Chapter 264 Rapid Expansion (Part 2)
Xiangwen, who had not spoken, couldn't help but turn his fingers down, and then asked with confusion: "No, I remember last time, Lord Fer, you said that Qingyue City has 15,000 square kilometers and more than two million stones of stone. Why did you swallow five forces now and expand the area to more than 87,000 square kilometers and only 7.24 million stones of stone?"
Fer, who was frightened to wake up from the sentence "wrong" at the beginning of Xiangwen and sweated coldly, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Sir Xiangwen, our Lei family's original territory is so high, because our land development rate is relatively high, and the other is that we use excellent seeds, and the yield per mu is much higher than before.
"The lands that were annexed by us not only had a pitifully low development rate, but also had poor grain seeds. For example, Qingshui City, the area is not much different from Qingyue City, but the stones are high but not even a million stones."
Hearing this, Xiang Wen pouted: "Oh, I think I can become a lord of tens of millions of stone this time."
Fairfax said: "I believe that under the wise leadership of the lord, this grand goal will be achieved soon. As long as you work hard, even the current territory can be achieved. You must know that the farmland development rate of our Lei family is high enough in the entire Feidu Peninsula, but it only accounts for about 30% of the developed land. If it is thoroughly developed, our Qingyue City alone will have more than 5 million stones!" Speaking of this, Fairfax looked heroic.
“This is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.”
Cons waved his hand and said that the entire Ultraman Empire had been established for nearly a thousand years. Except for the imperial capital, the development level in other places was only 30%.
Want to fully develop Qingyue City? It is impossible to achieve without decades.
Fair hurriedly praised Cons's wise mind. As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it and wanted to slap himself in the mouth. He was afraid that Cons would order the development of Qingyue City on a whim to be completed within a few years. If the matter spreads, he might not have to hang out in the civil servant system and he would definitely become the enemy of the civil servant.
Seeing that the report was almost done, Cons couldn't help asking: "Have the rewards of the people below been released?"
"The detailed results have not been counted yet. When the retainers come back, they should be able to submit the lord to make a decision." Fehr said this, his expression of desire but stopping made people know at a glance that he had something to say.
"Hmm? Just say whatever you have." Cons said helplessly. It was just that bad for his retainers. He didn't speak and didn't dare to speak, which was a waste of time.
Fer hurriedly pressed his forehead against the ground and said nervously: "Yes, I dared to ask the lord to change the Shigao reward system."
"Well? Is it a change in accordance with the regulations for rewarding Shi Gao for military merits?" Cons was very surprised. If the retainers had any opinions on the system, they should have proposed it a year ago. Why did they express their opinions after preparing for enthronement now?
Fair shook his head hurriedly: "No, there is no reward without military achievements. This is a ten thousand-year-old example, and no one will have any objection." He was at peace now. Since the lord did not scold him for his boldness from the beginning, he would not punish him later. It was amazing that he just kept his original state.
"What are you going to change? Apart from this, there seems to be nothing to modify." Cons was very confused.
"I want to..." Fer saliva, hesitated for a moment and said as if he was willing to go out: "I think the system that determines the area of stone height needs to be changed."
But I thought to myself: "Damn it, I'll give it my best. Even those guys below don't give me gifts. For my own interests, I will also ask my lord to modify this system!"
Cons frowned, but soon smiled, nodded and said, "I understand, this system does need to be modified. Let's do this. In the future, the area of stone height will no longer be determined based on grain output. It is stipulated that the area of a stone sealed is forty acres, including half of the fertile land and half of the wasteland. Are you so satisfied?"
When he heard this, Fair suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth in surprise. However, when he saw the smiling face of Cons, he was immediately scared to death and sweating from behind him. He hurriedly kowtowed and shouted: "My wise! I swear to be loyal to you!"
Cons waved his hand: "Okay, let's issue this order."
"Yes, I'll take my leave!" Although Fer stood up, his legs seemed a little inflexible after kneeling for a long time, and he was swaying from left to right and left, his speed was a little faster than that of a normal person.
Seeing that Feel left, Xiang Wen asked curiously: "Sir, why is Feel so strange?
Now, there are no fertile lands of forty acres, but half of the wasteland is needed. If you modify this, will you have any objections?”
