Kim Sung-nam stood on the top of the mountain, looking down at the dusty buildings at his feet. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This is Daye City, and he, Jin Shengnan, a powerless scholar in Changyang County, was wrapped up by the Shuntian army and came to Shayang County, the Shuntian army was defeated, and he was caught here as a coolie to mine, which can be said to have endured all the hardships.

But after all, he is a rare scholar, his difference, soon stood out among tens of thousands of miners, step by step got rid of the position of coolie, from a small steward began to show his management ability, the position rose higher and higher, more and more things to manage, his excellent organizational skills were noticed by the supreme leader here at that time, and when Qin Feng of the Taiping Army decided to establish Daye City, he became the first city lord.

In the blink of an eye, he had been the city lord for two years, and Daye City was becoming the most indispensable and important part of the Great Ming Kingdom under his hands. As the most important strategic material, the steel produced by Daye City crushes other countries in terms of quality, and has become the capital of Daming to be proud of other countries.

The original green mountain is now dug up with holes, and the patches of pale stand out in the larger green, but in Jin Sungnam's eyes, this is his medal.

In two years, Daye City grew from scratch, gathered nearly 100,000 people, and had the scale of a high-class county, but the economic value he created was also more than that of a medium-sized county. And Daye City, like Taiping City, is also under the direct management of the central court of the Ming Kingdom, although it is in Shayang County, but it is not under his jurisdiction, from this aspect, Jin Shengnan, now the city lord who has just passed the year of establishment, has become the territory of the Ming Kingdom, the youngest feudal official, in the Ming Kingdom, the status of the Ming Kingdom, than a general county guard.

Daye City is divided into two obvious areas, one is the mining area, the other is iron-smelting and steel-smelting and various weapon workshops, and with the rapid development of Daye City, the Ministry of War has moved more weapons research and development workshops here.

The real Daye City, in fact, only contains the latter part, the city wall is not built with green bricks, but built with pieces of stones, the craftsmen have spent all their efforts, each stone is almost tightly seamed, and then poured the syrup mixed with glutinous rice inside, so that the city wall here is stronger than many big city walls. Even the stone bullets that are fired up by the trebuchet can only leave a few white marks or dents on the wall, but cannot cause much damage to them.

Daye City, where more than 100,000 people gathered, more than half of them are engaged in iron-related work, mining, beneficiation, washing, transporting, smelting, and manufacturing.

The remaining small part is the family members of these men, on the slopes of the mountains, cut down the big trees, burn the grass, open up patches of slopes, plant chestnut rice, after two years of hard work, the harvest of these slopes has basically met the needs of these people. In order to gather people, Daye City exempted the people who came to settle here from all taxes.

When their families can support themselves or even have a little spare power, their wages can be saved, and day by day, many people have saved enough money to build houses around Daye City, and continue to reclaim wasteland around Daye City, and villages are also formed around Daye City.

Jin Shengnan looked at the thick pillars of smoke that were soaring up in Daye City, at the truckloads of media brought in from the outside on the road leading to the outside world, and at the iron ingots, steel ingots, or bundles of weapons dragged out from the inside, and he only felt high-spirited.

"Brother Yifan, this time Your Majesty comes to inspect, the two of us must be careful, so that Your Majesty can see the new atmosphere of our Daye City and see the best side of our Daye City." He turned his head and looked at Lu Yifan, the garrison general of Daye City, who was standing beside him.

Lu Yifan, speaking of which is also a strange person, this person escaped to join the Shuntian Army because he had a holiday with Lu Feng, but surprisingly, none of the generals of the Shuntian Army he followed had a good end, and his status was higher and higher, higher day by day. In the end, after returning to the original Taiping Army, he made great contributions in the war in which the Taiping Army attacked and killed Wu Xin, designed to cause internal strife in the Shuntian Army, and took advantage of the situation to annihilate the Shuntian Army in one fell swoop and take its old nest Changyang.

But his temperament, as well as his real ability, are really not suitable for leading the army, it happened that at that time, Lu Feng took thousands of miners' battalion soldiers out of the mountain, and the garrison of Daye City was vacant, Qin Feng arranged Lu Yifan to Daye City as a garrison general in order to repay his merits.

For Lu Yifan, this is the best ending, he doesn't need to fight for his life on the battlefield, and returning to Daye City, for him who is originally from Fengxian, it can be regarded as an honor to return to his hometown.

Daye City, located in the depths of the mountains, with Feng County outside, Taiping City as a barrier, dare not say that it is foolproof, but it can also be called peace of mind, and his work is extremely easy. In addition to guarding the safety of Daye City and escorting the weapons that were shipped out, the garrison of Daye City actually had a more important job of selecting and training replacement soldiers for the miners' battalion.

Lu Yifan and Lu Feng had a holiday, but now that the two have become partners, it is also an interesting thing, but on top of this, Lu Yifan actually doesn't need to worry much, because when Lu Feng left, his selection and training have formed a perfect mechanism, and Lu Yifan, who doesn't want to push the formation out of the new and worries about labor, Xiao Guicao is the most comfortable.

