Become a feudal king from today

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There is a wide area of ​​land east of the north gate, which is full of straw sheds.

The thatched huts were filled with naked and dirty people.

These people are the people Mo Yu rescued from the Beidi people.

Since they arrived in Yancheng, the government has placed them here.

We provide porridge here every day to keep them alive.

During this time, some people were allocated fields, but most people were still waiting.

Just when everyone thought it was another boring day.

They suddenly saw a green-robed official walking toward them, followed by several government officials.

"Come here, come here." The officials called the people over.

Soon the officials were surrounded by people.

Zou Rong saw that people were almost here, so he said: "It's a good time for you. His Majesty the King of Yan is kind and can't bear to drag you into doing corvée work. He has now decided to work for relief and give you a chance to earn money. You have Anyone who is willing can sign here and wait for the order to set off. "

After King Yan decided to build the fortress, he discussed it with his officials in the government office for several days and made a preliminary plan.

After all the manpower is found, five officials will each lead 16,000 people to build a bastion.

Today, they officially started recruiting young people.

"Where are you going?" said a commoner.

"In Wu'an County, I will take care of three meals a day and get one tael of silver." Zou Rong said.

The term "work-for-relief" was taught to him by King Yan.

It means that instead of letting these people eat porridge every day, it is better to let them work and make money.

"In charge of the food, I will give you one tael of silver." The people in front suddenly became excited after hearing this.

"Really or not, you won't trick us into doing hard labor, right?" said a middle-aged man.

He had been deceived by officials before and couldn't believe it when he heard such a good thing.

Zou Rong glanced at him and said with a smile, "This is Yan County. The words of King Yan are spit on and nailed. If you don't believe it, don't regret losing such a good thing."

"Yes, this is Yan County. People here say that King Yan will do what he says. Okay, I will be the first one."

"What is this bastion for?" Someone asked curiously.

"It's to defend against the Beidi people," Zou Rong said.

This is a secret that cannot be kept. After all, such a large project can be known at a glance.

"As long as it's a fight against the Beidi people and it doesn't cost money, I'll go too." Someone immediately became excited.

"Yes, I'll go."

"In Yanzhou, only King Yan is trying his best to guard against the Beidi people. If we don't go, who will?"

"..."

The people started shouting one after another.

They have not forgotten the aggrievement they felt when they were captured by the Beidi people.

He has never forgotten the sadness he felt when his wife, children and children were killed by Beidi people.

Before Zou Rong could react, he was immediately overwhelmed by the people rushing over.

at the same time.

The government officials posted the notice at the city gate.

There were even cavalrymen who carried notices to other counties to recruit people who wanted to go.

Bamboo County.

As soon as the notice was posted, it immediately attracted a large number of people to serve as officials.

After a scholar read out the contents of the notice, the people suddenly became excited.

"His Royal Highness King Yan is so good. If this were the case in the past, a government decree would come down and he would have to do corvee service, but His Highness would actually give him one tael of silver every month." One person said.

"You really can't catch such a wise king even with a lantern." Someone else said.

"The seeds have been planted, and they will remain idle anyway. It would be a pity not to make money."

A few people chatted for a while and turned around to sign up, when they saw other people running faster than rabbits.

The direction is exactly to the registration office at the door.

They were so anxious that they immediately rushed into the crowd, causing chaos at the door.

Some people even struggled with each other over the priority.

In less than five days, Gong Cao had enough people needed.

The news was fed back to Yancheng Gongcao, and Zou Rong felt a stone fall in his heart.

There is a difference between giving money and not giving money.

When he came to the government office, he reported the matter to King Yan.

"Your Highness, we have gathered the people and are preparing to set off in the next two days. However, I am worried that the Beidi cavalry will come to cause trouble." Zou Rong said, this was his last worry.

"I will give you a thousand soldiers to guard each bastion." Zhao Xu said.

Zou Rong is still very careful, this is a problem.

Although Beidi was defeated, before the heavy snow closed the mountains, Beidi would still send scouts to investigate from time to time.