Cons, who picked up the book again, smiled and said, "I know how to calculate the Lei family's real heart now?"
"It is based on grain output, and a stone of solid grinding means land that can produce 200 kilograms of rice... Well, I understand, no wonder he is so excited!"
Xiang Wen suddenly realized that, "Our Lei family now determines the actual area of one stone according to the grain output. Now one stone is an area of forty acres. When the grain output increases, let alone like the best grain production area in the empire, a mu of grain yields of several stones, even if the yield of one acre of one stone, these retainers will cry without tears.
"Because the land area that can be passed down through the generations is 40 times less! It is even worse than the area of one stone sealed by other forces at that time. No wonder this guy Fer would be so excited!"
Speaking of this, Xiangwen is very worthless: "Sir, it is actually the best time to propose changing the system. You can take the opportunity to reduce the area of one stone. Not to mention ten acres, even twenty acres is not bad. Why do you still maintain the appearance of forty acres? After all, only a few people now have real leaders, and they are all their own people, so they will not have any objections. It is a great time to change the system."
"It doesn't matter, this is what they pursue, and the big head is in my hands, and all the enthroned lands need to be handed over 10% of the harvest. Besides, such enthronement of one stone is much better than enthronement of one village, one town, one county in the empire." Cons smiled.
Xiang Wen thought about it and said that he just took out a fraction of the money to enthrone it. Even if the other party has a million stones, he doesn't have to worry too much, because the adult's direct jurisdiction must be dozens or even hundreds of times that of these million stones. As long as the main family's strength is maintained without weakening, there is really no worry.
After thinking it through, Xiangwen calmed down.
Cons flipped a page of the book in his hand and said casually: "How many people are selected but cannot become secret guards?"
"There are more than 7,000 people now." Xiang Wen said immediately.
"So much?" Cons was obviously stunned.
"The real secret guards must be cultivated from childhood. Even if such children cannot become secret guards, they can become secret guards. However, because we urgently need a group of secret guards and secret guards, we not only gather a large number of young people to train, but also select a group of young people from a large scale from the army. Therefore, there are so many losers who cannot even be a secret guard." Xiang Wen explained.
"How did they arrange it?" Cons asked.
Xiang Wen said: "More than 3,000 people with innocent wealth, good looks, meticulous minds and loyalty have joined the outer guards in the inner guard system, and those inner guards outside are just the ones. Although they are losers, they have both experience in secret guards and military combat experience, which is very suitable for protection. The subordinates think that they can continue to draw personnel from the army for secret guard testing and use them to select members of the inner guards."
"Well, you are responsible for this. What about the other four thousand people?" Cons continued to turn the pages of the book.
"These four thousand people are all brave people. Since they have been trained by secret guards, they are no longer suitable to return to the army. The subordinates have specially formed a guard and are now training in the mountains." Xiang Wen said with some treasures.
"Oh? Why is another guard organized? Not to mention other direct troops, the inner guards of nearly 5,000 people alone are a very powerful force." Cons looked at Xiangwen in confusion.
"Sir, you don't know that people's hearts are sinister. As a monarch, you must never light up all powers. You still need a group of powerful forces to hide in the darkness. Maybe it will play a decisive role at any time. This guard is prepared by your subordinates for you."
Xiang Wen said in a serious tone. He was loyal and unaware that this behavior of forming soldiers in private was a big taboo, so he not only did not panic, but instead looked like he wanted to take credit.
Seeing Xiang Wen's expression, Cons nodded and praised: "Good job." Xiang Wen immediately smiled.
Cons, who was focusing on the book again, smiled slightly, his smile a little bitter and a little helpless.
Haha, don’t you know that people’s hearts are sinister? Of course I know, and even know more than most people. How unpredictable is a human heart, I just don’t care.
When countless carriages loaded with wealth rushed back to Qingyue City, the Lei family was shocked again.
It was also difficult not to shock them. From the day the troops gathered under Qingyue City, in more than a month, the Lei family's territory expanded by more than five times. Not only did it expand the stone height to more than seven million stones, but it also easily and quickly swept away all the strongholds, completely and completely holding the land firmly in its hands.
In contrast, the Shigao directly under the Lei family accounts for 99% of the total Shigao, which is a proportion that makes all the main brains of the forces extremely envious and desire.
