When Zhao Hao returned to the place where the wolf smoke was, a big boat had already stopped not far from the river bank, and Ji Rushuang and Ji Wei had already loaded the things on the sleigh onto the boat, waiting for him to return.

He flew directly onto the boat, and then said aloud: "Lift the anchor and set off." ”

This time it happened to be the little girl Zhao Xin who came to pick them up, and she seemed to be talking to Ji Rushuang at this time.

Zhao Hao waited for them to finish, and then asked casually, "Are they here in Beishan?" ”

Zhao Xin hurriedly replied: "The Marquis of Garuda and the Marquis of Asura have arrived. ”

Garuda Marquis is Beishan Amu, Asura Marquis is Ahuo, the territory of these two people is the closest to the Netherworld Valley, and it is normal for them to come quickly and fall.

Zhao Hao then asked, "How many people did they bring?" ”

Zhao Xin said without thinking: "The two Hou Ye each brought a thousand elites. ”

Zhao Hao nodded slightly, and then asked, "What about the guards of Zhennan Fort, how many are here?" ”

Zhao Xin still didn't think twice and said: "The guards of Zhennan Fort came on the first trip and came with a thousand, and the second trip has not yet arrived. ”

There are 3,000 people in total, which is already a lot, and perhaps, let them build a city on the other side of the Netherworld Valley first.

When Zhao Hao heard this, he nodded slightly, and then looked into the distance and fell into deep thought.

The big ship went down the river, the speed was still quite fast, the distance of more than two hundred miles, it took less than three hours in total, and before it was dark, everyone had returned to the Netherworld Valley.

Zhao Hao rested in the valley for one night, and the next morning, he took Ji Rushuang and Ah Yun and others to ride the white dragon, Bai Xue and Mengmeng, and went straight to the other side of the river.

At this time, the barbaric jungle on the other side of the river was already full of tents, and the two thousand elites brought by Beishan Mother and Ah Huo, as well as a thousand guards from Zhennanbao, were camped here, more than 3,000 people, which was a dense area.

After Zhao Hao exchanged a few words with Beishan Mother and Ah Huo, who came up, he led everyone around the nearby wild jungle.

He wanted to look and see if there were any clay resources nearby.

Although clay is not very rare, it is not everywhere, he wants to build a city near here to supply clay bricks and other materials for the Nanban Mountains, and the clay needed is not a little, so he has to make sure first, whether the clay resources in this vicinity are abundant.

If the clay resources in this vicinity were not abundant, he would have ordered his guards to scatter and search within a radius of dozens of miles.

Fortunately, there was still a lot of clay near the riverbank, and he soon found a place where the clay was exposed.

He stepped forward, stepped on it with his foot, confirmed it, and then ordered: "Zhao Xin, recruit a hundred guards, take a hoe, turn over all the ground here, and see if there is much clay below." ”

The elder is looking for clay for a long time!

Everyone walked with him for a long time inexplicably and didn't know what was going on, but at this time, they finally understood.

Soon, Zhao Xin recruited a hundred guards with hoes, and after a little arrangement, these hundred guards scattered in all directions, picked up the hoes, and turned over all the snow and dead grass on the ground.

Zhao Hao waited for a while, and when the ground was almost cleared, he had to dig around with a hoe, and then nodded slightly: "Well, there is a lot of clay here, at least it is enough to build a city." ”

This!

Why did it become a city again?

The crowd heard it in a fog.

Zhao Hao stood there and thought for a while, and then ordered: "Beishan, Ah Huo, you take your elite and a thousand guards to build a city on the side of the wooden bridge, and if you want to build a city wall, you can build a two-step high, and the length and width are roughly about five miles." Also, send people to look around, and mark any places near where there is clay. ”

When Beishan Mother and Ah Huo heard this, they were only stunned for a moment and then bowed their hands together: "Obey." ”

They are still quite good at building cities, especially Beishan Aunt, who has participated in the construction of several cities and fortresses.

Moreover, this time Zhao Hao recruited them over to build a fortress in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians, and the guys who built the city and fortress were also quite complete, and it was nothing for them to build a small city within a radius of five miles in the wild jungle.

After the construction of the city began, Zhao Hao asked the guards to pass on the order, ordering all the subordinate territories to gather hundreds of pottery experts to gather here.

At this time, he didn't need to explain that Beishan Amu and Ahuo also understood that he wanted to build a city here to burn clay bricks in preparation for building a fortress in the mountains of Nanban in the future.

In fact, Zhao Hao's thoughts are not limited to this, this city is not just as simple as firing clay bricks, he also wants to hoard other materials here.

For example, rice.

You must know that after this fight, the development focus of Haotianling has been moved to the Nanban Mountains, this time alone, he has recruited tens of thousands of elites and personal guards, and in the future, with the exploration of the Nanban Mountains deepening, he will definitely recruit more people.

With so many people, food consumption is quite staggering, and it is certainly not possible to find a place to stock up on enough food.

Two thousand elites and one thousand guards started together, just to build the city wall, the speed was still quite amazing, about four or five days later, the city on the opposite side of the Netherworld Valley had already revealed its rudimentary shape, the foundations of the four city walls had been dug up, and the city wall was slowly rising at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this time, Alin also arrived with a thousand elites under his command.

Zhao Hao ordered Alin to take his elite to build another pier on the west side of the bridge.

This wharf is not the kind of small wharf on the east side of the bridge, according to Zhao Hao's requirements, this wharf should be able to dock at least twenty large ships at the same time.

After another four or five days, Ah Feng also arrived with a thousand elites under his men, and at this time, the city wall had almost been built, and there were only some attached arrow towers and city gate towers left above.

Zhao Hao immediately ordered Beishan Aunt, Ah Huo and Ah Feng to take their elites to start building houses and warehouses in the city, and as for the sweeping of the city wall, it was handed over to a thousand guards to complete.

According to his requirements, the houses in the city should be built on the scale of 1,000 households, and the warehouses should be all closed, no longer the kind of open sheds.

After all, the warehouses here are mainly used to store rice, and if they are not sealed, it will be troublesome for rainwater to drift in.

Next, the elite of each territory and the guards of Zhennan Fort, as well as the skilled potters sent by each territory, arrived one after another, and the speed of the construction of the city became faster and faster, in less than a month, a city with a radius of five miles was completely completed, and at this time, the potters in the city also began to dig earth and build kilns around the city under the arrangement of Zhao Hao and began to fire pottery bricks.

Zhao Hao also inscribed by hand, naming the city "Taodu".

From now on, this is the place where Haotianling specializes in making pottery, not only pottery bricks, pottery bowls, pottery pots, etc., but also concentrated here in the future.

After all, it is in Haotian River, the waterway transportation is very convenient, and the prepared pottery can be directly loaded on the ship, and it can be transported to Zhennanpu, the distribution center of Haotian Ling's goods, in a few days.