The winter of the twelfth year of Daye.

Fang Ming and his party successfully turned to Lingnan.

Outside the Zhennan Palace, there are continuous waterways, hundreds of boats competing for the current, and the carriages are like dragons. The bustling and noisy level is better than that of the past.

In particular, the Hanmin's faces increased greatly, which made Fang Ming very satisfied.

Although the original Lingnan Song family seemed to have a vast influence, with more than a dozen counties in the South China Sea, Longchuan, Yi'an, Gaoliang, Xin'an, Yongxi, Cangwu, Shi'an, Yongping, Yulin, Hepu, Zhuya, Ningyue, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan, Bijing, Haiyin, but it only influences rather than controls.

Because most of the people living in these places are li and foreign tribes such as Liao, the Song family just established a good image through fair transactions, which was respected and recognized by the leaders of the border areas.

If effective rule was really established in these places, hundreds of thousands of troops could be drawn out at will. The Song family would have gone out to fight for dominance of the world long ago. How could they be so depressed?

Thirty years ago, it would be a lifelong struggle to be able to generate an army of 20,000.

In the original work, Song Zhi saw that the Sui Dynasty was still in full swing, so he advised Song Que to keep a low profile and engage in various profit-making industries. After thirty years of accumulation, it was the scale of later aiding the Young Marshals.

Unfortunately, even then, I was still invincible and had to rely on outsiders to accomplish things.

But now, everything is different.

As early as thirty years ago, Fang Ming intended to take advantage of the chaos in the world to migrate Jiangnan and Central Plains refugees into Lingnan.

It also organizes production and reclaims fertile land. Of course, the most important thing is to prevent and control miasma and epidemics.

The ancients had a child earlier, and they talked about marriage at the age of fifteen. Thirty years was the time for two generations! It was enough for outsiders to take root in Lingnan.

Fang Ming sent a caravan to go south from Lingnan to Jiaozhi, where Chameng City was located, to search for excellent rice seeds, and to promote sowing with the power of the government. It has always been rice in the south, but rice has not been promoted in the south at this time. As a time traveler who is familiar with history, how could Fang Ming not make such preparations?

After all, in ancient times, the potential for a country's war was food, population, and iron tools!

At this time, those who claim to be Guanzhong won the world, but because the soil in Guanzhong is fertile and abundant per mu is produced. What if the yield of wheat is compared with rice? Haha...

"Song Zhi's immigration work is doing well!"

Seeing the proportion of the Han people in Lingnan changed drastically, Fang Ming couldn't help but be very satisfied.

Migrating the population, reclaiming the fields, and choosing excellent rice seeds were also his preparations, and what he was going to prevent was a situation of confrontation between the north and the south in the future.

"See the King!"

After returning to the palace, he went to the study room, Song Zhi, Xu Xingzhi, and a group of elites in the system were already waiting.

"Um!"

Fang Ming sat upright on the main seat, with a graceful and calm face. Combined with his jade-like face and firm eyebrows, it is easy for people to feel resolute: "The Sui Dynasty will undergo a major change next year! I want to rectify the soldiers immediately and start the spring of the country!"

"ah?"

Everyone present was shocked.

Because Yang Guang is not dead now, although the Sui Dynasty is in chaos, its vitality is still there, and no one can see the future changes clearly.

Of course, Fang Ming is an exception.

"Abide by the order!"

However, at this time, the authority within the system had been implemented, and Song Zhi, Song Lu and others knew that he had never said anything and had a good reputation for every material, so they immediately kowtowed to say that.

"Song Zhi, tell me the situation!"

Fang Ming waved his hand and his eyes were filled with wisdom, Song Zhi immediately stepped out and started a speech: "According to the king's system, our Lingnan recruited 50,000 troops at this time, which is enough to be driven. The troops in the palace still need to be mobilized, and you can get 100,000 in three months!"

In ancient times, when wars were fought, the right time, place and population had to be ignored. At this time, it was naturally not suitable for large-scale military operations. There was a farming season in spring, which was a bit inappropriate. However, Fang Ming used the system of separating soldiers and farmers, and 50,000 were always available, which was enough.

These 50,000 recruits are professional regular soldiers, while the government soldiers are military soldiers, which require time to summon them, and are inferior to the elite and training level.

The reason why we want to combine recruiting troops with the government is not that Fang Ming doesn’t know the difference, it’s really hard to use it.

In ancient times, the consumption of supporting a full-time soldier was too high. The army of 50,000 could still be supported by Yang Gong’s treasure house and the financial resources of the Song family, but 150,000?

The more than 200,000 imperial guards of Emperor Yang of Sui were supported by the world's financial resources. They were truly professional troops, and were also the most powerful force in the Central Plains at this time! It was also the capital to maintain the throne!

If there was no Yu Wenhua and the regicide of regicide, these people alone could suppress Li Zitong, Du Fuwei, Fu Gongyou, Chen Faxing and others.

The real chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty was only started after Yang Guang was killed, the imperial guards ordered chaos, and fighting with Wagang, and both sides suffered losses.