In addition to this proportion that made the heads of power envious, what shocked the forces was that, except for the Shanmu family in Qingshuicheng who saw the opportunity early and the Lei family surrendered before they set out, thus gaining the position of 100,000 Shi Zhenzhen and the elder family, the other four forces completely destroyed. This destruction did not mean killing the entire clan, but deposed all the family property to civilians and confiscating all their property.
Not only the main force, but also all the wealthy servants and other families with territories, except for a few families who were quick to see or lucky, who survived the siege of Neil, the siege of the city and surrendered, all the other families were deprived of all their property and land.
The thunderous victory of the Lei family has deeply alerted the surrounding forces.
Yes, it is just the surrounding forces. The Lei family now has six main cities, with a height of about 7 million stones and more than 80,000 square kilometers of land. It is very terrifying for small forces with only one main city.
But for those middle-aged and above forces, the Lei family is just a small prince in the coastal area. They glance at each other and give face, so they would not pay too much attention. If the Lei family had not created a matter of taking all the standing troops into retainers, they would probably not even bother to glance at them.
飞渡半岛对势力大小的划分,只要拥有一个主城的就可以算是诸侯了,上千城池指的就是这个.不过在整个飞渡半岛来说,这样的势力首脑虽然在民间算是诸侯,但在大势力里面的正式称呼却是土豪,连小诸侯都算不上.
As for the countryside wealthy families below the main city, let alone, in the eyes of the major forces, they are just ants.
And those with more than two main cities and less than twenty forces should be said to be small princes; those with twenty to fifty main cities are real princes; those with fifty to one hundred main cities are big princes; those with more than one hundred main cities are super princes. Those who really decide to fly across the peninsula are these great princes and super princes.
However, at present, there are no such great princes or super princes on the Feidu Peninsula.
What existed in the past was subdued by the two major powers. What existed now and had the opportunity to become a great prince or a super prince. Most of them were flying across the central area of the peninsula and annexed each other. Now, when the two major powers were lost to suppress it, it is estimated that it will not take long before the forces that can be called great princes and super princes will appear.
So Cons is lucky. If Feidu Peninsula has integrated several major forces, after destroying the original city lord of Qingyue City, not to mention whether he has stood firm, Cons will definitely be driven out of the sea as soon as possible.
In fact, Cons is not lucky. According to the Feidu Peninsula, the Shigao Shizhen retainer feudal system that has been circulated for many years, as well as the backward infrastructure such as road communications, and the two major countries have been constantly interfering and provoking and discord, all the city lords on the Feidu Peninsula dare to listen to the tune and not to the propaganda.
The so-called listening to the command or not listening to the announcement means: As the city lord, I admit that the leader of the power is my boss, and I will not rebel, and I will not withhold the taxes I should pay every year. I will listen to your orders to start a war, but you don’t have to worry about how to fight, let alone send someone to install or transfer my power! If you don’t violate the latter two, you will be able to say anything, but if you violate the latter two, I will rebel.
Under such a background, no matter how powerful he is, he is a super prince, and his subordinates are all city lords with their own intentions and selfish intentions, and they will still watch Cons gain a foothold on Feiliu Peninsula.
Now the Lei family is in great success, and the surrounding forces, which are collectively known as Feidu Peninsula, are extremely frightened and alert.
At first, I thought the Lei family was great because of a group of cavalry robbing everywhere. In addition to feeling sorry for the losses, I was not particularly worried about the expansion of the Lei family. After all, no matter how good or expensive the cavalry was, the only ones who could attack and defend the city were infantry. As long as I stepped up the chain to prepare soldiers, the Lei family was amazing just to grab something.
But who would have thought that the Lei family's infantry was so powerful that they beat the rich people to pieces in just one encounter. Moreover, the Lei family's warriors were too fierce and cruel. They even did not let go of the village heads with only a few servants in the countryside, and wiped out the powerful people wherever they passed without accepting the surrender of others!
The most overwhelming thing is that it would be fine if the Lei family had obtained local lordship, but they even confiscated all the property of the warrior family and demoted them to civilians, including many samurai families that have been passed down for hundreds of years. This is really too much!
Chapter completed!