The Shifang District of Xia Town is covered with a thin layer of snow. It should be a cold winter, but the Shifang District is in full swing.

Hundreds of craftsmen are working hard to build and expand buildings, and various buildings are rising from the ground.

Among them, an exquisite small music studio was formed.

Lefang can enhance the cultural influence of the territory, attract special talents, and form a virtuous cycle.

The dancers, including Xiao Zhu and Xiao Qing, were placed in small music studios to make money for Chutian... Making money was secondary, the main thing was to increase cultural prosperity.

The small music studio is the prototype of the future palace music studio.

A guqin song fell, and the lingering sound lingered.

Chu Tian took Fang Xuanling and Li Kui to inspect the market place. At this time, they were drinking tea and listening to music in the music room and found that their spirits were relaxed.

"No wonder it can attract special talents."

Chutian personally felt the charm of the small music studio, which seemed like a place where literati and elegant guests would come.

"Thanks to your lord, we can support ourselves in troubled times."

Xiao Qing came over to serve Chu Tian tea and water.

The Lord's Mansion provides subsidies for special talents, which makes Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhu have a high favorability towards Chu Tian.

"If someone makes trouble, you can go to the Lord's Mansion. This is the property of the Lord's Mansion, and the Lord's Mansion will definitely uphold justice for you."

With Chutian as Lefang's protector, any wealthy family in Xia Town must behave themselves.

Chutian stayed in Lefang for a while, and then went to inspect the rural private schools.

The Xiangxue private school was much larger than the previous thatched cottage, and was the prototype of the academy, Taixue, and Hanlin Academy.

"After the construction of the rural private school was completed, it was immediately expanded. This large piece of land was all used for the rural private school. There are a total of twelve houses, which can accommodate 500 students. It is sufficient for the current use, but it may not be enough when the population increases in the future.

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Fang Xuanling took over the duty of educating the people.

"about there."

Chu Tian considered the illiteracy rate of the townspeople. In ancient times, it was still a troubled time. Comprehensive literacy was unrealistic. All he had to do was cultivate a group of officials and special talents. Too many scholars would be a disaster. No one would farm and occupy the territory.

There will be a shortage of food.

Chu Tian and his party came to the barracks area again. The sixth-level infantry battalion was upgraded and expanded based on the second-level infantry battalion.

The sixth-level infantry battalion can not only recruit higher-level troops, but also covers a larger area, which means that more infantry can be trained at one time.

Chu Tian couldn't wait to set up the Xiliu Battalion for Zhou Yafu and was waiting for the completion of the sixth-level infantry battalion.

On the school grounds, Hua Mulan was training cavalry, her cheeks turned red from the cold.

Cold winter military training can improve the army's ability to fight in winter.

The combat effectiveness of a legion is not as simple as the surface panel. They have hidden attributes like heroes. For example, light infantry living in the mountains have stronger mountain combat capabilities than infantry living in the plains.

In order to expand the size of Hua Mulan's cavalry, Chu Tian used the war horses obtained in Guangzong County to expand Xia Town's cavalry force to 200 cavalry.

Among them, 167 are first-level light cavalry, and 33 are second-level elite light cavalry. Elite light cavalry requires silver-level horses, and you cannot recruit them just because you want to.

All two hundred cavalry were given to Hua Mulan for training.

The initial level of newly recruited cavalry is level 10, causing the average level of Xia Town cavalry to drop from level 40 to level 22.

This is also very true. If a large number of recruits are added to a team of veterans, the combat effectiveness will definitely decrease.

"It is expected that when the cold winter is over, they can become an elite force."

Hua Mulan saw Chu Tian bringing people to inspect and assured him.

Seeing Hua Mulan's face turned red from the cold, Chu Tian couldn't help but secretly thought that military generals in historical facts are indeed different from ordinary people. Just this kind of perseverance is not something ordinary people can endure.

Zhou Yafu's infantry was also training nearby, selecting the strongest men. It is said that Zhou Yafu was selecting the stronger light infantry among them to advance to the Xiliu Camp infantry.

There are several types of soldiers in Xiliu Camp, one is low-level professional infantry, the other is the free people of Xia Town, and the other is the prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army.

Even within the same military branch, every soldier has his own strengths and weaknesses. After all, they have different ages, physiques, and origins.

Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp had a limited number, so he hoped that every Xiliu Camp soldier would be a carefully selected strong man, not the old, weak, sick or disabled.

"I'll have more charcoal sent over."

Chutian couldn't help with the training of soldiers and horses. He could only do logistical work and provide enough food, charcoal, and weapons.

"It would be best to have a unified standard of weapons."

Hua Mulan took this opportunity to advise Chu Tian.

Most of the weapons in Xia Town are trophies, and the standards are not uniform.

This is also a big problem. Xia Town may not have the ability to mass-produce weapons.

"I will summon the blacksmiths later to formulate unified weapons."

Chu Tian agreed to Hua Mulan's proposal.

Indeed, Xia Town must have the ability to mass-produce standard weapons. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome if it cannot buy suitable weapons in the future.

Not only weapons, but also siege equipment must be built, at least dozens of flying ladders. Although flying ladders are the lowest level of siege equipment, they are the most flexible.

"This winter, all the lords should be recuperating, right?"

Chutian found that there was a slight calmness around Kaiyang County. No lord was willing to fight at this time. Even climbing the city wall was uncomfortable in this weather.

Xia Town has also stopped expanding and is making every effort to increase its prosperity. In response to the policy of "having more children and raising more pigs", the townspeople of Xia Town, in addition to the craftsmen who are building large-scale construction projects, are busy creating people...

"I heard that the lords of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Xiliang are having a hard time this year. A snowstorm has hit the prairie tribes. Many nomadic tribes are ready to rob the lords of their food."

"Let me just say, in "Lords", each state will have a balancing mechanism. Lords outside the customs can easily recruit cavalry and develop quickly in the early stage, but they have to face the cold winter and the threat of nomadic tribes."

"Don't talk about the outside world, I heard that things are not going well over there in the Eastern European plains. It's too cold this winter."

Chutian now knows the advantages of joining a guild. He can hear gossip from all over the world. The speed of transferring information between players is very fast. With the presence of players, various places will not become "dark forests".

He learned that the cold winter between the first and second years of the Lord Calendar caused trouble to many lords, especially those close to the grasslands.

There are many nomadic tribes on the grassland, as well as large forces such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan. There may even be births of Khitan, Rouran, Turks, and Jin people...

In short, lords outside the customs can quickly develop cavalry, but there are also great restrictions.

Compared with Youzhou, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou that emphasize cavalry, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou that emphasize naval forces, and Yizhou that emphasizes infantry, Xuzhou is considered a relatively balanced state.

Xiaoshi Village, a village under the jurisdiction of Yunlai Town, is considered a vassal of Xia Town.

The village was filled with smoke, and a small group of village warriors, armed with long guns, patrolled the outskirts of the village.

According to the regulations of Xia Town, most professional soldiers are stationed in the main city and are firmly controlled by Chutian. There are only a small number of professional soldiers in Lingyan Town, Yunlai Town, and Shangbi Town. As for each village, the village organizes village warriors to protect themselves.

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A hunter fled back to the village crawling on the ground, alarming the villagers and breaking the tranquility of the village.
Chapter completed!