Three thousand miles in exile

Wuyuan County, Tian Cang Village.

In the study room, both Liu Xueyuan and Song Yi were so shocked that they could not speak for a long time after reading the account books, and at the same time they were also very scared. If such a huge treasure mountain fell into the hands of Zhou Chan alone, Liu Zhan would still be alive.

"You two handled it properly." Liu Xueyuan murmured before he fully recovered.

Song Yijun said: "If you want to earn some power in Beijiang, Beijiang cannot be the only one family. The Zhou family's power is already at the height of the sky, and Beijiang must not be surnamed Zhou, otherwise..."

Liu Zhan has no taboos. "If Beijiang's surname is Zhou, we can only rebel against Yan if we want to continue to develop."

How can Zhou Chan allow Liu Zhan, an outsider who knows the core secret, to exist after mastering the northern border.

Without Liu Zhan, Yunzhong Academy would have no barriers, and all will be prosperous and all will be damaged. Only in the muddy waters of the northern Xinjiang forces like now, they have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

"You child!" Liu Xueyuan stared angrily at Liu Zhan's open mouth.

Song Fenglin smiled and quietly made tea aside.

Liu Zhan cleverly changed the subject. "Father, have you and Uncle Song chosen someone to be the magistrate of Shanyin County?"

Liu Xueyuan said: "Your second grandfather wrote in a letter after the spring and said that he would send someone over. Calculate the date and you should be able to go to Cenzhou in June and July. During this period of time, Shanyin County is short of you. Uncle Song means to let Shusheng first. Concurrently, it’s hard work for him to run at both ends.”

Song Yijun said: "Wuyuan County doesn't have any important affairs, just let Qingshan take care of the miscellaneous affairs, and take this opportunity to train Shusheng by the way."

Liu Zhan nodded. "Okay, that's how it's arranged."

Now the six counties of Cenzhou have completely controlled the five counties, and Shanyang County is a relative of the Yan family. Liu Zhan doesn't want to tear himself apart so quickly, so the county magistrate of Shanyang County will not move for the time being.

After having lunch at home that day, the two went down the mountain again.

The silver has been secretly transported back to Wuyuan County and is kept in the county barracks office. This batch of silver has to be re-refined as soon as possible and then deposited in batches in the bank. Such a large amount of silver is not safe in the hands.

In this way, the silver refining workshop will also need to be built, and Liu Zhan can't wait to make new weapons and equipment after getting such a large sum of money.

The blacksmith workshop and armory workshop have to be added, and where to build them has to be considered in the long run. These are not things that can be settled in a day and a half.

Liu Zhan asked Cao Zhuang to lead his soldiers back to Cenzhou, and he would stay in Wuyuan County for a while.

At night, there is a lamp in the room like a bean.

The bedding on the kang was messy, and the bronze-colored broad shoulders supported the porcelain-like body in his arms as he climbed to bliss again and again.

"Is it enough? Huh?" Liu Zhan hugged the person in his arms and kissed his sweaty forehead.

Song Fenglin was too tired to speak.

"It's not enough to tell my husband, my husband can come again ten times." Liu Zhan bit Song Fenglin's round earball.

"...shut up." Song Fenglin leaned on Liu Zhan's shoulder and panted lightly. At this moment, Song Fenglin was so tired that he could barely raise his hand.

"Do you know?" Liu Zhan hugged the person in his arms tightly. "I know a little about facial expressions."

"..."

"You have the best ears. The pair of ears mentioned in the photo book Chaozhu Wangfu Yizi..." Before Liu Zhan finished speaking, he was kicked on his stomach.

"Hiss—" Liu Zhan's eyes widened. "It's over, what should I do if I don't hold it!"

Song Fenglin angrily pinched the itchy flesh on his waist.

Liu Zhan laughed out loud. "In my previous life, I served as a security guard for others after I was a soldier. I saw various bosses every day, and I would watch as many as I saw."

Liu Zhan propped up his head while playing with Song Fenglin's ear beads and said reminiscently. "After the boss I was with fell, I led my brothers to do it alone, and mortgaged the house to the bank for a loan of 100 million."

