000 jin of grain per mu isn't enough to shut you up?

For people of this era, being able to have enough to eat is the greatest happiness.

The Anxi Army has already reclaimed over a thousand acres of fertile land along both banks of the Tum River. Currently, the Anxi Army is not reclaiming any more land, not because there is not enough land, but because there would not be enough manpower if they expanded further.

In the end, we still lacked manpower.

"It seems that Anxi Town needs to accelerate its population expansion, especially before winter arrives."

The more people Anxi Town absorbs before winter, the faster it will develop in the following spring.

Moreover, according to Li Wen's plan, no matter how many people Anxi Town absorbs, it must at least meet the standard of self-sufficiency on the surface.

So, Li quickly found the answer to what to plant next.

Rapeseed and peanuts.

Rapeseed can fertilize the soil and produce oil, while peanuts are also an economical crop that is easy to grow.

Both can produce oil. When Anxi Town starts to establish an oil pressing plant, it will not only enrich the economic products of Anxi Town, but also increase the income of residents.

Li Wen has been promoting the concept of exchanging labor for remuneration in Anxi Town, and the emergence of factories can more clearly enhance residents' understanding of this concept.

Purchasing seeds and fertilizers is relatively simple. Li Wen and Lao Zhou have cooperated countless times. Even if Lao Zhou doesn't have something, he can get it from his friends.

Li Wen is preparing and doing his homework for planting rapeseed and peanuts.

The shelter was about to face its real test.

"Chief Liu! Something terrible has happened!!!"

Old Liu was woken up from his sleep.

"What's wrong?"

Old Liu put on a coat and came out of the bedroom to ask.

"A lot of people have come from outside! They are all refugees from the Yanshan area."

How many people?

"At least two thousand people!"

"I'll go take a look first. You go and inform Steward Jiang to send more security guards to assist us in the reception and management."

Old Liu was very familiar with the work process, and he made the right arrangements immediately.

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Tian immediately deployed all one hundred security personnel to the shelter and temporarily dispatched fifty Anxi soldiers from the agricultural group to assist in the work.

At the same time, they also coordinated with the locust flower area and transferred more than a dozen female workers from the handicraft workshop there.

There will definitely be women and children among the refugees. If only men are doing the coordination work, there will be many inconveniences.

Jiang Tian had considered this matter very carefully, and Li Wen praised him after learning about it, and then handed the matter over to Jiang Tian to take charge of.

Li Wen then went to work on the seeds and fertilizer.

Here at the shelter.

Old Liu led twenty or thirty able-bodied men, who were members of the militia.

The Anxi Army alone cannot maintain order in Anxi Town. In addition, future military expansion will require manpower. The militia established in the shelter will serve as a reserve force for the military power of Anxi Town in the future.

"Everyone stop!"

Although Mr. Liu is nearly sixty years old, he has become younger and younger after finding hope in life again in Anxi Town.

He stood alone in front of the group of refugees, showing no sign of fear.

The refugees were also intimidated by Old Man Liu.

They were mainly intimidated by the megaphone in Old Liu's hand.

The old man's shouts were so loud they deafened the entire group of refugees.

In the eyes of these refugees, this method was equivalent to the methods of immortals, which was in line with their initial idea.

These people risked starvation to come to the Gobi Desert from outside Yumen Pass because they heard that there were immortals here who would provide food and drink.

"A soup kitchen has been set up here at the shelter. If you want to have some hot soup, you'll need to cooperate with us from now on, understand?"

Old Liu's voice was amplified and heard by every refugee.

All the refugees nodded in agreement, and even when children were crying, their mothers covered their mouths.

Because they had already seen the thick smoke billowing from behind Old Liu and smelled the aroma wafting in the air.

"Which way did you come from?"

Old Liu asked the group of people in front of him.

The leader of the group replied truthfully, "Reporting to you, sir, we came from the Yumen Pass! The Yumen Pass is locked down, and they won't let us pass! Over there, we can only eat tree bark and dig up grass roots!"

"There are no adults here! My position is the director of the shelter. You can call me by my title or Old Liu. Remember, don't use 'adult' anymore, understand?"

Old Liu didn't explain much, because he knew that these people simply couldn't understand the ideals the general had instilled in them.

Since Old Liu himself had come from a life of displacement, he naturally knew how to deal with these people and simply told them what to do.

Sure enough, at Old Liu's request, everyone started calling him "Director Liu".

"Where did you live before you fled to Yumen Pass, and what did you do for a living?"

Old Liu continued to inquire.

The refugees answered truthfully that they had all fled from the Yanshan area and originally made a living by farming.

Old Liu knew the situation in the Yanshan area very well. He could tell the truth from the lies in the answers given by these refugees at a glance. He had other staff guide those who told the truth to line up for food, while those who did not tell the truth were isolated.

Moreover, initial inquiries can help identify exceptional individuals for the shelter.

People with professions such as butchers, blacksmiths, carpenters, and barefoot doctors can be directly recruited and, after a little training, can be integrated into the professional system of Anxi Town.

Li Wen has always emphasized the importance of talent development.

Anxi Town has a particular need for technical personnel, because in the future Anxi Town will need to establish its own military factory, all of which will require the support of technical personnel.

These people all have a good foundation and can be better nurtured.

After a morning of hard work,

Old Liu conducted a simple screening of the two thousand refugees. Most of them were ordinary people, and a small number were skilled workers. They were all allowed to enter the soup kitchen set up by the shelter.

As for the remaining hundred-plus people, they were clearly lying, or their statements did not match what Old Liu knew.

These people are clearly suspicious.