Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 145

[Chapter 145 Bastion Strategy]

“Bastion.”

Palace Study.

Zou Rong looked at what King Yan had drawn on the paper.

This is a six-pointed star-shaped building, with each star point extending outward.

The middle area is used for soldiers training and resting.

And this building has two floors, with a big hexagon on the bottom and a small hexagon on the top.

He had never seen such a building before, and felt novelty for a while.

“Your Highness, the subordinates at the lower level understand that they can use every corner to shoot at the enemy, but isn’t the second level a bit wasteful?” Zou Rong asked.

“No waste at all, you will understand in the future.” Zhao Xu smiled.

Zou Rong’s understanding is that bows and arrows are only used as defensive weapons, because the second floor is farther away from the battlefield, so he thinks it is not very useful.

But what he didn’t know was that it was loaded with artillery.

After the bastion is built, it will become an unsinkable warship, gazing at the enemy coming from the deep mountains.

Zou Rong nodded, this task is much more difficult for him than building Chengdefang.

King Yan has already told him in detail how to build the bastion.

Bingzhangsi will provide something called steel bars.

Let the steel bars become the skeleton, let the carpenter fix it with planks outside, and pour concrete.

Build two high walls with an interval of five meters thick, and fill them with soil.

He had only a half-knowledge of these things, but King Yan said that he would personally guide him, so he felt much more at ease.

And the next most important question is the person who built the bastion, which is a big project.

Before he could speak, King Yan said: “As for the people who built the bastion, I remember that at the end of the war, 40,000 to 50,000 people who were looted by Beidi arrived in Yanjun. Give them a tael of silver per month if you go.”

Zou Rong knew this group of people who didn’t want to go back.

These people are basically young men and women, and Beidi people will not kidnap the old and the young.

Excluding women, at least 30,000 young and strong people can be picked out of it.

It is enough for so many people to build five bastions.

“In addition, you can also recruit people. After the autumn plowing is over, the people can relax. The five bastions will be built at the same time. The mountains will be covered by heavy snow in winter, and Beidi will not be able to cross the mountains. From now until next spring and summer, you will have more than half a year. time.” Zhao Xu said.

In ancient times there was corvée.

It stands to reason that he can enlist the people to do corvee.

But because corvee is free, the people hate it very much and don’t take it seriously.

That’s why he decided to turn the construction of the bastion into infrastructure to activate Yan County’s economy.

The people are free in winter, and money is naturally what they want, and their enthusiasm for work has also increased.

The period of building the bastion will definitely be shortened.

Although this would cost the palace a lot of money.

But when the money is in the hands of the people, and the people have money, the business of Yan County can prosper.

After the palace passes the commercial tax, the money can be returned to the palace.

Even if some of them are in the hands of merchants, if merchants cooperate with commercial firms to get goods from the palace, some of them will still be in the hands of the palace.

In this way, the money has been transferred back in a circle, the economy has been revitalized, and the infrastructure has been improved, so why not do it.

However, his ability to do so is based on the fact that he can harvest powerful and wealthy merchants through commercial goods.

And this is why he attaches great importance to Yan County Commercial Bank.

Next, he will reform the firm to make it easier for him to accumulate wealth for the palace.

Just like the growth of a tree requires its roots to attract nutrients from the earth.

In contemporary times, the development of Western industry builds and exploits the wealth of the colonies.

He can’t go to sea now, and without sea rights, he can only complete primitive accumulation by extracting wealth from outside the fiefdom through commercial goods.

“Your Highness, if this is the case, these five bastions will probably cost millions.” Zou Rong made a rough calculation and was startled.

In such a short period of time, he planned to recruit at least 60,000 people. After all, he had to transport cement and mine mountain rocks to break them into stones.

In this way, the monthly payment for seven or eight months is almost more than 500,000 yuan.

This is not counting the silver of materials.

Zhao Xu was in pain for a while, but he had to endure the pain.

But fortunately, the Wangfu made millions of taels of silver from the monopoly last time, and the 1.56 million taels in the Wangfu’s account can still be used.

Moreover, the project is not completed in a day, so there is no need to spend so much money all at once.

But even so, he had to continue hugging money.

The recovery of Shanggu County and Yan County, as well as the payment and equipment of 30,000 recruits, as well as the plan to build ships and open up maritime trade routes.

And of course, artillery.

“My head hurts…” Zhao Xu knocked on his head. There is still a long way to go to make money.

But he still gritted his teeth and said to Zou Rong: “You don’t need to worry about the matter of money, just let go and do it.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Zou Rong replied yes.

At this moment, Zhao Xu gave Zou Rong the drawing of the bastion, and asked him to set it up right away.

Zou Rong just left.

Feng’er suddenly poked her head outside the study, “Your Highness, there is a man named Mo Yu outside the palace asking to see you.”

“Mo Yu?” Zhao Xu was startled, thinking he heard it wrong.

“Yes, he said that he is the son of General Mo Di.” Feng’er said.

When Mo Yu came, he didn’t come to the palace, but went directly to the battle.

So she didn’t know Mo Yu.

“How did he get into the city?” Zhao Xu showed a confused expression. ”

Generally, the city gate guards will stop those who bring soldiers and horses.

“He’s alone.”

Zhao Xu frowned, got up and walked out, “I’m going to take a look.” When he

came to the gate of the palace, Zhao Xu saw Mo Yu standing at the door.

And there is no armor on his body, just a normal suit.

“Captain Mo.” Zhao Xu smiled, “What brought you here.”

“I’ve met His Royal Highness King Yan.” Mo Yu cupped her hands.

Then he sighed, “To tell you the truth, I have been dismissed from office, and now I am white. My father is in Yanzhou, and only His Highness is sincerely fighting against Beidi, so I asked you to come and join Your Highness, and I hope His Highness will take you in.”

Zhao Xu thought a little, and then he understood come over.

He also wondered why Mo Yu was able to lead the troops to help him, but now it seems that General Mo Di was away, and the king’s order was not accepted, so Mo Yu was allowed to come.

Now that the trouble has come to the court, there must be someone playing tricks.

So Mo Yu acted as a shield and was dismissed.

“This king is not an innocent person. If Captain Mo hadn’t helped him at that time, the war would not have ended smoothly, and this king would not have been able to capture Kutu. Immediately credited, he won Shanggu County.” Zhao Xu said.

Mo Yu restrained Cha Erha, helped Lu Chang or captured him.

Otherwise, when Tam and Charha merged into one place, and more than ten thousand Beidi cavalry were in Yanjun, he would be powerless to resist.

In this matter, people really helped a lot.

Now that Mo Yu lost his official position because of this, and it was recommended by Mo Di, it is a bit unreasonable for him not to accept it.

Furthermore, Mo Yu was trained by Mo Di.

Military capability is not necessarily worse than Chang Wei.

Right now, he is about to expand his army, which is the time when he needs generals.

There is a place for him.

So he said: “Lieutenant Mo came at the right time. Your Majesty Xu Benwang expanded his troops to 60,000 people. It is better for Lieutenant Mo to stay in this king’s army and train new soldiers.”

Mo Yu was overjoyed and bowed: ” Thank you Your Highness, Mo Yu will serve His Highness as a dog and horse from now on.”

(End of this chapter)