Chapter 116 Cheap Labor
At this time, the Blois Mountains were still brightly lit.
They didn't plan to stop work at night. Tens of thousands of people were working frantically.
Since the rare earth mines on Blois Mountain were discovered, the outpost immediately began to recruit personnel and construction machinery.
Just because of the special geographical location of the Blois Mountains and the Hope River as a natural barrier, the recruited personnel and mechanical equipment could not be transported to the place for a while, and the engineering troops brought tens of thousands of surrendered rebels. , at this time, the engineering team is approved first.
According to the plan of the outpost, the work they need to complete is not much. They simply clear a road in the area at the mountain entrance and clear a passage suitable for subsequent heavy mining construction operations.
As for the subsequent digging of mountains, mining, paving roads and building bridges, these people can't help at the moment.
Every one of the tens of thousands of workers was considered guilty at this time, so after the engineering troops arrived here, everyone quickly understood the situation.
This is to make them act as coolies!
When we first arrived in the morning, the rebel team seemed a little restless.
But when they soon realized that there was no way to escape, even if they didn't work, these people finally began to exert their efforts in this mining area.
This group of rebel prisoners were all holding tools at this time. A dozen people formed a small team, pushing carts or cutting rocks and loading soil, doing basic work.
The soldiers at the outpost were patrolling the outpost in full armor, and the equipment they wore made the prisoners feel terrified when they saw it.
The drone formations that have been flying in the sky are patrolling, and the fixed sentry positions + patrol posts on the ground are rotated, but no hand-held tools have been found to escape again.
After all, the powerful force that erupted from the South Gate Camp that night was enough to frighten everyone.
Several leading generals who had rebelled in Brest City were screened out by Lange. As for where they were sent, it was not their concern.
The remaining rebel soldiers worked from morning to noon. Everyone was hungry, the guys in their hands had no strength, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts.
They thought that if they had not followed the rebel generals to attack the South Gate camp at the beginning, maybe they could still be able to fill their stomachs with the meager army rations in the city!
Although I don’t have enough to eat, at least I don’t have to work hard and have no food like I am now, right?
As a result, when the tens of thousands of people here were so tired and dizzy that they really couldn't go on, the drone formation above them made sounds in words they could understand.
"Personnel numbers 1-3000 go to the designated area A to eat!"
"Personnel numbers 3001-6000 go to the designated area B to eat!"
"Personnel numbers 6001-9000..."
Everyone was given a number plate before working, and they could all understand the numbers on it.
At this time, the drone shouted, and everyone immediately became excited. The people whose numbers were called rushed to the designated area down the mountain in groups. Before they reached the area, they ran The soldiers at the front could already smell the strong fragrance. food! !
They left their homes and were recruited from all over the Coman Empire to the city of Brest, supposedly to resist the orc army. Duke Rono also gave them the greatest support in the royal city in the north.
In fact, hundreds of thousands of troops are entrenched in the city of Brest, but the food supply is never enough, coupled with the deductions from the leading generals in the city of Brest And embezzlement, even without the appearance of Princess Irina and the outpost, there is still a huge problem with the supply of military rations here.
Many soldiers have not had a good meal for several months, and some marginalized legion members who have been excluded are even more miserable. It is common to go hungry after one meal!
After these people worked for several hours, the engineering troops did not skimp on the food supply.
Under the instructions of Captain Qin, two large military dining trucks were directly pulled over from the Blois Mountains, and some chef help was requested from Brest City. The thick soup with unlimited noodles was directly served to all the soldiers present. There is no thought of escaping at all!
The key point is that you can really eat enough here!
Although the work is tiring, being able to eat well is too tempting for this group of soldiers who are farmers, businessmen, blacksmiths, bricklayers and other ordinary professions in the Coman Empire!
The taste of the food is really wonderful and delicious. Tens of thousands of people eat it with round bellies during lunch. Many people eat until they can’t eat any more and have to add another mouthful of soup. After drinking it, Many people cried loudly... According to the memories of these people afterwards, this meal was the most filling they had eaten in several months.
After lunch, the engineering team promised to have the same configuration in the evening, and everyone cheered and expressed gratitude.
One meal completely eliminated all the surrendering rebels' thoughts of escaping. Without the instigation of the leading generals, the ordinary soldiers just wanted to have a full meal and stay alive.
After all, they are not the leading masters in fine clothes and fine food!
Therefore, from the afternoon to the evening, more than 30,000 people once again had an unlimited meal. Some people also found something suspected to be sliced meat in their lunch boxes, which provoked Everyone was shouting and screaming, how surprised they were.
The leader of the engineering force, Lao Qin, whose full name is Qin Ben, has a tall and thick appearance. He is 1.85 meters tall and is in his thirties. His appearance is very consistent with his name.
Qin Ben stood on a platform under the mountains, looking at the many workers in front of him who were working all night, and asked the people beside him: "Give them a midnight snack after twelve o'clock."
The officer beside him was also stunned, and said subconsciously: "I have never done this before, Captain Qin. Besides... aren't they all surrendered rebels, and are they treated so well?"
" They are all mining laborers now. If they don’t have enough to eat, they won’t have the energy to work. When the time comes, we will have to do it ourselves!”
Qin Ben glanced at the man beside him and said slowly: "We haven't established direct transportation links with Lakeside City, and a large amount of equipment and engineering equipment can't be transported. The best people to use now are people like them."
"A little food is enough. What, they are all things that cannot be disposed of and have overcapacity. They just consume some fuel for cooking!”
“Compare these with those engineering equipment, don’t you understand?”
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The officer beside him nodded repeatedly and immediately sent someone to make arrangements.
At this time, they only have a few hundred people on the Blois Mountains. The excavators, mining machines and transport vehicles needed by the engineering force have just crossed the river and have not yet arrived here. It will take some time.
Now Qin Benpeng can also see clearly that it would be best if these people can be used. After all, no construction machinery does not burn oil. At present, all the fuel needs to be transported from the outpost. Along the way Not to mention the cost, the daily volume and time required alone are enough to give people a headache.
The labor must be used happily!
(End of this chapter)