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Time flies by quickly, and half a month flies by in an instant.

Winter has come long ago, and now everyone is wrapped in thick fur clothes, even Lu Chen.

Warriors have a certain degree of resistance to cold. Masters like Lu Chen are not afraid of the cold at all. Even if Lu Chen doesn't wear such thick clothes, there will be no problem. But not being afraid of the cold doesn't mean that he can't feel the cold. The cold wind hits his body. , still feeling a little uncomfortable.

Most high-level warriors are like this, such as Bai Qingqing and the others, who also wear thick clothes.

Winter made Lu Chen feel a little uncomfortable. Her women were all wrapped in thick fur clothes. Their originally graceful lines were blocked by the clothes, and their perfect figures could not be shown at all.

But there was no way, he couldn't change the weather.

The arrival of winter has also brought a lot of problems to Beijun. At this time, Lu Chen has not realized what troubles Beijun will encounter in winter. He has been preparing for the North Xian King's southward march in the past half month, so He hardly paid much attention to the political affairs of North County.

In the early morning, Lu Chen woke up to the warm fragrance of Yelu Nanyan's nephrite. After having some breakfast with Yelu Nanyan, Lu Chen went to the study as usual.

When he arrived at the door of the study, the important officials and generals of Bei County were already waiting at the door.

Now they will come to the study together every five days, and then report to Lu Chen the recent situation in Beijun and discuss some things that happened in Beijun.

In the beginning, Lu Chen actually had no rules about reporting matters, but gradually Li Rui and the others formed a habit. Lu Chen simply stipulated that major events in Beijun should be discussed every five days.

After seeing Lu Chen coming, Li Rui and the others immediately bowed and said, "Meet the prince!"

"Your Majesty, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Lu Chen nodded slightly and entered the study directly, "Come in, everyone."

Then everyone followed Lu Chen into the study. The study seemed more crowded today because there were more people participating in the discussion.

Basically, as long as officials' loyalty reaches 90 and they hold important positions in Bei County, Lu Chen will allow them to participate in discussions.

Seeing the increasingly crowded study room, Lu Chen thought to himself that the construction of the political hall had already started. The temporary political hall should be built soon, and then there would be no need to continue to crowd in the study.

At this time, Lu Chen glanced at everyone, and then said: "Old rule, if you have any questions, tell them one by one."

Hearing this, Li Rui stood up first and said: "Your Majesty, now the severe winter has arrived. Although Beijun has successfully resisted the barbarian plunder this year, there are still many people who are short of food and clothing. Do we need to give porridge this year?"

The people in Beijun have always been poor. Even though Lu Chen has exempted them from a lot of agricultural taxes, they are still very poor. It is difficult for most people to fill their stomachs.

This is why every time Beiwang Mansion recruits workers, there are always many people trying to become workers in Beiwang Mansion.

As long as you enter the Beiwang Mansion and become a worker in the Beiwang Mansion, in the eyes of the people of Beijun, you will no longer be afraid of hunger and cold.

After hearing Li Rui's words, Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "Continue giving porridge, but this year Beiwangfu will give some money to buy food, and then we will give porridge in the name of Beiwangfu."

Li Rui instantly understood what Lu Chen meant. Lu Chen was planning to win people's hearts, but this was understandable. After all, Lu Chen was now the vassal king of Beijun, and the entire North County was already Lu Chen's fiefdom. As the king of the fiefdom, It's normal to win over people's hearts.

Li Rui immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen asked: "Does Mr. Li have anything else to do?"

Li Rui glanced at the generals headed by Mu Changtian next to him, and then continued: "Your Majesty, the people in Yancheng City recently complained that they could not buy wood. They claimed that the Wanning River Valley and some forests had been invaded by Yancheng's army. It was surrounded and the woodcutter couldn’t get in to chop wood.”

"Winter is here. If there is not enough wood, many people in North County may freeze to death this year."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Lu Chen himself is a master. Although he can feel the cold, he is not afraid of the cold. Precisely because he is not afraid of the cold, he has no concept of winter and even completely forgets that winter can freeze people to death.

After all, it has no direct relationship with him, so Lu Chen usually doesn't pay attention to it, but after hearing what Li Rui said, Lu Chen actually reacted.

Heating is indeed a nuisance.

After Li Rui finished speaking, Lu Chen glanced at Mu Changtian and the other generals. At this time, Mu Changtian stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there are military camps of Beijun in the forests around Yancheng, or there are secrets of Beijun hidden there. , so my subordinates asked soldiers from Beijun to blockade most areas."

