Pingyang is close to the left, although it is still a icy and snowy climate, but several military villages, has begun to build, the nearest one, is adjacent to the Huang workshop area of the military village, a large group of men and horses soldiers and farmers and slaves, is taking advantage of the agricultural slack period, busy in the construction period.

In this era, there is no so-called piling to strengthen the foundation, generally speaking, the ground is flat and compacted, plus a stone as a foundation, a soil wall, and finally paved with green bricks to glue together, which is considered to complete the peripheral construction of the military walled dock fort.

Originally, as a defense system in the Binh Duong area, in addition to relying on the original small city of Binh Duong, there was basically a training camp in the mountainous area northwest of the city, and the rest were basically none.

As an ordinary town, such a defense system is basically enough, and for the growing and developing economic city with a growing population and a gradual gathering, the only second ring city wall still cannot cover all the areas that need to be protected, and according to the strategy of defending the city, the damage is still too great for the economic facilities outside the city, so from several aspects, Fei Qian finally decided to expand the defense system of Binh Duong to cover the surrounding areas.

If it is an ordinary county, as a county guard, to carry out such a large amount of work, it must first communicate with the local warriors, and then gather all kinds of materials and manpower before the construction can begin, but this is in the north, on the territory of Feiqian, Feiqian's will is everything here, and the businessmen who come and go to Pingyang also hope that Pingyang will always be prosperous and stable, so there is almost no opposition to the construction of these military forts.

The only thing that has some opinions is that the Confucian children who are preaching all day long in a high-profile way to recuperate, to encourage agriculture, and to return to the people.

The displaced people from Jizhou and Youzhou accelerated the speed of the overall construction, and these were left alone as a group of rabble in troubled places, but as long as soldiers were added to them to restrain them, these displaced people were quickly united, and they sold their strength to obtain daily rations.

Not catching strong men, not plundering women and children, giving some work to do, and giving food to eat, is already a great kindness for these homeless people, plus the soldiers of the organization also said that in the future, some acres of land may be divided according to the number of people for farming, that is simply what they dream of, how can they not be overjoyed?

A group of soldiers walked between such a busy construction site. The first cavalryman held a banner with a big "Lu" on it, and it was Wei Xu who was sent by Lu Bu.

Except for the two or three cavalrymen in the Western Expedition Army who led the front with the banner, most of the rest were veterans of Bingzhou who followed Lu Bu southward, and at this moment in this snowy weather, they seemed to be used to such cold, not only did they shrink their necks but also looked around with interest. The strength of the military horses of the general Zhengxi, for Wei Xu and these people, is really a behemoth in this corner of the state, so these military villages, said that they were built, and they were built, looking at the armor and equipment on the hands of the patrolling soldiers, and then lowered their heads to look at what they were wearing, and then looked at Wei Xu's face, the excitement of seeing the prosperity of Jingxiang seemed to be gradually fading.

The sound of the military horses marching slowly on the snow, in addition to the rustling sound, in the queue, there were gradually fewer people talking, including the commander Wei Xu, who had always had a gloomy face.

In the past, Wei continued, always with a big grin, when marching together, it was always Lao Tzu and Lao Tzu, cursing God loudly on horseback with the soldiers, cursing the weather, cursing the enemy, and even cursing Shangguan, he was also a commander who had no frame at all, although it seemed a little rude, but it was also more acceptable to ordinary soldiers, after all, it felt closer.

In the past, during the march, he cursed with Wei Xu, laughed together, and even coaxed together, no matter how difficult the road was, he didn't feel anything, but after starting from Linfen today, the closer he got to Pingyang, Wei Xu's face became more and more ugly, and his calm face was like being frozen by wind and frost.

The ordinary soldiers didn't have the idea of figuring out Wei Xu's thoughts, and most of the people couldn't care about Wei Xu's emotions when they saw the red exterior wall of Pingyang, and they couldn't help but let out a cheer!

It's cold, what's better than rushing to the ground, then roasting the fire, drinking a bowl of hot soup, and then getting into the bed to sleep in the dark, even the gods don't change!

Wei Xu couldn't help but raise his head, even though he was a little unhappy in his heart, but after really seeing Pingyang City with his own eyes, he still couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then spit out a long time!

If Wei Xu came to see Zhengxi alone, he would definitely not dare to have any extravagant hope that Zhengxi would send someone to greet him, but at the moment he was representing Lu Bu, wouldn't this be tantamount to losing Wenhou's face?

