"promise!"
The soldiers retreated.
Lu Ping sat in a chair and thought.
In less than two days, the territory was attacked by three waves of bandits.
Tang Qing was right. Bandits were indeed a major concern for every novice lord.
Their existence will inevitably affect the development of the territory.
But it is impossible to completely eliminate these bandits.
Because they are all automatically refreshed by the system.
It will not completely disappear unless the popularity of the people in the territory reaches 80.
Before this, Lu Ping could only passively defend.
After thinking about it, Lu Ping couldn't think of any good solution, so he had to give up.
The most urgent task is to develop the territory.
In addition, Lu Ping has one more thing to do, which is to send troops to conquer the ownerless villages.
There are eight ownerless villages in Lu Ping's territory, and the starting population of each village is one thousand.
By retaking these villages, Lu Ping would gain a population of 8,000.
It is not difficult to recapture the village. Lu Ping only needs to defeat the three thousand bandits entrenched in the village.
The difficulty is that after Lu Ping occupies the place, he still has to send troops to garrison there.
Assuming 400 soldiers are stationed in each village, eight villages will require 3,200 soldiers.
Lu Ping could recruit another 4,500 soldiers, but he could not afford to support them.
Lu Ping now has a total of 12,000 soldiers.
There are 1.3 million kilograms of grain on hand. Even if Lu Ping uses up all the resource cards, he will only have 4.3 million kilograms of grain.
Four million three hundred thousand catties may seem like a lot, but when it is evenly distributed to each soldier, it is only three hundred and fifty catties, which is only enough to last for half a year.
Calculated at the current level, Lu Ping's annual grain tax is only three to four million jin.
In this case, Lu Ping has to think carefully before recruiting each additional soldier.
Otherwise the soldiers would starve to death.
Never mind, if you want to achieve great things you can’t always look ahead and behind.
With a group of important officials such as Li Si, the development of the territory is foreseeable.
Food taxes will certainly only increase.
The key is that if we don’t develop quickly, the situation will only get worse after the four-month novice period.
After figuring out the key to the problem, Lu Ping immediately recruited all the remaining 4,000 soldiers and prepared to set out tomorrow.
At the same time, Lu Ping also called Su Dingfang and ordered him to be responsible for reconnaissance matters and prepare to conduct a survey of the surrounding area.
Lu Ping needs to understand the surrounding situation as soon as possible so that he can have a clear idea of the situation.
At noon, Lu Ping received a system prompt.
The bandits in Chenliu Village have been eliminated.
As for the rewards, they are, as usual, pitifully small.
…
The next day.
Lu Ping led three thousand soldiers out of the county town and began to advance towards the north of the city.
Lu Ping was preparing to attack the two ownerless villages in the north of the city, and the accompanying generals included Yue Fei, Bai Qi and others.
Huo Qubing was left at home to be in charge of defense.
The first target was called Daigu Village, which was less than 30 miles north of the county seat. Lu Ping arrived there in less than three hours after a rapid march.
From a distance, Lu Ping saw a group of bandits gathered at the entrance of the village, looking towards him with a fierce look.
Lu Ping took a rough look and saw that there were about three thousand bandits.
They were all wearing leather armor, carrying bows and arrows and long swords on their waists, looking well-trained.
"Deal with them quickly."
Lu Ping said indifferently.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Fei and others rushed forward.
This time, Lu Ping finally had the opportunity to see the military skills of Yue Fei, Bai Qi and others.
Yue Fei's military skill is Eight Gates Golden Lock, which is a control skill that makes enemy soldiers unable to move after being released.
Lu Ping saw that after Yue Fei was released, most of the bandits were instantly immobilized, just like magic.
Bai Qi's military skill is Sun and Moon Wheel Slash, the same as Ruan Wenjun's.
But its power is obviously much stronger than Ruan Wenjun, and it can kill seven or eight hundred bandits in seconds with one move.
Xiahou Yuan’s military skill is Spinning Lights. Spinning Lights is a single-target skill that produces three rotating flames after being released. It can kill both soldiers and generals.
This is also in line with Xiahou Yuan's characteristics. He is a fierce general himself.
Huang Zhong's military skill is to fire thousands of arrows at once, releasing countless rockets to injure the enemy, targeting all enemies, which is also in line with his characteristics.
Other generals also have their own characteristics.
Many martial arts skills were used, and the bandits were slaughtered in an instant.
Seeing this result, Lu Ping nodded with satisfaction.
Sure enough, the military skills are not bragging.
Next time, bring out Li Si and others to see the power of their martial arts skills.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for eliminating the bandits. You have gained 30,000 experience points, 30,000 reputation points, and 50,000 food points."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for reclaiming Dawu Village! You have gained the right to rule Dawu Village."
After receiving the system prompt, Lu Ping nodded with satisfaction.
The initial population of every village is one thousand, and Daigu Village is no exception, also with one thousand.
However, Dawu Village has a relatively large amount of fertile land, including 8,000 acres of dry land and 5,000 acres of paddy fields.
Assuming 200 jin per mu, the annual grain output can reach 2.8 million jin.
According to the current 35% tax rate in the territory, Lu Ping can obtain nearly one million kilograms of grain every year.
This amount of food was enough to feed a thousand soldiers.
It seems that the decision to retake the village was right.
To recapture Dawu Village, Lu Ping naturally had to leave generals and soldiers to garrison there.
Lu Ping was well prepared for this and immediately left behind five generals and four hundred soldiers.
Among the five military generals, there is usually a famous historical general.
Needless to say, this famous historical general was also a foreigner.
Lu Ping has a total of twenty-five foreign generals, fifteen of whom have been sent out before, and ten are left now.
Even if Lu Ping took over all eight ownerless villages, there would still be two people left.
This is the advantage of having many generals, there are enough for them no matter how they are arranged.
Speaking of military generals, after entering the third level, the upper limit of the lord's military generals becomes two hundred.
And the upper limit will increase with the lord's level, and the final upper limit will be 500 peaks.
Lu Ping had been prepared for this. He had sealed up two hundred generals before entering the third floor, and the rest were all sold by him.
After entering the third level, one hundred generals were naturally released by Lu Ping, and the remaining one hundred generals were still in a banned state.
Therefore, the total number of generals available to Lu Ping is two hundred.
After completing the arrangements, Lu Ping immediately turned east.
Rush to the next ownerless village - Shimen Village.
…
Lu Ping arrived at Shimen Village two hours later after speeding all the way.
Shimen Village is located on the river and also has a population of one thousand.
However, the scale of farmland is smaller than that of Daigu Village, only 11,000 acres.
However, because it is close to the river, there are more paddy fields, so the grain harvest is no less than that of Dawu Village.
Seeing Lu Ping and others coming, the bandits who were basking in the sun at the village entrance became alert.
Lu Ping was too lazy to talk nonsense with them and just waved at Yue Fei.
Immediately, Yue Fei and other generals rushed forward first.
Military skills can only be used once a day. Yue Fei and others have used their military skills in battles, so they cannot be used again.
But Lu Ping had too many generals, and even if Yue Fei wasn't there, there were still others.
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