Start a city building order

Chapter 6 Xishan Town

When the old man Lu Zixin personally wrote a eloquent letter, he generously showed it to Li Si, took another jade pendant with him, and finally introduced in detail who to contact, how to say, what to do if the city gate is closed, in short These details are very important.

Li Si had no choice but to write down all these, so he placed the old man in a farmer's household and hired a farmer's wife to take care of him personally, because his wound seemed to have burst and his spirit was extremely poor...

After coming out of this small farmyard, Zhao Shan, the school captain of the royal family, has led more than 100 young and healthy women, excitedly gathered here, Zhao Shan faithfully carried out Li Si's instructions, and hired these villagers at a high price of ten gold, so These young and strong women are as happy as the Chinese New Year. Isn’t it just going to the mountains and forests to cut a passable road with an ax and a sickle? We are best at this.

"Good job, Zhao Shan, you take them to work, don't be in a hurry, don't rush, come back as soon as the sun goes down, by the way, choose twenty women and stay to cook, just say that the lonely king is in charge .”

"This—Your Highness, we don't have much food." Zhao Shan was a little puzzled.

"We don't have any, but Xishan Town in the north can buy it, and you can buy it from Xujia Village at a high price." Li Si laughed, and brought Zhao Xiaoer, twenty ranger captains, and ten swordsman captains. Go straight to Xishan Town, twenty miles away. As for Wang Chu, he led ten captains of swordsmen to stay in Xujia Village. Well, in case the old man suddenly wakes up, turning into an old coin is not fun.

Speaking of it, I have to thank the old man, and even more so, the Lucheng Lu family.

In the conversation just now, the old man mentioned that there are four towns in the east of Lucheng and north of Luming Mountain, and Xishan Town is one of them. Due to the high terrain, this area cannot be developed by big rivers, but the land in this area is fertile. , with a pleasant climate and a lot of fertile land, is one of the most important grain-producing areas in Lucheng.

In addition, because the Lu family in Lucheng attaches great importance to the hearts of the people, the exploitation of farmers is not very serious. After decades of accumulation, there is actually a bit of prosperity.

Therefore, there is food in Xishan Town.

Li Si rode a horse and led 31 soldiers all the way. It took only half an hour to arrive at Xishan Town. Of course, this was very unfriendly to him. Going in, the pain made him break out in a cold sweat.

But Li Si held back his silence.

To change, you have to start now.

Xishan Town is not a major traffic road, it is more than 20 miles away from the official road, and it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with excellent scenery and simple folk customs.

In addition, perhaps because of the mountains and the mountains, most of the buildings and streets in Xishan Town are made of stone as the main material.

The Lu family in Lucheng set up a town office in Xishan Township, with a mayor, three village elders, and twenty other villagers.

This is all out of old man Lu's mouth.

But Li Si was not worried, because he was not leading a regular army, but all rangers and swordsmen. In this closed place, it would not cause too much panic, which can be seen from the curious eyes of the villagers all the way.

As for any eventuality, then just in case, this place is more than [-] miles away from Lucheng, and a group of rangers bought a large amount of food with a large sum of money. It will take two or three days to report this kind of information layer by layer. Affect Li Si's plan.

Speaking of which, I still have to thank the black-toothed army. Their attack speed is too fast, so fast that the news has not had time to ferment in the future.

For example, Xishan Town is obviously still peaceful.

"Go and hire some vehicles, manpower, and buy me all the food here. I am not short of money, sir." Li Si ordered loudly. Before he came to Xishan Town, he ordered everyone not to reveal that he was the fourth prince. Where do these mountain peasants know anything?All I know is that there is a big deal coming, after all, the word profit is always beneficial.

So even if the treacherous grain merchants in the town raised the price of grain by [-]%, Li Si would still eat it without hesitation.

Even the hired ox carts, horse carts, donkey carts, and mule carts were paid a high price.

This scene of Chiguoguo happened under the noses of everyone, and the people in the small town were excited, because there was a bumper harvest here every year, and every family had a surplus of grain, and it seemed that there would be a bumper harvest in ten or eight days. , This made these farmers even more excited, so they boldly started selling grain.

For Li Si, as long as you dare to sell, I will dare to buy, who is afraid of whom?
Well, seeing that this is a chaotic world, don't store more food, what are you waiting for?
Anyway, he has money now, no matter how much food here is, it is still a trivial matter compared to the [-] gold in his hand.

In just half an afternoon, Li Si actually bought about [-] catties of rice and wheat in Xishan Town, including more than [-] catties of miscellaneous grains and horse feed.

So he asked Zhao Xiaoer to hire [-] young men in Xishan Town, hire all the vehicles and large animals in Xishan Town, and transport food back to Xujia Village.

When we returned to Xujia Village, it was already six or seven o'clock in the afternoon, and Huang Zhong also came here. It seemed that he was also a little confused, not knowing what Li Si was doing.

"General Huang, have you gathered all the homeless people in the north?" Li Si asked with a smile. In fact, he already knew on the data panel that every time a refugee is recruited, he can gain some people's support. This deal is hard to win.

