Chapter 163 (1/2)

Li Qi hastened to explain: ”the democratic state of Nanzhou is not so much a settlement as a military base. The 500000 people living in the city are all soldiers and do not accept strangers at all.”

”And where do they replenish their troops?” Li Yunpeng asked.

”The 11 nearby cities have been integrated into 11 large-scale settlements, where military personnel and materials are supplemented. Our intelligence officers have been mixed into 11 settlements. This is a simple investigation report.” Li Qi replied.

Li Yunpeng took it and scanned it carefully. The supreme ruler of the democratic state of Nanzhou is Lu Zhenguo, who calls himself the Lord of the state. In addition to providing soldiers of the democratic state of Nanzhou, these 11 settlements also undertake the production of various living and military materials. Each settlement is responsible for one category and has a clear division of labor.

In addition to the 500000 troops in the capital, there are also 20000 troops in each settlement, a total of 720000 troops.

”There's something there!”

Li Yunpeng has to admire Lu Zhenguo for his achievements in such a short period of time.

720000, which is not comparable to Liu Zhengwu's so-called millions of miscellaneous troops. Once he comes out, Li Yunpeng feels that he can't stop it anyway.

Fortunately, the bigger the stalls are, the more troops they need to guard. The more troops they need to guard, the more powerful they are. Lu Zhenguo is afraid to move a large number of troops out of his territory.

Li Yunpeng put down his report and was a bit dignified. Even if he had a system, it was built from scratch and developed little by little. In the early stage, it was far less than the local tycoons with ready-made resources.

How to cross this level of blockade becomes the key. If the base wants to develop, it is inevitable to compete for population. If it is successful, the base will be upgraded and its strength will be improved. If you fail, you have to live and even yield.

”Li Qi, start to investigate the settlement of survivors in the nearest city.”

”Yes

Compared with other squadron leaders, Li Qi's savvy is very high. Needless to say, the tasks given to him will be completed perfectly. He will pay close attention to many things that Li Yunpeng didn't expect.

So far, it has not been upgraded.

The heavy snow stopped after a week. It was cold and freezing, and all the projects stopped. People used some simple materials to seal the house. They planned to make do with the severe winter and build it next spring.

After the heavy snow, it was sunny again. The sky was as clear as a mirror, and the sun was particularly dazzling. Li Yunpeng walked slowly on the snow on the roadside, making a clucking sound.

”My Lord Commander.”

Zhang Tao, the chief executive of Moyang City, trotted to greet Li Yunpeng.

”People haven't experienced such a winter, have they?” Li Yunpeng asked.

”My Lord, the lowest temperature in the history of Xihai province is not lower than 0, but now it's more than ten degrees below zero.” Zhang Tao replied.

”Well, you've dealt with it very well. It's said that in the three northernmost provinces of blue dragon country, the doors are closed by heavy snow every winter, and people stay at home all winter.”

Zhang Tao secretly speculated about the meaning of the words of the Lord of the city. In Li Yunpeng's position, every word he said to his subordinates is unlikely to be nonsense.

Li Yunpeng paused for a moment and then said, ”but we don't have such conditions. Hundreds of thousands of people waste months in vain. It's too extravagant.”

Hearing this, Zhang Tao no longer understood that he would not have to be the chief executive, ”Lord of the city, don't worry. Everyone has arranged manual work and will never waste time.”