"According to your arrangement, the drainage work of the camp has begun. So far, a total of 25 large windmills have been installed, and through the artificial canal, one hundred acres of swamps have been successfully converted into agricultural land. Next, we will install more windmills to continue the work of surrounding the marsh and building fields." Alta reported to Li Wei seriously about the latest camp trends.

Li Wei squinted his eyes and looked at the rows of windmills not far away, nodded and said, "Well, it's better to keep this progress. But be careful not to reclaim too many swamps into farmland. We still have to rely on the natural danger of swamps to resist the enemy. If farmland is enough, it's enough."

Alta pointed to the surrounding wall and replied calmly: "In fact, I made the wall like this because of this reason. The semicircular wall blocked the enemy's attack, and we left the swamp and crocodile to the responsibility of those areas that were not surrounded by the wall. However, despite this, I also built two small wooden forts on both sides of the end of the wall to serve as a warning."

"If someone really wants to attack from both sides, we will know very quickly and give them a head-on attack." Alta paused at this point, "But I think no one can attack from there! After all, there are so many crocodiles there. When we were building the city walls, many people were buried in the mouths of crocodiles."

When Li Wei heard this, he frowned and asked with some concern: "How many people were injured or killed? How did the people in the camp react to such things?"

"Fifteen dead and more than thirty injured." Alta was silent for a while and replied honestly, "The people in the camp did not react so much to this, after all, there was nothing they could do about it. They were very supportive of building the city walls to resist robbers. Maybe it was because they had received enough bullying from robbers before."

Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief and said with confidence: "That would be great. I'm afraid they would have some resistance. It would be great that they could understand. After all, if this camp was not supported by them, I'm afraid it wouldn't last long."

"That's true. The people in the camp have devoted a lot of effort to this new camp. They all regard this as their new home. I think if someone really wants to take it away, they will definitely fight for it." Alta also sighed. Obviously, the performance of the people in the camp has left a deep impression on him.

Li Wei looked at the orderly houses around him and the residents with happy smiles and said softly: "Just for everything here, we must protect this camp. By the way, Alta, how many people are there in our camp now?"

Alta thought silently, and then slowly replied: "As of last week, there were 3,018 people in the entire camp, including 785 elderly people and children. 2,233 young and middle-aged people. In addition to their usual construction work, we will take the initiative to train them. However, the current training situation is not ideal. If you really want to go to the battlefield, you can barely be called soldiers, and I think there will be no more than 500 people."

"Is 500 people? It's too small. Such a battle number can only barely maintain the daily vigilance of the camp. If a strong enemy really attacks, then the entire camp will be in trouble." Li Wei said with some disappointment.

However, Li Wei also knew that this was the limit of the entire camp. After all, everyone has their own tasks to do these days. Even his 300-person guard was busy with various affairs in the camp. He even lost a lot of his own training.

"Sorry, Li Wei. I let you down. But if we are given more time, we should be able to pass the training office more qualified recruits." Alta couldn't help but say when he saw the disappointed look on Li Wei's face.

Li Wei smiled bitterly and didn't say much. If there was indeed more time, he would have more soldiers and would be more confident in the attack on the rebels in Britain. But time waited for no one, and the days when Constantine III rebelled in history were getting closer and closer. If it was missed, then Li Wei's trip to France would be a complete failure.

Despite this, Li Wei also understood that some things cannot happen just because he thought, and it still takes time to accumulate.

"We can only speed up the training. The big day is getting closer and closer." Li Wei had to say to Alta.

When Alta heard Li Wei talk about the big day, he couldn't help but feel shocked. He knew that Li Wei came to France with a task, and the big day was synonymous with Li Wei and their days of the task.

Feeling that he had dragged Li Wei's back, Alta couldn't help but apologize to Li Wei again, and Li Wei had to say, "I don't blame you, I'm just a little unwilling to accept it. You have done a good job. If we can't do it alone by that time, I have other ways. So just don't have such a lot of pressure."

"Okay, except for the training, there are not many problems with food and other aspects, right?" Li Wei asked with a different question.

Alta raised his spirits a little and continued to report: "We have accumulated enough food in terms of food and enough people in the camp to support the next year's autumn harvest. If the spring sowing goes smoothly next year, I think there should be no problems with food. However, our finances are a bit tight at the moment. After all, we have spent too much recently and have some of them not enough to make ends meet. And we have some problems with armor."

"Aren't the money enough? Those robbers spending their money so quickly! Well, it's time to lead troops out to fight Qiufeng. As long as it goes well, I think there should be enough wealth to support it." Li Wei thought for a moment and then replied, "But what are the specific problems with armor? Can't buy enough armor?"

"Yeah." Alta nodded and said, "After all, the French army has been preparing for war recently, so those arms dealers dare not sell weapons and equipment privately. The weapons and armor on the black market are too expensive for us. Iron ore is even more controlled, so we are not easy to get it."

"Although those people brought some iron tools and some weapons when they surrendered, that was still too few for our camp."

Li Wei pondered for a while, then looked up and said, "Is it because of the lack of iron armor? What about leather armor? Is even leather armor controlled?"

Alta nodded and said helplessly: "Yes, the raw materials for armor have been controlled recently, and it seems that the French army has made great moves."

"Is that true? Well, I understand, so let's go to the craftsman's workshop to take a look. I think I have a way to solve the problem." Li Wei thought for a while and said to Alta.
Chapter completed!