The Central Plains is constantly smoking, the people of Qin have used too much, and the Chu State is half-crippled, and there is nothing that can threaten the survival of Lu Zhe's forces at this stage.

The Qin State is obviously in a state of surplus and insufficient strength, and the armed army has 800,000, but there are too many fronts to deal with, because the battle of unification consumes too much national strength (materials), and now there is a shortage of baggage in the Central Plains, and the Great Wall Army that is about to deal with the southward march of the Hu people in the grassland has not been fully prepared, what strength is there to fight with Lu Zhe?

Now whoever wants to attack Lu Zhe obviously needs to prepare for a long-term war, and it is obviously impossible for the Qin State, which is beginning to appear scarce in materials, and the Qi State, which has enough troops and baggage, will soon have to deal with the arrival of the Qin army because of the passage of the Zhao State. Chu? Now that Lu Zhe doesn't invade the Chu State on a large scale, it is time to snicker, how can he take the initiative to provoke Lu Zhe. Wei and South Korea are even less likely to provoke their own protectors. So who will come?

The invasion of the south was a long-term process, and the first three years were just to build a fortress and immigrate, and it was also announced that the civil warriors would go to the newly occupied territory to cut the heads of the Baiyue people in exchange for rewards.

During these three years, Minnan County and Nanhai County needed to keep a certain number of garrisons, and the invasion of Lingnan also required at least 200,000 troops to be constantly rotated. Then the total number of troops that cannot move exceeds 300,000, which accounts for two-thirds of the total number of troops under Lu Zhe's command, how can they mix with the north?

“…… There are many mountains and forests, and the remaining Baiyue people drill into the deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult for our army to form an effective encirclement and suppression. Ji Bu made a gesture of covering his forehead: "If you are divided into small teams to encircle and suppress, Baiyue is familiar with the terrain and it is too easy to encounter an ambush in unfavorable terrain." ”

Lu Zhe, who had been mentally prepared for this situation, was not surprised, he looked at Xiao He: "How many people have newly migrated?" Can they be placed in the new occupation? ”

Xiao He thought about it for a long time and replied: "The new immigrants are mainly young and strong, basically the second in every family, and there are very few sons-in-law. ”

I understand, that is, these people are just "vanguards", and they are here to explore the wind. Let's see for myself if others are so good under Lu Zhe's rule. It is difficult for people like concubines in the family to obtain any inheritance, and this kind of people are not averse to taking risks in order to live in the future, on the contrary, if they can earn a family business, they are the most open-minded group of people.

"For immigrants who are willing to go to southern Fujian and the South China Sea, we will not only distribute acres of land, but also give certain administrative assistance." Lu Zhe paused, and smiled as if he thought of something: "They are also allowed to capture Baiyue people and become slaves, if they want to marry Baiyue women, we can even reward them." ”

The use of policies to encourage immigrants is something that has long been played badly. Lu Zhe has too many ways to attract new immigrants, and it is only a matter of time before the Chinese people occupy the land of southern Fujian, South Vietnam, and Lingnan in ten or twenty years, or even longer, and the most urgent thing now is to at least immigrate some of the past first, and arm the new immigrants to slaughter the local Baiyue.

“…… In the autumn, more than 30,000 soldiers reached the age of retirement. Kuaitong "hehehe" laughed for a while: "These people are all battle-hardened people, and there are many Baiyue people killed on the battlefield." ”

Why can't we just say that we should use these people as the backbone of the occupied territory, use them as a role model, and give confidence to other new immigrants?

In fact, it's not that I don't want to make it clear that as a subordinate, I originally wanted to use a simulated tone to say a very constructive proposal, rather than a positive tone to make a decision for the king.

A retired soldier who has been through the battle? These people are very obedient. A good arrangement indeed. Lü Zhe had always been generous to the army, and he felt that if he was given enough preferential conditions, the aggressive non-commissioned officers who had retired from the army would be happy to go to the newly occupied territory.

"In fact, this also has an advantage, there are those retired veterans. Their fighting skills and team spirit ensure that the occupied territory is not disturbed by the Baiyue people. Lu Zhe was thinking about whether to get a armor protection system, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was better not to make any armor protection, otherwise it would definitely evolve into a malaise of the Ming Dynasty in the end.

Kuaitong asked happily: "Then it's decided?" ”

Lu Zhe bowed: "In the future, there will be retired soldiers every year, and you can do the same." ”。 Perhaps he felt that he should say something, adding: "Of course, it is mainly based on inducement. If they have been discharged, they should not issue military orders or administrative compulsion. ”

Gongwei, Ji Bu, and Luo Shao immediately stood up and saluted: "The Lord treats us (the army) very well!" ”

The soldier has a salary when he serves, and the soldier will get acres of land after retiring, and Lu Zhe can't wait to even stuff one of the soldier's mother-in-law, so Lu Zhejun's loyalty is beyond doubt.

Not to mention, Lu Zhe has really found interest in the soldier Sai Po Niang recently, because Ji Bu and Luo Shao caught too many Baiyue women during the invasion, Lu Zhe's army has nearly 500,000 (including Tuntian soldiers), and nearly 200,000 foreign women were indeed captured during the southern invasion.

