How about not mentioning the Yellow Turbans.
After Xiao Jing occupied the first level of the Pre-Qin Secret Realm and gained a lot of benefits, he first returned to Huangshan Village to explain Guo Yun's affairs.
Particular attention was paid to the 'high-end tavern'. Xiao Jing was satisfied only after Guo Yun patted his chest and promised to 'build it as soon as possible'.
On the one hand, there is a high probability that the completion of a high-end tavern will meet the upgrade conditions of Barren Mountain Village and be upgraded to a town.
On the other hand, he can count on this high-end tavern to recruit a large number of talents for him in the future...
The more it develops, the more Xiao Jing feels that it lacks talents.
From war to generals and civil servants, to life to professional horse breeders, blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters, etc., there are all kinds of shortages.
After all, Huangshan Village is just a village, and even Daliu Town is just a border town among the Han border counties. Talents are so scarce that he can't even find a qualified horse breeder.
In the last transaction, he obtained some stallions from the Tam tribe and even placed them in the racecourse (obtained from the Zhao family).
However, I wonder if it is due to the lack of professional "horse breeders". The growth and reproduction speed of those horses always fail to meet the standards shown on the building...
Of course, this is just an abbreviation for Xiao Jing's lack of talent.
In fact, Barren Mountain Village lacks senior blacksmiths, senior tailors, carpenters, etc.
Currently, among the life-oriented talents in Huangshan Village, those with the highest level of life occupations have barely reached the level of 'intermediate' blacksmith (the blacksmith's professional proficiency is 'skilled').
An intermediate-level blacksmith can barely make a 'Gray (Gray)' grade weapon. As for higher-grade weapons, he can repair them, but he can't even think about making them.
This has also led to the fact that the weapons used by everyone in Huangshan Village and even by him now are of 'second-rate (blue)' quality at best, and they are all 'captured'!
However, Huangshan Village lacks high-level talents, but there is really no shortage of low-level talents in Huangshan Village.
Of course, it’s not that there’s no shortage, but it’s just that due to the iron mine’s output in Huangshan Village, there aren’t many low-level blacksmiths needed…
Thinking of the minerals, Xiao Jing frowned unconsciously.
The advantages and disadvantages of Huangshan Village, Daliu Town, and even the entire Yanmen County are obvious. It is close to the desert, has large tracts of pasture, is rich in pasture, and to be honest, is rich in war horse resources.
In addition, the border counties are often invaded by foreign tribes. The people here have a strong martial atmosphere, so the quality of the soldiers is extremely high.
It is said that the Bingzhou cavalry under the command of Ding Yuan, the governor of Yanmen County, was trained by the tough people in Yanmen, and it is famous throughout Bingzhou.
But the shortcomings are also very obvious. First, there is a lack of minerals, all kinds of minerals. Otherwise, how could Xiaohezhuang be entangled with the barren mountain village because of an abandoned 'salt mine'.
The second is the lack of arable land, in other words, the lack of food. Don’t look at the grain fields in Daliu Town, which often exceed tens of thousands of acres, but you must know that Daliu Town and Xiaohezhuang jointly occupy the only plain in the entire Shanwu County. Woniu Plain', the two places' grain production accounts for nearly half of the entire Shanwu County.
The other towns and villages in Shanwu County are having a hard time, with people dying of hunger everywhere. Otherwise, why would the Yellow Turban Governor be able to gather tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers? He really can’t survive...
Originally, Huangshan Village was also extremely short of food, but after occupying Daliu Town, this situation was mostly alleviated.
But nowadays, Xiao Jing is slowly feeling the shortage of minerals.
The iron mine in Huangshan Village has a daily output of 150 units of minerals, which is very low. This also means that even if Xiao Jing intends to recruit a blacksmith, the blacksmith shop can only create about 60 pieces of 'white' quality equipment every day.
"The shortage of minerals must be resolved as soon as possible!" Xiao Jing thought to himself.
"However, the top priority is to build a high-end tavern as soon as possible to prosper the territory and attract talents..."
…
After the war, rewards should be based on merit!
Of course, there is nothing to say about this. Zhou Cang and Cao Xing were the first to make great contributions.
Because of this, Xiao Jing was a little hesitant when it came time to give the reward.
Seemingly seeing the hesitation on Xiao Jing's face, Cao Xing stepped forward and said loudly:
"My lord, the first victory in this battle belongs to Commander Zhou. If Commander Zhou hadn't occupied the altar, I'm afraid we would have been entangled with those soldiers for a while!"
When Zhou Cang heard this, a smile appeared on his face at first, but soon he stood up and said reservedly:
"I don't dare. Commander Cao's archery skills really surprised me! If Commander Cao hadn't faced those soldiers head-on, I wouldn't have been able to do so smoothly..."
Seeing this, Xiao Jing already had a plan in mind and said:
"Okay, both of you take the lead."
After a pause and pondering for a moment, he continued:
"Commander Zhou, I will reward you with the 'Great Qin Crescent Formation Training Method'. I hope you can train a stronger army in the future!"
