In the battle of "Red Rock" City, Commander Yang Tian's troops killed more than 400,000 enemy troops in the siege, and less than 30,000 troops led by him remained. The remaining 4,000 young men from the Guards regiment were even more vomiting, nightmares and murmuring for more than half a month.

Qiong Daotian didn't say anything nonsense, and wrote down a great military merit for Yang Tian. All the subordinates were promoted to two levels. Then, they mobilized elite soldiers to add 200,000 subordinates to him. General Long of the "Tiger and Wolf Army" transferred 150,000 elite troops to Yang Tian without saying a word. The Qiong family's private army was also the strongest 50,000 people. When Qiong Daotian talked to other generals privately, he commented on Yang Tian: "This kid, I thought he was the most and most a bad young master. Who knew that this performance was really unexpected to me."

In the next two days, Yang Tian suddenly showed his strength on the battlefield that was inconsistent with his previous performance, and this matter gradually came to Qiong Daotian's ears. Qiong Daotian smiled and said nothing, saying to the Qiong family's own generals: "I can understand General Yang's approach... If it were me, I would do this too. After all, if he performed too well, he would not be able to survive here." The implication was that he was very dissatisfied with some people in Shengjing. Only mediocre talents could survive, and good talents would have to be wiped out, and Master Qiong could not bear it anymore.

After seven days of cultivation, the soldiers who had recovered their energy after the long war had recovered their energy. Qiong Daotian held the first military meeting of all the Thousand-man captains and above in the All-Road Army. He said to his subordinate generals seriously: "This time, although we defeated the enemy, we also lost more than 200,000 brothers. Everyone should also hear from the brothers in the "Red Rock" city that the strength of the blood-red cavalry team was forced away by us without the chance to take action. This is not that their strength is not good, but that their commander's strategy is not good. As for these soldiers who have been killed by us, although they are also elite soldiers, they are all the first time they have gone to the battlefield and cannot be compared with the Hundred Battles of the Black Cloud Empire."

The generals didn't say anything. After all, they captured more than a thousand prisoners and forced them to confess. They explained what they knew. Among the more than three million enemy troops, the regular troops of the Black Cloud Empire who supervised and assisted the war did not take any action and all fled with Feng. The Tian Dynasty's record this time was very brilliant in terms of humans, but in terms of connotation, it was a bit watery.

Qiong Daotian nodded and said, "According to the advance plan, as soon as possible, the second army will arrive in four months. If something goes wrong on the road, it will probably take more than half a year. During this period, we must do all fortifications and accumulate enough food and grass for the second army. No one knows when the Black Cloud Empire will launch a second attack. Now I will issue the tasks of each general."

"The commander of the 'Tiger and Wolf Army' led a unit of the 'Tiger and Wolf Army' to conduct daily patrols to strictly prevent the other party's harassing attack." General Long led Nuo and strode away.

"Qiong Feiyun, collecting local civil servants, focusing on deepening the walls, moats, etc. of several cities." A middle-aged general with a cold face nodded and went out.

"Qiong Daobing, you bring people to the local little nobles and have a good conversation with them. After all, we are here to liberate them. They want to give me more military pay and other things. The wages for civil servants are also responsible." A young general with a kind face but a fierce look in his eyes chuckled and went out...

Yang Tian was anxious and smirked and rushed towards Qiong Daotian's military order case, saying with a smile: "Brother, where is I, I always have to do something, right? Well? Don't look at me and you will feel sorry for me if I am injured, hehe...hehe...hehe"

Qiong Daotian also laughed a few times, looked up and down at Yang Tian and said, "How could I feel sorry for it? Your brother doesn't seem to have any wounds... Well, find a good job for you. In the nearby villages, you take people out for inspection every day. We have collected all their surplus grains and compensate them a little according to the market price... Well, at the same time, they are ordered to replant more grains and grass while it is still early, and they can collect more food and grass. If they can, they can collect more. In addition, you have captured all the local iron, wood, paint, and gold craftsmen to the city of heaven and requisitioned the army."

Yang Tian suddenly lost his energy. Zeng Guoxuan, Jiang Chunshui, who had just been promoted to the office, and Jiang Chunshui, who came in with him, also paused and said weakly: "What a bad thing? It's boring. It's purely the mud-legged poles of the Ministry of Works."

