Empress, your husband is invincible

Ling Xuejian froze for a moment.

After a long time, I stared blankly at Ye Cheng:

"500 taels? Did you use them all?"

Ye Cheng nodded without hesitation, and added:

"I picked the casino with the best odds and placed my bets."

Ling Xuejian was stunned for a while, then got up abruptly, walked out without saying a word.

Ye Cheng didn't send it off either, but just sat in the seat in front of her, frowning and staring at the ugly piece of paper smeared by Ling Xuejian, concentrating on it.

After a while, Ye Cheng took out another clean piece of paper and drew out the Daling map in his mind in detail.

From south to north, from east to west, the territory of the nineteen prefectures in Daling is slowly outlined on the rice paper with the rotation of the brush tip.

And the entrenched clans and bandits in Daling territory that the system had explained to him before also emerged in Ye Cheng's mind.

Eight states in the southeast - Yanzhou, Yuezhou, Wuzhou, Haizhou, Ningzhou, Wuzhou, Zhenzhou, Yuanzhou...

Among them, the three prefectures of Yan, Yue, and Wu are located in the south of Lingnan, and are occupied by bandits of the Red Lotus Sect.

As for Haizhou, which straddles the Manling Mountains and is adjacent to Ningzhou, nearly half of its territory is also occupied by bandits of the Red Lotus Sect.

In other words, the Red Lotus Sect has already occupied nearly half of the eight states in the southeast...

Ningzhou and Zhenzhou in the north of Lingzhou are close to the sea, and there are many plains, rivers and lakes in the territory. They are rich in grain and mulberry and hemp. At the same time, their commerce is extremely developed.

As for Yuanzhou, it is known as Nine Mountains, Half Water, Half Fields, but its geographical location is extremely important only because it pinches the largest north-shangxia mouth in Manling Mountains.

And Wuzhou, which is close to the three states of Yuan, Ning, and Zhen, straddles the Dajing River and is a natural barrier for the eight southern provinces...

"Southeast, we must suppress the Red Lotus Bandits!"

After writing a few large characters on a piece of clean white rice paper he found elsewhere, Ye Cheng frowned and looked towards the southwest that is adjacent to the southeast plate in Daling territory.

There are a total of seven states in the southwest plate, namely Yunzhou, Jingzhou, Chizhou, Linzhou, Baishuizhou, Miasma and Anzhou.

Among them, the three prefectures of Chi, Lin, and An are all divided into Shu, which has always been an important production area of ​​Shu brocade and a series of silk products, and is also an important source of wealth for Daling.

And the three prefectures of Yun, Baishui, and Miasma are surrounded by sanitation, and the south of Yunzhou and Miasma are endless forests.

In the forest, there are countless natives, snakes, insects and beasts hidden.The Miasma Kingdom is a country formed by a group of highly civilized natives in the forest.

Baishui Prefecture is adjacent to Yuanzhou and Yanzhou along the Baishui River, a tributary of the Dajing River.

Miasma state is connected to Miasma country, and at the same time bears the important task of resisting the natives and assisting in the defense of Baishui state.

But because of the existence of Miasma and the Red Lotus Bandits, most of the money and food in the Shu area were transferred to the garrisons assigned to Miasma Prefecture and Baishui Prefecture...

In other words, in the seven southwestern states, the land is poor and the people are evil, and the imperial court currently does not collect much tax from them.

"The seven southwest states have simple conflicts that can be resolved in the end."

After writing down his judgment about the seven states in the southwest on the paper again, Ye Cheng looked towards the seven states in the northwest.

The seven states in Northwest China are Hanzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Hanzhou, Qinzhou, Qinzhou, and Jingzhou.

Among them, Liangzhou is the barrier to the west of Daling, and Liangguan in its territory is the only way for the countries of the Western Regions and Daling caravans to pass through...

Hanzhou is the only state outside Liangguan. The land is mostly desert, and most of the residents are barbarians from the Western Regions. They are fierce and not afraid of death. It is a good source of mercenaries.

But correspondingly, there are more bandits in Hanzhou.

Yongzhou is the most central state of the seven states in the northwest, with fertile land, abundant water sources, and several horse farms. It is the most important source of soldiers in Daling.

Hanzhou is adjacent to the land of Shu, and its geographical location looks similar to the land of Hanzhong in the hot summer of Ye Cheng's last life.

But the only difference is that there is no Qinling Mountains between the land of Shu in Daling and Hanzhong. Except for a few towering mountains, there is a not-so-large official road connecting the two.

Qinzhou is a buffer between Luozhou and Yongzhou where Huangdu City is located. Although its jurisdiction is small, its geographical location is extremely dangerous.There are no less than dozens of large and small Guancheng.

Qinzhou is adjacent to Jinzhou, and both are important towns against the Northern Desert.But unlike Jinzhou, Qinzhou mainly relied on the Daluo River and an iron gate to defend against the Northern Desert Cavalry.

Jingzhou is an important town that Emperor Wu of Daling took from Beimo hundreds of years ago.

It is bordered on the desert in the west, and leans against Tianmen Mountain and countless rolling peaks in the north. The Daluo River runs straight from the north of Tianmen Mountain to the Jingzhou border and flows straight to the east.

It can be said that Jingzhou is the most impenetrable area in Daling.

"In the Northwest states, the land is poor and poor, although it is still relatively stable.

But before the money and food are settled, it is still impossible to fully leverage. "

Ye Cheng was silent for a moment, and looked at the northern states and the Central Plains states on the map.

In the northern states, Wuhou Zhuang Xiaoyun commanded tens of thousands of troops to radiate, and generally there would be no particularly large turmoil.

The states in the Central Plains are the most powerful regions in the entire Daling and the aristocratic clan.

Even people who are equivalent to "village chiefs" in later generations are often members of the top aristocratic families in various states, counties and counties...

Wanzhou, where Li Baijing is located, is only a few hundred miles away from Huangdu City.

But even so, the Li family, which is a big family, was wiped out, didn't the news spread to Huangdu City?

"Although the people are poor, those aristocratic families are not poor... Is there any way to make them willingly put money into the treasury?"

Ye Cheng put down the brush, crossed his hands and began to bow his head in thought.

"Movable type printing can be used to enlighten the wisdom of the people and raise the upper limit of knowledge of the poor.

However, what method should be used to bring them into the court? "

After pondering for a long time, Ye Cheng still couldn't come up with a perfect solution.

But at this moment, the sound of the system suddenly sounded.

"Luxuries, banks, and the imperial examination system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties..."

Ye Cheng was startled by the sudden sound of the system at first, but immediately, his eyes lit up!

That's right, the ready-made experience that is obvious to future generations!

Why don't you copy it yourself?

Is it okay that the lights are dark?
"Boss, it's time for you to give me energy. Just reading the memories of other worlds stored in your mind will almost exhaust me..."

Seeing Ye Cheng come to his senses, the system immediately complained.

"Okay, okay, I see, you should do whatever you want first. I have to think carefully about where to start..."

Repelling the system, Ye Cheng found a new piece of rice paper again and began to list them in detail.

After completely covering a half-sheet of table-sized rice paper, Ye Cheng put down the brush in his hand contentedly, and looked at the center of the Daling Territory Map.

"Since treating a country is like treating a person, why don't I just exchange blood from the heart?"