"It's King Liang again?" Shen Zhui was shocked. "Previously, Zixuan said that King Liang was the backer of the Li family, and secretly prevented Marquis Wu'an from being crowned king. Now Lian Yunfeng said the same..."

"Brother Shen doesn't seem surprised?"

Facing Yunfeng's inquiry, Shen Zhui nodded.

"I've heard a little bit about it."

"According to legend, three hundred years ago, Marquis Ping Ding expelled the sect and incorporated several continents into the imperial court's territory. This is how Dayuan Mansion became today."

"Ping Dinghou was also named Prince of Liang."

"That's right." Yun Feng said. "Opening up territory, expelling sects from outside the country, reclaiming the barren mountains and ridges to mature land, building cities, and taking in the refugees from outside the country. These are unparalleled achievements, and they are also the capital of the king."

"Today, our Wu'an Army has actually pushed the border to the Canglan River. From the north of the Canglan River, there are no mountain spirits and wild monsters. There are no sectarian mountain gates, and hundreds of military cities have been built to guard it."

Chen Chen explained: "These military cities are responsible for settling ordinary people who were rescued from the sects outside the country."

Shen Zhui nodded. In the battle to destroy Shanmen, even the third-rate sects and vassals had a population of tens of thousands.

Not to mention the second-rate sects, which rule hundreds of thousands of people.

Once the sect was destroyed, these people became refugees without houses, land, or household registration. Even after the war, a lot of losses were incurred, but after each war, tens of thousands of refugees were rescued.

With such a large population, it is impossible to send all of them to mine. No matter how big the mine is, it does not require so many people to dig!

However, such refugees cannot be returned to the imperial court at once, because the ruling methods of the sectarian circles are incompatible with the imperial court, and some even hate the imperial court extremely and are fanatical believers.

Due to various considerations, most of these people were unable to enter the imperial court, so in name, they could not be counted as subjects of the Zhou Dynasty. They could only build new cities, naturalize and discipline them, and open up wasteland for farming.

These refugees provided resource reserves for the Wu'an Army. After two or three generations, these people naturally became subjects of the imperial court.

When these military cities gradually increase in number, the wasteland becomes cultivated land, and the small town becomes a large city, the imperial court can build temples, set up government agencies and other institutions in this area...

The territory continues to expand outwards, and the population continues to increase. Under this situation, one day, there will be no more foreign sects!

To truly achieve the goal of being the king of the world!

"Ping Dinghou became the king of Liang, and the military power was divided into three, and they were taken over by Wu'anhou who guarded Liangzhou, Shenjianhou of Qingzhou, and Dingwuhou of Jizhou."

"Among them, most of the Qingzhou Army under the command of Shenjian Hou and the Jizhou Army under the command of Dingwuhou were at the rank of captain, and they were all former troops of King Liang. Even in our Wu'an Army, there are many people who have worked with Prince Liang's Mansion. The relationship is close.”

"To say that Prince Liang has no other ideas..."

"Boom~" Suddenly a thunderous sound appeared out of thin air in Shen Zhui's commander's mansion.

"Shut up! Stop talking!" Helian Lie's expression changed and he shouted quickly.

Chen Chen and Yun Feng Yun Wu's expressions changed and they looked at the sky.

Above the commander's house, a dark cloud suddenly appeared. The dark cloud took on the shape of a dragon. A dragon head stared at Baiyun Peak, as if looking for something.

However, this dark cloud seemed to be blocked by an invisible force and was unable to condense into shape. In the end, it seemed that it could not find its target, and the dark cloud suddenly dispersed.

Except for a few people in the command house, no one else noticed this phenomenon. Only the titled captain could sense it.

"Yunfeng Chenchen, I will fine you two half a year's salary." Yun Duo's voice came into the commander's house.

"Yes." Yunfeng and Chen Chen immediately obeyed the order.

"Yunfeng, look at your foul mouth. You just decide what's going on. You have to make assumptions!" Chen Chen gave Yunfeng a vicious look.

Yunfeng's eyes were expressionless, but he didn't refute.

Shen Zhui was slightly surprised. Zixuan was indeed right. The prince was blessed with the fortune of the country. Even if he didn't call him by his name, he could easily be sensed if he spoke too much. What's more, Yunfeng said something behind the scenes. They all thought that King Liang was disloyal.

"Who are the brothers Zixuan?" After thinking about it, Shen Zhui couldn't help but feel a little confused. The same thing was said, but Zixuan was able to live in peace, while Yunfeng not only caused such an obvious vision, but even suffered When it comes to Yun Duo's punishment, you must know that Yun Feng is the commander, and he is also a member of the Yun clan!

"Ahem..." Yunwu coughed twice, breaking the somewhat solemn atmosphere.

"The main purpose of my visit this time is to discuss border defense."

"Shen Zhui, I, Baiyun Peak, plus you, have nine commanders."

"The remaining four commanders are all stationed in the Dark Forest area to guard one area."

"Now that the defense change is imminent, it is our turn for the five of us to go to the Dark Forest to replace the other four commanders."

Shen Zhui nodded. Baiyunfeng plus him had nine commanders, but even when he was leading the banquet, he never saw the other four commanders. It turned out that they were guarding the border.

"I don't know what I should do?" Shen Zhui asked.

"This is simple." Chen Chen waved his hand, and a golden document flew out from the storage ring. The golden document quickly grew in size. It was a map, with a mountain range stretching for thousands of miles, and within it, there were densely packed forty-five Stronghold mark.

