Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Now Xiao Zirong really wanted to shake Xiao Xuexing and ask him what is so good about Nanyanzhou?Why don't you want to leave after you're here?

Of course, it's useless to ask, and he can't change it.

Mao Maotou Mountain...Xiao Zirong bit his lower lip and said, "We have to inform Yuan Jia to change places to trade."

Although Maomaotou Mountain is not small, there are many people under Xiao Xuexing. He must have wanted to control the surrounding area in the past. After all, Xiao Zirong went there every time he made his subordinates humiliate. The route of the canal is more suitable. what.

He turned to look at Bai Yan and asked, "Is there any other way to contact Yuan Jia?"

Bai Yan said: "I'll write him a letter and send someone to deliver it."

Xiao Zirong sighed: "Hey, business is not easy these days."

Fortunately, they decided to trade once a quarter, which would be even more troublesome if they traded once a month.

But... why didn't Xiao Xue act go back?Is this going to be Zhengdan?

If the majestic regent does not return to Jiankang during the Zhengdan season, isn't he afraid that someone will seize power?

In Xiao Zirong's thinking, the current Xiao Xuan and Xiao Xuexing should be in a state of fighting for power.

After all, how many emperors can tolerate their subordinates having a regent?And it was not easy for Xiao Xuexing to be able to secure the wrist of the regent.

While wondering, he looked at the plan he had written before.

The development of a city is a long-term process. He has too many things to do at the beginning, and he has the unique impatience of a young man, wishing to get everything done overnight, but in reality nothing can be done overnight.

Xiao Zirong learned to be smart after being educated in reality a few times, and started to write proposals, one by one, and when a project was started and manpower was free, he would ask people to do other small things, so that he could The most reasonable use of time.

It was also thanks to the fact that the little ladies who followed him were especially able to endure hardships and stand hard work, and the little ladies he bought later were not bad, making Xiao Zirong look more capable than men.

It's a pity that in order not to be discovered, Xiao Zirong didn't dare to buy people anymore. According to him, those little ladies may not necessarily live a good life if they are sold, especially the older ones. The possibility of buying and being a maid or something is very low.

After all, most of the little ladies who were sold to dental shops were middle-aged, and there were some not-so-good-looking ones. After all, the good-looking ones were used by the family to improve their lives by marrying people with good family conditions. No matter what era, Beauty is a scarce resource, and it will not be reduced to this point.

But if it was bought by him, although life may not be good, but my heart should not be so bitter. Look at the little ladies who bought before. Recently, each of them has flesh on their cheeks, and their eyes have gradually become brighter. After entering, the smiles became more and more.

Xiao Zirong felt that buying one more person could save one person from suffering.

Of course, this can only be his idea. Between saving people and hiding, he chooses the latter. No matter what, he must at least be responsible to these little ladies under his command.

Xiao Zirong was thinking about it while watching, and finally saw the Huai-Han battle that he had written to remind himself.

When he saw these four words, he suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment. He always felt that Xiao Xuexing's refusal to leave might be because he sensed that the Northern Wei Dynasty was about to move, so he came directly to sit in charge.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain his abnormal behavior.

With the explanation, Xiao Zirong was relieved, as long as Xiao Xuexing didn't really want to fight him to the end.

However, in fact Xiao Xuexing did not have the predictive ability like him, and the Northern Wei Dynasty did not move much now, even if the army was mobilized, it was a normal change of defense, and there was no sign of southern invasion at all.

Later, the place where Xiao Zirong traded with Yuan Jia was directly chosen at the port, and Xiao Zirong sent people to transport it there by boat. In order to prevent Yuan Jia from following, Xiao Zirong forged a few spear heads with great pain, which were shining silver. The gun head is matched with a wooden gun barrel, which looks very fierce, and a few stone grasses are also placed by the way.

If Yuan Jia dared to send someone to follow him in a boat, he would poke with a spear if he got close, and throw stone grass if he was far away. Most people probably wouldn't dare to see this posture.

The boat that Xiao Zirong and the others were driving was a fishing boat bought from a nearby fishing village. Fortunately, it was not too far from here to the private port of Yuanjia, otherwise Xiao Zirong would definitely not want to let Lu Liu and the others drive such a boat to sea.

As for building the ship by yourself, it is not impossible, but there is not enough manpower. Xiao Zirong wants to do too many things, and he is trapped by the manpower problem. In the end, he can only bear the pain and start working on the city wall first.

After all, the flood season here starts early, and we should pay attention to entering the flood season in April at the latest.

Before, Xiao Zirong thought that time would be ample according to the thinking of later generations, and the flood season would only enter in May, but when he looked at the days later, he realized that something was wrong—May is the Gregorian calendar for later generations, and now we have to use the lunar calendar.

In the end, he converted it to the lunar calendar and it will be pushed to April, which is not long from now, so he has to start preparing for flood control.

Not only the city wall, but also the embankment. At this time, the whole city was really mobilized. Even Xiao Zirong started to work on the construction site. He didn't have time to think about Xiao Xuexing's goal for a while, and he couldn't even do anything about it. Follow Xiao Xuexing.

After Xiao Xuexing simply set up a palace, he wanted to deal with the person behind the scenes, but he didn't expect that the person seemed to be afraid and never appeared again, which made him very surprised.

Before, he always felt that the other party should be misleading him, making him think that the other party's lair is in Mao Mao Tou Mountain, but he never thought that the other party would not appear since he arrived in Mao Mao Tou Mountain. Could it be that the other party is really in Mao Mao Tou Mountain? ?

