Chapter 204: Preparing for War
"Okay, Liu Yuetian, let's hurry up, I want to see what your Tianshui looks like!"
As soon as Sun Shangxiang said this, Liu Yuetian did not delay any longer, and walked towards Tianshui under the escort of the cavalry.
The crowd had walked less than thirty miles, and they were confronted by a team of 1,000 people, who were also in unison, and were hurrying forward.
"Everybody hurry up!"
The leader is Chang Yuchun, at this time he is sweating profusely and is a little embarrassed, which is not to blame him, he travels twenty miles in a hurry, and no one can stand it.
"Brother Chang!"
Liu Yuetian took the lead and jumped down in front of Chang Yuchun, and came to a bear hug without saying anything.
"Haha, six brothers, you're finally back......... Knock on the Lord! ”
Chang Yuchun waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him also knelt on one knee and shouted in unison!
"Okay, okay, brothers are too polite, all up, all up!"
"Shile, you guy, you said let's go together, why don't you run away first when you get out of the city, it's not righteous, it's too unrighteous!"
Chang Yuchun complained about Shile.
"Yuchun, don't blame me, this Xiao Huang has a heart with the lord, and I know that the lord can't pull it when he comes back, so I can only follow it!"
Shi Le made up a nonsense, which caused everyone to laugh.
More than 2,000 people rushed back to Tianshui, and many people had gathered at the gate of the city, led by Cangjia Yangcuo, who also heard that the king of the county had returned, and they all spontaneously went out of the city to greet them.
"Welcome Chitose home, Chitose Chitose Chitose .........!"
Tens of thousands of people fell to their knees and chanted Chitose, and the momentum shook the heavens and the earth.
"Folks, get up, get up!"
Liu Yuetian immediately stepped forward and waved.
"Little furnace, it seems that the people of Tianshui are very supportive of your master!"
Sun Shangxiang in the back asked in a low voice.
"That's natural, my master is a god descending to earth, just to save the people of the world, the original Tianshui, the people have a hard time, since the master became the county guard, the agricultural tax has been reduced to one percent, the commercial tax has been reduced to one percent, and the master himself has paid for the opening of many schools for children to go to school for free, as well as the pension hall, the old people over fifty years old who are not taken care of are supported by the master, and the lord also made a lot of strange things......... Anyway, now the people of Tianshui are happy, and many people from other cities hundreds of miles away have also come here to settle down. ”
The little stove said proudly.
"That's right, you look at the expressions of those people, they are completely willing, and I am afraid that few people in the world can do this."
Fang Xuanling also sighed.
Liu Yuetian returned to the county guard mansion surrounded by the people of the city, and Sun Chi also greeted him outside the mansion.
"Lord, these days are quite peaceful, and we haven't moved the three towns of Longchuan in the north and south, but I heard that Liu Yuan is not dead, and the king of Qin still attaches great importance to him, and Fu Jian is also very quiet there, but the people of the three towns come to me every day, and I am afraid that the people in the three towns will be gone in a few days."
Schler put aside what has happened in recent times.
"That's natural, our Tianshui is rent-free and tax-free, who doesn't want to come to live with us?
Chang Yuchun said proudly.
"In addition, a large number of merchants have also set up shop in our place recently, and many previously invisible goods have also appeared in large numbers, and the city has also become a lot more prosperous."
Sun Chi also introduced on the side that he has been the most tired in the recent period, and he has to count various data such as merchant taxes every day, but in the same way, his ability has also been rapidly improved, and the level of governance has improved by more than 20 points in a short period of time.
"Sun Chi, you have done a good job, this is Fang Xuanling, a famous Confucian scholar today, and you will be responsible for the management of Water County from today on."
"It's the lord, I will definitely assist Brother Fang to do things well."
Sun Chi replied without hesitation.
"How are our troops now?"
Liu Yuetian asked.
"Lord, now we have 4,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry in our city, although it is not much, but the combat power is absolutely strong, if that Wang Jian comes again, even if it is the same number, we are not afraid."
Schler replied dryly.
"Brother Shi is right, we are short of time now, if we give the two of us another half a year, our Tianshui army will definitely be stronger than the Qin army."
It is often encountered in spring.
"Okay, with the two of you, I am enough to worry free, but now our army is still very small, I plan to form an army of 50,000 people within a year, and then I will have the capital to fight with Liang Ji."
"The lord wants to capture Chang'an?"
Those present were shocked when they heard this.
"That Liang Ji has done a lot of evil, on the way back, I saw thousands of miles of red land near Chang'an, hundreds of people were displaced, and every day Liang Ji was in power, there were many people who suffered, for them, I want to have the strength to compete with him in the shortest possible time, and as long as I send troops, Zu Ti Taishou and Dawu will also correspond, and then it will be the end of Liang Ji."
Liu Yuetian has already made up his mind to bring this Liang Ji down.
"Okay, the lord is right, Liang Ji is full of evil, he should have been cleaned up a long time ago, we will prepare now, don't worry about recruitment, our soldiers in Tianshui have the highest income, and the whole family will not worry about being a soldier alone, the only problem is soldier training, but don't worry, your lord, we will work overtime to train soldiers."
"Yes, you don't have to worry about the soldiers."
Shi Le and Chang Yuchun immediately agreed without any hesitation, and they already hated this Liang Ji to the core, and they wanted to eliminate him.
"Soldiers, big murderers, can not be used until the last resort, but now we have to use, once there is a war, it means death, even if we have a strong army, but this death can not be completely avoided, so the soldier's salary must be increased, doubled every month, and a detailed merit system has been formulated, as long as the meritorious service is promoted, if there are casualties, then their relatives will receive generous pensions, and when conscripting, we should also pay attention to the only child in the family try not to let them act as the vanguard."
Liu Yuetian's method was immediately approved by Shi Le and Chang Yuchun.
"The army is important, but logistics is also very critical, we lack resources now, weapons, food and money we are short, I will find a way to get these, first of all, pig iron, the pig iron of Datang and Dawu is about to be shipped, a total of more than one million catties, with these pig iron, our weapons will not be a problem for the time being, and there is food, this is not a problem.
As for money, we don't have much in this area, it takes time to accumulate, I believe that soon there will be a large number of merchants here, our problem now is to make a large number of useful goods, as long as the goods are sold, we can achieve a trade surplus, and then a steady stream of silver can flow to our Tianshui. ”
Once it was decided to start a war, the entire Tianshui would be built around the army, and Liu Yuetian clearly explained the policy of this construction in just a few words, and everyone knew how to do it.
"In addition, the way of war needs to change."
Liu Yuetian then spoke.
"How? How can the method be changed? ”
Shi Le and Chang Yuchun asked curiously.