Become a feudal king from today

"Bastion. Read М"

The royal study room.

Zou Rong looked at what King Yan drew on the paper.

This is a six-pointed star-shaped building, with each star extending outward.

The middle area is used for soldiers to train and rest.

Moreover, this building has two floors, with a large hexagon below and a small hexagon above.

He had never seen such a building before and felt novel for a moment.

"Your Highness, the lower level is well understood and can use every corner to shoot the enemy, but isn't the second level a bit wasteful?" Zou Rong asked.

"It's not a waste at all. You will understand in the future." Zhao Xu smiled.

Zou Rong's understanding was that bows and arrows were only used as defensive weapons. Since the second floor was further away from the battlefield, he felt that it was of little use.

But what he didn't know was that it was equipped with artillery.

After this bastion is built, it will become an unsinkable battleship, staring at enemies coming from the mountains.

Zou Rong nodded. This task was much more difficult for him than building Chengdefang.

King Yan had already told him in detail how to build the fortress.

The Bingzhan Division will provide something called steel bars.

Let the steel bars become the skeleton, let carpenters fix the outside with wooden boards, and pour concrete.

Build two thick walls five meters apart and fill them with soil.

He heard these things with only a half-understanding, but King Yan said he would personally guide them, which made him feel more at ease.

The next most important question is the person who built the bastion. This is a big project.

Before he could speak, King Yan said: "As for the people who built the fortress, I remember that at the end of the war, 40,000 to 50,000 people who were plundered by Beidi arrived in Yan County. You can choose the young ones among them. If you are willing, If you go, give them one tael of silver a month.”

Zou Rong knew these people who were unwilling to go back.

These people are basically young and strong men and women, and the Beidi people will not kidnap the young and old.

Excluding women, there are at least 30,000 young men among them.

It was enough for that many people to build five bastions.

"In addition, you can also recruit people. When the autumn plowing is over, the people will be free. These five fortresses need to be built at the same time. In winter, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and Beidi can no longer cross the mountains. From now to next spring and summer, you have more than half a year time." Zhao Xu said.

In ancient times, there was corvee service.

Logically speaking, he could conscript the people into doing corvées.

But because the corvee was free, the people were disgusted and would not take it seriously.

Therefore, he decided to turn the construction of bastions into infrastructure construction as a policy to activate Yan County's economy.

People are free in winter, so they naturally want money, and they are more motivated to work.

The construction period of the bastion can definitely be shortened.

Although this would cost the palace a lot of money.

But when the money comes into the hands of the people, and the people have money, Yan County's business will prosper.

The palace will then pass the commercial tax, and the money will return to the hands of the palace.

Even if part of it goes to the merchants, some of it will still go to the palace if the merchants cooperate with the merchants and get the goods from the palace.

The money has been transferred back in a circle, the economy has been invigorated, and infrastructure has been improved. Why not do it.

However, his ability to do this is still based on his ability to harvest powerful people and wealthy businessmen through commercial goods.

And this is why he attaches great importance to Yanjun Trading Company.

Next, he will also transform the business bank to make it easier for him to accumulate wealth for the palace.

Just like a tree needs its roots to draw nutrients from the earth to grow.

In contemporary times, Western industrial development builds the wealth of exploited colonies.

He cannot go to sea now, and without sea power, he can only complete primitive accumulation by absorbing wealth from outside the feudal land through commercial goods.

"Your Highness, if this is the case, these five bastions will probably cost millions." Zou Rongcao calculated and was frightened.

In such a short period of time, he planned to recruit at least 60,000 people. After all, he would have to transport cement and mine rocks and crush them into gravel.

In this way, the monthly payment for seven or eight months is almost more than 500,000 yuan.

This does not include the cost of materials.

Zhao Xu felt a pain in his body, but he had to endure the pain.

But fortunately, the palace made millions of taels of silver from the last monopoly, so the palace could still get 15,600,000 taels in its account.

Moreover, the project is not completed in one day, so there is no need to spend so much money at once.

But even so, he has to continue to collect money.

The restoration of Shanggu County and Yan County, as well as the payment and equipment of 30,000 new soldiers, as well as plans to build ships and open up maritime trade routes.

And, of course, artillery.

"My head hurts..." Zhao Xu knocked on his head. There was still a long way to go to make money.

However, he still gritted his teeth and said to Zou Rong: "You don't have to worry about the silver, just go ahead and do it."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zou Rong responded.

At this time, Zhao Xu gave Zou Rong the drawing of the fortress and asked him to decorate it immediately.

Zou Rong just left.

Feng'er suddenly poked his head outside the study, "Your Highness, there is a man named Mo Yu outside the palace asking to see you."

"Mo Yu?" Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly.

"Yes, he said he is the son of General Mo Zhai." Feng'er said.

Mo Yu did not come to the palace when he came, but went directly to the battle.

So she didn't know Mo Yu.

"How did he enter the city?" Zhao Xu showed a confused expression. ‘

Generally, those who bring soldiers and horses will be stopped by the city gate guards.

"He's only one person."

Zhao Xu frowned, stood up and walked out, "I'll go take a look."

When Zhao Xu arrived at the door of the palace, he saw Mo Yu standing at the door.

And there was no armor on him, just regular clothes.

"Captain Mo." Zhao Xu smiled, "What kind of wind brought you here."

"I have met His Highness King Yan." Mo Yu cupped his hands.

Then he sighed, "To tell you the truth, I have been dismissed from my post and am now nothing more than a white man. My father is the only one in Yanzhou who sincerely fights against Beidi, so I asked you to come and seek refuge with Your Highness, hoping that Your Highness will take you in."

Zhao Xu thought for a moment and then understood.

He also wondered why Mo Yu could lead troops to help him. Now it seems that General Mo Zhai was outside and the emperor was not willing to accept his orders, so he asked Mo Yu to come.

Now that the trouble has reached the court, someone must be causing trouble.

So Mo Yu acted as a shield and was dismissed.

"I am not an unjust person. If Captain Mo hadn't helped me, the war would not have ended smoothly, and I would not have been able to capture Kutu. I immediately took credit and won Shanggu County." Zhao Xu said.

Mo Yu restrained Zha Erha and helped Lu Chang or captured him.

Otherwise, Tamu and Charha were merged into one place, and more than ten thousand Beidi cavalry were roaming Yanjun, and he would have been unable to resist them.

They really helped me a lot with this matter.

Now that Mo Yu has lost his official position because of this, and it was Mo Zhai who recommended him, it makes no sense for him not to accept her.

Furthermore, Mo Yu was trained by Mo Zhai.

Military ability is not necessarily worse than Chang Wei.

Now, he was about to expand his army, which was when he needed generals.

There is a place for him.

Then he said: "Captain Mo has come at the right time. Your Majesty has promised me to expand our army to 60,000 people. Why not Lieutenant Mo stay in my army and train the new soldiers."

Mo Yu was overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness, Mo Yu will do your best for Your Highness from now on."