I’m The King Chapter 1337: : Han Banner World (27) Fresh Things


In the desert, no expense was spared in manpower and material resources to build a camp to make up for difficulties. This news made Wang Jian a little startled, and Huang Xiao beside him changed his color even more. : "General, these supply camps are only for meeting the general and using them on his return journey. We only crossed half of the desert, which is bounded by this oasis. Of course, if the general feels No, after the general returns, we will dismantle these supply camps immediately."

Crossing half of the desert, with this oasis as the boundary, and the other party only welcomes here, the subtext here is that the country established by Dahan and his Wang Jian will be bounded by this oasis.

"General Mei is overthinking. I just think it's really not worth spending so much manpower and material resources just for Wang's visit." Pig * island * small * said ww.huzu's heart is ashamed of a gentleman's belly.

"For today's big man, this is nothing." Mei Hua said indifferently, "The general is an important guest of the king, so naturally he should be more solemn."

Since the Han army had arrived, Wang Jian simply rested on this oasis for another night, straddling half of the desert, and his soldiers were already very tired. shame in front of you. After a night's rest, when they set off on the road the next day, these cavalrymen were all in high spirits. At least in the slow march now, they looked no worse than the Han army.

Of course, the armaments of the two sides cannot be compared. The chain armor equipped is more than one level better, as far as Wang Jian knows. This kind of plate armor is extremely expensive. Of course, he didn't know that the Han army had already passed the primitive stage of hand-made plate armor. It only took a few breaths to form a pair of plate armor with a water-driven punch.

Except for the armor, this Han army can be said to be armed to the teeth, under everyone's helmet. They all wore a thin headgear with holes only above the nose and eyes. Of course Wang Jian knew its function. It was used to protect against wind and sand in the desert. Unexpectedly, the Han army even unified this The equipment, the same style, the same color, can be customized at first glance, and then look at your subordinates. But there are all kinds of things, some people use silk cloth, others use coarse cloth, and some people even tore a piece of linen cloth from nowhere and covered their faces like this.

And when it comes to weapons, it's even more incomparable. This light-colored saber used by the Han army has a narrow blade. Last night, his soldiers saw the sharpness of this saber. There is a riding crossbow inserted next to everyone's saddle, and this is not a single-shot riding crossbow. It is a continuous cavalry crossbow. Meihua also demonstrated it to him yesterday. This cavalry crossbow is an upgrade from the original Han army's continuous crossbow. The range does not increase much, but the weight of the entire continuous crossbow is lighter than that of Yuan Lai. half. Outside the bag containing the crossbow, there are rows of crossbow arrows in special sleeves.

Own soldiers. Or only compare with the opponent in terms of fighting will or spirit! Glancing at his own cavalry, Wang Jian sighed in his heart.

When it was dark the next day, Wang Jian saw the supply camp that Mei Hua had mentioned. He said it was a supply camp, but it looked like a heavily guarded camp. Rows of large grass-green tents are surrounded by fences, and above the fences are wrapped with barbed wire with barbs, and there are watchtowers erected every ten meters, but there are no beds, crossbows, etc. Just heavy weapons.

Wang Jian once again cast suspicious eyes on Mei Hua. And Meihua had to take on the responsibility of explaining again.

"General, the soldiers who built the supply battalion are all from the Third Military Region. In fact, they are no longer real soldiers, but Commander Helan doesn't want them to forget their identities, so Sending them out this time is also an opportunity to train soldiers, so everything is in accordance with the requirements of wartime."

"The third military region!" Wang Jian murmured.

"General, don't get me wrong. This third military region is not aimed at the general. When we established the third military region, we didn't know where the general was. The purpose of setting up the third military region was just to control the Northwest The vast area, you know, it used to be a place full of bandits. Moreover, it was also for the reclaiming of the Northwest. These soldiers were all dismissed from the guards, government servants, and fast arresters. Although they were paid by the army, they really It can’t be considered a regular army.”

"How many troops are there in the Third Military Region?" Wang Jian asked.

Mei Hua smiled: "There are about a million people in the area under the control of the Third Military Region, and about half of them are these guards and their families. Their main task is to reclaim wasteland. , farming, and when we reach the Third Military Region, the general will understand at a glance. In the Third Military Region, there are less than 10,000 regular troops.”

