Chapter 135 Girls Are King
Zhaowu City.
The former royal capital of Yuezhi has now become one of the important cities under the jurisdiction of Anxi Jun Ying Ziyi.
As one of the few large cities in the Hexi Corridor, it is like the brightest pearl on the plain between these two mountains, almost in the center of the Hexi Corridor.
Yueshi was not good at building cities. From Ying Ziyi's perspective, although Zhaowu City was grand, it was not practical and could only be used as a trade center. Therefore, after the Qin army occupied the Hexi Corridor, especially after the King of Qin granted it to Ying Ziyi, Ying Ziyi mobilized his slaves to build and repair cities in this vast Hexi Corridor.
Of course, this cannot be accomplished overnight.
"I see you, your Majesty!" In the royal palace of Zhaowu City, all the ministers bowed their hands in salute.
"No gift!" As Ying Ziyi's subordinates, whether it is Chen Ping Xiao He, Li Zuoche Zhao Tuo, or the black bear Xiduo Wu who belongs to the Hu people, for Ying Ziyi, they all have absolute respect. Right of disposal. In other words, the vassals of the vassals are not my vassals, and Ying Ziyi is now also a part of the feudal system.
"Your Majesty, there are about 200,000 people in the territory right now, of which 80% are Hu people and 20% are Chinese people. Among the 80% Hu people, half are slaves." As soon as Xiao He took office, he told Ying Ziyi made detailed statistics on the population in his territory.
“And of the remaining 40% of the population, 39% live in pursuit of water and grass, so they are very mobile.
Ying Ziyi nodded, "In other words, in the cities along the Hexi Corridor plus Wuchecheng, there are only about 40,000 urban residents?"
"Yes, but this will also take away a large number of people in Wuche City. The cities in the Hexi Corridor are sparsely populated due to the war. In some cities, there are only a few hundred people left."
Ying Ziyi had a headache. Thanks to Xiao He, he was able to sort out this mess.
"Your Majesty has mobilized labor to build the city, but I'm afraid there are too few people in the city. To connect the trade routes, I'm afraid it won't be possible to rely on these people alone."
"How are the immigrants in Guanzhong?" Ying Ziyi asked. He once asked Zheng Ge for 100,000 people to move to the west, and Zheng Ge also agreed.
"Guanzhong is rich, but there are very few candidates. Most of the people who come here are local ruffians, or they are prisoners under death penalty in the prison. The total number is only about a thousand, and they are already on their way here."
"Only a few thousand people?" Ying Ziyi asked in shock.
"Yes, there are only more than a thousand people." Xiao He answered again.
"Sir, I have an idea." At this time, Li Zuo stood up and said.
"Tell me."
"In the process of Qin's attack on the six kingdoms, a large number of homeless war slaves will inevitably be produced. Young Master can think of a way here."
"Good idea." Ying Ziyi patted his thigh and said, "Ask me to write a book for the generals in the army, and ask them to send me all the strong men with sharp heads who are not obeying the rules. I believe they will be willing to do so. .”
"Also, I want to build a cavalry army of 30,000 people. What do you think?"
"Thirty thousand people?" At this time, Xiao He stood up and persuaded: "Sir, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Firstly, we do not have such a large population to recruit knights. Secondly, we do not have the financial resources to support such an army. . It is already very difficult for us to support the 50,000 troops in Guanzhong."
Everyone present also shook their heads, Ying Ziyi's plan was really unrealistic at the moment.
"Thirty thousand people is just a final goal."
A goal before the start of the third step to dominate the Western Region. Ying Ziyi thought for a while and then said: "The vast majority of these 50,000 troops are foot soldiers. We can select some of them, train them, and transform them into cavalry."
"This, I'm afraid, is a bit difficult." The one who spoke was Zhao Tuo, who stood up and said.
"Why?" Ying Ziyi asked.
"Recently, I have been in the army, and I have often heard that the soldiers are homesick. The soldiers miss the mountains and rivers of Guanzhong, their fathers, wives and children, and are eager to return home. Their morale is in decline. And these 50,000 troops also belong to the Guanzhong army. At the beginning of the month of Yueshi It’s decided, the king will let him guard here for the time being, but he won’t let him guard here forever, the king will recall him sooner or later.”
"Is that so?" Ying Ziyi touched his chin and said, "How many unmarried people are there in the army? How many people in the army are not the only children in the family and have no parents to serve?"
Xiao He stood up and said: "According to recent statistics from my subordinates, there are about seven or eight thousand people in total."
"That's great?" Ying Ziyi stood up and said, "We will use these people as the basis for the cavalry training."
"But Young Master...!" Xiao He, an honest man, was stunned. Did the Fourteenth Young Master hear clearly what our subordinates said just now?
"I want them to settle down here, marry and have children. In this case, they can stay."
