() The messenger respectfully saluted the patriarch: "It is true. The battle is over, and we have captured a large number of pig prisoners and a lot of booty. ”

This is a polite remark.

Niu Weibang pouted. As the patriarch, he knows very well what kind of people are greedy and can fight, with rough skin and thick meat, no exquisite skills, and rough and barbaric...... The most important one: from the pig king to the commoners, all of them are poor.

They take out what little bit of value they have to exchange for food, and there is no way to have any hellish loot.

"How many people are there in Rock City now?" This is the issue that Niu Weibang is most concerned about.

The messenger did not hesitate for a second, and directly said the exact number: "Ninety-five thousand, no more than ninety-six thousand." ”

The actual number of people is more than that, and it has exceeded 100,000.

All the messengers sent were Tianhao's henchmen, and they had unified their caliber in advance, especially the total population of Rock City.

From the village leader to the city lord, it is an incremental process in which the population under his rule rises from hundreds to more than 10,000. The reason why the city lord can get a surname means that his strength has skyrocketed and he has the ability to control one side.

There are also big and small city lords. With a limit of 100,000, more than that is a big city lord, and less than this number is a small city lord.

Sometimes it's a nuisance to grow too fast. Although he has been in this world for several years, Tianhao is still not very familiar with the logical way of thinking of the northern barbarians. He knew the rules of division between the big and small city lords, and when he couldn't determine and figure out what the big people thought, he could only adopt a conservative way, shrink the current size of Rock City, and walk slowly on the edge of the minefield.

“…… Ninety-five ......" Niu Weibang sat on the chair, his legs were spread apart, his upper body leaned forward, his right hand supported his chin on his knee, and his face was emotional.

Thunderhorn City is the royal city of the Thunder Cattle Department, with a population of 70,000.

A newly promoted young city lord has a larger population than me.

Niu Weibang thought it was a terrible and funny fairy tale.

I'm the patriarch, the real patriarch!

In fact, calm down and think about it carefully, it is natural that Tianhao can get such a rich benefit, the people of the Pig people are brave and ruthless, and their fierce and powerful combat effectiveness is well known. Because of this, the targets of the small fights of the various tribes were never aimed at the pigs. First, these barbaric and rude fellows are very poor, and it is not cost-effective to send troops to attack, and the benefits are not proportional to the pay. Second, they are born mercenaries, they can fight and resist, and they may not be able to win if they send their own troops, and they may be used in the future, as long as they take out a small amount of food, they can be hired to work for themselves, why not?

To sum up, no one thought of actually annexing the pig tribes, and they would not send troops to plunder them. It's like a beggar with a big waist living next to you, and you would never think of rushing into the other person's house and plundering it.

But Tianhao, this bastard, did just that.

He got tens of thousands of pigs.

A strong sour intention rose in Niu Weibang's heart. It is impossible to say that there is no jealousy. After all, that kid is my subordinate, and when I see me, I have to respectfully and respectfully call me "King". This feats are bright and dazzling enough for any race. Especially the population, the pigs, the best heavy infantry in the world...... It is conceivable that the military capabilities of Rock City have risen several steps since then.

"Come on, come on, sit down, don't be busy walking." Niu Weibang raised his hand and pointed to the chair opposite, and said to the messenger with a wry smile: "Tell me well, how did you city lord fight this battle?" ”

The messenger did not hide it and carefully told the complete battle plan.

This is Tianhao's arrangement: if the king and the national teacher ask, answer honestly, and don't miss a word.

The only hidden link is ergot mushrooms.

This is the most direct way to dispel their doubts.

Niu Weibang was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his mouth opened wide.

"Is that okay?"

"First divide the troops to break through the surrounding villages, take all the prisoners, and then disguise the Pig people who took refuge before as refugees, infiltrate the Wild Tooth City on a large scale, and attack together at the appointed time, and open the city gate from the inside, and decide on a battle?"

"How is Tianhao's brain growing, and he can even think of this method......"

The messenger has a stupid mouth and has no talent for storytelling. If it was the old lady Osmanthus, the acting star of Rock City, she would definitely be able to talk about it all over the world, a simple battle would last for three days and three nights, and it would be impossible to finish the whole thing without one or two years of hard work.