Lu Chen actually knew this, especially in the area where the artillery battalion was located. A large forest was allocated to Mu Jingwu's artillery battalion. This was mainly because he was afraid that spies would discover some secrets of Beijun.

It's time to seal off those forests.

However, the heating problem of ordinary people should indeed be solved.

Lu Chen thought for a while and then said: "General Mu, after you leave the North Prince's Mansion later, open some unimportant areas to the people. You cannot let the people freeze. If the people all freeze to death, next year we will still How to build North County.”

Mu Changtian said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will ask the soldiers to release some restrictions in the forest area immediately after I leave the Northern Palace."

After the words fell, Mu Changtian retreated, and Li Rui also retreated to the position where he was standing before.

Lu Chen glanced at everyone and asked, "Is anyone else okay?"

Mu Changtian stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, the military camp has currently recruited 50,000 new soldiers. Including the original Beijun soldiers and black cavalry, the entire North County now has 120,000 soldiers. Do we still need to continue to recruit new soldiers?"

Hearing Mu Changtian talk about the problem of soldiers, Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "We don't need it for the time being, even if Beijun recruits too many soldiers, it won't be able to support them.

The soldiers in Beijun are basically peasant soldiers, and the soldiers recruited by Mu Changtian are not regular troops in the strict sense. They only train regularly and go back to farming. Their combat effectiveness is very weak.

Lu Chen's plan is to professionalize the soldiers of Beijun in the future and turn them into professional soldiers. This is the case with the current Black Cavalry. The Black Cavalry is completely maintained by the North Prince's Palace.

However, if they want to support hundreds of thousands of professional soldiers, this will put a huge pressure on the finances of Beijun and Beiwang Mansion, and this is not currently possible.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of money and food.

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Mu Changtian said, "I understand."

Then Mu Changtian returned to the position where he had just stood.

After Mu Changtian returned to his original position, Xuanyuan Chen stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the craftsmen you want have arrived in Yancheng. When I came to the North Palace in the morning, those craftsmen were already waiting for you at the gate of the city."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes lit up, "So fast?"

Lu Chen was a little surprised. He thought it would take at least a month or two for these craftsmen to arrive at Yancheng. Unexpectedly, it took only half a month for them to arrive at Yancheng from Dayucheng. Now his gunpowder and red clothes The cannon could begin to be prepared for mass production.

Maybe we can prepare a big surprise for the King of North Xian when he leads his army to Beijun.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen continued to say to Xuanyuan Chen: "When the morning meeting is over, I will go with you to meet them."

After talking about the craftsmen, they then discussed some topics about the development of North County, such as the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and tax issues.

However, from beginning to end, Lu Chen never mentioned the topic of dismissal of officials.

Lu Chen had actually wanted to deal with those officials in Beijun for a long time, but he faced a big practical problem, that is, after abolishing the officials in Beijun, he basically had no available people. This made Lu Chen Feeling very confused.

Although he hated the corrupt officials in Bei County now, if there were no corrupt officials, who would work for him, I am afraid that his decrees would not be conveyed by then, so Lu Chen could only endure it for the time being.

After the morning meeting ended, Lu Chen followed Xuanyuan Chen to the city gate.

At this time, people were standing outside the north gate of Yancheng. The people in Yancheng were very curious about what these people carrying big and small bags and pushing carts and carts were doing.

I don't know who said, "The prince is coming," and the common people moved out of the way.

Soon Lu Chen rode his horse to the craftsmen in Dayu City. At this time, there were two young men in front of the team who looked to be only in their twenties and thirties. The men were strong and powerful, and their fur clothes were covered with all the muscles on their bodies. He stood up and was about 1.9 meters tall.

Lu Chen immediately identified the information of these two people.

[Name: Mo Fei]

[Identity: The current craftsman leader of Beiwang Mansion and the former craftsman of Dayu City. After learning that Beiwang needed craftsmen, he immediately led two thousand craftsmen to Yancheng. 】

[Strength: Level 5]

【Loyalty: 100】

…

[Name: Mo Xing]

[Identity: The current craftsman of Beiwang Mansion, Mo Fei’s younger brother, and the former craftsman of Dayucheng. After learning that his eldest brother Mo Fei was going to Yancheng to serve the North King, he also followed him to Yancheng. 】

[Strength: Level 5]

【Loyalty: 100】

…

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment when he saw the two people's information. Both of them had the last name Mo?

Is it possible that there really is a Mohist school of thought in this world?

