Looking at the peaks and mountains of Lushunkou, the strange rocks are craggy, Wei Bao secretly thought, this is really a natural excellent military base, but is this really suitable for development as an economic powerhouse?

Weijiazhuang can develop because Liaoxi is very peaceful.

In order for the Jinzhou Peninsula to develop, it must first ensure that it can resist Jiannu and will not be taken away by Jiannu, which is not a little more difficult.

"In any way, isn't it far worse than our Weijiazhuang?" Wang Qiuya saw Wei Bao's thoughts.

Wei Bao said: "Why do you think so? Although there are mountains everywhere, the conditions for governance and development are indeed poor, but the place is big, and there is no limit, how much territory can be beaten down, how much territory can be controlled, Weijiazhuang does not have this advantage, right? Also, it is located between Phi Island North Korea and Liaoxi, close to Denglai, is the traffic point of the three places, the strategic position is extremely important, whoever takes the Jinzhou Peninsula, who will occupy the initiative in the entire Bohai Bay! This is also incomparable to Weijiazhuang, right? ”

"The key is to be able to take it down." Wang Qiuya said with a smile: "I saw the president frowning just now, you obviously feel bottomless in your heart, and you are still hard-mouthed." ”

Wang Qiuya rarely joked with Wei Bao like this, knowing that Wei Bao was determined to take the Jinzhou Peninsula, so she used this way to talk to Wei Bao, knowing that when Wei Bao decided on something, persuasion in a laughing way would have a much better effect than serious persuasion.

Wei Bao did not respond to Wang Qiuya, at this time, he couldn't relax.

Although it is clear that the goal of taking the Jinzhou Peninsula must be taken, Wei Bao knows that it is by no means as simple as signing a contract with Mao Wenlong to take it down, the key is the control of a place! How big is that? The Jinzhou Peninsula is no smaller than Liaoxi! And it is located in the middle of Liaodong, Dongjiang, Denglai, Jiannu, and the Quartet!

This difficulty is so high that Wei Bao can imagine it, so at this time, Wei Bao can't be easy anyway.

"Childe, I'm going ashore soon, are you spending the night in Lushun today, or are you spending the night on the ship?" Lin Wenbiao came to ask for instructions: "Some simple buildings have been built in Lushunkou, and there is a slightly larger wooden house on the shore, which was originally temporarily used by the Tiandihui in the Jinzhou Peninsula. ”

Wei Bao waved his hand and said: "The Jinzhou Peninsula is ours, what are you doing here?" You don't have to be so afraid of Jiannu! I know that it is safest in Lushun, and I can leave at the slightest disturbance, but in that case, why should I come to the Golden State Peninsula in person? It's just past noon, and after going ashore, we're heading for Golden State City! The headquarters of the Golden State Peninsula is located in the city of Golden State! Don't forget, the entire Golden State Peninsula is mine! I'm going to represent the government now! ”

"Yes! President. Lin Wenbiao hurriedly gave a military salute.

"In the Lushun area, according to the drawings, send people to build simple fortifications on the hills on all sides! This is a natural military port, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is unlikely that a large fleet will attack here, so it does not need to spend too much manpower and material resources, and can withstand the attack of a few thousand people. Stocking all supplies at Port Arthur ensures that nothing goes wrong! The others came with me to Golden State! I'm going to meet Zhang Pan, Lin Maochun, and these local generals for a while. ”

"Yes, President. I'll arrange it. After Lin Wenbiao received the highest instructions, he immediately went down to make arrangements.

"I've been on a boat for a few days, go ashore for a night's rest, and then go tomorrow, right? You don't have to be in such a hurry, right? Wang Qiuya asked.

"Time is ticking!" Wei Bao Road.

"Are you in a hurry to rush to Beijing in two months to participate in the scientific examination?" Wang Qiuya asked.

"It's not all because of this, the scientific expedition is actually not in a hurry. Even if I fail the exam, I am now a student of Sun Chengzong, and it is not difficult to become an official! Wei Bao replied: "The main thing is to take advantage of this wave, there are big military plans in the entire Liaodong and Dongjiang River, we must take advantage of this wave of heat, make profits for the fishermen, stabilize the Jinzhou Peninsula, and try to take charge of Korean affairs!" Jiannu will stop a little in winter, and the main time period of the attack is spring, summer and autumn. At this time, it is already the height of summer, and in the past four or five months, we will hold the Golden State Peninsula, and the time is very urgent. ”

"Understood." Wang Qiuya nodded and agreed: "I'll arrange it too, and the president's secretariat must all accompany me, right?" ”

"Well, you can do it yourself. The main job of the president's secretary is to control internally and liaise with the outside world, although I am not in Weijiazhuang, but all the affairs of the Tiandi firm, large and small, your president's secretariat must know, and have the highest decision-making power, which can not be neglected at any time. Wei Bao said.