The honest people of Mu Ne are often more likely to be believed, and this is the biggest difference between a good story and a flat and straightforward story.

Niu Weibang fell into a long silence.

He thought carefully about every link and did not find any flaws.

Looks like I've got to get out and around a lot, and I can't stay in Thunderhorn City for years.

The Niu people have always been known for their bravery, and even a small village leader under my command can grow rapidly in just a few years, and be promoted one after another.

Emotion and loss collided in his heart, but Niu Weibang did not have the slightest idea of snatching Tianhao's military exploits. He was a just patriarch, which seemed to him the best quality in the world, and must not be tainted by lust and jealousy.

"Let's go down and get some rest!" He smiled and patted the messenger on the shoulder vigorously, and earnestly advised, "I'll leave for Pointe-Noire early tomorrow morning." When you go back, ask your lord if there are any difficulties that the king needs to help solve. I have all the food and cloth here, just say it. ”

"Thank you!" The messenger quickly stood up from his chair and bowed deeply.

"Don't be so polite, we are all brothers of the same race." Niu Weibang, who had a straightforward temperament, laughed: "Learn more from your city lord, he is a great person." ”

……

Pointe-Noire.

"What did you say, the whole fangs were destroyed?"

"There are more than 90,000 people in Rock City now?"

"How did Tianhao do it?"

The reaction of the national teacher Wu Peng is exactly the same as that of Niu Weibang, the difference is that one is old and the other is young, and the folds of facial expression are stacked with more and less depending on the smoothness of the skin.

The messenger repeated what he had said to Niu Weibang the other day.

The national teacher sat on the chair for a long time, shook his head and sighed: "This is incredible......"

After the sigh, a playful smile appeared on the national teacher's face.

"Ninety-five thousand...... Hum! This kid is playing tricks on purpose. I'd bet with anything that Rock City must have a population of over 100,000 right now. He was only testing my attitude, so he deliberately sent you here and said such a number that is not up or down. ”

The messenger bowed his head and remained respectful in silence.

"It's a great achievement, and he's done a good job!" The old national teacher smiled, and first affirmed Tianhao's merits: "Say, what does he want?" ”

The messenger hurriedly replied: "Our city lord wants to set up a few new stockades in the north and east of Rock City, and I hope that you will agree." ”

"New stockade?" This sentence aroused the strong attention of the national teacher, his wrinkled lips slowly pursed, and an expression that seemed to be smiling slowly emerged under the traction of his facial muscles: "Where does he want to set up a village?" ”

"North of Rock City." The messenger hurriedly said the words that had been repeatedly told by Tianhao and recited many times, and that they were already ripe: "Go north along the mountain range, as long as there is a river." ”

The national teacher fell into a thought that lasted for several minutes. He wasn't hesitating, but replaying the map of the entire Ox Clan's territory in his brain.

It's a huge and mysteriously world. On the surface, whites and barbarians each make up half of the continent, but in reality the area ruled by whites is much larger and more extensive. There are also black people living on the southern continent, and it is said that they have also established a kingdom, but they are too far away from the north of the continent to be seen except for the barbarian soldiers who are stationed at Suolong Pass all year round.

Compared to other tribes, the Niu have an absolute advantage in terms of territory. If the entire northern continent is regarded as the number "one hundred", then with the Niu clan territory as the boundary, all the way north, this huge area can account for "forty" in the north of the continent.

There are no tribes on the north side of the continent, and this is a blank world. Asteroids hit the Earth causing crustal movements, and massive eruptions of volcanoes change the inherent shape of the continental shelf. The transformation of the Earth's axis causes seawater to form a tsunami within the sphere, inundating the original landmass, being re-formed between mountain ranges, and being carved over time to become new sea areas and lakes.

The mountains crisscrossing it are uninhabitable, and the barbarians are far less capable of transforming the world than humans in the age of civilization. In the face of this insurmountable natural obstacle, a large area of no-man's land has appeared on the north side of the land.

