Chaoyang Temple has now become a behemoth with a population of nearly 10,000.

After communicating with Tao Zhiran, he readily accepted the tax plan of one hundred silver dollars per year, and acquiesced to the current situation of Chaoyang Temple.

Now Chaoyang Temple, the first settlement has been basically full, and the abandoned children of Qianyuan City seem to be very satisfied with this group living situation. So much so that when I asked them if they were used to living in such small towns, they almost all said that they were very accustomed to it, because they used to be from the city, and the living conditions at that time were not as good as they are now.

At this time, Doha and Erte had already admired Li Xuefeng's decision to recruit the abandoned sons of the Thousand Yuan City.

These people are not only grateful to Chaoyang Temple for giving them a safe shelter, but also take themselves as the owners of Chaoyang Temple in the shortest possible time and start building their new home.

Yes, among these people are not only the soldiers, peasants, and workers of the original Thousand Yuan City, but also a large number of technicians.

Soon, more fields were mined, and in some places mulberry trees were planted, as dozens of workers from silk and textile mills in the city of Qianyuan were among the abandoned children, and Doha plans to start producing raw silk and cloth next spring.

And the first prospecting team of Chaoyang Temple also set off, because there was a master of the Qianyuan City geological team among the abandoned children, and they soon found an iron ore of extremely high quality next to the mountain lake where the water source was located. As a result, mining farms and ironworks were established.

The blacksmith shop was built in a col not far from the school behind the Chaoyang Temple, where there were several springs and coal mines were found.

After the manpower was sufficient, Li Xuefeng and I couldn't wait to start the second phase of the construction plan of Chaoyang Temple, that is, on the small hills on both sides of the official road on the right side of Chaoyang Temple, the second and third settlements of Chaoyang Temple were established.

Of course, calling these two names is a cover-up.

According to Doha and Huang Youliang's plan, Chaoyang Temple had to build two fortresses to protect the bazaar and base camp of Chaoyang Temple. The current base camp of Chaoyang Temple is not only a Chaoyang Temple hall, but also the entire Chaoyang Temple Industrial Park under the Palace, as well as the first residential area on the side.

Of course, I also know the reason why Huang Youliang is doing his best, because behind Chaoyang Temple, there is a serf village.

With three thousand men employed, two almost identical forts were built in just one week.

These two fortresses are about a kilometer away from Chaoyang Temple, and in the direction of the pass, there are huge walls of 20 meters high and 5 meters wide, and the city walls surround the small hills on both sides of the official road, forming two independent defensive castles.

Each castle was built with barracks, caves, storehouses, and enough housing for 5,000 people.

The convoy has also been expanded.

In addition to the original eighty guards, Huerte selected a thousand new guards with the two deputy captains who had newly joined Chaoyang Temple.

Xiong Er and Chu Wanyuan each brought 500 people and trained them strictly in the new castle.

According to Doha, after all, they were the first to be loyal to the God King, and they were the most relieved to protect the God King with them.

Worm and Ao Guangdong entered the market management office and served as deputies for Doha, so that Doha would have more time to manage the production of all walks of life under the name of Chaoyang Temple.

Worm is responsible for collecting rent, which is also his old job, and he is very handy.

Ao Guangdong is in charge of market order, and on his first day in office, he stuck a kitchen knife in the back of his buttocks, announcing to everyone that Lao Tzu used to be a butcher, so since he went, the market order has become much better.

Li Xuefeng is okay, from time to time he has to follow the two deputy captains and take the recruits to the Wolong Mountain Range to loot the orcs to practice.

I have always loved peace, but I have become more idle, and every day I go to school to listen to lectures, except for making rounds around.

Tao Yaoyao and Dawa are busy with their feet not touching the ground.

Although they still go to the bazaar from time to time to lament a few times that the world is declining, and the savages and slaves can also be on an equal footing with us, but it can be seen that they are actually quite nourishing in Chaoyang Temple, at least they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and they still have money to buy some clothes, shoes and socks from time to time.

Tao Yaoyao always remembered my request to her, and opened a night school in the first settlement, trying to teach the mountain residents to read and write.

Fortunately, many of the new abandoned children of Qianyuan City have a certain level of education, Tao Xiaoxiao used his right to be the head of education of Chaoyang Temple, and Dawa took out some money from the education group account and hired ten temporary literacy teachers, which can be worthy of promoting the Chaoyang Temple's full literacy program.

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Just when I had nothing to do and felt that I should do something, a refugee appeared outside Qingfeng City.

This news was brought by Tao Linzhi.

She took dozens of guards and miscellaneous servants, as well as dozens of carriages, to the CBD area under the main hall of Chaoyang Temple, and bought a piece of land next to the path near the main hall of Chaoyang Temple, and built a three-entry courtyard, as well as two three-story small buildings, named Zhiyuan.

When Tao Linzhi came to me, she only brought an eleven or twelve-year-old maid, who went to play with the bottle as soon as she saw the slide and swing I built for Xiao Bottle.

Tao Linzhi smiled at me who was half-lying on the recliner and was looking at the clouds in the sky boringly, and said, "Don't you invite me to sit down?"

