Chapter 85: Laying out the Yellow River
It is conceivable that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there will inevitably be a large number of upstarts who have a lot of money in their hands. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info will inevitably need these antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other vassal elegant things to support the façade! Li Tang can take advantage of the situation!
Therefore, the value of these things should be between 2 billion and 3 billion! However, if you sell it now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to sell 1 billion.
In the treasury of various places, the materials and funds add up, and there should be 1.5 billion gold coins. In Ye Biao's hands, he also gave 1.5 billion gold coins.
Of course, the wealth that Li Tang earned in the Yellow Turban Rebellion should be far more than that! It can be said that a large part of the wealth collected by the Yellow Turban Army in several places was served by Li Tang!
Although the cash seized at a time is not necessarily large, the material is very large.
Because, the money grabbed by the Yellow Turban Army was also used as military expenses. However, when the materials were grabbed, they were piled up in the treasury, and then, with the strategic retreat, they were gathered together and were taken away by Li Tang.
Relying on these looted wealth, Li Tang exchanged for a large number of basic materials. More than 1,200 cities have been successfully established in Yizhou Island and other places. There are also more than 800 market towns, which are still in preparation, and it is planned that they will eventually be built. However, because of the remoteness and the construction of the city, a large number of ships are needed to transport it, and it is not possible to build it in a moment.
Even if the cities that have been successfully upgraded, it is estimated that only half of the cities have a slight surplus in addition to building themselves. For other cities, it is necessary to continue to invest funds in the construction of city walls and so on. Therefore, in the next two to three years, financial subsidies will be needed for these cities!
In the Qiankun bracelet, there are still more than 20 cities. Relying on the planning of the city territory, it can basically meet the needs of development.
However, even the cities in the Qiankun bracelet have a lot of surpluses. Moreover, through the spread of trading, the city in the Qiankun bracelet can make a lot of profits. Even if half of the people in the Qiankun bracelet are engaged in land reclamation, basically only expenditure, no output. Qiankun bracelet can also be greatly profitable. The land of fish and rice is not about fun!
In the Nanyang area, Li Tang increased the number of cities to 50. Because, there are too many rivers in the Nanyang area. Although they are all small rivers, they form a network of water. It's basically connected to all places!
Jizhou, on Jiangxinzhou in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, there are more than 20 cities in Li Tang.
On Qiongzhou Island, Li Tang has completely controlled Shengli. More than 200 cities were built here, and almost all of the outer lands were controlled except for the central woodland. Here, almost no players will be able to set foot on it.
And Shengli, Li Tang did not accept them all. Instead, the toughest one of them was completely subdued. Then, put them back in the central woodland. At the same time, the most unruly Shengli were also thrown into this branch. Then, they were traded for iron and weapons in exchange for forest land resources and useless resources they had captured.
These Shengli got these weapons, and their combat effectiveness increased dramatically. In the past, there were occasional players who dared to go deep into the woodland. Now, basically, no player dares to do that. In this way, the limited resistance to the expansion of the player's power is ah!
And the players who build a city in the outer land are basically cleaned up by Shengli or pirates. Other players, if they want to gain a foothold in Yizhou, unless they establish the city in Dan'er County and Zhuya County controlled by the imperial court, it will be difficult to gain a foothold.
Of course, for the future strategy of Qiongzhou, Li Tang also established a lot of cities in Dan'er County and Zhuya County, just to one day, use these cities as a stronghold to take Dan'er County and Zhuya County in one fell swoop.
Now, the battles in various places within the jurisdiction of Linhai City have basically been calmed down. Only Yazhou still needs to retain a large number of troops.
Speaking of which, Li Tang's army is already a behemoth. Although it has been streamlined again and again, the number has reached a staggering 60 million. Moreover, 30.5 million of them are special arms.
Speaking of which, there are many types of special types of soldiers. However, they have a common feature, that is, after use, they can ensure that their strength is exerted and they are not fettered. So, many times, as long as it is given to good soldiers, it is good to use the soul of soldiers.
As for that, there is no matching equipment. It doesn't matter, it's okay to use other equipment. It really doesn't work, use similar equipment. Anyway, as long as you spend money, there is still a way to exchange weapons from the barracks.
Therefore, Li Tang spared no effort in the collection of special types of troops and soldiers' souls.
After five years of fighting, whether it is the special troops on the side of the imperial court, the soul of the soldiers such as the Royal Forest Army, the Yulin Guard, the Forbidden Army, or the souls of the Yellow Turban Army, they have all gained a lot. Anyway, as long as you spend money, it is easy to buy from the imperial army. In particular, Li Tang's relationship with the generals is not bad.
At the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Li Tang got tens of millions of special troops of the Yellow Turban Army, all kinds of them. Yellow Turban Lux is just one of them!