The city in front of him is not majestic, but the word prosperous seems to pop out of his heart and smash on his head, which makes Wei Xu a little trance, and the unhappiness in his heart that no one came to greet him has shrunk unconsciously.

"General Wei! Jujube engaged in welcoming each other outside the city! "Although Wei Xu is just a partial general who doesn't enter the stream, but no one cares about this, at least it sounds good to be a general, isn't it?

Wei Xu was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction of the leader's Zhengxi cavalry, an official dressed as a scribe was wearing a dark color coat, and was standing outside the city gate with some people, seeing Wei Xu's gaze, he smiled slightly, arched his hand, and led people to slowly move forward to meet him.

Wei Xu groaned for a moment, pressed a muttering in his throat, lowered his head, threw off his horse, and walked towards Zaoyi. The rest of the Lu Bu soldiers who followed Wei Xu also dismounted with Wei Xu and lined up on the side of the road.

"The prince is busy with affairs, and he can't greet him in person, so he wants a certain person to come, and he hopes that the general will forgive his sins." Zao Yi walked in front of Wei Xu, bowed his hand, and said with a smile, "The general has come from afar, and the prince is overjoyed, and he has arranged a place to stay in the city for the general to rest and go to work." If there is any need, just ask. ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Wei Xu hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Don't dare, thank you for your engagement." ”

The two of them bowed to each other for a moment, and then walked side by side into the city.

Wei Xu's entourage and soldiers also followed behind Wei Xu and walked towards the city together, and as soon as they passed the city gate, they couldn't help but make a chirping sound, and the words "wow", "look at this", "over there" and so on kept jumping out, making Wei Xu's cheeks twitch a little.

Unlike most county seats, the city of Binh Duong was restored and rebuilt under the planning of Fei Qian, and coupled with the health management regulations that other counties do not have, so Binh Duong City, which has brought a lot of later plans, is particularly tidy, and even much stronger than Kyoto.

Think about it, even in Kyoto, where I was preached to heaven in later generations, there were still mules and horses, dirt roads and yellow sand, beggars and garbage mixed together, not to mention the feces and urine everywhere in the corners and alleys, what good smell could it have?

In Binh Duong, it looks so clean and tidy, even for ordinary people who come and go. This is due to the fact that the people of Binh Duong have the habit of bathing.

After a baptism of plague, the temporary lime water bath pool dug in the original suburbs was not filled, but was filled with stone slabs and repaired into a large pool. In this era, the plague was an extremely terrible thing, and ordinary people in Binh Duong suddenly felt that such a pool mixed with lime water could reduce the threat of the plague, and could it also avoid other diseases?

Taking a bath with this special water can cure diseases, and when such a saying spreads, Fei Qian also couldn't laugh or cry. However, in a certain way, the improvement of personal hygiene can indeed reduce the breeding ground of bacteria and reduce the possibility of disease, so Fei Qian had to re-ask Zhang Yun to adjust the formula of lime and other things added to the pool, reduce the amount of limestone, and add charcoal fines, etc., otherwise before the plague broke out, it might have been a large outbreak of diseases with corroded skin......

Wei Xu stepped on the stone slab under his feet a little harder, and then looked left and right, such a gray-white stone slab stretched out from under his feet all the way into the distance, obviously all the streets. On both sides of the street are newly built wood-brick attics, mostly shops of all kinds, most of them two or three storeys, and a few of them are four or five storeys, and the long and varied signboards of each house are dangling in mid-air.

The people walking on the street also looked calm and happy, and when they saw the soldiers marching, they did not hide or avoid them, and continued to busy themselves generously.

Wei Xu knew that this was rare. This shows that here in Zhengxi, soldiers are soldiers, unlike other places, soldiers also have some part-time occupations......

From time to time, the shopkeeper in the shop, or the scribes passing by, and even some elderly farmers, after seeing Zaoyi, stopped and bowed their hands, which made Wei Xu feel a little proud, and the muttering that he was a little young when he saw Zaoyi had long been thrown out of the clouds.

"General Zhengxi......" Wei Xu sighed softly, "It's really amazing...... the slight unhappiness before, at this moment, I don't know why it seems to be almost consumed, Zhengxi is indeed strong, and he is indeed qualified to be proud.

