Because, in the study room of the Chu Palace, there are two more rooms, one is called "Fusang" and the other is called "Goryeo".

Baili Wuji knows that although the Khitan failed to go south this time, but with the first time, there will be a second and third time, and he needs to quickly accumulate strength, and half of this strength is the combat effectiveness of the army, and the other half is the basic national strength.

To this end, Baili Wuji restructured the army and improved the welfare of soldiers.

The new military system stipulates the length of service of soldiers, and those under the age of 15 are not allowed to be recruited, and those who are beyond the age of 40 must be discharged. In order to ensure the livelihood of retired personnel, it is stipulated that retired soldiers will fill the posts of catchers, guards, and errands in all prefectures and counties, and at the same time, all the guards and guards of mines and workshops directly under the jurisdiction of the government will be filled by retired soldiers.

This move greatly calmed the worries of the soldiers of the Black Flag Army and enabled the retirement system to be carried out smoothly. It ensured that the Chu army had a strong combat capability at any time.

Another benefit is that the law and order of the states and counties are completely controlled in the hands of the Black Flag Army.

At the same time, propaganda missions were set up in each battalion, and in addition to training, the concept of the state and the nation began to be instilled in the soldiers.

Brainwashing starts with soldiers.

Baili Wuji is convinced that as long as the army is pure, the country will be pure.

As long as the army is not corrupt, the country will not be corrupt.

Any corrupt official will be afraid of this deadly sword, the sword hanging over his head.

The new military system also clearly stipulates that all officers who have reached the age of 40 must retire from the military service, and after retirement, the government will arrange for them to enter the prefectures and counties to serve as county lieutenants and state lieutenants. All officers who have reached the age of 50 must retire from the army, and after retirement, they will enter the three courses of martial arts, ordnance, and tactics under the military science of the Bo College to train generals for the Chu army.

Most of the generals of this era are passed down from generation to generation, and ordinary people rarely produce excellent generals, not because they are not talented, but they have no opportunity to learn at all, and a generation of famous generals needs countless lives to pile up.

Therefore, Baili Wuji wants to use this method of public teaching to lay a solid foundation for the future strength of the Chu army.

The new regulations also stipulate that military doctors who have reached the age of 50 must retire from the military and be arranged by the government to serve in the medical offices set up in various prefectures and counties or to give lectures in the medical science department of the doctoral college. In this way, it can not only ensure the physical strength required by the military doctors in the overloaded workload in the war, but also ensure that there are a large number of medical workers in the territory of Chu to treat the people.

The new regulations not only ensured the combat effectiveness of the army, but also solved the worries of the soldiers in the future, so the implementation was quite smooth, and the combat effectiveness of the Chu army began to improve again.

……。

Half a year later.

October 25 of the seventh year of Shu Guangzheng.

Xingwangfu fast horse newspaper.

The Chu State Navy Division berthed at the Xingwangfu Harbor.

Three days later, Peng Xiao got up and returned to the palace of the king of Chu.

Immediately, he was led into the study by Baili Wuji.

"Pingliao, tell this king quickly, how are Xu Shouren and Sun Shixu? Do you have any habits when you go to the sea? How ...... goods are sold? ”

Peng Xiao rolled his eyes, stunned and waited for Baili Wuji to finish asking a series of words.

Baili Wuji also realized that he was in a hurry to ask, so he waved his hand to let Peng Xiao sit down and let people serve tea.

Peng Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It took fifteen days to go to Fusang and only twelve days to come back. ”

Baili Wuji nodded.

Peng Xiao said: "According to the guidance of the common people and the merchants of Fusang, the fleet landed in Fusanggi. ”

Baili Wuji asked, "Does Fusang agree to set up a shop?" ”

Peng Xiao said: "Now the king of Fuso is Emperor Suzaku, and the ministers of Guan Bai and Taizheng are Fujiwara Tadahei. As soon as the king's envoy went, they welcomed it very much and agreed to Da Chu to set up shops in Wuji and Qidao. Xu Shenzhi and Sun Du commanded the students and soldiers to plan the north and south roads, and the shops were opened according to the plan. ”

Baili Wuji continued to ask: "What about the income from the exchange of gold and silver and the sale of goods?" ”

Peng Xiao said: "The exchange of gold and silver and the sale of goods are very smooth, and when I left Fusang and returned to the south, there was not much of the goods left. Xu Shenzhi wanted to bring a letter to the king, the gold and silver exchange had become one to six at the end of the period, so please think about whether the king should continue to transport silver to Fusang, the goods are far from saturated, Fusang nobles and retainers and samurai are popular, so please ask the king to transport tea, dansha, sweet potato roast three goods again. This is the list and letter that Xu Shenzhi asked a certain to bring back, please look at it. ”

Peng Xiao took out the list and letter from his bosom and presented them to Baili Wuji.

Baili Wuji took over the list and looked at it carefully, "50 million taels of silver were exchanged for a total of 10 million taels of gold, and 12 boats of tea, dansha, and sweet potatoes were sold for 40 million taels of silver, which has been exchanged for 7.5 million taels of gold." A total of 17,500,000 taels, there are still 20% of the goods unsold, among the goods to tea is the most profitable, 100 wen a pound of tea is sold here for two taels of silver, followed by sweet potato burning, 10 wen a pound of sweet potato burning is sold here for 100 wen, Dansha is the least, there are also five times the profit. I also hope that the king will transport more tea and sweet potatoes next time, as for the exchange of gold and silver, in a certain opinion, it is no longer necessary, and the money for selling the goods is enough to exchange, and the sand gold in the Fuso market has begun to be scarce, so it is not suitable to exchange silver for ....... This time, 17,500,000 taels of gold and three ships of copper were brought back with the fleet, and the king was asked to inspect them. ”

Baili Wuji read it carefully, but he didn't look at it quickly, and continued to ask: "Where is the gold and copper?" ”

Peng Xiaodao: "It is in the port of Xingwangfu, and it is guarded by a certain sailor. ”

Baili Wuji nodded and asked, "When you went to Fusang this time, did you see the soldiers and people living in its army?" ”

Peng Xiao twitched the corners of her mouth, wanting to speak.

Baili Wuji asked: "Why can't you say this?" Speak quickly. ”

Peng Xiao snorted and said with a smile: "The forbidden army of the Fusang King is not as good as the township soldiers in the Central Plains, and the army is even more unbearable, the nobles only eat two meals a day, and the vegetables are only salted fish, pickled vegetables and miso soup, and occasionally there are some other vegetarian dishes and dried scallops, but they don't eat meat, and their faces are covered with white ash, which is extremely ugly." I want the people to live a more miserable life. ”

"You know what. It wasn't white ash, it was lead powder or mercury powder. Baili Wuji scolded with a smile.

"King, you haven't seen that woman in Fusang, her face is also full of white ash, don't look closely, in case she opens her mouth, she will scare you to death." Peng Xiao began to speak casually.

"Oh?"

"That mouth of black teeth will be so black that it will be light."

Baili Wuji was stunned and asked, "Is there such a thing?" Are you sure it's not an individual? ”

Peng Xiao replied: "How dare you deceive the king, I have seen several of them, all of them have black teeth. ”

Baili Wuji can't figure it out, and he really doesn't know that there is such a thing in Ludao.

Shaking his head, he shook off the strange thing and continued to ask, "What else is strange?" Tell me all about this king. ”

Peng Xiao replied: "I can't think of it, I haven't been on land for a long time, I'm not used to it, and I eat and drink on the ship." ”