My father Liu Xuande

Chapter 55 Busy Liu Feng

All the boys stared intently at him, watching the reaction of the Liu'er Camp boys.

Unexpectedly, the boy from Liu'er Camp really ignored the matter and instead coldly watched the boy leave.

No one stopped the boy until he walked out of the camp gate.

The boy felt a great sense of relief and actually turned around and took a few steps into the camp, even wanting to call his friends to leave together.

But in just a few steps, before he could even call for help, he was stopped by the young men of Liu'er Camp.

"Stop!"

"Military restricted area, no trespassing allowed!"

"If this happens again, execute him on the spot!"

The two camp boys at the entrance of the camp drew their long swords and stared fiercely at the boy, looking as if they wanted to devour him.

The boy who had fled the camp was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his pants soaked, and he scrambled backward.

Seeing the boy step back, the boys from Liu'er Camp returned to their original positions and opened the camp gate.

Seeing that the boys from Liu'er Camp actually didn't stop people from leaving, the boys on the training ground became even more excited.

Apart from a group of teenagers who had already decided to stay and repay the debt of gratitude, the other teenagers also started discussing among themselves.

For a moment, the drill ground was buzzing with activity, as lively as a vegetable market.

This time, neither Liu Li nor Saheli paid any attention to it, and let the boys discuss it.

Next, several boys secretly stood up, lowered their heads, and walked towards the camp gate.

One of them was called to a stop by the other boys, but he pretended not to hear and still ran away.

After a cup of tea, Liu Li finally spoke: "Those who haven't left yet, continue training. If you want to leave, wait until training is over."

"Rest assured, the young master will never go back on his promise to allow you to come and go as you please for seven days."

Saheli added, "You can leave at any time during the rest period. Let's start training now."

Driven by the boys from Liu'er Camp, the boys stood up and continued to line up.

This method of forming ranks was the one Liu Feng used on Liu Li, Saheli, and other young men in Liu'er Camp.

This set of things, combined with physical training, literacy, and arithmetic, tormented the boys of Liu'er Camp to the point of unbearable suffering.

Things are different now. They've become teachers, so naturally they want to give the newcomers a good workout and let them experience the wonderful times they once had.

Liu Li and Saheli returned to report that there were a total of 427 teenagers in this group, and now six of them have left, leaving 421.

Upon hearing this, Liu Feng turned his head and looked at Saheli.

Saheli then reported, "Young Master, as per your request, 656 households of farmers have been selected from the disaster relief camps outside the city and have been settled in the East City camp."

Liu Feng nodded in satisfaction: "I'll leave this matter to you two. You two work together. As for the matters around me, I'll leave them to Liu Fa and Lou Shi."

"Yes, my lord."

Liu Li and Saheli were overjoyed, yet also somewhat reluctant to part.

They had been following Liu Feng for three or four years and had developed a deep bond with him.

Leaving Liu Feng now brings a mix of reluctance and joy at being able to stand on their own, leaving them somewhat at a loss for what to do.

"Alright, you can come back and report anytime if anything happens. Even if nothing happens, you can come back to see me during your time off."

Liu Feng saw through their thoughts and waved them away, saying, "Go and get to work. Doing your job well is much better than staying by my side."

"Yes, young master!" "Young master, please take good care of yourself while we're away."

Liu Li and Saheli bowed deeply to Liu Feng and left reluctantly.

Liu Feng currently has four main tasks at hand.

The first stall is Liu'er Camp, which has now absorbed orphans from Danyang and Xuzhou, making it three or four times larger.

This is the foundation of Liu Feng's existence, both now and in the future; it is a fundamental project that Liu Feng will insist on investing in regardless of money or effort.

The second stall was Hua Tuo and the hospital.

Liu Feng eventually selected eight people from Liu'er's camp to follow the medical theories compiled by Hua Tuo. These theories would also be sent to Liu Feng for him to review. It was best not to learn some theories that were fundamentally wrong or misguided.

At the same time, Liu Feng also passed on his medical knowledge, which he had written down over the years, to Hua Tuo.

Some of this knowledge will overturn Hua Tuo's understanding, while some will confirm his conjectures and inspire him.

In short, all of this was left to the apprentices, led by Liu Gan.

This is a project that requires long-term investment, consuming a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and even lives. Liu Feng is only just getting started because he is really short of funds and cannot fill this bottomless pit.

The third aspect was land reclamation, which he had already planned to entrust entirely to Lu Su.

Similarly, Liu Feng has also assigned Liu Li and Saheli to take charge. Liu Li is mainly responsible for the training and education of the new youths in Liu'er Camp, while Saheli is in charge of the land reclamation.

Liu Feng instructed the two of them to select sixty young men from Liu'er's camp to assist Lu Su as clerks and be responsible for operating the entire agricultural settlement.

This is both training and practice.

The boys in Liu'er Camp had all undergone at least three years of learning to read and write and to do arithmetic. As long as they applied what they had learned, the task of farming was no challenge for them at all.

Once they have completed their practice, these seeds can serve as new seeds, yielding even more fruit.

The fourth area was technology research and development, which was led by Liu Fa and a few others.

Their primary task at present is to implement the projects arranged by Liu Feng.

Just like Liu Feng previously provided a sketch of the curved plow, along with the effects and usage of the components.

Liu Fa and others were responsible for contacting craftsmen and discussing the production process with them to replicate the curved plow.

The last place was Liu Feng's secret vault, which contained various confidential documents written in a mixture of simplified Chinese characters and English letters, some precious items, and the financial details and lists that Liu Feng currently possessed.

Currently, apart from a small amount of rewards from Liu Bei and some savings brought by Liu Feng from his hometown, the largest source of income is the generous gift sent by Mi Zhu.

Liu Feng sorted through the silk scrolls he had been working on for the past two days and carefully checked what was written on them.

After confirming that everything was correct, Liu Feng went to Liu Bei's place.

Now that everything is on track, we can begin to address the issue of Zang Ba.

Langya is located north of Xuzhou and serves as the northern barrier for Tancheng.

If we don't hold it in our hands for a day, Tancheng will never have peace.

It only takes half a day to get from the border of Langya County and Donghai County to Tancheng.

Zang Ba has yet to express his opinion, which makes Liu Bei feel very uneasy.

The third update will be quite late, so readers who go to bed early can read it tomorrow.

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