Another year's cold wind blows through Xiliang City, the ground is covered with white snow, and the treetops in the forest are white. Li Xiang stands in the center of the town, the tallest building in Xiliang City. The year before last, he took Li Yi and the five of them to survive in the forest, as if
It was still yesterday, it was very cold at that time, Li Yi and the others were wearing linen clothes. The only piece of clothing that was better was the leather armor that Li Xiang wore.
At that time, there were no current weapons and equipment. A spear, an axe, a bow, and a dozen long arrows were all their wealth.
They were cutting down trees in the ice and snow. Fortunately, the wolf sent them some food and furs, but the wolf put them in danger.
The Jijian wolf, the black-armored beast, and other ferocious beasts made him restless. As long as the Jijian wolves attacked at that time, Xiliang City today would probably not exist. The king of the fierce beasts in this forest, the black-armored beast, Zhang Qingyun
Just to save a life from this giant beast.
He was still frightened for many days because of the Black-armored Beast. At that time, he was no longer afraid of the wolf, but facing a top-notch ferocious beast like the Black-armored Beast, there was nothing Xiliang City could do.
After the Black-armored Beast are the Iron Mine, Qingzhu Village, Xuanshui Village, White Lotus Sect, Black Tiger City, the small town, the coalition of six major forces, Xuanzhai, Qingjun...
Along the way to Xiliang City, enemies are indispensable. Enemies who cannot destroy Xiliang City will make Xiliang City stronger. Today, Xiliang City is no longer afraid of the major forces outside the Northwest Pass. The remaining major
The forces have joined forces, and Prime Minister Li is confident that he can defeat it!
"My lord, the generals have arrived at the city lord's palace!" the personal guard said as he came to Prime Minister Li's side.
Li Xiang withdrew his gaze and walked down the stairs to the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
In the hall, all the main generals and officials of Xiliang City have arrived in the hall. The generals are standing aside. The leading general is Li Mu who is guarding Xiliang City, followed by Li Jin, Li Shui, Li Tu, and Li Huo.
The Queen of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth is the strongest of all major arms in Xiliang City, including Cavalry One, Water One, Sword One, and Spear One.
Li Yi stood on the other side with the civil servants, Li Yi was at the front, and Zhang Qingyun, as the only one who was not from Xiliang headquarters, stood in the second position. No Xiliang person had any objection to Zhang Qingyun's position. Zhang Qingyun could control the territory.
Not everyone can manage the more than 200,000 people in an orderly manner.
Behind Zhang Qingyun is Nong Yi, who is the source of food in Xiliang. Behind Nong Yi are Tie Yi, Mu Yi, and Chuan Yi. Li Xiang is a bad namer, so he named them after these people's occupations.
Li Xiang sat on the throne, and everyone in the hall turned their attention to Li Xiang.
"Li Yi will tell you the current population, number of civilians, and number of soldiers in Xiliang City."
Li Xiang is the only person in the entire Xiliang City who can see the population and the number of arms in Xiliang City. As the general manager of Xiliang City, Li Yi has records of every population increase or death in Xiliang headquarters. She is
Besides Prime Minister Li, the person who knows the strength of Xiliang City best.
"Yes!" Li Yi nodded and walked out to face everyone in the hall: "The population of Xiliang headquarters is divided into civilians and military personnel. The number of civilians is 80,000, of which 30,000 are farmers, and the rest are distributed in various walks of life.
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Xiliang's soldiers numbered 60,000, with 7,000 horses.
Total number of troops in the headquarters: 140,000, 7,000 horses
The number of civilians in Xiliang is more than 215,000, distributed in Qingzhu Village, Beixuan City, and Nanli City.
The seventh legion: five thousand men, the eighth legion: two thousand men.
In addition to these civilians, there were 40,000 slaves.
The total number is more than 262,000 people, among which the populations of Loufan City and Jimo City have not yet been calculated."
After Li Yi finished his report, he said to Li Xiang: "Lord, the report is over!"
Li Xiang nodded, and Li Yi returned to the team. Zhang Qingyun frowned when he heard about the structure of Xiliang.
The value created by the civilians of this department to Xiliang City is only enough to support them.
The soldiers of Xiliang headquarters and the soldiers of the Seventh and Eighth Army need to be fed by the 80,000 farmers in Xiliang City. The Seventh Army will expand to 20,000 people in the winter, and the same goes for the Eighth Army, which is the total strength of Xiliang City.
There will be an army of 100,000.
Eighty thousand farmers in Xiliang headquarters have to feed one or two soldiers!
This structure is not reasonable at all!
