In early May, the first batch of local potatoes in the Eilena Plain matured. The new farmers who kept gathering harvested these local potatoes, paid part of them as land rent, and the rest were deposited into the public treasury according to the grade, and obtained the food stamps issued by the Eilena People's Livelihood Bureau. Relying on this kind of food stamps, the new farmers could exchange equal value of grain at any time, or exchange equal value of kroner from the Eilena Bureau. In the early stage of establishing the food token system, Gastenth did not add inflation factors. His people in the Eilena area and the food stamps that were verified to be exchanged at any time, establishing a relatively independent monetary system for Eilena, which enhanced Eilena's resistance to external currency shocks.

However, food stamps were not the key task of Ailena during this period. Throughout April, Ailena was like a clockwork, desperately producing weapons. The Brave Rifles it produced achieved extremely excellent results on the East and West lines, attracting more and more people to follow, hoping to find the secret recipe for that weapon from here.

"Security and confidentiality work need to be further strengthened recently," Gastens emphasized this point again at the council meeting one night in early May. "Our Brave rifles have already been named, and now we are the only seller in the entire market. Whether it is the Emperor or Paul Zhong, they dare not touch us. This period is the best time for our development. Everyone must have a sense of crisis, increase factory production capacity as soon as possible, strengthen militia rotation training, and continuously improve the combat effectiveness of the Eilena Plain."

"Sir, what should we do if the steam cannon sent by Paul Zhong?" Thomas Gulakos, the manager of the factory, raised his hand and asked, "I think that kind of weapon can break through the enemy's iron shield chest wall defense line well. If we can imitate it, it can enhance the integrity of our weapon system and increase its power."

"That doesn't have much technical content," Gastenth nodded at Gulakos, "I have some ideas about the development of weapons in the Elena Plain. I am not mature yet, so I can't tell you. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Luoshan type and Leiming type are enough for us to use ourselves, and the export of the Brave type is also very good. Weapon production still needs to pursue production at present."

Everyone who is sitting has no objection to Gastenth's suggestion. After all, he is the only one who can design that kind of perverted weapon. Everyone talked about the recent production and combat preparations of the Plain, and Daisy raised her hand to speak.

"Gastense, there have been several lines recently tracking down the distribution channels of "Fluorite". The people who are doing the distribution have also encountered several dangers. Several comrades have died or been arrested. I guess, if this continues, the emperor will soon find us."

"There is no way to hide this for a while, but not for a lifetime." Gastens also had an idea about this, "Let's try to delay the time when His Majesty the Emperor discovers it and give yourself more space."

After saying this, Gastenth put forward a new proposal, "In addition, the rectification and running-in work within the Eilena Plain has basically ended, and a new farmer and new workers system has been established. I plan to start expanding to Enspan Province recently and promote land reform to the entire Enspan Province."

"But lord," Sink Warren raised his hand. "Recent information shows that the landlord class in Enspan is very hostile to us, and Chief Executive Yaro Ross is also very dissatisfied with us. If it expands, there will definitely be conflicts."

"Not afraid," Gastenth smiled, "We are holding their braids in our hands, they will not conflict with us head-on!"

"In addition, sir," Ivan also raised his hand to signal, "Is the scale of our regular army going to expand? Recently, many new farmers have expressed their desire to join the army. Many of them hope that we can liberate more serfs and liberate our hometown. I think this call can be used."

"The expansion of the army should indeed be put on the agenda," Gastenth nodded. He had discussed this matter with Ivan in private. Elena has recently absorbed a lot of serfs, and the newly reclaimed land cannot guarantee four acres of basic arable land per person. The factory workers need a certain amount of training, and it is a good solution to transform the newly added serfs from militias to regular troops.

"My initial idea is to expand the production regiment to the production brigade, set up three regiments, with a scale of about 3,000 people. I am the brigade commander, Ivan Warren is the deputy brigade commander, and the commander of the three regiments. We will compete for another job and select the best commanders. What do you think?"

