Time flies quickly, half a month is fleeting.

Winter has already come, and now people are wrapped in thick fur clothes, even Lu Chen.

Martial artists have a certain degree of resistance to the cold, a grandmaster like Lu Chen is not afraid of the cold at all, even if Lu Chen does not wear such a thick, there is no problem, but not afraid of the cold does not mean that he can't feel the cold, the cold wind pats on his body, and he still feels a little uncomfortable.

Most high-level martial artists are like this, such as Bai Qingqing's women, they also wear thick clothes.

Winter made Lu Chen feel a little unhappy, her women were wrapped in thick fur clothes, and the original graceful lines were covered by the clothes, and their perfect posture was completely impossible to show.

But there was no way, and he couldn't change the weather.

The arrival of winter has also brought a lot of problems to Beijun, at this time, Lu Chen has not realized what trouble Beijun will encounter in winter, he has been preparing to deal with the southward movement of Beixian King for the past half month, so he has hardly paid much attention to the political affairs of Beijun.

Early in the morning, Lu Chen woke up in the warm fragrance of nephrite jade from Yelu Nanyan, and after having some breakfast with Yelu Nanyan, Lu Chen went to the study as usual.

When he came to the door of the study, the important officials and generals of the North County were already waiting at the door.

Now they will come to the study once every five days, and then report to Lu Chen on the recent situation in North County, and discuss some of the things that happened in North County.

At the beginning, Lu Chen actually didn't have regulations on reporting things, but gradually Li Rui and they formed a habit, and Lu Chen simply stipulated that every five days to discuss major events in Beijun.

After seeing Lu Chen coming, Li Rui and the others immediately saluted and said, "Meet the prince!" ”

"The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Lu Chen nodded slightly, and went directly into the study, "Come in." ”

Then everyone followed Lu Chen into the study, and today's study seemed more crowded, because there were more people involved in the discussion.

Basically, as long as the officials reached 90 and held important positions in the North County, Lu Chen allowed them to participate in the deliberations.

Seeing the more and more crowded study, Lu Chen thought to himself that fortunately, the construction of the council hall had started, and it should not be long before the temporary council hall was built, and there was no need to continue to crowd in this study at that time.

At this time, Lu Chen glanced at everyone, and then said: "Old rules, if there is anything, say them one by one." ”

Hearing this, Li Rui took the lead in standing up and said: "Lord Wang, now that the harsh winter has come, although Beijun has successfully resisted the raids of the barbarians this year, there are still many ordinary people who lack food and clothing, do we need porridge this year?" ”

The people of Beijun have always been very poor, even if Lu Chen has exempted them from a lot of agricultural taxes, they are still very poor, and it is difficult for most people to fill their stomachs.

This is also why every time Beiwangfu recruits workers, there are always many people who want to become workers in Beiwangfu.

As long as you enter the Beiwangfu and become a worker in the Beiwangfu, in the eyes of the people of Beijun, they will no longer be afraid of starvation and colding in the future.

After hearing Li Rui's words, Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "Continue to give porridge, but this year, the Beiwang Mansion will give some silver to buy food, and when the time comes, the porridge will be given in the name of the Beiwang Mansion." ”

Li Rui instantly understood what Lu Chen meant, Lu Chen was planning to buy people's hearts, but this is understandable, after all, Lu Chen is now the vassal king of Beijun, and the entire Beijun is already Lu Chen's feudal country, as the king of the feudal country, it is normal to buy the hearts of the people.

Li Rui immediately said, "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

Lu Chen asked, "Is there anything else that Lord Li has to do?" ”

Li Rui glanced at the generals led by Mu Changtian next to him at this time, and then continued: "Lord Wang, recently, the common people in Yancheng City have complained that they can't buy wood, and they claim that the Wanning River Valley and some forests are surrounded by the army of Yancheng, and the woodcutters can't go in to cut wood at all. ”

"Winter is coming, if there is not enough wood, I am afraid that many people in Beijun will freeze to death this year."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Lu Chen himself is a grandmaster, although he can feel the cold, but he is not afraid of the cold, it is precisely because he is not afraid of the cold, so he has no concept of winter, and even completely forgets that people will freeze to death in winter.

After all, it has no direct relationship with himself, so Lu Chen usually doesn't pay attention to it, but when he heard Li Rui say this, Lu Chen reacted.

The heating problem is indeed a nuisance.

After Li Rui's words fell, Lu Chen glanced at Mu Changtian and their generals, and at this time Mu Changtian stood up and said: "Lord Wang, at present, there are military camps in the forests around Yancheng, or there are secrets of Beijun, so his subordinates let the soldiers of Beijun block most of the areas. ”

Lu Chen actually knew this, especially in the area where the artillery battalion was located, a large area of forest was all assigned to Mu Jingwu's artillery battalion, mainly because he was afraid that some spies would discover some secrets of Beijun.

