Heifeng Village and Qinglong Village were developing steadily in Baiyue.

In the territory of Dashang, all parts of the country are restless, the borders of the four directions, and the major forces of various small countries are also ready to move, and there are really some forces to learn from Qinglong Village and Heifeng Village, and they have built countries, some people call them kings, and some people call them emperors.

The Great Shang sent troops everywhere, and it only took three months to stabilize the places.

Facts have also proved that the national strength and military strength of the Great Merchants are still in full swing.

During this period, the most classic war, the Great Shang sent 30,000 elite soldiers, spent half a month, and after reaching the territory of a small country with a population of 5 million, it only took three days to destroy the small country that took the initiative to provoke the Great Shang, and within three days, destroyed 18 cities in a row, causing an uproar among many forces.

The hearts of some forces that were ready to stir were also extinguished.

As a result, many forces paid tribute to the Great Shang as a sign of submission and loyalty.

The Great Shang Dynasty did not give up dealing with Heifeng Village and Qinglong Village.

Privately, there is an undercurrent.

According to Li Yi's investigation in the dark hall of Dashang, and Qinglongzhai's investigation in Dashang's intelligence system, it was finally concluded that Dashang was preparing to deal with them from three aspects.

First, bribe and directly drive the forces of Baiyue, provide all kinds of equipment, all kinds of material temptation, and let the forces of Baiyue deal with Heifeng Village and Qinglong Village.

Second, the great merchant is collecting the divine horse, and the price has been raised to 15,000 taels of gold each.

Third, a large number of official and non-governmental gunpowder masters are being recruited to begin to study gunpowder and issue heavy reward orders, but those who can improve the power of gunpowder will be rewarded with tens of taels to thousands of taels, and officials will be promoted to the first to fifth grades. Studying gunpowder weapons, according to the effect, is also a great reward. I heard that the progress in this area has been great.

After Li Yi heard this, he sighed slightly.

Sure enough, the appearance of explosives on the battlefield made people in this world begin to notice this development.

He is well aware of the terrifying power that will appear in this aspect once he digs deeper.

However, Li Yi was not too nervous.

This is no longer the case.

Now, he has a large number of subordinates, and he can gain a lot of faith power every day.

Gunpowder wants to be used on a large scale on the battlefield, I don't know how long.

The gunpowder weapons in the early stage were not as good as bows and arrows and crossbows.

With the passage of time, the strength of his subordinates is also improving rapidly.

It really doesn't work, he can use the power of faith to upgrade the gunpowder weapon, which will only be stronger than the enemy's.

In the blink of an eye.

It's the first day of April.

Since the Qinglong Kingdom borrowed 60,000 horses to the Great Qianguo, Li Yi has gained a lot more faith power every day.

In the past two months, Li Yi once again gained more than 170,000 faith powers.

During this period, Li Yi did not expand the population, but continued to stabilize the current population and strength.

If you have a large population, you must live well and be able to afford it.

They don't have a lot of financial resources, and they mainly rely on their old capital.

There is also a lot of money to be spent on building a city, and although many costs do not require money, there are also many materials that need money.

Rao is Li Yi can use the power of faith to exchange for money, and he can't stop such a large amount of running water.

Hearing that the Great Shang Imperial Court had priced the divine horse to 15,000 taels of gold each, Li Yi wanted to sell a few of his divine horses.

Fifteen thousand taels of gold is a hundred thousand taels of silver.

If you buy food supplies, it is also a very large amount.

Speaking of grain.

The price of grain in Baiyue is very expensive, about five cents a catty, almost ten times that of Dashang.

It sounds like an exaggeration.

Not really.

Baiyue rarely produces grain, and the yield per mu of many grains is less than 50% of that in Dashang.

Subtract seeds, manpower, etc., if it is not sold more expensively, it is simply a loss-making business.

Even so, many Baiyue people are reluctant to farm, and it is easy to raise cattle, sheep and horses, grazing every day, and walking around.

In addition, the environment of Baiyue is not so safe, the land cannot be moved, and the grain cannot be matured in a day.

Therefore, a lot of Baiyue's grain is purchased from big merchants and other places.

Forget about the high taxes at the border.

The transportation at this time is not the transportation of the previous life, and it takes two or three days to go from one country to another.

From Dashang to Baiyue, back and forth, even if it takes a month to be fast, two or three months is not unusual.

On the way, a lot of food needs to be consumed.

Not to mention, there are also risks.

There is another very important point.

The weight of grain is large, occupies a large space, and the year-on-year profit is less, and many businessmen prefer to bring goods with light weight, small space and high value.

Therefore, on the whole, the price of grain in Baiyue is only ten times that of Dashang, which is really not much.

In Baiyue, you can eat grain regularly, and only the nobles can do it.

Perhaps, there is another point that is the reason why there is so much difference in the price of grain between Baiyue and Dashang.

The grain of the big merchants is planted by the poor and the small forces, and the big forces are consumed!

Baiyue's grain is planted by big forces, and consumed by small forces and poor people!