Wang Qiuya nodded and went down to make arrangements.

After arranging the itinerary, Wei Bao still stood at the bow railing, lit a cigarette, and quietly admired the original and beautiful scenery of the Golden State Peninsula.

Looking at all this, Wei Bao's mood was not relaxed, but secretly anxious, how many years would it take to turn this barren land into a power base worthy of dependence and reliance?

Weijiazhuang was the Qinhuangdao of later generations, and Qinhuangdao could not be developed until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

This is especially true on the Jinzhou Peninsula, although in the early Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period, there was a guard here, but it was only a border sentinel, and there was never a large number of ordinary people.

After Shenyang was occupied by Jiannu, a large number of Han Chinese fled to the vicinity of Jinzhou and diverted hundreds of thousands to Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang River.

Wei Bao knows that if you want to stabilize the Jinzhou Peninsula, you must first let the population flow over, and only by being able to feed so many people can the Jinzhou Peninsula be solid and become a solid and stable base.

Wei Bao took people ashore, landed at Lushunkou, inspected on the spot, arranged work, and then set off directly to Jinzhou City!

In fact, there is nothing to investigate, Wei Bao came here, on how to build Lushun Port and Port Arthur, there is a clear plan.

The map in Wei Bao's hand is the map of later generations, how to build Lushun Port and Port Arthur, as long as it is completely in accordance with the plan of the Beiyang Yamen of later generations, the location of the large and small forts is marked very clearly, all of them were surveyed by foreigners at that time, plus the military base of Tsarist Russia was used here for many years in later generations, and later as a naval base of the Celestial Empire, it was readjusted several times.

By the time Wei Bao got to the map, it was already very complete.

Therefore, Wei Bao can almost do it as it is, saving a lot of architectural design costs.

In fact, the biggest problem of the project lies in the design and survey, which is the most difficult and technically demanding.

If there is a slight deviation in the plan, the loss caused will not be tens of thousands of taels, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, maybe hundreds, tens of millions of taels of silver will be lost!

No matter how big the project is, as long as there is a design plan without problems, so that all the construction personnel know it, there will always be a day when it will be completed.

Therefore, in addition to my own vision beyond this era for hundreds of years, there are also some physical objects on the Zhenyuan ship. Wei Bao's biggest treasure is a large number of maps from later generations, and the nautical maps are accurate to the range of 100 meters! Urban planning, mineral location and building construction are all marked very clearly and in detail, and these maps alone are enough to make Weibao rise rapidly in this era!

Of course, the premise is that you have the strength to operate according to the map, which requires matching power, otherwise you know that there is gold here, but will others allow you to dig gold here?

From Lushun Pass to Jinzhou City, pass through Nanguan.

This journey is not short, just to reach Nanguan, more than 30 hours have passed! Nanguan is still a long way from Jinzhou City.

Wei Bao saw hundreds of soldiers resting at Nanguan.

Last time, Jiannu came to attack, and the main battlefield was Jinzhou City, but it didn't actually reach Nanguan.

After Wei Bao sent someone to ask, he found out that it was repaired by the guard Zhang Pan, mainly because the Jinzhou Peninsula was also affected by the earthquake, and he was afraid that the city would not be stable.

"If Jiannu really hits Nanguan, such a dilapidated and short Guancheng will hold on for a short period of time at most, and it cannot be used as a strong fortification." Wei Bao to the Army's Tan Maniac, Zhang Haobo and Gao Yi channel. This time, Hou San, the supreme commander of the army, did not come and stayed in Weijiazhuang.

"With one or two thousand elite soldiers, they can withstand an army of tens of thousands of Jiannu for a month or two, and it cannot be said that there is no need to repair it at all." Madman Tan replied: "And the big stones they use are too unstrong, if we use our cement, it will be stronger and more stable!" ”

"You don't understand what I mean, I mean, even Jinzhou City doesn't have to be built, just like you said, this kind of city wall made of big stones doesn't have much effect, if it is not man-made, it can go through thousands of years of wind and rain, but the brutal siege war is fought once, and it will be deformed immediately! Hit the repair, repair the fight, it's too troublesome! After we enter the Jinzhou Peninsula, we will build from the North Flood Pass in the west to the Red Mouth Fort in the east! Cut off the entire southern Liaonan waist and build a permanent defensive wall! I see how Jiannu still called? Wei Bao explained.

