In such a big Xuchang, things cannot be done one after another, but many things are done at the same time. Unless there is something major that is related to life and death, and everyone needs to work together, most of the time, everyone performs their duties.
Each government office has its own things to do.
During this period, Chen Gong and Man Chong worked together to compile a set of assessment procedures. The Ministry of War made detailed naturalization arrangements for the various ministries around Xuchang. How should the new army be trained? How much should be allocated to each location?
The Ministry of Industry is focusing on integrating the Qimen Formation into the city layout and upgrading equipment.
Although Chu Nan, the minister of household affairs, has left, the operation of the Ministry of Revenue has not stopped. The work efficiency of spies is usually very good. In addition, Chu Nan often plays infernal affairs within his own office, sowing dissension and so on.
, which made his lovely subordinates full of distrust. Although it was just a pretense, Chu Nan found it very interesting, especially the fierce competition with each other. Chu Nan felt that it was worth his weight.
Lu Mansion, Chu Nan's original promise to let Lu Bu be promoted to the title of Third Duke is now only half fulfilled. The rights have been obtained, but the position of Three Dukes has not yet been obtained, so now it can only be called Lu Mansion. Lu Bu has already finished the brand of Taiwei Mansion.
Just waiting for the third prince to be promoted to the throne, he hung it up, and someone wiped it and cleaned it every day.
More than half a year has passed, and there has been no movement. In addition, the actual power has already fallen into his hands, so Lu Bu is not too anxious about it.
When Chu Nan came over, Lu Bu and Chen Gong were already waiting for him.
It is pitiful to say that after arriving in Xuchang for so long, there are no decent advisers to join him except Chen Gong and Chu Nan. Now Lu Bu can only discuss matters with these two.
Lu Bu didn't ask about the Montenegrin Army. In his opinion, since his son-in-law was gone, there must be no problem, so why bother asking?
Instead, he sent Yuan Shao's memorial and the document requesting that the thieves who wanted to arrest the murderer be sent to sea to arrest him.
"If he wants it, he can just draw a post and arrest him." Chu Nan said with a smile: "Father-in-law, our military territory is not yet completely stable. The effectiveness of the New Deal will not be truly accepted until the spring. It will take at least a year to buffer.
, It’s not good to have a big fight with Yuan Shao. There is no need to argue with Yuan Shao over these small things. If he wants face, just give him face. What we want is benefits."
What Chu Nan means is that in terms of diplomacy, you should try your best to flatter Yuan Shao. Anyway, this matter is a matter of the Ministry of Rites. You can nod or bend as long as you can let Yuan Shao vent. It doesn't matter even if you kill Kong Rong. I'll give it to you again.
Send one.
But the actual benefits cannot be compromised, not even in the slightest.
Just like what happened with the Black Mountain Army this time, it was a precursor to the future confrontation with Yuan Shao. This matter had to be fought over.
"Do not move to fight means... a murderer?" Lu Bu turned his head, looked at his son-in-law and said with a smile.
He didn't know what Yuan Shao's expression was when he found out about this, but judging from the news, Yuan Shao was very angry, and he almost didn't directly raise his troops to kill him.
"My son-in-law is now considered to be the ninth minister. To convict the ninth minister, we need evidence. Is that true?" Chu Nan said helplessly. Yuan Shao has no evidence. Who knows who the person who went to Black Mountain and claimed to be the envoy of the Han Dynasty is?
?These days, the Han Dynasty is in decline, and there is such a thing as pretending to be an envoy of the imperial court.
"Yes, that's the truth!" Lu Bu laughed heartily when he heard this. Although it didn't sound like something a good person said, he still felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
"What's going on with the Black Mountain Army?" Chen Gong waited for the father-in-law and his son-in-law to finish speaking before asking more serious questions.
The Montenegrin Army is a clear move. Both sides know that the Montenegrin Army is very important to the outcome of the battle, and both want to control this clear move in their hands. Even if it is not used in the future, as long as it is there, the other party cannot ignore it.
"This matter cost a lot." Chu Nan told the story of how he first killed the envoy in the Taihang Mountains, then helped Zhang Yan calm down the situation, and finally solved the demon chaos and allowed them to stay safely in the Black Mountain Army.
In fact, in this way, the Black Mountain Army did not move. For Yuan Shao, the Black Mountain Army turned from light to dark. There were monsters raging among them, and the Black Mountain Army showed no sign of coming down from the Taihang Mountains.
Now that all eight branches of Taihang are under Yuan Shao's control, if the Black Mountain Army comes out in large numbers, it is impossible for him not to know about it.
So in this way, the Black Mountain Army has lost information because of the monsters blocking it. From a common sense, if the Black Mountain Army is destroyed by the monsters, it is impossible that none of them can escape. At least generals like Zhang Yan who possess magical powers
It is impossible not to be able to escape, but if they are not destroyed, how the Montenegrin Army can survive is a problem.
What was originally a bright spot has become a dark one. Without certainty about the opponent's status, the deterrent effect may be greater than expected!
"According to Ziyan, how powerful is the Black Mountain Army?" Chen Gong asked.
Lu Bu's answer definitely cannot be regarded as a standard answer. It is not objective at all. For this kind of question, you still have to ask normal people for their opinions.
