Strange rock mountain in the northwest of Banzhou Tucheng more than 50 miles, occupy the top of the mountains, the mausoleum on all sides, the left and right are surrounded by streams, there is a husband when the pass, ten thousand people do not open the trend.

Around the strange rock mountain, mountains and rivers, there are a large number of flat land, forests, can be developed and cultivated, in fact, in later generations, this area is also one of the strong agricultural towns in Zunyi.

Turning left and right, Lu Ning was very satisfied with this place, and it was no wonder that the Yang family later operated this place as a foundation place.

The next day, to a soil fort on the north bank of Shaxi, this boxy earth fort is very handsome, sand, gravel and mud are mixed, there are wooden buildings and arrow towers at the four corners, scattered around the earth fort, there are more than 200 families and thousands of people, when encountering the attack of the Luo Min barbarians, you can enter the earth fort for refuge.

This earthen fort is also one of the largest and most important earthen forts in the western part of Banzhou, and most of the natives of this village are surnamed Xie, and the owner of the earthen fort, Xie Si'an, is also the head of this village.

Shaxi east-west direction to this vicinity and turn south to join the Wujiang River, the Luo Min barbarian in the southwest direction of Shaxi there are scattered, so it is also called the water Ximan, in fact, most of the Luo Min man, to the more west more than 200 miles of Wuman Mountain (Wumeng Mountain) hinterland.

The earthen fort is very large, and there are many houses, and the villagers leave rations in their homes on weekdays, and the harvested grain is put into the earthen fort.

Generally speaking, a small group of barbarians did not dare to provoke the Tubao village, if a large number of barbarians came to attack, the Tubao asked Banzhou for help, the villagers all avoided the Tubao, the Tuban had no way at all, that is, they wanted to burn the peasant houses around the Tubao, all within the firing range of the Tubao arrow tower, if they gave up their lives to besiege the Tubao, if they could not be captured in a day or two, the Banzhou reinforcements would also arrive.

Of course, there are only a few earthen forts with strong defensive strength like Xie's Tubao, so if a large number of Luo Min invade, many forts in the Shaxi area will be in an emergency.

However, this large area of land on both sides of the nearby Shaxi River is a rare irrigable farmland, and it is also an important grain producing area in Banzhou, where the Hakka ancestors and local natives developed it early, and the struggle between the barbarians who like to plunder the poor mountains and bad waters has lasted for hundreds of years.

There are many houses in the earthen fort that can be used by the villagers to temporarily live when they take refuge, but the conditions are all dirty and dilapidated wooden huts.

However, I heard that the General Wen Yuan was going to take a walk around the neighborhood and stay for a day or two, and the Yang family and the Luo family could only live in these wooden houses and earthen houses.

Yang Shi and Luo Zhen were naturally placed in the upper room of the earthen fort.

In the room where Lu Ning lived, Xie Si'an originally wanted to give up his bedroom, or invite Lu Ning and his concubine to live in his daughter's boudoir, but Lu Ning took a fancy to the wooden building behind an arrow tower in Tubao, which was built on the castle wall, and the location was very high, overlooking the scenery on both sides of Shaxi.

The original intention of the wooden building was that when the barbarians attacked, the lord of the fort took charge of the overall command of the operation, but although the Luo Min Department came to wash the nearby fort in the autumn of this year, it bypassed the heavily defended earthen fort, so that the wooden building was useless for a long time, and all fell into the spider webs.

……

In fact, it is very depressing to live in the earthen fort, because above the earthen fort, there are wooden ladders vertical and horizontal, wooden corridors connecting various arrow towers and external shooting points, and all buildings are for defense rather than living comfort.

The sun was setting, Lu Ning walked on the vertical and horizontal wooden corridor above the earthen fort and the level of the earthen wall, the wooden planks creaked, there were more people walking on it, and it seemed to be a little shaky, Tang Yuniang, who was following him, her pretty face changed color slightly, obviously a little frightened, she didn't dare to walk with her hands like Lu Ning, but stretched out her snow-white hand, tightly grasped the rope next to the wooden corridor, and walked forward slowly.

These vertical and horizontal wooden corridors are very narrow, allowing only one person to pass through, after Tang Yuniang, followed by Yang Shi, Luo Zhenshi and Xie Si'an.

