"You know what? When we were young, where would we live such a hard life now? Just look for a puddle and take a big net. All of them are big fish one foot long. That taste is so delicious!"
After the new year''s festival, although the cold wind and snow are everywhere outside Hengshan City, Chen Hai deployed a small wind flame Tianji prohibition in the four corners of the city to constantly absorb the xuanyang Gangsha between heaven and earth. In addition, the dense population in the city makes the atmosphere of Hengshan warmer than that outside the city.
After the ice and soil melted, the streets and alleys outside the main road became muddy. The civilian man responsible for carrying crushed stones and slag to pave the road took advantage of his rest to listen to an old man with white hair and wind and frost sitting on a green stone slab, telling about the fertility of yandangyuan in those years.
At the beginning of the day, the old man was gray haired, ragged and wearing a pair of straw sandals that were almost worn out. Around him, there were several equally thin old men and dozens of ragged, yellow faced young people listening and swallowing.
"Old Zhao tou, do you remember that when my father took us to hunt, the silly roe deer didn''t run when he saw people. As long as he gently passed by and waved the stick with such force,"
Another skinny old man could not wait for him to finish, so he couldn''t wait to continue, recalled his long memory, and said excitedly with his hands:
"The silly roe deer was knocked over directly on the ground, and the fur was either made into fur clothes or sold. The roe deer skin was warm and had no peculiar smell. The Lords of the sect were very happy. As for the roe deer meat, it was fragrant. How good it was that the oil could be collected to make fire wax!" the old man said, and his tears flowed.
"But since the county shepherd gave up yuchengling, we were forced to move into Hengshan. Brother Zhao, how have we been for decades..."
The old man surnamed Zhao also burst into tears and said: "Brother, a good day is coming soon. The Lord of heaven has beaten the demons away and is still building a city in Tongkou. People will move to reclaim wasteland in the spring. Now they have posted notices. As long as they are willing to move north, they will give 15 mu of land according to the age of 15. Or if they have the strength, they will be willing to participate in building a city in Tongkou and Yandang. They will give ten yuan a day without saying they have enough to eat Wages; if we are lucky enough to join the Dragon army, we will give 50 mu of land, a house and a farm cow or mule horse outside Hengshan city... It''s a pity that our old bones have no strength to deal with it any more! "
Several old people who had passed their seventies cried with tears.
Although the young people around them were sallow and poor, their eyes were full of hope.
At this time, the northern territory is still frozen for thousands of miles. Although the winter defense battle company has won a great victory, it is still an arduous task for the Dragon army to hold the thousands of miles defense line of yuchengling in the future, so that the demon man will no longer invade an inch of yandangyuan land.
With the existing human and material resources, while continuing to build Tongkou City, Longxiang Daying will also rely on Yandang remnant city and other remnant villages, and build two cities on the East Bank of Tonghe river at the same time. First, it will rely on the Wanren mountain at the north foot of Qintong mountain to construct the line of defense.
Of course, Chen Hai also plans to select some suitable land for reclamation and grow food between Hengshan and Tongkou - in the later stage, a large number of young and strong labor forces are needed for river treatment of Tonghe River, Guanhe River and Tianyuan river.
Hengshan city has long been the front line against demons and barbarians. A large number of villages have been destroyed, and a large number of remaining people have moved south. In order to build Tongkou and Yandang, tens of thousands of people have been recruited, and the labor force in Hengshan city began to be in short supply, not to mention the large-scale reclamation of land and water conservancy in Yandang.
However, the influence of the winter defensive war is great. A large number of landless poor people in Tianshui County, south of Hengshan, heard that Longxiang camp had won great victories and wanted to build a defense line in yuchengling, and also gathered to move north to yandangyuan to find a livelihood
"Senior brother Wu, forty or fifty thousand refugees have gathered in the north of Puxian county and want to go to Hengshan. We can still stop them now, but after the spring, the more refugees will gather, the more trouble will be. Now we have to find a way!"
