Chutian was busy revitalizing industry, and in Lingyan Town, about 25 kilometers away from Xia Town, 50 cavalry and 100 light infantry recruited by the lord "Li Er of the Tang Dynasty" were trained.

Free players from hundreds of guilds came to Lingyan Town one after another.

"This time our target is the third-level gold mine in Shangbi Village. Shangbi Village may have been occupied by a very powerful lord. But no matter what, we have to seize the third-level gold mine. We have invested 100 labor in the third-level gold mine.

, producing at least 30 taels of gold every month. If we increase the labor force, we will get more gold every month. With this gold, and the secondary ranch in my town, our Lingyan Pavilion will become the Langya Kingdom

The largest force. Before Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, becomes active, we must expand our territory as soon as possible!"

Li Er of the Tang Dynasty glanced at the guild members present. With the troops at hand and hundreds of free players, he should be able to seize the third-level gold mine.

"Set off!"

The Lingyan Pavilion coalition consisting of 50 light cavalry, 100 light infantry, 100 free players, and 300 rural warriors marched towards Shangbi Village.

Chutian didn't know that his vassal village would soon be coveted by other lords. At this time, he was taking Li Kui to inspect the farmland. Li Kui organized a group of refugees to divert water from the Yi River to the newly reclaimed farmland, and at the same time opened up the farmland.

Dig drainage ditches and dig wells.

October is the season for sowing. Xia Town must prepare farmland before October and plan the use of farmland reasonably. For farmland where soil fertility has been lost, some cereals and beans can be planted to speed up the recovery of soil fertility.

The rhizobia of leguminous plants have strong nitrogen-fixing ability, and Chu Tian still knows this.

In addition to soybeans, oil crops such as peanuts can also be planted.

Soybeans are a crop owned by the Eastern Han District. Peanuts and corn are in other civilized districts. Even Champa rice, which is very important to the Eastern Han District, is in Annan District. There are still seven or eight months until the opening of the civilized district, so these crops cannot be purchased.

Seed.

Even if the civilized area is opened, merchants from both sides will still have to transport goods across the vast sea.

Summer towns and vassal villages implement a wheat-soybean rotation system.

"Lord Mayor."

The farmers in the farmland were clearing weeds and preparing the land carefully. When they saw the lord Chu Tian and the agricultural officer Li Kui came to inspect the farmland, they greeted them one after another.

Now Chutian will often come to inspect the farmland. After he upgrades to a city, he may not have time to go to the fields in person.

Of course, the farmland is not inside the town, but outside the town. The area covered by the rammed earth wall of the town is not large. During the Three Kingdoms period, the total length of the city walls of Yecheng, the capital of Cao Wei, was only 10.3 kilometers. Generally speaking, administrative, commercial, residential and other buildings need city wall protection

, the farmland, orchards, and mines covering a large area are outside the town. If the population is larger, a new market area will even be formed outside the city wall.

A fast horse galloped by on a country road, and the cavalryman on top shouted: "Get out of here, get out of here!"

Farmers on the dirt road moved to both sides to avoid the situation.

Chu Tian frowned slightly, and said to Hua Mulan, who was following him on patrol: "Stop him."

Hua Mulan blocked the dirt road, and the galloping cavalry had to rein in their horses.

The cavalryman looked a little anxious, but after seeing clearly that the person blocking the front was Hua Mulan, the cavalryman who had been under Hua Mulan immediately dismounted: "General!"

He saw Chu Tian again and quickly knelt down: "Lord!"

"When did you get so panicked that you rode your horse in the field?"

Chutian's "separation of soldiers and peasants" policy clearly stipulates that soldiers cannot disturb the people at will. Especially in peacetime, cavalry cannot ride wildly in the town or ride horses in the fields to prevent trampling farmland or hitting farmers.

The cavalryman quickly explained: "The villain was ordered to garrison Shangbi Village. When patrolling outside the village, I found an army marching towards Shangbi Village. Master Wu Shang immediately sent me back to Xia Town to report!"