The more Xiao Xuexing thought about it, the more likely he had this possibility, and he began to adjust the plan.

As for guessing mistakes, things like this can't hurt him, the art of war is like this, and the truth is difficult to understand is the best.

Originally, he was thinking of arresting and beheading the person who trapped Xiao Zirong, but now he has a little bit of a heart to cherish his talents. This person, regardless of gender, is a good player in Youdou. It would be good if he could take it for his own use. .

However, the other party should know his identity and dare to come like this, but it seems that he is born wild and unruly, and he needs to be educated after he is caught.

It was precisely because of this that Xiao Xuexing was very contradictory. He wanted to find Xiao Zirong quickly, and he didn't want him to continue to suffer, and he didn't want to be too violent. If he realizes that he is too aggressive, he will directly kill Xiao Zirong.

He is quite a bit of a mousetrap now.

Ling Fu was a little puzzled and said, "This person... is he really that powerful?"

Xiao Xuexing looked at the various situations about Maomaotou Mountain collected by the people below, and said casually: "I don't know the ability to march and deploy, but there are some characteristics that are worth wooing. Nowadays, there are many dancers in Qi State who can lead troops. There are very few of them, and the Northern Wei Dynasty is staring at the north of the Yellow River, and it may be time to strike, so it is not a bad thing to recruit more capable people."

Ling Fu didn't speak anymore, and persuaded: "Your Highness, it's getting late, it's time to rest."

He is deeply worried about the health of his highness. Although it seems to be getting better recently, winter is coming. It is said that this disease is very difficult in winter, so he can't think too much, but his highness has to deal with the government recently. Finding the king of Xuancheng requires a battle of wits and courage with the person who kidnapped the king of Xuancheng, which consumes more than a little effort.

Xiao Xuexing didn't argue, and put down the paperwork in his hand to go to sleep.

He still has a lot of things to do, and he can't let his body break down now.

But since then, the other party has not shown up for two months, as if they suddenly lost track.

Xiao Xuexing was really a little strange, don't these people eat or drink?Which one does not need to communicate with the outside world for basic necessities of life?

But he has set up his eyes and ears in the state capital and the county town, but he has not seen many strangers, even the little ladies who were bought before have never appeared again, as if the people who teased his soldiers before did not exist.

Ling Fu sent people to search for it for a long time, remembering that the soldier mistakenly thought those little ladies were spirits in the mountains at the beginning, he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, tell me...was His Highness King Xuancheng taken away by the gods?"

Xiao Xuexing glanced at him: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ling Fu scratched his head and said, "If it wasn't for the gods, how could there be no trace at all? And they really don't seem to need to eat or drink."

Xiao Xuexing pondered for a while and suddenly said: "Send some people to the seaside for a walk recently."

Ling Fu was a little surprised: "Your Highness is saying that they trade by sea?"

Xiao Xuexing rubbed his eyebrows and said: "It was my negligence. There is a port nearby. They don't need to go to the state capital or the county seat. They just need to make an agreement with others to trade at the port."

Ling Fu also reacted at this time and said hastily: "This subordinate will send someone there immediately."

Xiao Xuexing warned again: "By the way, keep an eye on what is being transported to the nearest pier."

Ling Fu immediately ran to arrange someone, but Xiao Xuexing thought that the other party was just trading some daily necessities at the dock, and never thought that it was a smuggling dock, so he didn't ask to find out the details there.

And Yuan Jia is of course careful when doing this kind of business. The people who trade with Xiao Zirong and the others are not working at the dock for a long time, and every time the trade is at night, the dock workers don't know what's going on. The people sent by Ling Fu naturally got nothing.

It seemed that this clue had also been cut off, and Xiao Zirong and the others just made the last transaction of this year a few days ago, and the next transaction will have to wait until March next year.

At this time, the little ladies have almost finished repairing the city wall. Because of manpower, Xiao Zirong didn't let them build it too high, but repaired it about three or four meters. There is a place for further processing on the top of the city wall. If there is time, the city wall can be raised little by little, not only that, but he even left space for the archery tower at the four corners.

In fact, the little ladies are already very satisfied with the current city wall. You must know that even the city wall of the county government is only one or two meters high, and it is still a rammed earth city wall. Their city wall is already very good, especially the outermost city wall. After brushing a layer of lime, it is even more clean and bright.

Of course, the best place to see is the city gate. The height of the city gate is about [-] meters. This height is enough for people to enter and exit, and there is a gap at the top.

Liu Cainiang looked at Xiao Zirong and asked, "City Lord, give us a name here!"

Xiao Zirong tilted his head and thought for a while, looked at the green bamboo outside the window, turned his head and smiled and said, "Let's call it Taoyuan."

Liu Cainiang thought hard and said happily, "This name is good!"

Xiao Zirong was not only responsible for picking the name but also writing it down, and then made a plaque to hang at the gate of the city. Even if there were no outsiders coming in and out, but his own people felt particularly inspired when they saw it.

The plaque is also made of lime mortar. After all, the hardness of lime mortar is relatively easy to control. You can write on it when it is half-hard but not hard, and hang it directly when it is dry.

The words on it were traced with ink, and then painted with a layer of varnish to prevent fading.

On the day when the plaque was hung, Xiao Zirong asked people to hang the firecrackers prepared in advance at the gate of the city. The plaque covered with a red cloth was hung on the gate of the city. When the red cloth was uncovered, the firecrackers were also ignited. .

In the air full of sulfur smell, Xiao Zirong looked up at the plaque with the words Taoyuan City, and suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment.