After they entered the latter part of October, the temperature in Liaodong dropped sharply. In just a few short days, it fell below zero.
However, the cold weather did not affect the development of the Tenglong Guard.
The soldiers' training still continued. Whether they were ordinary troops, camp soldiers, or the naval force, none of them stopped training.
Of course, some matters were affected by the temperature, such as the salt field. As the temperature dropped, the salt field entered its closure period, and would have to wait until March of next year before it could reopen to dry salt again.
Although this meant the salt field would be unable to dry salt for four or five months, in the previous two months, the salt field's output had already risen. In just two short months, the salt field had produced over a million catties of salt, enough to sustain all the common people of Jing'an Prefecture for an entire year.
Aside from the salt field, the engineering corps was also affected. However, the construction tasks inside the city were basically already completed. All that remained were some carpentry jobs, which were not affected by the temperature.
As for the task of road construction, that would be left for next year. The yamen had to complete the overall road planning for the Tenglong Guard before the end of the year.
According to Yang Zhengshan's requirements, four official roads were to be built within the Tenglong Guard's jurisdiction, leading respectively to Jing'an Prefecture, Qinghua Prefecture, Liao'an Prefecture, and the docks. These four roads would be constructed according to the standards for official roads.
In addition, Yang Zhengshan also planned to renovate all the roads leading to the thousand-man battalion offices, centurion offices, and tun fortresses.
He did not demand that every road