Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Under the leadership of Zhou Zheng, the entire Xiang County is developing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The government controlled the refining of table salt, and the people benefited and applauded.

You must know that the price of salt sold from the Xiang County government is only 30% of the original price, and the quality is greatly guaranteed. For the people, this is simply a good thing.

At the same time, with the participation of the Mohists, paper production was faster and more convenient than Zhou Zheng imagined.

As long as the supply of materials is sufficient, in Meng Sheng's words, he can make paper available to everyone in Xiang County.

Jiang Zheng and others on the other side were not idle either. The dictionary was initially taking shape and could be printed on a large scale as soon as the time was right.

But Zhou Zheng was not satisfied with the status quo.

He proposed that the Mohists' abilities and methods could be used to build factories, recruit workers, increase employment, and expand production capacity.

Everyone was confused about these new words, obviously they had never heard of them.

Fortunately, they had absolute trust in Zhou Zheng, so they worked hard and worked hard.

For a time, everyone in Xiang County was very busy.

Even Su Xun'er was so busy that she was sweating profusely, and sometimes she couldn't even satisfy Zhou Zheng's plea for love.

"Boss, the matter of conscription..."

Only Zhou Ping was a little anxious.

Although Xiangjun is now prosperous, the real mission of returning to Xiangjun this time is not these.

He remembered very clearly that Emperor Tianjing needed him to train an elite army himself, and then go north to fight the Great Xia Kingdom!

But at this time, Zhou Zheng seemed to have forgotten these things and had no intention of recruiting troops at all.

"Are you anxious?!"

Zhou Zheng took a sip of tea, raised his head, looked at Zhou Ping and asked softly.

After this question, Gong Tan and others came to their senses, and everyone focused their attention on Zhou Zheng again.

"Your Highness, if nothing else goes wrong, the war in the north has begun."

"The imperial court may not be able to resist this time."

Although he was not in the imperial court, Gong Tan was still a subject of the Zhou Dynasty. Under his deep voice, he looked worried.

Daxia Kingdom had previously organized its troops and wanted to go south for revenge. Now, although Xiang County had no information and was unclear about what was happening in the outside world, Gong Tan could sense that the situation must be uneasy.

In the past, Zhenbei Hou was still guarding the northern territory, but now the Zhenbei Army has been torn to pieces by the second prince.

The most elite 10,000-strong Zhenbei Army was also dismissed.

In addition, at this time, the power of Zhenbei Hou was eclipsed and he was unable to command the battlefield. In this case, who can really resist the invasion of Daxia? !

The second prince! ?

He is just an armchair warrior on paper, but on the battlefield with real swords and guns, he is absolutely unable to withstand the enemy's attack!

"Once the northern territory is defeated, the Central Plains Dynasty will look at it with eager eyes."

"Xiang County can't even protect itself."

Mu Yun's voice was hoarse, but he also cared about the court.

After following Emperor Tianjing for so many years, he knew very well that Emperor Tianjing was willing to let Zhou Zheng return to Xiangjun, not because he was stupid, but because he had no choice but to do so.

Everyone in the world is saying that letting Zhou Zheng return to Xiangjun is undoubtedly letting the tiger return to the mountain. Once it becomes popular, it will be difficult for the court to control it.

The world is also saying that Emperor Tianjing wanted to change the fate of the country, so he took a big gamble on Zhou Zheng!

If you succeed, you will be famous forever; if you fail, it can only be said to be bad luck.

But Mu Yun knew better that Emperor Tianjing was fully aware of the situation in the Northern Territory, and knew very well that the Northern Territory might not be able to withstand Daxia's cavalry.

At that time, Zhou Zheng might be the court's last chance.

"Conscription is indeed required."

"However, this matter is not that simple."

Zhou Zheng's eyes flickered, and then he sighed softly.

In the past, recruitment was very simple. As long as you had no obvious disabilities in your limbs, a sound mind, and a strong body, you would be eligible.

There are even some conscriptions, as long as you are a man, it is not a big problem even if you are skinny.

After all, there are only a very small number of true elites in the military.

Most of the soldiers and generals serve as logistics and cannon fodder.

Of the so-called million-strong army, only one or two-tenths of them are truly capable of fighting.

Zhou Zheng didn't want such soldiers.

"Training elites is not something that happens overnight."

"It can be as short as three to five years or as long as ten years. It's not impossible."

"Where do we have this time?"

Everyone shook their heads, everyone hoped to have elites in their hands, but their current conditions did not allow it.

If elites were to be trained so easily, the court wouldn't have such a headache.

"Others may not be able to, but I can."

Zhou Zheng raised his head, looking proud.

In this era, the most common training method for elites is to go directly to the battlefield after learning basic military disciplines.

Baptize them with blood and let them grow through countless lives and deaths.

This method is of course the best way, but it also has a big drawback, that is, there are too many contingencies on the battlefield, which have little to do with the soldiers' own strength.

In addition, there are still relatively few real wars, and there are not many opportunities for everyone to go to the battlefield.

This is why it is difficult for elites to cultivate relationships.

But in Zhou Zheng's mind, there is a complete training system.

In his memory, it was not impossible to train soldiers in a scientific way to greatly improve their physical fitness and keep them trained in combat.

The core and key is to cultivate an army that is ready to win in battle!

Zhou Zheng's words made everyone stunned.

Even Lei Tong and others were a little stunned when they heard this.

When did it become so easy to train elites? ?

If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Zheng had created too many miracles in front of them, they would have even thought that there was something wrong with Zhou Zheng's mind, which is why he said such arrogant words.

"Boss, is it really that easy?!"

Zhou Ping coughed lightly and asked quickly.

It's not that he doesn't believe Zhou Zheng, but because Zhou Zheng is too unbelievable.

"Are you doubting me?!"

Zhou Zheng asked helplessly with his mouth pursed.

"I don't dare. How dare I?"

San San apologized, and Zhou Ping quickly retracted his head.

Are you kidding? Who dares to question Zhou Zheng in Xiang County now? !

"Then, Your Highness, what are you waiting for!?"

Gong Tan suppressed the excitement in his heart. If there was such a way, then the Great Zhou Dynasty would definitely become the most powerful country in the world in the future.

"First step, I need people."

Zhou Zheng didn't talk nonsense. If he wanted to train elites, the first step was to choose the right people.

"As long as His Highness tells you, we will definitely find it!"

At this time, everyone was also in high spirits, and finally it was time for Zhou Zheng to start recruiting and training elites!

"I need ten thousand people like this, or even more."

Seeing how impatient everyone was, Zhou Zheng could only hand over the selection criteria and requirements that he had drafted before.

However, when Gong Tan and others took it over, their expressions were a little strange, even ugly.

The requirements here are not undemanding!

The only thing is that the age must be between 18 and 25 years old, and the height must be over 1.7 meters. These two requirements eliminated 90% of the candidates for conscription!

And Zhou Zheng's specific requirements are far more than that.

For example, if you have a healthy body and limbs, you have to take a three-kilometer long-distance running test.

This is simply abnormal!