Chapter 280: Iron Wall
At Sishui Pass, a million-strong army gathered.
The barracks within the city walls were packed to the brim, and all the open spaces in the city were covered with tents. The dense streams of people kept pouring onto the city walls like a colony of ants, changing shifts back and forth. The city walls, which were more than ten feet wide, were always full, and the sounds of intensive drills reached the sky.
There was no other way. There were already 600,000 to 700,000 common people gathered in the city, plus 150,000 Qinglian Sect soldiers. The huge Sishui Pass was almost covered with densely packed buildings. There was no space for training in the city unless the built houses were demolished.
Seeing this scene, Chen Jiu couldn't help but frowned slightly on the auspicious cloud created by the Yunxia Beast.
It's too crowded. It's not that there are too many people in the city, but mainly because they didn't expect that a million troops would be stationed in the city. Therefore, the houses are built very loosely, and most of the people's homes have huge courtyards, which really take up a lot of space.
What should I do?
Chen Jiu frowned and pondered for a while, then said decisively: "Ali, move all the people north of Jining City to the south of the city. The north will be used as the camp of the Eight Camps, and the south gate will be used as the residential area for the people."
Luo Li was quite surprised when he heard this and said, "Ajiu, this is not good. If we move the common people to the south of the city, they will have nowhere to live. The south of the city has been full for a long time. Besides, they have finally settled down . If they move around frequently, they will probably complain."
It's a good thing that you care about the people.
Chen Jiu explained carefully: "Have you forgotten the courtyard houses we saw when we went to the north? The courtyards of the common people in Sishui Guanzhong are very large. There is definitely no problem for three families to live in one courtyard. All we need to do is build two rows of houses on both sides of the courtyard.
As for their complaints, we can give them silver, all the common people, including the people in the south of the city, one hundred taels of silver each. They will have no objection, right?
We also don't allow them to move randomly or live together. All the common people can choose to live in the same yard with their relatives. I believe that with so much money, they should be able to live a good life, right?"
Well, naturally, people have no objection to you and a hundred or two taels of silver. Anyway, there is plenty of gold and silver in the twenty-four gold-based divine kingdoms. They can afford to give each person a thousand taels or even ten thousand taels of silver.
Luo Li nodded slightly, then asked: "When should we ask them to move? Tomorrow morning?"
Chen Jiu shook his head and said, "No, let them move now. Send someone to inform them to pack their things immediately. Once they are packed, have your guards collect them and their things into the energy space and send them to the south of the city."
Hearing this, Luo Li couldn't help but said awkwardly: "Well, I don't have that much silver. There are at least 300,000 people living in the north of the city, so that's more than 30 million taels. And the people in the south of the city, if you say so, that's 60 to 70 million taels."
Silver is not something that can be obtained in any quantity.
Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "Go and get some from Dayou and the others first. Each of them carries a year's worth of food and wages for their men, so there is plenty of silver.
When you go back tonight, ask those earthly immortals in the kingdom of God to work hard and refine more gold and silver to make up for Dayou and the others. You should also carry tens of millions of taels of gold and silver as a backup."
To be honest, if too much gold and silver are released, prices will rise.
But it doesn't matter. The taxes in Nanzhili and Shandong under their rule are very light, and the people have plenty of money and food. As for the one capital and twelve provinces under Jiajing's rule, the people have no money anyway, and they have to grow and find their own food. The price increase has little to do with the people there, and it mainly affects the corrupt officials.
By the way, you can use this method to cut them until they vomit blood.
Chen Jiu thought about it carefully again, and then said decisively: "Ali, you ask all the people under the Qinglian Sect to report the amount of money and grain they have. At the same time, send the bat soldiers to notify Ling Yunyi to ask the people of Nanzhili to report the amount of money and grain they have. Count them carefully, convert the grain into silver, and calculate the number."
Luo Li couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you doing? Why do ordinary people tell us how much money and grain they have?"
Chen Jiu smiled slightly and said, "We will give them double the amount. We will give them as much money as they report. Not only this time, but also frequently in the future. However, they cannot make false reports. We will conduct random checks. If we find any false reports, we will not give them any money."
