The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 405

(Egg at the end of the chapter, the floor plan of Tianma Castle!)
On May [-], the sun rose high.

Zhao Yanxun came to Tianma Castle, where a large number of troops have already been stationed.

Excluding the troops responsible for food escort and various logistical tasks, the number of troops that can be directly used for combat has reached [-].

When these two thousand soldiers moved from various places to Tianma Castle, they also cleaned up the zombies they encountered along the way, further reducing the density of zombies in Yuanyang Mansion.

With the soldiers stationed, it is definitely unrealistic to put all of them in Tianma Castle, so Zhao Yanxun divided the army into three groups and placed them in three directions north of Tianma Castle.

And Tianma Fort, as a transfer station for a large amount of food and grass, all the military food is stored here and supplied to the front line here.

The three armies were led by Fang Sheng, Wang Cheng, the two thousand households, and Gao Zhengan, the deputy commander of the thousand households.

Among their three routes, Fang Sheng's troops, the most advanced one, are only twenty miles away from Tianma Castle.

At this moment, accompanied by Qin Hao and officials from the warehouse management office, Zhao Yanxun walked into the gate of Tianma Castle.

In the rear, there were more than a hundred guards brought by Chen Yuhe. They did not follow into the castle because Zhao Yanxun would go to the front line later.

Besides, in the fort, after several months of reconstruction, the ruins of Tianma Fort have been completely cleared, and the internal situation has taken on a new look.

Seeing Zhao Yanxun come in, the soldiers guarding inside paid homage loudly: "See you, my lord!"

"Get up!"

After the soldiers got up, they all looked at Zhao Yanxun with reverence, and the enthusiasm in their eyes could not be restrained.

Standing at the south gate of Tianmabao and looking north, you can see two rows of houses.

The building of the house looks rough, and the building materials are logs with a diameter of more than ten centimeters, which are built through a simple mortise and tenon structure.

As for these houses, piles were laid underneath, and they were raised by about one meter, obviously to prevent moisture.

There is no doubt that the six big houses in front are the rebuilt grain depots.

Stepping forward, Zhao Yanxun came to a grain depot, and there were four soldiers holding hands up and down the steps.

"See Your Majesty!"

After waving his hands to signal the four to get up, Zhao Yanxun said calmly, "Open the door!"

The door opened naturally, and Zhao Yanxun stepped up the steps and saw clearly what was going on inside.

Inside the grain depot, there are all grains in sacks, and the bags are stacked extremely neatly.

It is more convenient to allocate grain in sacks, and the sacks can also be reused.

Zhao Yanxun entered the grain depot, and Qin Hao and officials from the depot management office also followed.

"Does the daily entry and exit of food have detailed records?"

Standing behind Zhao Yanxun, Zhang Yang replied cautiously: "Reporting to Your Highness, everything has been recorded in detail, and the situation is summarized every night!"

Half a month ago, Zhang Yang was a small official in a warehouse in Yuanyang.

After the completion of the Tianmabao Grain Depot, the Depot Management Office faced its subordinate officials, Jianba Warehouse Ambassador, and there were dozens of self-recommended applicants.

The reason why Zhang Yang can stand out is that apart from his own ability, his boss Chen Hanzhi also helped a lot.

The Chen family is the face of the old dignitaries in Yuanyang, so their words naturally have some weight, so it's not a problem to push them around.

Walking up to the grain, Zhao Yanxun patted it twice, and then said: "The treasury office and the bookkeeping office, these two yamen are in charge of money and grain, you must be careful in doing things, don't hurt yourself!"

"Your Highness' teachings, I should engrave them in my heart!" Zhang Yang replied with his waist hooked.

Of course he had to keep it in mind, if anything happened, it might cost his life.

Continuing to check, Zhao Yanxun discovered that the seemingly simple grain depot also had hidden secrets inside.

For example, the inside has been set on fire, and the outside looks like a wooden wall, but the inside is all covered with mud, forming four mud walls.

"Is there mud on the top?" Zhao Yanxun asked.

Qin Hao quickly replied: "Go back to the lord, the roof has been waterproofed twice, with soil in between!"

Nodded, this design is really good.

"How did you arrange the guards of the grain depot?" Zhao Yanxun continued to ask.

"Reporting to the lord, each grain depot has a special person on guard, who stays around day and night..."

"Except for the soldiers guarding the grain depot full-time, no one is allowed to come within three feet of the grain depot!"

"On weekdays, food comes in and out, and full-time soldiers are also responsible for carrying it..."

Qin Hao talked eloquently, from garrison to arson, to the combat readiness in Tianma Castle, he took this opportunity to speak out all at once.

After listening, Zhao Yanxun nodded and said: "This arrangement is extremely appropriate, so this king can rest assured!"

Turning around in the grain depot, Zhao Yanxun pointed to the townhouses against the wall in the distance, and asked, "Is that a military camp?"

"My lord Mingjian, it's the barracks, I live next to the wall, and I can return to the battle position faster if I have something to do!"

Then Zhao Yanxun went on to visit. Tianma Fort has been rebuilt, and there are indeed many bright spots.

But at this moment, a pegasus came to the gate of the fort, and was stopped by the little flag officer guarding the gate.

"I am the messenger of Jingdong County, and I have an urgent delivery to deliver to the prince!"

After checking the waist badge, the small banner officer on duty took the bamboo tube containing the letter and rushed into the fort.

At this time, Zhao Yanxun had already walked around Tianma Castle, which happened to be not far from the south gate.

Stepping forward quickly, at a distance of two zhang from Zhao Yanxun, the little flag officer with the letter in his hand knelt on the ground, holding up the bamboo tube with both hands and said: "I report to the lord, the urgent delivery from Jingdong!"

An urgent delivery from Jingdong?Now there is a plague in Jingdong, and the news inside must be related to the epidemic.

At this time, Qin Hao had already stepped forward, took the letter from his subordinates, and carefully handed it to Zhao Yanxun.

Opening the bamboo tube and pulling out the letter from it, Zhao Yanxun threw the bamboo tube away to check.

This letter was written by Wang Hexian himself, and it described the cause of the epidemic in detail.

Zhao Yanxun never thought that this epidemic was caused by humans.

Before the war started, Zhu Jinzhang taught him a lesson and caused him some losses.

Zhu Jinzhang, oh Zhu Jinzhang, you really are here, you can come up with such vicious methods... Zhao Yanxun cursed inwardly.

I shot him an arrow, and he "poisoned" in turn, which can be regarded as reciprocity.

"Where is the pen and paper?"

"I'm going to get it now!" Zhang Yang replied quickly.

Zhao Yanxun said directly: "Take me there!"

So Zhang Yang did as he said, and brought Zhao Yanxun all the way to a small room, which can be understood as Zhang Yang's office.

Taking a pen and paper, Zhao Yanxun wrote on it, and it was indeed written for the Chief History Department and the Privy Council.

The content is very simple, it is to strictly prevent the spies in the north from doing sabotage from all aspects, which emphasizes food security and water source security, and emphasizes that all regions must implement the curfew and separation system.

After the letter was written, Zhao Yanxun packaged the letter together with Jingdong's urgent mail, and ordered someone to send it directly to Yuanyang.

Next, Zhao Yanxun received Jingdong's messenger and asked him to convey his instructions to Jingdong.

On the one hand, we must try our best to cure the sick people, and on the other hand, we must carefully torture the captured spies and try our best to get them to confess their accomplices.

(End of this chapter)