Henry looked at Winston in surprise, he didn't expect Winston to give Xu Kuang such a high evaluation.

Winston motioned for Henry to continue, and then spoke:

"We've only been here for a few hours, but we're amazed by anything we see. There is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in this territory, I don't dare to despise anyone, let alone Xu Kuang, who has brought everyone under his command? ”。

Henry nodded and said to Winston:

"I've read Xu Kuang's information before, do you know what is written on it?".

Winston greeted him with a smile, and then said respectfully to Henry:

"I would like to hear about it."

"Just half a year ago, Xu Kuang mortgaged all his property and borrowed more than 6,000 gold coins from another lord."

Winston looked at Henry in surprise:

"You're saying it only took six thousand gold coins and half a year to develop this place into this?"

Henry shook his head again.

"No, he took out a loan to track down the murderer of his father, I did the math, he really started to take care of this territory from ten days ago, until now.".

"Isn't that less than four months? And it's self-made?! ”。

Winston felt that Xu Kuang ...... It's terrifying.

Henry looked at the newly built city gate in the distance and asked:

"Can you tell what material that thing is?"

Winston, though he didn't understand why Henry would talk about him left and right, replied honestly:

"I don't know.".

"I don't know." Henry smiled: "But this does not prevent me from knowing that this is made up by Xu Kuang, everything here is closely related to Xu Kuang, it seems to be loose inside and outside, but in fact it is monolithic." ”。

Henry turned his head to look at the top of the slope and said:

"Xu Kuang is very ambitious, he may be able to help me in the future, but maybe in the longer term, we will be forced to become enemies."

When Winston heard this, anger appeared on his face:

"Do you want to ...... or not".

Henry was noncommittal, but asked:

"Do you think Xu Kuang used a lot of strength when he received the arrow that day?"

Winston's face changed slightly, he understood what Henry meant, meaning that there was no need to mention this matter again.

Winston sighed, and was about to say something, when he heard Henry say:

"Let's go find Brother Xu, I'm a little hungry, by the way, don't forget to remind me later, buy a property here, I may have to live here for a long time."

Winston didn't think he could do anything about it, but he didn't say anything to stop it, because he was also a little curious about it.

……

Zhuge stood in front of Xu Kuang and reported to Xu Kuang about the recent development of Mushroom Ridge. No way, who let these two monarchs cry all night last night.

I saw Zhuge Duan say loudly:

"First of all, in terms of population, there are now more than 80,000 permanent residents in Mushroom Ridge, and the number of people who have moved their household registration to Mushroom Ridge has exceeded 50,000, and the number will continue to increase. Regarding the new population, I have ideas to report to the Lord. ”。

Xu Kuang sat up straight:

"Sir, please."

Zhuge Duan smiled and said to Xu Kuang:

"You made a policy earlier to give free houses to this group of people who moved into Mushroom Ridge, but now that we don't have that many houses, this policy should be changed."

"How to change?".

"Don't give out a house, just set aside a random place and let them build a house by themselves.".

After Xu Kuang pondered for a moment, he said to Zhuge Duan:

"Everything depends on Mr.".

Zhuge Duan smiled happily, and then began to report on other situations:

"In terms of business, there are already more than a dozen commercial houses and dozens of retail investors settled in, and the monthly tax can collect thousands of gold coins, but this is a long-term source of property, and it will continue to grow, so the lord does not have to worry."

Zhuge paused, as if he had thought of something, and said to Xu Kuang:

"I've come up with a policy, and I'm asking the Lord to make it public."

Xu Kuang moved a chair for Zhuge Duan and said:

"You better sit down and talk, I'll hear what the policy is."

Zhuge Duan was pulled by Xu Kuang to sit on the chair, first stunned, and then told Xu Kuang about the policy with a smile:

"We can put the rule into the article, if you want to open a shop in Mushroom Ridge, the proportion of local workers must not be less than half, what do you think?"

"Wonderful! After solving the livelihood problem, the people have no worries. ”。

Zhuge Duan nodded with a smile and said:

"My lord understands me."

Xu Kuang suddenly found that Zhuge Duan seemed to be talking ...... It's not so literal.

Xu Kuang couldn't help laughing, it seems that Zhuge Duan also cares about other people's opinions.

Zhuge Duan looked at Xu Kuang suspiciously:

"Why is the lord laughing?".

Xu Kuang smiled:

"Mr. has integrated into Mushroom Ridge, and no one can snatch it away."

The two looked at each other, then burst out laughing.

But soon, Zhuge Duan began to continue to report:

"The most serious problem is in the army, and in this month, the new army of Panshi has expanded from more than 3,000 to more than 4,000, and if you count the navy, it has exceeded 5,000."

Xu Kuang looked at Zhuge Duan in surprise and asked:

"Why is it growing so slowly?".

Zhuge Duan sighed and said:

"There are many reasons, first of all, the new army is very expensive, 5,000 people will consume nearly 20,000 gold coins per month just for food, not counting the horses and forage, and the loss of materials. If you count everything, it will cost 50,000 gold coins. With our current income, sustaining this force is already the limit. ”。

When Xu Kuang heard this, he said:

"You're right, this is indeed a problem, but the problem of gold coins Mr. don't worry too much, I brought back more than 100,000 gold coins this time, which is enough to last for a while. And soon a large amount of gold coins will be credited to the account, and I will keep tens of thousands of principal at that time, and the rest of the money will be used by my husband. ”。

Zhuge Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed loudly:

"In that case, there is no need to worry about expanding the army."

But after a moment, he shook his head again.

"Sir, what's wrong?".

Zhuge Duan's face was embarrassed, and he said to Xu Kuang:

"The most serious problem now is the serious shortage of weapons and equipment, and many soldiers do not even have short spears. And even if there were guns, there were no bullets available. ”。

When Xu Kuang heard this, Lang smiled and said:

"It's okay, I brought back 300,000 rounds of ammunition, enough for 5,000 soldiers to practice for a while, and artillery shells, I'll start making them."

Zhuge nodded, knowing that this level had been passed.

He smiled and said to Xu Kuang:

"Lord, I have a question, I wonder if the lord can answer it for me?"

Xu Kuang smiled:

"Just ask.".

"Does every part of this gun need to be made by the master? If not, why didn't the lord hand over those irrelevant parts to the factory? ”。

Xu Kuang covered his face, he had this idea earlier, but he forgot about it when he got busy.

"That's a very good thing to say, sir."