Chapter 455: Clues
Recruiting soldiers with the land of the country of incense is more complicated than imagined, Gu Shenwei put forward the idea, but when it comes to implementing it, he can't do anything, so he can only give it to Zhong Heng.
The land of Xiangji is vast and sparsely populated, and the recorded land is only a small piece of land around the capital, and it will take at least one or two years to measure the whole country.
Zhong Heng adopted a simple method, the recruited soldiers would be given a different amount of land according to their length of service and military merits, but no specific location was specified, and the soldiers were given a voucher of several acres, with their names printed on it.
Only after the end of their service can the soldiers receive the actual land, and if they die in battle, they can leave the credentials to their immediate family, but it is forbidden to buy and sell them privately.
Before the official recruitment, it was necessary to meet the existing 20,000 soldiers, some of whom had followed the dragon king for many years and made great military achievements, but received few rewards.
All the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain refused to accept the land of the land of incense, they liked the women there, but they did not like the hot and humid climate and the lush and crowded plants, they missed their snowy homeland, and their greatest wish was to return to their homeland one day.
They also had a request that they were embarrassed to say, and the Dragon King knew about it, but he couldn't make a public promise, because he had already promised Jinpeng Castle to Xiaoyuetang.
One of the conditions for Xiaoyue Hall's cooperation with the Dragon King was that the former would eventually take possession of Jinpeng Castle, and according to the Lotus Girl, the hall master Han Wuxian, who had not shown up all this time, had even greater ambitions.
Gu Shenwei was wary of Xiaoyue Tang and didn't want to leave Jinpeng Castle to this unpredictable organization, but this idea could never be spoken, so he used other methods to appease the more than a thousand Great Snow Mountain swordsmen, although they were few in number, they were the most trustworthy force of the Dragon King.
The swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain have their own set of unique martial arts, years of cannibalism and the fight against the Jinpeng killers, so that this set of martial arts excellence, whether it is a single fight, or a group battle, it is very effective, but the lack of advanced internal strength is a fatal flaw, many excellent swordsmen made rapid progress when they were young, and finally stopped outside the palace of the top masters, largely because of this reason.
Gu Shenwei personally selected 200 swordsmen under the age of 30 to reward them for their meritorious deeds and teach chapters 1 to 6 of Wudao Divine Skills.
This was the idea of the Lotus Girl, and in fact, it was because of her that many Xiaoyue Hall disciples had been cultivating the Divine Skill for a long time, and the effect was excellent.
Wudao Divine Skill was originally the supreme martial art exclusive to the Dubu King, and with the efforts of the two traitors, it spread day by day.
Other swordsmen, either too old and past the best time to practice internal skills, or have poor qualifications, and they don't want to be greedy, so they have not been awarded divine skills, so Gu Shen customized a large number of weapons from Wushan and gave them to the swordsmen.
In this way, he gained the swordsmen's unwavering allegiance.
In their opinion, the internal skills and weapons personally taught by the Dragon King are far more valuable than the land of the Land of the Land of Xiangji.
The swordsmen under Tuo Nengya preferred money and land, and they were the only ones who obtained the actual land, which was just outside the capital of the Land of Incense.
Hundreds of wild people in the forest have gradually come to terms with the outside world, and their ideas are very simple, neither coveting land nor gold and silver, but only hoping to return to the forest alive and bring the villagers out to see the world.
None of them were literate and could not understand the profound internal skills, so Gu Shen left a whole piece of land adjacent to the forest to these soldiers in order to make decisions for them.
When he left the forest, Gu Shenwei also took a group of children and handed them over to Hu Shining for training.
The soldiers of the five nations could choose land or money, but in either case, they could only get the vouchers first, and then they could actually receive them after the war.
The royal families of various countries are both worried and relieved about the dragon king's move, worried that their own people may run out, and rest assured that the dragon king is ready to focus on the country of incense, and probably will not rob them of the throne.
In any case, soldiers were indeed recruited in this way, and the Dragon Army was expanding every day, and Zhong Heng even allowed some recruits to send their families to the Land of Incense first.
Even more complicated than the mood of the royal families are the nobles of the country of incense, which is their country, but now it is regarded as a gift by the dragon king and generously distributed to outsiders.
As for the slave soldiers, they were very excited about it, and overnight, they became the most actively trained soldiers, and they all wanted to make a contribution on the battlefield in the future and get more land.
During this period, there were several conspiracy by the aristocracy to stir up trouble among slaves, none of which were successful, suggesting that land was easier to understand than freedom, and that it was easier to arouse the ambition to fight, and Gu Shenwei regretted that he had not discovered this sooner.
The number of nobles was too small, and the martial arts were too weak, so they died down after a few troubles.
When Zhong Heng and Dugu Xian were recruiting and training recruits, Gu Shenwei was busy rectifying the people around them.
First of all, the killer apprentices brought by Hu Shining, they were "polluted" by Shangguan Yun, and their credibility was greatly reduced, so it was a pity that they were all disbanded.
Gu Shenwei personally participated in the training, showing his sword skills in front of a group of children, hoping to offset some of Shangguan Yun's influence.