Luo Li couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Ajiu, what are you doing? Are you trying to win the hearts of the people?"
Chen Jiu shook his head slightly and said: "This is not about buying the people's hearts, we can't let the people suffer.
Do you know that when we take gold and silver out of the Kingdom of God, it will actually cause losses to the common people. For example, the common people under our rule originally had 100 million taels of silver and 100 million dan of grain, but now the price of grain is one tael of silver per dan.
However, if we take 100 million taels of silver from the kingdom of God and use it, the grain in the hands of the people will not increase. In this case, the silver on the market will become 200 million taels, while the people will only have 100 million dan of grain. Then the price of grain will become two taels of silver per dan.
You say, if we don't give the people another 100 million taels of silver, won't they be at a huge loss? Originally, one tael of silver could buy one dan of grain, but now it costs two taels of silver. Who can they cry to?"
After hearing this, Luo Li pondered over it for a while, and even shook his head repeatedly, saying, "No, if we give them another 100 million taels, there will be 300 million taels on the market, and the grain will become 3 taels of silver per stone, and the people will still suffer."
Oh, are you so smart?
Very good, you will manage my money from now on.
Chen Jiu nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, you will be in charge of this matter from now on. You can calculate and distribute it to the people. Give them as much as they deserve. Anyway, we can't let them suffer any loss."
Am I not asking for trouble?
Upon hearing this, Luo Li couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Chen Jiu raised his hand and said, "Ah Li, go and ask your elders and guardians to organize the people to migrate. I have to quickly arrange the north of the city. Otherwise, with so many people crowded together, it will be impossible to fight this battle."
Upon hearing this, Luo Li quickly jumped off the cloud.
Chen Jiu was thinking about how to transform the north of the city.
He thought about it, then asked, "Master Rabbit, is it best to set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation on the mountain?"
Chang Er Zhenjun said without hesitation: "Of course, the mountain has a wide view and is easier to defend. If the enemy comes to break the formation, and the immortals who set up the formation stand neatly on the flat ground , then wouldn't it be impossible to sweep away a large area with one magical power? Standing on the mountain, it won't work. At most, the magical power of others can sweep away a mountaintop, but it can't kill a few immortals."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu nodded slightly, pondered it carefully for a while, then took out a piece of iron stone and kneaded it with his spiritual sense. The iron stone soon turned into a strange shape of a mountain.
Then, he said to Master Wuyun and the others, "Master Turtle, can you give me a favor?"
The seven True Lords looked at the strange little mountain in his hand and nodded without hesitation: "Just tell me what you want to say. What's the matter? No need to help or not."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, pointed at the strange little mountain and introduced it in detail: "I would like to ask you to help me refine some iron mountains or copper mountains like this in the Golden Kingdom.
You see, this side faces north, that is, it is the side . There is no need to build anything on this side, just keep it as it is. Of course, it would be better if it is made into a steep slope so that people cannot climb up.
This side faces south, with a staircase in the middle for the soldiers to go up and down the mountain. On both sides of the staircase are terraced barracks. Build as many as you can, just line them up on both sides. Leave some mountains on the left and right sides of the barracks for protection, so that the magical attacks from both sides cannot hit the barracks.
The top of the mountain is where the earth immortals and demon immortals stand in formation. It has to be made like a crater, with a circle half a person's height left around it and a platform in the middle. In this way, when the earth immortals and demon immortals stand up, they can release sword energy. Once the enemy's magic power comes over, they can lie down along the outer circle of protection, and ordinary magic power should not be able to hurt them.
I can also ask Lao Qi to engrave some talismans on it, so it will be safer."
Hey, this thing is really good. It is a good thing for setting up formations and even stationing troops!
Upon hearing this, True Lord Wuyun and the others all looked very interested.
Chang Er Zhenjun asked again: "How many people do you plan to house in these barracks on the mountain?"
Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "It would be best if we could house a million troops. This way we can fight them to the end. It doesn't matter if the northern wall is breached. The soldiers of the eight camps can all live on the mountain. The enemy will also face a copper wall and an iron fortress and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation when they rush in, and they won't get any benefit at all."
