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He spends most of the day outside, so he really doesn't know what happened.

"Your daughter is too cute."

Shouyue responded indifferently, but when she turned her head, she looked at Yueyue who was on the side and couldn't help teasing Yueyue.

Lu Chensheng lowered his head and looked at Yueyue, his big black eyes were full of aura, and his small face was a little pink and tender, which made people want to touch her.

If you only look at the appearance, I am afraid that there is no one who doesn't like Yueyue.

Lu Chensheng finally understood why people like Gu Zhifang were so nervous.

The feelings are all captured by Yueyue.

Forget it, it's my daughter anyway, so why should I be jealous.

Lu Chensheng shook his head, and continued to walk forward with Yueyue in his arms.

Seeing some interesting objects on the side, Yueyue stretched out her tender little hands, wanting to grab them.

At this moment on the fifth day of the lunar new year, they will come forward to inquire about the price, then take out the money to buy it, and hand it to Yueyue.

Yueyue fiddled with her little hands, babbling happily.

After watching the play for a while, and then watching performances such as fire breathing, Lu Chensheng took everyone in Yueyue home. After Gu Zhifang and the others escorted Lu Chensheng back home, they confirmed that Lu Chensheng She won't take Yueyue out anymore, so she went back to the tavern to drink.

Chapter 492

After the Spring Festival, it is the Lantern Festival.

After the two extremely lively festivals passed, Xing Seoul returned to calm.

Waiting for the weather to warm up slightly, and when spring comes, the outside of the city will be very lively.

The fields that have been plowed are now densely packed with people who are bending over to plant rice seedlings.

After the tender green seedlings are inserted into the rice fields, the originally desolate land has a little more vitality.

All the people are working hard to plant the seedlings.

A few days ago, it was New Year's Eve in the city, even outside the city, they could still hear the cheers and noise inside the city, which made it even more unpleasant for them to be outside.

Now they are desperately trying to get into Xing Seoul City.

Although I don't know what the criteria for entering the city are, but in some people's eyes, if the land they planted has a good harvest, they will make the people above happy if they want to come.

After all, who doesn't like food?

In the past, some people in the city came out to talk about it. After farming, with special fertilization, it is possible to increase the harvest.

As for how much can be harvested, the other party didn't say, and everyone didn't ask, anyway, they just thought it was good to plant a good land.

As long as the land is planted and the harvest is good, maybe when the other party shows mercy, he can enter the city?

Therefore, the people outside the city are still working very hard.

However, the people in the city did not mean to be lazy at all.

Life is good, but they who have lived a hard life especially cherish the present life. Since they are going to farm, they will not be lazy.

What's more, when they received the fields before, if they dared to abandon the fields, they would be punished.

This punishment was only mentioned to the people in the city, and the people outside the city did not speak.

The spring breeze was a bit biting, and the people in the fields were used to it.

A few people who had just plowed the land also started transplanting rice seedlings.

The cattle on the side walked to the side, lowered their heads and gnawed on the grass. A lot of grass entered the mouth of the cattle with one bite, and then they were chewed by big mouthfuls, which looked delicious.

Standing on the city wall, Lu Chensheng saw that the vast fields below were now his territory, and a little pride arose in his heart.

If he had waited until he had acquired a large number of large sections under his command, he would feel even more different.

There has never been a king in history who has conquered all the territories.

Such an achievement, maybe he can do it.

"Let's recruit more soldiers this year."

Lu Chensheng thought for a while, and he was looking at the soldiers in the city for the things he built.

Before, I felt that these soldiers were enough, but after Cheng Xue took people out once, the people left behind were just enough to satisfy the stay in Star Seoul, and there were no other troops that could be sent out.

This kind of thing made Lu Chensheng come to his senses, and the troops were still a little insufficient.

Before, I just thought that defending Xinghan City and then being able to attack with a little force is enough for Xinghan City.

But now that Lu Chensheng has come to his senses again, it seems that it is not enough.

This time he went out to the grassland and brought back tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, so that Star Seoul can live for a long time without worrying about meat.

Although the demand for grass has increased a lot, this thing can be sent to harvest or bought.

It's better than buying so many cattle and sheep.

And this time the expedition also gave Lu Chensheng a taste of the sweetness. Who said that only the Tartars can go south?

If there is a shortage of cattle and sheep in the future, even if there is a shortage of war horses, they can also go to the grassland to grab them!

The horses that were snatched back this time were also quite a lot, a total of [-] horses!

In this way, even if Bai Yi wanted to expand the cavalry, it would be completely fine.

Anyway, the sweetness this time made Lu Chensheng feel that the number of troops was a little too small.

The next time they want to go to the grassland, the other party probably has some preparations. They need to prepare more cavalry to go to the grassland, so that the safety factor will be higher.

Apart from this, there are so many war horses, and the Tartars don't know when they will be ready to go south.

These are all things we have to face, and increasing our military strength is already essential.

Taking ten thousand steps back, in the future, it will also go to the three major dynasties, and the current strength is a bit too small.

Therefore, the expansion of troops is imperative.

Cheng Xue was dressed in armor, and when he heard Lu Chensheng say this, his eyes immediately beamed with joy.