"We have no objection!"

The workers, farmers and soldiers who attended the meeting were all excited. At this critical moment, expansion of the army was a very strong signal of external expansion. In addition, Gastenth made it clear that the comrades who attended the meeting clearly realized that Elena had completed the initial accumulation and began to shift from development to expansion.

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On May 13, Lu Yuan, Elena, who completed the expansion of the army, sent the first land reform team to Enspan Province and arranged for the guards of the Second Production Regiment. As the first external expansion since the establishment of the Elena system, Gastens arranged his old subordinates, the former company commander of the Second Production Regiment, and the current commander of the Second Production Regiment, Garron Warren, accompanied Charlie Harry Warren, to promote land reform in Enspan Province.

Because the Eilena Plain is under the jurisdiction of Moon City, according to the principle of proximity, the land reform work was first carried out on the land of Moon City around Eilena. Because he greeted Prince Eliot in advance, he was recognized by the other party with his nose pinched. The big landlords who received the news had already fled from Moon City, leaving behind a group of small and medium-sized landlords who didn't know what was going on, facing the land reform team of the Eilena Plain.

"I'll say again, we're here to increase the agricultural productivity of Moon City. Now the eastern front is unstable and the western front is hot, but there is a lot of land abandoned in our province, which is wrong! When there is no food in the autumn, a more serious food crisis may occur..."

The captain of the land reform team, the indigenous serfs from the Eilena Plain, Charlie Harry Warren, the new farmer who first fled to the Eilena factory, was speaking on a high platform built with a crate. His words were heard through the huge tin horns and all those who heard the news. Most of these people were free farmers and tenants, and some serfs sent by landlords to inquire about the news. They listened quietly to Charlie Harry's words and guessed the meaning behind these words.

"Can they understand these things?"

Som Warren, who had just become a new farmer and was able to participate in this land reform as a land measurer because of his excellent performance in cultural courses, stood behind the crowd and looked at Charlie Harry standing on the stage, "It's better to understand what we said in school, fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land!"

"It's hard to say this outside!" Seeing the audience close to them heard Somme's big mouth, Jon Warren, who came with him to participate in the land reform team, quickly covered Somme's mouth, "There are too many people who offend this sentence, so he won't let him say that."

"Isn't that the case?"

Som was still careless, but he stopped aware of Jon Warren's look of anger. Charlie Harry spent half an hour concealing the purpose of land reform. Under the protection of the Second Production Regiment, he began to collect serf contracts from door to door, and issued the first production charge mission for these serfs to be liberated on the spot.

Assist the land reform team to measure land and divide land. All those involved in this work are eligible to be given priority to land.

In this era, farmers had a fanatical pursuit of land. When everyone understood the policy of land reform and realized that helping the work team could not only relieve their serfs, but also obtain land and become free farmers, the serfs onlookers were excited. They actively signed up and even took the initiative to take the work team and soldiers to find their own contracts. Although the small and medium-sized landlords were very dissatisfied with this, and some extremists even organized small-scale resistance, under the pressure of the soldiers of the Second Production Regiment equipped with Brave Rifles, they quickly had to surrender and hand over the land and contracts. For those who eventually cooperated, the land reform team did not kill them. They purchased the land of these landlords at a relatively reasonable price and then gave them gifts to ensure the purity of the land reform areas.

During this process, Som Warren, as a land surveyor, performed very actively and worked very seriously. Jon Warren, who was responsible for monitoring him and observing him, had long lost his guard against people like him who could not hide anything, and actively joined the land reform work. It was in this chaos that Som Warren stole a loophole and met his joiner in an abandoned house on the edge of the village where they were carrying out land reform.

"I thought you wouldn't come."

The slinger was wearing shorts and shorts, a towel tied to his head, and his skin was dark. Except for the calluses on his hands and shoulders, he looked like an authentic farmer no matter how he looked.

