Chapter 869 Testing Strength
Zhou Xu had already considered the issue of the fortress area.
Pingyuan City was originally a city after all. After it was converted into a fortress, its area was a bit too large, which would increase the deployment pressure on the garrison troops.
It would be just right to shorten it by two circles and reduce the floor space.
While talking, Zhou Xu simply pointed at the design drawing and started discussing with the engineering team leader directly on the wall.
"Oh, by the way, when it was designed, an area was specially designated for building a farm, the kind that can be used to raise livestock and grow crops."
The engineering team leader was confused when he heard this. He didn't know why their Majesty wanted to build a farm in a military fortress.
But he has learned his lesson now. He just does whatever his Majesty says.
On the contrary, Shi Lei had some thoughts after hearing this instruction.
Just like when he was stationed in Anling City and was besieged by a large army from Liang State, if there was not enough food in the city at that time, he would inevitably be put in a passive position when formulating tactics.
This situation will only be more serious in the New Taipei City.
After all, there are sufficient supplies in the rear of the New South District, and military support can be deployed in a timely manner.
On the other hand, the New Taipei District is now in a state of disrepair and is still some distance away from the New South District. Before the carrier pigeons were trained, even information could not be transmitted between the two areas in a timely manner.
Simply put, if something goes wrong, they will most likely have to save themselves.
Under this premise, the area of Plain City is there. If the entire area of a city is converted into a fortress, not enough space will be needed. It is better to separate a part of it to build a farm, grow some easy-to-grow crops, and raise some livestock such as chickens, ducks, and pigs.
On normal days, they can subsidize some food to the fortress, and at critical moments, they can even supply food to themselves, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
After that, Zhou Xu took a brief look around the place, perfected his renovation ideas, and then rested in the mansion arranged by Shi Lei.
There was no conversation that night. Zhou Xu had been busy all day and had consumed a lot of the power of the mantra by giving it to Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng. So he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow and slept until dawn.
The next morning, Zhou Xu did morning exercises with Jie Liancheng, and asked Jie Liancheng to test his leg lift.
After finishing the fight, Xie Liancheng nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad, not bad. You have learned things quickly since you were in elementary school. It depends on whether you are willing to learn."
Xie Liancheng, who said this, looked quite emotional.
Unlike himself, no one has ever thought that Zhou Xu was not smart since he was a child.
If he wasn't smart, would he have passed the exam with half a blank paper? But at the same time, he was extremely willful, otherwise he wouldn't have done something like handing in half a blank paper.
For Zhou Xu, if he doesn't want to learn something, he doesn't want to learn it. If he is not interested in something, he is not interested in it. It is useless to press his head and ask him to look.
"You can learn the big frame now. Of course, if you just want to strengthen your body, this is enough. It's up to you whether you want to learn more."
Faced with this question, Zhou Xu didn't think much about it.
"Just learn it. I've come this far, so I might as well finish it."
"Okay, I'll give it to you first, watch it."
As he spoke, Xie Liancheng had already taken up his stance and started to perform.
Different from the leg-lifting stand, each posture of this big stand will not be followed by a leg-lifting movement. Instead, it is changed to a following step, and the steps and the amplitude of the movement are larger than the leg-lifting stand.
When practicing, Xie Liancheng sat in a bow stance with his legs apart. For each move, his hips were lower than his knees, and his entire center of gravity was pressed very low. When he moved forward and backward, one leg was in a squatting position, and both legs were used as one leg.
Zhou Xuguang was just watching from the side and could feel that this big fight was much more tiring than the leg-lifting fight.
Just as he was thinking this, Jie Liancheng had finished his set of moves, put away his fists and started talking.
"The big frame is based on the leg-lifting frame, and is used to improve your skills. The deeper your skills, the slower you fight. To put it bluntly, the slower you fight, the more tired you will be, and the higher the physical fitness requirements will be."
When it comes to martial arts, although Xie Liancheng himself is a talented player, he is surprisingly easy to understand when teaching others.
Of course, this is also closely related to Zhou Xu's strong learning ability.
After this, Zhou Xu had a basic grasp of the Dajia techniques, and he continued to practice every day as before. When he had mastered them well, he would look for Jie Liancheng to help him upgrade his techniques.
After finishing the morning exercise of the new day and having breakfast, Zhou Xu met with Shi Lei and others, and then took a carriage and headed out of the city.
What they have to do today is very simple, which is to test the strength of the green-skinned skeleton soldiers in the Hundred Refining Realm.
For this reason, Li Tie also came along.
In this test, Li Tie's role was very simple. He was responsible for fighting the green-skinned skeleton soldiers.
At first, Xie Liancheng was eager to take on the testing job, but was rejected by Zhou Xu.
This greenskin couldn't beat him when he was alive. Now that he has been transformed into a skeleton soldier, his combat effectiveness has decreased and he can no longer use his mantras. It is impossible for him to be a match for Jie Liancheng.
If Jie Liancheng were to conduct the test, there would be a high probability that the test results they wanted would not be achieved.
So Zhou Xu chose Li Tie and asked Xie Liancheng to stay in the city to take charge, in case several senior generals were not in the city and no one could stabilize the situation in time if something went wrong.
Once you get there, there's nothing to prepare.
The task of controlling the green-skinned skeleton was naturally given to Shi Lei. As for Zhou Xu himself, he was just there to watch.
[Controlled by Skeleton Soldiers! ]
Driven by the power of mantra, the green-skinned skeleton quickly stood up with a 'click' sound.
He had personally witnessed how fierce this greenskin was when he was alive, and besides, their Majesty was watching the battle...
Holding the wooden stick for testing in his hand, Li Tie was actually a little nervous.
Compared to Li Tie, who was in a nervous and complicated mood, Shi Lei was now more focused on the consumption just now.
[This skeleton is indeed extraordinary. The power of mantra consumed to pull up this one is enough to pull up twenty or thirty ordinary skeleton soldiers.]
Although they are all skeleton soldiers, they are also divided into strong and weak ones. Basically, the stronger the skeleton, the more mantra power it consumes.
Shi Lei's discovery at this time can be said to have indirectly proved the strength of this skeleton soldier.
Without any delay, Shi Lei controlled the green-skinned skeleton soldier to pick up the wooden stick, and then rushed directly towards Li Tie.
The step he took and the speed of his advance that followed immediately surprised Zhou Xu who was standing next to him.
"Wow, this skeleton can not only run very fast, but its speed is also comparable to that of a human soldier sprinting at full speed!"
(End of this chapter)
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