Li Xiang didn't notice the change in Zhang Qingyun's face. He looked at the people below and said: "We have experienced a lot this year. Those things that did not knock us down have become our nourishment and made us stronger.
Two-thirds of the territory is in my Xiliang City, and next year I want the entire northwest pass to become my territory in Xiliang City!"
Then he looked at the five people of metal, wood, water, fire and earth: "I promised you that the five of you would build your own legion. Before, there was a shortage of troops. Now that we have sufficient supplies and troops, I will give each of you five thousand people and silver."
Ten thousand taels and five hundred war horses. If you don’t want a war horse, you can exchange one war horse for two people or one hundred taels of silver."
Hearing Li Xiang's words, the eyes of the five people of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth showed joy. They had long wanted to lead troops to fight, but before, Xiliang City needed them to guard everywhere. They were weak and did not have many soldiers in their hands.
, every day he would take at most a hundred people outside to form troops.
"Thank you, lord!" The five people saluted Li Xiang. Behind them, Shui Yi, Qi Yi and others showed no envy in their eyes. Compared with the ambitions of several generals, they preferred to be under the lord and be in charge.
Yijun, aren't they in charge of Yijun now?
The cavalry and navy are all under their control.
Li Xiang nodded and continued: "I will give you five months to train the troops. After five months, that is, around April next year, the Southern Wilderness will be the time to test your troops and others. Those who fail will come back to guard Xiliang.
city!"
The joy in the eyes of the five people subsided. The five of them came out to lead troops in the war. They did not want to become a guard general. Their ambition was to expand the territory of Xiliang City.
Li Xiang knew that the current structure of farmers and soldiers in Xiliang City was very problematic, so he said to Li Yi: "I will recruit another 60,000 people, hand over the 25,000 people to five of them, and hand over the remaining 35,000 people to them."
You arrange them yourself."
"Yes!" Li Yi responded.
Li Xiang looked at Nong Yi: "Nong Yi, I tried planting rice in the northern wilderness before. I don't know what the results were?"
Farmer stood up and said: "Back to my lord, most of the farmland was destroyed when the Qing Army attacked, leaving only some remote areas with worse land. When harvesting crops after the war, it was found that the yield of farmland in the wilderness was no worse than that here, probably
One acre of land can yield four stones of grain, and if we take care of it more carefully, the yield will be even higher."
Zhang Qingyun was listening on the side, feeling as if he was listening to a book from heaven. What the lord just said was about planting crops in the wilderness? Nongyi also said that one acre of land can produce four stones of grain?
Zhang Qingyun had always thought that the food in Xiliang City came from outside and was transported in through a secret passage, just like the Qing Army, but what Li Xiang said completely shocked him.
Li Xiang nodded: "After a while, when Lou Fan and the slaves from Jimo City arrive, we will reclaim the Northern Wilderness. I want to make the Northern Wilderness a food-producing area for our Xiliang City, just like the Juhu Camp
It's the same on both sides, do you have confidence?"
Nong Yi said firmly: "Please rest assured, my lord, as long as there are enough materials, it is not a difficult problem to turn the Northern Wilderness into a farm next to the Juhu Camp."
Turning the northern wilderness into farmland is really not a problem for farmers in Xiliang. If there is no water source, they can build mills. The mills in Xiliang City are not ordinary buildings. The mills are connected to underground water sources, and groundwater can be extracted through the mills.
Irrigate farmland.
As long as there are enough manpower, Nong Yi can turn the northern wilderness into the granary of Xiliang City.
"I will give you enough food by then!" Li Xiang calculated the manpower: "At that time, you can bring 10,000 farmers from the headquarters to the northern wilderness. I need to see the results in the shortest possible time."
"Yes!" Nong Yi accepted the order.
Li Xiang looked at Zhang Qingyun, who was a little dazed. This was Zhang Qingyun's first time attending a meeting at the Xiliang Headquarters. He didn't quite understand what Li Xiang said.
"Qingyun!"
"Here!" Zhang Qingyun shuddered and raised his hands forward.
"The number of non-headquarters soldiers in Xiliang is more than 215,000. After the cities of Loufan and Jimo join in, the number of non-headquarters soldiers will reach about 250,000. This number will be controlled by the previous
If the method continues to rule, there will be great chaos.
I plan to separate city defense and public security management from government affairs. You will be in charge of government affairs, and the Eighth Army will be responsible for city defense and public security. What do you think?"
As the general manager of Xiliang City's non-headquarters, Zhang Qingyun controls the public security management of Beixuan City, Nanli City, Qingzhu Village and other places, and can control about 10,000 soldiers.
This change by Prime Minister Li deprived Zhang Qingyun of his armed strength.