As a general, the thing that makes her happiest is nothing but expanding troops!

Seeing more and more troops under him, he was naturally more satisfied.

"I don't know how much the shopkeeper will expand?"

"It can be expanded as much as possible."

When Lu Chensheng heard the words, he pondered for a moment and responded.

There are only so many people in the city, old and young, women and children, and some have their own jobs. In addition, there are already more than 1 soldiers, and there are only a few men left.

There are some men from the Gu family, and the only son will not join the army, so there are probably not many left.

So Lu Chensheng replied directly, allowing the other party to recruit as many as they can.

The soldiers' salaries are still very high, but with the current profits of Star Seoul, these salaries are still affordable.

In fact, the pressure on military pay is not too great, the big ones are the equipment of the soldiers, and food and so on.

These are actually the big ones.

However, for the sake of future plans, and now that there are already norms for training soldiers, if they are trained earlier, they will have a little fighting power when they see blood.

After experiencing more battles, he will naturally become an elite fighter in the future.

Cheng Xue looked at Lu Chensheng in astonishment, "Shopkeeper, what if there are too many recruits at once?"

When she heard Lu Chensheng's words, she was naturally delighted, but hesitated for a moment, what if there were too many recruits, and she would be overwhelmed?

But it should not be that the military salary cannot be paid, or that it is dragged down by so many soldiers.

Now that Star Seoul is on the right track, it is better for everything to come a little bit.

Such a direct and sudden conscription made Chengxue a little panicked.

She hoped that Lu Chensheng could give a suitable data and not increase troops indiscriminately.

"It's okay. Last year, Xinghan City collected 70 taels of silver in taxes, and there are 120 million taels of silver in the treasury. That's not counting the rest of the treasures. It's no problem to raise some soldiers."

Seeing Chengxue's worried appearance, Lu Chensheng waved his hands.

With enough money behind him as a guarantee, Lu Chensheng can be said to be quite tough, without any panic.

Things that can be solved with money are not called things.

More than 100 million taels of silver?

When Cheng Xue heard this, she was also stunned.

Chapter 493

Cheng Xue never imagined that Xinghan City could already make money like this.

Originally, according to what she thought, there was only so much military pay that the previous Chengzhou Kingdom could spend every year.

Expansion of armaments is of course beneficial, but if the military salary cannot be paid, it is more or less useless, and it may even drag down Xing Seoul.

What she didn't expect was that Xing Seoul's income was so high now.

There is an income of about [-] silver a year, maybe it can't even compare with the emperor's capital who inherited the state of Zhou?

You know, Cheng Zhou's annual treasury income is only four to five million taels of silver.

Among the money, the tax paid by the common people accounted for the majority.

Lu Chensheng didn't collect the tax from the common people in Xinghan City. At first, he thought that Lu Chensheng made a mistake in this move, but the facts proved that the other party didn't seem to be wrong.

Putting aside the common people can actually make more money. If you think about it so carefully, if people in other dynasties know about it, they will probably change in the future.

"Okay, then Chengxue recruits as many soldiers as possible, and trains seriously."

Since Lu Chensheng said so and wanted to recruit more soldiers, Chengxue naturally recruited more soldiers as Lu Chensheng wished.

Expanding the strength of his army was originally what Chengxue wanted to do.

Seeing Chengxue come down in response, Lu Chensheng nodded.

Looking at the densely packed people below, they bent down and planted rice seedlings extremely hard. After watching for a while, they withdrew their eyes, turned and went down the city wall.

One mu of land outside the city is being cultivated, and there are people guarding it. If something happens, someone will deal with it as soon as possible.

In terms of safety, there is no problem.

Not long after Lu Chensheng got off the city wall, he saw a person rushing over, saying that it was the Dacang Kingdom's embassy asking to see him.

"Da Cang Kingdom Mission? Why, hasn't the flood problem been resolved?"

Lu Chensheng was a little surprised. It stands to reason that the flood problem has been resolved. Why is the Da Cang Kingdom mission coming again.

"Shopkeeper, the other party doesn't seem to be suffering from floods."

The guard heard the words and said in a deep voice.

Not because of floods?Lu Chensheng frowned, and went directly to the main hall.

At this moment, the mission was already waiting for Lu Chensheng in the main hall, and when he saw Lu Chensheng coming, he hurried forward to salute.

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhao. I don't know why you came here this time?"

Lu Chensheng looked at Zhao Qianhua in front of him, the two were already acquaintances.

"This time, I'm mainly here to discuss a business."

Zhao Qianhua said happily that the last time he negotiated a deal with Lu Chensheng, he directly solved the flood problem, which made him very happy.

It would be the best if this deal can be negotiated now.

"I don't know what kind of business Mr. Zhao wants to talk about?"

Lu Chensheng invited the other party to sit down, with a little doubt on his face.

"I heard that Mr. Lu brought back a lot of good horses a few years ago. Our Great Cang Kingdom wants to buy some. In addition, we also want to buy one or two cattle."

He had seen the Quyuanli outside, and someone had reported it to the king before.

Such crops, if used and cultivated, are definitely sharp weapons!