Great Qin's total population had now reached 45 million, with 8 million soldiers. Of those, 5 million were Tier 1 soldiers, Tier 2 soldiers had increased to 100,000, and Tier 3 soldiers numbered over 5,000. This was Great Qin's current strength.
With this level of strength, Great Qin could face the powers in all three directions head-on without much trouble. This was chiefly the result of every person in Great Qin working together.
Great Qin now possessed thirteen regions, its strength several times greater than that of dynasties of the same rank. Yet Zhao Fu felt it was still not enough, because such strength was still not worth mentioning before certain others. It was still too weak. Great Qin had to become even stronger.
Over these past two months, Zhao Fu had also built quite a few brick kilns. They could fire a type of brick harder than ordinary stone, with a hardness comparable to steel, as metal powder was added during the firing process. These bricks would henceforth be used specifically to build the Great Wall and city walls.
As for the laws, Shang Yang was overseeing them. Historically, he had also presided over Great Qin's reforms, as though history were repeating itself. Of course, revising an entire code of laws was not something one person could accomplish; it required the help of many others.
At the same time, Great Qin began preparing a plan to attack the south. The contract they had signed back then stated that none of Great Qin's soldiers or City Lords could set foot within the contract regions, but Great Qin had other people as well—Great Qin Assassins. The contract did not state that Great Qin Assassins were forbidden from entering.
Zhao Fu looked at the hundred assassins beside him. They were now the