To advance eastward means to start a war with the princes first, and to advance westward means to destroy the Qin Dynasty first.

Although Wang Buxian now occupies the best position, it is also not the best position.

If you are not careful, you will end up with enemies on all sides.

This is no joke.

Now Wang Buxu's power is really too powerful.

Although there is not even a complete county, but all the territory is added up, there are two counties.

And subsequent expansion is not very laborious at all.

What's more important is that Wang Buxu has more than 400,000 soldiers!

What is this concept?

If you are a bit more arrogant, Wang Buxian can even attack with both objects at the same time.

"I have so many people?" When he heard Chen Ping say that he had an army of 400,000, Wang Buxu said he couldn't believe it.

There were less than 200,000 before the expedition. Why did we fight a battle and disband so many of Zhang Han's troops, yet we still had double the number?

"There are more than 70,000 in Xingyang, more than 80,000 in Aocang, more than 80,000 in Luoyang, and more than 30,000 in Guanying..." Chen Ping began to count on his fingers.

These are the troops that existed before the expedition.

Although Wang Buxu gave Chen Tieshan 10,000 soldiers, he later recruited part of Sima Xin's army.

So just these alone, there are more than 270,000 people.

Chen Ping continued: "Peng Yue has more than 20,000 people. Captain Chen has almost raised an army of 70,000 people in Yingchuan County. Adding in the tens of thousands selected by Zhang Han, this is not more than 400,000 people."

How many thousand people are there?”

Wang Buxu clicked his tongue in surprise, who could have thought of this? Who dared to think of it?

In one year, the number of people grew from a few hundred to more than 400,000?

I originally wanted to be a dog, but it turned out...

Forget it, the past is too painful to look back on, and the past is over, good or bad, don’t mention it...

"Sir, I suggest you head westward!" Regarding the route, Zhang Liang said it without much thought.

Wang Buxian was also thinking about this issue.

At this moment, the significance of advancing westward is greater than that of advancing eastward.

After all, the capital of the Qin Dynasty was in the west. Although Guan Ying had not captured Hangu Pass yet, according to the intelligence sent back, he should take action soon.

Therefore, by sending troops to Guanzhong, the last line of defense before Wang Buxu was gone.

And when advancing westward to face the Qin Dynasty directly, as long as Xianyang is captured and the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, then naturally, the Han Dynasty will become a new dynasty.

Even though Chu State's strength is pretty good, it is still a little weaker than the current Wang Buxu.

Coupled with Wang Buxu's series of policies, almost all of them are conducive to recuperation and recuperation.

And this has a relatively large effect among the people.

Everyone was tired of fighting and didn't want to fight. At this time, Wang Buxu appeared with thunderous force and supplemented it with various measures to calm the people, which easily won over the people.

People’s hearts are useless?

This is a huge fallacy.

The king is not hungry. Now that he has food and people, he can be said to have a strong army and strong horses. Not to mention the princes, even the Qin Dynasty is no match.

After the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, its reputation will inevitably reach a higher level. By then, more people will respond.

In this era, people and food are fundamental, and everything else is just a cloud.

"Get ready to head west!" Wang Buxian nodded. This was an obvious choice.

However, Wang Buxu had no intention of leaving in full force.

One is that there is no need for it, and the other is that there is no chance.

"Deploy 200,000 troops to line the line from Luoyang to Hanguguan. The remaining troops will continue to occupy Yingchuan, Nanyang, Dongjun, Hanoi, and Hedong counties. After the occupation, recruit one out of every twenty troops on the spot and station troops in various places.

Practice once every five days, and start farming in Guantian after the spring. There are two tasks next year, destroy Qin, and farm!" Wang Buxu continued.

Now that the country has been established, it’s time for the boasts to be fulfilled.

The 36th exemption must be announced at the moment of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The policy is good. Select one person from twenty people to recruit soldiers. For example, if there are 10,000 soldiers in a county, then the number of soldiers recruited in this county cannot exceed 500 people. This is also good. There are

It is beneficial for people to engage in farming.

But the question is, what will the 400,000 troops eat?

The grain reserves in hand are enough to last for a year. If Guanzhong is captured, there may be more grain.

But that's three to six years' exemption. Can this amount of food feed all the troops for such a long time?

Wang Buhung dared to exempt himself from taxes for three years because he had official fields to supplement his income, and the output of official fields was much greater than the amount of taxes collected.

It is even basically certain that the output of the entire official farmland under his rule in one year is enough to keep the king from starving for more than two years.

Take Hanjiazhuang as an example. Seven thousand four hundred and sixty acres of cultivated land are allocated, and a tax of one stone is collected for every five acres. A total of one thousand four hundred and ninety two stones can be collected.

After the distribution, there are 2,412 acres of official land. Calculated based on an average yield of one and a half dan per mu, that is 3,618 dan, which is still the minimum yield.

Similarly, this income can basically be obtained by following the previous model without much effort.

It is foreseeable that people's enthusiasm for farming will be higher now. Once other wastelands are developed, the income from official land will be even higher.

In other words, the role of official fields was not only to release the pressure on the people, but also to prepare for foreign wars.

Relying on the income from official land to go to war, and relying on continuous increases in taxes on the people to go to war, are two completely different results.

Next, several people discussed some other things.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were a lot of trivial matters.

Although Wang Buxu does not need to be responsible for everything personally, there are some things that he needs to know roughly.

Of course, Wang Bu was not hungry and did not forget to reiterate the chicken soup he just drank.

That's not just chicken soup, it's my future governing goal.

After Wang Buxu's repeated reminders, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping began to pay attention.

This is very important. The boss points out the direction so that they can plan how to go.

Although this direction is a bit too far.

Therefore, Wang Buxu once again reiterated his small goal: to destroy Qin next year and dominate the world within three years.

Now Zhang Liang and Chen Ping feel much more comfortable. Although this goal seems far away, they are confident to complete it and also know what they should do.

In the next few days, Wang Buxian finally realized what it meant to have his feet not touching the ground.

Regarding the canonization, rewards, etc. of the soldiers, Wang Buxu needs to confirm them one by one.

After a series of days, Wang Buxian even felt like he didn't want to be the King of Han. He was so tired. He could do whatever he liked...

Finally, the time came to late September of the second year of Qin II.

The first day of the tenth lunar month was the day previously set for the founding of the country and the title of king. This was a good day, the New Year of the Qin Dynasty.
Chapter completed!