"The lord is back in the city!"

In fact, this was the second time Chu Tian returned to Xiacheng. As soon as he returned from the National War, he immediately went north and expelled Qi Xiaobai and Wu Sangui before officially returning to the city.

The combination of Qi Xiaobai and Wu Sangui was not weak, and they tried their best to unify the southern part of Yangdu County. However, the end time of the National War caught them off guard. They were afraid of the victorious Chu Tian, ​​so they immediately retreated.

The crisis in Xueyue Town was resolved, and Chu Tian returned directly to the army.

When he becomes stronger, he must uproot Qi Xiaobai and the Taishan thief Chang Xi behind him.

Chu Tian came back with the elite troops who had won the national war in a show of force, followed by a group of Goguryeo soldiers, who respected Chu Tian like gods and knelt down.

Officials and wealthy families in Xiacheng came to greet him one after another.

Not only the original residents of Xia City, but also the free players who moved to Xia City, are already a little afraid of Chu Tian. Because Chu Tian already has his own power, and the power is strong, and there is no sign of going downhill at present.

"Although residential houses in Xia City are expensive, they are worth it."

"The land price in Xiacheng is expected to increase fivefold in the future. We can buy a few more private houses."

Some free players saw Chutian's elite troops and realized that Chutian's power might snowball like a snowball, so they began to speculate on land prices.

In the core area of ​​Xiacheng, every inch of land is precious.

Chutian returned to Xiacheng and finally had the opportunity to take a good look at the two drawings he had obtained. One was the drawing of the horse sword, and the other was the drawing of the Tang knife. With the special drawings, the blacksmith shop could produce the horse sword and Tang knife.

Both the horse sword and the Tang sword are weapons. With these two drawings, you can produce the Tang style horse sword and Tang sword.

The horse sword is a weapon used by heavy cavalry, while the Tang sword can be used by both infantry and cavalry. It can even be equipped by archers and grain transporters. The prerequisite is that you have the money to build a large number of Tang swords.

Chutian found a senior blacksmith from Xiacheng and gave him two drawings to see if they could be produced.

The senior blacksmith looked at the drawings in detail and said slowly: "The Tang Dao produced by this Tang Dao drawing is a silver-level weapon, but it is sharper than the Huanshou Dao of the same level. The Ma Chao produced by the Ma Chao drawing is a gold class weapon.

The price of horse swords may be much more expensive than Tang knives, and they can even be passed down from generation to generation."

Chu Tian had long thought that the horse rifle was expensive, and that this kind of weapon specially supplied to heavy cavalry was not for ordinary people. Some heavy cavalry could also regard the horse rifle as a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation.

"First make a hundred Tang knives and ten horse spears."

Chutian roughly estimated the price and then arranged for craftsmen to produce it.

"yes."

The senior blacksmith accepted the two drawings. The two drawings recorded the production process of Ma Shan and Tang Dao. Once the blacksmith masters the skills of making Ma Shan and Tang Dao, he can create two weapons, Ma Shan and Tang Dao. It will take time.

and resources.

Silver-level weapons are more valuable to Chutian than gold-level weapons. The reason is very simple. No lord is rich enough to equip every soldier with a gold-level weapon. It is enough for each soldier to be equipped with a silver-level weapon.

Incredible.

After all, the horse is a precious weapon used by heavy cavalry.

After Chutian returned to the Lord's Mansion, he took a bath, changed clothes, and dealt with the internal affairs accumulated during this period.

Preparatory work for the third-level horse market has been completed. Currently, there are two horse dealers willing to settle in Xiacheng. After all, Xiacheng is a small city with a population of tens of thousands, and the demand for horses is neither large nor small.

The horses in the horse market are divided into military war horses and civilian draft horses. The price of war horses is much higher than that of draft horses, otherwise war horses would not be so precious.

"More than 400 war horses were captured from the battlefield of Anshi City, of which about 150 were excellent Goguryeo war horses that could withstand heavy cavalry. Hua Mulan's light cavalry lost more than 200 horses. The existing war horses can probably form an army of 150 people.

Heavy cavalry, 500 light cavalry.”

Chutian originally wanted to build a fourth-level cavalry battalion, but now it seems that the need is not so urgent.

A monarch with the special title of "Heavenly Khan" can use the Goguryeo heavy cavalry with a monthly salary of 2 taels of silver and does not need to pay pension. The Goguryeo heavy cavalry with more than 140 people only needs to pay less than 300 taels of silver per month as military salary.

Cannon fodder troops are rare. After they are killed in battle, you can collect horses and armor to form a new heavy cavalry force.

"I'm really black-hearted..."

Chu Tian must not consider issues from the position of a lord. Maximizing interests is in line with the thinking of a lord.

Chu Tian checked Xia Cheng's account books again. The handwriting on the account books was beautiful and orderly, even Chu Tian could understand it.

Then there are records of grain and the cultivation of new farmland.

Li Kui and Xia Liang handled these matters without any flaws.