In fact... If Yu's culture and status were not right and had rushed north, how could the Great Sui imperial guards be brought down by Wagang Limi? Even if he had already captured Xingluo Cang at that time, it would be impossible to collect millions of refugees!

Even though Li Mi temporarily blocked the military front, he was still very damaged. In the end, he was defeated by Wang Shichong, who was not as famous as him in power and was forced to surrender to Li Tang, thus completely losing his destiny.

The biggest forces of the south and north were consumed, but the Li family occupied a fertile land of Guanzhong for thousands of miles, and there was danger of Tongguan. It was closed to develop, and it was really "destiny to be born". The inside story was deep.

"After that being said, everyone knows that professional soldiers who are full-time are the most powerful, but throughout history, in addition to the imperial guards, how many of them can provide too much?"

Fang Ming's eyes flashed, and he felt helpless.

After all, it was also a reality in ancient times! The daily expenses of soldiers training, armor and weapons were like mountains and seas, and the strength was taken away. Who would cultivate it? Without farming, there would be no food and taxes, which would be quite unfavorable to the long-lasting ability in the future.

Therefore, in every chaotic times, no matter how powerful and wise the lords are, they must cultivate farms.

"Fifty thousand is enough! I will personally conquer Baling in the beginning of the spring of the next year!"

Of course, Fang Ming would not tell these men that he could see from his anger that Yang Guang's life would be near.

Once Yu Culture and once they take power, they have to go north and return to the Hu people's base camp, they will definitely have to conflict with Wagang, which is blocking the road.

This is a God-given opportunity and must be firmly grasped!

Since the black players in the north planned this situation and led to the rise of the Li family, Fang Ming was unceremonious to get a share of the pie.

He was the supreme leader of the system at this time, and naturally he did things without anyone's affirmation or opposition. He could continue to carry out on his own. Even Song Zhi dared not ask too much.

"Winning it!"

Fang Ming called another person.

A middle-aged scholar with a pretty face and martial arts figure immediately came out: "I'm here!"

"Take me to the armament warehouse!"

Fang Ming started and left.

...

‘Squeak!’

The heavy door of the armament warehouse opened, revealing the layers of wooden frames inside, and the weapons covered with oil, which were well-maintained.

"Your Majesty, our Lingnan has five arsenals at this time. Together with the weapons in the treasure house, it can equip 50,000 troops, and its equipment is excellent, even compared with the imperial guards..."

"Um!"

Fang Ming picked up a bow casually and stretched out his hand to pull it. The flexible bowstring immediately pulled out a full moon arc, and then released it again, and a crack! A thunder sounded in the air, and the strong wind whistled, bringing dust.

"very nice!"

Such a bow is made of six materials such as dry, horn, tendon, glue, silk, and lacquer, often takes two or three years, while armor and other materials are more expensive and the source of iron is very troublesome.

Fang Ming, who knew the various things, naturally knew that the difference between the 50,000 troops equipped with weapons and those unclothed peasant uprising troops was at least a gap of one to five!

Although the rebels at the end of the dynasty had 100,000 or 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0

Therefore, the imperial army, which was often beaten by the huge number gap, was fleeing in panic.

Of course, this world has martial arts, and the Baling Gang is not an ordinary gangster organization, so it is naturally different, but Fang Ming still feels that he has a big advantage in this area.

Moreover, although the heroes in the world at this time had expectations for the chaos, they were not sure that Yang Guang would die, so they were naturally not as prepared as Fang Ming.

It will be much more convenient to catch him off guard then than to deal with an already prepared enemy.

"And... the king, please come with your subordinates!"

Xu Xingzhi immediately opened a secret library in the weapon library.

"this……"

Song Zhi and Song Shidao all changed their faces.

Because the moment they stepped into the inner warehouse, they felt more than a dozen qi machines staring at them, the weakest of whom was also the second-rate good player in the world, and obviously the level of alertness was quite impressive.

And what was placed here made them even more confused and the monk was confused.

"These firearms... are all trial-made by craftsmen from the Ministry of Works based on the recipes of the king..."

Xu Xingzhi introduced rows of black pipes and landmines like things, and his tone was full of pride: "After testing by the Ministry of Works, the power is absolutely extraordinary!"

"Well, but I don't plan to use these in Baling this time!"

Fang Ming stroked a gun-like iron pillar, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

The south has always been worse than the north. Population and food are only one aspect, and on the other hand, the southerners are relatively weak in physique. This will become more obvious if rice is used as the staple food in the future.

But the reason why people are human is that they know how to use tools!

Therefore, the emergence of firearms is a supreme weapon to narrow the physical strength gap of all races.

No matter how thin you are, the power of pulling the trigger is still there.

When firearms become mainstream on the battlefield, individual bravery can be eliminated.

Of course, with Fang Ming's current technical strength, he could not achieve the effect of queuing up to kill him in later generations, but it was enough to catch up with the Song and Ming dynasties and even develop gunpowder that could break the city.

When these powerful tools are fighting against the northern Hu people, they will inevitably shine with even more brilliant light! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!