Upon hearing this, True Lord Wuyun nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, we will refine it for you right away."
Such iron mountains and copper mountains are naturally a piece of cake for the True Lord.
They were silently using their spiritual sense to refine in their respective gold kingdoms, but Yunxiao Tianzun could not help but snatch the small hill from Chen Jiu's hand, took a close look at it, and then asked curiously, "Ah Jiu, why don't you arrange some small hills like this in the outer city of Jiuling Mountain? This way, when the people from Hongmeng Sect come to break the formation, they will be blocked in the outer city and cannot rush into the inner city, nor can they hurt Wanxia."
This was indeed a good idea. Anyway, the people living in the outer city of Jiuling Mountain were either from the Qinglian Sect or the Qingyang Zhang family. He could even let all the people in the outer city live in these mountains. This way, when the people from the Hongmeng Sect came to break the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, they wouldn't even have to accept these mortals into the kingdom of God.
Anyway, the side facing outwards is all made of iron and steel, and no one's magical powers can break through it.
However, Zhang Wanxia's spiritual sense did not seem to be very strong. It could only scan the entire inner city and could not cover the outer city at all.
It seems that Zhang Wanxia has to start practicing the way of Qi and blood. If she is given a hundred bottles of elixirs to enhance Qi and blood and a hundred bottles of elixirs to enhance the soul, her spiritual awareness should be able to cover the entire outer city.
Thinking of this, Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Well, your suggestion is very good. After we have arranged this side, we should also arrange the Jiuling Mountain side well and make it into a copper wall and iron wall. Let's see what the people of Hongmeng Sect can do to us."
At this time, the common people in the north of the city had already started to migrate, and the speed at which they migrated was extremely fast. A dozen elders and protectors of the Qinglian Sect spread out and directly collected all of them and their belongings into the Yuan Qi space. This was considered a migration!
Upon seeing this, Chen Jiu immediately used his spiritual sense to transmit a message: "All soldiers from the eight camps in the north of the city, listen up, pack up your tents immediately and wait on the city wall."
Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the eight camps stationed in the north of the city quickly packed up their tents and rushed up to the city walls.
Chen Jiu used his spiritual sense to carefully scan the area and saw that there was no one in the north of the city. He then transformed his palm into an area of more than ten miles in radius, and transformed the divine armor under his palm into a huge iron plate. He then raised his hand and gently pressed down.
The ground in the north of the city was like soft clay under his palms, and it became smooth and flat with just a little pressure.
However, the force he pressed down was a bit too strong, and the entire north of the city was more than ten feet lower than the south.
This definitely wouldn't work, he thought about it, and then took out some sand and gravel from the Earth God's Kingdom, and spread a thick layer on the ground in the north of the city. He then stretched out his palm and pressed it down, and only then did he make the ground in the north of the city as flat as the south.
As soon as he withdrew his hands, True Lord Wuyun and others began to spread iron mountains and copper mountains to the north of the city. The iron mountains and copper mountains that were dozens or hundreds of feet high kept emerging, and the entire north of the city soon became a mountainous area covered with mountains.
Those Iron Mountains and Copper Mountains also formed various formations, such as the Yin-Yang Formation, the Four Symbols Formation, the Eight Trigrams Formation, the Nine Palaces Formation, etc., which were spread all over the north of the city.
In the center of the densely packed mountains is a mountain that is two hundred feet high. The platform on the mountain is over a hundred feet in radius. In the middle of the platform is another platform that is more than ten feet high. There are four half-person-high iron plates around the platform. The iron plates are probably several feet thick. It is obvious that this is where the person in charge of the formation stands.
Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and others were originally still racking their brains over how to set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, but who knew that the people in the north of the city suddenly moved away, and then a pair of giant hands pressed down on the ground, and after the ground was flattened, the north of the city suddenly became covered with mountains!
The eight of them couldn't help but fly up to the high platform in the middle and take a look. They were stunned. It turned out that there was another world behind these mountains. Moreover, these mountains were obviously not made of soil and stone, but copper and iron.
This is truly an iron wall!
