The city is not big, the circumference is only two miles, and it is far away from the towns in the south of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, and even some villages are bigger than this.

But the city wall is thick and high, five zhang high, four zhang thick, that is, it has fallen to this point, and there can be six horses in parallel. The outside is not covered with bricks, but large stones, which are more than one person long and three feet wide, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources were spent to transport them. When everyone saw it, they were all speechless.

"But the legacy of the predecessors is better than nothing at all!" Dong Ce smiled: "Relying on the ruins of the broken wall to build the city, we will be much easier, and the money and manpower consumed will also be a lot less." ”

Wang Tong said with a smile: "My lord, if we want to train troops in Tuntian and build a fortress here, we must have a name. ”

Everyone was interested, and they said in unison: "Please give me a name!" ”

"You guys! There are so many false sets. Dong Ce scolded with a smile, but he was useful in his heart, he thought for a moment, and said: "We built an army to guard this place, so that the Tartars could not enter, and to protect the Zhenhe Fort behind him, and even Datong Town behind." The so-called pampas reeds are as tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer! Our city is called Rock Castle! ”

"Rock Castle? Good name! ”

"The mountain sound that can be screamed on the mouth will make you feel energetic when you listen to it!"

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Dong Ce squinted his eyes and looked around in the distance, the yellow and green wild grass was endless, and it seemed that it could reach the edge of the sky.

In fact, the rock fort is not stuck on the road, but relies on the stone mountain behind it - also has a name, called Qingfeng Mountain, named for its straight into the clouds and the steep cliff bank - a fortress was built at the foot of the mountain near the river, where a large army was stationed, and the road below the mountain was watched from a high vantage point. The troops stationed here can be sent at any time to attack the enemy brigade marching not far away.

Therefore, it is not that the enemy army cannot pass through the Rock Fort if it is stuck here, but that if you want to pass through it safely and securely, you must take the Rock Fort.

Otherwise, it will be like a fish in the throat and a thorn in the back, which is extremely uncomfortable and dangerous.

Dong Ce's gaze moved not far from the city.

Panshi Fort is in the yang of Qingfeng Mountain, the yin of the Gan River and the Huanshui River, three miles away from the south, it is the Yinshui River, and two miles away from the southeast, it is the Gan River.

At this time, in the north of the Huanshui River, you can see dozens or hundreds of people, cleaning up miscellaneous buildings in a sunny place by the river, on the flat land with a slightly higher terrain, and building shacks one by one, connecting them together. At this time, it was time for dinner, and a number of stoves had been built outside the shack, and many strong men had returned, carrying large and small bundles of firewood and grass. Smoke rises, and the aroma of rice porridge wafts in the wind.

In the shallow part of the river, someone is fishing with trouser legs or rudimentary nets made from tree bark. From time to time, a burst of excited shouts can be heard, and a man grabs a big fish that is desperately writhing and throws it to the shore, and the people around him are a burst of surprise cheers.

These are the people that Dong Ce took in, and now they have also moved over.

The water here is deep and the grass is dense, there are many small beasts, and they can also fish by the river, so their life is better than in Shilipu. In the past few days, the weather has been fine, the traces of heavy rain have gradually faded, and the water potential of the Gan River and the Huanshui River has also been much smaller, but on the Gan River, which is about 40 meters wide, these people have also built a simple bridge with a few big trees.

Dong Ce looked at it for a while, then turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go down and talk." ”

The sound of iron armor on everyone's bodies was sonorous, and they all went down the horse road.

Since he came back that day, every time Dong Ce travels, he must have someone to support him, and he must be strong and stubborn, and he must be fully armed.

It seems that this place has suffered from the disaster of Zhurong, and the fort is also overgrown with weeds, and many of the barracks and some outbuildings that were originally used for soldiers to live have collapsed, leaving only a charred ruin.

However, Dong Ce and the others didn't care about this, obviously they had been here for a few days, and they were already quite familiar with it, and they came to a well-preserved hall. The rough granite hall is tall and majestic, full of majestic atmosphere that is different from this era, and although it has passed for thousands of years, it is still as strong as ever.

The sun is gradually setting, it is not early, and many torches have been planted on the four walls, illuminating the place.

There are a few rolls on the ground here, and Shi Jin and Zhou Bo and Zhou Zhong have been sleeping here for three days.

"Come, sit down!" Dong Ce sat down cross-legged on the ground first, and said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, your own old brother." ”

Everyone sat down in a circle around him, and Dong Ce took out an oilcloth bag from his arms and opened it, inside was a letter, a set of anti-seal letters.

