That night, Wei Cheng slept for a full sixteen hours. When he woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day. When he opened the door, he found that he had been sent back to the [humble room].
The smell and layout are still familiar, as if I haven't left for more than a month. In the clean and tidy courtyard, not a single fallen leaf can be seen. You don't need to think about it to know that it is the result of Hao Niang and Xiao'e cleaning it every day.
The sweet aroma of millet porridge came from the kitchen, and Hao Niang's busy figure could be vaguely seen through the wooden fence.
Wei Cheng suddenly remembered the scene where the two of them treated Zhong Xian together yesterday. When he finally fainted, he seemed to have fallen into her arms.
Wei Cheng raised his hands out of nowhere, recalling the feeling of his hand at that moment.
"Ahem!" Wei Cheng looked up and saw Hao Niang standing at the door of the kitchen holding a bowl of porridge. Black Sha couldn't see her face, but Wei Cheng could feel that Hao Niang's eyes fell on his hands. Palm.
"Ah, haha, I'm a little hungry. Is the meal ready?" Hao Niang pursed her lips and walked towards the stone table in the center of the yard with a bright red face and said:
"It's ready to eat." Wei Cheng awkwardly wiped his hands on his clothes. He was really hungry and started gobbling it down after sitting down.
Fresh wild boar meat stewed with mushrooms, a large bowl of millet porridge, and five or six steamed buns.
"Hmm, it's delicious. The food you cooked is delicious." Wei Cheng said with a mouth full of food.
Hao Niang was waiting attentively on the side, sometimes serving soup, sometimes picking up vegetables, just like an old woman, but she enjoyed it as much as she could.
After eating, Wei Cheng went to Zhong Xian and stared at him for a while. The high fever has subsided, but the person is still unconscious. Fortunately, his breathing has stabilized and there are no signs of secondary infection in the wound.
After confirming that Zhong Xian was not in danger, Wei Cheng couldn't help but sigh. Yesterday, he really learned what he had learned and sold it, but he didn't expect that he would actually succeed. Thanks to Zhong Xian, he is a martial arts practitioner. His body is stronger than ordinary people, and his resistance ability is also higher. It's very strong, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to resist him.
In the yard, Hao Dadao and others were looking forward to it. It was a rare trip for Wei Cheng to come back, and they had many things they wanted to report to Wei Cheng.
For example, there is a mountain of arrows. At the beginning, Wei Cheng asked Hao Dadao to make a large number of arrowheads, partly to let them practice their skills, and secondly, to prepare for the follow-up plan. Now the number of arrowheads in the warehouse has exceeded 50,000 to 60,000.
Wei Cheng was also surprised by their progress. After inspecting the smelting plant, he found out that Hao Dadao had actually made full use of the mold.
"Now the daily output is close to two thousand. The main difficulty is in polishing. Sir, let's see how the quality of these arrows is... I asked Zhao'er to try it. Within twenty steps, it can easily penetrate leather armor. The anti-stab suit was also pierced with two layers of thickness. Hao Dadao took Wei Cheng to the warehouse as if he was taking credit. They saw baskets they had woven with rattan, which filled up half of the warehouse. There were at least a thousand arrows in each basket. There are dozens of baskets here, with a total of 50,000 or 60,000 arrows. Wei Cheng picked up one and said with satisfaction:
"Yes, it's the effect I want, but the number is a bit too exaggerated. I didn't expect you to progress so fast. If I had known, I would have given you the second drawing in advance." Xu Chu, who followed next to him, also picked up an arrow. After looking at it, he frowned and said:
"Sir, this arrow has no barbs, so it may not be as lethal. And what is the groove on it for? The arrow is grooved, which may affect the accuracy." Wei Cheng heard this and said with a smile:
"Yes, this is the finished product I want. This arrow is called the Compassion Arrow. Its purpose is not to kill, but to save people.'
"Rescue people?" Not only Xu Chu was surprised this time, but Hao Dadao and others who were responsible for making the arrows were also confused.
Wei Cheng laughed, picked up an arrow, and said:
"There is no barb in order to reduce the number of wounded. After repelling the Hujiapu people last time, I was thinking, instead of killing them all, why not capture them? You know, most of them are Being from civilian backgrounds, they are just being controlled by others, and their sins will not lead to death." What Wei Cheng did was really not because of the overflowing of the Holy Mother's heart, but a decision that was really planned and purposeful after a long period of consideration.
According to literature statistics, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country's population was around 30 to 40 million. Our vast territory of China, which is thousands of miles away, has only a population of less than 50 million. Moreover, these people will soon face the situation of the Three Kingdoms with constant disputes.
Wei Cheng conservatively estimated that the number of deaths during the Three Kingdoms period must have exceeded tens of millions, or even more. Otherwise, the Hu people would not have been able to take advantage of it.
After the Three Kingdoms, the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the chaotic foreigners with tens of thousands of horses dared to establish a country and call themselves kings. It is simply ridiculous.
Now that there is a chance, Wei Cheng must prevent this situation from happening, and the first way he thinks of is to ensure that more Han people survive.
Wei Cheng has an ambitious goal. The first step is to reshape the way of war in this era. He also lent troops to Han Fu with this purpose, to let more people see the benefits of the new war model.
You can kill people, punish the evil ones, behead them, capture the thieves and capture the kings. As for the soldiers and infantry at the bottom, just make them incapable of fighting. Try to recruit them to surrender and appease them. If it is really prickly, you can also kill the chickens to scare the monkeys.
These captured ordinary soldiers can be used to build city walls, open up wasteland for mining, build roads and bridges... Instead of killing them all, it is better to let them create more benefits and value for themselves.
After listening to Wei Cheng's description, everyone was confused. So it turns out that war can still be fought like this? Hao Dadao asked doubtfully:
"But, if this is the case, there will be more people who need to eat. How much food will we need to feed so many people? Wu Santong said thoughtfully:
"Eating is okay. As long as they survive for half a year and wait for them to clear up wasteland and plant food, are they afraid of not having food to eat in the second year? If 10,000 people are captured and each person clears out ten acres of land, that is one hundred thousand acres of new land. ." When everyone heard this, they all clapped their hands and said, "Emotions are nothing but empty tricks. The young master is indeed a young master."
Xu Chu was also greatly touched, and finally understood why Wei Cheng would rather spend a lot of Lei Zhenzi than kill people when he could clearly kill Guo Tai and others. He had already planned to recruit them.
Now that I think about it, it’s true. Those Baibo thieves have now become households of the Wei family. Some go to the salt lake to make salt, some go to the mines to mine, some are responsible for building the outer city, and some are responsible for digging the moat... If it weren't for so many people to share the affairs, Anyi County would not be the same. It may become the most prosperous city in Hedong in just one month.
"What about this groove?" Xu Chu asked puzzledly. Hearing this, Wei Cheng smiled and took out a bottle of homemade [narcotic] from his arms.
"The groove is used to store anesthetics. Coupled with the super penetrating power of the arrow, as long as the arrow does not hit the vital point, the person who is hit by the arrow will be weak and weak all over. The effect of the medicine lasts for about half a day, which is enough to capture the person." Xu Chu's eyes I jumped, and this time I was really convinced. Wei Cheng thought about everything so comprehensively that it seemed that he was too ignorant.
"This mercy arrow is really interesting. It is a murder weapon, but it also leaves a glimmer of hope. Haha
"Master, Master, the mute is awake!".
