Xu Hao, who occupied Shanhaiguan, not only had the necessary access to the sea, but also Qinhuangdao, which has the best climate and environment in the north, and Beidaihe, a summer resort.

In order to prevent being detected by Yang Wen in advance, Xu Hao did not mention this matter to anyone except Zhu Di and his son, but everyone who attacked Zhigu Rendering knew about it. Compared with Tianjin, in fact, he values Qinhuangdao the most, and the reason is simple because he is familiar with it.

Affected by the marine climate, Qinhuangdao has no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, the primeval forest at this time covers the sky and covers the ground, and the coverage rate can reach more than 70%, the coastline is full of white and soft sandy beaches, and the beauty of the natural scenery is indescribable.

This qiē made Xu Hao feel a kind of excitement like discovering a new continent, temporarily put aside the big war, and was able to feast on the rich seafood with his soldiers, and simply sent Li Qiu to lead 300 people back to Beiping overnight to pick up his daughters and relatives to come to escape the summer.

Xu Hao is not a fake public and private, and there will be thousands of craftsmen with him, because this will be an important port town in the future.

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Qinhuangdao belonged to the barbarian Guzhu State that had been defeated by Duke Huan of Qi, and was given to the weak Yan Jun at that time, and the Yan Kingdom expanded its land for thousands of miles to become the hero of the Warring States. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it had developed into the richest area of the Yan Kingdom.

Qin Shi Huang has inspected here five times, left a "carved stone gate", and sent Yan man Lu Sheng to the sea to seek immortals.

During the period of Emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty, the Jinshanzui generation of Beidaihe Lianfeng Mountain was one of the three major military ports along the coast of the Bohai Sea, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Fengchan Taishan also came here to inspect, leaving the "Han Wutai".

During the Song and Jin dynasties, the port was affected by the embargo and was depressed for a time, and the Yuan Dynasty was able to resume sailing, and Jieshi Port was an important shipbuilding base in the north.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the port routes were continued to be retained, and now the 20 warships and more than 1,000 sergeants stationed in the port were surrendered.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Peng came on horseback at the fastest speed and saw Xu Hao lying leisurely on the beach. stepped forward and lowered his voice excitedly, and said, "Do you know that there are gold mines in Funing County?" ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "I have bought them all, and the title deed will be available in half a month." ”

Zhou Peng said in surprise: "Great, I also learned from talking with local readers that there is a legend that people in the mountains have picked up large pieces of gold, and it is speculated that there may be gold mines buried underground, so I can't wait to come and inform them." ”

Xu Hao smiled and said nothing, as an authentic northerner, he had already remembered the famous major industries of Qinhuangdao in later generations, stone, glass and cement. Naturally, he will not let go of Qinglong Village, who has personally dug up gold, and no one knows that there are as many as sixty gold mines there.

However, Xu Hao does not pay attention to gold and silver and other vulgar things, he pays more attention to the various rich ores hidden in the ground, especially the local iron ore, the geographical location is also good, in addition to the natural cement limestone and dolomite.

A lot of memories come flooding back, remembering visiting the only glass museum in China in later generations, and remembering the glass ear cups and glass plates unearthed from the tomb of King Jing of Zhongshan. I also remembered that it originated in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, China's glass capital, Shandong Shenyan Town.

Xu Hao has gone into a misunderstanding about glass in recent years, just because since ancient times, China has called glass one of the seven treasures.

However, it was Aunt Mei's personal girl named glass, which made Xu Hao suddenly realize that the royal family used glass. In order to avoid secrecy, the folk have already begun to call it glass, but it is only used to make beads, beads, curtains, screens, chess pieces, light pots, etc.

Because it is a luxury and valuable decoration, the common people dare not use it and cannot afford it, and so on with the gradual development of the entire industry. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, glass products with Chinese characteristics gradually entered the homes of tens of millions of people and were also exported to the world.

It's a pity that Xu Hao doesn't know how to fire flat glass for doors and windows, and it seems that only Venetian craftsmen in the world can fire colorful glass for churches. In order to prevent the leakage of technology, all craftsmen were kept on an island for life.

