Although the narrow sense refers to "Kunwu City" is the castle and surroundings of Kunwu Doctor, when people usually refer to "Kunwu City", they refer to a large area of ​​land with the castle as the core.

Doctor Kunwu is a vassal of the emperor directly, but he is actually one of the most remote corners of the Zhou emperor's direct jurisdiction. If it is normal, it is naturally a countryside, which is not conducive to the development of social and economics. But in this war era, this has become an advantage. Not only that, within the royal capital, Doctor Kunwu's territory is closest to the State of Chu. In fact, there are three neighbors in Kunwu City, one is Sui State, one is Taoist State, and the other is Chu State.

In this era, productivity was backward. Different lords looked like neighbors on the map, but in fact they might be separated from each other by a large no-man's land and there was no road to pass. So on the surface, Kunwu had three neighbors, but in fact they had little relationships with the two neighbors of Sui and Dao countries, and there was basically no exchange. On the contrary, because Chu and Kunwu were actually of the same surname and were descendants of Zhurong, Kunwu and Chu were more closely related. From another perspective, Kunwu could be regarded as a middleman between the royal and Chu countries. On the one hand, they sold the production within the royal and the specialties of Chu countries to the royal countries, and on the other hand, they sold the specialties of Chu countries to the royal countries, which made a lot of benefits. The reason why Kunwu City could support a relatively large army and was particularly elite was partly because of this.

Doctor Kunwu is a vassal whose territory is less than fifty miles apart, but this area is theoretical rather than actual value. Because the actual situation is that no one cares about those unmanned areas, and whoever takes over is who owns it. Of course, the population density in this era is low, and usually no one takes over this wasteland. Because on the one hand, there are many dangers in the wild, and on the other hand, many land with better conditions have not been developed and utilized, no one cares about such remote places. Only mature fields that have been cultivated for a long time are high-quality assets. Of course, the wild is not really a complete wilderness, and there are many villages of "savages" located in it. These savages from other people are complex sources, and some are simply fugitive slaves. They are not considered territorial people under the direct control of the lord. The lord usually ignores these savages, but sometimes they also force the savages to pay tribute.

In short, this is a wild, but vibrant world.

It should be noted that although Doctor Kunwu was a doctor, he had no other territory except Kunwu City. But now he actually controlled far more than the area of ​​Kunwu City. Taking advantage of the opportunity of fighting against the Quanrong, Doctor Kunwu's actual ruling area had doubled at this time. There is no doubt that Doctor Kunwu took the initiative to attack the Quanrong before, and while achieving brilliant victories, he actually seized the territory of some of his colleagues in the royal community. These colleagues were either swallowed up by the Quanrong attack wave, died and died, or they gave up their territory and fled.

So when it comes to Dr. Kunwu's mind is actually very clear. Although it is right to defend his country, he has never missed the opportunity to fight for his own interests.

At dusk on the third day, Zhang Cheng and Huang Gong finally arrived at the edge of the territory currently controlled by Kunwu City. In the distance, Zhang Cheng saw another castle called "Border Town", which is the territory of the Border Town Doctor. Of course, Zhang Cheng knew nothing about the origin and identity of the Border Town Doctor. The only thing he knew was that the doctor obviously did not accumulate enough in his daily life, and he was inappropriate in dealing with the frenzy of the Quanrong invasion. Now he has bid farewell to the historical stage.

This is Zhangcheng's last new territory, a village that has endured war and has almost few people now. However, it is not that the residents here were killed, but that Doctor Kunwu moved the residents of this village in time before. Or at least the "Chinese people" were moved away. This is also why Doctor Kunwu was able to take advantage of the momentum to expand himself in this war - as a lord, it is too useful to have a great god behind his back. Although Zhu Rong did not come directly to help his son, it is already rare to provide all kinds of valuable information alone, allowing Doctor Kunwu to face the crisis leisurely and make correct judgments.

As mentioned earlier, there is no one in the village for the time being. So Mr. Huang just pointed this piece of land to Zhang Cheng. However, for Zhang Cheng, this empty small village is far less attractive than the castle in the distance.

The soldiers were vaguely seen on the castle, and there were obviously garrisons in the castle.

"Mr. Zhang Cheng cares about which border town?" Mr. Huang noticed Zhang Cheng's performance.

"In the border town... is Quanrong?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"Ah, Mr. Zhang Cheng must have misunderstood." Mr. Huang laughed, "The doctor in the border city should be dead, and now the doctor in the western border is in the city."

