The sun is blazing, and in the corner of the Mulang River, thousands of people are stepping up construction.

The Mulang River separates Wuzhou and Xizhou from east to west, and the widest part of the river is nearly five miles, and the narrowest place is less than 300 meters.

Now the location of the construction, is the narrowest place of the Mulang River, called Liangshuikou, the width is only more than 270 meters, when the water level is low, people can walk directly to the past, this location is very important, when Huang Xun was there, he built a defensive fortress here, garrisoned 300 soldiers, after Li Xun arrived, he also attached great importance to this place, and added the garrison to 1,000 people.

A group of dozens of people stood not far away, Li Xun pointed and said something from time to time, and several officials stood aside to listen to Li Xun's work opinions.

The Mulang River is not far from Wu'an City, not close, more than 30 miles, is the first line of defense of Wuzhou to defend the Dashi Empire, with the full opening of trade between the two countries, it will definitely attract a large number of people, security is the top priority.

Ten days ago, after a long talk with Fan Zhongyun, Li Xun immediately wrote a book by himself, in the form of a secret recital, directly to Zhao Zhi, and said his voice.

A few days ago, Wang Renzizi sent a letter to Li Xun, saying that the court had formed a resolution to fully open up trade with the Dashi Empire, and the edict ordered that it would soon arrive in Longyou.

Li Xun immediately recruited the people and began to build, during which Fan Zhongyun gave Li Xun a suggestion, and built the city ship division in Liangshuikou, so that even if the chief official of the city port division is an official of the Yang family, there is an army watching him, he will not dare to do too much, and Li Xun is now concurrently serving as the transfer envoy of Longyou West Road, the two combined, even if he cannot directly intervene in the government affairs of the city port division yamen, but what he said, in the hearts of the main officials of the city port department, will definitely have a very heavy weight.

In everything, you must be prepared with both hands, this is a sentence that Fan Zhongyun often says, and Li Xun thinks it is true.

More than a dozen cavalrymen, who came from afar, were the leading officers, men in their early thirties, and full of armor, and when they approached, this person dismounted, and said to Li Xun: "Governor, the materials and money and grain transported from Suzhou have arrived."

Li Xun asked, "When did you arrive?" ”

"The goods have just arrived in Wu'an City, and they will be sent here as soon as they are sorted out, and the soldiers will report it, and the last general will learn the news and immediately come to report to the governor."

Li Xun nodded, looked this person up and down, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes, now is not a tense period of war, the weather is so hot, everyone, including himself, is wearing civilian clothes, but this person is full armor, weapons are carried around, meticulous, really very man.

After the end of the battle of Longyou, ordered by the imperial court, he did not follow Yuwenzhen back to Fengjing, but stayed in Longyou, and was finally controlled by Wang Chengxi, Wang Chengxi valued him very much, and always ignored him, and finally ignored Wang Chengxi, and finally annoyed Wang Chengxi, and was deprived of military power, and then, Li Xun successfully divided into Yanhui and took the opportunity to reduce the army, Wang Chengxi suffered a fatal blow, and Li Cunxiao was also implicated. Frustrated, he was originally ready to resign and return to his hometown, but what followed was the outbreak of a large-scale riot among foreign people, endangering the juncture, it was Li Cunxiao who gathered the remnants and fought desperately, escorting Wu Heng and Wang Chengxi and other major officials, and fled to Wu'an City, after the riot, Wu Heng and Wang Chengxi and other dozens of civil and military officials were deprived of their official positions and sent to Fengjing for interrogation.

Shan Qiu and Li Cunxiao did not have any friendship, but Shan Qiu and Yu Wenzhen had some friendship, when the two were together, Yu Wenzhen talked about Li Cunxiao several times, and it was very regrettable that he did not bring this person back to Fengjing, and at that time, the battle of Longyou had just ended, Yu Wenzhen had made great achievements, and was about to be reused, and his daughter was the princess of Qi, he had to be separated from many old generals before and keep his distance, otherwise with Zhao Zhi's strict defense of military generals, something might happen.

So after knowing what happened to Li Cunxiao, Shan Qiu came out to intercede, Li Xun gave Shan Qiu this face, left Li Cunxiao behind, and recruited him for an interview, after the two met, Li Cunxiao's seriousness, meticulousness and humility and non-arrogance, gave Li Xun a very good impression, so he boldly appointed this person and ordered him to serve as a soldier and horse envoy in Liangshuikou, commanding a thousand soldiers and garrisoning Liangshuikou.

Li Xun glanced behind Li Cunxiao, not only him, but also the more than ten cavalrymen behind him, all of them were like Li Cunxiao, with thick armor and weapons all over their bodies.

Li Xun sighed left and right: "Looking at Li Cunxiao's strict management of the army, I know my ignorance, as the governor of Wuzhou, my guard is slack, this is my fault, I should learn more from Li Cunxiao." ”

"The governor is too modest, and the last general really doesn't dare to be."

Li Cunxiao looked at Li Xun in surprise, and hurriedly said politely and modestly, but he had other thoughts in his heart, before, he was ready to return to his hometown and bid farewell to officialdom, and then, he was suddenly summoned by Li Xun, the two only met once, and he was entrusted with the appointment in a daze.

Li Xun smiled and didn't say anything, but he had other thoughts in his heart, Li Cunxiao is indeed a talent, staying in the small Liangshuikou, but it is a bit condescending, he can be sent to Xiazhou, cooperate with Sima Zhen to train soldiers, or appoint him elsewhere.

After the inspection, Li Xun returned to Wu'an City, halfway through, he saw the soldiers escorting materials and money and food from a distance, Li Xun looked at it a few times, did not stop, and continued to move forward.

The construction of the city division, Li Xun only needs to send people, labor costs and materials, etc., are paid by the Longyou Provincial Governor's Office, Li Xun gives a very high labor cost, because there is a previous construction of Wu'an City, the people are believed in Li Xun, so very motivated, a few days, is to recruit more than 3,000 people.

Returning to Wu'an City, outside the Governor's Mansion, Li Xun saw a team of more than 100 cavalry, and from the style and color of their armor, it can be seen that these people are not his own soldiers.

"Governor, you're back."

Lei Wanhai greeted him, and after Shan Qiu was promoted to a general, he began to take charge of the army, and the pro-military camp was taken over by Lei Wanhai, and his current official position is for Lang General.

Under the guidance of Lei Wanhai, Li Xun dismounted, stretched out his hand and pointed at the cavalry, and asked, "Who are these people?" ”

Lei Wanhai said: "Dudu, Miss Li Qingying is here, these people are her guards. ”

Yes! Li Qingying is here? Isn't she in Fengjing? How did you get here all of a sudden?

Although he was puzzled, when he heard that Li Qingying was coming, Li Xun's face suddenly had a look of surprise, and he threw the horsewhip to Lei Wanhai, and then trotted into the governor's mansion.

When I arrived at the living room, at a glance, it was Li Qingying, Li Xiao also came, and Fan Zhongyun was drinking tea and chatting with my sister and brother.

Li Qingying heard the sound, turned his head to look, and when he saw Li Xun, he stood up with a smile on his face.