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said: "My lord, this can make it easier for my subordinates. However, there are currently only a few officials available outside the customs. There is a lack of supervisory personnel in various places. If there is no military suppression, will those people cause trouble?"
The reason why the cities under Xiliang City are safe and peaceful is indispensable for the suppression of Xiliang soldiers. Without the suppression of Xiliang soldiers, many problems will inevitably arise due to the unruly character of those people.
"So I will give you three months. After three months, the Eighth Legion will be successfully formed. At that time, I will ask the Eighth Legion members to cooperate with you. If anyone really dares to move and cause trouble, I, Xiliang City, will
There are many places that are short of manpower!" Li Xiang knew that you had to use hard methods to deal with those outside the Northwest Pass. They are ruthless, and you should be more ruthless than them.
Xiliang City dared to offend the Great Wall Legion and Xuantian Sect, but how many people did it dare to kill? Prime Minister Li had already countless people who died in the hands of Prime Minister Li.
His hands were already stained with blood and he didn't mind getting some more.
"Yes!" Zhang Qingyun responded loudly after being affirmed by Prime Minister Li. Xiliang City's political system should also be changed. This would involve a lot of interests, and Zhang Qingyun couldn't care less about it.
The Lord is determined to redefine a new political system. Anyone who stands in the way of the New Deal will be abandoned. Those who have made a fortune in Xiliang City, if they dare to take the road, Zhang Qingyun will clean them up without mercy.
Li Xiang continued: "In about a month, those guys from the West will come again. Before, I randomly sent a few people to trade with them. Now that Xiliang is on the right track, these things should be more formal, and the Tengfei Chamber of Commerce will work with them.
Exchange, various merchandise promoted by Western World have been transported to Juhu Camp.”
"Yes!" At the end of the battle with Li Yi and his party, a man who was much thinner than the people in Xiliang stood up and said. He is one of the few talents in Xiliang City who can do business. If Xiliang City didn't need a chamber of commerce, Mr. Li would
They all want to put him outside to work with Zhang Qingyun.
The instructions outside the Northwest Pass were about the same. Li Xiang looked at Qiyi and Jianyi: "The Dark Fortress is a training ground. More than 30,000 recruits will be stationed in the future. After you go back, let someone clean up a place.
, you can also build guard auxiliary cities on both sides of the fortress as a place to garrison, so that even if civilians from the dark world enter the fortress, some secrets will not be exposed."
Jianyi stood up and said: "My lord, if 30,000 new soldiers are stationed, the number of fallen demons around the fortress cannot meet the needs of the army. Can we lead the troops to the frozen plains or further places for training?"
The distance between the Dark Fortress and Xiliang City is very long, and the Dark World is changing rapidly. If you want to request something again, you will lose many opportunities.
Li Xiangdao: "If there are any military orders other than generals, you, as a military commander, can make your own judgment."
"Yes!" Upon hearing Li Xiang's words, Jian Yi and others showed smiles on their faces.
"That's all I want to say. Qingyun stays and everyone goes about their business!" Li Xiang has finished what he wants to say. There are some very detailed things left that are assigned by the heads of their respective departments. The busiest ones are Zhang Qingyun and Li Yi.
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In terms of the army, Prime Minister Li has already allocated it before. Only the five-man army of gold, wood, water, fire and earth needs to be formed, and the other troops remain the same.
Li Yi's carpenters, construction workers, etc. all want to make new arrangements, which are related to all aspects of Xiliang City.
Soon, only Li Xiang and Zhang Qingyun were left in the hall.
Li Xiang met Zhang Qingyun's somewhat confused look and smiled: "You are very confused as to why I left you here. Look at the wall behind me!"
The two guards put down a huge animal skin behind them, and used black ink to draw the terrain outside the Northwest Pass. The locations of the major forces were very detailed. The most eye-catching thing was a river marked in red.
It is the trend of the water source of Xuanshui Lake, all the way into the interior of Daqian.
Zhang Qingyun looked at it for a while and then said: "My lord, do you want to open up the river outside the Northwest Pass and the northwest of Daqian?"
The water from Xuanshui Lake to the northwest land is very large and can accommodate naval warships. However, there are many reefs along the way, and there are places with large water level differences. If you want to connect to the rivers in Daqian, you will have to spend a lot of money.
A large amount of manpower and material resources have been expended to open this natural channel.
Li Xiang turned around and looked at the waterway: "It's difficult to travel by land, so we'll take the waterway."
"I need about five thousand people to dredge the waterway with the navy. These five thousand people need to be kept secret. You can organize them after you go back and go south to clear the way in the spring!"
Zhang Qingyun nodded: "My subordinates will prepare manpower!"