With that said, Xiao Jing took out the secret book of 'Da Qin Crescent Formation Training Method' obtained from the secret realm from his arms and handed it to Zhou Cang.
Da Qin's Crescent Formation training method is a secret book. Whether you can understand the 'Crescent Formation' depends entirely on your understanding and luck.
[Book]: Da Qin Crescent Formation Training Method
[Type]: Military Cheats
[Quality]: Blue
[Efficacy]: 1. Exercise the army into formation, which records a large number of military formations, formation changes, marching, and troop formation strategies. Each time you read this book, your experience will increase slightly toward the ability 'Commander' experience.
2. Crescent formation, read the book a hundred times, and its meaning will appear automatically! After effectively reading this book, there is a 1% (the higher the understanding, the higher the probability) probability of understanding the special military formation 'Crescent Formation'!
[Usage requirements]: None
[Number of uses]: Unlimited
[Brief description]: Military training secrets from ancient Qin...
Zhou Cang was overjoyed when he saw the secret book in front of him. He quickly took it and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord!!"
The Da Qin Crescent Formation training method is a secret book and can be passed down as a family inheritance. As long as the generals understand the 'Crescent Moon Formation', the trained soldiers will have the 'Crescent Moon Formation' themselves.
Today, the Ma family in Fufeng, the Gongsun family in Liaodong, the Xiahou family in Qiaoxian County, and the Cao family all have similar secret books passed down.
The reason why aristocratic families are called aristocratic families and are respected by the world (rulers) is, first, that they control a large amount of assets and armaments, and second, they have secret books in their hands, which are profound.
With the secret book in hand, the children of the aristocratic family have often 'read it thoroughly' since childhood. Even if they are not enlightened, they can still gain some 'comprehension', and understand the 'battle formations' and 'strategies' that the disciples of poor families and ordinary people have no access to... …
This is also one of the important reasons why children from aristocratic families despise poor families and untouchables.
"As for Commander Cao..."
Xiao Jing pondered for a moment. Considering that Cao Xing first came into officialdom and became the "commander", the reward this time would not be too heavy.
After thinking about this, Xiao Jing said: "Commander Cao, the reward is 5 taels and ten acres of fertile land!"
"Thank you, Lord!!!"
When Cao Xing heard this, his face showed joy and he quickly thanked him.
The reward was not as good as Zhou Cang's, but Cao Xing was not displeased at all.
He also knew that when he got the position of 'commander', he had a sudden rise to the top, which was arousing criticism. Now that he had made great achievements and obtained gold and fertile land, it was beyond his expectation.
Moreover, 5 taels of gold and 10 acres of fertile land are already considered a big reward!
After all, even in Daliu Town, the price of one acre of fertile land has long exceeded one tael of gold.
Ordinary people, after working hard for half a lifetime, can never save enough gold to buy an acre of fertile land...
But he received such a reward after just one battle, and his net worth was instantly richer than that of some ordinary wealthy households in Da Liu Town. This made him look forward to the war...
"As for your subordinates who have made meritorious deeds, statistics have been compiled in recent days. Depending on the merits of the war, rewards will be given one by one according to their merits!!"
Xiao Jing thought of the soldiers who had made great contributions and said.
"As you command!"
…
Buzz! !
In the barracks of Huangshan Village, there was a hustle and bustle on the high platform of the training ground, with various noises and noisy voices, completely devoid of the serious demeanor of the military camps in the past.
Li Ergou, a captain among the pikemen in Daliu Town, is in charge of five pikemen.
He got up early, thinking that he still needed to practice early today, so he hurriedly set up camp and arrived at the training ground, but was shocked to find the noisy scene.
His face was full of surprise and disbelief, he grabbed a spearman and asked in surprise.
"What's going on ahead? Aren't you afraid of being punished by the commander-in-chief's military law?"
Zhou Cang himself was born as a civilian and had never read anything about military training, so his training methods were very rough.
First, rely on extremely strong force to forcibly subdue the recruits, and then, adhering to the principle of "train to death as long as you can't train to death", first train the recruits' physical fitness crazily, and then train them in military law!
Therefore, the military law in the entire pike barracks is extremely strict. If you make a slight mistake and are caught by the inspector, it means 'crazy training'!
Of course, one of the most important reasons why Zhou Cang dared to train these spearmen so crazily was because Xiao Jing would from time to time provide the spearmen with meat from the pig pens and chicken farms in Daliu Town, and there was no limit to ordinary food. supply……
It can be said that the treatment of pikemen in the pike barracks is even comparable to that of some civil servants...
Even because of the exceptional treatment given to the pikemen, Niu Yang, who was responsible for handling the daily affairs of Da Liu Town and measuring expenses, secretly approached Xiao Jing several times...
But they were all forgotten by Xiao Jing. After all, in his opinion, training thousands of ordinary soldiers is not as good as training two hundred elite soldiers.
Of course, a major reason for taking the elite soldier route is that the combined population of Huangshan Village and Daliu Town is just over 30,000. It seems like a lot, but a large population and a population that can become 'soldiers' are two different things!
