North side of Maoshan Mountains, Silver Spring Valley.
At this time, a stone wall ten feet high and dozens of feet thick had been built at the mouth of the Silver Spring Valley, which was several miles long, blocking the entire valley mouth.
This is completely the standard of a city wall at the middle city level, even worse!
After there was no shortage of money, Wu Xin asked Butler Zuo to upgrade the stone wall specifications. Then with the help of fifty or sixty thousand militiamen mobilized, the city wall was quickly built day and night.
In the middle of the city wall is a huge gate that is more than ten meters high and about twenty meters wide, and is guarded by dozens of armored and armed guards.
According to Wu Xin's wishes, this gate was completely made of pig iron, nearly one meter thick and weighing hundreds of thousands of kilograms. It was controlled by a windlass to rise and fall. It was no ordinary city gate.
After passing through the city gate, a several-meter-high wall encloses a ten-meter-wide avenue leading directly into the valley. Every thirty or fifty meters, there is a stone archery tower dozens of meters high for warning and defense.
Inside the walls on both sides of the avenue are horse fields and archery fields several miles wide each for cavalry and archer training.
A few miles into the main road, the valley becomes wider and wider, and densely packed with people are busy. There are already dozens of courtyards and pavilions, and the rest are under construction. These will be used to house the soldiers, guards, attendants, etc. in the valley.
In addition to buildings, many fertile fields and woods have also been newly planted along the road. These are mainly used for self-sufficiency and concealment, but they add to the beautiful scenery and comfortable atmosphere.
Generally speaking, the current layout of Silver Spring Valley is more like a large gang station built on the mountain, rather than just a mountain villa.
"This is my biggest support and base in the future!"
Observing all the way, Wu Xin thought with satisfaction and pride, with so many people, it would be enough to complete the construction within a month!
At the entrance of Yinquan Villa, Wu Long, Liu Shi, Luo Shixin, Feng Ya and others, who had just returned from buying food for a few days, had gathered to greet him.
In addition, there is an endless stream of people who are constantly transporting carts of soil and sand from the villa to be used for construction in the valley.
Today, the number of Xinwu Guards and its reserve army has reached about 8,000. This has accelerated the progress of Wu Xin's preparation of dense warehouses in the underground and mountains.
After some polite exchanges, Wu Xin took all the commanders to the villa's meeting hall.
This time, Wu Long, Liu and others went to various places in Jiangdu to buy grain with huge sums of money. They spent millions of gold coins and purchased more than 800,000 stones of grain. The piles were piled up like mountains. Coupled with the subsequent funds provided, the grain storage will continue to be crazy.
increase.
Not long after the autumn harvest, Wu Xin's move could not really buy up all the grain in Jiangdu County and cause a grain shortage.
So far, it has caused grain prices to rise by about 80%, and the stocks of various grain merchants have been almost bought out, and the situation will continue to get worse.
Because all merchants in Jurong have received large food orders, and there is a condition that Momen guarantees food for three months. Jiangdu County will definitely be short of food for a long time, and it will spread to the whole country. Food prices will continue to rise!
"Continue to train at different levels according to the previous method. However, the current Xinwuwei establishment is only maintained at six thousand, and the rest are candidates. Survival of the fittest!"
"The dragon team remains at 2,000 people, and the remaining four teams have 1,000 people each. If there are casualties, we will only add more!"
"After this busy work, during the Xinwu Guard training period, all commanders will go to Jurong City to take up posts in order to become more familiar with the operation of military and government affairs faster and better!"
After Wu Long and others reported on the food purchase, Wu Xin began to give orders, the most important of which was the training of Xin Wuwei, the placement of the army, and the training of his confidants!
"Luo Hanzi! Have you learned about the lives of the people of Jurong along the way? How do you think this dog official in this county is doing?"
Everyone agreed, Wu Xin changed his tone, smiled and looked at Luo Shixin, who was bored and wandering around, and asked.
Everyone was startled and looked at Luo Shixin.
"ah?!"
Luo Shixin woke up suddenly and looked at Wu Xin with a confused look on his face.
"What do you think? It's okay to tell the truth!" Wu Xin asked with a tolerant smile.
Originally, Luo Shixin was just a follower of the Liu family and was not qualified to participate in the meeting in front of him. He was only authorized by Wu Xin. Everyone thought that the lord was partial to Luo Shixin's magical power and talent, but they could understand and accept it. Luo Shixin was indeed extremely talented, and his magical power was second only to Wu Xin!
Only Wu Xin knew that Luo Shixin seemed honest and stupid, but in fact he was not stupid. He just had a simple mind and was a fierce general.
Luo Shixin's ability to unite an army is no worse than anyone else present. If he continues to cultivate it with all his strength, he will be able to surpass the Purple Faced King Xiongkuo Hai in just a few days!
Luo Shixin frowned for a moment, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "There are good people among bad people, and there are good officials among dog officials! My lord is the best among dog officials. I was a fool who wrongly blamed my lord before!"
Wu Xin's face darkened...
"Pfft!" Some people present couldn't help laughing.
Seeing that Wu Xin was not angry, Mrs. Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she was angry and funny and shouted: "What nonsense! It is a blessing for the people of Jurong that Jurong can have such a father-in-law as our lord!"
"My lord, please tell the truth! It's so elegant...it doesn't mean the same thing..." Luo Shixin lowered his head in frustration, but muttered in a low voice angrily.
Wu Xin shook his head and asked in a calm tone: "Are you willing to let you take over as the leader of the Dragon Team?"
Everyone present was shocked and looked at Wu Xin and then Luo Shixin in disbelief. The Lord actually valued Luo Shixin so much?!
