The troops and Milan's first task on arrival was to build another farm to feed the larger number of workers and sailors that would soon arrive. Next, they set the workers to collecting materials from the mine nearby and continued training new peasants as fast as their resources permitted. The destroyer on which they had arrived remained in place to guard the shoreline; the soldiers stayed near camp, since spies had confirmed reports of an enemy base offshore. Rather than risk an encounter, they decided to build up as quickly and quietly as possible. Once they had five workers in the mines and a small amount of gold saved up, they constructed a lumber mill from the wood on hand and still had enough for another farm. The troops were unhappy not to have a barracks, but they were planning a na