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On the fourth day of November, the city entrance of Xuanwu Pass...

"A prodigal son, he is a prodigal son..."

Zhang Dingbian looked at the ground at the top of the city. Under the command of the craftsmen, the civilians laid heavy rails into the pre-chiefed channels. They couldn't help but sigh and wanted to rush forward to stop them immediately. Fortunately, they were stopped by the deputy generals Cui Liang and Zhang Yichao, but they failed.

But Zhang Dingbian still kept muttering: "Isn't it better to hit more iron armor arrows like this? What does it look like to put it on the city wall like this?"

Upon hearing this, a craftsman who was transferred from the Far East rolled his eyes at Zhang Dingbian, sighed quietly, and ordered people to continue laying the railway tracks...

"Okay, General Zhang, don't complain. The military governor must have his intention to make such arrangements. Don't make trouble here again, so as not to influence the process of craftsmen's work. Go back first..."

Cui Liang was afraid that Zhang Dingbian would continue to be embarrassed on the city wall, so he worked with Zhang Yichao to drag him down the city wall and walked towards the various camps in the pass.

The renovation of Xuanwu Pass is underway in an orderly manner. After Liu Ce took control of the eight provinces in the northern region, he adopted the suggestions of Han Kuang and Guo Xiaoru, focusing on strengthening the defense of the pass and restoring people's livelihood. He transferred 1,800 officials from the Far East to allocate them to various provinces to supplement the shortage of officials.

Secondly, refugees were recruited to repair Xuanwu Pass and the land and houses that were destroyed by war in various places, and mined mines to mine coal, iron ore and other resources for winter and iron smelting.

In fact, all this has been dealt with since Xu Wenjing entered the pass last year. During the fierce battle between Liu Ce and the Shangling Army, Qianzhou, Ganzhou and Liyuan provinces had recovered their anger.

Although the northern region still lacks rain this year, droughts have been everywhere, the excavation of multiple canals has successfully introduced the Wei River water. The distribution of advanced agricultural tools has not led to the continuous expansion of the disaster. The crops in the fields can basically be maintained for 80% of the main population in the three provinces. I believe that once Wei Ying's private field policy is implemented next year, the problem of food and clothing problems in the province should be reduced a lot.

At the same time, brand new factories rose from the ground, and the military farms recruited labor, giving many unemployed households a living to make a living, stabilized their emotions and did not affect public security.

In this year of disaster and in a chaotic world, you can have a living plan so that the people will not lose hope and embark on the path of despair.

At the same time, Liu Ce also abolished nearly 80% of the local troops in the other eight provinces, with a total of 770,000 troops.

For these soldiers with weak combat power, Liu Ce did not intend to continue to stay in the military camp to increase the burden. He would rather recruit them again and plan and practice them in a unified manner.

As for the remaining 20% ​​of the troops, most of them are used to maintain local public security, only a small number of about 40,000 people were organized into the main barracks to serve.

Immediately afterwards, all the officials who were mediocre and lazy in various places and knew nothing about civil affairs were replaced by Liu Ce. The direct new law that dared to resist was used, and the entire northern bureaucrats were panicked for a moment.

After killing several groups of gentry who caused trouble, the "leading brother" was shocked by the rest of the officials and gentry in various places. They clamped their tails and dared not to blatantly oppose Liu Ce, but they only dared to privately scold Liu Ce for his injustice...

At this point, after Liu Ce used his thunderous means, he accumulated the unhealthy trends and evil spirits in the eight northern provinces for more than a hundred years, and was wiped out at an incredible speed, and was destined to bring endless vitality in the future...

The severe winter in the north is very cold, but the enthusiasm of the people in the eight northern provinces is very high. There is work and food to eat, no need to starve, and no need to worry about eating with children. How valuable it is.

The lost order is gradually recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Over the years, they have finally hoped for a good official who can truly make decisions for the people.

Most of the people in the Great Zhou Dynasty were illiterate, but who was really considering them can still be clear. They saw what Liu Ce did and remembered in their hearts. In just a few months, the people had already developed a strong affection for this young former military supervisor...

However, this sense of happiness is still a bit unreal to these people who have suffered for many years, for fear that one day Liu Ce will leave them and return to the past life.

The sudden loss of a person when he has it is the most desperate time. This blow is enough to completely collapse from the inside out by a person with weak psychological tolerance...

Xu Wenjing felt the psychological changes of these people keenly, so she immediately ordered people to get involved in the people, guide them slowly, and instill the idea of ​​Liu Ce as the emperor, so as to achieve the purpose of establishing a new empire.

Liu Ce has no intention of taking care of this matter at the moment. Now, he has only done two things except for inspecting civil affairs and military affairs in the eight provinces in the northern region.

The first thing is to train the beggars...

After the war in the Northlands ended, Liu Ce selected 9,300 strong men from this brigade and began to train them intensified.

What made Liu Ce happy was that in a few months, this team of 9,300 people was extremely persevering. No matter how boring or difficult the training mode was, it was held up, and no one chose to give up.

Seeing that he had gradually been reborn and could go to the battlefield to fight against the hostile team, Liu Ce had decided that this army was completely under his own jurisdiction, and would not easily deal with anyone.