The Western doctor...is that Western doctor, the ancestor of the Qin people?

The previous alliance of the Kunwu Doctor, the Western Doctor, was said to be on the edge of Kunwu City. Zhang Cheng didn't know who said that the Western Doctor built a camp not far from Kunwu City and stationed there.

Thinking about it now, this statement is quite strange... This is not the attitude between allies. The two doctors combined only have a hundred soldiers and a few thousand people. This is not too many. Can one Kunwu City still tolerate it? Now Zhang Cheng knew that this was a rumor deliberately released. The real situation is that the border city occupied by the Quanrong in the previous battle, and generously gave the border city to the Xifeng Doctor's troops to station. In this way, Doctor Kunwu's actions were very generous and tolerant, and no one could say badly, but he successfully placed the Western Doctor's troops in a dangerous front line and stayed on the second line. On the other hand, if the border city doctor came back (I heard that he had been killed by the Quanrong, but he might have an heir), he would not be able to trouble Doctor Kunwu.

By the way, in Mr. Huang's words, Zhang Cheng understood that the Western Doctors came from afar after all, and it was almost impossible to retain the border city enclave. So when the Quanrong retreated and the war ended, then the Kunwu Doctor would have a great chance of swallowing the entire border city. This is why the Kunwu Doctors were rewarded so generously recently - he himself had a large number of territory about to be earned.

This is the difference between the high-level and the middle-level, and it is also the difference between "one person" and "outsider". Zhang Cheng realized that since he regained the files of the Jiuyi Army, he has now become the "one person" in the eyes of Doctor Kunwu. So Mr. Huang has basically not concealed those secrets from him... Although he doesn't feel very good, he really has to admit that these natives in the wild world actually have a strong sense of confidentiality.

"Does Mr. Zhang Cheng want to go further?" Mr. Huang asked suddenly. He looked at Zhang Cheng with a smile.

"How do I go further?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"As long as Doctor Kunwu can be ranked among the princes," Huang Duke replied. "Then it is not difficult for Master Zhang Cheng to go further."

"Doctor Kunwu is among the princes..." Zhang Cheng thought for a moment. "It should be difficult, right?" Although Dr. Kunwu told Zhang Cheng before that whoever gave him the position of the princes would support him. But this matter is really mysterious. Let's put it this way, if the historical development of the world and the historical line of the earth would be staggered, Zhang Cheng felt that it should be this moment. On the earth, there will be a situation where the two kings will be coexisted, and the development of this world is completely unpredictable. But there is a high probability that the same history will not be possible. This means that Dr. Kunwu first has to choose the right candidate, and secondly, after choosing the right one, he must be able to withstand the attack of the enemy. In the end, even if he holds up, the emperor cannot repent. Although "the king has no jokes", the secret agreement may not be within the scope of this "joking". Therefore, it is not too difficult to say "it's very difficult".

"It's very difficult." Huang Gong immediately agreed. "Doctor Kunwu is not the Zhou tribe. Even in this situation, it is also very difficult to be ranked among the princes. He must make a great contribution."

Although the content of the words between the two parties was very orthodox dialogue, for some reason, Zhang Cheng felt that Huang Gong looked at him with a little wrong view. It seemed like he was looking at some rare animal.

There were not many people in this small group receiving territory, with only two chariots plus four or five other vehicles, and the total number was less than twenty. At this time, Zhang Cheng and Huang Gong were on a chariot, while the rest followed in other vehicles.

According to the handover of this journey, Zhang Cheng now owns about a thousand acres of land, scattered within the scope of Kunwu City, and does not include this temporarily uninhabited border village, there are five places. There are actually two types of land in this thousand acres. One is Zhang Cheng's direct land, which is responsible for farming and grazing by Zhang Cheng's slaves, and all production belongs to Zhang Cheng. The other is a well field, which is cultivated by Chinese or savages, and pays part of the tax (labor time, not monetary tax). The wild land, such as forest land, is ambiguous. If a tolerant lord is allowed to be used by the residents, and the strict lord may charge additional taxes.

There is a lord's mansion in every village - all the other mansions are not as high-end as the previous villa of Doctor Kunwu. However, it is already a good house compared to the common people.