"Why don't you get the money?" Som still had the carefree personality, and the loud voice of the connector trembled all over.

"You whisper to me!"

"Okay, okay, just your outfit, no one will doubt us even if we are seen." Som smiled and stretched out his hand, "I'm here, give me the 50 kroner that promised me first?"

"No news, no money."

The receiver said a stubborn tone, "And you have been there for so long, and there has been no news. If I hadn't been watching your actions, I might not have found you this time. Tell me, what can you sell to us, and we will buy it at a high price."

"This is different from what you said," Som shook his head, "I said at that time, as long as I get in, you will give me 50 kroners and give me the money first, otherwise I will shout now!"

"It's no good to expose yourself!"

"Anyway, I'm a bachelor, and I'll be a bad life. If you don't give me money, I'll call you!"

The connector glared at Som Warren fiercely and threw it a small package, "50 kroner, it's all inside, say, what news can be given to us?"

"I think about it..." Som Warren walked around the house with his shoulders in his arms for two rounds, "We have a big man, do you want to listen?"

"Okay!", the responder obviously refused everyone's message.

"There is a big man who has seen the emperor..." Som said halfway, paused, stretched his hand flat in the air, "That, that, what about this big man..."

The connector sneer disdainfully, took out a 10-crown note and placed it in Som Warren's hand, "Take it!"

"Hehe..." Som Warren took the money and bent over and performed a erotic manner. "This big man is Luna Brewster, the first apprentice of the Mage Tower. He is very powerful. He has seen the emperor and the great magistrate..."

As soon as he heard that it was the man from the Mage Tower, the connector was obviously less interested. However, the information had been given, and the information still had to be finished. Som Warren was not a spy in their vocational training, but was just a serf who was tempted by money. They promised to give him 50 crowns and sent him to Elena. Compared to other serfs who had no news after going there, although this big mouth looked unreliable, at least it was good.

"Is there any more?"

The connector listened to Som Warren's gossip about Luna for ten minutes, and finally waited for a chance to interrupt him.

"No," Som Warren scratched his head embarrassedly, "Nothing else is interesting. Do you want to listen to farming and dividing the land?"

"There's nothing else?" The connector felt uneasy. He bought a news they had known for a long time after 60 kroner. His superior might kill him after he went back.

"What do you want to know?" Som smiled, "I'll ask for you."

"Can you ask about this kind of thing?!" The connector became even more angry, but because of the other party's positive attitude, he still put forward his own needs, "How many troops do you have? How many people do you have? What weapons do the factory produces, what production capacity is? How much food is yours? How many people can you give it to? What are your plans for the next step? Who is your backer now? Is it possible that you have access to the design drawings of weapons? Do you have such information? You have to have it, I will buy it at a high price."

"Yeah..." Som nodded while listening, "Okay, I've written it down. I don't know all about the grain output, but there is some news, do you want to listen to it?"

When he heard Som's upturned tone "Do you want to listen?", the connector felt that his head was about to explode. He coughed and gave Som another 10 crowns.

"The local potatoes we planted have just been harvested, and the output is about 500,000 kilograms, which is a lot..."

"Domestic potato?", the slinger was stunned, "Can that thing be eaten?"

"It's not delicious, but it can be eaten," Som recalled very seriously. "We said, eat enough first, then eat well, so many local potatoes, keep them well, Elena won't go hungry."

"Yeah, I understand," the connector secretly kept the numbers in his heart and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"No, I'll go back to ask you for the rest."

"Be careful about weapons, be careful of being discovered!"

Seeing that Som looked unreliable, the head of the thread that had finally buried in Elena was broken, so he quickly reminded her. Som nodded and said a few more words, turned around and said goodbye, leaving only one of the headers, thinking in the room.

On the other side, Som found Jon Warren who had been following him, and gave him 70 Cronk.
Chapter completed!