Wang Chengfu followed the messenger guard up the mountain, feeling uneasy.

There is an irrepressible expectation, and hesitation and trepidation because he can't see through the development of the situation, but he is relieved to think that he is just an exile who is destined for eternity—for him, there is nothing to gain or lose.

Letting go of the apprehension in his heart, Wang Chengfu walked on the stone steps under the shade of the trees, and had the leisure to take a closer look at the situation up and down Zilang Mountain.

Although Chongzhou New Town was built at the northeast foot of Zilang Mountain, Wang Cheng obeyed the Dongya Mountaineering, walked halfway up the mountain and looked back, and then took a panoramic view of the Chongzhou New Town that had just risen out of the wall foundation, and thousands of recruits were busy on the construction site, and there was a new avenue extending out at the north gate of the new city, which was connected with the original Chongzhou official road.

Wang Chengfu knew about the construction of Chongzhou when he was in Jiangmen, and there was nothing surprising when he saw the scene under the mountain, but the new city was slightly smaller than he imagined.

In the land of Jianghuai, in addition to Jiangning, Weiyang, Suyu and other three or five male cities, due to the disaster of Huainan few soldiers and bandits, all the prefectures and counties are unwilling to waste too much manpower and material resources on the construction of the city, so that the cities of Jianghuai and Jiangnan Zhufu counties are both short and small, and in disrepair for many years, which is not in line with the wealth of Zhufu County, which is also a reason why Chongzhou gave Donghai Kou an easy break in early April.

The surrounding city is only more than 3,000 steps, since it is not prominent in the county city of Jianghuai Zhufu, Wang Chengfu is a little puzzled: Lin Jian intends to take Chongzhou as the foundation and manage his forces, and has the opportunity to build a new Chongzhou city, why not build Chongzhou City into a high city and deep pool, impregnable?

Wang Chengfu had doubts in his heart, but he didn't stop walking, and then went up the mountain. The mountain road turns, there is no dense forest to cover the view, Wang Chengfu saw that this is a steep place to climb the mountain from the east foothills, there was a stone archway originally built, today the stone archway is embedded in a brick wall, only four or five arms long mountain gate is left in the middle, and the brick wall is connected with the cliffs on both sides.

There are battlements on the wall, there are guards on duty, Wang Chengfu passes through the door, and there are barracks on both sides of the mountain gate. Wang Chengfu went up the mountain again, stood on a cliff and looked back, this clearly saw the terrain around the mountain gate, this mountain gate is actually a pass from the east foot of the mountain, the wall is thick and steep, and the mountain is integrated, it is actually a small fortress built in the middle of the mountainside, thirty or fifty elite garrisons, it can restrict the enemy from climbing the mountain from the east side.

The cliff where Wang Chengfu stands is located on the southeast corner of Zilang Mountain, and you can not only see the new city that has only been built in the distance, but also the South Cliff Wharf and the Dongya and the military cottage on the other side.

The south side of Zilang Mountain and the west side of the river, the terrain is the most dangerous, from the South Cliff Wharf to the East Ya, there was originally only a narrow and unbearable path to communicate, at this time there are more than 100 people are digging and widening this narrow road under the mountain, the narrow road on the south half has been widened, Wang Chengfu stands on the mountain cliff, compared with the old and new mountain road, the new road should be widened more than two or three times.

From the South Cliff Wharf to the mountain gate fortress just passed, there is also a mountain road being excavated, different from the ordinary stone steps mountain road, this mountain road is a ramp built around the mountain, the ramp is quite wide, can accommodate two horses to gallop together.

If it is only for the convenience of pedestrians to climb the mountain from the south cliff, it is too extravagant to build this mountain road. Besides, when Wang Chengfu landed at the South Cliff Wharf, he saw that there was a steep stone staircase leading to the mountain on the South Cliff.

If the Dongya and the South Cliff Wharf are regarded as small fortresses, and the Shanmen Fortress just passed through is a horn of each other, the troops in the three key villages can quickly rush to each other's aid through the ramp - in addition to these arrangements, there are some gentle and easy places on the southeast slope of Zilang Mountain, then organize manpower to shovel away the floating soil, lay bricks to surround it, and artificially form a steep cliff - look at the layout up and down the southeast slope, it is vaguely a tight defense system, but many places have not yet been built, and have not yet shown a complete appearance.