"The Black Mountain Army is somewhat similar to the field soldiers, who work on the farm during the busy season. According to my disciples, the so-called one million Black Mountain Army in the Taihang Mountains is only 200,000 at most. Leaving aside the old, young, women and children, the actual combat strength is about 30,000. That's it.
Judging from the military disciplines, it is not a strong army, but it is not too weak and is not as elite as the princes, but ordinary county soldiers cannot compare with them." Based on his own experience, Chu Nan gave the Black Mountain Army a position.
Military discipline largely represents the speed of formation, standardization, etc. Because of the existence of military formations, these are the standards for evaluating an army rather than the individual combat capabilities of soldiers.
And from Chu Nan's point of view, apart from Zhang Yan, there are no outstanding generals in the Black Mountain Army, and many of them are even inferior to the original Che Zhou and others. Generals of this level can be used as station generals in Lu Bu's army.
It would be good to command a hundred people.
But in the Montenegrin Army, this kind of general can command at least four to five hundred people.
Of course, this is based on the standards of Lu Bu's army. After defeating Cao Cao, incorporating Cao's army, and integrating the generals of both sides, the overall quality of Lu Bu's army has been qualitatively improved. If placed in Xuzhou, it would be at most stronger than the Black Mountain Army.
A grade.
Overall, the combat effectiveness of the Montenegrin Army is still considerable.
"Based on military discipline?" Chen Gong looked at Chu Nan and said with a smile, "Zi Yan's words have other meanings."
"This is also what I want to talk to my father-in-law and teacher. I have previously tested the strength increase of ordinary soldiers and ordinary people in the army and civilians. This time in the Black Mountain Army, I also tried it by the way. With ten
Take a three-year-old boy as an example. The common people are now on average 30 kilograms stronger than before, and the soldiers are 50 kilograms stronger. However, in the Montenegrin Army, the gain for a boy of this age is 60 kilograms, and the soldiers can reach 100 kilograms. A soldier can fight alone.
In terms of strength, people living in the Taihang Mountains have experienced twice as much growth as those living in the city!"
Having said this, looking at Lu Bu and Chen Gong, Chu Nansurong said: "This can further verify the previous conjecture. The power of heaven and earth in this mountain is much greater than what I am waiting for here, and there are more demonized beasts than in places where people live."
That can be explained."
Chen Gong nodded: "A few days ago, my master also visited the cities built along the mountains such as Yu Lou. According to the increase algorithm mentioned by Zi Yan, although it is not as powerful as the Black Mountain Army, the increase is still higher than that of people living in prosperous places.
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If this is always the case, then the monster beasts will strengthen much faster than humans.
"Does this mean that those monster beasts will gradually crush the human race?" Lu Bu frowned and asked, wouldn't it be that the disaster of these monster beasts will gradually become unstoppable in the future?
"There is no need to worry about this. Before the emergence of the power of heaven and earth, ordinary people could not defeat tigers and leopards. However, most of these fertile lands are occupied by humans. The greatest advantage of the human race is not that it is stronger than beasts, but that it is good at using tools.
, such as weapons, farm tools, etc. The monsters have just started to become wise. Even if they have wisdom that is not inferior to humans, it is impossible to catch up with the human race so quickly. My father-in-law does not need to worry about this." Chu Nan waved his hands and said with a smile.
As long as the gap between humans and monsters is not so great that it makes people despair, humans will use their weapons and formations to catch up and surpass each other.
What's more, from what we can see so far, the top experts among humans still have a crushing advantage over the top monsters at this stage.
In fact, when he went to the Black Mountain Army this time, in addition to recruiting Black Mountain, Chu Nan also vaguely mentioned to Zhang Yan that he was more interested in the Taoism of the Taiping Sect and wanted to take a look.
It's a pity that the Taoist skills in Zhang Yan's hands are all learned by Zhang Niujiao. If he wants to learn them, he has to change his surname.
Chu Nan has the ability to read minds, so he can naturally tell whether the other party is using this to trick or deceive him, so he doesn't force it.
As for changing his surname for the sake of some Taoist skills, Chu Nan naturally didn't want to, so it didn't work out.
However, creating a cultivation system suitable for utilizing the power of heaven and earth is something that must be faced now.
In fact, today's military, law, Taoism, and Confucianism all have some cultivation effects. For example, in a military formation, one can use the power of thousands of troops to wash away one's body, so that one's own strength and physique can quickly approach the limit.
Is it possible to find a way to condense the external power into the body like in the previous life, and while nourishing the body, it can also be used to fight at any time?
Chu Nan is not sure whether this will work for the time being. The most important thing is that there is no established method. Even if you successfully pass through those true immortal secret realms, you will get magical powers or physical fitness, but there is no way to practice. The process of true immortal enlightenment is
What's the matter? It's impossible for a mortal to reach heaven and become a true immortal as long as he understands something, right?
This is obviously illogical.
Lu Bu nodded and started talking to Chu Nan about the secret realm of Xinzheng. He was going to have a try with his son-in-law. As for Lingqi, it would be best if he could catch up with her. If not, then wait until later.
After all, the secret realm will not wait for anyone to open, and judging from the visions around Xuanyuan Tomb, the secret realm here has only been opened recently, and it is obviously impossible for Lu Lingqi to wait.
"My father-in-law wants to go, and my son-in-law should accompany him." Chu Nan did not refuse his father-in-law's invitation, and he indeed had plans to go and check it out.