While talking, Dongting Xishan arrived.

Mountains jut out on the surface of the lake, and you can't see the south from the north.

Xishan is the largest island on Taihu Lake and the largest island in the lake in Daming, the size of five Suzhou cities!

On the boat, Jiang Xueying introduced to Zhao Hao like a few treasures:

"Dongting West Mountain is known as 'two rivers, three breaks, six cuts, seven villages, eight lanes, nine miles and thirteen bays'. It means that the two rivers Jinduo River and Zhengjing Port divide Xishan Island into three parts that are not connected to each other. Xuanyang Cave is not connected to the Langbian, Duzhu is not connected to the back port, Qicun is not connected to the stone roadhead, and Kejialing is not connected to Luwan. ”

"Six absolutes mean that there are six other places that can't go through and need ferries, they are Lucun, Duzhu, Qicun, Shigong Mountain, Jushan, and Fengwang Mountain."

"Seven villages, eight lanes, nine miles and thirteen bays don't need to be repeated. Originally, there were seven villages on the island, with nearly 1,000 households. However, a few years ago, when there was a trouble, the Japanese invaders entered the Taihu Lake along the Wusong River, and killed and plundered Xishan Island several times. The people who survived have all fled Xishan, and they have not yet recovered their population. ”

"Yes, the water bandits are nesting here, how can the people live?" Zhao Hao nodded and said.

"There really aren't any bandits here." Jiang Xueying said softly: "This is the ancestral business of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, even the Taihu Lake generals have been driven away, how can the water bandits be allowed to set up camp on it?" ”

"It's called darkness under the lamp. It is precisely because everyone thinks that there will be no water bandits on the West Mountain, that they will hide here. Zhao Hao pointed to the high mountains and dense forests in front of him:

"Look at this high mountain and dense forest, how suitable it is for bandits to hide, it is simply a breeding ground for water bandits."

Jiang Xueying's eyes flashed like autumn water, nodded and said, "It's still my brother's knowledge, and my little sister takes it for granted." ”

"Right." Zhao Hao sighed and said, "My sister is really frightened, I have forgotten, aren't you locked up here?" ”

"Isn't it?" Jiang Xue nodded with tears in her eyes and asked, "My little sister was so frightened that she didn't remember that she was locked up on that mountain." ”

"It's the one on the south side." Zhao Hao said with a straight face.

"Yes, it's that Yuanshan." Jiang Xueying nodded and said softly: "There is a Dasheng Bay at the foot of the mountain, which is a natural haven, and there was originally a fishing village called Dongcun there. The bandits took over the East Village as a bandit nest and locked us up there. ”

"Although the girl has been rescued now, the water bandits have taken refuge in the reckless mountains. Their accomplices will also be coming in from other islands for reinforcements, so we can't rush back lest we be attacked again on the lake. I only heard Zhao Hao say in a deep voice: "You should stick to the help, seize the time to build fortifications, and be prepared to stay for a long time." ”

"My brother's arrangement is very appropriate, and my little sister fully agrees." Jiang Xueying nodded and said softly: "We have exactly five boats of grain, so we can eat for more than half a year." But what about Kunshan? ”

"Rest assured. Before Brother Jin came, the first batch of grain shipped from Taicang had already arrived in the county. Pan Zhongcheng, the prime minister of the river who was at home, also came to Kunshan to sit in Kunshan, and we can live here with peace of mind until the imperial court eliminates all the Taihu water bandits......"

"Well, look forward to it." Jiang Xueying nodded happily, and said in her heart that the longer she lived, the better.

Although Miss Jiang still doesn't know, what's so good about this all-stone West Mountain? But it didn't stop her from trying her best to cooperate with her brother's performance.

Well, only by looking very compatible can you increase your favorability in my brother's heart.

The performance is over, and there will be a moment of reveals anyway.

~~

According to Jiang Xueying's instructions, the fleet stopped in the crescent-like Dasheng Bay.

Zhao Hao stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the lush, continuous scenery of mountains and rivers in front of him, and couldn't help but feel like a world away.

He remembered that when he had taken a ferry through this place in his previous life, it had become a large lake.

Or rather, a lake-like crater.

It was dug up by generations of workers......

The thought of starting to destroy the environment 300 years in advance really makes me feel a little guilty.

Hey, if there is another choice, Zhao Gongzi is reluctant to move this clear water and green mountains.

This is a heaven-sent land in China, to be passed on to future generations!

But who made Jiangnan only have the treasure land of Xishan?

Zhao Gongzi's grand ambition to save the world must take the first step.

Especially after seeing those flintlock pistols, Zhao Hao tightened the strings.

In this competition, where either the east wind overpowers the west wind or the west wind overpowers the east wind, we are already a long way behind the others, and we must catch up at all costs.

Forget it, the fire is burning to the eyebrows, let's pollute first and then clean up......

After the scientific Zhao Gongzi used the scientific method to be self-consistent, the guilt disappeared.

He didn't take the pedal, jumped directly from the side of the boat to the wooden pier, raised his hands and cheered: "Xishan, I'm coming!" ”

Hey, it feels like you've said it somewhere.

~~

As Jiang Xueying said, Dasheng Bay is a natural haven, with a small fishing village overgrown with wild grass on the shore of the bay, and an abandoned fishing boat wharf that creaks when stepping on it.

Five large grain ships, ten sand boats to transport troops, a dozen clippers, and more than twenty guns were captured...... Fifty boats, large and small, filled the wharf, and the dead harbor became popular when it landed.

"Get off the boat, get off the boat!" Amid the shouts of the veterans, the Kunshan militia escorted the strings of captives off the boat.

Wu Kee's men and sailors also got off the ship in a daze under the orders of the steward.

After a period of chaos, Wu Ji, the militia, and the captives all gathered and stood in the drying yard next to the wharf.

Zhao Hao and Jin Ke stood on a protruding boulder, looking at the guys, crowded and dense. "Afraid of a thousand?"

"Almost." Jin Ke nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The subordinates brought six hundred and ten people, Wu Ji has eighty-seven people, and there are one hundred and forty-seven prisoners. Counting Childe's retinue, that's nine hundred. ”

"Good fellows." Zhao Gongzi smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, there are five grain ships, otherwise it would be a problem to eat." ”

"I don't have to worry about eating and drinking for half a year." Jin Ke nodded and asked softly, "It's just Childe, do we really want to settle down here?" ”

"Of course, this is a treasure, Brother Jin." Zhao Hao stepped on the boulder under his feet and said: "This thing is only produced here in the whole Suzhou." ”

Jinke crouched down and carefully studied the large gray-white stone. I saw that after a month of heavy rain, it was already dusty, white and considerable, and there was no special point out.

Brother Jin raised his head and waited for Childe's explanation.

"It's limestone, no, limestone for cement to be exact!" Zhao Hao smiled excitedly: "The entire Taihu Lake is limestone, but only the limestone in Xishan can burn cement!" ”

"And in the entire Jiangnan area, only Xishan has coal mines!" After a pause, he couldn't suppress his excitement and said:

"In addition, there is the precious pyrite! This is a heaven-sent treasure, but only in the hands of this son can reflect its value! ”

"So Xishan must belong to me!"

ps. The first update of the three consecutive weekends!