There is a river bay of more than 1,000 acres more than 10 miles away, the surrounding terrain is slightly higher, like a natural harbor, a stone building covering an area of 100 acres appears on a flat land less than 100 steps away from the river bay, it has not yet been completed, and many craftsmen are busy building stone houses.

"It's—" Jang Xuan looked at the scene in amazement, unable to say a word.

Wei Yunqi said with a smile: "After the general entered Beijing, I began to build an inland wharf, which is only thirty miles away from the mouth of the sea, and can even be used as a wharf to the sea, I think it can play a great role in transporting supplies, food and troops in the future." ”

Zhang Xuan's eyes flashed with surprise, and he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, urging his horse to rush down the hillside and run towards the stone buildings in the distance.

As can be seen from the white lines drawn with lime on the ground, this is actually a very large complex of buildings, at least five or six hundred acres, and the current buildings are just beginning.

Wei Yunqi caught up with Zhang Xuan, and introduced with a smile: "At present, the first few are warehouses, and there will be grain to be transported soon, there must be a storage place, and someone must guard it, so the next step is to build a little fort, in the barracks, and the office to manage the wharf and warehouse, as for the loading and unloading people, their barracks are too late to build, let's set up tents first!" ”

Zhang Xuan has fully understood Wei Yunqi's deep meaning, Wei Yunqi thought more comprehensively and deeply than himself, he didn't think about building a dock, let alone what functions he wanted, as a long history, Wei Yunqi thought of it for him week by week.

Zhang Xuan nodded, looked at the square stones and asked, "Where did these stones come from?" ”

Wei Yunqi laughed, "The general might as well look behind!" ”

When Zhang Xuan turned around, he saw that a mountain beam about two miles away behind him had been chiseled open, and the weeds on the mountain rock had been removed, revealing gray-white rocks, and dozens of figures could be faintly seen digging stones there. This is generally a matter of miners, who are experienced and have a high efficiency in quarrying, so in just over a month, many houses have been built.

"What about the docks? How do ships dock and unload? Jang Hyun asked puzzled.

"General, please come with me!"

Wei Yunqi took Zhang Xuan around several stone houses, and the soldiers led their horses behind and slowly followed. They soon came to the bay, the terrain of the bay was about a zhang higher than the water surface, forming a natural embankment, but the earth was piled up, undulating, and then Zhang Xuan saw that the embankment was made of stones, which became very flat and solid, and could moor large ships of more than 1,000 stones.

It's just that the stones have only been paved for about a hundred steps, and there are still about two miles of embankment to be laid.

"Give me another six months. I'm sure it's going to change here! ”

Wei Yunqi pointed to the large open space around the house, and said with great ambition: "I will turn this place into a prosperous river port town, with shops, wine shops, inns, as well as houses, warehouses, and more importantly, military camps, and even I plan to build a shipyard here to build a transport fleet, which was my dream back then." I can take a big boat directly to Liaodong. ”

Zhang Xuan was also infected by Wei Yunqi's ambition, and he nodded silently. "Sir, just let it go, I will fully support it!"

Located in the northernmost part of Langya County, Dong'an County is a small county town built between the mountains and mountains. The mountains here are undulating, stretching for hundreds of miles, like a natural stone screen separating Qi County, Beihai County and Langya County.

But there were also trails through the mountains, through which merchants' mule and horse caravans passed, and the plains to the south ahead.

There are only more than 10,000 people in Dong'an County. There are only a few thousand people living in the county, less than a thousand households, and another 1,000 Sun Xuanya's garrison, led by a bandit general.

This bandit general's surname is Hu, no one knows what his name is, everyone calls him Hu Sanlang, he is a big man with a big beard and a fierce face, he is not too bad, or he is short-tempered, and he will be angry when his words are slightly wrong, and he will immediately start beating people, and no one in Dong'an County and soldiers is not afraid of him.

As soon as dawn, Hu Sanlang's rude roar came from the city, "Close the city gate immediately, no one is allowed to come in, whoever dares to let people into the city without permission, Lao Tzu cut his eggs!" ”

The soldiers had just opened the gates, heard his roar, and hurried back to reclose them.

