That night, Wei Cheng slept for a full sixteen hours.
When he woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day. When he opened the door, he found that he had been sent back to the [humble room].
The smell and layout are still familiar, as if I haven't left here for more than a month.
In the clean and tidy courtyard, not a single fallen leaf can be seen. You don't need to think about it to know that it is the result of Hao Niang and Xiao'e cleaning it every day. The sweet fragrance of millet porridge comes from the kitchen, and Hao Niang can be vaguely seen through the wooden fence.
Busy figure.
Wei Cheng suddenly remembered the scene where the two of them treated Zhong Xian together yesterday. When he finally fainted, he seemed to have fallen into her arms.
Wei Cheng raised his hands out of nowhere, recalling the feeling of his hand at that moment.
"Ahem!"
Wei Cheng looked up and saw Hao Niang standing at the door of the kitchen holding a bowl of porridge. Heisha couldn't see her face, but Wei Cheng could feel Hao Niang's eyes falling on her palms.
"Ah, haha, I'm a little hungry. Is the meal ready?"
Hao Niang pursed her lips and walked towards the stone table in the center of the courtyard with a pretty face and said, "It's ready to eat."
Wei Cheng awkwardly wiped his hands on his clothes. He was really hungry, and he wolfed down the food after sitting down.
Fresh wild boar stewed with mushrooms, a large bowl of millet porridge, and five or six steamed buns.
"Hmm, it's delicious. The food you cooked is delicious." Wei Cheng said with a mouth full of food.
Hao Niang was waiting carefully on the side, sometimes serving soup, sometimes picking up vegetables, just like an old woman, but she was very happy. After eating, Wei Cheng went to Zhong Xian to stare at Zhong Xian for a while.
The high fever has subsided, but the person is still unconscious. Fortunately, his breathing has stabilized and there are no signs of secondary infection in the wound.
After confirming that Zhong Xian was not in fear of his life, Wei Cheng couldn't help but sigh again and again. Yesterday, he really learned what he had learned and sold it, but he didn't expect that he would actually succeed.
Thanks to the fact that Zhong Xian is a martial arts practitioner, his body is stronger than the average person, and his resistance is also very strong, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to resist his torment.
In the yard, Hao Dadao and others were looking forward to it.
It was a rare trip for Wei Cheng to come back, and they had many things they wanted to report to Wei Cheng.
For example, there is a mountain of arrows.
At the beginning, Wei Cheng asked Hao Dadao to make a large number of arrowheads, partly to let them practice their skills, and secondly, to prepare for the follow-up plan. Now the number of arrowheads in the warehouse has exceeded 50,000 to 60,000.
Wei Cheng was also surprised by their progress. After inspecting the smelting plant, he found out that Hao Dadao actually used molds.
"Now the daily output is close to two thousand. The main difficulty is in polishing. Sir, let's see how the quality of these arrows is... I asked Zhao'er to try it. Within twenty steps, it can easily penetrate leather armor.
The anti-stab suit also goes in two layers thick.
Hao Dadao took Wei Cheng to the warehouse as if he was taking credit for the credit. He saw that the baskets they had woven with rattan were stacked up in half of the warehouse. There were at least a thousand arrows in each basket. There were dozens of baskets here, which were enough.
Fifty to sixty thousand arrows.
Wei Cheng picked one up casually and said with satisfaction: "Yes, it's the effect I wanted, but the number is a bit too exaggerated. I didn't expect you to progress so quickly. If I had known better, I would have given you the second drawing in advance.
"
Xu Chu, who followed next to him, also picked up an arrow and looked at it, frowning and said: "Master, this arrow has no barbs, so it may not be lethal. And what is the groove on it for? The arrow is grooved, I'm afraid.
It will affect accuracy."
Wei Cheng heard this and said with a smile: "Yes, this is the finished product I want. This arrow is called the Compassion Arrow. Its purpose is not to kill, but to save people.'
"Rescue?"
This time, not only Xu Chu was surprised, but also Hao Dadao and others who were responsible for making the arrowhead were confused.
Wei Cheng laughed, picked up an arrow, and said: "There is no barb to reduce the number of wounded. After repelling the Hujiabao people last time, I was thinking, instead of killing everyone, why not kill them all?"
As for the prisoners, you must know that most of them are from civilian backgrounds, and they are just being controlled by others. Their crimes will not lead to death."
Wei Cheng's decision was really not a result of the Holy Mother's heart being overflowing, but a decision he made after a long and deliberate decision.
According to literature statistics, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country's population was around 30 to 40 million. Our vast territory of China, which is thousands of miles away, has a population of less than 50 million. Moreover, these people will soon face the situation of the Three Kingdoms with constant disputes.
Wei Cheng conservatively estimated that the number of deaths during the Three Kingdoms period must have exceeded tens of millions, or even more. Otherwise, the Hu people would not have been able to take advantage of it.
After the Three Kingdoms, the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the chaotic foreigners with tens of thousands of horses dared to establish a country and call themselves kings. It is simply ridiculous.
Now that there is a chance, Wei Cheng must prevent this situation from happening, and the first way he thinks of is to ensure that more Han people survive.
Wei Cheng has an ambitious goal, and the first step is to reshape the way of war in this era.
He also lent troops to Han Fu with this purpose, to let more people see the benefits of the new war model.
You can kill people, punish the evil ones, behead them, capture the thieves and capture the kings. As for the soldiers and infantry at the bottom, just make them lose their ability to fight. Try to recruit them to surrender and appease them. If it is really prickly, you can also kill the chickens to scare the monkeys.
And these captured ordinary soldiers can be used to build city walls, open up wasteland for mining, build roads and bridges... Instead of killing them all, it is better to let them create more benefits and value for themselves.
After listening to Wei Cheng's description, everyone was confused.
So it turns out that war can still be fought like this?
Hao Dadao wondered: "But, if this is the case, there will be more people who need to eat. How much food will we need to feed so many people?
Wu Santong said thoughtfully: "It's okay to eat. As long as they survive for half a year and wait for them to clear up wasteland and plant food, are they afraid of not having food to eat in the second year? If there are 10,000 prisoners, each person will clear up ten acres of land."
, that’s 100,000 acres of new farmland.”
When everyone heard this, they all clapped their hands and said, "Emotions are empty tricks, the young master is indeed a young master."
Xu Chu was also greatly touched, and finally understood why Wei Cheng would rather spend a lot of Lei Zhenzi than kill people when he could clearly kill Guo Tai and others. He had already planned to recruit them.
Now that I think about it, it's true.
Those Baibo thieves have now become the owners of the Wei family. Some go to the salt lake to make salt, some go to the mines to mine, some are responsible for building the outer city, and some are responsible for digging the moat... If it weren't for so many people to share the affairs, Anyi County would not be the same.
It may become the most prosperous city in Hedong in just one month.
"What about this groove?" Xu Chu asked puzzledly.
Hearing this, Wei Cheng smiled and took out a bottle of homemade [anesthetic] from his arms, "The groove is used to store the anesthetic. Coupled with the super penetrating power of the arrow, as long as it does not hit the vital point, the person who is hit by the arrow will be
The whole body will be sore and weak, and the effect of the medicine will last for about half a day, which is enough to capture a person."
The corners of Xu Chu's eyes twitched. He was really convinced this time. Wei Cheng had thought about everything so comprehensively, which made him seem too ignorant. "This mercy arrow is really interesting. It is a sharp weapon for killing people, but it also leaves a glimmer of hope. Haha.