After Lu Chen got to know Dayucheng during this period, he found that some of Dayucheng's ideas were really very similar to the Mo family. In addition, two people with the surname Mo appeared now, which made Lu Chen even more suspicious.

But it doesn't matter whether they belong to the Mo family or not. The most important thing is that these craftsmen are 100% loyal to the North Palace. Let them make weapons, which reduces the risk of leakage.

At this time, Mo Fei and Mo Xing came to Lu Chen at the same time, then saluted and said: "Caomin Mo Fei, Caomin Mo Xing pays homage to the prince!"

Other craftsmen also saluted and said: "Greetings, Your Majesty!!!"

"Your Majesty, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!!!"

Lu Chen nodded, then said with a smile: "Okay, everyone, get up."

At this moment, Lu Chen's eyes were suddenly attracted by a figure in the distance.

There were too many people just now and he didn't notice it. After all the craftsmen lowered their heads, Lu Chen suddenly discovered that there was a woman wearing black and red armor on a white horse not far away.

The woman wore a high single ponytail, a red robe, and held a red-tasseled gun in her hand. The woman was very beautiful, with delicate facial features, and a heroic spirit between her eyebrows. She looked heroic.

this……

Lu Chen suddenly felt doubtful.

It seems that he has never seen this woman in the Black Cavalry before?

And there seems to be no white horse among the black cavalry, and most importantly, there are no women.

After noticing the color of the horses, Lu Chen quickly discovered something else. The horses ridden by the soldiers behind the woman were also white horses, not black horses like the black cavalry.

Out of curiosity, Lu Chen immediately used the system to identify the woman's information.

[Name: Xuanyuan Yunqi]

[Identity: The daughter of the head of the Xuanyuan family in Dayu City. She is 23 years old this year. She is the sister of Xuanyuan Chen and is a master. She heard that Yancheng needed craftsmen, so she led three thousand light cavalry to escort these craftsmen to Yancheng. She was very interested in the Northern King. Feelings are a bit strange. 】

[Rating: 98]

【Loyalty: 100】

[Favorability: 50]

Lu Chen was shocked again when he saw Xuanyuan Yunqi's information.

A rating of 9...98? ? ?

However, Xuanyuan Yunqi is indeed very beautiful, but her beauty is quite unique and different from the beauty of the women Lu Chen has seen before.

And not only is she so beautiful, she's also a master.

this……

The system did not tell him that it had summoned the third grandmaster.

Is Xuanyuan Yunqi a reward given to him by the system?

After all, the five hundred thousand people in Dayu City are considered as summoning rewards from the system, so Xuanyuan Yunqi should also be counted among them, right?

Lu Chen was a little unsure.

After all, this surprise came too suddenly.

He never thought that there was a female grandmaster with a score of 98 in Dayu City.

Of course, there was another thing that surprised Lu Chen.

That is three thousand white horse light cavalry.

The system did not mention these three thousand white horse light cavalry at first. The system only regarded these three thousand cavalry as ordinary people in Dayu City.

Lu Chen always thought that the black cavalry were all the soldiers capable of fighting in Dayu City, but he did not expect that there were still three thousand light cavalry in Dayu City.

He knew from the beginning that Dayu City had great war potential, but he didn't expect Dayu City to be so strong.

At this time, Lu Chen was a little curious, why didn't the three thousand light cavalry led by Xuanyuan Yunqi come over?

Just when he was thinking this, he discovered that Xuanyuan Yunqi actually left with three thousand light cavalry.

Lu Chen frowned.

A female grandmaster with a 98 rating ran up to her, glanced at her, and then ran away?

Can this make her run away?

Lu Chen quickly turned to Xuanyuan Chen and said, "General Xuanyuan, who is that woman in black and red armor? Why did she leave with the soldiers without saluting the king?"

After hearing this, Xuanyuan Chen immediately said: "Your Majesty, that woman is my younger sister. She is the general protecting the city of Dayu City. Those three thousand cavalry are also the city guards of Dayu City. They are here to send craftsmen. We come to North County."

"Now the people have been sent, so they have to go back to Dayu City quickly to prevent Dayu City from being attacked by barbarians. As for why my little sister didn't salute..."

Speaking of this, Xuanyuan Chen hesitated for a moment, and then he said bravely: "I apologize to the prince on behalf of my little sister. My little sister has been spoiled since she was a child and does not understand etiquette. I hope the prince can forgive her."

"When my little sister comes to Yancheng next time, I will definitely grab her and kowtow to the prince to apologize."

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment after hearing Xuanyuan Chen's words.

Don’t know etiquette?

Do you really not understand etiquette?