With the passage of time, after the 'baptism' of 'paid breakfast', the circulation of money has become unstoppable, and after calming down, the townspeople slowly adapted to this change and accepted the new 'Huaxia coin' calmly, of course, the reason why they did not reject it was that the appearance of the coin also accounted for a large factor. If Li Kang had promoted 'bamboo chips' or 'iron pieces', presumably the townspeople would not have accepted them so unreservedly.

No matter how the townspeople adapted to the new environment, there was already a lot of anger in the conference room of the small building.

"Brother Feng, have you ever found out about their specific situation?" After everyone's enthusiasm slowly cooled down, Yang Pingwei immediately asked Feng Wenhan, "They" naturally refer to the indigenous tribes who discovered the Golden River first.

Feng Wenhan said lightly: "The Jinhe River Basin we discovered, according to reliable information, there are seventeen tribes of all sizes distributed on both sides of the river..."

"Seventeen tribes!"

Everyone's brows furrowed tightly when they heard this, this number is a bit much, and this is only the part of the Jinhe River Basin discovered by the Coordination Division, there must be more in the upstream and downstream basins.

What a hassle!

"Yes, seventeen tribes! But it's not what everyone thinks, these seventeen tribes should be one tribe to be exact. Feng Wenhan continued unhurriedly.

"Oh?

"Because the indigenous people are not productive enough to support too many people, every time the tribal population reaches a certain level, a large number of single adult men are asked to go out and set up their own businesses, on the one hand, to relieve the food pressure of the tribe, and on the other hand, to expand the influence of the tribe and spread the branches of the clan. So..."

Speaking of this, Feng Wenhan smiled and said nothing.

"So, these seventeen tribes are all scattered from one tribe!" he smiled, and Li Kang said.

"The lord is wise!" Feng Wenhan said with a smile: "These seventeen tribes all belong to a tribe called 'Big Mountain', and these seventeen tribes are all branches, of which there are three with more than two hundred people, two between one hundred and two hundred, four between fifty and one hundred, and the remaining eight tribes are all miniature tribes with a population of less than fifty people. ”

The exact number of people in each tribe is not detailed here, but according to statistics, the total number of these seventeen tribes is about 1,500. Feng Wenhan said solemnly: "But considering the tradition of these indigenous tribes being soldiers in wartime, we will need to face no less than 1,300 enemies at that time. ”

Hiss... You must know that in terms of individual combat effectiveness, these natives can throw eight streets of all generations of armies on the earth, if it weren't for Li Kang's early popularization of the "Thirty-six Styles of Forging Body" in the army, coupled with their own equipment advantages, it would be better to wash and sleep early!

"Moreover, they are all branches of the Dashan clan, and according to common sense, it is extremely likely that the Dashan clan is not far away. Yang Pingwei touched the short beard on his chin and said with a bad face: "Then it is necessary for us to raise another 1,000 people in the number of enemies." ”

"Another 1,000 is too conservative, according to the old man's opinion, we had better be prepared to face 4,000 people. Yu Wenkai sighed faintly on the side.

Seeing that everyone's enthusiasm was about to cool, Li Kang had no choice but to come out to boost morale, and he smiled and said, "Look at you, I'm scared of you! What's the matter? When you encounter this little difficulty, you retreat?"

"I'm ashamed!" Yang Pingwei and the others showed shame and bowed.

"Okay..."Li Kang waved his hand and said, "Although the pressure is very high, we don't have to wait for them all to gather and then fight with them." One fist is not easy to deal with, but five fingers are easy to deal with separately, separate and dissolve, each of them is broken! Oh, no, we don't even need to deliberately divide at all, they are not a whole in the first place, and they are scattered very widely. ”

"Hehe... What the lord said is extremely true, it is our preconceived ideas, and we have drilled the tip of the horns. Yang Pingwei said with a smile.

"And, this time I'll do it myself. Li Kang then broke a big news, and then rudely waved his hand to interrupt the dissuasion of Yang Pingwei and others, and said arbitrarily: "I know what you want to say, but now at best, I am still just a big landlord, and I am not very expensive to talk about, so I have made up my mind, and you will not say more!"