Thinking of what happened in his previous life, Liu Zhan didn't feel much turmoil in his heart. "I hate being restrained the most. After I got the first money, I switched to real estate."

Occasionally Liu Zhan would talk about his previous life when the two of them were alone, and Song Fenglin would take it as an amusing story after hearing too much.

At this moment, he could feel the smell coming from listening to it, and asked in a hoarse voice. "What do you think?"

"Shiqing knows me!" Liu Zhan smacked Song Fenglin's face fiercely.

"..." Song Fenglin was too tired to hide.

"Didn't we get a lot of money?" Liu Zhan said, propping his head up with one hand, looking at Song Fenglin whose face was still flushed. "I want to open a secret base deep in the woods."

Song Fenglin froze for a moment. "What is the secret base?"

Liu Zhan put it another way. "I want to set up a fortress that outsiders cannot enter, move several secret workshops there, and store troops, food, grass and supplies as our rear."

Song Fenglin was drowsy at first, but now he was all awake.

"It's not safe enough in Wuyuan County, and Tongtianguan is too small. Let's go deep into the forest to find a place suitable for building a base. Qiyun Mountain is so big, and there are countless mountains to the north."

"Why do you have this idea all of a sudden?" Song Fenglin felt that it wasn't just a whim.

Liu Zhan was still pinching his ear beads, Song Fenglin turned his face away, and Liu Zhan stroked his hair scattered on the pillow to play with.

"There is still a battle between Beijiang and Yan. No, as long as Beijiang cannot stand, Yan will continue to invade. If I am not here, you can bring people into the base to isolate yourself from the world, so that you can be safe."

Song Fenglin instantly understood what Liu Zhan meant by "absence".

"What nonsense!" Song Fenglin didn't know why he was in a hurry.

Liu Zhan just smiled, lowered his head and kissed him until he was suffocated before letting go. "In two days, you will go into the mountains with me?"

"Don't go."

"Duplicity." Liu Zhan laughed and turned over and pressed the man under him.

Another sleepless night.

In the afternoon of this day, Liu Zhan took Song Fenglin into the mountains to find a suitable place to build a base. Liu Zhan wanted to do a big job, and important workshops such as the Arsenal could not be built near the village.

Cao Ming led the soldiers to open the way ahead, and the team of more than a dozen people stopped and stopped along the way.

Song Fenglin looked at the map drawn in his hand. "This area should be the Wild Pine Ridge recorded in the regional annals. According to the old man in the village, there is a valley in it."

There are many uninhabited areas on Qiyun Mountain. Among them, Ye Songling is located on the boundary of Wuyuan County. From Tongtian Pass, you can also overlook this piece of mountains and dense forests. Liu Zhan plans to build a military base here.

"Go further." Liu Zhan led the horse and signaled Song Fenglin to get on the horse.

The mountains in Wuyuan County are very rugged. Under the dense forest are sudden rocks, and the feet are deep and shallow. If you are not careful, you will stumble.

Cao Ming led the soldiers to explore the road while using stones to make the way out. He said that the road was actually just a temporary stepping step to barely pass. Because the mountain road was difficult, Liu Zhan led Song Fenglin's horse all the way and rarely let him dismount.

Song Fenglin frowned looking at the bad road ahead. "If it is determined to build a base here and build roads, it is also a difficult problem."

Liu Zhan is optimistic. "There are always more solutions than difficulties."

"If a base can be built in the depths of Ye Songling, it will be a natural fortress that can echo Tongtianguan. If you go west, you can go to Cenzhou, and if you go north, you can go to Yandi. There are six county towns as defense lines, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack."

This is Liu Zhan's ideal rear area, and it is also the greatest guarantee for his future games in northern Xinjiang.

In the evening, the group finally entered the hinterland of Wild Pine Ridge. After climbing over a mountain, they found a basin surrounded by mountains.

Liu Zhan's excitement was beyond words. "Fenglin, look, such a big valley is enough for tens of thousands of people to live in!"

Not only can barracks and armory workshops be built here, but also village farmland can be accommodated, and a fortress can also be built.