In Guanhe City, Zhou Tong walked around anxiously in the Council Hall of Duwei''s house in Wucheng.
Although Guanhe city is not the county capital, it has always been an important military town for Tianshui county to defend against the southern invasion of demons and barbarians.
The county Duwei mansion is located in Guanhe City, and the county shepherd mansion in Huayang Prefecture, which can be said to be the two poles of secular power in Tianshui county.
Before the earth warms up and the main force of demon barbarians retreats to the north, Zhou Tong, Wu Cheng and others still dare not leave the Guanhe River slightly, but they didn''t expect that the demon barbarians didn''t bring them any trouble this year, and new problems appeared.
Chen Hai leads Longxiang camp to guard Hengshan and Tongkou. As long as there are not a large number of dependent people, there is no way to establish a foundation in Yandang. Tianshui county still belongs to Wu, Zhou and Qu clans, but now the situation is somewhat different.
There are too many landless poor people in Tianshui county. If hundreds of thousands or millions of landless poor people move north to yandangyuan to join the Dragon army, they will be completely separated from the Wu, Zhou and Qu nationalities from Hengshan to the north.
Thinking of this situation in the future, Zhou Tong hurried to find Wu Cheng to discuss countermeasures.
Wu Cheng sat steadily in the master''s chair, with a pair of green lion spirit seals in his hands, and his face was also sad.
It is not difficult to completely prohibit the people in the county from going north. It is enough to send troops to guard the passage to the south of Hengshan Mountain. However, Liao Yunkui''s reputation after returning from Yucheng mountain is no different. He strongly advocated that the people should be on the edge, and Tianshui county can not be afraid of edge diseases for a hundred years. This makes many disciples in Tianshui County, even Huayang sect, oppose making elbows on Hengshan mountain again.
More importantly, the war between Hexi and Hechuan county is over.
All Helan Jianzong disciples and relatives who are willing to move eastward to YeHu ridge with the Huang''s families have made the trip as they wish. The vanguard troops have entered Tianshui county and are about to enter qintongshan.
This means that the Hexi army can fully control the situation in Hechuan county and digest a huge population and vast territory in just a few months.
Helan Jianzong also has an ancestor of Tao Taijing, who has millions of War soldiers. He is so embarrassed by Dong. If Dong assembles a large army to threaten Tianshui and Qinshan, will Huayang Zong and the three nationalities surrender or fight?
"Shi sungan, governor of Longxiang Duwei, asked to see Duwei." at this time, the hubing ran in from the outside to report.
"Why did sun Gan come here?" Zhou Tong asked Wu Cheng with a puzzled look.
In his early years, sun Gan assisted Chen lie and later stayed in Liquan to assist Chen Hai. Together with Su Yuan, Zhou Jingyuan, Ge Tong and others, he was Chen Hai''s most important adviser.
"Elder martial brother Qu, I hope to buy a batch of Tianji weapons from Tianji learning palace to strengthen our military readiness. Let me talk about it with Chen Hai. Maybe sun Gan came to talk about it," Wu Cheng said.
"What if Chen Hai made it a condition to move people?" Zhou Tong thought of the matter and hesitated to ask Wu Cheng.
"That''s what I''m worried about now," Wu Cheng said with a bitter smile.
Whether it is a surrender or a war in the end, it is always fundamental to continuously strengthen the military readiness of Tianshui County soldiers and improve their own strength. At that time, even if it is a surrender, we can talk about good conditions so as not to be bullied by Dong family and the old big families in Hexi.
However, the most convenient and effective way to quickly strengthen weapons and enhance strength is to equip a large number of natural weapons.
Huayang master craftsman and tool refiner can''t compare with taiweizong or Tianji school in terms of scale and quality. At this time, if they want to buy secret maps and make them by themselves, they can''t catch up with them in a short time.
At this time, Longxiang camp was equipped with heavy bore crossbows, and a number of old-fashioned Tianji crossbows were to be sold. The power of Tianji crossbow is slightly worse, but it is the most desired thing of Tianshui County soldiers; Of course, it''s better to get the secret drawing of heavy bore crossbow at the same time
At this time, Chen Hai is hurrying to Yandang remnant city after supervising the closure of Tongkou city.