Although Dong'an County is a small county, it is located in a valley that is more than ten miles wide, which is also the widest valley of the Yishan Mountains, you can walk people and horses, Yishui flows close to the west of the county, it is the only way to go south to Langya County from the direction of Beihai County, the geographical location is extremely important, because hundreds of miles to the south are deserted, there is no town, so the caravan must rest and replenish here.

Hu Sanlang just got an urgent order from Linyi County, the Sui army of Beihai County is very likely to go south, Sun Yaxuan ordered him to close the city gate, and no one is allowed to enter the city within a month, Hu Sanlang is very nervous, he knows that Dong'an County is the first fortress of Beihai County to go south, once the Sui army goes south, Dong'an County will bear the brunt.

At the head of the city, Hu Sanlang looked nervously to the north, in the distance was a large area of dense woods, covering the entire valley, one stretched to the mountain, and Yishui meandered through the woods to the south, so far, he had not seen anything abnormal, he was a little relieved in his heart, but looking at the city, the mood that had just relaxed became tense again.

Because Dong'an County is a small county seat, it is not for defense, so the city is very low, less than two zhang high, the city is very narrow, only three people can walk side by side, and Dong'an County has no moat, the Sui army can directly run to the city to climb the ladder.

What's more, he only has 1,000 people, the soldiers don't even have leather armor, they wear military uniforms made of coarse cloth, and the swords and spears are very coarse, Sun Xuanya has 20,000 elites, but they are all deployed in Linyi County, and their Dong'an County is like a stepmother.

"Damn, such a tattered armor, how can Lao Tzu defend the city?" Hu Sanlang scolded indignantly.

At this time, he heard someone shouting from under the city: "All right, let us go into the city!" ”

Hu Sanlang frowned, walked quickly to the city wall, looked down, and saw a caravan standing under the city, behind which there were more than 100 mules and donkeys full of goods, and there were more than a dozen people, led by a 40-year-old foot merchant.

He also saw Hu Sanlang, and hurriedly shouted: "General Hu, it's me!" ”

Hu Sanlang knows this businessman, and is very familiar, this person is called Hu Ping, is a fish merchant in Donglai County, specializing in trafficking in dried sea fish, often go south to Linyi, because he is also surnamed Hu, so he thinks that he is the family, Hu Ping also often sends some sea pearls, tortoiseshell and other valuables to him, and the relationship between the two is very good.

At this time, all the soldiers in the city looked at him, Hu Sanlang was irritable, and waved his hand, "Let them enter the city, just this once!" ”

The city gate slowly opened, the mule and horse team entered the city, Hu Sanlang hurriedly ran down the city and asked, "Old Hu, let me ask you something!" ”

Hu Ping hurriedly nodded and smiled: "General, please speak!" ”

"I heard that the Sui army of Beihai County is going south to attack Langya County, you came from Beihai County, did you see the army assembled and mobilized?"

Hu Ping was stunned, scratched his head and said, "There is no such thing!" I only know that the officers and soldiers of Qinghe County want to fight Gaoshida, if there is any movement among the officers and soldiers of Beihai County, it should also be Gaoshida, how can they go south to fight Langya County? ”

In fact, what Hu Ping said was common sense, and Hu Sanlang also knew that if the officers and soldiers wanted to come to Langya County to suppress bandits, it must be Yang Yichen's army in the south going north to attack Linyi, not the Flying Eagle Army going south, it was too far away, Hu Sanlang asked again: "You really didn't see the Sui army assembled?" ”

"Nope!" Hu Ping shook his head affirmatively, "If there is an army assembled, how can I go south to do business?" ”

Hu Sanlang was a little convinced, businessmen are most afraid of war, if there are any signs of war, businessmen will never take risks, is it because the prince's intelligence is wrong?

Although Hu Sanlang's heart was a little relaxed, he still didn't dare to disobey the order to open the city gate, he wanted to observe for a day, he still ordered loudly: "The city gate is not allowed to open, if anyone wants to enter the city, they must report to me first, who dares to open the city without authorization, Lao Tzu killed him with a knife!" ”

(To be continued......)