"My brother has woken up from his coma, and the little woman has come to inform the adults." Mi Zhen bowed slightly, and said softly, "At the same time, the little girl is also here to thank the adults!" ”

"Thank you?"

Mi Zhen changed her previous domineering eldest lady's temper, and became low, but even her speech became much gentler.

"The adults have rescued our brothers and sisters, and the adults have saved our brothers and sisters, and our brothers and sisters are unforgettable......"

"It's just a gesture, it's not enough to worry about it, and Miss Mi doesn't have to take it to heart. As Peng Chengxiang and Captain of Wuwei, it is my duty to protect the territory and the people and destroy the thieves. If it weren't for your wit and deliberately leaving clues on the road, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to find the canyon, then it would have been impossible to save you from the clutches. At the end of the day, you should be thankful for yourself. ”

"But if it weren't for the careful attention of adults and the attention to those clues, no matter how many clues I lost, it would be useless. Da En is not grateful, and when we return to Tancheng, we will definitely send someone to send Xie Jin to thank you for saving your life. ”

"Miss Mi, in my opinion, this Xie Jin is not needed, after all, ......"

"Please accept this Xie Jin, otherwise our brothers and sisters will always be unhappy. Besides, we brothers and sisters have always liked to owe anything to others! Mi Zhen's tone increased a lot, and a little impatience was also revealed in her words.

Zhang Yan didn't say anything, but said softly: "Since this is the case, then Zhang is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, when Miss Mi will send Xie Jin, Zhang will accept it." ”

"It's the best, the adults are busy with official business, and the little girl is inconvenient to disturb, so I will leave!"

As soon as the words fell, Mi Zhen didn't wait for Zhang Yan to respond, turned around and left.

Zhang Yan looked at Mi Zhen's distant back, frowned, and thought to himself: "She is so disgusted with me, it seems that it will take a lot of effort to capture her heart......"

After all, when they met for the first time, Zhang Yan's first impression of Mi Zhen was not very good, and Mi Zhen, who was still harmed, was almost frozen to death. Even if Zhang Yan saved Mi Zhen's life, in Mi Zhen's heart, he was still very disgusted with Zhang Yan.

When Mi Zhen stepped out of the room, she happened to meet Chen Deng, who came to visit Zhang Yan, she smiled at Chen Deng, and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing Mi Zhen's face with some displeasure, Chen Deng walked into Zhang Yan's room, went straight to the couch, and asked: "When Miss Mi went out just now, her face was displeased, did you say something that shouldn't have made her angry?" ”

Zhang Yan shook his head and told Chen Deng about the situation when he and Mi Zhen first met.

After hearing this, Chen Deng sighed lightly, also with a helpless face.

"Yuanlong, is there any way to make Miss Mi stop hating me so much?" Although Zhang Yan is from modern times, due to the particularity of his identity, he rarely has contact with women, let alone knows how to deal with emotional problems, so he has to ask the resourceful Chen Deng for help.

Chen Deng is erudite and knowledgeable, but he also knows nothing about the relationship between men and women, he shook his head and said to Zhang Yan: "You stumped me with this, I don't know anything about it." ”

"Forget it, the coming day will be long, I'll figure it out slowly myself. I don't believe it, with my ability, I can't capture her heart! ”

Chen Deng avoided Mi Zhen's topic, and said loudly: "Brother Mingda, now all the gold that was robbed has been transported back to Pengcheng, and it has now been collected in the treasury, and five thousand gold is not a lot at all. In addition, I have also made an estimate of the batch of gold, silver and jewels you brought back from the canyon, to say nothing about seven or eight hundred gold. Now that we have this gold, we can do a lot of things, I wonder what you are going to do? ”

"With money, we have capital, we can build forts, reclaim farmland, build canals, and use the money to recruit troops and horses, and recruit wise men. If we do it at the same time, we will definitely not have enough manpower, so we can only come one by one. As a matter of urgency, I think the fortress should be built first. I don't know what Brother Yuanlong's opinion is? ”

Chen Deng said: "I also mean this, after all, with a fortress, whether it is the army or the people, they have to rely on." ”

Zhang Yan and Chen Deng had the same idea, and they both wanted to build a fortress first, so the two began to work on it.

The two of them first rode out together to walk around the old city to see if there was a suitable place to build a fortress, after half a day of searching, Zhang Yan and Chen Deng never found a decent city site, but felt that the location of the old city was the best location.

After some deliberation, Zhang Yan and Chen Deng made a new decision to build a new fortress on the basis of the old city.

The old city is three miles long from north to south and two miles from east to west, and it is a rectangular city. But what Zhang Yan wanted to build was a big city, so on the original basis, with the Pengcheng Mansion as the center, the city was built within a radius of six miles. In this way, the old city expanded three miles from north to south and four miles from east to west.

Zhang Yan also drew a sketch, reflecting the shape and layout of the city.

When Chen Deng saw this sketch, Deng Shi was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Mingda, are you going to expand Pengcheng into a circular city?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded.

Chen Deng continued to look at the sketch, but saw that on the sketch, the circular city was outlined by Zhang Yan to the fullest, and the elder brother area in the city was reasonably planned, and even its functions were marked.