Qiong Daotian said calmly: "In addition, you are responsible for investigating how many household registrations are in the area we control, what kind of talented people are, and whether it is possible for us to use. Furthermore, it is also the most important one..." Qiong Daotian lowered his voice and said slowly: "You lead 100,000 craftsmen to explore on-site whether there are any minerals such as gold, silver, iron, diamonds, coal, lime and other minerals. As long as you find them, before the arrival of the Second Route Army, I allow you to act cheaply, mine vigorously, and subsidize military use."

Yang Tian suddenly started to bounce, and Zeng Guoxuan's eyes immediately became very bright. He snatched the mining official document from Qiong Daotian's hand, and the three of them ran out like a fly. Qiong Daotian slapped his forehead hard and scolded angrily: "Remember, no matter how much you embezzle, you are not allowed to make all of them blackmail me."

Now all the rest in the tent are some of the confidant generals of the Qiong family. An old man asked in confusion: "Master, if you ask these people to mine minerals, they may pay at most one or two taels of gold per pound. Can you still do anything?"

Qiong Daotian smiled: "Even if they only hand over one or two pounds of gold, I'm happy. It's better than not... Besides..." Qiong Daotian's face was a little hesitant: "The eldest young masters of the Guards Group suffered heavy casualties this time. Any of their grandfathers who blow some wind in the court faces His Majesty in the court will not afford to be punished... If you don't get some benefits, you will probably go back before you can triumph. Well? Don't always act rigidly according to military law. After all, many things in the world still have to be favored. As long as these young masters are happy, the casualties of their companions will be turned into small things and small things..."

After pausing, Qiong Daotian laughed and said, "You have also seen the report of battlefield surveys. More than half of the young masters were forced to get angry at the last moment. Although they are a little weak, they should not be underestimated. Maybe they will still have a very strong combat power in the future. Now they have a relationship with them, it is better than waiting for them to emerge in the court before going there. The Qiong family has no ambitions, but it is very good that they are in great prosperity. If they don't please them now, when will they please?"

The people of the Qiong family suddenly realized and said, "The eldest young master is wise and wise." Qiong Daotian smiled bitterly in his heart: "I am wise? As long as you deal with the adults in the court more, you will become like this sooner or later... Fortunately, there are Grand Secretary Zeng and Grand Secretary Jiang. As long as their son is happy, they will not be able to protect our Qiong family. This matter seems to have no consequences... But should this report be sent to Shengjing immediately?"

After calculating for a long time, Qiong Daotian made a silent decision: "Forget it, wait until the final decision, the army along the way can't stand the anger of those officials who have died... Let's talk about everything when Marshal Wen comes."

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Yang Tian and the other three rushed to the place where their young men recovered from their injuries, casually greeted the subordinates Yue, Bai, Li, Zhang, Leng, Feng and other generals, and handed them all over the matter of counting household registration, collecting food and grass, and urging the people to replant food and grass, and quickly entered the camp.

Before the generals gathered the good people, the young men who were still weak and had nightmares two days ago, and could not dance with their swords, had already rushed out with their weapons and armor, running while putting armor on their bodies. When the people mobilized by the generals arrived, these young men were already dressed in a neat manner, and were arranged in a square formation with high momentum. Even a few guys with serious injuries followed behind grimly.

Yang Tian laughed loudly and sent someone to greet the old ghost of Heitian. Then he brought 30,000 elite cavalry from the "Tiger and Wolf Army", 10,000 powerful archers from the Qiong family, and more than 100 masters of mine search and vein search. He brought enough supplies for a month of outdoor life and charged out in a hot spring. Several generals were shocked and shouted at their subordinates: "Look, look, look, look at their speed. You are still elite. You still look down on those young masters on weekdays, but their performance is much better than you. Don't you feel embarrassed? The speed of gathering in the future must be faster than them."

I really don’t know what they would think if these generals finally understood the reasons why these young masters were so energetic. But now, these young masters are constantly flying in their minds. Hey, I really don’t know how they are going to transport them back to Shengjing.

