Allure of a Country Maiden

Dishaowei quickly captured Qi Valley. At the same time, he found many weapons and account books in the mining area and Qi Valley, as well as some books recording the number of various weapons.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiaoer checked page by page and made statistics. They found that in the past six months, all the iron produced by this private mine had been turned into weapons. The total number of various weapons was as many as 100,000!

But only 10,000 long guns were found here and have not had time to be transported away.

In other words, there are still 90,000 weapons missing.

With such a high output, these weapons wouldn't be just scrap metal, right? Xiaoer thought to herself.

"I have found some clues that there should be weapons hidden on Bat Island, but the specific number is not clear."

"Do you know the recruitment situation in Lianyun County? How many soldiers were recruited in total? Are there any recruitments in other counties except Lianyun County?" Xiaoer asked, remembering that someone had recruited private soldiers before.

It is not enough to have soldiers to fight a war, you also need to give soldiers weapons.

"Lianyun County has levied 15,000 people, Lienmai County has 20,000 people, and Yunhe County has 18,000 people. A total of 52,000 people have been levied!" Shangguan Xuanyi told the encrypted letter he received just the day before yesterday.

"So many?" Xiaoer was extremely surprised when she heard this. How could she not know that ancient people loved being soldiers so much? In the past, many people in Shengping County cried like ghosts and howled like wolves when they heard that they were going to serve in the military! Some people are even willing to pay money rather than go.

"These counties recruit soldiers, and the military salary is twenty taels per year!" Shangguan Xuanyi explained.

Xiaoer: Sure enough, money can make all the difference! No wonder so many people went.

Twenty taels is enough for ordinary people to earn for several years.

The imperial court recruits soldiers, and the army only gets ten taels of silver per year. Xiaoer glanced at Shangguan Xuanyi and realized that he was too stingy.

However, the money from the national treasury is not only used for military purposes, but also needs to be used for many people's livelihood construction, disaster relief and prevention, etc. People's private treasury can only be used exclusively for military purposes. This is incomparable.

Shangguan Xuanyi noticed something was wrong with the way Xiaoer looked at him, so he turned to look at her: "What's wrong?"

"General Li is a big rich guy!" Xiaoer sighed.

Do all generals have that much money? Li Mingfang paid out the one hundred thousand taels of silver without hesitation. Although she must have made up her mind to get it back, at least she could come up with one hundred thousand taels of silver notes at that time.

Now more than 50,000 new soldiers have been recruited, and the army alone will cost more than 100,000 taels. This money was all obtained from the war, and the war is really very profitable.

It made her want to be a general.

"What does local tyrant mean?"

"It refers to a person who has a lot of money and loves to show off. It also refers to a person in the countryside who has money but has no taste. But I just want to say that General Li is a rich man." Xiaoer chose a more polite term.

"No, General Li is very low-key and doesn't like to show off, but he does have a lot of money. The Eastern Jin Kingdom is rich in jade, the Nangong Kingdom is rich in products, and the Xiyue Kingdom has many gold mines. General Li has been stationed in the northwest for many years and has fought many battles with the Xiyue Kingdom. , plundered a lot of gold and silver, it’s not surprising to the Prime Minister, I think the most he has is silver.”

How rich is the northwest? How could she not know such important news! If she had known earlier, she would have gone gold panning every day when she was in the northwest!

"Why didn't you tell me there were many gold mines in the northwest?! By the way, what about Min Zeguo? What's the most? Why does she feel like there's not much of anything?

"I have a vast land and abundant resources. I have everything, but there are the most people."

Xiaoer blinked her eyes. She had a feeling that Shangguan Xuanyi was saying: I know a little bit about everything, but I am not proficient in anything.

Xiaoer twitched the corner of her mouth and revealed a sly smile, saying sincerely: "What a nice person. After all, this world is ruled by humans."

She still thinks more money is better.

"In other words, we have the most food. Ever since the news that the yield per acre spread out, coupled with the large population, the other two countries have stopped thinking about what they shouldn't have. They are asking me for a marriage proposal and an alliance. "

In fact, whether it is marriage or other friendly and diplomatic methods, everything is just a way for them and me to produce nearly a thousand catties per mu.

Shangguan Xuanyi thinks it’s great that these high-yielding seeds need to be bred every year!

As long as they keep mastering this kind of information, they can contain the other two countries.

The problem of food shortage has always been the biggest problem faced by the four countries in the past. Now their countries have solved it, and the development of various workshops, planting industry, and handicrafts has made the people's lives more and more prosperous.

As long as the people have enough to eat and live and work in peace and contentment, the country will be stable. Their country has the largest population, they have regained the Xiyue Kingdom, and now cover the largest area. It can be said that the Minze Kingdom has steadily surpassed the other two countries and become the most powerful existence among the three countries.

"This is my credit!" Xiaoer said proudly.

"Yes! It's all your credit." Shangguan Xuanyi smiled and touched her nose, nodding solemnly.

This is her credit, and no one can take it away from her, so overnight she transformed from a white lady to the head of Ruian County. It was because of her intelligence that the people could live and work in peace and contentment, and she got the title of Ruian.

Why can Shen Chengyao become the Marquis? And the loyalty of General Li is not enough to make him a marquis?

That's because food is really important to the people and a country.

However, if the Xiyue Kingdom was recovered by General Li, his contribution would be enough to make him a marquis. After all, his contribution to the expansion of territory would also be enough to make him a marquis and prime minister.

It's a pity that General Li has been stationed in the northwest for many years and he and the Xiyue Kingdom are just trying to contain each other. No one can stand up to the other. Later, the soldiers of the Xiyue Kingdom almost broke into the city, and he almost died in a foreign land. If it weren't for this girl's pills, he would She was dead a long time ago. He really couldn't understand why Li Mingjun wanted to harm this girl. This girl was also the savior of their family!

"General Li has 60,000 troops in the northwest, plus more than 50,000 new recruits, he will have an army of 110,000." Xiaoer's expression was a little solemn.

With so many people, once a war breaks out, it won't be over in an instant.

Moreover, the four words internal and external troubles often appear together in history.

Shangguan Xuanyi reached out and touched Xiaoer's head: "Don't worry, the new soldiers are nothing to be afraid of. As for General Li's 60,000 troops, not all of them may be willing to rebel. And look at these weapons!"

Shangguan Xuanyi picked up a sword, gave it a slight squeeze, and it broke!

Seeing this, Xiaoer couldn't help but pick up another sword, and broke it in a similar manner, but it broke without much effort.

Sure enough, making so many weapons in such a short period of time, what good things can there be!

Xiaoer could imagine how General Li felt when he discovered that these weapons were actually a pile of scrap metal when the two armies were fighting.

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