"Can you tell us about that?" Wu Jiao is a cautious person, and he needs to test Lu Qingxi again to fully understand the other party's thoughts.

If it is in the name of a merger to seize the interests belonging to the Bucks Department, then such a merger would rather not.

"I want to break up all the populations of the two ministries and mix them up." Lu Qingxi had been prepared for this for a long time, he was not in a hurry, and talked eloquently: "Move some of the residents of Buck City out, and fill the gap in the city with the population handed over by each branch." As for the Stag Division, it is better to disperse them all and carry out the same population replacement of the main cities of the various ministries. ”

Wu Jiao was deeply surprised, this was indeed the best way to weaken the control of the city lords and patriarchs in various places.

He put away the guard in his heart, and his attitude towards Lu Qingxi became more gentle, and then he asked a key question: "What about the army?" ”

"Based on the existing royal guards in Stag City, select qualified warriors from the whole clan." The muscles on Lu Qingxi's jaw tightened, and he carefully controlled the tone and rhythm of his speech, appearing impassioned: "Why can't we win the Tiger Clan and the Lion Clan?" Why can't you win the cow clan? We have the best textile technology in the world, but we can't even do the most basic food self-sufficiency. Others can get everything they want through war, so why can't we? Of course, I am not saying that it is necessary to be reckless, but the army must have the appearance of an army, and the soldiers should be treated as they deserve. ”

"Let's not talk about it from afar, look at the local city guards, the discipline is loose, and the children are hanging. Do we lack weapons? Of course not! Every year, so much cloth is traded, and a large part of it is used to exchange weapons and armor with the Niu Clan, and our Deer Clan's equipment is actually very sophisticated, even surpassing the Tiger Clan and the Lion Clan to some extent. For as long as I can remember, we have not won almost all foreign wars, and we have suffered heavy casualties. Putting aside the commanders and various unfavorable factors, I think the focus of the problem is still on the quality of the soldiers. ”

Wu Jiao was a little moved: "So, you want to carry out a comprehensive reform of the army?" ”

"It must be changed!" Lu Qingxi deliberately showed anger in his tone, making the content of his words sound full of excitement: "Re-select soldiers, conduct a comprehensive assessment of them, and only those who meet the standards are eligible to enter the army." Buck, Xuanlu, White Deer, Yanlu...... Selection from among civilians who have been surrendered and replaced by all ethnic groups, and kicking out the unqualified guys from the former army. We just want the bravest warriors, no waste and garbage. ”

"The other is the treatment of soldiers, which must be increased on the basis of the existing one." Lu Qingxi paused for a moment, as if he was seriously thinking about the specific indicators: "Sancheng...... No, forty percent, the daily supply of the new army must be increased by forty percent. Only in this way can we attract more warriors, and our deer clan can truly become strong. ”

"Forty percent?" This figure made Wu Jiao gasp, and he subconsciously shook his head: "It's too much, with our current financial situation, we can't maintain such a high military expenditure." ”

"No, you didn't understand what I meant." Lu Qingxi continued to talk about lotus flowers, and spit stars flew everywhere: "We don't need to maintain a large-scale army, we just need to ensure a small number of elite forces." I'm going to cut the entire group, the Bucks, by a third, or even half. There's so much waste in it, I just need true warriors. As a result, the supply of military materiel has not increased, but has even decreased slightly. This is good for both the top and the bottom, and we get a strong army that can fight, not a waste army with empty numbers but no combat effectiveness. ”

Wu Jiao didn't speak, and he fell into deep thought.

I have to admit that what Lu Qingxi said is very reasonable. It can be seen from this that the new king is not empty in his mind, he is actually very strategic, long-term, and has quite ideas about the construction and development of the race.

After a long time, Wu Jiao asked seriously, "How many warriors do you plan to select from the Stag Tribe?" ”

This is an extremely critical and ingenious question. The Buck Department is the mother family of Lu Qingxi, in other words, the most powerful support group of Lu Qingxi, the new king of the Lu clan. Wu Jiao was thoughtful, he was worried that Lu Qingxi's actual actions would be contrary to what he said, and if the existing army of the Bucks Department was withdrawn on a large scale, a large number of soldiers who were added to the new army would come from the Bucks Division, and there would be a new erosion of power...... Therefore, the number of soldiers who are recruited into the new army of the deer tribe from the Stag Department must not be too large, and it must be kept within a controllable range.