Sealing off those forests is as it should be.

However, the problem of heating for the common people should indeed be solved.

Lu Chen thought for a while, and then said: "General Mu, after you leave the Beiwang Mansion later, open some unimportant areas to the people, you can't let the people freeze, if the people are frozen to death, how will we build Beijun next year." ”

Mu Changtian said: "Yes, my lord, after the minister left the Northern Prince's Mansion, he immediately asked the soldiers to relax the restrictions on some forest areas. ”

When the words fell, Mu Changtian retreated, and Li Rui also retreated to the position where he was standing before.

Lu Chen glanced at everyone and asked, "Is there anything else to do?" ”

Mu Changtian stood up again and said: "Lord Wang, at present, the military camp has recruited 50,000 recruits, plus the original soldiers and black cavalry of the North County, and now the entire North County has 120,000 soldiers, do we still need to continue to recruit new soldiers?" ”

Hearing Mu Changtian talk about the problem of soldiers, Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and then said: "Don't use it for the time being, you can't support Beijun if you recruit too many soldiers." ”

The soldiers in Beijun are basically peasant soldiers, and these soldiers recruited by Mu Changtian are not regular troops at all in the strict sense, so they usually train and go back when it is time to farm, and their combat effectiveness is very weak.

Lu Chen's plan is to professionalize the soldiers of Beijun in the future and make them professional soldiers, and the current black cavalry is like this, and the black cavalry is completely raised by the Beiwang Mansion.

However, if you want to support hundreds of thousands of professional soldiers, this is a huge pressure on the finances of Beijun and Beiwangfu, and it is not possible to do this at present.

In the final analysis, it is a matter of money and food.

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Changtian said, "The minister understands. ”

Then Mu Changtian retreated to the position where he had just stood.

After Mu Changtian returned to his original position, Xuanyuan Chen stood up and said: "Lord Wang, the craftsmen you want have already arrived in Yancheng, and when the minister came to the Beiwang Mansion in the morning, those craftsmen were already waiting for you at the gate of the city. ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes lit up, "So fast? ”

Lu Chen was a little surprised, he also thought that it would take at least one or two months for these craftsmen to reach Yancheng, but he didn't expect that it would only take more than half a month to come to Yancheng from Dayu City, and now his gunpowder and red-coated cannon could start to be prepared for large-scale manufacturing.

Maybe he will be able to prepare a big surprise for the king of Beixian when he leads his army to Beijun.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen continued to say to Xuanyuan Chen: "When the morning meeting is over, this king will go with you to meet them." ”

After talking about the craftsmen, they discussed some topics about the development of North County, such as the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the issue of taxation.

However, from beginning to end, Lu Chen did not mention the topic of retrenching officials.

Lu Chen actually wanted to deal with those officials in North County for a long time, but he faced a big practical problem, that is, after the officials of North County were dismissed, he basically had no available people in his hands, which made Lu Chen feel very entangled.

Although he hated those corrupt officials in Beijun now, if there were no corrupt officials and corrupt officials, who would work for him, his decree might not be conveyed at that time, and Lu Chen could only endure it for the time being.

After the morning meeting was over, Lu Chen went to the city gate with Xuanyuan Chen.

At this time, outside the north gate of Yancheng, there were people standing full, and the people of Yancheng were very curious, what were these people doing with big bags and small bags and pushing big carts.

I don't know who said "The prince is here", and the common people have moved out of the way.

Soon Lu Chen rode his horse to the craftsmen of Dayu City, and at this time, there were two young men in front of the convoy who looked to be only twenty or thirty years old, the men were strong and powerful, and the muscles of his whole body supported the fur and clothes on his body, and they were about 1.9 meters.

Lu Chen immediately identified the information of these two people.

[Name: Mo Fei]

[Identity: The current leader of the craftsmen of the Northern Palace, the former craftsman of Dayu City, after learning that the Northern King needed craftsmen, he immediately led two thousand craftsmen to Yancheng. 】

[Strength: Five products]

[Loyalty: 100]

……

[Name: Moxing]

[Identity: The current craftsman of the Northern Palace, Mo Fei's younger brother, the former craftsman of Dayu City, after learning that the eldest brother Mo Fei was going to Yancheng to be loyal to the North Queen, he also followed him to Yancheng. 】

[Strength: Five products]

[Loyalty: 100]

……

Seeing the information of the two, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, both surnamed Mo?

Could it be that there really is a school of Mohists in this world?

