Chapter Twenty-Three: Dressing a Man with a Ceremony
As the sun set, the three young men waited until the smell of alcohol and fireworks had almost dissipated, and then they staggered back to the camp, where the guard at the camp gate opened the door and let them in.
The three young people didn't know each other, and they were discussing how to go out next time while walking.
As they passed the kitchen, they faintly heard the cook cursing inside, and the three of them smiled at each other, said goodbye to each other, and went back to their respective homes in a gloomy manner.
Fan Qingyan has his own room, and the tomahawks also live in a house built by skilled craftsmen, after all, the New World is full of forests as far as the eye can see. By the way, the craftsmen also expanded the area of the camp and expanded it a little more.
Li Chengzhou returned to the room, and before his butt could sit firmly, he was called over by the head of the room again.
Familiar room, familiar people, Meng Biao is still sitting in a familiar position drinking tea. The only difference is that this time Fan Qingyan also sat next to Fang Changge.
Li Chengzhou greeted the two elders, then sat down, waiting for Fang Changge's arrangement, and waited for a long time, but he didn't see Fang Changge speak.
Looking up, I just saw Fang Changge looking at him: "Childe, let's talk about our current situation and what we should plan for the future?" ”
Li Chengzhou found it difficult to do: "I don't know much about the current situation, and I don't have any ideas about the future development. ”
Fang Changge did not give up: "Talk about it briefly, you say it first, and then we will discuss it." ”
Li Chengzhou saw that he couldn't hide, so he could only bite the bullet and say his clumsy opinion.
"I think we were quite successful in today's battle, no one was hurt, and it was a great shock to the tribes in the forest."
"I think we should stay where we are and gradually eat away at the tribes around here."
Fang Changge frowned, not very satisfied with the simple two sentences.
"Qingyan, tell me about it."
Fan Qingyan straightened out his robe and spoke unhurriedly.
"This ..... There's nothing wrong with what Childe just said. ”
"We have indeed greatly intimidated the tribes of the forest, and their rabble has long since broken apart, and they should not come back to attack in the future."
"But I think we're a little too conservative to stay where we are, and I think we should take this opportunity to expand and radiate our influence."
"But I think it's a bit thin to rely on just a thousand people in our camp, and we urgently need the population right now, a lot of people! The barbarian tribes in the forest are our best bet, and as far as I can see, they are basically the same as us, and it would be of great help to us if we could win them as allies - whether it was to replenish our troops or speed up our development. ”
"So we have to take advantage of the current momentum to enter the forest, absorb the barbarians, and even build a city!"
"When we have the city as the base and a large population as the reserve force, then we only need to advance gradually to conquer these barbarians and conquer this continent."
Fang Changge nodded and looked at Li Chengzhou: "Son, you should have seen it today, this is the last apprentice accepted by the old man, the most intelligent, capable of literature and martial arts." I will definitely be able to be a big help to Childe in the future! ”
"What Qingyan just said is similar to what I thought, of course, there is nothing wrong with what Childe said."
"I also feel that we need to unite the barbarians, but instead of forming an alliance with them, we will find a way to completely integrate and assimilate, and a simple alliance will not guarantee that they will always stand behind us."
"The construction of the city is indeed the way it should be, and it is also the means to completely assimilate them. Divide all the people into the various realms of the city, and have skilled craftsmen take them with us, help us develop ourselves, and for the chiefs of the tribe to lead them, they will all be absorbed into the army. Separating the members of the tribe from the leader and the like will keep them from turning against the water as much as possible. ”
"We also need to make them feel like they're staying in our city far more than in the tribe before they can stay willingly. Only when there are more people left behind can we develop agriculture and mining, manufacture weapons and equipment, and develop the economy. ”
"But that's all after the city is built, and we should focus on how to absorb them now, and as I said before, make them feel convenient and safe with us. It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, even if they go back, they will come back again, and even bring more people. ”
"We can also cultivate people like Tomahawks to help us spread the word and bring more people to our camp."
"Now we have to talk about the construction of the city. One way to do this is to build on our camp and expand it into a coastal city. Another way is to build a city at Haidukou, which can later be developed into a fortress or something. ”
"Childe, what do you think?"
Li Chengzhou felt that what Fan Qingyan and Fang Changge said was very reasonable: "I think what you said is right!" For the location, I think it's on the coast! The development of coastal trade can lead to rapid economic development, and economic warfare may be necessary in the future. ”
After Li Chengzhou finished speaking, he found that everyone was looking at him, and Meng Biao was the first to speak, "This so-called economic war? ”
Li Chengzhou understood that the Qin Dynasty may not have paid much attention to economic warfare: "This economic warfare is to plunder the enemy's wealth through currency. This is also quite complicated, but it should be better to build a city on the coast, and I also observed that this area is also a relatively good port. ”
Meng Biao just wanted to say something, but was stopped by Fang Changge: "Since the son speaks, then build a city on the coast, anyway, it's just the first time, there is still a chance later." ”
"Then you have recently found a way to absorb the barbarians, contact the barbarians more, mingle with them, absorb them, and then let them go back and pull people back, the training of the sergeants has to be stopped recently, let them go to the nearby forests to cut down trees and mine stones, we need to collect enough resources and prepare enough materials before the number of people surges, as long as the number of people increases, I will start to prepare the roster for registration and arrange for the construction of the city." We have to unify the measurements from the beginning, and try to unify the culture, and if the resistance is fierce, we can also let their culture develop with our culture – our culture first, of course. ”
"General Meng and I will arrange the food and clothing of the more than 100 barbarian warriors in the camp, and will let them go back at the right time, and reward those who can pull people back - there will be brave men under the heavy reward."
"Childe, you just develop yourself by yourself, Qingyan will help you well."
"From tomorrow onwards, you can do your own thing, I have taught Qingyan all my skills. He can totally help you do what you want to do. ”
Li Chengzhou looked confused: "???? ”
"Just so hastily separated me?"
Fang Changge replied unhurriedly: "It's good for you to be independent early, and besides, you still have General Meng's personal guards to accompany you, Qingyan to assist you, and I to provide you with logistical support, don't worry." ”
"Ao, by the way, after the city is built, it will be a country, and it will be smooth to say what it says, and everything will be done smoothly after the establishment of the country. Childe is preparing for the enthronement in the past few days, if he doesn't perform well when he is recruiting the barbarians in the past few days, it will be too embarrassing at that time. ”
Li Chengzhou listened to Fang Changge's fluttering words, and felt that his head was big for a while, and everything was advancing rapidly under Fang Changge's efforts.
Be an emperor yourself? I can't even think about it!
However, Fang Changge didn't give him the slightest chance to refute, and sent the guest directly after speaking.
Li Chengzhou, who was standing outside the door in a daze, endured too much information.