"Ten thousand." This is a number that Lu Qingxi has thought of a long time ago, and he knows that this will not touch the sensitive bottom line in Wu Jiao's heart.

Wu Jiao smiled, he shook his head: "How can 10,000 people be enough, at least 20,000 people." ”

Lu Qingxi also shook his head, his attitude looked very resolute: "No, Xianwang Futian, I just expanded the new army of up to 20,000 people as soon as I came up, what will others think?" ”

The smile on Wu Jiao's face became deeper and deeper: "You are the king, you don't need to care about their thoughts. Besides, you are not favoritism, you are very fair, and no one will say anything about it. ”

Unconsciously, Wu Jiao changed his name for Lu Qingxi, and even he didn't notice the change.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Lu Qingxi nodded slowly: "Okay, just do as you say." Select 20,000 warriors from the Stag Division to form a new deer army. ”

……

The large-scale population replacement of the deer clan began.

Although the successive patriarchs of the four major branches of Yanlu, Xuanlu, Bailu, and Qinglu were dissatisfied with this, no one dared to disobey the order. The situation of each tribe is different, the national teacher Wujiao has a strong control over the ethnic group, Lu Qingxi has his power support, and the military commanders have also expressed their obedience, if anyone is not respectful, they will be killed on the spot.

According to the order issued by the new king, each branch must complete the payment of 50,000 civilians to the Bucks Department within a month, and at the same time, the reorganization of the new army is carried out, and priority is given to the selection of qualified warriors in the Bucks Department.

Coniferous forests grow on the mountains and slopes, which take on a deep green color during the cold season. The ground is covered with a thick layer of snow, and in this large area of pale contrast, it is difficult to distinguish the color difference between the trunk and the branches and leaves from a distance, and all the dark colors look black...... There are only these two colors left in the whole world, there is no blue of the sky, and there is no mottled complexity from the earth.

A long line of black specks winds its way deep into the forest.

When you get closer, you can see that this is a team of tens of thousands of people. The tail of the curved coil faintly pointed towards Yanlu City, which was too far away and had long since disappeared at the end of the horizon, at least two days away from the team. The front of the line was far away to Bucks, but it was also far away and invisible, and it would take at least four days to get there.

A thin teenager strained his torn leather robe, but he still couldn't block the biting cold wind.

A woman is holding a newborn baby in her arms, she is dressed very thickly, and it looks warm, but only those who know her well know that the inner lining of the tattered leather jacket is not actually cotton, but a kind of dry grass picked in the autumn, which is repeatedly crushed by heavy objects, completely flocculated, and stuffed into the leather jacket interlayer, which can barely play a warm effect.

According to the orders of the King of the Flame Deer, these people who migrated to Bucks City must arrive at their destination at the specified time. Due to the number of households, the number of people who have migrated as a whole is as high as 52,000. In all fairness, the new King of the Flame Deer didn't want to do this at all, but the King of the Deer, who was also the new one, was very resolute, and this matter could not be discussed at all, and there must be no delay, otherwise it would be punished as treason.

The Bucks Division has the most powerful army in the entire clan, and the national master Wu Jiao is clearly on the side of the new king, and the pressure from all sides is irresistible, except for honest obedience, the patriarchs of each branch have no second choice.

Going out in such cold weather, traveling long distances, is tantamount to a disaster for those who are not prepared.

Along the way, people kept falling, mostly the elderly and sick. Every time it was determined that these people were dead, there was always a lot of confusion in the ranks. The people in the vicinity were all scrambling, and more people wanted to get involved, and in the end it was the soldiers who kept order, although they were not many in number, but they were the armed forces sent by the King of the Flame Deer to oversee the immigration. They took most of the bodies of the dead, leaving only a few stumps and rotten bodies, which were snatched by the crazed civilians.

In fact, when we set out from Yanlu City, there was already chaos.

Officials use various pretexts to seize the property of the migrants. It's a wonderful opportunity for them to miss a target they usually have their eye on but can't get their hands on. The wealthier ones were reduced to the poor, and the officials took everything from them, saying that according to His Majesty's orders, all immigrants to Stag City could only carry their own clothes, and the rest of their property was left in the local area and taken over by their clan.

