After the others left, Wang Wu closed the door of the hall again. Because the next thing involved military matters, he still had to treat it with caution.
Zhao Bin looked at the few people left behind and said, "Well, there is no one else. Next, we need to focus on the military issues in Yancheng."
"Captain Qin, how is the progress of the reinforcements of the city defense army?" Zhao Bin looked at Qin Fang and asked.
Previously, when more than 20,000 troops of the Sand Wolf tribe attacked the city, Yancheng's city defense army suffered heavy losses, resulting in attrition. Therefore, Zhao Bin then asked Qin to seize the time to recruit brave soldiers to make up for the vacancy.
"Back to the prince, the recruitment has been basically completed, but the newly recruited soldiers are in poor physical condition and still need to undergo a period of training." Qin Fang replied.
Zhao Bin was also mentally prepared for such a situation. The people in Yancheng did not have enough to eat, did not wear warm clothes, and their physical fitness was relatively poor. They were very different from the barbarians who grew up eating meat on the grasslands. This was why Zhao Bin never wanted to be with Jie. The reason for the head-on confrontation between the tribesmen.
"From today on, the Yancheng City Defense Army can no longer be like before. I will ask the government to increase the supply of food and grass for the City Defense Army and improve the physical fitness of the soldiers. Secondly, I will improve the daily training methods. I will give you a new set of Regarding training methods, you don’t need to ask why, you just need to lead the soldiers to execute them.”
"I will obey your orders!"
"Another point is that the training of the cavalry must continue. We cannot give up halfway. I said that whatever the sword points at belongs to our Han family. Sooner or later we will go to the grassland and destroy these Jie tribe barbarians."
"Also, I want to tell you something in advance. I have decided to provide 50,000 sets of armor to the Xianbei people," Zhao Bin continued.
As soon as these words came out, except Xiao Chu and Wang Wu, the other three people were shocked.
The reason is simple. Making war armor privately is tantamount to treason, and colluding with foreigners is an even greater crime.
Cao Li hurriedly stood up and said, "My lord, please do not do this. This matter is not trivial. If the court finds out, it may bring disaster to the entire Yan City."
"I also know that this matter is not trivial, but think about it, there are Jie people first, and then there is Zhang Da. Even if we don't make armor, this disaster will still hit Yancheng."
"But we can't really make armor for Xianbei. If this matter is discovered, I'm afraid the emperor will not be able to protect the prince." Cao Li continued.
"It's not certain who will protect who. What we have to do now is to try to maintain the strength of Yancheng and try to avoid a head-on fight with the Jie people. No one can say how the situation will develop in the future, so we can only use this method now." ways to support agents and fight agent wars."
"If someone really wants to attack us in the future, the Xianbei cavalry can also be of great use. After all, once we are defeated, it will be difficult for the Xianbei people to get help."
Cao Li listened to Zhao Bin's narration word for word. He knew that what Zhao Bin said were very real issues, so even though this matter was very dangerous, he still had to do it.
After thinking everything through, Cao Li said nothing and quietly sat back in his seat.
Qin Fang asked: "Your Majesty, where are our Yancheng defenders?"
Zhao Bin looked at Qin Fang and smiled and said: "Of course I also need to equip myself with armor, but I'm not in such a hurry."
"We will need a lot of bricks and stones in the next period of time. Lao Cao, you will allocate funds from the government to expand the production of bricks and stones, and in the next year, we must produce bricks and stones without interruption.
After the bricks and stones were produced, Lieutenant Qin assisted Han Tie to complete the construction of the smelting plant, and then divided the purchased slaves into two groups. The men were put into the smelting plant, and the women were responsible for making armor. All of them moved outside the city. "
The two looked at each other and said yes.
"In addition, Xiao Chu, please visit the Xianbei tribe again to see what difficulties they encountered. This time, you must resolve the sulfur matter." Zhao Bin looked at Xiao Chu and ordered.
"Okay, Your Majesty, my subordinates will set off tomorrow."
