The former royal palace of the Gule Kingdom is located in the center of Zhenxi City. It is about 600 meters long from north to south and about 450 meters wide from east to west. It has a six-meter-high wall and a total of more than 2,000 palaces and rooms.

After Sun Hao captured Iron Lion City, also known as Zhenxi City, he unceremoniously hung a sign of the Western Regions Protectorate on the palace, and now he has changed it to the plaque of Zhenxi Protectorate.

Logically speaking, a palace like the former Gule Kingdom Palace would generally become the temporary palace of the Daliang Emperor, and it would definitely be a violation of etiquette for Sun Hao to live in it.

If the ministers in the court knew about this, they would definitely impeach Sun Hao for this matter.

However, Sun Hao was very confident that the imperial court would never turn against him just because of such a palace.

For example, when Dong Zixiao, the Xizhou governor appointed by the court, arrived at Zhenxi City, he saw that Sun Hao had occupied the royal palace as the government office of Zhenxi Protectorate, and he did not say anything extra.

Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Liu Xiangling, Xie Wan'er, Shen Xue, and Chen Shuang, the six girls, came to Zhenxi City with Sun Hao's three sons and three daughters, and also lived in the government office of Zhenxi Protectorate.

Sun Hao named his three sons Sun Kai, Sun Jin, and Sun Rui, and his three daughters Sun Ruoyan, Sun Ruoxi, and Sun Ruoming, also named by Sun Hao.

Aimu also gave birth to a son for Sun Hao, who was named Sun Lin by Sun Hao.

After Aimu gave birth to Sun Lin, Sun Hao got another extra sign-in opportunity. After Sun Hao used up this sign-in opportunity, he signed out 256 White Horse Volunteers.

Next, the wives and concubines who stayed in Ganyang City would bring their children to Zhenxi City one after another after giving birth.

As for Sun Hao's property in Ganyang City, Luo Xuan will leave a few housekeepers to continue running it.

"My Lord, according to preliminary statistics, the population of Zhenxi Protectorate is approximately 10.7 million.

Because many Hu people fled to Wensu State, there are now less than 800,000 Hu people living in Zhenxi Protectorate.

"In addition, people of the Liang clan from some neighboring countries are still migrating here. The population of the Zhenxi Protectorate should increase in the coming period," Zhuge Liang said to Sun Hao, holding up a few sheets of paper.

After Sun Hao handed over the government affairs of Zhenxi Protectorate to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, the two would pick out some important matters and report to Sun Hao every morning.

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Pang Tong continued to say to Sun Hao, "My lord, spring plowing has begun in all parts of the country. This year, there has been ample rain throughout the Zhenxi Protectorate, so it should be another bumper year.

I have already negotiated with Xizhou Governor Dong Zixiao that the land tax for this year and the next two years will be collected by our Zhenxi Protectorate, while the commercial tax will be collected by our Zhenxi Protectorate at 90% and the Xizhou government at 10%.

Sun Hao smiled and said, "That Xizhou governor is quite sensible.

By the way, how did you research the Xiang Army's affairs?"

Pang Tong replied, “Except for the detachment of garrison troops in Zhenxi City, which is under the jurisdiction of the Xizhou Prefecture Government, the detachment troops or garrison camps in other cities of Zhenxi Protectorate will still be under the jurisdiction of Zhenxi Protectorate for the time being.

However, my lord, you must be wary of the Xizhou governor, lest he take advantage of you in the future."

Zhuge Liang agreed and said, "My lord, that Xizhou governor has the support of the Daliang court and the Yong'an Prince Chen Su. We must be more careful."

Sun Hao nodded and said, "From now on, the two of you should pay more attention to that Xizhou Mu and don't let him cause any trouble in our territory.

By the way, how is your research on the Zhenxi Army's organization going?"

Zhuge Liang then pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Sun Hao, "My lord, this is the Zhenxi Army organization that we have drawn up after discussing it with General Xue Rengui, General Qin Qiong, and General Di Qing."

Sun Hao took it and took a look. According to what was written on it, the Zhenxi Army would be composed of the Left Guard, Right Guard, Vanguard Guard, Rear Guard, South Guard, North Guard, East Guard, West Guard and the Personal Guard, a total of nine guards.

The organization of the left and right guards remained unchanged, with four brigades in each guard. Each brigade consisted of three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion, with a total strength of more than 20,000 people.

Geng Jing continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Left Guard, while Xue Rengui and Yuwen Chengdu continued to serve as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Right Guard.

The four Lang Jiangs of the Right Guard were still Shi Wengong, Luan Tingyu, Bian Xiang, and Du Fu.

Among the Left Guard and the Right Guard, there are nearly 5,000 centurions each under the "annual contract system" who serve as middle-level and lower-level officers.

The other six guards except the Imperial Guard will be composed of 100 generals from the "annual contract system", with each guard having a strength of 20,000.

The vanguard, rearguard and southern guard each had 5,000 black-armored cavalry, 5,000 Beiwei cavalry, 5,000 Wei Wuzu and 5,000 Qin Ruishi.

The Northern Guard, Eastern Guard and Western Guard each had 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 5,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry, 5,000 Vanguard Death Soldiers and 5,000 White Horse Volunteers.

Qin Qiong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the vanguard, and there was no deputy commander-in-chief. The four generals were Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Yu Juluo, and Han Qinhu respectively.

Di Qing was the commander of the rear guard, and the four generals were Pang De, Gan Ning, Yan Liang and Wen Chou respectively.

Gao Aocao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Guard, and the four generals were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Guan Sheng, and Lin Chong respectively.

The commander-in-chief of the Southern Guard was Hulugu, and the four generals were Ma Chao, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, and Dong Ping respectively.

Taishi Ci was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Guard, and the four generals were Shi Wansui, He Ruobi, Hua Rong, and Xu Ning respectively.

Yuchi Gong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Guard, and Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Yang Zhi, and Suo Chao were appointed as the four generals respectively.

The Imperial Guard will be the largest guard in the Zhenxi Army.

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