The lives of the people who built the forts need to be protected.

"In this case, I feel relieved and will set off in the next two days." Zou Rong was delighted.

Zhao Xu nodded and said seriously: "This matter is of great importance and there must be no carelessness."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zou Rong's heart tightened, and he secretly made up his mind to do this well at all costs.

Otherwise, King Yan really would not spare him.

Zou Rong left.

Zhao Xu looked at the paper in front of him. It was a picture drawn with goose feathers dipped in ink.

The picture shows a huge battleship with three masts and sails hanging on it.

The battleship is seventy meters long and twenty-four meters wide.

There are three floors in total, and there is a small window on the periphery of each floor.

What will be placed in these small windows will be artillery in the future.

to him.

Now it's time to build your own battleship.

After all, artillery will soon be in mass production, so building your own sail warship is not a problem.

But although there is no technical problem, what gives him a headache is that there is a problem with talent.

Since ancient times, the north has not been good at water warfare, so the shipbuilding technology is not very good.

The same is true for Yan County, he asked Liu Fu.

Liu Fu also couldn't find a craftsman who could build large ships.

This matter made him quite distressed.

He was worried, and suddenly Feng'er knocked on the door and came in.

"Your Highness, General Chang and General Mo are here."

Zhao Xu was about to talk to them about the transfer of troops to Zou Rong, so he said: "Let them in."

"Your Highness." After entering the study, Chang Wei and Mo Yu bowed.

Before Zhao Xu could speak, Chang Wei complained: "Your Highness, the general and Deputy General Mo were planning to recruit new soldiers these two days. Why did the people of Gongcao take all the people away? Isn't this competing with the general for the source of soldiers?"

Mo Yu smiled bitterly. He didn't want to come, after all, he had just arrived.

But Chang Wei insisted on dragging him to complain, saying that he was important.

Because these people were saved by Mo Yu.

Zhao Xu glanced at Chang Wei, and he was still wondering what the two of them were doing together.

So he said, "These people are not your soldiers. Go to Shanggu County to recruit people. You can't draw people from Yan County. If the young and strong are gone, how can you restore people's livelihood? Have you ever seen someone plundering a sheep?" Chang Wei scratched his head. He thought that the officials in the government office were deliberately competing with him for people. After all, the civil and military officials didn't like each other. If Liu Fu was there, he would have gone to Liu Fu directly. Unexpectedly, this was what the King of Yan meant. He laughed twice and said, "Your Highness, what does Gong Cao need so many people for?" So Zhao Xu told him about the construction of the bastion and asked him to send soldiers to protect the people who participated in the construction during the construction. "Your Highness is really daring." Mo Yu looked at the five points on the Yan County blueprint, his eyes full of admiration, "If the court had this courage, why would it be so." Then he asked in confusion, "Your Highness, what is a cannon?" "You will know this soon." Zhao Xu deliberately kept it mysterious. Looking at Mo Yu, he suddenly remembered that Mo Yu was from the capital and often in the army. He might know someone who had experience in building large ships, so he said: "General Mo, do you know anyone in Dasong who can build a huge ship?"

"A huge ship? Your Highness wants to build a navy?" Mo Yu asked.

Zhao Xu nodded, "I have this idea, but I don't have such a capable person."

Mo Yu smiled, "In fact, there is such a capable person in Yan County, but..."

"But what?" Zhao Xu was surprised.

"This person once supervised the construction of warships for the navy of Ningjin Army in Ningjin Dusi. Later, Ningjin Dusi was occupied by the northern barbarians, and the court retreated to Yanguan and had no intention of taking back Ningjin. He became disheartened and lived in seclusion in Yunhai County of Yan County. His father visited him several times and recommended him to supervise the construction of warships in the south, but he refused every time, implying that he would never serve the court again." Mo Yu said.

"It's like a ray of hope after a dark period." Zhao Xu was overjoyed after hearing this, "Take me to see him."

"Ah?" Mo Yu was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, did the King of Yan not understand what he meant?