"But Young Master...!" The honest man Xiao He was still confused.
"I know, what do you want to say? What should I do if they don't want to? Tell them. A real man has three wives and four concubines. As long as they are willing to stay, I will prepare at least three wives for each of them." Ying Ziyi stretched out his hand. He held up three fingers and said confidently.
"But Young Master...!" Xiao He, an honest man, continued to be confused.
"I know that there are not so many marriageable women in our territory, but aren't there among the Hu people? We show affection and use it for profit, so that the Hu people can intermarry with our Qin warriors. If the Hu people are really unwilling , don’t we still have an army in our hands? Can’t we just beep beep beep beep, then beep beep beep beep, and finally beep beep beep beep!”
"But Young Master...!" Xiao He, an honest man, was always confused.
"I know, I know. There must be some die-hard elements in the army who say that the defense of Huayi cannot be broken. When the time comes, drink wine, strip naked, and stuff them into the bridal chamber. After the men and women spend the night together, I will If you don't believe it, nothing will happen. If they still don't want to, I will keep them here for molesting women." Ying Ziyi laughed proudly.
Xiao He had a dark look on his face...
Chen Ping had a dark look on his face...
Li Zuoche had a black line on his face...
Zhao Tuo had a dark look on his face...
Zhang Han had a black line on his face...
.......
Many passers-by generals had black lines on their faces...
After Ying Ziyi finished laughing, he pointed at Xiao He, "I'll leave this matter to you!"
"...!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will do it tomorrow. Sir Xiao He is a man of unparalleled talent and will definitely complete this task perfectly."
Among the crowd, someone didn't know who suddenly said this, and then there was a chorus of responses.
who cares! As long as this bad luck doesn't happen to me, I can do whatever I want. This is what many people think in their hearts.
That year, in Ying Ziyi's territory, the drama of marrying and marrying was constantly going on.
That year, there were unyielding warriors resisting in Ying Ziyi's territory, but there were no eggs.
That year, the population in Ying Ziyi's territory suddenly increased.
Three months later, in Zhaowu City, in Ying Ziyi's palace.
"Hahaha!" Ying Ziyi laughed. After these few months of training, ah! No, because of Mr. Anxi's care, many people among the 50,000 troops have settled here, more than imagined, more than 10,000 people. And the training of the 10,000 cavalry troops has also been put on the agenda.
"Your Majesty! I have settled the 10,000 cavalry troops in the nine cities on the Hexi Corridor and arranged for the generals to conduct daily training." Xiao He, an honest man with scars, said.
Of course, there were no scars on Xiao He's body at all. What was really hurt was his heart.
"Okay! How are the immigrants in Guandong?" Ying Ziyi asked.
"Wang Jian, Meng Wu, Li Xin, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Xin Sheng and other generals all responded. At present, there are about 20,000 prisoners who are being moved from the country. Next, there should be six more in total. Seventy thousand people were sent in several batches."
"I see."
Ying Ziyi was very satisfied. In the main hall, there were hundreds of ministers. Ying Ziyi looked at the front of the team and said, "Xi Duo Wu, Ak Duo, how are the people of your tribe doing?"
After the death of King Yuezhi, two of the five great princes in the country died, two surrendered and one escaped far away. And Xiduowu and Akdo were the two princes who surrendered, each leading 20,000 to 30,000 people.
"Reporting to Your Majesty. In accordance with your Majesty's instructions, I have advised the people of the clan to give up the traditional migration of livestock and settle down in various cities to make a living by farming. Today, more than 5,000 people have settled in the cities. Come down." Xiduo Wu said with his hands.
"The subordinate tribes are similar!" Akdo also reported.
Of course Ying Ziyi knew that most of the people who migrated between the two princes were old, weak, women and children. They agreed openly, but most of them were still unwilling secretly.
However, this matter cannot be rushed.
"Li San, how is the matter I handed over to you?"
What Ying Ziyi was looking at was his personal guard captain, who was also one of the officials who were in charge of territorial affairs together with Li Zuoche when Ying Ziyi was away from Wuche City.
"Young Master, three large weapon workshops have been built and the craftsmen have been recruited and can operate normally."
"Did you hand over the drawings I provided?"
"Go back to the young master, it has been delivered. Three hundred sets of the finished products have been produced and tested. They can be provided to the troops in advance."
What Li San was talking about was the hell ghost riding equipment blueprint that Ying Ziyi obtained from the system space. After the hell ghost cavalry is truly prepared, the power of Ying Ziyi's three thousand cavalry will increase by one or two levels.
"Gongshu Yi, have you completed the construction of Potu Sanlang?"
"Reporting to the Young Master, five have been built to assist future military operations." Gong Shuyi replied.
"So, very good."
Ying Ziyi smiled, everything was developing in an orderly manner.