No one knows if the new deer king has given such an order, but the officials say whatever they say, and the more senior nobles, even including the king of the deer himself, have turned a blind eye to the following violations. Everyone has their own source of interests, and the king of the Yanlu needs to be supported and loyal by middle and lower-level officials to consolidate his power in an all-round way; The officials want to benefit, and since the people above don't care, of course they are happy to do it.

Anyway, these 50,000 people no longer belong to the Yanlu Tribe, and their lives and deaths have nothing to do with themselves.

Beautiful women are also forcibly retained in various names, and then forcibly occupied.

Good things must not be let out, even if it is an edict of His Majesty. What's more, the edict did not mention the question of women at all, as long as the immigrants gathered 50,000, whether they were old, weak, sick or disabled, and the number was satisfied.

Although the King of the Flame Deer had the same idea, he didn't dare to go too far. If this angers the new king and the great master, the next time he will come from Stag City, I am afraid that it will not be the messenger, but the heavily armed and murderous army.

Of the 50,000 immigrants, more than half of them are young and able-bodied.

No one knows why officials have suddenly become so emboldened.

If the god had eyes to see through the night, it would not forget the night when the new king's edict arrived in Yanlu City. Dozens of lower-level officials accepted the banquet of the "Shengxinglong" trading house, and the invitation was very formal, and both the dishes and the scale were in accordance with the rules, and there was no trespass in the slightest.

There are many people, and there is wine, so it is inevitable to communicate with each other, and the topic naturally shifts to this edict of the new deer king.

Immigration is no secret, and sooner or later it will be made public.

I don't know who first talked about the issue of "benefits".

"Tell me, we worked hard to run errands for the King of Yanlu, what are we trying to do in the end?"

"Yes, our income is too small, and there is often not enough food to eat."

"Alas, don't mention it, I can only say that I hope the new Highness can think more about us, otherwise this day is really too sad."

After a round of grumbling, the conversation unwittingly turned to immigrants.

"I've heard that His New Majesty in Bucks City is going to give those immigrants land. In fact, it's normal to think about it, after all, the Bucks Department is the main clan, which is different from our Yanlu Department. ”

"I've also heard that these immigrants come and each of them gets 50 kilograms of food."

"Sizzle...... So much? ”

Some are rumors, others are true. Lu Qingxi will indeed give immigrants a certain degree of preferential treatment, but the food received by immigrants is not distributed per capita, but in "households", and the amount is not as much as 50 kilograms, at best five catties per household.

The consequences of chasing after the wind are terrifying.

Officials became angry, feeling the unfair distribution of benefits from the top. At this moment, a sweet voice full of temptation drilled into the depths of his mind, unveiling the seal of kindness and unleashing the devil of greed.

"If you want me to say, this is an opportunity. Anyway, they are no longer from the Yanlu Department, so instead of cheapening those guys in Bucks City for nothing, it is better to leave their belongings as soon as possible. ”

"You mean, divide their stuff?"

"That's right, and women, the prettiest ones."

"Hahahaha, good idea, why didn't I think of ......"

No one knew it was a conspiracy, and the officials who got the favor didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so. Even the King of the Yanlu didn't pursue this, so what could the new Majesty in Buck City say?

"Leaving the house" is a very nice word, and it is impressive.

……

There is no hope in the eyes of the faltering people, only exhaustion and numbness.

From the elderly to the ignorant children, no one knows why they have suffered such a terrible fate.

Immigrant...... We don't want to leave our own home.

Although Bucks City is prosperous, although it is the main city of the whole clan, it is too far away, and I don't like that place at all.

There are no roads in the mountains and forests, and the deep snow hides everything, so you can only grope your way in the direction.

Suddenly, a group of people rushed out on the slope directly ahead.

Fierce Flame Tooth wielded a long-handled battle axe and with a heart-palpitating roar, he slashed open the head of a deer officer.

Behind him were thousands of bull and pig warriors armed to the teeth.

The attack had the desired effect, and hundreds of Yanlu guards were killed one after another, on the one hand, because they were caught off guard, and on the other hand, they could not cope with the small crossbow arrows fired at close range.