Speaking of which, Zhang Jiao, the old boy, has a complete "Taiping Technique" in his hand, with a total of thirty-six volumes, each of which can convert a special type of troops. Moreover, each volume is capable of converting 200 people per day. Over the past few decades, there are tens of millions of people who can be converted!
In addition, the special thing about the Taiping Technique is that it is not like other artifacts, and it needs to be cast when there is a target to be cast before it can be converted into special troops. It can directly produce sigils, even if there are no soldiers.
In this way, over time, it is equivalent to the creation of countless more soldiers!
Now, Li Tang's territory is scattered, and the deployment of troops is very wasteful.
The piece with the least number of troops is the Yellow River and the heart of the river. Because, Jiangxinzhou is a flat river, and all the cities rely on water.
Therefore, send Nie Jun's Navy SEALs, 1.5 million special troops, plus 500,000 ordinary troops. Protect the 20 cities. In addition, inspect the Yellow River, clear all kinds of obstacles on the Yellow River, and open up the trade routes of the Yellow River.
Secondly, there is Qiongzhou Island. There are many castles on the island, and the surrounding environment is harsh. Therefore, two legions were sent, the White Tiger Legion of Huang Xu and the Blue Whale Legion of Tsunami. Plus, add 4 million ordinary troops.
White Tiger Legion, 2 million special troops. Blue Whale Legion, 1.5 million special troops. At the same time, they had to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes and crack down on road rage and pirates everywhere.
Yizhou, Ryukyu, Penghu and other places, although there are many cities. However, it is relatively remote and, moreover, easy to rescue. Therefore, in each city, special troops are arranged.
In each city, according to the danger factor, there are more than 10,000 people, and there are more than 1,000 people, focusing on the defense of the temple and the teleportation array. In addition, it is enough to arrange a small number of ordinary class defenses.
In this way, there are 2.5 million special troops and 5 million ordinary troops.
In addition, it was also arranged for Ganning's Jinfan Corps to be stationed in Linhai City with 2 million special troops to clean up the sea area. Arrange Huang Zhong, with the Wind Shadow Legion, 2 million special troops, and all reindeer cavalry, to also garrison Linhai City.
In the event of a war, the warship can quickly drop Huang Zhong's army to any location. The reindeer cavalry, on the other hand, walked between the mountains and jungles, as if walking on flat ground.
With Huang Zhong and Gan Ning defending, Li Tang's lair can be described as impregnable.
In the Nanyang area, there are not many cities in Li Tang. However, there are many defenders of the city.
Li Tang's own city is only about 50. A total of 100,000 defensive soldiers, 100,000 special troops, and 1,000,000 ordinary soldiers.
However, in the system city, Li Tang placed Zhang Xi's Sunset Legion, Wei Yan's Mammoth Legion, Lu Wenhuan's Xuanwu Legion, and Huang Wudie's Vermilion Bird Legion, each with 1.5 million special troops, a total of 6 million.
In addition, there is Su Fei's reserve legion, 6.5 million, all of which are special troops. It's all put into this system city, and you can pay your salary by eating the finances of the system city!
As for the management of these soldiers. Li Tang, as a guard, naturally has the authority to manage. And the county orders of each city were appointed by Li Tang. Therefore, naturally he will not oppose Li Tang's decision.
Like the sailors in each city, they are actually managed by Zhang Xi. As for Zhang Xi, as a whole, he put the army on the Han River basin and swept away the obstacles in the Han River basin and various tributaries along the way. By the way, go to Yunmengze to connect sailors and sweep away countless lake thieves in Yunmengze.
It is precisely because of this that Li Tang only placed a small number of soldiers in his own cities here, so he didn't have to worry about these cities being attacked!
In fact, there are tens of billions of aborigines in the entire Nanyang County, and it is definitely more than enough to feed these soldiers.
At the same time, Li Tang planned to add a special function to Su Fei's reserve legion. That is, the rotation and resting place of the soldiers is equivalent to the sanatorium of later generations.
Soldiers, after a long battle, you will be tired. In this way, it is possible to rotate down in batches, come here to recuperate, learn skills in the barracks by the way, and so on.
Doing so can also prevent the rotation of soldiers and soldiers, and prevent them from becoming personal soldiers of military generals, or even private soldiers. In the end, these generals took the soldiers supported by Li Tang and went to seek refuge in other families.
The three legions of the Lion, the Qilin, and the Green Dragon, each with 1.5 million special troops, are trained in the Qiankun Bracelet. Once there is a war, Li Tang can quickly arrive, and then release them to go to war. They were all cavalry, and as a mobile unit, that was the best.
Li Tang also has an army, with a number of 5 million, all of whom are ordinary soldiers. However, this army was under the management of Linhai City, but it did not have to pay their military expenses. This is Yin Fei's Blood Shark Legion.
This legion, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, not only intercepted countless ships fleeing with their families, but also passing merchant ships. He even took advantage of the emptiness of the mainland's defense, landed directly, and robbed a lot of rich people.