Whether it is the migration of refugees to the north or the distribution of prisoners to the frontier, there needs to be a process.
But what Chen Hai lacks right now is time.
If the children born can be put into production immediately, Chen Hai wishes he could put all the couples in Hengshan''s area on the bed for human creation.
The population of Hengshan city is still small. Taking into account the auxiliary soldiers Minyong and the old and weak women and children left by Wu Cheng, there are only 134000 people. As a result, Su Yuan and Zhou Jingyuan use wind flame airships to draw tens of thousands of young people from Lequan.
Build cities, build water conservancy, roads, reclaim wasteland and Longxiang camp. The fifth world war camp needs to expand, mine more minerals and build workshops. Without a population of one or two million, don''t think you can do anything, and don''t think you can build Qianli yuchengling into a solid iron city against the Southern invasion of blood demons.
The ultimate purpose of Chen Hai''s building yuchengling defense line is not to defend against the southern invasion of demons and barbarians, but to guard against the stronger and more terrible Luocha blood demons.
From Helan Mountain to tieliuling mountain to Taiwei mountain, it is convenient to defend the terrain. However, Luocha bypasses Taiwei mountain to the north of Tianshui County, and you will find that there is a huge gap here.
If this gap is not blocked, the defense lines of Helan Mountain, tieliuling mountain and Taiwei mountain will not be established.
However, considering the huge devil body, strong attack power and desperate number of blood demons, more than ten cities planned by Chen hai to be built on the front line of yuchengling must be watered with iron juice mixed with gravel in order to be as solid as gold and stone.
But each city must be large enough to accommodate enough refugees, and the walls must be high enough and thick enough. What human and material resources do we need to do this?
"Will Huayang Zong give in?" Su Yuan rode his horse and followed Chen Hai.
"Maybe, maybe not. If the Wu family and others are worried about the surrender of Dong family, they are more likely not to open the border and let the refugees flow in." Zhou Jingyuan said anxiously.
"Look, after spring, if there are enough landless poor people gathered in the north of Pu county and Tianshui County soldiers don''t open the checkpoint, I''ll lead the soldiers to pick them up," Chen Hai said.
The tone of Chen Hai''s words was very light, and there was a faint murderous spirit.
Su Yuan and Zhou Jingyuan were awestruck. Chen Hai sometimes compromised and gave in, but sometimes he refused to give in and fought against each other.
The crowd followed Chen hai to the new Yandang city based on the demon man remnant village. The setting sun was trying to send out its last light and heat, unwilling to fall below the horizon, and a curved moon was hanging obliquely on the treetop.
The whole Yandang city was illuminated by more than a hundred campfires, and the city wall was still busy.
Chen Hai crossed the gate of the newly built city. I remember when he came to sweep the remnant stronghold, he was still broken. But in front of him, the wall more than two meters high was black and blue. He hammered it slightly. There was a metal texture at his tentacle, which was also poured and consolidated according to the method of Tongkou city.
He nodded with satisfaction and asked sideways to meet Qi Hanjiang: "what time is it now? Why hasn''t work been stopped here? People''s physical strength is limited, don''t squeeze too much..."
Qi Hanjiang grinned and said, "my Lord, I dare not over squeeze the people''s strength with your orders. However, more than 10000 people are too enthusiastic and can''t stop them. They just work day and night. Mr. Su came and ordered them to divide the people into two shifts and take turns in the battle..."
At this time, someone on the construction site recognized Chen Hai and instantly lit up the ocean of enthusiasm.
Chen Hai looked at the cheering people in front of him and lamented that it was these ordinary people with no strength to form this vast world and worked tirelessly to support one superior patriarchal valve after another.
It''s funny that those highly regarded members of the patriarchal clan always think that more magic weapons, more armor soldiers and more war weapons can sweep the world, but they scoff at the readily available power at present.