Song Fenglin's beautiful red phoenix eyes were also shining brightly. "It is indeed a rare treasure."

"It's going to be dark soon, let's go down and have a look tomorrow." Liu Zhan turned his head and told Cao Ming to arrange camping.

The soldiers quickly cleared an open space to set up a bonfire, and Cao Ming personally took a few people to hunt wild game.

Liu Zhan took off the package tied to the horse's back, spread out the blanket on the ground for Song Fenglin to sit down, and took a cloak for him to put on.

"It's cold at night, don't catch a cold." Liu Zhan sat down beside Song Fenglin.

The woods quickly darkened, and the bonfire was burning brightly.

"Boss, look at our harvest, haha!" Cao Ming laughed from a distance. "There are few people here, and the stupid chickens and rabbits are sure to catch one."

The hunting team brought back three hares, six pheasants and a half-sized wild boar cub. They all brought enough dry food when they went into the mountain this time. They didn’t expect the wild animals here to be so easy to hunt. Nobody needs to chew dry food tonight. up.

The prey is directly peeled to remove the internal organs, wash the blood with clean water, and then use a branch fork to open the shelf and roast it on the campfire. After roasting until half-cooked, sprinkle coarse salt and roast it until it has a burnt aroma.

"I brought some wine here, let's share it to warm our stomachs." Liu Zhan threw the water bag full of wine to Cao Ming.

Although it was already May, the temperature on the mountain dropped sharply at night, and everyone in the team traveled lightly. Only Liu Zhan felt sorry for his wife and brought a blanket and cloak for Song Fenglin.

"Here you are." Next to Song Fenglin, Liu Zhan untied a small gourd from his belt mysteriously. The small gourd was only slapped and carved with blessings, fortune, longevity and painted, which was very delicate.

Song Fenglin took it and played with it a few times, and when he opened the stopper, the wine smelled like a good Nurhong.

"Where did you buy it?"

"I asked Liu Cheng to bring it back from the south, but I forgot to give it to you when I was busy."

Song Fenglin took a sip of his drink, and his originally cold body soon felt warm.

Liu Zhan smiled and tore off a chicken leg and handed it to him. "Come on, have some meat."

"Boss, this wild boar is ready to be roasted. I'll cut some for you and Mr. Song." Cao Ming cut off the fattest pork ribs and wrapped them in big leaves and sent them to them.

"You're on the right track." Liu Zhan immediately tore off a piece and put it in his mouth, it was really tender.

Cao Ming smiled and retreated so as not to disturb the two of them.

The team continued to set off early in the morning the next day. When the group went down to the basin, they could clearly feel that the temperature was a little warmer than that on the mountain.

Cao Ming kept saying in a loud voice, "Boss, this is really a good place. May here is as warm as June and July on the mountain. The rice harvest is sure to be good."

Liu Zhan looked around and felt more and more satisfied. "Fenglin, can you draw the terrain here?"

On weekdays, Liu Zhan would never let Song Fenglin accompany him on hard tasks like climbing mountains and wading through rivers.

This time, Song Fenglin was specially brought along for the purpose of developing the base in the mountains. Firstly, he was required to help with the details, and secondly, he needed to draw a blueprint.

Song Fenglin nodded. "Wait for me to go around and draw a sketch first, and then go back and revise it carefully."

Liu Zhan always led the horse for him personally, and a group of people walked all over the basin. There are several hills around the basin, where there are water sources, where there are streams, and the general directions are all written down one by one.

Still spending the night in the mountains that night, after dinner, Song Fenglin and Liu Zhan discussed the blueprint they envisioned.

"In the early stage, there is no need to open many roads. You only need to open a road from west to east to the outside of Yesongling. There is a road called plank road in the ancient Bashu area. It is built with wood and embedded in the rock. It looks like a bridge but not a bridge."

Song Fenglin drew circles on the ground with branches.

"When I entered the mountain, the ground was rough all the way. If I dig the mountain to open the road, it may not be possible to complete it in three to five years. The plank road is not the case. I guess it will be opened in half a year. I have seen the structure and pattern of the plank road in the book, but I have not seen it. If you want to see the real thing, you need to discuss it with the craftsman.”