After more than two years in Daye City, compared with Lu Feng's great progress in martial arts and commanding troops, Lu Yifan has grown more than 20 catties of meat, and now he is a full fat man.

But he didn't care, anyway, he thought that in the first half of his life, he had taken enough risks, and the rewards he got were also satisfying, and the second half of his life was just a mental enjoyment.

Listening to Jin Shengnan's words at this moment, he squinted his eyes and enjoyed the blowing of the mountain breeze, and replied with a smile: "City lord rest assured, Your Majesty is here, in fact, we are only responsible for the security of the periphery, and there are Eagle's Nest and His Majesty's personal guard battalion in charge, you have also seen what a delicate guy Xu Wangshan of the Eagle's Nest is, I see that under his arrangement, don't even want to run in one of the rats outside, let alone have enemies." Besides, His Majesty himself is a great master at the ninth level, an ordinary assassin, not to mention whether he can get close to His Majesty's body, even if he is lucky enough to get close, what can he do to His Majesty? ”

"Brother Yifan!" Jin Shengnan looked at Lu Yifan who was shy, a little helpless, he didn't know much about the past of the garrison general in front of him, he only knew that he was a meritorious hero of the Ming Dynasty, so he had always had great respect for Lu Yifan. "Although that is said, but for us, during His Majesty's inspection, as long as there is a little mess, not only on the outside, but also on the inside, it is all our dereliction of duty, we have not done a good job, even if Your Majesty is not responsible, then we are faceless, do you say yes, anything, not afraid of 10,000, just in case! I saw that the garrison was a little looser, Brother Yifan, these days, it is better to clean up. Last time, General Lu Feng wrote to me, saying that the quality of this batch of substitute soldiers sent in was much inferior to before, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction between the words. The miners' battalion is regarded as the children of our Daye City, and everyone walks out from here, and they must not be sloppy. ”

Lu Yifan snorted: "If the soldier sent out is not satisfied, why didn't he contact me directly, but instead wrote a letter to the city lord?" I think he just has nothing to do, which is really annoying. Okay, okay, city lord, don't be bitter, from today onwards, I will put a prison spell on the garrison, tighten their skins, and the training will also be tightened, you can rest assured! ”

"That's good!" Kim Sung-nam nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty often says that our Daye City is the strongest pair of arms in the Ming Dynasty, and this time, we want Your Majesty to see that these arms are getting stronger day by day." Jin Shengnan clenched his fists vigorously and waved them in the mountain wind. "I, Jin, can have today, it is all Your Majesty's appreciation, Jin has nothing to repay, I can only do everything that Your Majesty gives me."

"Everybody's the same, all the same!" Lu Yifan is actually still a little afraid of this extremely serious city lord in his heart, probably this is a kind of respect for those who are lazy, a little afraid.

When Jin Shengnan and Lu Yifan came down from the mountain and walked all the way to Daye City, Xu Wangshan, who was from the Eagle's Nest, in Lu Yifan's mouth, was frowning, looking at a portrait in his hand and distressed. Xu Wangshan was originally a tycoon in the rivers and lakes, and he was extremely well-connected in the former Dayue rivers and lakes, and Guo Jiuling invited him several times before he was recruited into the Eagle's Nest.

"Am you not mistaken? Is this really what it looks like? He knocked on the table and asked an eagle's nest spy in front of him.

"Yes, General." The spy nodded affirmatively, "The subordinates have found all the people he has come into contact with, and anyone who has seen this person in a tea shop, restaurant, or inn can recognize this person." ”

Listening to the spies' answer, Xu Wangshan touched his cheeks and felt that his teeth hurt a little, this person, in the archives of Daming, is a person who should be dead, how could he appear here again.

"Fuck, it's really a miracle, if you live for a long time, anything can happen." Xu Wangshan gritted his teeth and slapped the portrait in his hand on the case vigorously.

The person on the portrait, although there are a few more scars on his face, Xu Wangshan can still recognize it at a glance, this person is called Wu Ling, one of the most loyal generals of Wu Xin, the general of the Shuntian Army in the past.

But this person has been wiped out by the Shaking Mountain Battalion in the last round of Changyang Suppression of Bandits, Xu Wangshan never suspected that Dazhu, the commander of the Shaking Mountain Battalion, would lie about the military situation, but by mistake, how could this person come back to life?

His Majesty wants to come to Daye City to inspect, but this person sneaked into Daye City at this time, what is his intention?

Assassinate Your Majesty? Xu Wangshan felt that this guess was a bit ridiculous, Wu Ling's martial arts cultivation was good, but he was only barely able to reach the eighth level, compared to himself, he was far inferior, and in front of His Majesty, he was as weak as a baby.

But having said that, Xu Wangshan didn't dare to relax at all, as Jin Shengnan said, during His Majesty's inspection, as long as this guy made a little mess, he would lose himself, the face of the Eagle's Nest.

"Go and invite the Golden City Lord, General Lu to come over." He said angrily.