Chapter 38

Now there is a blacksmith shop, a tailor shop, a carpentry shop, and barracks.

The most basic buildings are already complete.

But still missing: medicine shop, medical shop, wooden house, warehouse, well, toilet, bathroom, kitchen, etc.

But the priority of these buildings can be a bit later.

Gu Qing handles treatment, and medicine making can wait until after the school entrance test.

There are not enough wooden houses, but they can live in the Lord's House; Zhao Chi doesn't mind living with them.

The kitchen, bathroom, and toilet in the Lord's House can temporarily serve as public ones.

Fetching water is a bit far, go to the river to fetch water.

Without those buildings, they can basically overcome it now.

Food is also not lacking for the time being.

Then start training!

"Gu Qing, let's start training."

Gu Qing nodded: "Okay, should we use those wooden spears?"

She pointed to the captured goblin wooden spears nearby.

They were dirty.

They couldn't be cleaned at all.

Zhao Chi shook his head: "Forget it, we'll use tree branches instead of wooden spears for now, but there are no shields. I'll go notify Li Zhu to make a batch of wooden equipment."

Gu Qing smiled: "No need to go specifically, watch me."

She put her hands to her mouth, forming a megaphone shape.

"Li Zhu!!"

The voice was loud and clear.

"I...!"

Zhao Chi was startled.

Although her voice was very pleasant, a soft and charming mature woman's voice.

But shouting suddenly, Zhao Chi still instinctively flinched.

Li Zhu poked his head out from the carpentry shop: "Ah? What's wrong, Sister Gu?"

"Make a batch of wooden shields, and make some wooden spears too, we need to use them."

"How many should I make?"

Gu Qing looked at Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi said: "Just make 20 for now, make shields first, then spears."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Li Zhu dived back into the carpentry shop.

Zhao Chi looked at the 10 women before him.

"Alright, let's go, start training!"

The field that came with the barracks was 1000 square meters.

It was a square field with sides of more than 30 meters.

It was about the area of 2.5 basketball courts.

For Zhao Chi and the others, using such a large area for training was more than enough.

The field was yellow hard ground.

Stepping on it, it felt very flat.

The women stood on the training field, all looking at Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi said:

"Training is a long and boring process.

"During training, everyone is very likely to get injured, and may also feel very tired, everyone must be mentally prepared.

"I am a man, and I don't know much about the psychological state of you women.

"But if you feel low or lack confidence, you can come to me, I can use the 'Encourage' skill to help you.

"Previously, Tang Ruan fought with me in the 'Newborn' state.

"She should be able to share some experience and insights."

Tang Ruan nodded.

But she was a bit puzzled:

"My lord, that feeling is hard to explain, it's a feeling that blends excitement, confidence, happiness, and hot-bloodedness.

"It's somewhat similar to our talent 'Fearless', but very different.

"It really cannot be fully described in words.

"And our current talent 'Fearless' has already taken effect, if you use the 'Encourage' skill on us again, will the effect be affected?"

The other women didn't understand what they were talking about.

They all looked at Zhao Chi and Tang Ruan blankly.

Only Gu Qing was thoughtful.

Zhao Chi nodded and smiled:

"Not bad, Tang Ruan, it's the same for you all, ask me if you have any questions.

"Morale is morale, your talent is talent, completely independent, not the same thing.

"Your fearlessness is being fearless, capable of fighting to the death without retreating.

"Facing any enemy, you won't be scared.

"But morale affects enthusiasm.

"You have fearlessness, when your morale is low, although you are still not afraid of death, you won't fight too actively.

"Ordinary people don't have fearlessness, but if their morale is high, even if they are afraid of the enemy, they will actively attack and fight with all their might.

"The difference is here.

"Morale is enthusiasm!"

The women nodded.

They all understood the difference.

Tang Ruan asked: "Morale affects enthusiasm, then if we increase the morale of the artisans, they can also work more actively?"

"Yes, commonly known as getting a shot of adrenaline."

"Oh, haha, I understand." Tang Ruan laughed softly.

From the system, one could see their current morale.

Gu Qing is 81%.

Tang Ruan is 86%.

Other female militia are all around 70%.

Now is not real combat.

They are in a state of peace of mind, morale has not been mobilized, and enthusiasm is also in a normal state.

If it were real combat, they would start to be serious, and morale would increase a bit.

Normally, 100% morale is the moment to fully exert one's abilities.

But morale can exceed 100%.

Even far exceeding 100%.

For example:

When there are invaders again, daring to invade our home.

Zhao Chi talked endlessly.

He lectured them for an hour in a row.

All kinds of precautions.

And many of Zhao Chi's own insights.

Zhao Chi himself has 10 points of swordsmanship, and has more insights into swordsmanship.

But after consideration, he still prepared to let these female soldiers use spears.

If it's close-quarters combat, spears might be at a disadvantage, after all, the spear body is long, not as flexible as swords.

But if it's team combat, spears can play a very strong role.

The spear body is long, the attack distance is far, and they are not afraid of fighting cavalry.

They can also attack through the gaps of friendly forces in front.

These are all advantages.

The female soldiers nodded repeatedly as they listened.

The explanation was finished, then practical combat.

The women all held tree branches and stood in two rows facing each other.

Gu Qing suddenly asked: "Lord Territory Master, should we take off our clothes before training? We are all wearing new clothes, and they are white, which is easy to get dirty. And training will make us sweat, and then the clothes will smell of sweat."

Tang Ruan nodded subconsciously, she also felt it made sense.

Other female soldiers couldn't help but nod.

But after they reacted, their expressions became hesitant again.

Zhao Chi was silent for a moment.

This Gu Qing...

She is quite good at making suggestions.

But Zhao Chi couldn't agree.

Training is a serious matter and one cannot be distracted.

Not all women have her personality.

Zhao Chi shook his head and said: "No, training must be focused. Although it's practicing spears, there are also many leg-lifting movements, I don't mind, but you will definitely not be able to let go, affecting the training effect."

Gu Qing laughed: "I didn't say take it all off, aren't there those short vests and shorts? Just wear those, and they are easy to dry after washing."

"Oh... that's possible."

Change clothes.

Start training.

The first practice had no rules.

It was just a mess of fighting.

For a time, there were screams everywhere.

Red marks were beaten onto the female soldiers' skin, very obvious.

Gu Qing and Tang Ruan fought against each other.

Both of their strengths were very large, they only clashed once, and all the tree branches broke.