Some local residents have slowly gathered in the square in the center of the city at the invitation of the soldiers, facing the rewards offered by the Celestial Army that were twice as high as the general local market. These people have accepted activities to help the Celestial Army repair and expand the city walls. In addition, a besieged city must be built, where a large number of troops must be stationed.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were running arbitrarily within their control, investigating everything they were interested in. The distribution of mountains, rivers, the distribution of people's settlements, the situation of special products, and all the situations were recorded on the map. In the first half month, the biggest discovery was a huge river, which could directly penetrate into this huge river in the hinterland of the continent. According to the surveyed water depth and flow rate, the most advanced armored gunboats in the Celestial Empire can now easily raid remotely.

As for Yang Tian, ​​Long Feng, Feng Ling'er, Hei Tian Lao Gui, Gnu and other five people, they had been following the hundreds of vein-seeking masters for ten days in the wilderness. They didn't know what the principle was, and they walked all the way to the deep mountains, and they went further and further. Gradually, Hei Tian Lao Gui was a little surprised, his eyes flashed green, and he said in surprise: "Huh? These guys are still a little capable. Damn, I see that the northern golden essence energy is so strong that there must be a large number of metal ores below. I just don't know what kind of mineral it is. How did they see it?"

The leaders of those searching for the meridians responded respectfully: "God of Lafar, we judged it based on the color of the ground rocks, the special plant population, and the mountain terrain. It is just that experience allows us to know where it is possible. If we can see the mineral gas exactly like this, we will be much more efficient."

The old ghost in Heitian laughed proudly and said, "I have been practicing this ghost spirit eye for fifty years. I can teach you, haha, as long as you have half of my skills."

These fellows searching for the meridians immediately stopped saying a word. Half of the skill of the Hei Tian Lao Gui? They have to practice for at least ten thousand years.

Jiang Chunshui couldn't wait to ask: "What mineral is probably here? Gold? Silver? Diamond?"

The leader said with a smile: "This should be a huge stone green mine, with the best stone green mining..." Zeng Guoxuan had already interrupted him: "Hey, what's the use of that kind of thing? Damn, Bai Happy. Didn't Lao Fu say that the golden spirit here is very heavy?"

The leader quickly explained: "I don't know anything. The Shiqing Mine must have appeared with the silver mine. There must be silver mines below here, but I don't know the exact content."

The young men were excited and jumped off their horses one by one, showing their gratitude to those who were seeking their meridians, urging them: "Hurry up, hurry up, where, where?" Several of them were impatient and had already begun to send soldiers back to the city to inform the craftsmen leaders in the city, asking them to send people here to mine quickly.

After wandering around this neighborhood for another three or two days, he finally identified the location of the silver mine. Heitian Laogui and Long Feng worked together to uncover a rock layer of a hundred feet in a radius, revealing the grayish-white ore flashing silver spots below. Heitian Laogui was excited, relaxed all his magic power and rushed up and shouted wildly. Long Feng was careless. He didn't work hard to lift the huge rock layer into the air. Now Heitian Laogui suddenly withdrew his force. He was under a lot of pressure, and the rock layer immediately pressed down as it was, smashing the wealth-loving Laogui below.

Everyone was shocked and rushed up to dig out the broken rocks. A black shadow had already scratched the rock formation, soared into the sky, and laughed wildly in the air: "Damn, I'm getting rich, I'm getting rich... Damn, this mine is more, more than all the worships of the people of the Celestial Empire for ten years..."

The young men cheered and desperately dug the original silver ore with swords. Especially when the old ghost of Heitian and Long Feng melted a piece of ore weighing more than 10,000 kilograms with magic fire and cultivated a silver ingot, this fanaticism reached its peak.

Yang Tian issued an order: "Brothers, don't watch from the side. Those craftsmen will have several days to come. Let's help them mine more ore. When they come, they can start mining immediately. Come on, go to the nearby village to call the labor service and ask them to bring tools to mine... Damn, these idiots, don't they waste so much money underground?"

The cheers resounded throughout the valley. The soldiers were happy that the military pay was guaranteed and they would definitely win several battles. As for the people of the Guards, let alone, they would definitely be happy that their wealth could be enriched again.

Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui pulled Yang Tian aside and discussed in a low voice: "Boss, we must solve this problem first. How can we explain the money we have refined to the higher authorities?"

