To be honest, it is not too many for a person to have more than forty children.
Even in a certain country in later generations, there are still people who gave birth to more than a hundred children in their lifetime.
There was a king of Morocco who gave birth to 525 sons and 340 daughters in his lifetime.
Twelve.
But in the country of Mumi, which has a population of only more than a thousand, King Dingxing gave birth to more than forty children in less than twenty years.
This is a bit shocking.
I am afraid that his women will never live in this country for the rest of their lives.
When giving birth, in addition to eating and sleeping, you get pregnant, give birth, take care of the baby, get pregnant again, give birth again, take care of the baby again, and this cycle repeats until you lose your fertility.
Liu Cheng felt terrible when he thought about it, but for a man like Dingxing, this might not be a big deal.
After all, he only needed to contribute the seeds, but this was not a simple matter.
Contributing the seeds required hard work.
With all the hard work, Dingxing’s dark and thin body actually has such abilities.
A country with more than 3,000 people is roughly equivalent to the population of a village in later generations.
There are actually kings, captains, generals and postmasters, and their titles are quite loud.
Of course, these people are equivalent to the weight of village cadres.
The king is the village party secretary, the captain is the village chief, the postmaster is the village director, and the general is the security director.
Liu Cheng was walking on the streets of Kumi City.
He couldn't even see a single kitten or puppy on the street, let alone a human being.
He turned around and looked at the captain, general and postmaster of Kumi Kingdom just now.
They were all still there, but now they are gone.
Liu Cheng asked: "Your Majesty, why is there no one in your city?
Where have everyone gone?"
Dingxing said helplessly: "Please forgive me, General.
It's not that I and the subjects are not warm and welcoming to the general and soldiers.
It's just that we are busy with spring plowing these days and we all have no time.
If we are delayed, During the spring plowing season, there is no harvest all year round, so at this time people go to the fields.
After work, everyone over the age of seven has to work in the fields; children under seven and over three have the task of grazing, and babies are taken to the fields by their parents.
When the parents work, the babies are placed on the edge of the fields.
Let them play by themselves, go out to work before dawn, and come back after dark, that's it."
He had to undertake heavy physical labor during the day, and continued to work hard to reproduce for future generations at night.
Day after day, year after year, Liu Cheng felt chills in his bones just thinking about it.
Liu Cheng couldn't help but ask: "How old are men and women generally before they can get married?"
Dingxing seemed to be happy to introduce the situation of the country to Liu Cheng.
He introduced it enthusiastically: "In order to quickly reproduce offspring, our country's law stipulates that any woman must find her husband's family as soon as she comes to the first month.
As long as a man reaches the age of twelve, he must get married.
If he violates the law, he will be severely punished.
You see, this law is still very effective.
In twenty years, the population of our country has more than tripled."
Liu Cheng was stunned for a while.
He looked at Dingxing and took a deep breath.
He couldn't help but put out his thumb and said: "Ku Mi Country is really a strange country.
If I don't obey anyone else, I will obey you."
Dingxing was very happy to receive Liu Cheng's praise and affirmation.
He saluted repeatedly and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare.
I'm just trying my best."
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This is just trying your best.
If you try your best, wouldn't you have hundreds of descendants now?
Liu Cheng couldn't help but cursed in his heart.
He doubted how many babies were born in the country in the past twenty years.
The product of close relatives is terrifying just thinking about it.
No wonder people in later generations always think that the ancient Western countries are very mysterious.
I am afraid that only such a country can do such a thing.
The palace in Dingxing is not small.
It is larger than the palace of Queen Nagaya, and the interior decoration is not inferior at all.
Liu Cheng and others received a very warm reception.
There was a lot of food on the table in front of them.
The army camped outside the city had to cook for itself.
Dingxing sent people to send enough food and grass, but the people all went to work, and the Han soldiers had to do it themselves.
"To be honest with the general and King Nagaya, our country has a small population, a lot of land, and the people are willing to work.
The harvest is endless every year.
There is a lot of surplus every year, a lot of grain and grass are stored, and the cattle and sheep we raise grow.
To get fat and strong, there are advantages and disadvantages to having fewer people; there are disadvantages to having many people, but there are also advantages to it.”
Dingxing's words made Liu Cheng understand very well.
The more people you have, the stronger you are.
The less people you have, the weaker you are.
However, if you have more people, you will eat more, and if you have less people, you will eat less.
At this time, Dingxing said again: "General, our country, Kumi, can supply the army with food and grass for three months.
The general does not need to worry about the food and grass problem at all.
The general has enough time to make Khotan surrender."
Liu Cheng thought for a moment, drank the wine and said: "Okay, then please prepare a month's supply of food and grass for the time being.
The army will rest for two days before setting off for Khotan.
If the king is interested, you can also go together." " Dingxing's eyes shone with a different kind of light, "Go, I must follow the general.
Domestic affairs will be left to the captain to handle.
There will be no problems."
Two days later, everything including food, grass, supplies, and drinking water was ready.
Dingxing only brought three followers, two of whom were warriors and the other who was responsible for his food and daily life.
The army had just walked for half a day when they encountered a group of troops.
Forward Ma Chao immediately ordered to prepare for battle, but later found out that it was just a false alarm.