"Today, Lord Liu Ruozai sent me a list, and at the same time, he also sent a letter about the prevention of seals." Dong Ce pointed to the pile of things on the ground and said, "Now I have been officially appointed as the officer of the Shilipu management team, and I am also the officer in charge of the tunbao, and I have the authority to recruit displaced people, organize and train new troops, and reclaim land. ”

Dong Ce smiled: "This authority is very general, but it roughly means the same thing, as long as you don't pull the flag and rebel, don't make any mess, it's up to you how to do it." ”

Shi Jin asked keenly on the side: "Can you say how much has you trained the new army?" ”

"You've got a heart." Dong Ce praised it, and he stretched out a finger: "One thousand people are the limit." But what Lord Liu means is that the bigger the plate, the better. General Han Xin, the more the merrier. ”

Several people were overjoyed when they heard this, and now there are only a few of my henchmen under the command of adults, if we can successfully organize and train a thousand people in the new army, wouldn't they all be able to get a real management officer to do?

Dong Ce is clear about the thoughts in their hearts, but his subordinates are self-motivated, and it is also a good thing to have the thoughts of fame and fortune, and if he can give them what he wants, then the group led by himself will be more stable and reliable.

He glanced at everyone and continued: "Lord Liu has written on it all the materials that can be given to us, including two thousand taels of silver, five hundred stones of grain, one hundred spears, one hundred pairs of bows, and six thousand arrows. There are five pairs of cotton armor, 200 mandarin duck battle jackets, 100 knives, and 10 big axes. That's all there is to it, that's all there is to the money and food, and there is no follow-up. However, weapons and equipment, depending on the size of our army in the future, can also be increased. As for farm tools, ploughing cattle and other things, because they are civilian, they are not available in military warehouses, so they are not available, and we have to buy them ourselves. ”

"So much?" Wang Hun asked with his mouth wide open.

"Multiple farts!" Before his words fell, Dong Ce poured a basin of cold water over: "Two thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid it's not enough to rebuild this castle." The city wall will be built, the buildings in the fort that can be used will be left, and the buildings that cannot be used will be rebuilt, and the number of private houses and barracks is not small. Even if the victims only need to eat food and don't need to be paid, but there must be such things as ploughing oxen, ploughshares, and hoes, right? These are all jobs that cost money! Two thousand taels of silver, this is a one-time give, and after it is used up, you have to find your own way. ”

He has always been used to reprimanding Wang Hun, and there will be no taboos, and Wang Hun doesn't care.

When everyone heard this, it suddenly dawned on us - it turns out that we are so poor!

But having said that, Dong Ce is also quite grateful to Liu Ruozai for being able to squeeze out these things for himself. He knew that this money and grain was almost the limit that Liu Ruozai could give, after all, there were tens of thousands of troops in Northern Hebei Province who wanted to pay food and wages, although these armies were no different from waste. Moreover, Jiubian is still providing high-quality soldiers for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course, there is definitely more than that, and it seems that Liu Ruozai is still serious after all, and he has to look at his own achievements again before deciding the strength of his next support.

"Let's talk about it! What's next. Clearing weeds, leveling the land, cultivating crops, recruiting displaced people, training soldiers, and so on. Dong Ce's fingers tapped on the ground: "I want to listen to details." ”

Now Dong Ce's subordinates are basically Shi Jin's highest status, he looked at the people around him and said with a smile: "Then I'll talk about it first." ”

"Land reclamation is the most urgent, and it is urgent, and we don't have to wait for those displaced people to come before reclaiming the land, we can first reclaim a piece of familiar land. After all, although our notices have been posted, those homeless people have traveled dozens or even hundreds of miles to come over, and it will take a short time, and we will ride horses for a day and night, and they will not be able to do it for five or six days. ”

Speaking of this, everyone smiled, they went out to post the notice, and then rushed back at full speed, really tired and stinking.

Shi Jin said: "It's September now, and this month is the last month that can be cultivated. Now the millet is not planted, but we can still grow wheat, we are close to the river, do not worry about irrigation, next year will definitely have a good harvest. We should buy farm tools and grain seeds now, and organize the people to cultivate the land. ”

Zhou Bo added: "An irrigation ditch should be cleared and dredged first, and the cultivation should be carried out on both sides of the irrigation canal, not too close to the river, so as not to flood the crops in the spring." ”

Dong Ce nodded: "That's right." ”

Although it has been seven or eight years since the great drought in the north, Dong Ce remembers that in history, it seems that the first half of Chongzhen was a drought in the north and a flood in the south, and the second half was a drought in the south and a flood in the north, and the rainfall in the north would increase significantly. The inflection point may be in the past two years, but it has to be guarded against.