Wen Zhong's cheeks twitched slightly. It was clear that his state of mind had not reached the point where he could not express his emotions and anger, and his disappointment was palpable.
Yue is already a small country, but at least it is located near the sea and has a future for development. Jiang State has an even smaller territory and is almost at the bottom of the vassal states, and is surrounded by powerful countries.
If I had known that I was from the royal family of the little Jiang Kingdom, why would I have to show off for so long? It would be a waste of effort.
Fan Li's eyes flashed, but he was observing Gu Cheng's expression. Seeing that he was not displeased with Wen Zhong's disappointment, he asked: "Young Master invited me to wait, it is to strengthen the Jiang Kingdom, but the population of the Jiang Kingdom is less than
Half of the Yue Kingdom has less than 50,000 troops. It is unable to invade other countries. What are the plans?"
This world is an immortal martial arts, and the human race has a long life. For example, Jin, Qi, and Chu all have millions of troops. The next-level Song, Lu, Zheng, and Qin have a standing army of 500,000. In comparison, the entire country of Jiang
The population is less than this number.
As mentioned before, this is a flaw. No matter how it develops, if the population does not meet the standard, the national strength of the entire country will not increase. Even if it wins a war, it will not be enough to occupy the opponent's territory.
And once the Jiang** team wins consecutively and shows its fangs, it will inevitably be suppressed and attacked by all parties.
With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, you are facing off against hundreds of thousands of other people's troops. They are surrounded from all sides and have no geographical advantage to defend. How can you win?
The only way is to greatly expand the army!
If you want to expand the army, you have to go back to the population issue.
In Fan Li's view, Jiang Guo's situation was undoubtedly the same as theirs, trapped in an endless loop.
There is no sorrow when a rabbit dies and a fox dies. They would rather waste their time in Yue country and fight for slim opportunities than enter the hopeless Jiang country.
But now that this royal family has proposed recruiting, Fan Li also wants to hear how this small country can rise.
Gu Cheng smiled slightly: "Jiang Guo is very rich today."
To put it bluntly, I have money.
This is no lie.
Doing business is not as good as that of a powerful country. The main limitation is capital and channels. Jiang State has no shortage of these. When Lu State is busy with itself, it has completely opened up its trade routes, with abundant financial resources and making money every day.
So Gu Cheng's current situation is that I am not interested in money, but I am very rich.
Fan Li sighed: "Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of having a jade. This is not a blessing!"
What's the use of having money?
If the army comes and destroys your country, it will belong to others.
Gu Chengdao: "If you have money, you can buy food."
Wen Zhong couldn't help but said: "Young master's intention is to let everyone in the Jiang Kingdom have spiritual food to eat, use this to strengthen their bodies, and then sweep across the four directions with an army of tens of thousands?"
The food in this world is divided into spiritual food and miscellaneous food.
What Wen Zhong grows in the courtyard is spiritual food. Ordinary people can strengthen their muscles and bones and prolong their lives by taking it. With the help of the tempering method, the noble prince can even change his bones and become infinitely powerful. Fengxu can control the wind.
The original form of this spiritual food is the grain left behind by the former Emperor Shen Nong when he passed away.
But Shen Nong created the beast race, and the grains corresponded to the beast race's physique. The humans could not eat them directly, but cultivated them with the seeds of the grains. The whole process had extremely strict environmental requirements, and every step had to be meticulous, with no room for error.
Although there is only half an acre of spiritual land in the Wenzhong Academy, it is already worth a lot of money, enough for him and Fan Li to cover their daily expenses, and even lobby around to find a way to be promoted.
In view of this, spiritual food has always been expensive but not marketable. The nobles and nobles of ordinary countries cannot buy spiritual food. If they want to buy it on a large scale, they have to follow the path of the Three Kingdoms of Jin, Qi, and Chu.
No matter how rich Jiang is, it is still relatively small compared to other countries. It is simply a joke to try to rejuvenate the country with spiritual food.
However, Gu Cheng shook his head: "I don't buy spiritual food, only miscellaneous grains."
Wen Zhong was stunned.
Miscellaneous grains, also known as ordinary food, are basically provided to the common people to fill their stomachs.
Since Jiang State is rich, why does it need to collect grains?
Facing the puzzled eyes, Gu Cheng smiled: "The noble will turn against the lowly, and the lowly will turn against the noble!"
Wen Zhong frowned, not knowing what it meant. Fan Li tasted it carefully, but he exclaimed: "This is a wise saying!"
It is easy to understand that things must reverse when they reach their extremes, but even so, how many people can discern the mystery and master the appropriate temperature?
Fan Li has an innate talent for business, and he already understands: "Chen, Yang, Cai, Xu, and the four neighboring countries of Jiang have been at war in recent years. Due to the war, farming has been delayed. In previous years, there was still surplus food. It seems that
There is no problem, but if these grains are taken away by the prince, it will inevitably cause a food shortage, and ordinary and low-grade grains will become precious."
His eyes sparkled: "At that time, if Jiang Guo can open warehouses and store grain, it will not only gain a good reputation, but also attract refugees from all over the world to actively invest. It will be able to solve the biggest problem without spending a single soldier, without occupying a city or a land.
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His literary skills are clear and his eyes are bright.
The inertial thinking of the princes and countries is to increase the population, either by plundering the land of other countries through war, and the people living on those lands will naturally become the new population, or by opening up wasteland and granting land, recruiting talents, and attracting immigrants from other countries.
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Now Jiang Guo is taking the third path, coming uninvited.
Taking advantage of the endless disputes among the princes and countries, they attracted refugees by purchasing grains in large quantities.
Are there refugees in every country who don’t have enough to eat?
For those powerful countries, these refugees are a burden, but for Jiang State, they are precious wealth.
The world of Xianwu is vast and sparsely populated, and the ordinary land utilization rate is not high. No matter how small Jiang Country is, it can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people without any problem.
After slowly invading, slowly digesting, and then expanding the army to rise, under the situation of one and another, I am afraid that we can really carve out a bloody path between the four countries!
Wen Zhong thought about it carefully and couldn't help but nod his head repeatedly. Fan Li sipped tea, his face seemed to be normal, but his body became tense.
Disaster comes from the mouth.
He just got carried away and revealed a secret. Will he be killed and silenced?
"Don't be lazy when the time comes, and the time will never come again!"
Gu Cheng glanced at Fan Li with a half-smile, waved and said, "We will stay here one night, please!"
As the breeze blew by, Fan Li Wenzhong felt his body light up and returned to his courtyard.
The sound of the xun filled their ears, and their expressions were uncertain. After a while, Wen Zhong came to his half-acre spiritual field and suddenly began to collect seeds.
This move is undoubtedly a decisive move.
Fan Li looked at the dark clouds in the sky and smiled.
The low-class people turn against the high-class people, and the grain refugees are just a part of the overall situation.
A hero who can conceive of such a powerful country, what kind of excitement will there be there?
"Is Jiang Guo the weakest? Let's give it a try!"
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But Gou Jian returned to his mansion and stayed up all night, with the faint sound of the xun always lingering in his ears.
Early the next morning, he finally made up his mind to visit.
But when he came outside the courtyard, he found that it was empty, and even a few old hens had been taken away.
The attendant went to the opposite courtyard to inquire, but the building there was also empty.
Gou Jian stood silent for a moment, shook his head, turned and left.d