It doesn't matter, Xu Hao is confident that he will definitely be able to produce it before he dies, took out a stone with an ordinary appearance, and said with a smile: "This is much more valuable than gold." ”

Zhou Peng smiled tirelessly and asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Hao said: "This is dolomite, which can be used for steelmaking, is a natural solvent for fire, and is also a refractory material for building blast furnaces, and can also be used to fire glass." It seems that it can also be used as fertilizer, but I don't know whether it is alkaline or acidic, which needs to be repeated and realized, in short, it is a treasure. ”

"Glass?" Zhou Peng muttered.

Xu Hao said disdainfully: "It's just glass, not glass, it's just something fired from stone and sand, it's not a valuable thing!" But it was kept secret by the royal family of the past dynasties as a treasure, fortunately, the first emperor did not like such luxurious things, in addition to the glazed inner factory also opened an outer factory, and it was forbidden to refine and sell it among the people, and one of the virtues and politics was also! ”

Zhou Peng smiled bitterly: "Only Gongzi doesn't take these things in his eyes, and who else doesn't treasure them as a secret to making money?" Whether it is gold ore or iron-making and steel-burning, this glass and what fertilizer I talked about before will not worry about livelihood for generations. ”

Xu Hao said disapprerovingly: "The third generation of the gentleman is beheaded, and he has no identity and ability to guard these will only lead to death, only reading or mastering a craft is the right way." Rather than leaving gold and silver to our children and grandchildren, it is better to leave them the truth of life, in short, the inheritance we leave in the future must also be enjoyed by future generations. ”

Zhou Peng said convincingly: "What the son said is a wise saying, but I have opened my eyes to money, and I have studied for many years in vain. ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "It's all the same, if I were still studying in the Mu family now, I would definitely hide and make money secretly, but now there is no need for that." ”

Zhou Peng said with emotion: "Yes! I think that after I, Zhou Peng, followed my son, I had a thousand taels of silver a year, and I really don't know if it will be a blessing or a curse to leave my children and grandchildren with thousands of family fortunes in the future. ”

Xu Hao pointed to the distance and said: "With an official body is a guarantee, it is time for Mr. to become an official, just start as a county magistrate in Fuping County, and be promoted to the prefect six years later." ”

Zhou Peng suddenly looked surprised, and hurriedly solemnly gave Xu Hao a deep salute, and Xu Hao accepted it calmly.

However, he said that Zhu Di on the front line got up on the fourth watch to prepare to raise the order, and found that none of the Mongolian cavalry who surrendered yesterday were gone, and when he asked the generals of the guard, he found out that he was actually killed by Hu Cai in the middle of the night.

Generations of provincial officials have been officials in the Central Plains. Full of poems and books, he explained: "The last general is worried about descending people and taking advantage of the night to change, so he will punish them." ”

Zhu Di said angrily: "Since he came to surrender, he is attached with his heart, how can he kill everyone?" You are suspicious of his insincerity this time, what about the future? Do you want to kill all those who have come to the king? ”

Despite his anger, Zhu Di did not denounce the loyal Xingji, and after taking him to pay tribute to the dead in front of the whole army, he promoted several brave generals and ordered Zhang Yuzhu to lead the left army of the Chinese army to cross the river with him. The right army led by Chen Heng was the vanguard, and Qiu Fu and Zhu Gaoxu marched the cavalry in the rear.

After dawn, the Yan army all crossed the Baigou River, and the officers and soldiers were waiting for a full meal, and the military flag flew and stretched for dozens of miles.

Because there was no early rush to cross the river, everyone was in good spirits. Zhu Di, who was riding a horse, snorted coldly: "The enemy army is only a few people who are good at fighting, and after defeating Qu Neng, the whole army marches together, but in one fell swoop can defeat this bluffing army, and this king should personally lead people to kill Chen Hui." ”

Commander Fang Kuan immediately said proudly: "Lord Wang, please allow the last general to fight Qu Neng." Dedicate his head. ”

Zhu Di smiled: "Yes." ”

Zhang Yu, who was also guarding King Yan's side, suddenly frowned, and Zhu Neng, who was also frowning, glanced at each other, and shook his head slightly.

Fang Kuan was very warlike, and led a thousand cavalry from his headquarters to charge towards the officers and troops who came out of the formation.

