Chapter 113: Concentration (Part 2)

Three days later, Wang Hongyi returned to Chengdu.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Wang Hongyi turned over and dismounted the horse, handed the horse to the hands of the people beside him. Under the service of the palace servants, he had to ride a carriage and enter the palace.

"Master, Lord Yu and Lord Zhang are waiting in the Secretary's Pavilion at this time, saying that they are asking to see you." He sat in the carriage and walked in. He wanted to go back to the inner palace directly, but an eunuch came from the south and reported to him in front of the carriage.

"Then go to the Secretary's Pavilion first." Wang Hongyi said with a moment of contemplation.

At this time, the sky was getting darker, but when he entered the secretary's cabinet, the two faces that Wang Hongyi saw were darker than the sky.

When Wang Hongyi saw Yu Liangbo and Zhang Youzhi's appearance, he understood in his heart.

"Lord, I heard that you took a hundred people to inspect the border?" Yu Liangbo asked.

"Well, I've come back... I encountered an enemy sentry on the way and wiped it out." As soon as I said that, I saw that the two ministers looked even more ugly.

"Lord, the son of a daughter, can't sit in the hall. What kind of identity do you have? How can you do this risky thing? If something happens, how can you let me deal with it?" Zhang Youzhi knelt on the ground and said with a pause.

"Next time, I will pay attention." Seeing that both of them looked scared, Wang Hongyi didn't want to continue this topic anymore and said, "This time, Gu found that the enemy's combat effectiveness was quite brave. Gu even suspected that the mountain tribes and the vassal states had some cooperative relationship. If they were not resolved, Xiyizhou would sooner or later become a confidant."

Wang Hongyi told him about the situation, and Yu Liangbo and Zhang Youzhi frowned.

Wang Hongyi said again: "Although the general idea has been decided, there is still a plan for the specific strategy... You can complete it within these two months!"

After a pause, he said with a smile: "There is no need to start construction now. The New Year is coming soon. Let's talk about it after the New Year!"

Officials in this world implement a "pen-day holiday" system, that is, one day off for one ten days (ten days), and one day of thirty-six days a year, and can take thirty-six days off.

In addition, the court also stipulated that there are seven days off in the New Year.

These laws are very consistent with Wang Hongyi's habits, so he said so.

"Yes!" both of them said in response.

Time passes very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is January of the New Year. At this time, wearing thick clothes, you will feel cold.

These are limited to ordinary people. For children of large clans or officials, these are not problems. A cloak or cloak can block the biting cold wind.

During the New Year, the entire Chengdu Prefecture was rectified and stable. After all, this was the first New Year of Shuhou. Even refugees showed gratitude after receiving some simple foods sent for free.

Over the past month, the calm atmosphere has surrounded Chengdu Prefecture and the entire Dongyizhou.

The civil strife in Yizhou that the states were expecting did not happen. Although a cavalry invaded the border from Xiyizhou in the New Year, they were quickly beaten back. Xiyizhou was obviously unable to harass the unified Dongyizhou.

Wang Hongyi's call of Hou Hou to mid-April of the New Year seemed to be not very good, but he was strengthening internal construction. According to Wang Hongyi's prediction, the entire central team, local team, and the reasonable gradient of recommending talents would have to take a year.

Of course, some things can be done simultaneously.

"Ganhou, what do you think of Dongyizhou's strength now? What are its characteristics compared to the states in the world? You can talk about it casually. No matter what you say, I will not blame you." The group of people slowly rode on the street, looking at the passers-by walking slowly in the ice and snow, Wang Hongyi turned his head and asked the guards who accompanied him out of the palace to patrol.

Zhou Rong was scolded when he took Wang Hongyi on a trip last time. Although Wang Hongyi could not directly intervene, now he went out to inspect the palace and Wang Hongyi would choose Gan Hou to lead the team.

Wang Hongyi asked casually, but he thought carefully for a moment, so the other guards were a short distance from the two of them. Therefore, he dared to answer in a low voice: "Lord, I am a rough man and I am not clear about the situation in Yizhou. However, from what I saw and heard, Dongyizhou has recovered some vitality in the hands of the lord in just a few months. As long as the second harvest this year, everything will be regular, after all, there will be no war in Dongyizhou."

"Dongyizhou has recovered and can have the foundation of self-protection in front of each state. It can conquer Xiyizhou, unify ancient Yizhou, and compete for the world."

"You still have some knowledge, but you're a little more slick. Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, go ahead and take a look." After hearing what Gan Hou said, Wang Hongyi nodded secretly.

In fact, after several large-scale wars in Yizhou, especially the rebellion decades ago, the strength of the entire state has declined significantly.

After cultivation, the population of the entire state is only 700,000. Even if Xiyizhou and Longjian are unified, they will have a maximum of 1.5 million, and their strength can only be considered medium.

He has a clear mindset, no better than ordinary generals, he can only fight. Some generals have talents, but they are too cautious in their personality.

When speaking, although I dare not deceive myself, I am cautious everywhere.

It is difficult for such people to do deviate things, which is considered a kind of loss and gain!

Wang Hongyi's words made Gan Hou secretly relieved. Seeing Wang Hongyi riding a horse towards the newly built refugee area, he followed.

The guards kept a distance between the two of them and the group came to the destination of Wang Hongyi's inspection this time - District 12 of Dongcheng - a private camp.