The successive kings of the Ox Clan have thought of changing this situation, and have continuously sent members of the clan to migrate to the north of the continent. However, the results were not great, and after hundreds of years, the territory of the Niu tribe has only expanded by about 10 percent.

Migration is not just lip service, it involves a complex set of issues. Food, water, goods and soil around the new city varied, and more importantly, the empire was not always a bigger territory, especially since the current situation of communication was in primitive transmission, and too large a territory would only lead to various problems.

The implementation of the feudal system is the inevitable method of ruling in this special era.

"Your city lord has made a great contribution this time, I can meet his request and give him the right to appoint and dismiss the leaders of ten villages." A smile appeared on the face of the national teacher, full of wisdom and years of precipitation: "As long as Xinzhai does not overlap with the existing interests of other tribes, no matter what he does, it is his freedom." ”

Ten villages sounds like a lot, but there are not many people who have actually settled down.

According to the law of the northern barbarians: the basic condition for setting up a village is that the population must exceed 100, and only in this way can a 100-person head be produced.

Population migration in this era is much more difficult than in the age of civilization.

The government has demarcated the area in advance, arranged housing and cultivated land, and even provided everything for travel, food, and lodging, and exempted all kinds of miscellaneous expenses...... All these benefits are simply fantastical and unimaginable in the eyes of the barbarians.

The biggest problem with the new village is security. In this wild continent full of wild beasts, not to mention a hundred, even a thousand-person immigrant may still be attacked by hordes of beasts overnight, and everyone will die tragically and become food for the mouths of the aliens.

Without strong walls, without adequate weapons, without strong defenses, death is everywhere you go.

What is more important is food.

Without sufficient food stocks, it is difficult for migrants who were unable to produce from the fields to sustain themselves. This is the biggest problem that all tribes have to face, and it is also the biggest problem that must be solved if it is difficult to expand their own group.

The national teacher is a wise man. When Tianhao was promised a five-year tax holiday, in fact, the care component was far greater than the reward. At that time, the Panshi Village was too small, and it was located in a remote area, on the border. Governing tribes requires an iron fist, and of course, preferential treatment and care for special areas in terms of policies are indispensable. In a small village with a few hundred people, even if the grain harvest is handed over to the ethnic group, how many can there be? Instead of destroying a small village with cruel oppression, it is better to relax, give him enough rewards, do personal favors, and let the rock village develop.

Nowadays, it seems that the original approach was very correct. It turned out that Tianhao was a qualified ruler, and in just a few years, Panshizhai first became a city with a population of more than 10,000, and then successively defeated the pig tribe and accepted a large number of people...... Ninety-five ...... Hehe, this kind of numbers game can only deceive fools with no brains, if the current population of Rock City does not exceed 100,000, I, Wu Peng, will pick out my eyeballs and sacrifice them to the gods.

Let him expand his power!

Anyway, all the villages are built by Panshi City, and there are no people, materials and food within the Niu clan. The king can add ten new villages, increase the ruling area, and get more benefits in the future, why not?

There are still three years left in the tax holiday that was promised. Wu Peng is full of expectations for this, when Rock City starts to pay taxes, what kind of surprise will Tianhao bring to himself?

The messenger left the National Teacher's Mansion with a satisfactory answer.

Wu Peng sat alone in a high-backed chair and fell into deep thought.

The window was open, the hot and humid air flowed through the room with the breeze, and the large green that came in from the window was pleasant, and it felt so comfortable to be in a good old age, but Wu Peng knew very well that he was old, and the good mood caused by the good news gradually became dull, and the wrinkles on his forehead took up their original position again.

Tianhao is a good ruler.

He chose the pig people as his target, which was clever and did not arouse the disgust and hostility of the other surrounding tribes.

Now, Rock City, which has received tens of thousands of pigs, has become an important border town of the Niu tribe. With time, tens of thousands of elite heavy infantry can be dispatched there at any time.

But there's a headache here.

Tianhao is subordinate to the Lei Niu Department and is Niu Weibang's subordinate.

There were 130,000 people in the entire Thunderhorn Division, and the population of the capital Thunderhorn City was 70,000.

But now, the population of a rocky city is more than 100,000.