The mountains and rivers were hazy with light smoke, and in the sunlight, hundreds of armor soldiers walked along the long winding path under the terraced rice fields, towards the mountain village ahead.

It is already the harvest season, and farmers can be seen plowing the fields. On the side of the lake, fishermen can also be seen pulling fishing nets.

Between the mountains and fields, but without the hustle and bustle of war, villages were built along the way, between the fields and waters, and more than a dozen relatively flat places.

The houses are continuous, and the population comes and goes, ranging from hundreds to thousands.

Zhaojia Village is just ahead, and it is also the largest village in the vicinity.

As Wei Zhuang saw, this was not so much a village as a city without walls.

The people who had established the village here were obviously well versed in the art of war, and watched from afar, and by virtue of the dangerous terrain, they could hold five times as many enemies as long as they held a few key roads.

If you get closer, you can see that the city wall built at the gap has a certain scale. Because the autumn harvest is approaching, there are few people near the city wall.

A huge figure was standing under the city wall, and when he saw that the convoy was approaching, he led the crowd to meet him.

"See your lord!"

"No need to be polite! Celebration, how's it going? ”

"The western wall has been completed by eighty percent, and the eastern wall has been completed by fifty percent, and with the current manpower, it is expected that the construction will be completed next spring."

"Good!"

Zhao Shuang waved his hand, and the convoy passed through the city gate and entered the city, while Dian Qing commanded the men to continue to build.

It's a small city by any measure. However, this small city has adopted the mechanism techniques of the Mo family and the public loser.

Huge water wheels are driven by the current, and the bricks and stones are transported to the city walls by the power of the water, and then loaded and unloaded by the people.

"How many people can live in this city?"

Along the way, you can see all kinds of buildings in the city.

It is a city with a military character.

Along the way, you can see the training grounds, arsenals, stables, and several larger half-filled granaries.

Beyond the city, there was a harbor with a dock built on it. Many craftsmen are building ships.

Most of them were fishing boats, and a few were warships.

"In normal times, we can live in about 5,000 households. In wartime, it can accommodate 50,000 people. ”

50,000 people, compared with Xianyang, Daliang, Xinzheng, Handan, Linzi and other cities in the world, it is really not enough.

It is Xiangping, the city of Yan in Liaodong, which is also larger than this city.

It's just that this is enough to surprise Wei Zhuang on Zhao Shuang's body.

"And how many people are in your territory?"

"About 200,000 people, if you don't count the surrounding people." Zhao Shuang raised the window of the car and explained, "Ten years of life and reunion, ten years of lessons." It has been twenty years, and there has been no smoke here, and there has not been conscription. ”

200,000 people?

Wei Zhuang was shocked, this was much more than the number estimated by the staff of the Xiangbang Mansion when he was in the Lü Buwei Mansion.

In other words, if Zhao Shuang is willing, he can go all out and raise an army of one to twenty thousand people.

Zhao Shuang turned his head, seemed to see the surprise on Wei Zhuang's face, and smiled softly.

"Soldiers are not expensive. With the topography here, with 3,000 elite soldiers, it is enough to resist. ”

It's just that what Wei Zhuang didn't expect was that Wu Qi used the method of training Wei Wushu back then. It's just that, compared to Wei Wushu's selection method, it has its own style here.

In the mountains and wilderness, although the identity of these soldiers is passed down from father to son, almost everyone has two or three pairs of good longbows at home, but they cannot yet enter a state of full-time production.

The soldiers of Zhaojia Village are linked by blood, but when the entire territory is relatively scarce, although they have the grain, grass and materials given by the feudal king, they also need to hunt in summer and winter, forage for meat, and even make weapons and armor.

Wei Zhuang got out of the carriage and followed Zhao Shuang to the high pavilion built in the mountains. From the observation deck on top of the high pavilion, you can overlook the entire castle.

"The capital of Chu is Chen, and he still has the intention of retaking Nanyang's hometown. The training of such a strong army was intended to deal with possible threats. ”

Zhao Shuang smiled, turned around, and made a mistake with Wei Zhuang.

"But it backfired, the threat of the Chu people has not yet arrived, but the internal strife in the Qin State has already arrived."

"It seems to be a small thing, but it has caused a lot of noise in the court of the Qin State."

Wei Zhuang knew very well that this little thing was mentioned by Zhao Shuang. And the point behind it is particularly interesting.

"Yongcheng seems to be hiding a huge secret, and both Lu Buwei and Chang Yu are afraid that people will touch this secret."

"What this secret is, now has nothing to do with us. Quicksand has Zilanxuan as the core, and the intelligence system established is still in the initial stage, but the female assassins trained in Zilanxuan alone are not enough to support Quicksand. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Shuang looked at Wei Zhuang affectionately.

"Ah Zhuang!"

Wei Zhuang inexplicably felt that this kid was going to trap him.

"Within the quicksand, establish a group of assassins called Reverse Quicksand, with you as the leader, including strange people and strangers in the north, west, east sea, and southern land."

Wei Zhuang touched his chin and nodded.

"The idea is very good, but how do you find and even close these people?"

A smile appeared on Zhao Shuang's face, and Wei Zhuang was a little panicked.

On this day, the South China Sea and the North are thousands of miles long, and he still has to break his legs, how hard is it? How dangerous is it to subdue a group of strongmen? If it weren't for great perseverance and monstrous ability, who would dare to do it?

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Wei Zhuang's face.

"I agreed."

Zhao Shuang clapped his hands, and Flame Spirit Ji and Bai Lu held the two jewelry boxes.

"This is the fund for your activities, and the jewels in it are worth five thousand gold, not enough to come to me again."

Zhao Shuang took out a silk cloth from his sleeve, which was filled with dense names.

"These are all masters of the rivers and lakes who are independent of the hundreds of schools, and you have to have special ideas for the few names I circled."

Wei Zhuang looked at Zhao Shuang, no matter how he looked at it, he had been planning for a long time.

At this time, Wei Zhuang suddenly had a feeling of being on a thief ship.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll take the money and run away?"

"What is our relationship?"

Zhao Shuang suddenly smiled, patted his chest, and looked dry, but said the following sentence in the most humble tone.

"You probably wouldn't, would?"

After speaking, Zhao Shuang glanced at the two jewelry boxes with some anxiety.

Wei Zhuang snorted lightly and took the silk cloth from Zhao Shuang's hand.

After Wei Zhuang left, the sound and shadow of the ink crow appeared in front of Zhao Shuang.

"Two messages. Xianyang's side has decided to send an envoy to the Yue Clan. ”

Above the court, has the winner been decided?

This matter will restrain Luo Wang's more energy, so that Luo Wang will not be able to take care of him for the time being.

"What about the other one?"

"There is news from Bai Feng's side, in the land of Qin and Chu, the various strongholds of the Mo family have been deployed."

Zhao Shuang nodded and said in a deep voice.

"There is no time to look eastward, it is a good time to expand the power of the Mo family in the land of Qin and Chu."