Unconsciously, Zao Yi stopped in front of a small courtyard and said with a smile: "General Wei, it's here." This was the temporary residence of General Wei for rest. But there was a need, although General Wei ordered that there was still official business to be done, so he retired first, and hoped that General Wei Haihan. ”

After Zao Yi finished speaking, he called the steward here again, explained some matters in person, and then gave his leave.

Wei Xu knew that it was impossible to see him on the same day when he came, and it was not an urgent military matter, of course, it depended on the time schedule of the general Fei Qian, so he had no opinion, and after sending Zao Yi away, he asked the steward to bring his soldiers into the hospital for placement. Although Wei Xu has a lot of soldiers, the big-headed soldiers will not ask for any single double bed room or anything, and a hot Chase shop can make these soldiers feel so comfortable that they can shout Ya Yan Butterfly.

Wei Xu didn't rest immediately, but after taking off his armor, he put on civilian clothes, took two guards, walked around the front and back of the courtyard, checked it, and then returned to the front of the courtyard, and before he entered the house, he heard a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, and then the steward of the small courtyard came over and said, "General Wei, the guests from the east courtyard of the post house are visiting." ”

"East Courtyard of the Post House?" Wei Xu raised his eyebrows and said, "Who?" ”

"It is said that it is Yang Shilang...... said," said the housekeeper of the small courtyard.

"Yang?!" Wei Xu's eyes puffed out, "But Hongnong Yang's? What is he doing here? "The Yang family in the world is none other than Hongnong Yang, so as soon as Wei Xu heard that it was surnamed Yang, he thought of Hongnong Yang.

The housekeeper of the small courtyard was a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... The villain is just a small steward, this ...... The villain is unknown...... If it is inconvenient for the general to meet, the villain will reply...... "The manager of the small courtyard is just an ordinary small official, and he doesn't know the affairs between Heluo at all, let alone the contradiction between Lu Bu and Yang Biao, seeing that Wei Xu's mood is a little wrong, he immediately began to shirk subconsciously.

"Humph!" Wei Xu strode forward, "I'm going to be there for a while!" Look at how the Hongnong Yang family is majestic! ”

In front of the hospital, Yang Xiu stood with his hands in his sleeves, with a slight smile on his face, he really didn't know that Lu Bu was coming, but when he heard that another team of envoys had come, he took the initiative to come and take a look, and visit, after all, Yang's reputation is still good, maybe it can be related to anything, right?

Yang Biao's situation was worrying, and he was conquered by Zhengxi to capture Shaanxi, Tianjin and Shaanxian County, which was like a thorn pierced into Hongnong's back, which was painful and difficult to deal with.

If you fight, you will definitely not be able to win the fight for the time being, so you can only make peace.

Yang Xiu came over in person, that is, he expressed sufficient sincerity, but he didn't expect that it had only been two or three days, and many messengers had come one after another......

The messenger of the Pingdong general Cao Cao!

The messenger of the great general Yuan Shao!

Is it all agreed to come here for the New Year?

Yang Xiu could only try his best to remain calm, and did his best to find out if the intentions of these people had anything to do with the Yang family......

Before Yang Xiu could find out one or two, he heard that there was a new team of envoys, so he came to say hello and see what was going on, but a military man with a beard and a big waist rushed out, wearing a crumpled battle robe, with a strong, sour smell, rushed to his eyes, grinning his beard's big mouth, and saliva gushing out from between the yellowed and blackened teeth: "Yang family child, what are you doing here!" ”

Wei Xu stared at the white and pure young man in front of him with some disdain, looking at his appearance of incense and powder, looking at his appearance of fine skin and tender meat, looking at his thin arms and legs, and secretly thinking in his heart that with such a hemp pole body, Lao Tzu could beat ten of them, so he shouted unceremoniously.

No matter how good Yang Xiu's cultivation is, he can't hold his face at this time, he slowly retracts his smile, stares at the reckless soldier in front of him, and regrets why he didn't wait for a clear inquiry before coming over, but it's useless to think about it now, he just said, "Who are you?" ”

"A certain is under the command of Marquis Wen, and the victorious general Wei Zhichang is also!" Wei Xu glared at Yang Xiu and roared, spat and stars splashed everywhere. Wei Xu swallowed the word "partial" when he said his official title, anyway, in front of outsiders, at least in front of the Yang family, he couldn't fall into Wen Hou's momentum!

"Wen Hou?!" Yang Xiu couldn't help but be stunned.

Suddenly, an indescribable atmosphere permeated the two men......