From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 156 Almost Full

Zhuge Liang was a little curious and didn't know what Wang Da meant.

Wang Da hurriedly explained: "We just saw something moving in the clouds in the sky. I'm sure it wasn't an illusion. Did you see it?"

Zhuge Liang then realized that Wang Da was talking about Chi Mang. They didn't know yet that Chi Mang had evolved into a dragon.

Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head, "I didn't see much."

"Okay, let's go train."

Wang Da and others scratched their heads and had no choice but to continue training.

Inside the meeting hall.

Jiang Wei stood in front of the sand table and waited for Zhuge Liang to arrive before starting today's meeting.

The Dameng Dynasty had planted many spies on the border and in the Wu Dynasty. These spies would send back a large amount of information every day to help Jiang Wei make judgments, determine the opponent's development direction, estimate the opponent's strength, and so on.

"The Wu Dynasty has begun to completely blockade its borders and has also begun to vigorously develop its military, even at the expense of economic development."

Zhang Liao asked Jiang Wei curiously, "Sir, what does this mean?"

Jiang Wei said: "This means that in the long term, their military strength will increase at the fastest speed, and in a short period of time they will surpass us, even by a lot!"

Zhang Liao was shocked when he heard Jiang Wei's words. Now both sides were unable to judge the strength of the other side, but Jiang Wei, without knowing the strength of the other side, actually said that for a long time in the future, the other side's military strength would far exceed that of the Dameng Dynasty.

You must know that the two sides will go to war in three months. If the other side’s military strength far exceeds that of the Dameng Dynasty, what advantages will the Dameng Dynasty have?

With less troops than the enemy, they would inevitably be at a disadvantage in the battle, so Zhang Liao said nervously: "Then, sir, let's do the same as them and focus all our energy on military development."

Before Jiang Wei could say anything, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "That won't work."

"If we put all our energy into military development, the domestic economy will shrink, and without economic vitality, the labor of the people will inevitably be exploited."

“When corvée labor increases and people’s income decreases, internal unrest will occur.”

"Although we can't see any impact in the short term, the war is ongoing. They can't destroy us in a short time. At that time, they will face huge internal pressure."

Zhang Liao understood what he heard and asked curiously, "Didn't they say that the other party had a counselor? How could they not understand such a simple truth? It seems that the other party's counselor is not as good as Mr. Jiang's!"

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head. This was not something that could be decided by one person. It was impossible for the other party's advisers to fail to understand such a simple truth. They might have encountered great resistance internally, or they might have been frightened by what Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao did on the border last time.

Otherwise they wouldn't do such crazy things.

Jiang Wei said: "Danger and opportunity coexist."

"Once their military strength grows, they will certainly expand towards us to avoid turmoil caused by excessive internal pressure." "So we must also be prepared for defense and avoid fighting as much as possible. As long as we drag them into the quagmire of war, it won't be long before they will become chaotic themselves."

Jiang Wei didn't say the rest. Since the other party had chosen this crazy and paranoid way and was risking everything to develop their military strength, at some point in the future, they would definitely come out in full force and take over Daming Town in one fell swoop.

At that time, they were heavily armed and if the Dameng Dynasty could not withstand the pressure, the consequences would be disastrous. But once they could withstand the pressure and defend against their attacks, then as time went by, the Dameng Dynasty would have an absolute advantage!

Today's meeting was just Jiang Wei's reminder to everyone that the development strategy of Daming Town remained unchanged. However, starting from today, Jiang Wei planned to adjust the focus of strategic development and allocate more money to the construction of various cities and strengthen the defensive capabilities of the cities.

This was certainly the right thing to do, and Zhuge Liang agreed with it. At the same time, he also admired Jiang Wei even more.

……

Ning Mengya was still responsible for recruiting rounds of NPCs. At this time, the barracks in Daming Town had been upgraded to level nine, and the full strength of the barracks had reached 30,000 people.

Now Daming Town has recruited 25,000 people. As time goes by, the ninth-level barracks will be full sooner or later.

After developing into a ninth-level barracks, it also means that Zhuge Liang can be upgraded.

It's a pity that his current experience value is still more than 11,000 short. So in the following period of time, Zhuge Liang rode on his Broken Wind Horse and kept traveling through the mountains on both sides of the Yellow River to hunt. Day after day, his experience value gradually increased.

After more than half a month, Zhuge Liang's experience value successfully reached the maximum of 30,000 points.

Zhuge Liang can finally be upgraded, but unfortunately, all of Dameng Dynasty’s recent development directions are focused on building city walls, and the barracks are not yet full.

Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry and acted according to Jiang Wei's plan first. After all, Jiang Wei was a professional and he knew what to develop and when.

The financial resources of Dameng Town must now be used not only to build the city walls, but also to equip the soldiers with armor. As the number of soldiers in the Dameng Dynasty increases, the demand for armor and weapons is also increasing, especially armor.

For more than 20,000 soldiers, the armor alone would cost a considerable amount of money, and the city walls also need to be built, so there would be no extra money to recruit another 5,000 soldiers.

Let's develop things step by step for now. Anyway, there is still more than a month before the Wu Dynasty's attack.

Yes, Zhuge Liang is certain that this time it will be the Wu Dynasty that takes the initiative to attack the Dameng Dynasty. They are now concentrating the entire country's strength on developing military industry and abandoning everything else. After a month, it is still unknown what their military strength will develop into.

If that time really comes, they will definitely take the initiative to launch a military invasion of the Dameng Dynasty. The purpose of the invasion is to plunder. After all, they are only militarily strong, and their economy will definitely fall into a state of stagnation. If they do not plunder the opponent's economy, they will not be able to explain to the people at home.

That is why Jiang Wei used all the current resources of Daming Town on defense, building city walls, moats, and all military defense buildings. All of this was to delay the Wu Dynasty to death and achieve the goal of defeating the enemy without fighting.

However, Zhuge Liang knew that if the other party was really at the end of their rope, they would definitely become desperate and launch a final attack on the Dameng Dynasty.

Sooner or later there will be a war of annihilation between the two sides; it is only a matter of time.

Since the barracks of the Dameng Dynasty were not full, Zhuge Liang had mostly devoted himself to military training during this period. Anyway, his experience points were already full, so he didn't need to find ways to increase them.

(End of this chapter)