Zhu Wu said: "It is not a good way to occupy the mountain and hide the soldiers, our Yuncheng is like this, everyone who has reached the age of 16 and is under the age of 40 is equipped with weapons, and it is also a good way to train soldiers during the slack time." If you can train the strong men of Jinxiang, Juye, and Rencheng counties, it will be a lot of force, at least 230,000 people. ”

"These Zhuang Ding farmers have a training in their spare time, and there is a formation that will take a weapon, which looks quite bluffing, and the actual battle will collapse at the touch of a button, and at most they can take on a logistical task." Wu Yong said, "The real elite soldiers must be regular soldiers, and they must be obedient regular soldiers." Now that there are so many fierce generals, and with the elite soldiers, it will be amazing. ”

The two were full of illusions about the future, Wu Yong and Zhu Wu discussed for a long time, and originally planned to talk to Chao Gai about this matter, they were military advisors, and it was all within their bounds. But Chao Gai was busy drinking, Jiao Ting and Lu Fang didn't drink, they stood next to them, very dedicated.

This wine was drunk until midnight, and there were several soldiers who carried it back, including Li Kui and Bao Xu. Wu Song drank enough, and Yuan Lang and Mi Sheng were seven or eight points drunk. Liu Tang's lancers had a high level of preparation, and as the leading officer, Liu Tang didn't dare to drink too much, but only drank a few glasses slightly.

Wang Jin and Luan Tingyu naturally didn't drink too much, so they stopped after tasting it. Most of the others were drunk, they just didn't get drunk.

The next day, Chao Gai announced that the new generals would take a look around the camp for the time being, and would not train for the time being, and would first adapt to the environment of the barracks before anything else.

Wu Yong and Zhu Wu came to the big tent to discuss things with Chao Gai, and Chao Gai said: "The two military advisors are for the new generals, how to distribute them." ”

Zhu Wu said: "My brother's guess is really accurate. ”

Wu Yong said: "Yuan Lang, Wu Song, and Mi Sheng are all superb martial arts people, and they have the demeanor of a general, I feel that they can all be on their own, and it is completely feasible to lead troops after the training is completed." Bao Xu and Li Kui have the same smell and can be Li Kui's deputy general, and ordinary people can't adapt to Li Kui's temper. As for Luo Yun's moldable type, after the training is completed, he will be assigned to Luan Tingyu, who will first learn marksmanship, and then apply it according to the amount of learning. ”

"Oh, Mr. Wu's thoughts are basically the same as mine, but why did Luo Yun arrange it for Luan Tingyu." Chao Gai asked.

Wu Yong said with a smile: "In order to balance the way, Shi Jin, Chen Da, and Yang Chun all followed Wang Jin to learn. I think Luo Yun, Zhou Tong, and Jin Ding, who will come over in a few days, will all be arranged for Professor Luan Tingyu to shoot guns. ”

"Reasonable, it's just that it will take a month or two for the new generals to train, don't talk about these arrangements first, and that Zhou Tong also trained with the new generals, this week Tong has a brute force, but the style of life is too loose, and there is no big mistake, and it is not easy to whip." Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong said: "Our military law is stricter than that of the forbidden army, and Zhou Tong is also passable, there is nothing too out of line." Mr. Zhu and I discussed until midnight last night, and we were worried about how to expand our team. Now there are more than 1,500 people with such a little strength, once the strength is too weak, I am afraid it will be difficult to protect themselves, not to mention defending many places. Let's find a hill and let a few reliable brothers install fallen grass, so that they can hide thousands of soldiers and horses. ”

Chao Gai thought for a moment and said, "This method can indeed solve the current problem, but it is not the king's way. If the grass falls, it will rob the house, disturb the people, destroy the economy, and make the already poor people even more unbearable. If the grass falls and does not rob the house, it will be exposed after a long time by relying on us to supply food and grass, and the reputation will be too damaging. ”

Wu Yong was a little helpless, he didn't expect Chao Gai to take his reputation and the people so seriously, those politicians' so-called love for the people was nothing more than a pretense, but he didn't expect Chao Gai to be too deeply involved in the drama and care so much about the people.

Chao Gai also saw it, and said: "Two military advisors, our purpose is not just talking, but really letting the people live a good life, be able to stand tall and be a man, and live a personal life." ”

Wu Yong said: "Then we can only hide troops in New Jeju." Ye Chun launched six bird ships, four flying eagle ships, the strength of our navy is also getting stronger and stronger, from Xuzhou to the east, along the river into the sea, this path is not too far, more than ten days of travel is okay, I am afraid that there is a hurry to transfer troops. ”

"There will be clues before everything appears, and if we feel that we are going to use troops, we will transfer troops half a month or a month in advance, and it will be too late. This year's task is to resettle 20,000 strong men from New Jeju and to settle fields on a large scale, and only now about 3,000 people have been transported, which is a long way to go, and there are nearly 20,000 people to be recruited for the 5,000 troops to be recruited, which is a major task. Chao Gai said.