Of course, whether it is Dashang or Baiyue, the price of grain is not fixed, in short, it is mostly beneficial to the big forces.

The big forces buy cheaply when they buy it, and they sell it expensively, and that's roughly the case.

During this period of time, there were frequent wars between the big merchants at home and abroad, and the price of grain rose in many places, and I heard that the price of grain in many places had risen to a penny a catty, or even a penny and a half a catty.

Baiyue, carnivorous.

But you can't always eat meat.

Eat all meat and food to be healthy.

Although Qinglongzhai can transport a large amount of grain from the territory of Dashang, it is impossible for Li Yi to buy it too cheaply, which is obviously taking advantage of Qinglongzhai, and Qinglongzhai can give 10 percent or 20 percent discounts, which is good.

Moreover, in recent months, the population of Qinglongzhai has jumped from more than 20,000 to more than 120,000, and the amount of food consumed has also increased several times.

It's really impossible to tell too much of Black Wind Village.

A lot of grain, Li Yi asked his subordinates to buy from other commercial areas in Baiyue.

The biggest problem is not that food is expensive, but that money can't buy it.

Even, because of their large purchases, the price of grain in the two commercial areas rose by one penny, from five cents a pound to six cents a pound.

This is also the reason why Li Yi is more persistent in growing food in Baiyue.

Only when Baiyue succeeds in growing food on a large scale can the population be developed on a large scale.

In the past two months, Li Yi asked people to open up wasteland around the new city and plant 300,000 mu of grain, and when it is ripe and harvested, plus meat, there is no problem in feeding one million people.

Newcastle.

In two months, two areas have been built, which can accommodate 200,000 people.

The population of Heifeng Village in Baiyue, as well as the 60,000 people lent to Heifeng Village by Qinglong Village, except for a small amount that stayed in Manniucheng, most of them lived in it.

small bridges and flowing water, green and leafy recreation areas; Rows of three- and four-story commercial buildings, wide and clean roads, look refreshing; Each has its own characteristics and is very neat residential area, which makes many people yearn for it when they look at it.

When two relatively complete areas were established, many people couldn't believe it.

Baiyue, can there also be such a picturesque city?

The business district is officially operated for the time being, and under the management of the management of Heifeng Village, everyone abides by the order.

When Qin Yang and the high-level leaders of Qinglongzhai heard about this incident, they also gasped and had a bad feeling.

The quality of the city built by Li Yi far exceeded their expectations.

The people they lent out are used to living in that environment, are they still willing to return to Qinglong Village?

Speaking of which, the city built by Qinglongzhai in the depths of Baiyue is not big, only 40,000 or 50,000 people can live, and many people still live in big tents outside the city.

In a short period of time, Qinglongzhai did not plan to build another city, because the nomadic life of the Baiyue people, so that they gathered together, it was difficult to survive, they planned to imitate some Baiyue big forces, with the city of Qinglongzhai as the center, radiating some small tribes around, gathering in wartime, free-range in leisure, if there is something in any place, the armed forces of Qinglongzhai can support all over the place at any time.

Recently, they have also done this quite effectively, and when they were about to pick up some people, they didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Perhaps, Li Yi's doing so is not conducive to the later development of Heifeng Village.

But I have to say that in the early stage, it is very conducive to cohesion.

"What should I do......" For a while, Qin Yang had a headache again.

"This is not necessarily a bad thing, only if they have seen the good, there will be yearning in their hearts, they have seen the beauty of the new city of Heifengzhai, and they will no longer be nostalgic for the life of Baiyue, but will have hope for our Qinglongzhai, after all, we are in the same vein as Heifengzhai, as for what will happen in the future, when the time comes, we will have assimilated them, and it doesn't matter how it is." The Grand Military Master shook his head and said.

"Yes." Qin Yang thought about it and nodded slightly.

The fifth day of April.

The Blue Dragon Kingdom took 20,000 people.

Sure enough, after experiencing the life of Black Wind Village, these 20,000 people easily integrated into the management of Qinglong Village.

Qin Yang was very surprised.

Those grains are really not in vain.

This saved them a lot of things in Qinglongzhai.

Even, he thought, maybe, in the future, they Qinglong Village will capture the population again, and it will be better to go to the Black Wind Village first, as for spending some food, it is not a big problem.

Soon, though, he shook his head in his heart.

This kind of thing, in recent times, may be possible.

But Heifengzhai New Town has not been built all the time, and at that time, there is no need for so many foreign populations.

It's a pity that Li Yi didn't know Qin Yang's thoughts.

If he knew, he would have raised his hands in welcome.

When Qinglongzhai picked up 20,000 people, he still felt a little pity in his heart.

Now, there will be more than 140 points less of faith power harvest every day.

Over time, it's not a small number.

The seventh day of the fourth month.

Qinglongzhai sent someone to send a message.

According to the information found by Qinglongzhai's spies in Baiyue, the Great Shang Imperial Court has reached an agreement with the three major tribes of Baiyue, allowing the three tribes to unite with 50,000 elite soldiers to attack Heifeng Village and Qinglong Village together.