Chapter Nine, Autumn Busy

After a few steps, Cheng Pan arrived at an open space

Cheng Pan said, "It is good that you can think this way. I will expedite finding a solution to the issue of weapons, and we cannot neglect training"

There are exactly 30 people in the open space. Among them, 5 young men are students of Cheng Pan, while the rest are members of the village protection team that Cheng Pan selected just yesterday. Now, several young boys also feel helpless in front of the people before them

Align yourselves, march in step, left leg, right leg, left leg, stop. Are you all fools? I just said which is left and which is right. Do you think I am joking

Next, Cheng Pan arrived at a thicket where more than ten people were chopping wood with axes and machetes. This was the group with the highest average possession of steel under Cheng Pan's command, as most of the iron tools in Cheng Pan's hands had been given to them. He encouraged everyone’s enthusiasm for work and took a portion of them to a bamboo forest. Cheng Pan selectively used his machete to cut down dense, tough, and suitable bamboo, while those nearby helped to sharpen the ends. Relying on his exceptional physical fitness, Cheng Pan chopped at an extremely fast pace. After a while, Cheng Pan stored a pile of bamboo into his mental space. He bid farewell to the logging team and returned to the village defense team, unloading 60 pieces of bamboo. He said to Lu Hai and others, "Weapons are currently in short supply, so you can use this as a substitute for now. I will provide you with real spears in a while." Another short and sturdy fellow, whom Cheng Pan named Tong Yiran, said, "Commander, there’s no rush; bamboo will do for now, as it can also be lethal."

Cheng Pan has always yearned for an army equipped with vast amounts of steel and advanced weaponry. However, life is often unsatisfactory in eight or nine out of ten cases. He can only resort to a method of mental victory to divert his attention.