When everyone present heard this, they all gasped.

"Childe, I'm afraid it's four or five hundred miles? It's almost half the length of the Great Wall from Shanhaiguan to Xifengkou! It is more than twice the size of the outer wall of Weijiazhuang. How many people do you have to build this? How much material do you need? If you have so much money, why build walls? It's okay to directly rectify the army and fight hard with Jiannu head-on, right? Madman Tan asked.

"We have cement, and as for manpower, we must get a large number of people!" Wei Bao said: "This is more cost-effective than fighting head-on!" Jiannu beats us, and if we are in the wild, we can do it ten to one! We need a million troops to fight 100,000 slaves, where do you prepare a million troops? ”

Madman Tan pursed his lips, not quite agreeing with Gongzi's opinion, but he didn't dare to disobey it. Secretly thinking that Gongzi is really a disciple of Sun Chengzong, and he has a temper with Sun Chengzong, is this an addiction to repairing the city wall? Do you want to build the city wall all the way to the nest of the slaves?

"That's a lot of people! And fast. Otherwise, if Jiannu knew that the president had made such a big move, he would never allow a city wall of four or five hundred miles to appear in southern Liaoning out of thin air! Madman Tan said: "If this Jiannu does not put the main force on the Jinzhou Peninsula, we will have half a year, and before the spring of next year, the city wall must be completed!" Half a year's work, at least four or five hundred thousand people have to build it together, where can we get so many people to go? Even if so many people are brought in, has the president thought about the rations of these people? ”

Wei Bao smiled: "You think about it quite thoughtfully. People will! ”

Everyone doesn't know where Childe can get someone to come, but they don't dare to ask, if the president wants to say, he will naturally say, the president doesn't say, you can't ask casually.

Everyone's idea is that although southern Liaoning is now controlled by the Dongjiang River, the periphery is Fuzhou, and Fuzhou is controlled by Jiannu, and there are Gaizhou, Yaozhou, and Haizhou behind Fuzhou.

"Childe, I don't ask where to get people, I only ask one, if it is really like what Childe said, a large number of people have been brought in, and this Great Wall of more than 500 miles has been built to separate southern Liaoning. Then Liaonan will become a fragrant bait, and the son will have to invest at least tens of millions of taels of silver, right? When the time comes, with a word from the imperial court, it is very likely that they will make a wedding dress for others. Childe, you've thought about this, right? Lin Wenbiao reminded.

Wei Bao nodded: "This is a good point!" Since I dared to propose this plan, I naturally thought of this! It's up to you! The common people are ours, the army is ours, and the territory is not ours? Others say take it, and you just obediently roll up the cover and get out? ”

Everyone was stunned at the same time, and they all understood. Although Childe didn't say it, he had already made it very clear! If the Heaven and Earth firm has a firm foothold in southern Liaoning, whoever dares to ask for our territory and people will do it with whom! The Ming court also has to do it!

Thinking about this section, everyone immediately swept away the haze and returned to their energetic appearance!

Originally, Wei Bao brought people to the Jinzhou Peninsula this time, and he did not do any pre-war mobilization, because he originally came here, mainly not to fight, but to keep the territory, mainly for defensive tasks, and there was no task of taking the initiative to fight at all.

Everyone couldn't figure out President Wei's dispatch to the Jinzhou Peninsula, and they all felt that it was a loss-making deal, but now when they heard President Wei say this, they immediately understood that the president was going to gamble again! This trip is not gambling on gold and silver, but a large piece of territory in southern Liaoning that is larger than that of western Liaoning!

Good guy, the president is so bold!

So, a group of people gossiped and happily started talking.

Wei Bao clapped his hands: "It's okay to know, you can't spread it blindly!" As for the ideological work of the people below, you can do it yourself! Anyway, you can't say it's broken! Also, along the way, I have seen that everyone's morale is a little low, and the morale of the army is obviously lagging behind that of the political cadres! Lag behind the cadres of industrial science and technology! Why can't you compare to these backbones who are engaged in political work and technology? This is the incompetence of you commanders and the incompetence of instructors at all levels! ”

The officers present all bowed their heads in shame and said yes together.

Wei Bao said a few words, and didn't say anything more.

Wei Bao doesn't like to say everything over and over to the people below, and he said it harshly, which is not interesting. He is the president, the absolute leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, everything is clear, the specific process, or rely on the people below to understand it themselves, after all, it is not a child, do you want someone to chew up the food and feed it to their mouths? In that case, the effect will definitely not be as good as self-comprehension.

When we arrived outside the Golden State, it was already the middle of the night of the next day.

