It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Mr. Liao knew that Governor Kang was not a man of great talent and ambition, and that he also loved to enjoy himself and daydream. He was not a good master worthy of assisting.

In such troubled times, some people are smart, wise, far-sighted, and have great talents and strategies, and they will naturally become overlords.

Some people are short-sighted and indulge in enjoyment. They only want to be happy day by day. Naturally, good days will not last long.

Human beings live in this world, and each generation is like the passing of the times.

In times of chaos, the speed of sifting through the sand becomes even faster.

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In the blink of an eye, it is already June. In another half a month, the wheat will be ripe.

After the wheat is harvested, the fields can be plowed again, dried, and leveled to plant cabbage and radish.

These vegetables can all be stored for the winter.

Jizhou is located in the north, so the crops can only be harvested twice a year at most.

This year, Lu Xingchen introduced the curved plow to them, which made the land plowing faster. The automatic seeding cultivation basket did not catch up with the wheat planting, but after the wheat was harvested, the cabbage and carrots, which were stored for winter, could be cultivated with the automatic seeding shaking basket.

This will free up a lot of labor from the fields.

Young and strong laborers were freed from the fields and began to learn carpentry, blacksmithing and other skills.

Lu Xingchen and his team suddenly had many more young people with skills.

During this period, Lu Xingchen has passed on the Lu family's spear skills to Wei Hu and others.

The cavalry combat effectiveness of Wei Hu and others has also been greatly improved.

In addition, he also improved the basic tactics of the Lu family's spearmanship so that ordinary soldiers could easily learn it.

In any case, the training camp over a month has achieved very significant results.

Master Yuan and his team of fellow Taoists also took a big step forward in the research and development of gunpowder.

The size of gunpowder bags is getting smaller, but their power is getting bigger.

During this period, Lu Xingchen also took time to visit Song County and Teng County.

Song County was originally under the governance of Jia Wanhe and its foundation was pretty good.

Now Song County has also made great improvements in agricultural tools like Xing County. There are more and more shops in the county town, presenting a prosperous scene.

The situation in Teng County has also stabilized.

Many refugees flocked to Teng County, and those who were good at small business opened some small shops in the city.

Those who were good at farming were assigned to the fields and given land. The population of Teng County was gradually increasing.

Based on Lu Xingchen's original loom, several identical looms were manufactured.

A local gentry also invested money to open a textile factory in Teng County.

The female workers who could enter this textile factory had a relatively high status in Teng County.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

So Lu Xingchen decided to use Wanxian to test the effectiveness of the military training over the past month.

"The war is finally about to begin." Ling Xiao said excitedly.

"What does your business have to do with the war? You are from the guard company and are only responsible for protecting the commander." Zhang Fan said with a smile.

Ling Xiao immediately looked at Lu Xingchen like a deflated ball.

"Don't listen to Zhang Fan. This time the commander will go to the battlefield personally to command the battle. As a member of the guard company, you naturally have to follow him to the battlefield." Lu Xingchen said.

Ling Xiao raised his chin towards Zhang Fan with a smug look on his face.

"After all, it's not you who has the final say, it's the young master who has the final say."

Lu Xingchen looked at everyone and said, "Let's proceed according to the tactics we usually practice..."

"But you are not allowed to burn, kill or loot after entering the city."

"Don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"Especially against defenseless civilians."

"And those who surrender cannot be killed either."

Wei Hu and others agreed in a resounding voice.

"Okay then. When the rooster crows for the first time tomorrow, we'll start cooking and then march after breakfast. Everyone should bring enough dry food. There will be no meals in between," said Lu Xingchen.

Everyone agreed in unison.

It was necessary to march early tomorrow morning, so Wei Hu and others returned to the barracks and began to mobilize the troops.

Although they only have more than 2,000 soldiers now, mobilizing them will still make those experienced soldiers feel unusual.

Ma Kui was a soldier who came to Xing County and stayed there a few years ago.

It happened that he was on patrol tonight, so he knew that the troops were being mobilized and Lu Xingchen should send out troops tomorrow.

This is the keenness of a veteran.

However, when Lu Xingchen was selecting the Royal Guards, he set the age limit at sixteen to thirty years old.

And his age this year is thirty-two, which is just over this range.

Although his personal fighting ability was not strong, he was also an experienced veteran. He was very unhappy that he was not selected for the Royal Guards just because of his age.

A soldier who stayed in Xing County with him was younger than him and was selected to join the Imperial Guard.

During this period, the soldier continued to train and grow, and has become the company captain.

Ma Kui felt that if he joined the Imperial Guard, he could easily become a company captain.

After this soldier became the company captain, his income increased several times, the weapons he wore were different, and he was in charge of nearly two hundred people.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

Ma Kui also wanted to make a contribution and stand out. Who would want to be a soldier patrolling the city all the time?

He felt very unbalanced because of his age limit.

They also reported this situation to Lu Xingcheng.

But Lu Xingchen still insisted on his opinion.

Because as long as there is a selection, there must be selection criteria, and it will always be unfair to some people. This is inevitable.

As long as you set the rules and stick to them, no one will complain in the future.

But recently Ma Kui has been making moves.

In fact, there are many veterans who retired from the battlefield during this period.

The State of Liang was established last year, but the area under its actual control was very small.

In fact, the area that he can precisely control within his sphere of influence is even smaller.

Jizhou, where Lu Xingchen and his group are, is actually the territory of Liang State.

But the emperor of Liang could not actually control them.

So there have been constant wars in other places in recent years.

To the north there was a country established by the Qiang people.

In the south, there are more than a dozen small countries coexisting.

Even in the northwest, the Longxi area was still under the control of the former Qi State.

The only area that Liang State could truly control was the heartland of the Central Plains.

It is true that these veterans have combat experience and are capable, but it is also true that they are difficult to discipline.

Because they have followed many teams, survived in many teams, and some of them have already become veteran soldiers.

Lu Xingchen doesn't want too many people like this in his team.

When the rooster crowed for the first time the next day, Lu Xingchen and the others started cleaning up.

After a simple meal, the troops began to move.

During this period, Lu Xingchen has been training their endurance.

Therefore, the first section of the forced march required a distance of sixty miles to be covered in four hours.

Then they continued their march after a rest period of two quarters of an hour.

This is a very rigorous training.

Fortunately, after Lu Xingchen has been getting along with these soldiers for some time, her authority in their hearts has become very solid.

When night fell, they arrived outside Wanxian City and set up camp.

Zhou Shu originally wanted County Magistrate Kang to help him, but not only did County Magistrate Kang not help him, he also sent someone to scold him.