Zhang Cheng has a total of 5 "Three Olds" under his command, responsible for the specific management of each village. Each house has a manager, plus a number of slaves of varying numbers. These managers and slaves are Zhang Cheng's slaves and can be used at will, and they will be decided by one word. However, the "Three Olds" cannot be appointed and removed at will. These are recommended by the Chinese people. At least the lords of Zhang Cheng's level cannot be appointed and removed at will. If they are required to be appointed and removed, they need to go through a relatively complicated procedure and will be supervised by the boss, that is, Doctor Kunwu.

Matching with a territory of a thousand acres, his territory usually has about 1,500 to 2,000 people. These are the Chinese and savages under the control of the lord. The Chinese have military obligations. Young and middle-aged men have to join the army and fight, and pay less taxes at the same time (free time for the lord to work). The savages are not qualified to join the army and pay more taxes at the same time. If the Chinese have any opinions, Zhang Cheng cannot ignore it, otherwise he will at least react to the doctor Kunwu. No one cares about the life or death of the savages. All these lands, including the production of cultivated land, pastures, forest land, and taxes for ordinary residents, are about 30 p.m. However, this fluctuates greatly depending on the year.

In addition, there are some savage villages in the wild that are within the territory of Zhang Cheng but are not actually ruled by him. It depends on the opinions of how to deal with these villages. At least in Kunwu City, the lords usually go to blackmail for a while and get satisfied after extorting some supplies. Maybe that's it.

By the way, the newly added territory this time had no warehouse savings and no livestock - whether it was a warehouse, the livestock was emptied by Doctor Kunwu, and only the slaves responsible for farming and a small amount of food were left behind. Therefore, Zhang Cheng could not immediately obtain profits from the fiefdom, and he had to wait until the harvest was harvested in the coming year before he could get income.

As a vassal, Zhang Cheng had to bear the military obligation of "five chariots", that is, five chariots and soldiers fighting with the chariots. Regardless of the chariots, these five chariots were not allowed to be casual, but had to meet the requirements of Doctor Kunwu, that is, they had to have the basic configuration of a driver, a warrior and a spellcaster. This was originally a headache for Zhang Cheng, but fortunately, he didn't need to care about this trouble at present. Although Qian was dead, it was during the war. The army organized by Mian was not disbanded in Kunwu City at this moment. These soldiers were still under the command of Doctor Kunwu, which meant that Zhang Cheng had no need to do anything to solve this big problem. At least for the time being.

In addition, Mr. Huang also discussed the issue of retainers and vassals with Zhang Cheng. At the beginning, when Zhang Cheng was just a corporal and had only a small village, as a lower-class noble, although Zhang Cheng had the ability to recruit and support retainers, he was not qualified to enfeoff. Zhang Cheng himself was just the lowest lord under the feudal system. But after Zhang Cheng became a sergeant, he had initially qualified to enfeoff others. Theoretically, Zhang Cheng could enfeoff a certain village to someone and turn the other party into his own vassal. Of course, in fact, he could not do this, unless it was to share it with his sons, otherwise this practice would be at a disadvantage. After all, the benefits of direct jurisdiction can be much greater than the vessal.

It was on this point that Mr. Huang reminded Zhang Cheng to remind Dr. Kunwu that this promotion and land granting was very generous.

Under normal circumstances, a doctor has only three or five sergeant vassals. In fact, no matter which vassal it is, it is called "breaking the soil" in the history of the earth. You can tell that it is such an annoying thing for the lord.

The receiving territory ended here. After clarifying the newly obtained territory and wealth, the team returned the same route, and Huang Gong said goodbye to Zhang Cheng on the edge of Kunwu City.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang Cheng has a wife." When they parted, Mr. Huang asked tentatively. Although humans in this era had early marriage, it is unlikely that they would have a wife at this age. Marriage at this age is usually very visionary and has real needs (for the great nobles, marriage between children is an important political bargaining chip), and they set a marriage for their son early.

"This..." Zhang Cheng actually knew that he would be asked this question sooner or later. After all, unlike the earth, not getting married in this world is a very strange and completely unreasonable behavior. In fact, let alone getting married, even older unmarried can be shocking. If it were the past, he could say "unmarried", but now it is different.

"Young Master Zhang Cheng, your parents' orders must not be violated." Huang Gong said. Zhang Cheng's mind was still unconscious after a long time. He had no idea what Mr. Huang was saying.

"I have a daughter," said Huang Gong. "I have a 28-year-old age and have a beautiful appearance. If Mr. Zhang Cheng doesn't dislike it..."

Zhang Cheng was shocked, sure enough! Of course, this is normal. No matter what society, a young and potential rich man like Zhang Cheng is easily found as a matchmaker.
Chapter completed!