Chen Chen pointed at five of the strongholds and said: "These five military cities outside the Dark Forest will be guarded by your people. The other forty cities will be arranged by the four of us."

"Shen Zhui, you have just become the commander, and most of the people under your command are novices. Now it is just right to use these four places as a basis to practice with the monsters in the dark forest. This can also quickly train the people under your command into veterans."

"The population of these military cities is only 30,000 to 50,000, and some officials sent by Tianxin Palace are responsible for government affairs. Your people only need to be responsible for the security inside the city and the defense outside the city."

Shen Zhui smiled and said: "Commander Chen, why do I only need to guard five places?"

Chen Chen smiled and said: "You have only five thousand men under your command. The soldiers are not cooperative with each other. Monsters come out to harass you from time to time in the dark forest. It is appropriate for your people to guard five places. If you have more people, it will be a bit difficult."

Shen Zhui chuckled and said, "That's not a problem for Commander Chen. Shen Zhui has just become the commander of King Wu. Naturally, he should contribute more to Baiyun Peak. If there are ten or eight more seats, he can handle it."

The smile on Chen Chen's face froze, and Shen Zhui looked at him lightly.

The four commanders came together, obviously it couldn't be for some trivial matter. As early as when they talked about it, Shen Zhui had secretly started to look up the matter of changing the defense of the military city.

It is true that the Dark Forest is guarded by Baiyun Peak, and it is also true that the commanders change defenses. But at the same time, part of the tax revenue in these military cities is given to the defenders as resource supplies, and they can hunt monsters and obtain precious materials.

It can be said that guarding the military city is not a chore at all, but a great good thing. Otherwise, why would the four of them take this matter so seriously?

It may not be of much benefit to the individual leader, but it can quickly increase the strength of his soldiers!

"This is bullying me because I don't understand the situation." Shen Zhui felt a little helpless. The military city can be said to be an important resource supply city for all forces. How can there be so many sects to feed the soldiers just by attacking the mountain gate? beat?

"Commander Chen, commanders, whether guarding the military city is good or bad, Shen Zhui can understand your intention to seek benefits for your subordinates, but if you continue to hide it and refuse to say it clearly, I can only ask the captain to make a decision. That's it." Shen Zhui said calmly.

Chen Chen and others looked at each other. The four of them came here just to see if there was any opportunity to take advantage. Unexpectedly, Shen Zhui was not fooled at all.

Chen Chen was not embarrassed to have his mind broken by Shen Zhui. After all, Commander Cheng had been in charge for many years and he still had some skills in cultivating his qi.

"In that case, we won't be polite anymore." Yunfeng said with a smile. "Shen Zhui, you only have five thousand people under your command, while we have tens of thousands of people under your command."

"Yes, guarding the military city is beneficial. It allows the people under your command to develop quickly without spending much of your own resources. However, it is much harder for us to feed so many people than it is for you to feed those five thousand people."

"The manpower under your command was brought together by a few of us for you. If you don't care about anything else, you have to recognize this favor, right?"

Yunwu glanced at his uncle, and sure enough, Jiang was still very old. Seeing that Shen Chai couldn't be fooled, he played the favor card in a blink of an eye.

"Shen Zhui, now that you have five thousand men under your command, five military cities are indeed enough." Yun Wu also agreed.

When Shen Zhui saw that Yun Wu had also spoken, he was suddenly a little embarrassed. From an emotional point of view, the Xiantian Realm and the commander of the soldiers under his command were indeed brought up to the size they are now by the other four, and he did have to admit this.

However, his reason told him that he could not give in so easily. There were only 5,000 people now. Could it be that there had always been only 5,000 people?

"I wonder how the commanders were allocated before?" Shen Zhui did not make a decision immediately, but asked first.

"Of course it's an equal distribution."

"Then I also want to divide into nine military cities!" Shen Zhui said calmly.

"This..." Yunwu didn't expect that Shen Zhui wouldn't give in at all, and the atmosphere was a little heavy for a moment.

"However, Shen Zhui can temporarily give up the four military cities, but nominally, these four military cities still belong to my defense zone." Shen Zhui smiled. "What do you think?"

Seeing that several people were silent, the smile on Shen Zhui's face also faded.

"If you can't accept this plan, there is actually another way."

"What method?"

"Let's have a competition. Whoever is stronger will have more!"

"This method is not bad." Helian Lie said calmly.

"..."

Chen Chen, Yun Feng Yun Wu and others were immediately speechless.

Among the four of them, Helian Lie is at the peak level of Lingqiao, Chen Chen is at the high level of Lingqiao, and Yunfeng Yunwu is at the middle level of Lingqiao.

In terms of strength, Helian Lie is certainly ranked first! Of course he agrees with this method!

But who is the second one has to be said.

Before Shen Zhui became the commander, Chen Chen was recognized as the second among the four.

But since the two challenges at the leadership banquet, no one dared to say that Chen Chen would definitely win against Shen Zhui.

After all, Hu Yao is also a high-ranking Lingqiao, and he is also the commander of King Wu!

As for Yunfeng Yunwu, there is no suspense.

Against Shen Zhui, it can be said that you will lose but not win!

"Ahem...that's inappropriate, why hurt the harmony?" Yunfeng said.

"That's right, that's right. Why don't we just follow Commander Shen's previous suggestion." Yunwu immediately agreed.

Chen Chen glanced meaningfully at the two uncles and nephews. Even though Yun Feng Yunwu was really older than he thought, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at this time.

Faced with the discussion proposed by Shen Zhui, a person in the innate realm, they did not dare to accept it, and they were really embarrassed.
To be continued...