This group of people came from the king of Qule Kingdom and his two hundred soldiers from the foothills of Kunlun Mountain in the south of Mumi Kingdom.
Ma Chao sent someone to watch the soldiers of King Qule Kingdom and personally brought him to see Liu Cheng.
When Dingxing was far away, he recognized King Qule.
He said to Liu Cheng: "General, this is a person from Qule who is three days' journey from our country.
Walking in front is their king Qukun."
Ma Chao brought Qu Kun to Liu Cheng and reported: "Qi General, Qu Kun, King of Qu Le, wants to see you."
Qu Kun saluted Liu Cheng: "The little king pays homage to the general from heaven."
Liu Cheng nodded and clasped his fists in return: "Why are you here, Your Majesty?"
Qu Kun said: "The little king heard that the general led his army to patrol the west.
The little king was so happy that he brought a hundred warriors from the country to join the general to do his best and was willing to serve the general as a dog and horse. labor" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "General, I would like to thank your Majesty for your kindness.
In that case, I would like to invite your Majesty's men to join my army."
"Thank you General" The army continued to advance.
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Chen Qun rode up to Liu Cheng and whispered: "General, the Khotan Kingdom has done too much in recent years.
The Qule Kingdom has also been targeted by the Khotan Kingdom.
Just like the Mumi Kingdom, life is not going to be long."
Better off”.
Liu Cheng didn't need to look like an image to know that Khotan was already the number one power on the South Silk Road, with a standing army of more than 10,000 people.
If the king ordered a recruitment, he could gather 30,000 soldiers and horses, but Jingjue State only had 500 professional soldiers.
There are almost no real soldiers in the Mumi Kingdom.
It can be said that all the people are soldiers, but they spend most of the year farming, so they are not even considered as soldiers or militia.
There is also the Qule Kingdom, which has only about 2,000 people.
However, the people in this country only have a small amount of cultivated land, and most of their livelihood depends on grazing.
There are 300 soldiers and horses, and the strength is a little stronger than that of the Mumi Kingdom.
After marching westward for two days, the army encountered another group of people.
This group only consisted of twenty or thirty people, but they were all wearing Han army armor.
They were led by an elder who was nearly seventy years old.
Ma Chao took this elder to see Liu Cheng.
The old man saw Liu Cheng riding a horse and sitting under the banner.
Although he was surprised at how young Lord Sikong was, he quickly reacted and dismounted and bowed his hands: "Former Commander of the Western Regions Shi Zhangyan pays homage to General Sikong Liu" Liu Cheng looked shocked, and immediately turned over and stepped forward to help the old man up: "The elder is Zhang Changshi.
The court thought that Zhang Changshi had already passed away.
I didn't expect that Mr.
Zhang was still so energetic.
I'm so lucky."
Zhang Yan raised his hands and bowed to the east again: "I haven't returned to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor in more than twenty years, and now my hair is gray.
I thought that the imperial court was about to forget about the Western Regions, but I didn't expect that the general is now patrolling the Western Regions under the emperor's order.
It turns out that The emperor and the imperial court have not forgotten the Western Regions, nor have they forgotten the ministers.
I have fulfilled your majesty's trust."
The old man sighed for a moment, was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and burst into tears.
Liu Cheng advised: "Zhang Gong and Master Shi have been guarding the Western Regions for so many years.
The situation is not stable, but they have never caused chaos in the Western Regions.
You have meritorious service.
Your Majesty and the court will not forget it.
The army cannot stay here for too long. , Mr.
Zhang, please mount your horse, I’ll tell you while we’re walking.”
"It's very true.
When people get old, they like to feel sad about spring and autumn.
General, please don't be offended.
General, please mount your horse."
Everyone then mounted their horses, and Zhang Yan followed Liu Cheng and asked about the situation in the court: "General, why did the emperor think of sending a general to lead an army to patrol the Western Regions this time?
Did he get some news?"
Liu Chengdao: "I'm afraid Zhang Gong still doesn't know that the late emperor has passed away.
It's already the third year of Chuping.
The late emperor passed away in the sixth year of Zhongping.
General He Jin assisted and established the emperor's eldest son Bian to succeed him, which is what the current Majesty has done in the past few years.
A lot of things happened in the imperial court, and due to the repeated rebellions in Liangzhou for many years, the imperial court lost contact with the Western Regions.
I will tell you about them one by one."
Zhang Yan listened to Liu Cheng's slow and low voice recounting what happened over the years one by one.
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His emotions could not help but rise and fall, sometimes happy, sometimes angry.
But when he heard that Dong Zhuo actually entered the court without hesitation, went to the palace with swords and shoes, and praised and worshiped without hesitation.
Name, for a moment he was so angry that he cursed Dong Zhuo's ministers who were causing chaos in the country.
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, Zhang Yan stabilized the situation and asked: "General, the purpose of leading the army to the west this time is" Liu Chengdao: "Now the princes in Guandong are powerful, but they are restraining each other and are competing for territory.
I want to take advantage of this period of time when they have no time to take care of the court to solve their worries.
The only way is to make the Silk Road smooth and calm the disputes among the countries in the Western Region.
By creating a stable rear for the imperial court, the imperial court can fully deal with the Guandong princes and then pacify the world
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