Wei Bao has not stopped since he arrived at Lushun, and has been marching in a hurry! After almost forty hours of marching, everyone was tired.

Lin Wenbiao sent someone to spread the word and asked the Golden State guard to open the city gate!

The guard general Zhang Pan and others had already received the news from Mao Wenlong, who asked them to withdraw their troops to the Dongjiang River and complete the handover with Wei Bao, leaving only the original dozens of key officials, and all the materials were also withdrawn to the Dongjiang River.

In fact, there are no materials in Jinzhou City, and the materials are extremely scarce, if Wei Bao hadn't sent people to fund grain, grass and fire, it can be said that there is nothing in Jinzhou City except for some stones and wood demolished from broken houses to help defend the city!

In the past two days, Zhang Pan is asking people to make preparations before evacuating, he is the main official, he can't be withdrawn, waiting for Wei Bao to arrive.

The guard on duty was Chen Zhong, and Chen Zhong and Lin Maochun were the two main generals under Zhang Pan who played the third and second positions.

Chen Zhong received the news from Lin Wenbiao, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly asked people to spread the news of General Zhang Pan, the garrison of Jinzhou City.

Zhang Pan was in a deep dream, was woken up in the early morning, startled, sat up from the bed all of a sudden, and asked loudly: "What's the matter?" Jiannu is here again? ”

"No, it's Liaoxi Wei Gongzi who has arrived." The general who delivered the message was outside Zhang Pan's house, holding Wei Bao's name in both hands to report it.

Ordinary people's names are either made of gold, such as Wei Zhongxian's extremely pretending characters. Either it's wooden, and nine out of nine people are wooden. The name card is a status symbol.

Only Wei Bao is more special, Wei Bao's name cards are all made of jade, which is not particularly pretending. Relatively few people use such a troublesome way of pretending.

"Wei Bao is here? So fast? Zhang Pan settled down, got up in disbelief, went outside the house, took the name card brought by the messenger to see, and together with the name post, there was also a handwritten letter from Mao Wenlong to Wei Bao, with this letter, all the officials who handed over with Wei Bao, when they saw Wei Bao, it was like seeing him Mao Wenlong himself! This is another certificate in addition to the contract signed between Mao Wenlong and Wei Bao, which was specially written by Mao Wenlong to Wei Bao for Wei Bao's convenience.

After reading the voucher, Zhang Pan knew that it was true, thought for a few seconds, and immediately said: "Order, open the city to welcome!" I'll go myself! You asked people to call Lin Maochun, go with me, and call all the main officials in Jinzhou City! ”

"Yes! Checkmate. The messenger agreed to step back and go and get ready.

There is nothing to prepare for, just let more people shout up, General Zhang Pan wants to personally greet Wei Baowei Gongzi from Liaoxi, welcome it, there must be more people in line to show grandeur.

Although he was annoyed that Mao Wenlong would actually sign such a funny contract with a rich man in Liaoxi, Zhang Pan himself was resistant to this kind of thing, and felt that it was very unreliable to hand over the defense of the imperial court to private people! But the Jinzhou Peninsula is mainly Dongjiang, and Mao Wenlong is so domineering, since Mao Wenlong has his own instructions, Zhang Pan can only accept it.

Therefore, now Wei Bao is equivalent to being Zhang Pan's direct boss, no matter Zhang Pan, Lin Maochun, Chen Zhong, a group of major generals and officials in Jinzhou City admit it or not, Wei Bao is their current top boss, this point cannot be changed!

Let a flat-headed ordinary man who has no official position take care of these officials, and some people will be convinced, so it will be strange!

Wei Bao's original intention was to let Mao Wenlong give him an empty Jinzhou Peninsula, and he didn't even need officials! However, Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong felt that in that case, the name was not justified, and the imperial court would definitely not agree, so they decided to leave the main generals and officials behind, and just withdraw the army! Wei Bao also felt that if he didn't even want the officials of the imperial court, it seemed a little unreasonable, after all, he was really just a flat-headed commoner, and it seemed unreasonable for the flat-headed people to directly exercise the power of local officials, so he did not oppose the arrangement of Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong.

"Big brother, what's going on in the middle of the night? That Wei Bao came so fast, is he crazy? Lin Maochun came over to meet Zhang Pan and complained as soon as they met.

Zhang Pan has been draped neatly, and a silver armor is waiting for him.

"If you come quickly, it means that people are in a hurry, and there is something bad about it." Zhang Pan said nonchalantly: "Mao Shuai has already arranged it like this, what else can you do?" Let's take a look! ”

"The key is that Wei Bao is not an official! Why should the governance of the Golden State Peninsula be handed over to a flat-headed common man? Big brother, I can't figure it out, I've already written a note for resignation, and I'll let someone transfer to Beijing tomorrow! Lin Maochun sighed.

