Several more days passed.
The plans that the five people were responsible for were all carried out in an orderly manner.
Rapeseed seeds have been sown over a large area, and grape vines have been planted in various orchards.
The Prime Minister judged that within four months, Stoby would be able to bake tempting five-star delicacies on a large scale.
The general issued a conscription notice.
Sure enough, the young people in Stobi were very enthusiastic, and as many as 70,000 people signed up!
After layers of screening, the more than 9,000 people who successfully joined the army all had very strong physiques.
Any one of them, wearing a full set of bronze armor and holding a full set of weapons and shields, can run five kilometers without stopping.
This has already met the selection criteria for heavy infantry!
The general was convinced.
As long as they can provide enough equipment, the newly recruited warriors can easily form ten heavy infantry legions, which is ten times the current number of the Imperial Guards!
The three generals were not idle either.
As the commander of the reserve army, his task was to concentrate manpower on mining and smelting copper.
Those who failed in the auditions and those who were eliminated from the army were organized by the three generals.
Thanks to semi-militarized management and the spontaneous enthusiasm of the people, this group of migrant workers is extremely efficient.
In just one month, they produced enough weapons, armor, and shields to equip more than 3,000 new heavy infantrymen.
Of course, the high priest's diplomatic skills were also fully demonstrated.
He took the wheat tali messenger and toured the farmlands.
With his eloquence and the endorsement of young rapeseed and grapevines, the high priest persuaded the envoy to pay 100,000 tons of beef in advance.
With this batch of military rations, not only the general's regular army will have no worries about food and drink, but the three generals' civilian workers can also drink big bowls of wine and eat big chunks of meat every day.
All of this greatly enhanced the reputation of King Xia Zhe.
Only the second general is still doing business at a loss.
Thousands of security points have been successfully set up.
The plan to use the silver stored in the national treasury to purchase copper materials from the people was also popular among the people.
However, the city of Stobi was small and had little money, and the treasury was not well-off.
If no suitable replacement is found, the treasury will be empty within three months.
This made the second general and the prime minister, who had promised to fully cooperate with him, quite anxious.
What is Xia Zhe doing?
Ever since publicly announcing that playing games is justified, Xia Zhe has completely let himself go!
From morning till night every day, he would deploy his troops on that huge sand table and have a lot of fun!
Because the venue is so large, it is quite inconvenient for one person to move around.
He had no choice but to capture dozens of palace servants and put them to work under his command, moving chess pieces representing various armies and forces back and forth every day.
In this way, I actually regained some of the feeling of staying up late to play games.
Of course, what Xia Zhe thought was a waste of time was actually a very advanced tactical simulation training in the eyes of everyone.
Every palace servant captured by Xia Zhe was extremely serious and rigorous in his work, for fear of interfering with the king's analysis and judgment.
The Prime Minister privately reminded the three generals of the matter, and they also knew about it.
Whenever they had time, the three of them would find various excuses to enter the palace and work as porters for Xia Zhe in the garden.
Through this unique war chess simulation, the three generals all felt that their command skills had improved a lot.
Later, the three of them even had selfish motives and replaced the palace servants who moved the chess pieces for Xia Zhe with young talents from their own families.
These young men, who were originally arrogant and boasted of being well-versed in military books, were all filled with admiration for Wang after helping Xia Zhe move chess pieces for a few days.
Unknowingly, Xia Zhe had trained a large number of tactical talents with strong military qualities.
Of course, Xia Zhe himself was not aware of all this.
He only knew that once he was dismissed, this simulation game that required the cooperation of a group of people would never be played again.
Therefore, he could only seize every opportunity and have fun.
This attitude of working day and night made everyone admire Wang's ability and even more impressed by his diligence.
Everyone feels that.
King Xiazhe is a treasure bestowed by God to the Stobi people!
That day, after breakfast, Xia Zhe sat down on a huge rock in the garden. He was in a dilemma for a moment and did not immediately issue orders to deploy troops.
Because the game I played a few days ago in which I used Sparta to unify the world was completed before dark yesterday.
Today, Xia Zhe couldn't decide which force to use again.
"My king is planning to restart a simulated war? Why not try starting with Stoby?" someone on the side said tentatively.
Starting with Stoby?
Are you looking for trouble?
Xia Zhe was stunned when he heard this and turned around to look.
I saw a handsome man in his twenties with exaggerated muscles standing on one side with his hands behind his back.
"Oh, it's Achilles. I haven't seen you for many days. Where have you been recently?" Xia Zhe said with a smile.
Xia Zhe had a deep memory of Achilles.
He was first brought here one day by the general, who said he was very strong and easy to use.
In fact, this person is really useful.
Not only can he move the huge wooden boxes that simulate hundreds of thousands of troops by himself.
He was also very careful when inserting toothpicks into the wooden box to form a formation. Even after inserting tens of thousands of them, there was no mess at all.
Xia Zhe had a lot of fun during the days he was around.
But later, Achilles left in a hurry and no one knew where he went.
I didn't expect to see him again today, and Xia Zhe actually felt a little nostalgic in his heart.
"The general sent me to serve in the army, so I no longer play games with my king! To be honest, the days when I moved various chess pieces and props for the king are what Achilles miss the most!" Achilles saluted.
He was speaking the truth.
For the young talents of Stoby, getting the chance to participate in the King's mock battle is a great opportunity to broaden their horizons!
Thanks to the recommendation of the general, he worked as a laborer for Xia Zhe in the palace for five full days, which was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.
Other young talents would be happy for the rest of their lives if they could stay here for three days.
Achilles learned much more from this than he would have learned from studying military books for ten years.
Originally, Achilles had no chance of coming. There were at least eight hundred people lining up behind him, if not a thousand.
Today the general made an exception and let him in again because of a special reason.
The Macedonian army invaded again, regularly harvesting the veterans and morale of Stobi.
And Achilles is the new commander of the Southeast Military Region.
He hopes to get Xia Zhe's guidance, achieve good results, and successfully repel the harassment of the Macedonian army!
"Going to the army? What a pity!" Xia Zhe said regretfully.
This guy was so easy to get along with, why did he go to the army? It seems unlikely that we will see him again.
"Achilles loves this game of yours, my king. There are some unsolved questions in it. Could you please enlighten me, my king?"
Seeing that Xia Zhe seemed a little unhappy, Achilles hurriedly saluted and spoke again.
Love playing this game!
Still have questions to ask me, a veteran player!
That’s great!
Xia Zhe instantly became interested and nodded at Achilles with a smile.
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