"No!" Seeing the resolute look on Li Kang's face, everyone had no choice but to respond.

"Then dare to ask who the lord is going to take with him?" Zhou Bi asked expectantly, he suddenly realized a problem recently, his sense of presence in front of Li Kang was too low, so he was a lot more active during this time, and he wanted to seize every opportunity to show his face in front of Li Kang.

"I don't want to bring a lot of entourage, except for the craftsmen who build the wooden houses, they are some troops. Li Kang glanced at Zhou Bi with a smile and said, "Just let the guards and your second team accompany you!"

"No!" Zhou Bi (excited) and Dian Wei (calm) responded at the same time.

"Well, the left-behind personnel are headed by Yu Wenkai, the remaining team of the first and second tuns, and the two teams of the third tun are responsible for the defense of Xin'an Town, Ping Zhenqi, you are responsible for commanding. Li Kang said solemnly.

"No!"

"Fude (Yang Pingwei), Wen Han, Qin Han, don't be busy with promises first, I have something to tell you to do. Li Kang turned his head to look at the two of them, raised his hand and smiled.

"We will listen to the instructions. ”

"Fude, I'm going to work hard for you this time, the caravan will be handed over to others for the time being, I need you to go to the western atonement wilderness, collect as many seeds as you can for me, all kinds of grains, vegetables and fruits, cash crops, ornamental plant seeds, as long as you can get them, get them all back for me. Li Kang said solemnly, and then his attitude eased, "The west is in chaos, remember to protect yourself! Qin Han, the security issue will be handed over to you." ”

"Thank you for your concern, sharing worries for the lord, striving for China, and seeking development for Xin'an Town, it is the duty of students to do their job, and students dare not do their job!" Yang Pingwei did not flinch, and responded solemnly.

Qin Han nodded directly.

"Okay, Fude is loyal to official affairs, not afraid of hardships and dangers, and is really a model for public officials! Qin Han has the courage to respond to orders, and he is worthy of the men in the army!" Li Kang said happily, "It's just that the weather is cold, and I have to be tired of the two of them, but I don't want to go in my heart, but the seeds are related to the farming plan of next spring, and the food rations of Xin'an Town are really urgent." Hey..."

"My lord... The students will live up to the high expectations of the lord!" Yang Pingwei was greatly moved, and his voice was a little choked.

Even the usually cool tough guy Qin Datun Chang had slightly red eyes and was in high spirits.

What a touching picture of a gentleman and a virtuous minister!

After the performance, Li Kang remembered Feng Wenhan who was left aside, and said: "Wenhan won't travel with Fude this time, just send a subordinate to follow, you have another task." ”

Feng Wenhan hurriedly made a look of listening attentively, leaned forward slightly, and held his breath.

"Your task is to figure out for me the upper reaches of the great river, and most importantly, whether we can sail up the river to the western wilderness, whether the upper river can be navigated, how big a boat can be? You can directly recruit fishing boats to act with you. ”

"No!" Feng Wenhan replied.

"If the river does pass through the western wilderness, you have to find a way to contact Fude, and then you will return by water, and it will save you a lot of trouble. Saying that, Li Kang didn't forget to remind the two.

"No!"

"Lord, why don't you wait for Director Feng to come back from the exploration, and according to the investigation situation, decide which way to let Director Yang go to the west? In this way, if Director Feng's investigation results are ideal, Director Yang can travel directly by boat, wouldn't it be safe and convenient? Even if the results are not good, Director Yang will not be able to delay much time if he goes according to the original plan..." After Li Kang finished his instructions, Yu Wenkai suggested.

"What Mr. Yuwen said, I also considered it, but in the end I dispelled this idea. Li Kang said with a wry smile, "First, it's only early winter, the amount of snow is not thick, but it is intermittent and has not stopped, and there is a tendency to accumulate more and more, and every day the time is delayed, the difficulty of travel increases by one point; second, the tribes along the way are also potential customers, and it is a pity to give up; third, waterway transportation complements each other, supports each other, and is indispensable, Feng Wenhan is responsible for waterway exploration, and Yang Pingwei has the responsibility of surveying land routes; fourth, it depends on luck, who can say that they will not encounter any mineral deposits that we urgently need?" ”