"Kong Ming, now let you explain to you the next development direction of the territory!" Han Ji nodded at Zhuge Liang.

"Yes, my lord!" Zhuge Liang nodded slightly in response, and then straightened his posture and began to speak.

"There are more than 6,800 people in the territory. However, nearly half of them were newly surrendered prisoners of war, slaves, and the number of young and strong among them was so large that it had become a hidden danger in the territory. You need to be vigilant at all times, and your territory must be guarded by a large army. Therefore, the territory can no longer draw troops to fight abroad in the near future, and should focus on retreating military and political fortifications. ”

"Nowadays, there are hidden dangers in the territory, and there are strong enemies looming outside, although there is no disaster of swords and soldiers for the time being, for the sake of long-term planning, we should also build defensive fortifications in case of accidents, which is the top priority."

"Therefore, the people in the territory should focus on the construction department, give priority to building the city wall, build a city, and properly protect the henchmen of the territory."

"The existence of a city can not only reassure the people attached to the territory, but also extinguish the hearts of those slaves who fled and rioted, so that they can return to the territory as soon as possible."

"When the city is built, the territory will no longer need to hoard heavy troops to defend it, and it can also draw troops to attack the city and seize the land, and it will be in a situation where it can be attacked and retreated." Zhuge Liang calmly analyzed the necessity of building a city in front of everyone, and this suggestion was the first task he strongly advocated.

"That's exactly what it means!" Master Lu Ban nodded and clapped his hands in response.

"Yes, that's good! Building walls is really important! A city with a city wall can be called a city! In the hearts of the Chinese ancients, a city without a city wall does not exist, and the city wall is a necessary thing for a city.

And this idea actually exists in the hearts of Westerners, living within the city walls, more secure, and more superior, city people look down on country people, this kind of fucking situation, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

The proposal to prioritize the construction of the walls was approved by all, and it was to be carried out thoroughly, and in this work, the heavy labor would first be distributed to the slaves, especially the soldiers who had been captured from Rochebas, who were the biggest danger in the territory, and whose families were in Swadia, so that they could not return to the territory, and now they could only enslave them with their lives, so that they had no energy to resist.

"Kong Ming, you go on!" Han Ji saw that no one objected to this resolution, so he asked Zhuge Liang to continue.

"For the construction of the city, Master Lu Ban has already had a plan, only need to increase the investment of labor, with 1,200 young people, it will take 3 months to build a city (250,000 square meters)."

Four city walls about 500 meters long, plus urn castle and castle tower, arrow tower.

"In the territory, there are nearly 3,000 young and strong men, including slaves, 800 are used for Marshal Han Shin's military training, and another 1,200 are used to build the city wall, and there are less than 1,000 young men who can still be used."

"However, there are still about 2,000 healthy women available in the territory, and with the strength of the old and weak, there will be another 500 laborers available."

"Of these 3,500 laborers, 1,000 laborers will be retained to operate many workshops in the territory, build some scattered buildings and handle some daily chores. The other 2,500 workers will be used to develop farmland and pastures. ”

"Although there are many materials in the territory, there are enough materials to meet the needs of the territory for a year. However, it is the floating wealth of plunder, which is exhausted and is gone. In the long run, the territory should lay the foundation for its self-sufficiency while ensuring fortifications. ”

"Although there are many things to be produced in the territory now, the grain, meat, cloth, furs, oil, spices, and other materials necessary for life are not in the climate."

"To this end, the Executive Yuan will plan to open up 30,000 acres of cultivated land outside the city for the cultivation of various crops, including corn, rice, wheat, barley, soybeans, adzuki beans, vegetables, fruits, olives, grapes, mulberry hemp, tea, tung oil trees, sumac, bamboo, alfalfa, medicinal herbs and other things."

"Another 20,000 acres of pasture fish ponds will be opened up for grazing cattle and sheep, breeding war horses, breeding pigs, dogs, fish, chickens, ducks and geese and other poultry and beasts."

"In this way, the territory is basically self-sufficient except for salt, and at the same time, the benefits of opening up arable land can provide several specialties for the territory, and also lay a solid foundation for trade with the outside world."

"In the future territory, the specialties that can be used for trade include fine ceramics, wood lacquerware, paint, tea, fine silk products, fine paper, medicinal herbs, finished medicines, kitsch toys, printed books, and high-end household articles with exquisite workmanship and paint."

"Each of these items can make huge profits, and if so many special products are used for trade, the profits are unimaginable!" Zhuge Liang was also very surprised that there were so many specialties in the territory, so his tone inevitably carried a little amazement, so that everyone could feel from his tone how amazing the wealth that these commodities would create.

"Oh! It turns out that there are so many special products in the territory, which can be used for trade, and if you choose one or two at random, they are enough to exchange for a large amount of materials, why do we have to go to great lengths to farm?! This sentence was said by Luo Yang, the leader of the people, he couldn't quite understand that what he could get simply had to work hard to farm.

"Yes! That's the reason, we just use these things to exchange things for what we want! This time, it was Xu Ye, who had a rough face, who spoke.

"Ahem!" Han Xin saw that the two people who opened his mouth were his subordinates, and he felt a little unbearable on his face, and he wanted to strangle these two mallets to death and embarrass them to the generals.

"Two generals, let Liang explain it to you." Zhuge Liang didn't care, and began to explain with a kind smile on his face.

"If our territory has no ambition and only wants to be attached to one country, it doesn't hurt to do so. However, the lord has the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers and win the world, so he must not act like this. Zhuge Liang turned his head and looked at Han Ji with a smile, then turned around and said.

"The territory has not yet had an ally that can be relied on to trade with each other, and there may not be one in the future." Zhuge Liang sees Han Ji's ambitions and the situation of the territory very clearly, if Han Ji wants to dominate the world, then it can really be said that the whole world is the enemy, between countries, there are only interests, if you have a fatal weakness, then the ally will become an enemy and swallow you in one bite.

"Grain can be said to be the most important, if the grain of the territory cannot be produced by itself, and is detected by the trade partner, then the other party will inevitably see the profit and forget the righteousness, and have evil intentions, and want to be coerced in the territory, and the territory will immediately fall into a dangerous predicament, and there will be a catastrophe!" Zhuge Liang said to the two.

"On the contrary, if there is no shortage of goods in the territory, but the enemy needs our goods, then the enemy has a request from me, so I can only slaughter it, and a little cargo can be exchanged for a large amount of materials, which can be described as a million profits! We can also use our unique cargo to counterbalance the enemy and make them dare not act rashly! Zhuge Liang explained to the two bosses what is the change in the relationship between supply and demand in trade, and what is the material blockade and economic sanctions.

"Ahh It turns out that there are so many twists and turns in selling something! I understand, that's how those Han people did us before! Luo Yang obviously thought of the reason why they always felt that something was not quite right when they were doing business with the Han Dynasty people in Shuzhong before.

"Exactly! Therefore, for the sake of long-term planning, opening up arable land is an inevitable thing to do in the territory. Zhuge Liang nodded and concluded.

"At this time, it is October, it is not easy to open up mountains and forests, it takes a long time to achieve slow results, now do it, when sowing seeds in the spring of next year, there should be some results, just in time for spring ploughing, sowing the seeds of prosperity for the territory." Zhuge Liang looked at the sky outside the window and said with a deep gaze.