At noon on May 22, the fourth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao, who had traveled thousands of kilometers, finally arrived at the Wucheng construction site with 100 fifth-level palace guards.

The scale of the Wucheng construction site was very large. When Qu Mao came to the Wucheng construction site, the first place he arrived at was under the city wall under construction in the northeast corner of Wucheng.

Since the Yicheng Territory took over the territory of the main continent and the total number of residents reached more than 4.3 billion, the ordinary residents of the Yicheng Territory did not recognize Qu Mao's identity as strongly as before in the Holy Land of the Yicheng Territory, especially in the minds of the free people.

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At present, the Wucheng construction site has more than 120,000 high-level warriors stationed on guard duty. Even though the Wucheng construction site is located inside the Gil Marquis, after all, Wucheng is crucial to the Yicheng Territory Army.

It is important, so the army dare not be careless at all.

After the 120,000 high-level warrior troops arrived at the Wucheng construction site, they immediately took on the patrol and security tasks at the outermost edge of the Wucheng construction site. High-level warriors patrolled at almost certain points at regular intervals.

When Qu Mao led 100 fifth-level palace guards to the outside of the city wall at the northeast corner of the Wucheng construction site, he was discovered by high-ranking soldiers on patrol when he was about one kilometer away from the city wall construction site.

Soon a team of high-level warriors came to inquire and Qu Mao said hello. The high-level warrior team quickly recognized Qu Mao's identity as the lord of the Yicheng territory and immediately saluted Qu Mao.

Qu Mao asked: "Your squad leader will ask your commander: see if Mr. Kong Ming is still building a construction site in Wucheng."

After the squad leader left, an officer soon walked up to Qu Mao, saluted Qu Mao and said, "Sir, Master Kong Ming has been stationed in Wucheng for a long time and has not left yet.

The subordinate officer revealed: Mr. Kongming has received a letter from Her Majesty the Queen of Liusu Principality. He knows that you are coming here for inspection, so he is waiting for you here."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "Okay, the high-level warrior team will continue to patrol along the established route. You take us to find Mr. Kong Ming and try to pass through some construction sites along the way.

While we're looking for Kong Ming, we'll check out the construction progress of various projects."

Kong Ming obviously roughly guessed the direction in which Qu Mao came, so it was not far from the northeast corner of Wucheng where the city wall was being built.

Under the guidance of the officer, Qu Mao only walked through the construction sites of three buildings before he saw Kong Ming.

Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan, walked up to Qu Mao, and said, "Sir, it's been a hard journey.

Sir, would you like to eat first or rest first?"

Qu Mao glared at Kong Ming and said: "Kong Ming, take a rest, there's still half an hour before lunch. Let's take a look at the construction progress of Wucheng first, and then you can share with me the results of your survey.

I’m not here to enjoy the scenery, but to inspect the Wucheng construction project.”

Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan, found a chair, helped Qu Mao off his horse, let Qu Mao sit on the chair, and then said: "Sir, there are currently 120,000 high-level warriors in Wucheng. The expeditionary force has been reorganized.

There are 210,000 Tier 3 warriors and 210,000 Tier 4 warriors in total.

At the Wucheng Port construction site not far away, there are 180,000 naval personnel.

The two construction sites gathered a total of 140,000 ordinary residents of the Jir Kingdom, 50,000 ordinary residents of the Luanshan Kingdom, 80,000 ordinary residents of the Bai Tier Kingdom, 30,000 ordinary residents each of the Wangzhan Kingdom and the Abyss Kingdom, and 30,000 ordinary residents of the Liusu Principality.

There are 200,000 ordinary residents, and a total of 500,000 ordinary residents work at these two construction sites.

Counting a total of 510,000 people from the army and navy, a total of one million people gathered at these two construction sites. The construction projects of Wucheng and Wucheng Port are progressing very quickly. It is expected that the Wucheng city wall enclosure project will be completed by mid-June.

Once the outer city wall of Wucheng is successfully encircled, the army troops can be integrated and stationed in Wucheng. The inner city barracks, city hall, reservoirs, ditches, sewage pipes, etc. can also be participated in the construction of the army stationed in Wucheng.

Further speed up the construction of Wucheng.

In other words, in mid-to-late June, the army that has been reorganized in the Yicheng territory can be directly stationed in Wucheng, and the army integration speed can also be accelerated.

I estimate that by the end of July, the army in the Yicheng territory will be fully integrated, and all the troops prepared for expeditionary operations can be stationed in Wucheng."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "This progress is not bad, the Army's integration speed has been a bit slow in the past two months.

However, the construction in the city will probably take several more years.

Let’s go, don’t sit here and talk, let’s talk while walking.”

Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan and accompanied Qu Mao as he walked into Wucheng, saying: "Sir, the problem we face is not just the construction inside Wucheng.

My subordinates have been walking around the perimeter a few times in the past few days. There are three, and only three, army troop exits on the periphery, so we must arrange for the army to be stationed at these three troop exits.

Once the army is stationed at three troop exits, the area between the three troop exits and Wucheng is an absolutely safe area. Therefore, my subordinates are thinking that Wucheng's troop capacity may far exceed your expectations.

Assuming that the three military exits are built into military fortresses like Aikou Pass, then they can be treated as satellite cities of Wucheng. Even if they are not built into majestic passes like Aikou Pass, for the sake of safety, we must at least build semi-permanent buildings at the three troop exits.

Sexual military base.

Even just garrisoning can ensure that a large area inside can be used as our safe garrison. Instead of arranging troops, it can also be used to arrange family members of officers. I roughly estimate that there will be no problem in arranging about 200,000 to 500,000 family members of officers."

Qu Mao exclaimed: "Holy crap! Kong Ming, arrange 200,000 to 500,000 military officers' families. Even if one village accommodates 500 people, it is still 400 to 1,000 villages."

Kong Ming smiled and said: "Sir, the vast land between the three military exits and Wucheng can accommodate 3,000 villages. What's more, there are only 400 to 1,000 villages. This is a calculation that guarantees more than 10 units of cultivated land per capita.

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Arranging the families of military officers in the surrounding area can, on the one hand, make the army more stable, and on the other hand, it can also reduce the pressure on the holy land to accommodate the families of military officers. Why not?

My subordinate’s idea is that the families of military officers will still cultivate land and engage in normal agricultural production, but we will not collect production taxes from them, which can be regarded as a benefit to military officers."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "Let's station the troops first and then talk about it. Wucheng Port..."

Kong Ming said: "My lord, please relieve yourself from the fatigue of the journey, and then I will take you to inspect the construction progress of Wucheng Port."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "In that case, I will draw up the construction planning drawings for the three military exits tonight. When you go back to have lunch, you can talk to me about the terrain."

Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan and said, "Yes, sir, I am happy to oblige."
Chapter completed!