Jiang Chunshui said viciously: "Damn, the mines I found, of course, can't afford them for nothing. According to my words, giving them one or two taels of silver ingots is enough... After finding those irons, media, etc., you can give them no need at all."

Yang Tian knocked his head hard and whispered, "Idiot, idiot, waste. Just a little silver... Our eyes should be long-term, our goals should be broader, and the future of 'money' is beautiful. We should not be petty about the little profit at the beginning. Can we face this silver mine with the above? In the future, if we find gold mines, we will give one or two taels of pounds. Otherwise, we will send too little this time. In the future, boy Qiong will not give us this job, wouldn't it be cheaper for others? Why do you learn from your father? If you don't go to small money and don't come with big money."

The two of them suddenly realized, nodded repeatedly, stretched out their thumbs and said to Yang Tian: "Boss, Gao Ming, Gao Ming."

Yang Tian said proudly: "I am still confident in this regard. You look down on media and iron. You are such a fool. In the future, we can apply to give us all the power of mining and distribution of media and iron on these three continents. According to our power in the court, it is easy to have such a little operation right? Although media and iron are not money, they can exchange money. A lot of gold and silver are exchanged for them. Do the people use iron tools? Do they want to burn media? If we have media and iron in the whole world, can they not give money obediently? At that time, the price should be as high as the price should be, and the cost should be as low as the price should be, and we will be really making a fortune."

Zeng Guoxuan looked fascinated: "Yes, boss, we can not only specialize in media and iron, but also salt. I don't believe that the people of these Black Cloud Empire do not eat salt, right?"

Jiang Chunshui added fiercely: "By the way, in the future, you will have to collect taxes for building houses. Damn, if you don't pay taxes, you won't let the people build houses. Wouldn't they live in caves? You have to pay taxes when digging caves. What's the point... Damn, isn't it said that the total population of these three mainlands is nearly one billion? We earn ten gold coins per person, that is, two taels of gold. Oh my God, three of us brothers can have two billion taels of gold... One person is more than six hundred million..."

Yang Tian smiled wickedly: "So, we have to pay more money now and get along with the big guys above. As long as we do well, these transactions will belong to us in the future... I still think that we will definitely set up a commander's mansion in these three continents in the future, so we won't go back. There are also many beauties here. As long as we have money and power, it is more comfortable than being emperors, we can also play with the people here at will. You don't dare to be in the Shengjing side, right?"

Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui instantly made up their minds that once they conquered the Black Cloud Empire, they would never return to the Heavenly Kingdom. The prospects here are simply too beautiful.

Yang Tian looked at the result of his bewitching hearts with satisfaction and said with a smile: "We cannot forget our brothers like this. Let's talk about it carefully. Let's add a few more brothers. In the future, we will definitely be important officials in the commander's office. Everyone will take care of each other. These three continents are nothing we say..."

Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui didn't say a word, and rushed out quickly and began to win over people.

Long Feng laughed softly behind Yang Tian: "If you are together, you can expand your army randomly. If you find an excuse in the future, you can rebel, right?"

Yang Tian laughed: "What do you think? Is it possible?"

Long Feng nodded and said, "It's a great idea. The son of the court boss rebelled in the territory of the Celestial Empire. The court will definitely be in chaos. When they straighten out their relationship and send troops to suppress it, they will no longer have a chance. However, you must start to think about how to force your brothers to follow you to fight against the Celestial Empire."

Yang Tian murmured: "I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry. I'll have a long time to conquer the Black Cloud Empire. I have a lot of time to think slowly." He raised his eyebrows, swayed and walked towards the construction site where he was working hard to mine the silver mine. He was still tsk in his mouth: "What a pity, these knives were used to chop people, and now they are used to mine ore. It's a pity... Idiot, be careful, don't use the tip of the knife to cut the knife, this knife is also made of money."

Feng Ling'er suddenly appeared beside Long Feng and asked in confusion: "Do you treat the conspiracy as a fun thing?"

Long Feng said with a smile: "Sister, you don't know that different races and traditional cultures are also different. Conspiracy, in our opinion, is a kind of enjoyment... Unfortunately, the conspiracy and tricks on the Celestial Empire are a little bit slow. If you have the chance in the future, you will go with me to my motherland, and the intrigues between the countries and the countries there, which will probably scare you to death..."