Yang Shi looked as far as he could, avoiding Tang Yuniang's delicate shadow in front of him, but the distance was so close, the bewitching figure, and the small waist swaying with the wind were close at hand, which made people involuntarily have the urge to bleed, and the fragrance was blowing on his face, which made Yang Shi's heart churn indescribably.

Finally, Lu Ning stepped forward and reached the earthen wall, which was one layer shorter, walking inside like a trench, and outside was a high wall, which could be used as a cover for archers.

Looking out from the shooting position between the wall stacks, the Shaxi River meanders in the distance, the sunset shines, and the yellow fertile soil on both sides of the river is very beautiful.

Lu Ning said with a smile: "Zunyi Military City, it would be good when we can reach the scale of this earth fort!" ”

At this time, everyone stood in a row in the earthen wall trench, listening to Lu Ning's words, Yang Shi hurriedly said: "Xiaguan and Luo Yushi will definitely recruit people to build the city as soon as possible." ”

Now it is winter leisure, Lu Ning proposed to build the general framework of the Zunyi military city before the beginning of spring, of course, the military city is naturally far from talking about it for the time being, and it is enough to cut down wood and build a simple military village, so that the military households are recruited, and then the military city is expanded while training.

Yang Shi and Luo Zhenshi had already agreed, and when they returned, they would recruit people to build a village.

Lu Ning nodded and looked at Xie Si'an, who was standing a few people apart, "Is this earth fort called the old fort?" ”

"Yes, because this fort is a place in Shaxi, where the ancestors first built the village, and later after repair, it formed the current earth fort, so it is called the old fort." Xie Si'an smiled,

Lu Ning nodded slightly, this Xie Si'an has just passed forty years old, it is when he is in the prime of life, he is born with a square face, giving people a sense of uprightness, but his personality seems to be retreating from the north to the north, facing himself, he is very flattering.

Lu Ning said: "This name is not very good, it is homophonic with the word in my hometown, it is not good." ”

Xie Si'an was slightly stunned, and then asked tentatively: "Then, what is it called?" I heard that the Lord of the General Court has earth-shattering talents, and the Son of Heaven personally selected the Lord as the Jinshi Section to review, if the Lord of the General Court can give the name of this fort, it will be really a blessing for the people of this fort. ”

Luo Zhenshi cut off, "Xie Sanji, they all said that you didn't take advantage enough, what's the matter, you want to be cheap to the adults of the total courtyard, a few words?" Do you want the Lord of the General Academy to open Chrysostom for you? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Xie Si'an smiled, obviously very familiar with Luo Zhen's family, Luo's family master, who often belittled him, was used to it.

Lu Ning looked into the distance and said with a smile: "Look at the fertile soil of Shaxi ahead, under the sunset, it will be as charming as Jinsha, this fort is called Jinsha Fort!" "I thought of this name because of the West, which is where Jinsha County was located in later generations.

"Good, good, Sandsburg! Good name! Luo Zhenshi was the first to applaud, and said with a smile: "Xie Sanju, you earned you!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Xie Si'an responded repeatedly, and said with a happy face: "The good name given by the Lord of the General Hospital, the people of the fort are all honored, the capital of the pen, and the daughter is also rare, and the small ones can only talk about the heart." ”

"Old Xie! You're far away! In the new law of this dynasty, these obviously cumbersome courtesies and exchanges are strictly prohibited, and they are all included in bribery. Luo Zhenshi glanced at Xie Si'an, and said in his heart, aren't you looking for death? Do you really think that the ancestors dealt with the Central Plains officials, and it has always been universal?

Maybe it works for others, but where is the lack of those little money in this Wen General Academy?

Lu Ning was slightly stunned when he heard Luo Zhen's call Xie Si'an "Old Xie", this, another person who learned from himself, called a friend who is more familiar with him, or a Shangguan who called a lower official to express his intimacy, it really makes people know what this means when they hear it.

"The pen fee is free, I can't write very well, look back, I have a staff member, very good at writing, I asked him to write and send it over!" Lu Ning said with a smile: "I want to charge you a pen fee, I'm afraid that Luo Yushi will sue me for being black when I turn around!" ”

Xie Si'an laughed and said he didn't dare, Luo Zhen's family, Yang Shi also squeezed out some smiles.

It seems that it is a lot of fun.