After this period of time, Lu Chen's understanding of Dayu City found that some of the concepts of Dayu City are really very similar to the Mo family, plus there are now two people with the surname Mo, which makes Lu Chen even more suspicious.

However, it doesn't matter if it is the Mo family, the most important thing is that these craftsmen are 100% loyal to the Northern Palace, and letting them build weapons reduces the risk of leakage.

At this time, Mo Fei and Mo Xing came to Lu Chen at the same time, and then saluted and said: "Cao Min Mo Fei, Cao Min Mo Xing to meet the prince!" ”

The other craftsmen also saluted and said, "Meet the prince!! ”

"Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose !!"

Lu Chen nodded, and then said with a smile: "Okay, let's all get up." ”

At this moment, Lu Chen's eyes were suddenly attracted by a figure in the distance.

He didn't notice that there were too many people just now, and after the craftsmen lowered their heads, Lu Chen suddenly found that on a white horse not far away, there was a woman wearing black and red armor.

The woman wears a high single ponytail, a red robe, and a red tassel gun in her hand, the woman is very beautiful, with delicate facial features, exuding heroism between her eyebrows, and the whole person looks heroic.

This......

Lu Chen was suddenly puzzled.

He didn't seem to have seen this woman in the Black Cavalry before, huh?

And there don't seem to be white horses among the black cavalry, and most importantly, there are no women.

After noticing the color of the horses, Lu Chen quickly discovered that the horses ridden by the soldiers behind the woman were also white horses, not black horses like black cavalry.

Curious, Lu Chen immediately used the system to identify this woman's information.

[Name: Xuanyuan Yunqi]

[Identity: The daughter of the head of the Xuanyuan family in Dayu City, 23 years old this year, Xuanyuan Chen's sister, grandmaster realm, heard that Yancheng needs craftsmen, so she led three thousand light cavalry to escort these craftsmen to Yancheng, her feelings for the king of the north are a little strange. 】

[Rating:98]

[Loyalty: 100]

[Opinion: 50]

Seeing Xuanyuan Yunqi's information, Lu Chen was stunned again.

9…… 98 rating???

However, Xuanyuan Yunqi is indeed very beautiful, but her kind of beauty is more unique, different from the beauty of those women that Lu Chen has seen before.

And she is not only so beautiful, but also a grandmaster.

This......

The system didn't tell him to summon a third grandmaster in the first place.

Is Xuanyuan Yunqi a reward given to him by the system?

After all, the 500,000 people in Dayu City are all regarded as the system's summoning rewards, so Xuanyuan Yunqi should also be counted among them, right?

Lu Chen was a little unsure.

After all, this surprise came too suddenly.

He never thought that there was a female grandmaster with a score of 98 in Dayu City.

Of course, there was one more thing that surprised Lu Chen.

That's three thousand white horse light cavalry.

These 3,000 white horse light cavalry were not mentioned by the system at the beginning, and the system only regarded these 3,000 cavalry as ordinary people in Dayu City.

Lu Chen always thought that the black cavalry was all the soldiers who could fight in Dayu City, but he didn't expect that there were still 3,000 light cavalry in Dayu City.

From the beginning, he knew that the war potential of Dayu City was very large, but he didn't expect Dayu City's strength to be so strong.

At this time, Lu Chen was a little curious, why didn't the three thousand light cavalry led by Xuanyuan Yunqi come over?

Just when he was thinking this, he found that Xuanyuan Yunqi actually left directly with three thousand light cavalry.

Lu Chen frowned.

A female grandmaster with a 98 rating ran in front of her and shook her head, and then ran away directly?

Will this make her run away?

Lu Chen hurriedly turned his head to Xuanyuan Chen and said, "General Xuanyuan, who is that woman in black and red armor, why didn't you salute this king and leave with the soldiers?" ”

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Chen immediately said: "Lord Wang, that woman is the minister's younger sister, she is the general of Dayu City, and the three thousand cavalry are also the city guards of Dayu City, and they are sending craftsmen to Beijun on this trip." ”

"Now that the people have been delivered, they have to hurry back to Dayu City to avoid Dayu City being attacked by barbarians, as for why the minister's little sister didn't salute......"

Speaking of this, Xuanyuan Chen hesitated, and then Xuanyuan Chen still said stubbornly: "The minister apologizes to the prince on behalf of his little sister, the minister's little sister has been pampered since she was a child, and she doesn't know etiquette, and I hope the prince can forgive her." ”

"The next time the minister's little sister comes to Yancheng, the minister will definitely grab her and kowtow to the prince to apologize."

Hearing Xuanyuan Chen's words, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Don't know how to count?

Really don't know how to count?

(End of chapter)