I smiled and put down my feet on the edge of the recliner on the ground, sat up straight, and pointed to Li Xuefeng's special seat on the side and said, "Big brother is going out to the wild again, Miss Tao, please take a seat." ”

After speaking, he picked up a yellow pottery tea bowl held in the tea tray, soaked it in the yellow pottery tea wash, put it in front of her, and lifted the sand jump on the red clay small carbon stove, and poured her a cup of tea.

Tao Linzhi looked strangely at the full set of kung fu tea sets on the tea table that I specially called Huang Youliang to imitate, and said with a smile: "You live here, you live a delicate life, just talking about this tea set, I have never seen it." ”

I smiled and said, "The things in the human world are not worth mentioning, and now that you have money, of course you have to live a more refined life." ”

She nodded slightly, looked at the garden outside the teahouse, and then looked up at the Li carpenter brand solid wood flower stand above her head, as well as the red roses on the shelf, pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "I want to stay here for a long time, and I will call the grandmother of the family to come to you to learn from the scriptures, and repair my residence." ”

I smiled and said, "You have a small garden style yard there, and I have a farmhouse flavor here, you come here according to my appearance, isn't that a good thing?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly realized, what did she mean by saying that she was going to stay for a long time?

So he tentatively said to her, who was pursing her lips and smiling and drinking tea, "You said to stay for a long time?

Tao Linzhi put down the teacup and said with a smile: "There are refugees outside Qingfeng City, and it is said that the Qingfeng Army's defense line under Wolong Mountain has been broken. ”

"What?"

I stood up in amazement.

"The Qingfeng Army's defense line under Wolong Mountain has been broken?" I repeated her words.

She gave me a strange look and said, "What's so strange about this? Didn't Tao Zhiran tell you?"

I sat down again, muttering to myself.

Didn't Tao Zhiran say that it would be three months later? It was only a little more than two months, could it be because of Chen Qinglong's "preemptive" action?

Thinking about it in a blink of an eye, no, how could Tao Linzhi live here permanently? Shouldn't she go to Taoyuan Town?

After thinking about it, I asked tentatively, "You mean that you are hiding from the military disaster in Chaoyang Temple?"

She gave me another blank look and said, "You want to ask me why I don't go to Taoyuan Town, after all, it's safer, right?"

I smiled and said, "yes, why don't you go to Taoyuan Town?"

She pursed her lips and smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then said, "I don't really like that old man's approach, I want to see how you do it." ”

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect her to say that.

After thinking about it, I asked again, "Does the city lord have any mechanism to deal with it?"

Tao Linzhi looked at me strangely, turned her head and looked at the little maid and the small bottle who were playing, and after a while, she said: "Lord of the city, no one has seen his true face, and this time I am afraid that it will be the same as before, and it will not appear." ”

I was a little confused and asked, "What do you mean by that? No one has ever seen the city lord?"

Tao Linzhi said with a smile: "Since a hundred years ago, the city lord has been hiding in the city lord's mansion to retreat and cultivate, even if it is a military disaster besieging the city, he will not come forward, but only through a few close generals, to convey his will." Some people say that he may have gone to the fairy world, and it was a few generals who pretended to pass on the holy decree. Some people say that he actually has a disease that is afraid of seeing the light, and the so-called death of seeing the light comes from here. ”

I smiled and said, "Then how does Qingfeng City work?

Tao Linzhi said with a smile: "Cabinet, don't you really know about Qingfeng City?"

I suddenly realized in my heart that it was similar to the operation mode of Chaoyang Temple I established, and this city lord seemed to be a busy person who had nothing to do, and he was in charge.

He smiled and said, "Why do I want to know about Qingfeng City? I don't want to be the city lord." ”

Tao Linzhi pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "I came to tell you again, why is the military disaster called the military disaster?"

"Oh?" I wondered, "Why?"

"Because Taoyuan and the Protoss side actually call this catastrophe divine punishment, because there are very few Protoss troops who can enter Taoyuan, but it is the rout of the Qingfeng Army, which causes greater damage to the victims, so Taoyuan calls this calamity a military disaster. ”

I laughed, I had already thought of this. Since ancient times, the disasters of the human race are all man-made disasters, some of these disasters are caused by natural disasters, and some are caused by the selfish desires of some people, but in the final analysis, people eat people, which is the biggest disaster of the human race.

I arched my hand to Tao Linzhi, and said, "Thank you Miss Tao for your advice, tonight at Chaoyang Temple Hotel, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for Miss Tao." ”

Tao Linzhi smiled, her face flushed slightly, and she bit her lip and said softly: "Forget it! I'm a surviving person, it's not good to show my head, I took your mind." ”

After saying that, he got up and left.

When she reached the edge of the garden, she turned to me again and said, "I believe in you." ”

After saying that, he turned his head and went down the stairs down the mountain, without even greeting the little maid.

I looked at the little maid who was running down the mountain like a flyer, and I couldn't speak for a while.

What does this Miss Tao mean?

Just thinking about it, Li Xuefeng rushed to appear on the path, and before he could reach the steps, he shouted: "This month, this month, the refugee tide, the refugee tide." ”

I looked at the elated appearance of this thing, and I couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The bazaars and the warehouses of the first, second and third settlements were already filled with grain, and hundreds of cellars everywhere were filled with Chinese cabbage, potatoes and bacon sausages.

Carpenter Li also led hundreds of workers to make tens of thousands of tents and quilts.

All this is to make a lot of money in this refugee wave.