After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 112
When Mengdi heard this, he felt a little emotional. This guy really didn't look like a monarch. He gave away his territory and population as soon as he said he wanted. He didn't care at all. He gave away [-] households in one go.

Adding this together with the original population of Zhongqiu, there are almost four thousand households, but some time ago, too many people were attracted by Mengyi's recruitment policy, and now Mengyi's population is almost approaching the limit.

It's not that Mengyi can't accommodate too many people, but because too many people poured in in a short period of time, the population of Mengyi has skyrocketed, and the development speed can't keep up.

Food alone is not enough to support these people. There are other living materials as well, and the most important thing is houses. Now Ji Ran leads many people to build houses continuously.

These houses are naturally given priority to those who have been selected to enlist in the army. There is a monthly salary, and housing is also arranged. No matter what you do in other places, as long as you can be selected in Mengyi, it means new life.

It doesn't matter if he eats like this, the king of Ju State in front of him is crazy, his face changes, and he immediately changes his words.

"Since Mengzi is not satisfied, then simply move five thousand households there, and at the same time double the original area of ​​Zhongqiu. I don't know what Mengzi wants?"

Meng Di knew very well in his heart that as long as he could continue to serve as the monarch at this time, he would agree to even more exorbitant conditions, but there was still a hurdle in front of Qi.

So he didn't feel too embarrassed about himself in front of him, and nodded immediately.

"Since this is the case, then this time the matter is considered to be over. As long as Ju Hou sends the corresponding money and food, and returns the looted things before, then Meng will lead his troops to leave immediately."

After speaking, he picked up several bamboo slips from the desk, unfolded them separately, and introduced them.

"This is the goods lost by the Mengyi caravan, as well as the food and grass consumed by this time, as well as the casualties. Please see if there is anything wrong with the number."

Ji Kuang took it over and scanned it, feeling relieved. Although Mengdi asked for a lot, it was only doubled, and Juguo could still take it out, so he just said it.

"There is no problem. If this is the case, then the king will go back and raise funds immediately."

"Military affairs are not far away, please go slowly, Marquis Ju."

Seeing Ji Kuang leave the big tent early, Meng Di also sighed in his heart, this country of Ju may not be able to last for a long time, it is really a kind of sadness to have such a monarch.

Ju State is very efficient, and after five days, all the supplies have been prepared. It's not that Jikuang didn't think about using this time to delay, but a doctor's words reminded him.

This time Meng Di led the troops to defeat them easily, so when they came for the second time, they still couldn't resist, so it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to make friends with Meng Di. Stay safe for a while.

This time, Ji Kuang was indeed defeated, so he didn't dare to have other thoughts, because the carriages on Mengdi's side were not enough, and the people of Ju State sent the supplies to Zhongqiu City very thoughtfully.

This Zhongqiu city was built against the water, and by accumulating troops here, it will be able to respond to each other with Xiyun, thus completely covering Feiyi. If the Qi army directly enters Ju and attacks Zhongqiu city, then Xiyun will Cut off the back road in the back.

On the contrary, troops can be sent directly from Zhongqiu City to form a flanking trend, which can stabilize the border of Lu State to a certain extent.

At the same time, Mengdi also sent someone to ask the captives what he meant. It would be best if he was willing to stay. If he didn't want to stay, then he would return with the team from Ju State.

Although there were not too many people left in the end, there were nearly 5000 people, and they were all young and strong. They couldn't survive anymore, so they wanted to change their way out.

After returning from this war, Meng Di directly distributed the rewards, and at the same time transferred [-] veterans and [-] new recruits from Feiyi to live in Zhongqiu City. The most frustrating thing is the grain production. Agriculture is still in the groping stage these days. stage.

Different countries have different farming policies. Fortunately, Ji Ran has dabbled in agronomy, but he is in charge of government affairs. If he does everything himself, this old man will have to be exhausted to death.

So Mengdi issued an order to seek talents, mainly to recruit those young students who are willing to practice their knowledge, as long as they are willing to come, he can provide help and let them show their strengths.

Because the geographical location of the Lu Kingdom is quite good, and its political status is not low. The founding monarch is Boqin, the son of Zhou Gongdan, and the style of studying is very popular, so there are naturally many scholars, especially those who have fallen.

At the same time, Mengdi carried out educational reforms. The first thing he did was enlightenment, so that those scholars he accepted would select a group of teachers to teach free reading and literacy to children over six years old in the territory.

And these children are assessed once a year. If they study well and there are rewards, this will make the people in Mengyi cheer and have a stronger sense of identity with Mengdi.

Want to know what era it is now?However, just after the Spring and Autumn Period, the curtain of the Warring States Period was slowly opened, and class barriers were gradually being broken down. Reading and writing were generally the privilege of those nobles, and ordinary people generally had no chance at all.

Although it is said that Confucius accepted disciples in Lu State, because this is a private behavior, the number of people who can teach is really limited. Unlike this method, batch talent training can be carried out in Mengyi.

This is to lay the foundation for the future. Although the level of these teachers is not too high, as long as they can read, there will be further possibilities in the future, and at the same time, they must gradually follow the schedule.

In the future, all generals must be able to read and write. Otherwise, if we start a war, because the military orders are not clear and some mistakes are made, it will be too much.

Qi State Linzi.

Tian Qi held the battle report in his hand, his face was a bit ugly, after thinking for a while, he threw the battle report on the table, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then slowly opened his eyes and asked his son Tian Chang.

"What do you think of Meng Di's invasion of Ju State this time?"

When he first received the news, Tian Chang also had a look of disbelief. You must know that although the Ju country is now in decline, it can still produce seven or eight hundred chariots.

Judging from the battle report, Mengdi used [-] cavalry to destroy [-] chariots, and the prisoners were worthless.

(End of this chapter)