More than a year is nothing to a country that is full of waste and waiting to be revitalized.
Today's Deer Country has not changed much. Although the roads connecting various cities are basically smooth due to the smooth maintenance of business travelers, they are still full of potholes.
However, this also gave rise to a new position - the post station.
"Dad, we made another two ounces of money today. Hehe, the inn is really rich." The messy-haired boy, barefoot and carrying a fish, shouted happily into the small yard behind the inn.
In the past, their family worked as sharecroppers in the Chu State. Let alone one day, their family could save two ounces of money in a year, which was considered a good year.
Although the Chu State is known as the land of plenty, the land belongs to the landlords. The tenant farmers need to pay 70% of the grain they grow. The rest, in addition to keeping the grain, has to be eaten by the whole family. Throughout the year, those who can save it can exchange it for two ounces of money. not many.
"Damn it, Sanniu, you saw these little coins right before your eyes, did you practice breaking the military spear?" A big man walked out of the yard and cursed with a smile.
"Brother?! Are you back? So soon today?"
"I bought an old horse, so today's patrol will be much faster." Wang Daniu smiled and patted his younger brother on the head: "How many times did you practice breaking the army spear today?"
"I haven't practiced it once - the inn is too busy. There were more than a dozen waves of caravans passing by today." Seeing that he couldn't be fooled, Wang Sanniu defended with a slumped face.
Wang Daniu raised his big hand that was on his younger brother's head, slapped him on the back of the head, and said angrily: "Make up for me tonight, otherwise even if your brother and I are related, you have no ability, and there is no way to put you into the army. "
In the Deer Kingdom, for ordinary people, being able to join the military is a great advantage. If you have the status of a soldier (corps commander), you can see that the official does not kneel down and is treated like a scholar.
In the neighboring country of Wu, soldiers were not recognized as having such status, but in the Lu Kingdom, where the army was used to build a country, no one dared to say anything.
It's just that there are advantages and disadvantages. Since joining the military has such benefits, apart from the soldiers who followed Lu Wu from Chu, it is not so easy to join the military - even Lu Wu's old subordinates want to join the army. Children and brothers who want to join the military must have some skills and pass the assessment.
"Hei Niu, go and call Leopard and the others. They will all come to my house for a drink in the evening. I have something to say." From an open vermilion courtyard door nearby, a man with a broken arm came out and shouted.
"Hello, Uncle Zhuang." Seeing the man coming out, Sanniu said hello quickly.
"Your brother is doing this for your own good. The Broken Army Spear is not a common commodity. It was earned by us brothers who worked hard to accumulate military exploits. If you hadn't been Hei Niu's younger brother and wanted to learn the martial arts of such a military master outside, you would have lost thirty to fifty taels." You can't even afford it! If you learn well, you can easily find a wife and a wife in the future, and you will be much more promising than your brother." The man with the broken arm warned San Niu.
The man's name was Zhuang Chen, and he had already achieved military exploits. However, due to his broken arm, he was supposed to retire. Later, he was placed here by the Zhechong Division. He led a group of his subordinates to take charge of the large post here. It was still considered a military establishment. .
Wang Daniu agreed loudly: "Okay, boss."
When the man with the broken arm turned around and went back, Wang Daniu widened his eyes and ordered: "I will go to the stationmaster's house for a drink later. After you have dinner, you must practice breaking the military spear at least three times and let dad prove it to you. Otherwise, I will I’ll come back and beat you to death.”
"I know, brother." The young man went back to the yard by himself, muttering, saying that life is so good now, why should he work hard to practice martial arts? It is more serious to find a wife as soon as possible.
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These inns were funded by business travelers and set up on frequently traveled roads, and the government was responsible for building the compounds.
Each post station is assigned one to two teams of soldiers according to its size and area of responsibility. In addition to maintaining trade routes to drive away wild animals and suppress bandits to ensure safety, the families of the soldiers can also run inns and restaurants in the post station compound.
As long as there are frequent business trips, the income from the post station is really high, which is also one of Qiutong's methods to resettle veterans.
If further development occurs in the future, these stations can be developed into villages and towns, which can revitalize the entire area from point to line.
Wu and Chu
The country was on the other side of Tonghe City, and the people were so stupid that they dispatched local Wu soldiers to the north of Lanshui.
The Deer Kingdom is bordered by the ally Wu Kingdom on one side, and the other two sides are either oceans or mountains. The local indigenous dignitaries were chopped to pieces, and the remaining ones honestly didn't even dare to fart.
When there are no external enemies, it is a bit expensive to maintain 70,000 to 80,000 elites. Moreover, if these elites are all concentrated in Xiaolongjiang, the Wu State will not be able to sleep again. Allies are allies, but if you put your wealth and life on one According to the paper covenant, that is irresponsible to the country.
In fact, King Wu has sent envoys several times in succession, asking Lu Bo to fulfill the promise of the Three Kingdoms Alliance and send some elites to Tonghe City to fight on his behalf. If Lu Wu was not in poor condition, Qiu Tong and others would not have much. Way to evade.
After all, the Luwu family were originally considered subjects of the Wu Kingdom, and even this Lu Bo was granted a title by King Ketu of Wu. Although it was a land exchange, he still had half the status of a monarch and a minister.
"Husband, today the Wu envoy came again. Brother Lu Song proposed that Brother Lu Bai take some troops to the front line of Wu Chu to support the Wu State. There is some explanation to the King of Wu. My mother is worried and wants Hongmei to lead the troops to escort. .”
Lu Wu was sleeping on the couch, and Qiu Tong was arranging documents on the table beside the couch, while talking casually.
This is Lu Wu's palace - in the past year, Lu Wang's city is far from being completed, but the palace has been built in various ways.
"Well, what's the point of my second brother going there? Why do you need Hongmei to lead the escort? Where are the Hongmei people?" Lu Wu rubbed his forehead and slowly sat up.
He is still a little confused. It is not so easy to smuggle information from another world across borders, otherwise Kunlun Mirror would not be so useless.
"Ah, husband, are you awake?" Qiutong was surprised.
"Gongzi Lie, the envoy of the State of Wu, has repeatedly visited me and said that the elites of the State of Chu are hard to match. The State of Yue has already sent an army of soldiers and horses to support us. Please ask the State of Lu to send an army of men and horses, preferably elites who can fight in the field. Lu. Brother Song couldn't resist, so he said that he would let his second brother lead the troops. As for Mother's name of Hongmei, it was because Hongmei's true energy had become so strong that her gold, bone, jade, and iron cloth shirt began to return to its original nature. The transformation happened to be seen by mother, and she almost I thought Hongmei was a monster, so my aunt thought Hongmei was powerful and wanted her to escort my second brother there."
Qiutong was also a little funny.
In order to achieve perfection as soon as possible, the four girls have been practicing by Lu Wu's side recently, relying on the aura of the Nine Netherworld Sea that Lu Wu exudes.
Hongmei is the most taciturn among the four girls, but she is the first one besides Qiu Tong to practice the Golden Bone, Chalcedony and Iron Cloth Shirt to the state of returning to nature.
When she was transforming, she happened to catch up with Lu Chang, Lu Yun and Lu Shui entering the palace to visit Lu Wu.
As a result, three women who didn't know anything about martial arts watched helplessly as a tall and thick man, who was more manly than a man, transformed into a beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes, peach cheeks, and skin as thick as gel. The shock was like seeing a monster. She put on the painted skin and transformed into a beautiful woman, leaving the three women stunned.
If it hadn't been for Qiu Tong,