Qu Neng, who was leading the troops on the other side, was holding his breath in his heart. Thinking that the battle of Beiping was defeated because of the suspicion of the commander, and his subordinates were killed and injured for many years, Li Jinglong apologized skillfully and tactfully, and the reward of the official position was considered to calm the anger. Seeing Yan Jun now is like seeing the enemy who killed his father.

Qu Neng was angry that his youngest son died in battle yesterday, and his eldest son, Qu Liangcai, stood tall in the crowd like a chicken, a whole head taller than everyone. Holding a two-person sharp long axe that is said to weigh 100 catties, it is known as the courage of 10,000 people, and it rushed over with a roar of thousands of people.

As soon as the confrontation began, Fang Kuan was knocked off the blade by Qu Liangcai, who was like entering a no-man's land, and his arms were sore, and he screamed and ran away.

Zhu Di's expression remained unchanged, and he said to the generals who were afraid on the left and right: "Victory and defeat are common!" Although the other side has a large number of fierce generals, and our army can recruit and fight well, I don't know how many! This king promises not to be more than noon on the day, and it will be broken by the kings. ”

At that moment, Qiu Fu led 10,000 elite iron cavalry to rush to kill Qu Neng and the officers and troops behind, seeing that the officers and troops on the left and right were unmoved, Zhu Di felt a little surprised, so he personally led 5,000 Mongolian cavalry to force a breakthrough towards the left of the official army, Zhang Yu and Zhu Gaoxu marched together, trying to defeat the frontal officers and troops in one fell swoop.

Suddenly, Li Jinglong commanded 100,000 officers and troops to slowly outflank the rear of the Yan army, Zhu Di roared and issued a military order, ordering the whole army to continue to attack, and he took thousands of people under his command to block 100,000 officers and troops alone.

King Yan, who was proficient in the art of war, made a decisive decision, regardless of his own safety, and used fine cavalry to contain a large number of Li Jinglong's men and horses, so that the generals could charge into battle with all their might, forming a local trend of fighting more and less, which can be called the best and most qualified military commander in the Ming Dynasty after Xu Da Lanyu and other famous generals.

When galloping on horseback, Zhu Di warned his subordinates that there was no need to fight to the death, and that the enemy could be contained, so thousands of cavalry adopted the method of wandering and fighting and retreating, delaying time.

Li Jinglong, who was standing on the arrow tower, couldn't help but sigh: "In broad daylight, it's really a mouse-throwing taboo, how good would it be if it was at night?" ”

There is no need for him to remind him, who of the 100,000 officers and soldiers does not know that they can't hurt the life of King Yan? Whoever loses his hand must be condemned by the imperial court, even if the emperor and the civil and military officials are eager for King Yan to die quickly.

Although thousands of arrows were fired, it was dangerous every time, and only shot and injured Zhu Di's war horse.

Li Jinglong opened his mouth wide in surprise, and secretly said Could it be that Zhu Di is really a true dragon emperor? Won't you kill him? At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that if he really killed King Yan, he would have to walk around without eating.

Zhu Di didn't care about those, he changed three war horses in a row, and bent his bow and shot arrows at the officials and soldiers from afar, which also lost his strength. The three pairs of sixty arrows were all shot and no one was gone, and he drew his sword to slash the officers and soldiers who rushed up.

Seeing that he was about to be surrounded, the tired Zhu Di struggled to kill the soldiers in front of him, and shouted: "Sons, follow me." ”

Syllable! The blade of the sword slashed into two pieces on the shield, and Zhu Di quickly pulled out another sword and swung it vigorously in the surroundings.

Xu Zhong, the general behind him, had two fingers chopped off, only the flesh and skin were connected to the palm, he gritted his teeth and dragged it down and threw it on the ground, wrapped in a battle flag and continued to fight.

Commanding Chen Heng was hit by an arrow in the back, bleeding blood to block the officers and soldiers who caught up, Chen Hui stared at the tall back of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and stabbed a general to death with one shot.

Zhu Di, who retreated while fighting, finally killed the Baigou River, turned over and dismounted and formed a circle formation with his subordinates to meet the enemy, and saw that the officers and soldiers seemed to be endless, and some people around him screamed and were killed from time to time.

Zhu Di gasped and said, "Hurry up and cross the river." ”

Chen Hui, who was riding on a horse, sneered when he saw this: "If you want to go, there is no way!" Zhu Di, you don't have to be caught yet! (To be continued......)