Zhang Pan was silent, not knowing what to say, and said after a while: "Have you thought about it?" Don't be an official anymore? ”

"Don't do it! Let's fight to the death, but the people above only recognize money! How big is the Golden State Peninsula? Say that the package is for the person, and the package is for the person, what has become of this? Buying groceries and selling groceries? Lin Maochun said irritably: "Instead of this, I might as well go back to my hometown to do some small business and be happy." ”

"Now is not the time to talk about these things, let's go pick up Wei Gongzi first!" Zhang Pan said.

"What a disappointment, rushing here in the middle of the night! If you don't see anyone, you know that this person must be sick! Lin Maochun cursed.

"Well, I don't have to say that again! If you don't want to be an official, you can go back, don't make people think that our Golden State officials are all this virtue. In addition, Mr. Wei also sent people to support us in resisting Jiannu! Anyway, it's all kind to us! They don't owe you anything. "Zhang Pan is very open.

Lin Maochun said in surprise: "Big brother, do you really think so?" In the future, you will be willing to work under a flat-headed common man? Be your garrison general without any military power? ”

"Let's take one step at a time! I've been in Jinzhou City for so long, and I've fought hard with Jiannu several times, and I have developed feelings for this place! No matter who guards it, as long as it's a Ming person, as long as it's a slave, I don't care! I don't want to say it's an official, it's just an ordinary man, and I'm willing to give up my head for Jinzhou City! You and I should know how important Jinzhou City is to resist the attack of Jiannu! As he spoke, Zhang Pan's eyes turned red and he was a little excited.

Lin Maochun's blood was on fire, how many times had he been born and died with Zhang Pan, and when he saw the emotion of what Zhang Pan said, he also felt that it made sense, and nodded: "Okay, big brother, then let's not delay our efforts, we will gather everyone and go to pick up Wei Gongzi together!" ”

Zhang Pan nodded indifferently and made a gesture to go.

Lin Maochun got up in the middle of the night, there was a fire in his heart, among the officials in Jinzhou City, who did not have fire? After everyone met, there was a burst of curses, and they were lectured by Zhang Pan and Lin Maochun, and everyone couldn't bear to say it anymore, but many people still muttered in a low voice that they wanted to resign.

Zhang Pan heard everyone talking, but he didn't know what to say, so he didn't say anything, rode a horse to lead the way in front, and led everyone to pick up Wei Bao.

Jinzhou City is a little bigger, mainly before coming, it took a lot of time to assemble, in fact, from this end of Jinzhou City, walk to the other end of Jinzhou City, and it doesn't take two sticks of incense to walk.

Wei Bao waited for a full hour! Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, I was a little anxious, and I was about to let people urge, but I saw the city gate open, and two columns of officials rushed out, and the three generals at the head were wearing armor, and the other officials were also wearing armor or making official uniforms, which looked very solemn.

Although Wei Bao didn't recognize Zhang Pan, he knew that it must be them, the officials of the Golden State, who were here, so he hurriedly dismounted and greeted him in person.

"Below is Wei Bao, a native of Liaoxi, who has seen all of you." Wei Bao performed a show of etiquette, although he was the actual boss of these people, Wei Bao still used the way of ordinary people to see officials.

Wei Bao's move made the officials standing in line feel good, and they nodded to greet Wei Bao, Wei Bao did not have the image of the high-spirited nouveau riche they imagined.

Originally, in everyone's mind, Wei Bao must be a delusional person, a person with madness! No matter how rich you are, you can't be so bad!? What are you buying the governance of the Golden State Peninsula for? In the past, it was said that the Jinzhou Peninsula was a place where birds don't and there was nothing, and the local people were only 10,000 or 20,000 people.

However, everyone now sees Wei Baosheng's eyebrows and eyes, extremely handsome, and he is only 14 years old, young is youth, and youth is extremely smart.

But with Wei Bao's outstanding appearance, anyone who has seen Wei Bao will no longer associate Wei Bao with words like delusion and madness.

Zhang Pan saw that Wei Bao introduced himself, and also introduced himself, and started with Lin Maochun and Chen Zhonger, who were next to him, and introduced civil and military officials one by one.

Wei Bao's memory is excellent, Zhang Pan said one, Wei Bao wrote down one, and stepped forward to say a few words to everyone one by one.

The performance is extremely enthusiastic, not at all, this is all done hard, even if he was engaged in sales work in the previous life, but Wei Baoke is not as sociable as Wu Sanfu.