The whole city is constructed by three city walls and three moats, with three layers inside and outside, and the innermost layer is centered on the government office, with a radius of one mile, which is the top priority of the whole city, called the palace city; The outer layer is centered on the palace city, spreading to the surrounding area, with a radius of two miles, called the inner city; The outermost layer, centered on the inner city, is three miles in circumference, and is called the outer city.

There is a city wall and a moat between the three cities, all of which are circular, and even the remaining city gates are quite symmetrical, and there is a barracks near each city gate, which can be said to be interlocking.

If there is an enemy attacking, the outer city will bear the brunt of the defense, once it can't resist, you can retreat into the inner city to continue to defend, even if the inner city can't defend, you can retreat to the city again to defend again, until the city is broken.

From this sketch alone, it is not difficult for Chen Deng to see Zhang Yan's ingenuity in designing such a circular city.

In front of Chen Deng's eyes, it seemed that a magnificent circular city had been revealed.

"Yuanlong, what do you think of me designing this city like this?" Zhang Yan saw that Chen Deng was looking very carefully, so he asked.

Chen Deng closed the sketch and said to Zhang Yan: "This is the first time I have seen such a design and ingenuity. It's just that such a large and magnificent city, to be built, I am afraid that it will take two years, but at this stage, we are short of time, I am afraid that before we have built it, Cao Cao has already led the army to kill! ”

Zhang Yan said: "I have thought of this for a long time, so I designed three city walls and three moats. We can now start with the inner city and then build the city of Fu, so that the inner city is equivalent to the outer city, and the city of the city is the inner city. Wouldn't it be great if Cao Cao was repelled later, and we could build a real outer city and build it in stages? ”

Chen Deng thought about it and felt that what Zhang Yan said was quite reasonable, he opened the sketch again and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the sketch drawn by Zhang Yan was very level.

Zuihou, Chen Deng did not raise any objections, everything was arranged according to the sketch given by Zhang Yan, and began to recruit people, ready to start expanding Pengcheng.

That night, Zhang Yan returned to the mansion and went directly to visit Mi Fang, and as soon as he entered the door, he arched his hand and said, "Brother Mi, how is the injury?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yan coming, Mi Fang hurriedly supported his body with his elbows, and said with difficulty: "Mi Fang, the grass people, I have seen adults." ”

Zhang Yan hurriedly stepped forward and said to Mi Fang: "Brother Mi don't have to be polite, there are no outsiders here, and you can't move, so you don't have to salute in the future." ”

"Whoa!" Mi Fang answered and lay flat on the couch, but he didn't know Zhang Yan's intention, so he asked, "I don't know what happened when the adults visited late at night?" ”

Zhang Yan smiled: "It's nothing, just stop by to see how Brother Mi is recovering." By the way, what about Miss Mi? ”

Mi Fang said: "My sister took care of me for a day, and I never rested, and I saw someone around me to take care of it, so I asked him to go back to rest." ”

"Oh, I see, I said why didn't I see Miss Mi."

Mi Fang saw that Zhang Yan was absent-minded, and as soon as he entered the door, he looked around, as if he didn't mean it. He saw that Zhang Yan was not very old, only twenty-three or four-year-old, so he said: "On the way here, I always thought that the adult was a battle-hardened veteran, but who would have thought that the adult would be so young. I don't know where the adults are, but have you ever been married? ”

"My ancestral hometown is Liuxian, and I am still single...... Why did Brother Mi ask this question? ”

"Oh, nothing, just a casual ask." Although Mi Fang replied so, he had other plans in his heart.

"Brother Mi, now that you have woken up, I have nothing to worry about. I originally planned to send Brother Mi back to Tancheng in person, but Brother Mi's injuries have not healed and he can't travel far, so I also ask Brother Mi to recuperate here, and after I can get out of bed, I will send Brother Mi back. What Brother Mi wants to eat and use, just tell his subordinates, as long as I have what I have, Zhang will definitely not be stingy. ”

After Mi Fang heard this, he smiled and said: "The adults are arrogant, Mi Fang admires." It's just that I can recuperate here, but my sister must go back. This time, the sister ran out secretly, and she has not yet informed her brother, and if her brother finds out that her sister is gone, he will definitely go crazy. Therefore, please also ask the adults to take care of it, send the house-sister home first, and then tell my brother about my situation, so that my brother can be relieved. ”

"I'm going to Tancheng once in the next two days, so I can take Miss Mi with me to Tancheng together." Zhang Yan didn't think about it, so he decisively agreed.

Mi Fang said politely: "When the adults will leave, just let me know, I will let the sister go with the adults, and along the way, there will be a response." It's just that I'm going to trouble adults again, and Mi Mou can't help it. ”

"Alas, Brother Mi doesn't have to be like this, I worked with Brother Ling under the Tao Envoy Jun's account, this time Brother Ling gave me so much gold, Zhang was grateful, and he always wanted to do something for Brother Ling, and the matter of sending Miss Mi to Tancheng was wrapped up in me, and I promised to send Miss Mi home completely."

"Thank you, ...... you."

"Brother Mi doesn't need to say thank you, if you want to say Xiexie, it should be me. Okay, Brother Mi, this matter is decided, when I go to Tancheng, I will take Miss Mi with me. I still have some official business to deal with, so I won't bother Brother Mi here, and I will leave. ”

"My lord, forgive me, I can't send it far."