Feng Ling'er's head was so big that she moaned: "I can be scared to death now... I can deceive the best brother in my mouth at will, and conceive a plan to betray the country in the future while shedding loyally for the country, and use family affection - your so-called most wonderful feelings to threaten others, God... Your motherland must be a place like hell."

Long Feng said seriously: "Wrong, to me, my motherland is a paradise... This is something that your race will never understand, so this is also the reason why your powerful race is soon eliminated." Feng Ling'er still looked confused, and Long Feng smiled in his heart: "I won't teach you these things, otherwise, when your tribe members have their bodies, we will definitely not be your opponent."

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Twenty thousand craftsmen from the Celestial Empire, under the escort of a hundred thousand troops, arrived at the silver mine day and night, and built some sheds that could barely accommodate their bodies, and then began the intense mining work.

Yang Tian constantly sent troops to loot cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and other livestock from nearby villages, and entertained these craftsmen with the best food every day. At the same time, he took the initiative to lead the young masters and the soldiers who were guarding to start cutting down logs, building solid wooden houses, creating comfortable beds and daily furniture, so that these craftsmen can live and eat well.

The craftsmen were very moved. Yang Tian was a man with the title of Duke of the Celestial Dynasty and is now a senior general who commanded the 200,000 army. How could they have imagined that such a person who was so far away from them was actually covered in mud and led a group of noble children of the Celestial Dynasty to build houses for them, craftsmen, and even cook food for them personally?

Long Feng was very satisfied. Yang Tian’s recent performance was too good. Although he was not qualified to be a good emperor, he was at least qualified to be an ordinary treacherous minister. These craftsmen were all selected with excellent skills and had no worries in the Celestial Empire. As long as they could buy their hearts, they would develop their own territory in the future and improve their weapons and armor, which would be the greatest help.

Although those young men did not have such awareness, they worked hard to serve these craftsmen for the sake of the increasingly high-rise silver ingots. Each of them had accumulated a lot of money, which was also their greatest motivation.

More than a hundred men seeking ties have begun to look for other minerals in nearby mountains and ridges. Several small iron veins have been discovered one after another. It is estimated that there will be a large iron ore vein nearby. They are busy following the guidance of the old ghost in Heitian. Thirty thousand soldiers are divided into 100 patrol teams to patrol in the mountains and forests to prevent possible harassment activities of the Black Cloud Empire.

Gradually, in two months, Yang Tian's subordinate army has been mobilized, and more than 300,000 craftsmen are busy with their efforts under Yang Tian's command. Yang Tian still tried his best to leave the most perfect impression of these craftsmen from the Celestial Empire or local mobilized. They are respectful to the wise and humble, ask questions, ask about their well-being, and lead by example. Yang Tian's performances have touched these ordinary people. Inadvertently, the 200,000 soldiers were deeply infected by Yang Tian's actions. They have completely changed their views on Yang Tian...

Another gain is that those young men and men have also experienced the sufferings of ordinary people. After the test of life and death, they are also slowly changing in such ordinary daily lives.

One gold mine, one silver mine, three iron mines, two coal mines, and several charcoal-burning workshops. These facilities, now directly led by Yang Tian, ​​are distributed in the mountains of two hundred miles. Qiong Daotian was afraid that Yang Tian would not have enough manpower, so he sent 100,000 more troops to Yang Tian. What reassured the Celestial Army was that even in those mountains and forests, the Black Cloud Empire could not launch a large-scale attack.

Trucks of silver ingots, iron blocks, media charcoal and other strategic resources were continuously transported to the City of Paradise. In contrast, the output of gold ingots was much smaller. Well, the senior generals knew the reasons, but no one broke them.

Under the guidance of Long Feng, Yang Tian also began to inspect nearby villages and asked craftsmen from the Celestial Empire to guide the local people to develop their own industry and agriculture. In addition, Yang Tian also gave a batch of not very large quantities, but was enough to buy gold and silver from ordinary people to the local people. Unconsciously, Yang Tian knew the enjoyment like spring breeze brought after winning people's hearts, and he began to consciously make friends with even the lowest-level people in the local area.
Chapter completed!