"So that's it!" Wang Jian nodded, feeling relieved, a regular army of 10,000 people wants to control places where millions of people live. expansion?

Mei Hua snickered in her heart. The Third Military Region indeed only has more than ten thousand regular troops, but they are not dispersed, but concentrated, because in the Northwest, every farm is a unit, and they have weapons. , enough to protect themselves, and these farms based on military combat units do not need the third military region to take care of security and management issues. In the current Northwest, everything is still managed according to military law.

There is a large supply battalion every 100 miles, which greatly increased their marching speed. Ten days later, Wang Jian's horseshoe stepped on the pace of the third military region, but the scene in front of him made him feel like he was in a dream.

Big expanse of Populus euphratica trees in front of him blocked his sight, and the neat Populus euphratica trees stood upright like soldiers, extending infinitely to both sides in front of his eyes, although most of them were only as thick as a wine glass, but so It still shocked him a lot. When he left here a few years ago, there was nothing here except some low shrubs.

"These trees were planted by the third military region under the command of the king. Even now, this kind of work is still being done." Mei Hua looked at the dense forest in front of him, very proudly said, in a few years , here will be shaded by trees.

"Why do you Han Wang even care about planting trees, and what do you do with planting trees?" Wang Jian asked puzzled.

"Anti-wind and sand!" Mei Hua pointed to the boundless desert behind him. The king said that these wind and sand will erode our land day by day, "it will turn the good land into a desert like them, so we need to plant trees , plant grass, like a wall, to keep the sand out, and I heard from the people of the Third Military Region that the number of windy and sandy days in Mengchi has indeed decreased a lot in the past two years."

Wang Jian remained silent, and once again was shocked by the richness of the big man. These trees, as well as the manpower to plant these trees, and to ensure their survival, are all worthless money and require strong financial support. of.

"Your Majesty said, this means that the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade. Maybe our generation will not realize their usefulness, but in our next generation, these sand-proof forests will play an important role Already." Mei Hua laughed.

"The King of Han has always been far-sighted, and what I admire is the five-body projection." Wang Jian said sincerely, while he was still thinking about how to live and how to live a better life, the King of Han was already thinking about the future generations after many years , the two are obviously not in the same order of magnitude at all.

After crossing the sand prevention forest which is unknown how long but several miles deep, another scene appeared in front of Wang Jian.

A scene of a paradise.

The crops that had just grown beyond human knees stretched out endlessly in front of Wang Jian, swaying in the breeze, and a road stretched out in front of him, the gray road was enough for two carriages to drive side by side , Wang Jian really didn't understand how smooth they were. When the horse's hoof stepped on it, the horseshoe made a crisp sound.

Wang Jian stared at this road, staring at it intently, this is not a stone slab, he can still tell the difference.

"General, this road surface is poured with cement and is very smooth. With this road surface, we no longer have to worry about muddy roads in rainy and snowy weather." Mei Hua explained with a smile. "In fact, in our Dahan, many houses have begun to be built with him. It is very strong, stronger than ordinary stones."

"What is cement?" Literally understood, Wang Jian couldn't figure out what kind of thing it is~IndoMTL.com~ Oh, this is a kind of building material, it is my late Minister of Industry Guo Mr. Quanguo invented it when he was building roads. Our king named it cement. Of course, we don’t understand why the king gave him such a name, but the king is always right, isn’t he? "Mei Hua said with a smile.

"Is this thing expensive?"

"Of course it's not expensive. If it's expensive, how can it be used to build roads? In fact, it's very simple to build." Mei Hua smiled. "However, the Third Military District is too far away from the mainland, so now only the main road has been built here. Unlike the mainland, this kind of cement road has been popularized, and even some villages with good economic conditions have begun to The road was built with cement. But now we have built the road from Dayan County to Mengchi, and the conditions here will get better and better in the future. General, you have been away from the Central Plains for several years, and many new things have been taken Invent it, and when you arrive in Dayan County, you will see more new things.”

"Yeah, I've been away from the Central Plains for too long." Wang Jian reined in his horse and stood up, looking past the endless green crops, looking at the rows of villages in the distance, where there was rising smoke from cooking. rise.

A few years ago, this place was a wilderness. (to be continued...)


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