Qu Mao did not plan to stay in the Second Guard City for too long. He would most likely just walk through the Second Guard City area and then go directly to the Valley of the Kings.

However, an area with a diameter of nearly 400 kilometers was not something that Qu Mao could just enter and leave immediately. Accompanied by Zhang Da, Qu Mao's team took a shortcut and spent two days and two nights.

Leave the scope of the Second Guard City and leave the Second Guard City area through another pass.

Zhang Da did not continue to accompany Qu Mao, but began to deploy the garrison defense in independent territories, preparing to replace as many garrison heroes as possible and return to the Holy Land for the mid-year summary meeting.

After walking for another day and night, in the early morning of June 23, the sixth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao led the team to the pass east of the King's Valley of Hongye Principality.

The Valley of the Kings is a long and narrow valley running east to west, with an east-to-west length of about 200 kilometers, but the widest north-south width is only about 60 kilometers. The width of the canyon mouths at the east and west ends does not exceed 20 kilometers.

Qu Mao looked up at the tall pass at the east pass of the Valley of the Kings, and then walked into the pass under the guidance of Sophie Trani.

Zhao Pan said: "Sir, although the proposal to build the Valley of the Kings was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Administration is responsible for the construction and implementation. Because the Valley of the Kings is too long and narrow, there is not just a wall at each end, but separate walls.

There is a Guancheng.

Guancheng runs about 2 kilometers from east to west, but its length stretches for about 20 kilometers, reaching the cliffs on the north and south sides of the canyon.

Moreover, the Guancheng at both ends only opens from east to west. As long as the gates on both sides are closed, the garrison soldiers in the Guancheng can block the large number of people from outside from entering the Valley of the Kings, and naturally can also prevent the large number of people from the Valley of the Kings from overflowing."

Qu Mao nodded and followed Sophie Trani into Dongguan City. However, Qu Mao did not accept Sophie Trani's suggestion to rest in the city lord's palace, but walked all the way to the side near the Valley of the Kings.

Close the wall and walk up the city wall.

Sophie Trani had no choice but to accompany Qu Mao up the wall and said to Qu Mao: "Sir, Dongguan City is 21 kilometers from north to south and 2 kilometers from east to west. The area of ​​​​Dongguan City is 42 square kilometers, and 300,000 guards are stationed there.

Army warriors, 20,000 magic army warriors.

Xiguan City also has 300,000 garrison soldiers stationed, but there are a full 30,000 magic army soldiers stationed there. Of course, Xiguan City stretches 27 kilometers from north to south and 2 kilometers from east to west, and the urban area reaches 54 square kilometers.

The Valley of the Kings is basically an area enclosed by Dongguan City, Xiguan City and two majestic cliffs in the north and south. Although it is not enough to completely block human traffic, large groups of people will definitely not be able to pass."

Qu Mao nodded and asked for a war horse, so he rode up and down the inner city wall of Dongguan City. After running for two hours, Qu Mao returned to the place where he first climbed the city wall, turned over and dismounted, and said:

"Dongguan City and Xiguan City cannot be entirely occupied by soldiers. We must also consider appropriately relocating some residents. In the early stage, the families of the soldiers stationed there will be the main ones."

Su Yan said: "Sir, within the thousands of square kilometers of the King's Valley, there are only 9 royal families settled, including all the royal families that we obtained independent territory through persuading surrender, and the royal branches that were not completely wiped out in the war of annihilation.

There are 9 royal families, royal family members, servants and guards. The largest number is 30,000, and the smallest number is only more than 700 people. Currently, except for Dongguan City and Xiguan City, there are no warriors or residents from our Yihou territory living in the entire Valley of the Kings.

Even among these nine royal families, most are concentrated in the middle area of ​​the Valley of the Kings, nearly 100 kilometers away from Dongguan City and Xiguan City.

Our troops have repeatedly combed through the King's Valley many times, and most of the high mountains on the north and south sides cannot be easily passed except for a few extremely skilled people.

When these royal members were escorted to the Valley of the Kings by us, they were allowed to carry weapons for protection, personal belongings of the royal family members, and the food they could carry.

The subordinates are worried that after they run out of food, an internal war over food will break out..."

Qu Mao asked: "How long has it been since the first batch of royal families entered the Valley of the Kings? Was there any assessment of the food supply time they carried?"

Zhen Fu said: "Your Excellency, since the Valley of the Kings was proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, my subordinates know that basically every royal family enters the area designated for them by the Valley of the Kings. Even if they do not bring enough food, the Administration Department will do it for them."

They made up enough food for more than three years.

It has only been less than a month since the first royal family moved in."

Zhao Pan asked: "Sir, do we need to arrange for troops to take you to the inside of the Valley of the Kings to have a look?"

Qu Mao waved his hand and said, "I would like to go in and have a look, but I don't have enough time."

Zhao Pan smiled and said, "Sir, there is actually nothing to see.

All royal families stationed there are only allowed to have servants and guards in proportion to the number of royal members and one to one number of royal members.

When our soldiers combed this valley, they found that there were no large beasts. They had to cultivate the houses and cultivated land by themselves. Even if the royal family members brought all their personal belongings in, there would basically be nowhere to use them.

As for them fighting life and death inside, my subordinates think that we can completely ignore it.

They need to build their own houses and grow their own food. Their subordinates think that they do not have enough energy to kill each other and it will not be easy to survive.

Even if there is a mountain of gold and silver, I'm afraid it won't be able to buy them enough supplies to survive."

Qu Mao glanced at Su Yan and Zhen Fu, then at Zhao Pan, and said: "There is no need to be so harsh on the royal family who surrendered to us, look." Qu Mao pointed to the area in the Valley of the Kings.

“After the families of the troops stationed in Dongguan City and Xiguan City and the aborigines migrate here, we can consider building a market without walls about 5 kilometers away from Guancheng to facilitate the royal family in the Valley of the Kings to come and trade supplies.

The cultivated land of our residents in Dongguan City and Xiguan City is placed outside the King's Valley, which can open up some ways to make money for our residents who have moved to Dongguan City and Xiguan City."

Su Yan nodded and said: "Yes, your Excellency, your subordinates will discuss this matter with Qiaoer and Zhang Da later, and try to open a market once a month, and notify the North Island Chamber of Commerce by the way."

Qu Mao said: "If there is a war to destroy the country in the future, it is not necessary to kill all the royal family members. At least some of the royal family members can be left. The number of people in these thousands of square kilometers of prisons is too small and it is not appropriate."

Zhao Pan said: "Sir, before I return to the Holy Land for a meeting, I will arrange for soldiers to notify the royal family members in the King's Valley to open a market once a month."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "Let it be set on the 15th of every month. Starting from August, we will also patrol the mountains regularly to prevent anyone from escaping."
Chapter completed!