Chapter 210: Expanding the Chen Family Army
After several tribe chiefs discussed the results with their eyes, the Black Water Division chief spoke up. The Black Water Division chief wanted to call the boss among several tribes, so he would have to go to the front of these offensive issues.
"I wonder how much food King Ping wants to use?"
The chief of the Black Water Department asked carefully. He was very afraid that Chen Dong would give a question that they could not accept, and he was even more worried that Chen Dong would get angry because of his problem. Although Chen Dong had not exposed his anger in front of them, the heads of these tribes could imagine how terrible it was when Chen Dong got angry.
Several tribes around the Black Water Ministry can be the leader of the Black Water Ministry. In addition to the larger Black Water Ministry tribe, the chief of the Black Water Ministry himself is also somewhat capable. Such a person is so cautious in front of Chen Dong that Chen Dong himself feels a little uncomfortable.
Chen Dong smiled and said, "It doesn't take much. Your tribes will estimate that the seeds for the next year and the grain that the tribes have enough food to eat from now until the autumn of the next year. Just take out half of the remaining food for me. And... In the grain of Chen State, have some reserved in Chen's granary? If there is any emergency, the food there will be enough food to eat for some time."
After Chen Dong said this, the tribe chiefs finally felt relieved. The expression of sadness on his face became much more natural. The Black Water Department Chief did not seek the opinions of the other tribe chiefs and immediately agreed, "This is not a difficult task. After the Black Water Department checked, it immediately sent the food."
The chiefs of the Black Water Department have already made their statements, and the chiefs of several other tribes have also made their statements. With the statements of these tribe chiefs, Chen Dong was relieved.
The tribe chiefs actually knew that as long as Chen Dong wanted to make something, it was just a matter of time. They had their own considerations when they couldn't agree at the beginning.
After all, food is very important to them now, so naturally it cannot be given to people easily. However, Chen Dong also understood that it is not easy for these tribal chiefs to take out the food.
If something is good, the more it is, the better it is. Who would dislike the more money?
The ink may not be in a hurry, but the wine is really going to be brewed soon. In the past, Chen Dong did not stick to the wine, but now he has come here and he has realized the benefits of wine.
After finalizing this matter, Chen Dong's mood improved a lot and continued, "Since that's the case, I will start to talk about the second question. You have also seen the strength of the Chen family army. Now our Chen State has grown a lot, but the Chen family army is only 70 people, and these more than 70 people are difficult to ensure the safety of the Chen State, so we will have to do a good job to strengthen the Chen family army.
A few days ago, the tribes had just arrived and needed a lot of food to fill their stomachs. Therefore, the matter of forming the Chen family army could only be moved back. Now the food in Chen State is enough for everyone in the tribe to fill their stomachs, so this matter has become on the agenda."
Compared with the issue of food, this matter is not a big deal at all, so the chiefs of those tribes will naturally not be too embarrassed.
"It is natural to expand the Chen family army, and we all agree." Although the chief of the Black Water Department said it very plainly, in his heart, he really hoped that Chen Dong could also select a few people from his Black Water Department to rush into the Chen family army.
After all, they have seen the strength of the Chen family army. If the tribe members of their own tribe can become so powerful, wouldn’t that be the honor of his tribe?
When Chen Dong chose the Young Army from among their tribes, they already realized it.
Chen Dong also understood the real thoughts in these tribal chiefs. He did not hesitate on this matter and said, "You all understand that the Chen family army rarely participates in grain cultivation. Their daily work is training. This means that the Chen family army needs to be supported by the Chen State. If the Chen family army is expanded, the burden on the Chen State will increase. You must know this matter in detail."
Although these tribal chiefs have been following Chen Dong for a while, they are probably not very clear about the operation of some domestic institutions in Chen, so Chen Dong needs to explain it carefully to them.
"Therefore, the Chen family army cannot be too large. In the past, the Chen State had a reserve army. The reserve army was only trained during the slack farming period and was still responsible for planting grains during the busy farming period. The reason why the reserve army was established at the same time was that these reserve troops could also achieve the greatest effect at the critical moment of the Chen State crisis."
Chen Dong has already considered the matter of how to set up the Chen family army and the reserve army, so Chen Dong was very slow to talk about this matter, but he also talked about it.
The reason for slowing down is to make these tribal chiefs accept it.
"I plan to select 30 people from each of your tribes to expand the Chen family army. In addition, your tribes can form reserve troops on their own for training. I will also send the already trained Chen family army to train your reserve troops."
The chief of Lei tribe asked anxiously: "Whether the reserve army is equipped with the Chen family army."
"Apart from horses, everything is equal. The domestication of horses is extremely limited. It is difficult to equip the Chen family army with horses after it has been expanded. Not to mention equip the reserve army, the previous reserve army did not have the treatment of horses."
Only when Chen Dong can make promises to them can heal them. If he can make promises casually, wouldn’t he be sincerely causing trouble for himself?
Even if you can't equip horses, it's good to be able to equip various weapons. After a few months, several tribe chiefs have gradually gotten used to all the weapons in their hands.
When several tribes had just moved here, Chen Dong had already equipped the chiefs of each tribe with all the weapons of Chen State.
When these tribal chiefs removed the weapons that Chen State gave them, they truly understood how backward all the tools of their tribe were. They were also glad that after Chen Dong's comments, they made up their minds to move with Chen Dong.
Otherwise, there would definitely be no more of their tribe than now.
"But as chiefs of each tribe, you must take strict care of all the weapons equipped for your tribe's reserve army, and must not be lost, and you must not have any injuries caused by holding these weapons. Chen Guo brought out these weapons to fight against foreign enemies, not to use these weapons to deal with his own people."
Now that Chen State has expanded so much, Chen Dong has to make these words clearer.
"Now the weapons in your hands are numbered. No matter who has any weapons, they are numbered. No matter who has any problems, they can quickly take responsibility."
The chiefs of several tribes didn't mind. If Chen Dong could give his weapons to their tribe and focus on training the reserve army on their tribe, then their tribe would become truly powerful. As tribe chiefs, how could they not want their tribe to become powerful?
"King Xie Ping." Under the leadership of the chief of the Black Water Ministry, several tribal chiefs expressed their gratitude to Chen Dong.
They need to thank Chen Dong for having too many things to do, so Chen Dong naturally has no guilt for accepting their thanks.
"No need to thank you. If you continue to be diligent and progress in the future, then I, Chen State, will definitely grow stronger. Now you are all from Chen State, and the interests of Chen State are above everything else. You must always safeguard the interests of Chen State."
Chapter completed!