Thinking through this link, Wang Chengfu was quite excited in his heart, even if he couldn't see the defensive layout of other places in Zilang Mountain at this time, he could also guess that Lin Jian had the intention of building a fortress and a city according to the mountain, and in fact, he wanted to build a magnificent Zilang Mountain City that was easy to defend and difficult to attack outside Chongzhou New City, and then formed a complete defense system with Chongzhou New Town.

Chongzhou New City and Zilangshan City were built, only four or five hundred steps apart, each other is horns, Jiangdong Left Army is stationed in the meantime, the enemy is quite ten times as many, no matter how sharp the fangs are, in the face of such a defense system, I am afraid it is also difficult to swallow, right?

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Wang Chengfu stood on the cliff and looked at the layout of the southeast foot of Zilang Mountain, while Lin Jian and Cao Ziang stood on the top of the cliff to watch him.

"With the spur of eternal sin, it can be said that the officials of the Hecheng Division are moved, and he is allowed to secretly allow the displaced households to privately cultivate grain fields in Jiangmen for profit, and he does run Jiangmen well; He is also good at disguise, the boat passes through the mouth of the river, and he can't see the reality of Jiangmen rashly, he is really a capable person," Cao Ziang said with a smile, "Seeing him stop at the cliff to watch, he seems to have an understanding of the layout of Zilang Mountain City-if this person can be used, it can be of great use." ”

The Hecheng Division has no connection with the prefecture and county, and it is a family of its own, and it has long seen the abnormality of the east gate here, but it can't find the person who is secretly in charge. met Song Bo by chance in Jiangmen, and also saw Wang Chengfu's abnormality, so Lin Jian instructed the sentinels of the Jiangdong Left Army to find out Wang Chengfu's roots as soon as possible.

Wang Chengfu was sentenced to be assassinated with Yongchong for the crime of adultery/adultery, but when Cao Yiqu, the head of the Cao family of the wealthy clan in Western Qin, was a staff member, he had an affair with Cao Yiqu's daughter.

Wang Chengfu originally had a wife and a pair of children, but he may not have the illusion of a talented and beautiful woman in his heart. Although the Cao family is a family of military generals, they have more vanity that pays attention to family style. The ugliness is hard to hide, even if the Cao family is a concubine, there is no reason to be a concubine for a poor talent. After the incident, the Cao family was furious, and Wang Chengfu was arrested and sent to the official to be sentenced to adultery/adultery, and the daughter of Cao Yiqu, who fell in love with Wang Chengfu, was also hastily married to Xu Chengfu.

Guyuan Cao's family is the head of Western Qin County, Jingbei Marquis Su Hu was forced to move to Jiangning because of the clansmen offended the Cao family in his early years, that is, when Su Hu was in a high position, he still did not mention the hatred of the year. One said that the Marquis of Jingbei treated people kindly, and the other said that the Cao family was powerful, and no matter how sharp Su Hu was, he couldn't hurt the Cao family - today's Cao family is even more powerful.

Cao's father and son successively served as the general envoy of Guyuan and the northwest, and the generals of the three sides all went out of Caomen.

If the Great Yue Dynasty still has a warlord power comparable to the luxury family, it is the Cao family of Guyuan in Western Qin. Due to the clan case, the luxury family was forced to contact the other seven surnames in Eastern Fujian to raise a counter-flag, and there was chaos for ten years. At that time, even the imperial court was suspicious and wary of the Cao family, but under the situation, it had to double down on the Cao family.

Cao Hongfan, the head of the Cao family, the former Guyuan General Envoy and the Governor of Guyuan Towns, took advantage of the great turmoil in Eastern Fujian and the frequent incidents in the northeast, and recommended his son Cao Yiqu to replace him as the Guyuan General Envoy on the grounds of critical illness, and the imperial court was forced to accept it.

Cao Hongfan was "critically ill" for five years, and he didn't really die of illness until the first year of Delong.

At this time, Cao Yiqu had established prestige in the Guyuan army, and the Cao family also completely controlled the Guyuan border provinces, colluded with the foreign tribes in the northwest, and the power was intertwined, and the imperial court no longer had the ability to cut its power, so it had to admit this fait accompli, and even posthumously crowned Cao Hongfan, who died of illness, as the king of Guyuan County, in order to calm his heart.