After Wang Hongyi took over, Chengdu Prefecture ordered people to divide the city from east, west, south and north, and each city was set up with ten districts, and each district had a ninth rank chief in charge.

There are at least ten yards in each district, and each yard is built under each district, with ten households in one quay and a village chief. The household registration system has become extremely strict under the jurisdiction of Wang Hongyi.

The benefits of doing this are obvious. Not to mention the improvement of public security, even the spies sent here by various prefectures have caught many of them, but they are all small fish at present.

The refugee camps in the 12th district of Dongcheng were planned, and the two thousand refugees stranded here were planned. The government provided food and paid for work. The refugees themselves worked, but the construction progress was surprisingly fast.

Looking at the newly built private camp in front of him, Wang Hongyi nodded with satisfaction.

In the future, this private camp will be taken away by various counties one after another, but the camp itself will not be demolished. It can be regarded as a military camp or a workshop.

Seeing Ganhou's face showing a look of surprise, Wang Hongyi asked: "Do you think other states can imitate Chengdu Prefecture?"

"Lord, it is not difficult to imitate, but it is not easy to implement." Gan Hou replied.

Wang Hongyi nodded. Yu Liangbo and the others said this, but they were just in more detail.

Strictly speaking, the lords of other prefectures have deeper foundations than Wang Hongyi, but their disadvantages are also deeper. For example, they need the support of various families and their forces are even more complicated. Instead, they are not as sudden as Wang Hongyi, but after conquering a certain city, they will make drastic reforms with their strong strength.

However, this situation has both pros and cons.

As for the Navy alone, other prefectures can receive assistance with the support of various major families, but Wang Hongyi asked one soldier to build it himself. After a year, the navy of the base has only increased to about a thousand people, and there is no possibility of growth.

After reading the report, Wang Hongyi decided to go to the Navy Base and inspect the combat effectiveness of this navy. It is best to not increase the number of people, and improving its combat level is the best way.

"Ganhou, choose a team of cavalry and go out with the lonely tomorrow." The preparations were left to his subordinates. After explaining to Ganhou, Wang Hongyi no longer thought about this.

The next morning, Wang Hongyi left the palace. At this time, he was no longer in casual clothes. With Ganhou's company, he was guarded by three hundred cavalrymen, but he was on land.

Now Dongyizhou has been pacified. As long as you don’t leave the border, these three hundred guards can definitely protect Wang Hongyi and make the journey smoothly.

When he arrived outside Jishui County, Wang Hongyi held the horse and stared at the increasingly strong city wall in the distance. After a moment, he urged the horse to go to the navy base in front.

The Navy Base is not far from Jishui County, and is adjacent to the river. It is only one year before the base is built. The base has been considered solid.

From the outside, it is a small city with strict defenses and only soldiers entering and leaving.

"Who is coming!" As early as when Wang Hongyi led his men to the base, he was discovered by the other sentry.

When they came outside the door, dozens of people were shouting on the wall.

"I came from Chengdu Prefecture. Please come out with your leader Zhang Fanzhi. He will know our identities." Wang Hongyi would not speak in this situation and talk to the sentries, so he became sweet and dear.

"Then you are waiting below!" After shouting to the lower body, the person above fell into silence for a while.

After a while, someone from above leaned down again, but this time he was an acquaintance. Zhang Fanzhi was looking at the person below with great depression. Suddenly, he saw one of the people in the team, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Quick! Put down the suspension bridge quickly!" Zhang Fanzhi said in a hurry.

Seeing this, the soldiers went over to release the suspension bridge and opened the door. Wang Hongyi, under the protection of Ganhou, marched to the Navy Base.

"Lord, I didn't expect you to come and let you wait outside for a long time. It's really..." Zhang Fanzhi had a hot temper, but was not stupid. He was very sensible in front of Wang Hongyi, and he came out to kneel down and bow.

"How can you blame you for this? You didn't inform you in advance." Wang Hongyi said with a smile: "I came here this time to see your training situation. How is this navy trained now?"

"Lord, our army has been eliminated many times, and it has reached 1,500 people, all of whom are good at fighting!" Zhang Fanzhi immediately said the navy he trained and immediately said with a smile.

Seeing this, Wang Hongyi didn't care.

Once Zhang Fanzhi was involved in the navy, he immediately became very strict and serious. Wang Hongyi admired such a person very much.

The two walked and talked, and walked for a long time to the meeting hall.

Before that, Wang Hongyi saw many venues along the way. As soon as he entered the conference hall, he said with interest: "You have a good arrangement here, but I really didn't expect it. However, it's not like this, and it's a huge change here, with such changes. Is it a place to train just now?"

"The lord is right. These places are built by training naval soldiers." Zhang Fanzhi said.

"Is the actual combat going on the river? Isn't it disturbing the people?"

"Please rest assured that fishermen nearby are fishing in other river sections. Even if there is a nearby area, they will receive corresponding compensation and will not affect the nearby people."

"That's great." Hearing this, Wang Hongyi nodded with satisfaction.

"I wonder when the lord will watch the actual battle? I will go on and make arrangements." Zhang Fanzhi hesitated for a while and finally asked.

Wang Hongyi smiled and waved his hand: "No need to make a decision. You can tell me before training in the past two days."
Chapter completed!