"Army? How many are there?"

"There are more than 500 people, including many strangers!"

Chu Tian was shocked. He had never had a real battle with other lords. Whether it was Xiaozhu Village or Yunlai Village, they all surrendered after seeing that the situation was not good. The conquest of Shangbi Village was only a small-scale battle with the horse thieves.

That's all.

As each lord's territory expanded, some conflicts were inevitable.

You can have an army composed of more than 500 soldiers and players. The lord behind it must not be weak, and at least he owns the town.

"The other party's target is Shangbi Village. Shangbi Village is only a second-level village, not a third-level village. Then it is very likely that they are coming for the third-level gold mine."

Although Li Kui is a domestic hero, his current intelligence of 75 is comparable to the second- and third-rate counselors in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After hearing what the cavalry said, he could quickly determine the opponent's intentions.

Chu Tian almost thought of the third-level gold mine in Shangbi Village. Many people knew about the existence of the third-level gold mine, including the miners in Shangbi Village and the village chief who ran away when the horse thieves arrived.

Sure enough, once you have something good, you still need to be able to hold on to it.

"Sigh, I can't even farm well, but trouble will come to me." Chu Tian patted the dirt on his military boots, "Assemble all the troops and ask Xiaozhu Village to send out 300 Xiangyong, and our Xia Town to send out 400 Xiangyong.

.See who has more people!”

The Xuzhou archers in the barracks have a long training cycle and are still undergoing training. 60 elite infantry have been trained.

40 cavalry, 40 Xuzhou archers, 140 elite infantry, a total of 220 professional soldiers gathered at the school grounds in Xia Town.

Chutian was preparing to plant seeds in October. At this time, trouble came to the door and troops were sent to deal with it.

"Wait a minute, the other party should be the lord who owns the town, right? I wonder if the town can become a vassal?"

Xia Town also has a quota for a fourth vassal village.

Logically speaking, the level of the main city should be higher than that of the branch city. For example, if Xiaozhu Village becomes a vassal of Xia Town, then even if Xiaozhu Village meets the conditions for upgrading to a first-level town, it cannot be upgraded to a first-level town and can only be upgraded to a first-level town in Xia Town.

It can only be upgraded after it is upgraded to a second-level town.

Chu Tian didn't know whether it was possible to annex a first-level town. If a town of the same level could be annexed, Xia Town's strength would be even higher.

"My lord, the mayor, and the village heroes were filled with indignation when they heard that the enemy was invading us, and they were all willing to join the fight before the busy farming season."

Elder Li organized 400 Xiangyong to come to join the battle. The average level of Xiangyong was around level 20.

Xiang Yong's combat effectiveness is lackluster, but at least the numbers look scary.

Chutian appointed the bronze-level hero Zhao Qi to lead the Xiangyong troops. His characteristic [Xiangyong Commander·Small] can give Xiangyong all attributes +1, which is a small magic skill in the early stage.

Hua Mulan commands the 40 most valuable light cavalry in Xia Town. The 25% attack and defense bonus brought by Hua Mulan allows the first-level light cavalry to be used as the second-level elite light cavalry.

Liu Sandao commanded 40 Xuzhou archers. The bow generals added the attribute [Han Army Soul·Small] to give two bonuses to the archers.

As for the elite infantry, Chu Tian personally commands them. Chu Tian has no attribute bonus, but the elite infantry's own attributes are already very good.

"If the other party retreats in the face of difficulties, that will be the end of the matter. If the other party wants to fight, then defeat them and annex their territory."

While Chu Tian was thinking, he led 220 professional soldiers and 400 rural warriors from Xia Town out of the town.

"Ding! Announcement from the Eastern Han District: All players in the Eastern Han District please be aware that the first epic battle 'Yellow Turban Rebellion' will start on December 1st of the first year of the Lord Calendar. All lords and free players are requested to prepare in advance!"

As soon as Chu Tian took half a step out of Xia Town, he received a shocking news.
Chapter completed!