The 178 fortress existed for war, so from the beginning of its birth, it was destined to be different from other ramparts.

There are no shops on the streets, no particularly well-dressed pedestrians, and some girls change into long dresses early in the spring season, but they are also made of coarse cloth.

The color of the clothing in the entire fortress is monotonous, either dark blue, earthy yellow, or dark green.

At this time, the textile dyeing technology of Fortress 178 was still at the most basic dip dyeing and pad dyeing, and the clothes that had been worn for a long time would fade.

As Wang Shengyin said, the northwest is one of the most suitable places to grow cotton, but there is a lack of technology here, all forces are developing the military industry, and there are efforts to feed everyone.

How can I have time to study any bells and whistles?

After Xu Xianchu left, Ren Xiaosu, Wang Shengzhi and the others walked out of the small building and carefully looked at this legendary fortress.

Pedestrians on the street would look sideways when they saw them, because they, except for Ren Xiaosu, looked a little out of place here.

Wang Shengyin also changed into a long skirt at this time, but the blue long skirt didn't look like it could be produced in this fortress at all, Wang Shengyin said that this kind of blue is called Tiffany blue, which is popular in the Central Plains, and it is the color worn by a female singer.

Ren Xiaosu Xin said that the 178 Fortress probably won't have that kind of star singer, and he saw that the women in the 178 Fortress were carrying flat burdens like men.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked Wang Shengzhi, "What do you think Mr. Zhang will do with the Zong family?"

Wang Shengzhi looked up at him and smiled, "You want the 178 Fortress to help you avenge it, don't you?"

"Yes," Ren Xiaosu admitted frankly: "But if this is not the decision of 178 Fortress itself, I will not pull others to be unlucky with me, I can do a lot of things myself." ”

At this time, Ren Xiaosu was thinking that if the 178 fortress was unwilling to send troops to the Zong clan and clear the obstacles on this trade road, then he would sneak into the Zong clan himself.

What Li Shentan can do, he may not be able to do.

Wang Shengzhi said with a smile: "Look at the pedestrians on this street. ”

"Huh?" Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment.

"Everyone is actually carrying their own grain out on a flat pole, where are they going?" Wang Shengzhi asked.

"Take it out and sell it?" Ren Xiaosu said.

"The croppers are outside the fortress, these are just ordinary residents, what kind of grain are they selling?" Wang Shengzhi said with a smile: "They are spontaneously concentrating all the grain they have stored in the hands of the 178 fortress defenders. ”

"What is this for?" Ren Xiaosu was stunned, he really didn't know much about military matters, he had encountered the skills of a senior military commander before, but he didn't have a skill map to learn at that time.

"This is the 178 fortress ready for war, all the grain is gathered in the hands of the defenders, and it is deployed in wartime," Wang Shengzhi explained with a smile: "If you are determined to take revenge on the Zong clan, then rest assured, if Mr. Zhang hadn't thought about it, he wouldn't have let me come to the northwest, he had already made his own decision." ”

If Fort 178 wants to monetize its huge mineral reserves, make life better for the inhabitants of the fortress, and obtain better armaments, it must open up this trade route.

And the Zong clan will not allow this to happen, and the side of the couch will not allow others to sleep soundly, which is the inevitable result of the development and growth of this interest group.

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In the humble conference room of the 178 fortress, a group of officers were arguing around a huge sand table model, and Zhou Yinglong shouted: "I have long seen that the Zong clan is not pleasing to the eye, and you all know that the deployment of the old boys of the Zong clan is all facing our 178 fortress, what is the intention, I don't need to say more, right?"

"Everyone knows about this," someone said: "I went to the river valley area a while ago, and found that the Qing clan was also stirring up the affairs here, but Qing Jin's plan was not in our 178 fortress, and now his people have gone to fight the Yang clan, and only the Zong family is left in the river valley area." ”

"If we want to open up a trade route, the best route to build is to take the road in the Dingyuan Mountain, it is said that the road was still a highway before the catastrophe, right? This is the fastest road, but the Dingyuan Mountain is still in the hands of the Zong clan's bandits, and the Guanshan Mountain in the north is equivalent to the advance base of the Zong clan," Xu Xianchu analyzed: "Therefore, even if we don't fight the Zong clan, this line of Dingyuan and Guanshan must also be in our own hands." ”

"How to master?" Zhou Yinglong retorted: "We don't have enough manpower, we can fight, the occupation is a bit stretched, how many people do you have to put there to prevent the Zong clan's sneak attack? ”

"That's right, what Lao Zhou said makes sense, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves," a big man said: "The Zong clan is right in front of you, this group of old boys has been too restless these years, and they are taking the 178 fortress as an imaginary enemy everywhere, and they have forgotten the kindness of us guarding the 178 fortress to help them resist the western enemy!"

For one night, the whole conference room was noisy, left and right, very lively.

And Zhang Jinglin always stood next to the sand table, quietly looking at the veins on the sand table model, this sand table covers a large area, including the entire southwest and northwest, and even a small part of the Central Plains.

But at this time, someone suddenly said: "But what if when we fight the Zong clan, the western enemy comes again?"

Everyone looked at each other, Zhou Yinglong hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't been here for sixteen years, it's not such a coincidence, right?"

The man who spoke said calmly: "Because of the problem of hair and skin color, our people have never been able to infiltrate their camp, and in the same way, they can't penetrate either, so everyone doesn't know each other's situation, how do you know that they really won't come? ”

The 178 Fortress ignored the Zong clan for so many years, not because they could willingly endure the hyenas being presumptuous at their doorstep, but because they had a more important mission, so that they could not disperse their forces.

Zhou Yinglong and others felt a little aggrieved, and they had to admit that the mission came first.

Zong, Qing, Yang, and Zhongyuan can not thank them, but the mission is the mission.

Suddenly, Zhang Jinglin said: "Fight." ”

The conference room was quiet all of a sudden, everyone could hear each other's breathing, Zhou Yinglong and the others' eyes lit up, and their cheeks gradually flushed, which was the blood courage before every big battle.

No matter what they said in this conference room, no matter how many different ideas they had, only Zhang Jinglin was the one who made the final decision.

When Zhang Jinglin made a decision, it meant that war had really arrived.