"Reporting to Your Highness, as you expected, there are three other villages and towns in the north of Dongjiazhuang that have been hit by disasters. They will eventually collect refugees in the name of His Royal Highness, and now they have all been brought back to the camp. In addition, our spies have all Returning, the spies who went east along the big river on the east road reported that about fifty miles east of Daying, there was a fishing village with nine fishing boats, but only 30 people could cross the river each time—”

The meaning of Huang Zhong's words is already very clear. Now he has gathered more than 1000 refugees from the north alone, plus those more than 700 war horses. He only relies on nine fishing boats to cross the river. What kind of joke are you talking about?

It is still the flood season of the big river, the river is raging, and it is fine for ordinary soldiers to fall into the water, but what about His Royal Highness?

Li Si heard Huang Zhong's report, pondered for a while, and suddenly pointed to the Dongshan Mountain behind Xujia Village, which belongs to the remnants of Luming Mountain and runs north-south, and asked Huang Zhong, "General Huang, if you build a village here with trees and cut down the soil as a wall?" , Can this terrain stop the pursuers?"

"This--"

Huang Zhong was taken aback for a moment, then observed carefully, his eyes lit up immediately, yes, the mountain ridge behind Xujia Village is very good, one end goes straight to the river, and the other end goes north, connecting to Xishan Town, the mountain is not steep, but the cavalry It's also hard to get through that.

However, if the enemy detours to Xishan Town, it will be a flat river.

Here in Xujia Village, it goes all the way to Luming Mountain in the west, and there is a valley five or six miles wide in the middle.This place is not easy to defend unless there are enough soldiers and horses.

"Reporting to Your Highness, unless our army decides to go west, it will be useless to defend this place."

"That's right, it's a pity."

Li Si looked back at Luming Mountain to the west. The setting sun was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes, but it was like a flame, burning his chest. This place is actually very suitable for building a city.

Especially between Luming Mountain and the ridge behind Xujia Village, the five or six li wide valley.

There is a big river as a port in the south, four towns of Xishan in the north, with more than 20 mu of fertile land, and Luming Mountain in the west.

It's a pity, firstly, he still couldn't meet the conditions for letting go of the city building order, and secondly, his background was too poor.

For the time being, I can only be a rogue.

"General Huang, inform the battalion that the entire army will be moved here, and will cut down trees and dig the earth for a wall. No matter what, I will need three days."

"The end will obey orders!"

Huang Zhong left in a hurry. The old general had plenty of physical strength, and his ability to execute was very good. Unfortunately, he couldn't summon other famous generals for the time being.

However, you can start recruiting other soldiers.

That's right, because he gathered 350 and 350 refugees, he gained another 2500 and [-] points of popular support, including the original, a total of [-] points of popular support.

In addition, maybe because he gained a little more national luck, the upper limit of his commanding soldiers has increased by 50, which has changed to 300, the upper limit of commanding craftsmen has become 250, and the upper limit of commanding civilians has become 3500. Other craftsmen, scholars, and merchants also increased by 20 each.

However, Li Si always felt that this was not quite right. If the upper limit of his soldier command had always been only so small, then why would he fight? The enemy could easily be in the tens of thousands.

So after some research, he discovered the problem, that is, generals like Huang Zhong and Zhao Shan actually have their own places to lead troops.

This quota will not be counted into Li Si's quota for leading troops, which makes sense.

It's just that Huang Zhong is still a partial general at present, and the number of troops to lead is 300. If he wants to be promoted to a general, he must have a sound internal affairs system. In other words, he must build a city or conquer a city before he can manage internal affairs. Only then can he be promoted.

Then there is Zhao Shan, the school lieutenant. His number of troops is only 200, which is even less. However, Zhao Shan is very loyal and brave. This time he was even upgraded to the third-level Yan Guo heavy cavalry.

and so--

"Establish a cavalry battalion, with Zhao Shan as the commander."

Li Si is operating on his simple panel. Fortunately, this operation does not consume anything. He only needs to swipe the soldiers who should be slid in, and he can also swipe back at the same time. But if the cavalry battalion is canceled, Zhao The mountain's loyalty will decline.

Li Si first sent Zhao Shan 46 cavalrymen from Yan Kingdom, and slowly figured out a solution for the remaining lack of troops. Anyway, as the most elite troops under his command, they would rather be short than excessive.

As a result, Zhao Shan's loyalty reached 95 points.

Then Li Si established the Shesheng Camp for Huang Zhong, and all the rangers and ranger captains were merged into it, with a total of 120 people.

Long-distance priority is an important direction for his current development.

Up to now, the soldiers that Li Si can directly command are only 24 troopers, 24 general escorts, 92 chief arresters, [-] swordsman captains, and a total of [-] soldiers. Two hundred and four people were recruited.

But this time, he didn't recruit any more mercenaries, because the double recruitment price was very hurtful.

That's why he wants to recruit civilian soldiers. That's right, the more than 300 refugees are a source of soldiers that can be recruited, and there is no need to consume people's hearts at all. Ten civilian soldiers only need a recruitment price of one gold.

It's not good at all, Li Si had to check the 204D data of these refugees bit by bit through the data panel, and select them one by one. When night fell, he barely recruited [-] recruits.

However, these level 1 recruits need to train for at least 30 days and be equipped with weapons and leather armor before they can be considered as level 2 guard recruits. Of course, there are exceptions. The enemy is defeated, even if they fight a smooth battle, there is a high chance of upgrading.

In other words, the mentality is different, and bragging is qualified to brag.

And Li Si just happened to prepare such a battle for them.

(End of this chapter)