The people arrested by the army are all slaves, according to the law of Sanqikai, Lu Zhe can get seventy percent, and the rest is divided by the army according to merit, does he really have enough women to reward?

"Baiyue's woman is not so ugly when she washes it." Lu Zhe looked left and right a little uncertainly, and asked weakly: "Right?" ”

What do you mean? A group of people looked at each other, and thought strangely in their hearts: "The Lord doesn't want to marry a Baiyue woman, right?" ”

Lu Zhe is not blind, how can he be interested in Baiyue women, and at the same time, he actually doesn't have much love for women, seeing everyone's strange faces, he explained: "The soldiers won't reject Baiyue women, right?" ”

Kuaitong asked very seriously: "Is it as a wife, or ......?" ”

Wife? That's right, only princes and nobles and people with good family environments are qualified to marry more than two women, and the poor people in the world are often the most, so even if there are no legal bindings, ordinary people have a wife in their lives, even if they have a good family, and some can't even afford to ask for wives.

"Can't you? My Chinese blood is mixed with Manchu ......" Xiao He seemed to be the first time to have an opposing attitude, and he said very seriously: "It's okay to be a 'shu' who warms your feet and beds, but it's absolutely not okay to be a heroine." ”

Ha!? Is the pedigree theory there now? It's the kind of foreign blood that is low, only the blood of the Chinese is the most noble, and so on and so on.

"It's a little wide." Kuaitong couldn't cry or laugh: "Let them (Qianshou) choose for themselves, don't forget that Lujiang County is also a situation where there are more women than men." ”

After four months of breathing, the war wounds of Lujiang County are still there, and Lujiang County lost seven or eight out of ten men in the attack of Chu. Now Lujiang County has a population of 480,000, but there are 400,000 women, and it is about to become a daughter country.

"It's going to take time, it's a long, long time." Lu Zhe is talking about the balance of the population, and he is also sorting out the internal affairs after gaining a firm foothold: "With the work we have issued, the counties have developed rapidly, and even the 'daughter country' can rely on cutting war uniforms in exchange for food, but this is obviously unhealthy." ”

Xiao He immediately gave up: "I am incompetent." ”

Lu Zhe didn't like it, how could a place ravaged by war not be full of desolation? If there is any responsibility, it will not be the responsibility of any of them: "Take your time. If the war in the Central Plains does not break out in the summer, or if it is only a small-scale war, we will have at least three years. ”

You can't just say something like "you've done a great job", as a monarch you need to praise people.

“…… The robes seem to have been overdosed. Kuaitong was very reluctant to bring up this topic, but the women of the five counties were all making battle robes, and Lu Zhejun was only about 500,000 pieces, even if each soldier had two more sets, it would only be 1.5 million battle robes. There will always be a saturated day: "Tongxian County was taken back by the Qin army, and our purchase of cloth from the two armies of Bashu was not as smooth as before, I'm afraid it will be ......"

The two counties of Bashu are both large counties of textiles, and those who can compete with Bashu in textiles today are also in the same place. After the restoration of the Qi State, Lu Zhe had not gone through much contact, and after the loss of the county, it did cause a certain blow to their cloth acquisition channels, after all, the cost of water transportation and land transportation were not the same.

"Has the State of Qin issued an administrative order strictly prohibiting our boats from passing through Tong County?" Lu Zhe remembers, it doesn't seem to be such a thing?

"No, no. However, the officials of the Qin State opened a 'field', and merchants passing through there needed to pay taxes. Xiao He understands that the so-called 'field' is actually something like tariffs.

Lu Zhe was unhappy. It is understandable that the Qin army recaptured Tong County, after all, Tong County can play the kind of military action that Shu County and Ba County can drive straight into, but what does it mean to collect taxes on such a necessary road for water transportation!

"The Qin people's strength is unbearable, and the wealth is consumed huge after the battle of unification, even if there is a plundering of wealth from other countries, it will go into the pockets of the emperor and the magnates, and the people have not actually obtained the war dividend you said. The magnates hid their wealth at home, and although His Majesty took out the treasures seized from other countries, it was obviously not enough to maintain 800,000 Qin troops and fight a big war. Kuaitong blinked: "So...... Now even mosquito legs are meat, and we have a lot of boats going back and forth to the Yangtze River through Tongxian County, which is not mosquito legs, but chicken legs. ”

Take back the county? Lu Zhe instantly rejected this idea in his mind, and now it is not suitable to open the front again, he asked: "Is there any solution?" ”

The control is in the hands of the Qin State, and the Qin State is extremely lacking in financial resources, so it is obvious that it will not give up the tariffs lightly, so what can be done except to grab the county again?

"The amount of animal power sold to us in Qin has been increasing, since the Qin State has collected taxes from our business travel, can we make some fuss about this?" Xiao He didn't have a good way.

"No way!"

What are you kidding, now the source of horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock is also the Qin State, if it is cut off, wouldn't it be worth the loss?

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There is no decay of the man, but in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, Xu Guo was invaded by Chen State, and Xu Guo has the tradition that whoever comes to fight me will move the whole country, so when the country moves, the monarch of Xu Guo did fall to his death from the chariot, and the correct nickname is "Mourning", and the title is baron. (To be continued......)