Xiu Jie said angrily: "Don't say something I don't understand. Just tell me how big it is to be built and how much it will cost."
"Zhen Gong, there are many towns below us, and it is no longer appropriate to call it Zhen Gong. This time we build the stone wall, at least four towns must be enclosed in it, and we must expand roads and build houses to make it a larger town. A bigger place.”
Hearing that he was going to change his title to a higher title than the town official, and that the town was about to get a new look, Xiujie immediately became energetic and said: "Hahaha, my Futuo is still capable, you will take care of everything, if you want money, give me money. Give resources to resources.”
“A large number of residents will need to be recruited.”
"Then collect." Xiu Jie agreed without hesitation.
"I need a hundred thousand residents."
"Pfft" Xiu Jie spurted out the sip of tea he just drank from his mouth.
"What? One hundred thousand residents," Xiu Jie exclaimed, "Futuo, are you kidding me?"
"Zhen Gong, this is a war era. If you build it slowly, the situation will change drastically before it is completed, so the stone wall must be completed within a year."
One hundred thousand residents. According to the previous village era, the entire village would only have tens of thousands of people, which is impossible. Even in the town era, an ordinary town would only have a population of about 100,000, and it would be impossible to recruit 100,000 residents.
The number of 100,000 residents was so huge that Xiu Jie couldn't even think about it. "Can you extract it?" Xiu Jie asked.
Fu Tuo said calmly: "Zhen Gong, it was impossible before, but now, we have ten towns, and the population has reached 1.76 million, and it is still increasing. It should be okay to transfer 100,000 residents."
There are nearly two million people. Xiu Jie counted the numbers. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the number of villages under management has expanded to nearly two million. Time flies so fast.
"Go and get it if you can."
After hearing Xiujie's agreement, Futuo said: "Yes, Lord Town. In fact, the roads and buildings in the town have begun to take shape. Once the stone walls are completed, the town will no longer be called a town."
"What's that called?" Xiu Jie asked.
"One city, one pool, thousands of miles of fertile fields," Futuo said: "We have such a large territory, it should be called a city. The town official can also issue an announcement and be called the city lord, commanding the towns below the city."
"City Lord, that sounds good," Xiu Jie was overjoyed: "Let's make an announcement right away. I will be promoted to City Lord now."
According to the combat strength, there was only a city wall missing. Seeing that Xiujie had made up his mind, Futuo said no more and said, "Okay, I'll draft it right now."
In the town of Essie in the southern part of Central Continent, Ma Heng looked at the map and calculated the progress of Ning Tai's army.
"Report to the town, there is new military information."
Ma Heng turned around and took the military report. After reading it, he knew that Ningtai had captured the two towns of Baihua and Yuquan. However, Ma Xiaoke did not obediently act as a supervisor. He made a lot of efforts on the battlefield and was able to take charge alone.
Ning Tai boasted about Ma Xiaoke vigorously in the military newspaper, but Ma Heng had a frown on his face.
"Hey, you are too strong. If you don't listen to advice, you can win safely. You have to take risks. In the future, it will be a small mistake and a big death."
In the fall of Yaolu Town, the town's Duke Ji Yu burst out laughing when he heard that Ma Xiaoke only brought one battalion of troops to attack him, and that they were bandits and remnants of the army gathered on the way.
"This is really a gift from God. Even though there is such a stupid bird, he dares to bring a battalion of troops here."
Ji Yu immediately summoned all the troops in the town. One battalion was in charge, and three battalions were deployed on the outskirts of the town to guard the border. He led four battalions out of the town to attack Ma Xiaoke.
In the wilderness outside Yaolu Town, Ji Yu formed a formation and stood in front of the army, waiting for Ma Xiaoke.
After a long time, Ma Xiaoke was nowhere to be seen.
Ji Yu was confused and asked the battalion commander beside him: "Didn't he say that Ma Xiaoke was coming from here and would be there soon? Where are the people?"
The battalion commander also looked puzzled and kept mumbling for a long time, unable to answer.
Near the outskirts of Yaolu Town, five kilometers west of Jiyu, Ma Xiaoke strode proudly with the Feng Ling Blade on his shoulder.
Han Zaiqi followed closely behind and said, "Sir, why don't you wait any longer? As soon as Ning Tai arrives with his army, we can easily capture Yaolu Town."
"That military merit belongs to others, and it has nothing to do with you or me."
"I'm afraid I'll end up hanging here before I get the military merit."
"Don't worry, you won't die as long as I'm here." Ma Xiaoke said casually.
Han Zaiqi was still worried and said: "Gong Zhen, although we temporarily bypassed Ji Yu's army, the soldiers we just sent out came back and said that there are also troops guarding the suburban border ahead."
"Just kill them."
Han Zaiqi looked regretful and said, "Sir, can I go back and continue to be my bandit?"
Ma Xiaoke squinted, "You've already boarded my boat and you can't leave."
"That's what I regret."
Han Zaiqi arrived at the border of Yaolu Town with a look of mourning.
After careful investigation, we found that there were not many troops on the border, perhaps because the defense line was relatively long. Military camps were only set up at a few key points, and mobile sentries were used in other places.
The boundary of the town is connected to the wild. However, there are too many high slopes, mountains, lakes, and rivers in the wild, and the terrain is also uneven, so not every place can enter the town.
"Now it seems that we must break through one of his strongholds before we can enter the town."
Ma Xiaoke didn't even listen to Han Zaiqi's words: "There are less than a battalion of troops here. We will immediately fight all the way along the border until we reach Ji Yu."
"Ah," Han Zaiqi's cold sweat dropped drop by drop: "Master, didn't you just find a place with fewer troops to win the battle and plunder some resources at the same time?"
"Who told you, come on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Xiaoke picked up the Fengling Blade and rushed out.
Han Zaiqi frowned, worried, and could only follow out.
"Forget it, just die."
Seeing someone charging towards him, many soldiers immediately rushed out from the stronghold camp and started killing Ma Xiaoke.
Ma Xiaoke brought up his fighting power, killed five or six soldiers in a row, and rushed into the military formation.
Han Zaiqi followed Ma Xiaoke with his army.
"Sir, wait for me."
The shouts grew farther and farther away until they were no longer audible.
Ma Xiaoke rushed to the stronghold and kicked the wooden fence away, hitting a battalion commander.
The battalion commander staggered a few steps and just when he stood still, he was hacked to death by Ma Xiaoke.
Ma Xiaoke led the troops in a mass killing in the stronghold. When the soldiers saw that the battalion commander was dead, Ma Xiaoke was too fierce and could not resist them, so they all ran away.
After capturing the stronghold, Ma Xiaoke led Han Zaiqi along the border of Yaolu Town and fought all the way. After pulling out two strongholds in succession, they stopped in front of the third stronghold.
