Chapter 270: Shock
"You planned this city?"
The carriage passed through the city gate and entered the city, even though the carriage was engraved with the royal coat of arms. But the soldiers at the city gate still asked the carriage to stop for inspection.
Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and the accompanying seven wizards couldn't believe such a thing.
In Europe, or in their imagined world.
From soldiers without city gates, dare to check the carriages of nobles or royal families.
In the cases they saw with their own eyes, the soldiers guarding the city gates would remove the obstacles after seeing the carriages of nobles or royal families. Then, respectfully let go.
But here, in Tangzhou.
They saw an unbelievable scene, and asked Jiang Ning about the purpose of doing so. Jiang Ning's answer is that the purpose of this is to determine the supremacy of the law, and no one may violate it, even the royal family. Another point is to ensure that if the royal family or nobles are hijacked by people with ulterior motives. Then, in any case, the guards will not be guarded by the gatekeepers, ensuring the safety of the royal family and nobles.
Knowing such an answer, Gryffindor and the others had to sigh with emotion for Jiang Ning's strict governance and foresight.
While such things rarely happen, once the law is established. And if Jiang Ning, the first monarch, took the lead in setting an example, it would also ensure that the sacred law would not be violated wantonly by the latecomers!
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"Yes, in fact not only the capital city, but also the capital cities of several other states were all planned and created by me." Jiang Ning looked at the big four who were admiring the beautiful city scenery with a smile, and his tone was somewhat smug.
"Oh... what?"
Rowena looked at Jiang Ning in surprise, and asked: "You created the city?"
"That's right!"
"I..." Rowena said in surprise: "I have never heard of any magic that can actually create a city. Is this the magic you created yourself?"
Jiang Ning shook his head: "My friend, this is not magic. It is a special use of spiritual power, mixed with some magic. However, to complete such a huge city, you must have very strong spiritual power and control.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to build such a huge city! "
In fact, he could complete a metropolis capable of housing a million people. However, the population of the Tang people is not that large. Building such a large city is a complete waste.
Even so, when he completed the capital and other cities, he still left enough space for future urban expansion. The expansion space of each city, when they are built, can easily accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, with ease. But at present, there are too many open spaces in the city.
But such places are not wasted. In some small-scale places, Jiangning has built many gardens and parks. For large-scale open spaces, special personnel are arranged to plant food, vegetables, and fruits. Moreover, outside the capital city, there is still an incomparably vast plain. According to the proportion, countless cultivated lands are divided there.
The industrious people of Tang Dynasty went out to work every day pushing a wheelbarrow, carrying farm tools and weapons.
The island is not safe, and there are still certain dangers in the wild. Don't forget that the "protection fee" sent by the Fatimid Dynasty back then included not only a large amount of food, grass, supplies, cattle, sheep and livestock, a large amount of luxury goods, but also many wild animals. For example, those African specialties, lions. There are also herbivores, carnivores and other animals that Jiangning later took from Europe and Asia.
The island is not big enough to accommodate too many people and beasts.
But Jiang Ning's current understanding of the laws of nature is enough to ensure that the beasts living on the island can reproduce and survive normally. And because of this, he moved mountains and reclamated seas several times on a large scale, building plains, pastures, and forests. Today's Tangzhou (Sardinia) is definitely not inferior to Europe in terms of complete species.
The species are very rich, and the quality of the land has also become very good. In time, this place will definitely be another rich land.
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"What are they doing?"
Passing a wide square, Rowena and the others happened to see a group of Chinese children with their hair tied up and dressed in strong clothes. Under the guard of some big, muscular men, they are practicing something. Because of the distance and the crowd of onlookers, Rowena and the others couldn't see clearly.
Jiang Ning explained to them: "They are practicing combat skills!"
"Battle skills?"
When the carriage approached, Rowena and the others finally saw clearly what these children were doing. I saw this group of ten-year-old children holding wooden Tang knives in their hands, chopping continuously.
"A martial nation, all the people are soldiers." Slytherin said in shock.
"It's scary."
Gryffindor, Rowena, and Helga also looked at the scene in front of them solemnly. A nation is so martial, and everyone has been learning martial arts since childhood. Moreover, they also heard that Jiang Ning enacted a law for universal education. Then, these children will continue to learn martial arts and cultural knowledge in the future. Once they are fully grown, even at that time, the population of Tang people is still small. But no country in Europe dares to invade or offend them.
"The combat skills they practice are also very powerful, and their moves are deadly." Gryffindor also looked at them solemnly. He naturally knows martial arts, and he knows how powerful the combat skills practiced by these children are.
"Friend, you..."
Looking at their worried eyes, Jiang Ning naturally knew it very well, and smiled indifferently: "My people have been slaves for nearly 200 years. They have suffered humiliation and torture, and they are surrounded by powerful enemies. If they don't practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, sooner or later they will I will still be invaded one day. In five years, even if I don’t make a move, just relying on the more than 300,000 ethnic groups, there will be 300,000 troops. The real elite soldiers are enough to destroy any country in Europe.” Finally, He added: "The army of more than 300,000 people is a bit exaggerated, but it is still very easy to gather tens of thousands of troops."
"Merlin! There are not many major wars involving tens of thousands of people in Europe. Let alone an army of tens of thousands of people! This..."
Jiang Ning's answer almost scared them to death.
Needless to say, all the clansmen, all the people are soldiers. Just pulling tens of thousands of horses can completely sweep the continent. Moreover, these tens of thousands of horsemen are highly skilled in martial arts, ordinary soldiers are no match at all, and even some generals may not be able to get cheap.
While they were thinking, a loud roar came, instantly attracting their attention.
"Array!"
Gryffindor and the others saw one of the strong men waving the command flag in his hand. The teenagers in the field immediately moved after hearing the sound, their swords, guns, shields and crossbows were neatly arranged in an offensive and defensive formation.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
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The earth-shattering sound of fighting sounded, and the two battle formations immediately followed the instructions and began to fight against each other. For a moment, the entire city square instantly became like a battlefield!
"You are turning them, from childhood, into a real army!"
Jiang Ning admitted frankly: "That's right, but we are surrounded by powerful enemies. Our looks and beliefs are all against Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. If we want to live a stable life in this environment surrounded by powerful enemies, we rely on our words. It's useless. Only by relying on the bow, crossbow, knives and guns in your hands can you not consider anyone's opinion and control your own destiny."
"I seem to see that an overlord is about to rule the Mediterranean!"
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