Chapter 238: The Experience of Xun Yu and His Uncle

Next, Su Fan took Xun Yu and his uncle to the location of the Ministry of Works, especially the place where equipment was built. This journey took several days before they finished touring the entire Donghai City.

At this time, Xun Yu and his uncle knew how much power and potential their lord had.

Not to mention anything else, just in terms of conscription, the lord could conscript two or three million troops in a short time, and the logistics were under no pressure. And these conscripted soldiers were not entirely the old, weak, sick, and disabled, but soldiers who had been trained for several years.

Going to the army, they also knew why the soldiers under their lord were so elite.

Completely detached from production, and almost trained every day, the military technology was very powerful, and they ate well, and their physical fitness was also very strong. Many even reached the level of refining strength.

In terms of individual physical fitness alone, the soldiers of the Donghai territory were stronger than the imperial guards.

The reason why the imperial guards are powerful is that the imperial guards have specialized cultivation methods, although they are very rough, they are also taken out by the Shenhan imperial court.

And there are corresponding body-tempering methods in the Donghai territory.

Generally speaking, no one would take out this kind of method and give it to the people at the bottom to practice.

Except for the soldiers of the army, these young and strong people living in the village communities of the Donghai territory, if there was no work in the farmland, they would be gathered for training.

Xun You naturally knew the benefits of doing this.

It can be said that these millions of young and strong people, in terms of physical fitness alone, are comparable to the regular army under many warlords.

It is just that this centralized training will inevitably consume more grain. Many warlords, even if the regular army has training, are trained only once every many days.

Some are not even as good as these "militia" under the lord's governance.

Coming to this Donghai territory, Xun Yu and his uncle discovered how powerful their lord was. Don't look at the fact that there are only about 300,000 troops under the lord, and the territory is only one commandery.

But if they really want to expand, they can probably expand to a province in a very short time.

At night, Xun Yu and his uncle did not sleep all night.

In less than half a month, the surprise brought to the two by the Donghai territory was even more than the first half of their lives.

"Gongda, what do you think of the lord's Donghai territory?"

"The people are healthy and the goods are abundant, and the six livestock are thriving. It should be a scene of a prosperous age."

After Xun You remained silent for a moment, he slowly spat out a few words.

"Yes, the lord should be a hero of the world, with the ability of Yao and Shun."

In Xun Yu's eyes, Su Fan's ability is comparable to the sages of ancient times. After all, he transformed the Donghai territory, which was originally a wilderness, into the peach blossom holy land it is today with his own strength.

Such talent is truly unparalleled, and even Xun Yu himself feels inferior.

"It seems our choice is not wrong."

Xun Yu's eyes were burning. At first, he followed because of the names of Prefect of Yuzhou and General Zhendong.

The lord chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the lord.

Su Fan made a certain reputation in Henei. As a noble family disciple, they were destined to choose a side.

Since Su Fan came to visit in person, they naturally could not fail to give face. They came to see, and if they were not happy working, they could leave at any time.

During that month in Donghai Commandery, the lord's trust had already made Xun Yu determined, and after coming to the Donghai territory, Xun Yu was even more determined to assist Su Fan in unifying the world.

He is not a Han minister, nor is he a loyalist to the Shenhan. The Shenhan fell to its current state, do not blame those common people. They rebelled because they could not live.

The lord's Donghai territory can be said to be the prosperous age in his heart. The people live and work in peace and contentment. All of this was created by the lord in just a few years.

How great is the potential of the Donghai territory.

"However, are there too many Mohist disciples on the lord's side?"

Xun Yu was also a bit worried.

He is a Confucian disciple, but he does not have the idea of hating the Mohists or other hundred schools. In his view, whether it is Confucianism, Legalism, or Mohism, as long as it can help improve strength, that is the most important thing.

However, he knows that the current scholar forest is still dominated by Confucianism. The Mohists have always been suppressed by the Confucians.

The Confucians know the terror of the Mohists.

"Wenruo, are you worried that the lord's reuse of Mohist disciples here will trigger a conflict between the Mohists and the Confucians in the future?" Xun You naturally knew what Xun Yu was worried about.

"Yes, Lu Lao is an orthodox Mohist disciple, and he serves as the head of the Ministry of Works. The lord's Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of

"If the Lord only accepts a few Mohist disciples, those in the Confucian school might still accept it. But if you let Mohist disciples rise to high positions, it will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction, or even hostility, of many Confucians."

Xun Yu did not know how strong the Confucian school was, but if they truly united to target the Lord, it would be a huge headache.

At the very least, most of the talent today came from the Confucian school.

"Haha! Wenruo, your worries are unnecessary. You think that if the Lord promotes Mohist disciples and causes dissatisfaction among the Confucians, he will be targeted and no one will be willing to come, right?"

"Indeed!"

Xun Yu nodded.

"Then how do you think the Donghai Territory is doing right now?"

"Very well. It is full of vitality and potential, and the supplies are abundant to an unimaginable degree."

These past few days, he had also looked at the granaries of the Donghai Territory; those granaries were piled high with grain.

Seeing this grain, Xun Yu felt quite at peace in his heart. In troubled times, nothing was more precious than grain.

"Especially those imperial highways; it is unimaginable that the Lord could actually build such thoroughfares."

What shocked Xun Yu the most was the wide cement road. In his eyes, this imperial highway was a lifeline; no matter what natural or man-made disasters occurred, the government could handle them quickly and at the first opportunity.

Deploying supplies was extremely convenient and swift.

"Indeed, these imperial highways allow the Lord to react quickly when encountering military affairs."

Hearing this, Xun You also nodded. In his eyes, the imperial highways could greatly accelerate the travel speed of the main army and reduce the difficulty of transporting grain.

Moreover, they all knew that the Lord would next extend these imperial highways to the entire Donghai Commandery, and even the entire Xuzhou.

If it truly involved all of Xuzhou, then all parts of Xuzhou would be connected as one; in this way, power would also be greatly centralized.

After all, once the roads were clear, any administrative order would be transmitted rapidly, making it difficult for local areas to hide anything from those above.

The possibility of you wanting to be a local emperor would be greatly reduced.

"Not to mention the imperial highways, you have also seen that the Donghai Territory is almost perfectly governed and harmonious. Although there is management chaos in some places, there has never been any trouble."

"Most of the people here are not Confucian disciples, yet they still manage this place in an orderly fashion, don't they?"

"Besides, look at Commandant Zao. He is an orthodox Confucian disciple, but he has so many Mohist disciples and Daoists under his command, yet he hasn't said anything, has he?"

"Truly intelligent people wouldn't care about such things at all. As long as the Lord has sufficient power, many people will still come to seek refuge with him."

"And as for the Lord's power, you have seen it these past few days. In terms of mobilization capability, the Lord is absolutely the most powerful among the warlords in the world."

Xun You was quite shocked by the militia system in the Donghai Territory. If this continued, the troops of the Donghai Territory could increase endlessly.

In the future, who could compare to the Donghai Territory?