"ah?!"
Luo Shixin also looked at Wu Xin in confusion, thinking he was hearing something, so he shook his head and waved his hands and continued:
"No! No! I can't do it! I've only managed two people and a herd of cows at most. I can't control two thousand people, and I won't!"
As we all know, Xinwuwei is the most valued and important bodyguard of Wuxin, and the Dragon Team is the head of the five Xinwuwei teams, with a manpower of two thousand.
"It doesn't matter whether you care or not! What matters is whether you are willing or not!"
Wu Xin still insisted and explained thoughtfully: "With your talent, if you practice alone too slowly, you will gradually be buried! Only by entering Xinwu Guard can you display it. In time, you will definitely have a place among the monsters in the world!"
Everyone suddenly realized that they did not expect that the Lord would give Luo Shixin such a high evaluation.
Looking back, Luo Shixin did not receive any systematic training, but he could run faster than a horse, be stronger than an ox, and have better eyesight than an eagle.
Since I started practicing the "Martial God Wuji Fist" in Xinwu Weidu, my progress has been faster than anyone else's, and it's obviously a lot faster, and my power is amazing!
If you cultivate it carefully, you will indeed be a monster again in the future!
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but look at Luo Shixin, this is a monster, there is no use in being envious and jealous!
Mrs. Liu kept looking at Luo Shixin, hinting that he agreed. She gritted her teeth and glared, as if Luo Shixin would kill him if he didn't agree!
"What should we do, Commander-in-Chief?" Luo Shixin was indeed not stupid and asked hesitantly.
Wu Xin responded without hesitation: "You said you are the commander-in-chief, so naturally you are the commander-in-chief. Now that Xinwuwei is expanding, there are many people and many things to do. It is difficult to hold multiple jobs, which will affect the efficiency of everything!"
Wu Long, who was originally a little hesitant and strange, couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about it. Because he was also the leader of the Dragon Team, it was really difficult for him to fulfill his responsibilities as the commander-in-chief.
Even the commanders of the other four teams also had tense expressions and relaxed expressions. It’s not just that the lord has a problem with Wu Long!
If you think about it carefully, Luo Shixin is indeed the best candidate to take over the leadership of the Dragons!
"Okay!" Luo Shixin glanced at Liu and Wu Long, lowered his head and replied in a low voice.
Wu Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was overjoyed. Then he realized that this was promoting Luo Shixin. What was his reaction?
Everyone present rolled their eyes.
The leader of the Dragon Team, in terms of power and role, is second only to Wu Xin and Wu Long in this circle.
Luo Shixin still looked helpless, who was he pretending to show? If Luo Shixin wasn't a fool, he would probably be scolded to death!
…
Time flies, the sun and the moon fly by, and a month passes at the blink of an eye.
It was already November of the eighth year of Daye, and the expeditionary army and Yang Guang had returned to the Sui Dynasty and returned to various places.
After returning to Silver Spring Valley, Wu Xin seemed to have disappeared from the world, and his daily life was very monotonous. He only did two things, practicing martial arts and military training.
Jurong City and Jurong County, just one city and one county, with the manpower arranged by Wu Xin, and the magic sect began to take care of them, they were safe and peaceful, and nothing major happened.
Speaking of major events, poor people and refugees from all walks of life are still pouring into Jurong County. Thousands of people are still pouring in every day, causing the population of Jurong County to increase dramatically.
This is the main reason why counties around Jurong County began to set up checkpoints to intercept them, otherwise the influx of people would be even greater!
In terms of practice.
Wu Xin felt as slow as a snail. It took him so long to break through, and he practiced hard every day, and now he was only in the middle stage of the first level of Qi refining.
The cultivation of the first level of Qi refining is the process of broadening and recasting the Twelve Wonderful Scriptures to form the Small Zhoutian within the body.
I don’t know if it’s because his foundation is too strong, but Wu Xin’s speed of widening and recasting meridians is slower than that of ordinary Wu Xin Wuwei. However, with each widening of one meridian, the increase in power gained is almost ten times that of ordinary martial arts practitioners.
Because of this, Wu Xin often looked at the Maoshan Mountains and wished he could immediately lead his army to destroy the Maoshan bandits and speed up his and Xin Wuwei's cultivation with blood!
However, the Xinwuwei establishment expanded too quickly, resulting in a very slow military training.
Based on the Thousand Faithful Military Guards, adding one-fifth every day, that is, 200 people, and increasing the numbers on the basis of merit, is already considered fast. Only in this way can the iron-blooded evil spirit and the spirit of the God of War be kept from falling.
At this time, Wu Xin already knew that there was something wrong with his military training method. However, the results were amazing. Now that time was running out, Wu Xin did not change it.
This is also Wu Xin's selfishness, because his alternative military training method can strengthen loyalty. The typical representative is Luo Shixin, who is no worse to him than Liu!
Two hundred people a day, two thousand people in ten days, five thousand people in twenty-five days.
In recent months, Wu Xin has officially expanded the Xinwu Guards to the expected 6,000 people, and the reserve force has been expanded to 5,000 people. However, the iron-blooded evil spirit is still red with orange, and the martial spirit of the God of War has not changed at all, but has an average cultivation level.
He has fallen to the middle stage of the sixth level of body refining.
It's just that the size and power of the iron-blooded evil spirit and the martial spirit have expanded five to six times!
This day.
A group of five to six hundred people and more than a hundred carriages arrived in front of Silver Spring Valley.
"The Demon Sect has come to fulfill the agreement! Should we meet Yang Guang first, or should we destroy the Maoshan bandits first?" (To be continued.)