Cao Hongfan, the head of the Cao family, became the first feudal official with a different surname in addition to the founding generals of the Dayue Dynasty for more than 200 years.

In such a situation, Wang Chengfu, who seduced Cao Yiqu's concubine and gave birth to a daughter and caused the Cao family to become a laughing stock, was able to save his life in addition to being quite lucky, but also because he was talented as a young man, and some people pitied his talent and helped intercede.

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Wang Chengfu climbed the mountain, and Lin Jian and Cao Ziang had already returned to the front hall and waited for him to come.

Wang Chengfu saw Lin Lian sitting in front of the desk looking through the official letter, and a middle-aged general in military uniform sat next to him, and said to Lin Lian: "The criminal Wang Chengfu visited the adult, I don't know what instructions the adults are calling?" ”

"Song Bo's identity, you also know it, do you know why I allowed Song Bo to look at the reality of the Jiangdong Left Army closely?" Lin Jian looked up at Wang Chengfu, Wang Chengfu was not very old, he was not yet in the age of establishment, but he had been exiled for eight years, he had suffered a lot, his temples were slightly frosty white, his face was dark and thin, and he was wrinkled, and he looked the same age as Cao Ziang.

Wang Chengfu didn't think about it, and said directly: "My lord saw through the Song family's intention to protect his life, so he showed his military appearance and shocked his heart......"

Lin Jian put down the official letter in his hand, and did not say anything to Wang Chengfu's answer, and said directly: "I led the Jiangdong Left Army to garrison Chongzhou, in order to resist the sea frontier, and also to rebuild the prison city and Chongcheng. ”

"Uniforms are to treat the sinful body, and I don't dare to hope to soar, I only hope that I can wash away the crime and return to my homeland before I die." Wang Chengfu said.

Lin Jian said: "I went to sea this time, and I didn't get much, but thirty or fifty heads, it is easy for you to change a free body...... However, the Cao family is in Guyuan, and it is difficult for you to return to your homeland. If you are willing to take Chongzhou as your homeland, I can arrange for your family to be brought to Chongzhou. ”

"Chengfu thanks, Chengfu is willing to take Chongzhou as his homeland, but he is worried that his family has experienced chaos, and he has not communicated for several years, and he doesn't know if they are still living in his homeland......" Although Wang Chengfu is a guilty body, he has always treated each other politely in front of Lin Bin, and he has been a little arrogant, and he bowed to the ground at this time, expressing his sincerity.

"Do your best to ensure the destiny of heaven," Lin Jian said, "There are sentinels in the army who will go to the northwest to watch the wind, and I want them to find the Wang family as their top priority, as long as they can find it, it is convenient to take it out." Although it has been seven or eight years since the incident, the Cao family may not still remember you, act cautiously, before your family takes over, I will not use military merits to clear your guilt for the time being, but you don't have to worry about anything, the Cao family is powerful, and your hand can't reach Chongzhou - looking at your many initiatives in Jiangmen, knowing that you are diligent in political affairs, I want to check the public land and official land on both sides of the Salt River, and I want to organize people to dredge and widen the Salt River, so as to revitalize water conservancy and river affairs, and eliminate the problem of waterlogging on both banks. Although many of these things are carried out in the name of the county household house and workshop, it is difficult to carry out without the presiding officer of this side. These many things are tedious and complicated, and there is a shortage of manpower, are you willing to help with this? ”

"Uniforms, everything is at the behest of adults." Wang Chengfu said.

"That's it," Lin Jian turned to Cao Ziang and said, "If someone goes to Jiuhua Temple, take Wang Chengfu to meet with Li Shuyi and see if there is anything he can arrange for him to do." ”

"I'm going to Jiuhua tomorrow, I'll take him there." Cao Ziang said.

"That'll do fine." Lin Jian nodded and said.

Lin Tie built a prison city at the east gate, and intended to use the exiled prisoners to gradually reclaim the grassland wasteland along the river, Wang Chengfu was familiar with the situation in the Hecheng grassland and the Jiangmen area, and he was capable, so it was appropriate to use him to do whatever he wanted - but Lin Tie still decided to let Wang Cheng obey and participate in the investigation of the public land, and he had to observe for a period of time before deciding whether he could use him alone at the key point.