"Okay, let's go and do our work!"
Zhao Bin got up and walked to the backyard of the palace. At this time, several girls were sitting in front of the stone table chatting in the backyard.
Seeing Zhao Bin approaching, several people stood up one after another. Lin Yao bowed deeply: "Lin Yao pays homage to the prince!"
Zhao Bin originally thought that Lin Yao had left with Lin Jingtang, but when he entered the backyard and saw that she was still here, he couldn't help but curious: "Why didn't you go back with your grandpa?"
Lin Yao said with some embarrassment: "Hey, grandpa can go back by himself."
"Then what are you talking about?" Zhao Bin asked, sitting on a stone bench.
Myolie poured a cup of tea for Zhao Bin, placed it in front of Zhao Bin, and then said: "We didn't talk about anything, we were just talking about the recent affairs of the Jie tribe."
"Yes, Your Majesty, these Jie people are so abominable. First they sent troops to attack villages and towns, and then they attacked our Yancheng. It's so abominable." Ling'er also agreed.
Zhao Bin took a sip of tea and said: "It is bitterly cold on the grassland. The living environment of the Jie people is actually very harsh. Every winter, they have to endure the severe winter snowstorms. They also yearn for our rich and warm territory in Great Summer, so they continue to Wage war.”
Lin Yao held her chin and asked: "Then there is no good way to solve it. We have to fight and kill."
When the others heard Lin Yao's question, they couldn't help but fall into thinking.
Zhao Bin couldn't help but murmured: "Is there a good way?"
But after thinking for a while, Zhao Bin found that there was really no good way. The only way was to completely eliminate these Jie people and occupy the grassland.
But then I thought about it, after defeating the Jie people, the Huns, and the Liao people, war is always unavoidable, just like rivers and lakes. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be fighting and killing.
Zhao Bin couldn't help but shake his head. Even if civilization developed as advanced as in later generations, war would still be unavoidable and would become more cruel.
When Cui'er saw Zhao Bin shaking his head and sighing, he stood up from the stone bench, walked behind Zhao Bin, pressed against Zhao Bin's back and said, "Your Majesty, are you tired? Could you please give me a pat on the head?"
Zhao Bin leaned against Tweetie with a smile, held Tweetie's soft and slender hand behind him and said, "Tweetie is still the most considerate."
Lin Yao looked at Zhao Bin and suddenly thought of something, so she said: "Your Majesty, now that the Jie people have been beaten away, why don't we go for a picnic in the countryside to relax!"
"This is a good idea, Your Majesty. We have been in Yancheng for so long and rarely leave the city. It should be safer now. Why not go for a walk?" Xing'er also suggested at the side.
"Okay, okay, since I came to Yancheng, I haven't left the city yet," Ling'er said excitedly at the side.
Zhao Bin thought about it carefully. In the past six months, he had been mentally tense all the time, and he really hadn't relaxed much.
"Your Majesty, there is a lake not far to the west of the city. Let's go to the lake to play."
"Okay, then you go and prepare some food. We will go to the lake for a picnic. Brother Wu will go get some fishing rods and we will go fishing."
Xing'er reminded from the side: "Your Majesty, please bring Xue'er with you."
"Okay!" Zhao Bin said nonchalantly.
Lin Yao stood up from the stool and said, "I'll go to the school to ask Sister Xue'er to come back." Then she ran out.
Xing'er and others went to pack some drinks and food, while Wang Wu went to prepare a carriage and fishing rods. There were actually plenty of fishing rods, but the main reason was that fish hooks were hard to find and there were no special ones sold in the city. Wang Wu had to run to the smelting factory. Let Han Tie make a few for the scene.
This kind of trivial matter can be said to be a matter of minutes for Han Tie. Soon Wang Wu returned to the palace with a few fishhooks.
After everyone had packed up, several people got on the carriage. Wang Wu drove the carriage in front, with five guards following on horseback. The group headed towards the lake in the west of the city.