Liu Zhan listened intently to Song Fenglin's ideas. As a modern person, he should be more knowledgeable than the ancients, but he couldn't think of a more convenient way like the plank road, but Song Fenglin proposed it on his own initiative.

"I'll just listen to you." Liu Zhan did everything he could.

The plank road built in Ye Songling is not as dangerous as the Bashu plank road. The Bashu plank road is volleying above the cliffs at every turn.

The Wild Pine Ridge plank road is just standing on the rock to save the pain of digging the mountain and flat road, so that the road into the mountain can be opened very quickly.

Song Fenglin said again: "If you want to build this basin into a fortress, it will not happen overnight. I understand what you imagined in your mind. It will take three years at the earliest to achieve that level."

"There is also the relocation of the people. These people can only be relatives of the children of the army, and cannot absorb outsiders. The specific rules need to be discussed."

Liu Zhan listened very carefully. The armory is the most important thing, and it needs to be built quickly.

The construction of plank roads can be carried out simultaneously with the construction workshop, and can be used synchronously for up to half a year.

For the matter of refining silver, he can first find a temporary place outside the forest, and then dismantle it without delay.

The two agreed on a general charter, and Liu Zhan decided to hand over this matter to Li Xiaolian. First, Li Xiaolian was more careful in his work, and second, Li Xiaolian was also from Liu's family, so he trusted him more.

Two days later, the group returned to Wuyuan County. Liu Zhan immediately summoned the craftsmen and carpenters under his command to discuss with them, and then brought Li Xiaolian to the Wild Pine Ridge again.

Half a month later, the land reclamation of Wild Pine Ridge officially started.

The time soon came to the beginning of June, Liu Zhan wanted to take Song Fenglin back to Cenzhou, but Jinyang came the day before departure.

"Yan's army is gathering outside the Yangguan Pass, and the General's order will be delivered, and Zhonglang will immediately lead his troops back to the army!"

Although Liu Zhan is also Cenzhou Lieutenant, he is a general of Zhonglang in the army. He did not expect this day to come so fast, and Liu Zhan dared not neglect to take orders immediately.

The sudden change of the Yan people completely disrupted Liu Zhan's plan. He must take Cao Zhuang with him if he wants to go on an expedition, so Li Xiaolian can only take care of the Cenzhou barracks, and Ye Songling needs a person in charge of land reclamation.

"I'll stay and take charge of land reclamation," Song Fenglin said proactively.

Liu Zhan is in a very bad mood, he knows better than anyone how hard it is to open up wasteland.

Although there are people doing the rough work nowadays, but after all, he still has to eat, sleep in the open and climb mountains and wading. How could he let Song Fenglin go through such hardships.

Seeing that Liu Zhan's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, Song Fenglin said softly: "With Cao Ming's help, I don't need to live in the mountains every day, and I won't suffer. Besides, I am also a man. These hardships are nothing."

"But these things shouldn't be done by you." In Liu Zhan's mind, how could someone like Song Fenglin, who is like the moon and the breeze, go to open up wasteland!

Liu Zhan was angry in his heart. How could he teach Liu Zhan not to be angry because he was too late to hurt the person who ended up doing all the hard work on him.

Song Fenglin laughed softly, the melodious laughter was like the spring breeze blowing on the face, and Danfeng's eyes were full of warmth.

"It doesn't matter if I'm tired, your safe return is more important than anything else"

Liu Zhan was stunned.

Song Fenglin looked at him with a smile, and most of the anger in Liu Zhan's heart went away immediately.

Living in troubled times, the two of them are destined not to be like lovers in the later generations. Compared with his previous life where he spent a lot of money for those insignificant people, Liu Zhan feels that he owes Song Fenglin too much.

"Be sure to return safely." The words were still in his ears, and Liu Zhan took a step ahead with a team of 1000 people on the way back to Jinyang.

He was still full of the person who stood under the city gate to send him off, and Song Fenglin had become the person he cared about the most.

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