Although Li Rui was rich, he couldn't sell all the cattle in Chang 'an City. It would be a mess.
In ancient times, not only were children prone to illness and death, but the mortality rate of cattle and sheep was also very high. When they encountered an epidemic, a large number of them would die.
Raising cattle and sheep could also make the Northern Liang Army self-sufficient!
Li Rui opened the system's livestock area and saw broiler chickens and laying chickens.
10 baby chickens only cost 1 Merit Point. Moreover, they would be slaughtered in 28 days and would grow very quickly. They were very suitable to be used as meat supply for the Northern Liang Army.
Li Rui exchanged for 50000 baby chickens and 50000 baby ducks.
He had spent 50000 Merit Points. 40200。
" Who in the Great Tang can compare to my Wannian County?" Li Rui smiled playfully." Sooner or later, it will become the wealthiest place!"”
Currently, the number of refugees in Wannian County was increasing rapidly, and the thing that they didn't lack the most was people.
With a wave of her hand, Zhao Yun recruited hundreds of people to manage the ranch. The feed she fed was extremely cheap in the system store.
Li Rui arrived at the Beiliang military base. Every team was setting up tents. As the elites who were stationed here, they could freeze to death in their tents when winter came!
"My lord, why are you here?" Huo Qubing cupped his fists.”
"Inform the soldiers to gather!" Li Rui said.
The 9,000 soldiers of the Northern Liang Army moved quickly and formed an orderly formation. They had sabers at their waists and black-gold crossbows in their left hands. They said in unison,""General!"
The Northern Liang Army only had one general, and that was the current Prince of Liang, Li Rui!
Therefore, it was true that the soldiers addressed Li Rui as their general!
They only recognized the general, not the imperial power, and not the Tiger Tally!
Li Rui casually exchanged 1000 tons of cement, which cost less than 1000 merit points. He let the soldiers build cement residences that were warm in winter and cool in summer. Moreover, they would not collapse even if they lived there for a hundred years.
9,000 elite laborers quickly built the foundation. The wooden blocks were filled with cement and steel bars. The first layer was completed in two hours.
During lunchtime, there were six dishes and one soup, four vegetables and two meat dishes, and meat soup, which Li Rui had requested. The soldiers of the Northern Liang Army were free to eat.
Huo Qubing said in the commander's tent,"My lord, when are we going to attack Tubo? We are training everyone every day to make contributions."”
Li Rui couldn't help but laugh." I think all of you have reached the level of a hundred steps and are itching to go into battle to kill the enemy."”
Huo Qubing said seriously,"Tubo has repeatedly invaded the borders of our Tang Empire. We should destroy them!"”
However, Li Rui felt that it was still too early. The Northern Liang Army only had a mere 9,000 soldiers. It was undoubtedly a fool's dream to destroy the Tibetan army.
The Northern Liang Army was recruiting refugees every day. They needed training before they could enter the battlefield. Most of the Northern Liang Army were cavalrymen. They needed training in horsemanship and archery, as well as fighting with weapons.
These were all necessary training!
Elite soldiers needed hard training and the tempering of the flames of war.
Li Rui said softly," The Tubo's new defeat won't let this matter rest. According to my estimation, they will invade our Great Tang in less than two months. At that time, you will have a chance to stand out."”
"If I see Qin Ling, I will definitely behead him!”Huo Qubing had been brooding over his failure to kill Qin Ling last time.
After Li Rui had eaten and drank his fill, he suggested that he wanted to see the soldiers shoot arrows.
Huo Qubing readily agreed, but he was confident and arrogant enough to say that all his subordinates were elites and not a single one was useless!
He saw 9,000 Beiliang soldiers lined up in the drill ground. A hundred meters away, someone released a black wild boar instead of a target.
Shooting a moving living thing and shooting a target were two completely different concepts.
"Tiger Cavalry, Breaking Formation Camp, Wu 'an Army, all of you, step forward!" Huo Qubing shouted.”
"Yes, sir!"
Thousands of people stepped out, each with their own name.
"Raise the crossbow and shoot the target!" Huo Qubing said.”
In an instant, everyone raised their right hand and held the crossbow with their left hand. In the next second, they pulled the trigger in unison. The black wild boar was directly pierced by the crossbow, displaying its powerful penetrating power!
None of the arrows missed, proving the true strength of the soldiers of the Northern Liang Army.
Crossbowmen of this caliber were talents that the various tribes of the Great Tang fought over.
Li Rui stayed in the military camp and looked at the cement building that was taller by one floor every day. The entire building was flickering with a green light and it was nine floors and thirty meters tall!
Standing on the roof, one could see the scene of Chang 'an Fortress. Arranging crossbowmen on the top floor made it easy to defend but difficult to attack!
There were fifty rooms on each floor, and each room was fifty square meters. It could easily accommodate ten soldiers. The second residential building was still under construction.
Huo Qubing poked the cement wall with his gun and felt a pain in his thumb and forefinger. He realized that the wall was abnormally hard and exclaimed,"This cement construction is as hard as stone. Even a siege crossbow would find it difficult to break through!”
Li Rui knew that even in the modern era, a permanent fortress built with cement could withstand a bomb for a while, not to mention in this era of cold weapons. The defense of cement buildings was absolutely monstrous.
When he returned to the Prince Liang's residence, Li Rui saw a pair of siblings standing at the door, looking like little beggars.
The little girl stood timidly at the door, hiding behind the young man and arguing with Er 'Lai, who was standing at the door with a fierce expression.
"Little brother, take this food and silver," Wang Zhaojun said gently.”
"Sister Fairy, I don't want silver. I'm here to find Prince Liang!”The young man, Lu Shaofeng, answered seriously.
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