In Qin Dynasty, the hero of the bright moon dominates the world

Chapter 190

The mountains and rivers were hazy with light smoke. In the sunlight, hundreds of soldiers walked through the winding road under the terraced fields, heading towards the mountain village ahead.

It's the harvest season, and farmers can be seen working on the fields.On the side of the lake, fishermen can also be seen pulling up fishing nets.

We are in the mountains, but there is no hustle and bustle of war. Along the way, among the fields and waters, there are more than a dozen relatively flat places, and villages have been built.

The houses are continuous, and the population is exchanged, ranging from hundreds to thousands.

Zhaojia Village is just ahead, and it is also the largest village nearby.

What Wei Zhuang saw was not so much a village as a city without city walls.

The people who established the village here are obviously well versed in the art of war, watching from afar, relying on the dangerous terrain, as long as they guard a few key points, it is enough to stop five times the enemy.

If you get closer, you can see that the city wall built at the gap has already reached a certain scale.Because the autumn harvest is approaching, there are few folks near the city wall.

A huge figure was standing under the city wall. He, who was directing the construction, saw that the convoy was approaching, so he led the crowd to meet it.

"See Your Majesty!"

"No need to be too polite! Dianqing, how is it?"

"[-]% of the west wall has been completed, and [-]% of the east wall has been completed. With the current manpower, it is expected to be completed next spring."

"very good!"

Zhao Shuang waved his hand, and the convoy passed through the city gate and entered the city, while Dianqing directed the manpower to continue the construction.

From any point of view, this is a small town.However, this small town has adopted the tricks of the Mohists and the Gongloists.

The huge water wheel is driven by the water flow, and the bricks and stones are transported to the city wall through water power, and then loaded and unloaded by civilians.

"How many people can live in this city?"

Along the way, Weizhuang can see various buildings in the city.

This is a city with a military nature.

Along the way, you can see the training ground, arsenal, stables and several larger granaries that have been half filled.

Besides the city, there is a port with a dock built on it.Many craftsmen are building ships among them.

Most of them were fishing boats, and a few were warships.

"In normal times, it can accommodate about 5 households. In wartime, it can accommodate [-] people."

5 people, compared with Xianyang, Daliang, Xinzheng, Handan, Linzi and other world-famous cities, it is really not enough.

Even Xiangping, the city of Yan State in Liaodong, is bigger than this city.

However, this was enough to surprise Wei Zhuang on Zhao Shuang.

"Then how many people are there in your territory?"

"There are about two hundred thousand people, if you don't count the barbarians around." Zhao Shuang raised the car window and explained, "Ten years of gatherings, ten years of lessons. It has been 20 years. Never been conscripted into corvee."

Two hundred thousand people?

Wei Zhuang was startled, this figure was much higher than the figure estimated by his staff in Lu Buwei's mansion.

In other words, if Zhao Shuang is willing to do his best, he can recruit an army of 2 to [-] people.

Zhao Shuang turned his head, seemed to see the surprise on Wei Zhuang's face, and smiled softly.

"Soldiers are expensive and elite are not expensive. With the terrain here, with three thousand elite soldiers, it is enough to resist."

However, what Wei Zhuang didn't expect was that Zhao Shuang's private soldiers were trained in a similar way to Wu Qi's training of Wei Wuzu.However, compared to the selection method of Wei Wuzu, many changes have been made.

Living in the mountains, although the identities of these soldiers are passed down from father to son, almost everyone has two or three sets of good longbows at home, but they are not yet ready for production.

The soldiers in Zhaojia Village are bound by blood, but when the entire territory is relatively scarce in supplies, although they have the food, grass and supplies bestowed by the emperor, they still need to hunt in summer and winter, look for meat, and even make weapons and armor. handcraft work.

Wei Zhuang got off the carriage and followed Zhao Shuang to the high pavilion built in the mountains.Standing on the viewing platform above the high pavilion, you can overlook the entire city.

"The state of Chu established its capital in Chen, and it still has plans to take back Nanyang's homeland. The purpose of training such a strong army is to deal with this possible threat."

Zhao Shuang smiled, turned around, and missed Wei Zhuang.

"However, things backfired. The threat from the Chu people has not yet come, but the internal disputes in Qin have already arrived."

"It seems like a small matter, but it caused a lot of noise in the court of Qin State."

Wei Zhuang knew very well that this trivial matter was exactly what Zhao Shuang mentioned.But behind the scenes, it is very interesting.

"Yongcheng seems to hide a huge secret, and both Lu Buwei and Lao Ai are afraid that people will touch this secret."

"What this secret is, it has nothing to do with us now. Quicksand has Zilanxuan as its core, and the intelligence system it has established is still in its infancy, but the female assassins trained in Zilanxuan alone are not enough to support Quicksand."

"what do you mean?"

Zhao Shuang looked at Wei Zhuang affectionately.

"A Zhuang!"

Wei Zhuang had an inexplicable feeling that this kid was going to trick him.

"In Quicksand, establish another assassin group called Reverse Quicksand, with you as the leader, including strange people from the northern border, the western border, the East China Sea, and the southern land."

Wei Zhuang touched his chin and nodded.

"The idea is very good, but how to find and even gather these people?"

A smile appeared on Zhao Shuang's face, which made Wei Zhuang panic.

Today, the sky stretches across thousands of miles, and he still has to break his legs. How hard is it?How dangerous is it to subdue a group of strong men?Who would dare to do it without great perseverance and monstrous ability?

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Wei Zhuang's face.

"I agree to this."

Zhao Shuang clapped his hands, and Yan Lingji and Bai Lu held two jewelry boxes.

"This is the fund for your activities. The jewels inside are worth five thousand gold. If you don't have enough, come find me again."

Zhao Shuang took out the silk cloth from his sleeve, which was filled with densely packed names.

"These are all masters of the rivers and lakes who are independent from other schools of thought. You should be especially careful with the names I circled."

Wei Zhuang looked at Zhao Shuang, no matter how he looked at it, he had planned it for a long time.

At this time, Wei Zhuang suddenly felt like he was on a thief's boat.

"Are you not afraid that I will run away after taking the money?"

"What is our relationship?"

Zhao Shuang suddenly smiled, patted his chest, and said the following sentence in the most humble tone with a look of high spirits.

"You shouldn't?"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Shuang glanced at the two jewelry boxes with some anxiety.

Wei Zhuang snorted softly, and took the silk cloth from Zhao Shuang's hand.

After Wei Zhuang left, Mo Crow's voice appeared in front of Zhao Shuang.

"Two pieces of news. Xianyang has decided to send envoys to Yuezhi."

In the court, has the winner been decided?

This matter will divert more of Luo Wang's energy, making Luo Wang unable to take care of him for the time being.

"What about the other one?"

"There is news from Baifeng that the Mohist strongholds in Qin and Chu have been deployed."

Zhao Shuang nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Luo Wang has no time to look east, it is a great opportunity to expand the Mohist power in the land of Qin and Chu."

(End of this chapter)