The only loss was the two to three hundred low-level soldiers who were killed by Wu Sangui in a sneak attack. Chutian would ask Wu Sangui to get back this debt. But not now.

Now Chu Tian still has a recruitment order for generals of the Tang Dynasty.

[Name]: Datang General Recruitment Order

[Effect]: Randomly recruit a historical military general from the Tang Dynasty.

In addition to a recruitment order for generals of the Tang Dynasty, Chutian still had 47,000 military merits that were not used.

Military merit can be exchanged for many rewards.

The magistrate of Kaiyang County needs ten thousand military merits, and the prime minister of Langya needs one hundred thousand military merits.

Chutian is now Kaiyang County Lieutenant, and he can spend another 5,000 military merits to be promoted to Kaiyang County Magistrate.

But Chu Tian had no idea of ​​consuming military merit for promotion. There is not much difference between a Kaiyang county lieutenant and a county magistrate. In troubled times, whoever has soldiers has real power. It does not matter whether he becomes a Kaiyang county magistrate.

What Chu Tian coveted was the position of Langya Prime Minister. The Langya Prime Minister was equivalent to the prefect of the county, second only to the governor of Xuzhou. With the title of Langya Prime Minister, Chu Tian could openly and honestly attack all the lords and forces in Langya who disobeyed orders.

The prime minister of Langya needed 100,000 military merits, but Chu Tian's military merits were not enough, so he gave up.

"In the future, I will please Dong Zhuo and ask him to appoint Xuzhou Governor and Xuzhou Mudang. That old boy Tao Qian is not qualified to sit in that position."

Chu Tian pinned his hopes on Dong Zhuo. He was Dong Zhuo's benefactor after all. When Dong Zhuo kidnapped Han Xian Emperor, he would try to please him and let Dong Zhuo make himself a prince. Wouldn't it be beautiful?

Dong Zhuo was very generous when conferring these false posts.

The premise is to have some strength.

Chu Tian looked to see what other good things there were. In the first epic battle, his military merits were 14,000, and this time, his military merits were 47,000, which could be exchanged for more good things.

Chu Tian saw a recruitment order in the list of items that could be exchanged for military merit.

Seeing the recruitment order, Chu Tian felt a little moved.

Almost all of his historical heroes were recruited through recruitment orders.

Any recruitment order is a good thing!

[Name]: Random Special Talent Recruitment Order

[Military merit required]: 20000

[Effect]: You can randomly recruit a special talent or historical special talent.

"Special talents..."

Chu Tian is now very familiar with "Lord".

Special talents include physicians, blacksmiths, shipwrights, carpenters, stonemasons, dancers, poets, assassins, etc.

Xiacheng also has many special talents.

"Exchange one."

Chu Tian spent 20,000 military merits in exchange for a recruitment order with some distress.

20,000 military merits may be a special talent that is not a historical fact, or it may be a special talent that is a historical fact, which makes people hate him at the same time.

"Just don't recruit eunuchs for me."

After 20,000 military merits were consumed, there were still 27,000 military merits left.

"Drawings of the Sixth Level Cavalry Battalion."

Chu Tian saw a drawing he coveted after the first epic battle. Chu Tian, ​​who had only 14,000 military merits at the time, spent 5,000 military merits to exchange for a sixth-level infantry battalion drawing. There was not enough military merits to exchange for a drawing worth 20,000.

Drawings of the sixth-level cavalry battalion with military merit.

And now he finally has enough military merit to redeem a sixth-level cavalry battalion blueprint.

The blueprint of the sixth-level cavalry battalion is not a question of price, but of price but no market.

Apart from epic battles and national wars, there is basically no other way to obtain level six barracks blueprints.

Some small and medium-sized lords want to recruit troops, but do not have advanced barracks blueprints, so they can only choose to capture cities with advanced barracks, such as Luoyang, Xiapi, Xiangyang, etc.

"Langya City doesn't even have a sixth-level cavalry battalion. I must capture it."

Chu Tian considered that Li Guang had a fifth-level exclusive cavalry and Hua Mulan had a sixth-level exclusive cavalry. A sixth-level cavalry battalion drawing could cover their arms.

Of course, exclusive units may also have restrictions on horses, equipment, and troop sources.

High-level cavalry has very strict requirements on troop sources. The further north you go, the higher the proportion of troop sources suitable to serve as cavalry.

"Only 7,000 military merits are left."

After Chutian exchanged the two items, his military merit was completely insufficient.

The construction drawings of the seventh-level cavalry battalion are worth 50,000 military merits; the construction drawings of the eighth-level cavalry battalion are worth 100,000 military merits...

Chu Tian saw some sky-high price items, and his military achievements simply couldn't satisfy him.

So Chutian had to change to a small weapons workshop with a level 4 production building drawing. The weapons workshop is more efficient than the blacksmith shop, and can reduce the cost of producing horse swords and Tang knives, and shorten the production time.
To be continued...