Hu Shining thinks that the Dragon King's approach has worked, and he also helps to fuel the fire, telling how the Dragon King grew from a rejected apprentice to a first-rate killer, arousing more respect from the apprentices, which is quite exaggerated, but he carefully conceals the part of the Dragon King killing the master, which is not the ending he wants.
The human heart is unpredictable, and even children have to be on the lookout at all times, so Gu Shenwei decided to continue to train this group of apprentices to be usable killers, but never deliver the most important task.
As for the newly selected group of children, Gu Shenwei reminded Hu Shining that they should be strictly separated from the previous batch.
Next, Gu Shenwei wants to solve the problem that he values the most.
Gu Shenwei was puzzled by the indulgence of himself and the princess for three days, feeling that this was a huge security loophole, and he was determined to find out.
He was not concerned about the suspect, he had already decided that it was the Lotus Girl, and he did not even intend to take any retaliatory measures, but he wanted to know the specific process.
Gu Shenwei can allow the people around him to have different hearts, which is a wart that the most tyrannical emperor cannot completely eradicate, but he must be clear about the methods of the dissidents, so that when the wart becomes a cancer, he can have sufficient ways to deal with it.
To others, he can interrogate directly, and to the lotus girl, he can't even show that he wants to investigate.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
The lotus girl was very interested in the "Sumeru Mustard Seed Heartwarming Mantra" left by the monk Fayan, and she had been treated by Fayan and felt that this set of exercises was very effective in relieving her own yin and poisonous qi.
The scriptures are divided into two volumes, hidden under the stone throne and protected daily by the unwitting king.
Before practicing, I encountered a difficult problem, the scriptures were too profound, full of a large number of transliterated Sanskrit, and countless metaphors, and neither of them could understand them.
Gu Shenwei suddenly understood why he recommended a senior monk in the capital in the congratulatory letter sent by Fa Yan when he got married.
At the critical moment when the war was about to start, the dragon king was not suitable to go to the monk to ask for Buddhism, and this task fell on the lotus girl.
The Dutch maiden took two scriptures and a letter from Fayan into the city to visit the monks.
She knew the concerns in the dragon king's heart, and took the initiative to make a request, saying that she was afraid that she would not be able to remember it alone, and it was best to send another person with her.
Gu Shenwei was really not at ease, so he didn't pretend to excuse himself, and assigned Chu Nanping to listen to the monk**.
Chu Nanping was one of the key objects of Shangguan Yun's persuasion at that time, and the young swordsman's own brother died under the Dragon King's sword, in Shangguan Yun's opinion, this was a ready-made rift.
But after a simple conversation, Shangguan Yun gave up his efforts, Chu Nanping's thoughts in his heart were different, he pursued the ruthless way, thinking that it was a ridiculous idea to avenge his brother, of course he wanted to kill the Dragon King, but that was a matter of ruthless swordsmanship cultivation to the highest level, but now he had to protect the Dragon King well, and he couldn't let others take the lead.
Shangguan Yun understood the set of "Investigation Secrets" of Deyi Building, and retreated in the face of difficulties.
Chu Nanping is still one of Gu Shenwei's most trusted people.
The lotus girl is not around for the time being, and Gu Shenwei can start an investigation.
Although the princess felt deeply humiliated, she still obeyed the queen's duties, and sent people to the military camp every day to comfort the dragon king and invite him to the palace for a meeting.
The princess didn't have much hope for the invitation, so she was surprised and delighted when the news came that the dragon king was on his way.
But soon, the surprise turned into disappointment.
The meeting was more like an interrogation.
Gu Shen dismissed the maid and threw a series of questions to the princess, to the extent that even husband and wife would feel blushing.
The princess refused to answer at first.
"It's a big deal. Gu Shenwei believed that the princess was a sane person, "Someone has done something to us, I have to find out the truth." ”
"What does that mean?" asked the princess, astonished.
"Think about it, in those three days, you were not like you, and I was not like me, we were under control, so we would do that kind of thing. ”
The princess blushed, the key is that she never knew anything about herself, and she didn't know what the former dragon king was like, so she didn't have a sense of resemblance or dislike.
But the Dragon King's words did remind her that at this moment, she had nothing to do with the Dragon King, thinking that it was because of her resentment, but after thinking about it, this was the reaction she really should have.
"I don't know, did anyone drugged the food?"
"No way, I checked carefully and there was no problem with the food. I want you to think carefully about whether anyone approached you unusually before and after the wedding, and the person who used his hands and feet was proficient in evil arts, not necessarily medicine. ”
The princess's face turned even redder, and some words were difficult to speak, even in retrospect, she felt embarrassed, but the dragon king's gaze was like a knife, and the only option to be honest became the only option, "I don't know who it is, maybe it's just a dream, and there was a few nights when a person clicked on me, and I felt ...... Very comfortable. ”
This was a useful clue, and Gu Shenwei knew who to ask next, so he turned around and left.
The princess was left alone, breathing a sigh of relief, sad and sad, she missed the life that was "manipulated".
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