Zhu Wudao: "Then our focus in Yuncheng is to recruit displaced people and send them to New Jeju." ”

"Yes, Gongsun Daochang is presiding over the work in New Jeju, who will handle the task of recruiting strong men?" Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong said: "The cost of labor is too much, it is better to do this, that is, to manage food and housing, do one acre of land a year, and if you do it for three years, you will pay five acres of land." This saves a lot of money, and now people eat and feed horses a lot of money. I'll do this task of recruiting strong men, can my brother agree? ”

Chao Gai smiled: "I don't have to worry about Mr. Wu's affairs. It's just that you've just hosted the ring, and you've worked hard, so take a few days off and start again. ”

Wu Yong said with a smile: "My brother underestimates me, although I am a scholar, I can ride a horse and use a knife." I'll do it from tomorrow, there are refugees everywhere in Hebei, Henan, and Shandong, and it won't be difficult to recruit. ”

Chao Gai said to Zhu Wu again: "New Jeju is a deep hole we have dug, we will build a big granary in this Shuibo Liang Mountain to accumulate grain, and this autumn after the seeds of Wang Mi come down, we will definitely be able to harvest 200 million catties of grain." ”

Zhu Wu was stunned, and didn't say anything for a long time: "Two hundred million catties? ”

"Ah, that's right, 200 million catties, that's still less. We have cultivated nearly 30,000 acres of Tianwang rice seeds, and the output of 30,000 acres will be more than 25 million catties of Tianwang rice seeds. That's more than 200 million catties. Although the largest island in Shuibo Liangshan is a horse farm, there is still an empty space, so why not build a huge granary and accumulate grain and grass, to know what is most important in troubled times? Grain and grass, of course. Chao Gai said.

Now there is a huge granary in the middle of this barracks, stockpiling nearly 20 million catties of grain.

Zhu Wu was proficient in arithmetic, and muttered and calculated: "One cubic meter of grain is about 1,500 catties, and 200 million catties of grain needs about 1.4 million cubic meters of granaries. It's also a big project, so why don't I supervise it. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "Although the granary is very important, it is only a warehouse after all, and it is not as big as a big project like Yuncheng Trade City." I plan to let Li Kui's brother Li Da supervise the construction, you take charge of the overall situation, just take the time to take a look. The Huanghua 10,000 mu salt farm that we cooperated with Chai Jin is an important matter, and you need to manage it, and how about you come back when you recruit the right person. ”

Zhu Wu was very surprised that Chao Gai would send him to Huanghua, but he was relieved to think about it, although Chai Jin was very famous, but he was very talented, and he was afraid that he would not be able to control the scene.

"Brother entrusts me to dare not do my best." Zhu Wudao.

Zhu Wu also said that the salt field was safe, and Chao Gai called Kong Yang and asked Kong Yang to lead a hundred sailors to follow Zhu Wu. There are 2,000 workers in the salt works, and under the banner of the government, there is not much safety problem. This salt farm treats the workers very kindly, and it can completely arm the workers, once there is something to issue weapons to the workers, a huge army will be formed, and Kong Yang's ability can completely control the scene, not to mention that there are flying pigeons to pass the book, once something happens, Yuncheng can quickly rush to help.

A few days later, Chao Gai began to personally train the newly recruited officers, Yuan Lang, Wu Song, Mi Sheng, Bao Xu, Luo Yun, from the basic formation to the special forces training subjects have to be carried out again, as a general bow and arrow, Pang Wanchun occasionally took time to give everyone a bow and arrow lesson. At first, Wu Song was still a little dissatisfied with Pang Wanchun, but after seeing Pang Wanchun's divine shooting, he immediately admired it very much, of course, everyone has expertise, and Chao Gai does not require them to be proficient in everything, but only know some. It is better to let them know what an army is, what is war, and what is the art of war.

Wu Yong recruited strong men, and it was still very easy to recruit. There are more people who can't eat these years, and when I heard that I am in charge of food and housing, and I will work for three years to give five acres of land, I am so happy that everyone who signs up will break their heads. Wu Yong is not recruited by everyone, as long as he is strong, sixteen to forty years old, and too young children are recruited to send some to Yuncheng School to class. If you are too old, you can't do it, and Wu Yong is not a living Bodhisattva, so he can't manage so many things.

Zhu Wu rushed to the salt field, most of the workers and management of the salt field were sent by Chao Gai, after all, the proportion of Chai Jin was very low, only two percent, but the output of the salt field was very high, and Chai Jin was not dissatisfied. Zhu Wu came, Chai Jin was relieved, recently there are often small groups of pirates to steal things written about Yantian, although there is not much loss, but it is annoying, now the situation has naturally become better with the navy.

At the same time that Chao Gai was concentrating on development, a new force was quietly emerging in a place called Mangdang Mountain in the southwest of Xuzhou.

Fan Rui, the big boss of Mangdang Mountain, Xiang Chong, the second leader, and Li Gon, the third leader, are very busy recruiting troops and horses in Mangdang Mountain.

To say that this Fan Rui was originally similar to Wang Lun, he was a scholar who had tried and failed, and he was also refining the channel, to put it bluntly, he was pretending to be a ghost. This person has developed a skill, making good use of meteor hammers and flying knives, and is a character who can write and martial arts. Originally, he was just a kind citizen under the rule of Xuzhou Mansion, planting a few acres of land at home, occasionally helping people to do the method, pretending to be a fool and eating food, but I didn't expect it to be a big deal later.

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