The addition of the turtle and elephant clans brought unprecedented prosperity to the dragon clan. The nine departments are running at full capacity, especially the newly established Organization Department, under the leadership of Xuan Yi, fully coordinating the relationship between the other eight departments, which makes Xiao Yiran feel a lot more worried. Xiao Yiran saw it in his eyes, and became more and more satisfied with Xuan Yi's expression. Unless there is a serious matter, Xiao Yiran will directly intervene, and the daily management of the clan is basically handed over to the assistants Xiao An and Xuan Yi to discuss with the Council of Elders, just report to Xiao Yiran afterwards.

Xiao Yiran recalled the historical knowledge before his rebirth, especially in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the dynasty would divide many vassal states, and most of the general vassal states were within a hundred miles, and today's dragon clan is almost comparable to the upper-middle vassal states of the Shang and Zhou dynasties according to the area and number of ethnic groups. This is mainly because the dragon clan does not have the ability to occupy the territory of the five tribes of eagles, snakes, tigers, turtles, elephants, otherwise it will far exceed the scope of the vassal states.

Although he no longer cares about the daily things in the group, Xiao Yiran has not been idle. She's thinking about where the dragons will go next. Farming is the foundation, and we must make great efforts to do a good job. As a supporting role in the manufacturing department, it is also becoming more and more important. It is necessary not only to provide the Ministry of Reclamation with efficient agricultural tools, but also to create sharper and more practical weapons for the army. Then there is the hunting department and the textile department, which are also indispensable.

Of course, the most important thing is the military department. This is the necessary guarantee for the long-term survival of the ethnic group during this period. One of the keys is to prevent wild beasts from attacking the race, and the key is to protect the race from being wiped out by other races in the chaos of clan strife. The five tribes of eagles, snakes, tigers, turtles, and elephants are the best examples, and without a well-trained, well-armed, brave and good fighting force, and loyal to the race, the destruction of the tribe will be inevitable.

According to the analysis of the information obtained by the four Wei Wu, it is obvious that only a few ethnic groups more than a thousand miles away in the north will pose a threat to the dragon clan. It was impossible for the backward races in the west to threaten the Dragon Clan, and Xiao Yiran was not interested in them.

The historical knowledge before the rebirth told Xiao Yiran that during this period, until the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the truly powerful ethnic groups were in the Huanghuai Valley, especially in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. Not only is there advanced productive forces, but more importantly, the ethnic groups there are very strong, and during the nearly 2,000 years of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the entire northern ethnic groups have been at war one after another. Therefore, Xiao Yiran not only has to guard against being attacked by them, but at the same time, Xiao Yiran also has the ambition to expand north.

I remember that a famous person once said a sentence before being reborn: If you don't explode in silence, you will perish in silence.

Xiao Yiran, who is rarely reborn once, never wants to perish in silence, whether it is for the group she has established with her own hands, or for her own men who are becoming more and more emotional, these sixteen personal guards who are more and more concerned about her, so she must choose to break out.

"Wei Wu, if we have a war with the tribes in the north, what do you think we have a chance of winning?"

When it was Wei Wen's turn to sleep with Wei Wu again, Xiao Yiran asked Wei Wudao.

Wei Wu stopped caressing the emperor lying on the legs of the two of them, thought about it seriously and said:

"I've been thinking about this since I came back. If we compare it with the ethnic groups in the north, we have two strengths and two weaknesses. ”

"Tell me about it."

Xiao Yiran was still lying on the lap of the two, and Wei Wen also stopped the movements in his hands and quietly waited for Wei Wu's words.

"We have an advantage in weapons, which is one thing, and the other is that our soldiers are well trained. If their soldiers had also had our soldiers' suzhì last time, I am afraid that a few of us would not have been able to escape. The weakness is that we don't have horses, and we can't match them in speed. Furthermore, our people are not as good as each other in terms of physical quantity. If the two sides catch each other and fight each other, without relying on our advanced weapons, it is difficult to be the opponent of the other side. ”

Xiao Yiran was silent for a while, as if he was talking to the two of them, as if he was talking to himself.

"Horses, war horses are very important, how can we get a large number of war horses?"

The three of them couldn't figure out how to get the war horse for a while, Xiao Yiran knew that the only way to get the war horse was to go to the north, or exchange it for goods, or rob it, and other than that, I was afraid that there was no other good way.

"Okay, let's not think about this problem for now, let's develop the clan and train the soldiers first."

The three of them began to linger between men and women again, until they hugged each other and fell asleep.

Xiao Yiran, who seems to have nothing to do, has two places to go every day, one is the training ground and the other is the smelting ground. Both places are on the west bank of the river.

"Liang Mu, have you ever thought about a question?"

"Emperor, what's the problem?"

"What would you do if someone attacked you with a bow and arrow?"

"Emperor, I have thought about it, and I have made a few samples, please come and take a look with me."

Xiao Yiran didn't expect Liang Mu to do it in front. Following Liang Mu to the weapons storage, Liang Mu took out a round shield made of copper and a square shield made of wood and handed them to Xiao Yiran.

Xiao Yiran first picked up the copper shield, which felt a little heavy, and then checked the wooden shield, the weight was more appropriate.

"Liang Mu, what's your name for them?"

Liang Mu shook his head and said:

"I haven't thought of a suitable name, please give the emperor a name for this weapon."

"Let's call it a shield."

Seeing Liang Mu chanting "shield" twice in his mouth, Xiao Yiran bent down on the ground and wrote down the word shield. Now after the teaching of Xiao An and Xuan Yi, several ministers have mastered some words, although the emperor wrote two unfamiliar words, Liang Mu was not surprised, he knew that the words taught by Xiao An and Xuan Yi were also from the emperor.

"Liang Mu, the bronze shield is not heavier, which will affect the reaction speed of the soldiers. Although the weight of the wooden shield is appropriate, if the opponent uses a spear similar to the one used on our chariot, I am afraid that it will be pierced at once. ”

"I've just made zuò, and I haven't had time to improve it yet. Next, we will try to reduce the weight of the copper shield, and for the wooden shield, we will see if we can find a harder wood. After all, if all copper shields were used, it would not be realistic in a short period of time. ”

Xiao Yiran also understood that with such a rudimentary smelting technology now, it was really impossible to mass-produce shields.

"Okay, you continue to develop, and if there is new progress, send someone to tell me."

"Yes, Emperor."

Xiao Yiran left the smelting ground and came to the training ground.

Today is the training of Qiankun Universe and Flying Dragon in the Eight Heavenly Ranks, and Xuan Liang is also in the middle. In the past year, Xiao Yiran rarely saw Xuan Liang, but he knew from the mouth of the guards that Xuan Liang had been training very hard and had made great progress. The guards were only at the beginning, and they were embarrassed by Xuan Liang for a while, and later they were also moved by Xuan Liang's hard work, and they had already accepted from the bottom of their hearts that this was a handsome boy who was only a little over fifteen years old who could become one of them.