Moreover, since they had already joined the Military Governor's Office, the word "begging for life" could no longer be used, so they simply stole a number that they had heard of in their previous life.

Northern Prefecture Army!

In addition to training the Northern Prefecture Army, the second problem that Liu Ce needs to face at present is the threat from outside the Great Wall.

Of course, this problem is always faced. Even if the Monroe people don’t come to attack, they will sooner or later.

But at present, Liu Ce still plans to spend a few years and wait until the situation in the North is completely stabilized.

Regarding this issue, Liu Ce was discussing with his wife Ye Yin in the General's Mansion in Weiyuan City.

"Huangfu Zhai is really a genius of the world. In fact, from the moment I met him, I knew that he would leave this world sooner or later.

Because I had long realized from his eyes that there was no attachment or concern for this world, but only deep torture and pain…”

While Liu Ce felt sorry for Huangfu Zhai's death, he was also very calm, as if everything was expected by him.

He plucked the carbon fire in the brazier and continued to say to Ye Yin: "But, I really didn't expect him to leave the world in this way.

I didn’t expect that in order to allow you to take over the position of the next great boy, I set up such a big situation at the cost of my life, alas…”

Ye Yin said: "Husband, you have all passed. Master told me before his death that I can help you see the day when the world is in vain..."

"I will..." Liu Ce nodded and said firmly, "There is no reason to refuse!"

Ye Yin sighed slightly and said, "Master is gone, no matter how much you mention it, it is useless. What should you discuss with your husband today when you look for me?"

Liu Ce thought for a while and said, "How many troops are there in the eight northern provinces of our military governor's office now?"

Ye Yin replied: "Along with the Xuanwu Pass defenders, there are a total of 480,000 soldiers and horses..."

Liu Ce nodded and replied, "Yes, forty-eighty thousand horses, it looks a lot, but if it is actually dispersed, it is a bit clumsy.

The Monroe people must be prepared. The troops at Xuanwu Pass cannot move, but they must continue to increase their power to maintain public order in various places. They must also face the eye of the imperial army south of Heyuan.

After a rough estimate, I may have less than 30,000 troops in my hands, and I have more than enough success and less progress. Therefore, this military supervisor plans to create a reserve army to deal with the huge war in the future."

"Reserve Legion?" Ye Yin frowned slightly.

Liu Ce continued: "Areserve Legion, after the service period expires, will be assigned to the Reserve Legion before the age of forty-five, and will be held on standby, obeying orders and gathering to prepare for war at any time.

When they are free, they only need to be busy with their own affairs. Once there is a war that needs to be called up, they must join the battle unconditionally. In this way, the problem of insufficient regular soldiers can be solved in the future..."

After hearing Liu Ce's words, Ye Yin immediately said: "My husband's words are very similar to the government system at the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Kingdom. The kind of military service in wartime and farmers can indeed reduce the problem of insufficient military resources and also reduce huge military expenditures..."

Liu Ce nodded and said, "The reserves of this military governor are indeed somewhat similar to those of the Great Zhou government soldiers. The difference is that the late period of the Great Zhou government soldiers were mainly tenants.

And after the war, there is almost no reward. Over time, the combat effectiveness will be low. After land resources are scarce, the military system will be gradually abolished and withdrawn from the military system and replaced by the recruiting system with relatively reliable combat power.

As long as the reserve service of this military governor goes to the battlefield, it belongs to the category of the main barracks. The calculation of military merits is based on the main soldiers. In this way, they are not afraid that they will not fight to the death.

And our high-quality soldiers can also receive continuous guarantees and can cope with any risks that will be faced..."

Ye Yin thought for a while and said, "I think this method is feasible. Since my husband has decided, when will we start to improve the military service system and create a reserve service?"

Liu Ce said: "Next year, all new recruits will be demoted from three years to two years. After that, all those who have been discharged will be registered and will be ready for war at any time after joining the reserve service!"

"Well..." Ye Yin nodded gently, and after a brief silence, he said to Liu Ce: "It will take some time to realize what we said at present, but how should we deal with the current situation in Monroe?

I believe that the Monroe will never let more than 50,000 people die in vain, and will definitely take action to put pressure on our military governor’s office…”

Liu Ce held his cheek with one hand and said with a frown, "Put pressure? If you just put pressure, you don't have to take him seriously at all, for fear that Tuoba Hongye will lead a million troops to fight.

Then we only have two ways to go. First, Xuanwu Pass was broken, and we led hundreds of thousands of troops of the military governor's office to take measures to die together,

The second is to retreat to the Far East in shame and then shrink the outer defense line. Perhaps this move can resist the attack of the Monroe people, but from then on, the heart of the Central Plains will be lost with us, and we will be trapped in a corner of the Far East forever and will not be able to make progress.

No matter which choice is extremely unfavorable to the Governor's Office..."

Ye Yin thought for a while and said, "Maybe, the situation is not as unbearable as my husband thought. Five months have passed, and the Monroe has not moved yet.

It can only explain one truth. Something must have happened within them. Last time I met Tuoba Yuhai, I could capture a trace of worry from his calm expression.

Maybe... The Monroe will really sit down with us to negotiate, and that's not bad... Of course, it's inevitable to lose some benefits... Husband, I hope you can endure the moment,

Master said that whether the troubled times can be calmed down is all about you..."
Chapter completed!