After leaving the iron workshop, Guo Qi walked around the Baili City, which is not very large, about five miles long from east to west, two to three miles wide from north to south, it is an irregular and narrow valley, except for the entrance of the valley in the east, the other three sides are steep mountains, and the mountains are dense primeval forests; Therefore, if you want to enter the city, you can only enter through the valley mouth, as long as you hold the pass of the valley mouth, even if the enemy army has thousands of troops, do not want to enter.

"Yiming! This city is extremely important to us, but it's a little dirty and needs to be replanned, what do you suggest? ”

"The lord of the city, I think it can be divided into three areas, with the city lord's mansion as the core, the city lord's mansion can be set up as the palace annex, and another mansion can be selected as the government office, and the rest can be divided into the remaining craftsmen to live, or transformed into shops; A barracks were built in the east, and in the west an ironworks and mines, where a prison was to be built to hold prisoners; Iron mines and mines are to be guarded by soldiers for twelve hours......"

"It's basically the same as what this king thinks, just do as you say! The craftsmen who need to stay, and the people who want to stay, can be assigned new homes to them today; Barracks, iron mills and mines also need to be built as soon as possible. ”

"No, the lowly post will start to arrange it immediately."

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Deep in the mountains, Chen's cottage.

This is a village located on the mountain, this mountain is not very high, but there are cliffs on three sides, only there is a road to go down the mountain in the south, there is a small plain at the foot of the mountain, and the Chenjia River divides the whole small plain into two parts: north and south; Mountain people are assembling waterwheels, dredging ditches, and preparing to irrigate the land that has already been sown.

"Drive, drive, drive......" A few fast horses galloped on the mountain path, passing through the plains and heading straight for the cottage; Hoo, hoo, hoo ......"

"You're back." A small leader stepped forward to greet him.

"Is Big Brother here?" The second master dismounted and threw the reins to the little boss; This person is Chen Feng, the second leader of Chen Jiashan.

"The big boss is in Zhongyi Hall!"

Chen Feng walked quickly to the Zhongyi Hall, and saw that the eldest brother Chen Shan was in the side hall, offering incense to the spiritual seat of the ancestors of the Chen family, so he did not disturb Chen Shan, and followed behind Chen Shan to bow and kowtow respectfully to the ancestors and ancestors.

"I'm back, what's the situation in Yongzhou?" Back in the main hall, Chen Shan asked.

"Big brother, something happened, the mountain carving was destroyed by the official army." Chen Feng said: "And the government has posted a notice, requiring all bandits and mountain people to go down the mountain and return to obedience within half a month, and the official army will enter the mountain to encircle and suppress after half a month." ”

"The mountain carvings have been destroyed, and it seems that this new thorn history is going to be real." Chen Shan frowned.

"Big brother, it's not the history of the assassin, it's the prince; This time he came to Yongzhou is a prince, titled King Yong, the ninth son of the current emperor; Yongzhou is the fief of this prince. ”

"Since you are a prince, you must have brought a lot of good things with you when you came; Let's talk about what good things are in Yongzhou. ”

"That's just too much, there are tens of thousands of stones in food alone, and there are countless cloths, silks, weapons, and armor, there are too many good things." Chen Fenghui said; "Big brother, you shouldn't think of the idea of fighting Yongcheng!"

"Why not?" Chen Shan looked at Chen Feng and said: "The Yongjun army has now gone to collect the mountain carving, even if the mountain carving is destroyed, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it will not be able to return to Yongcheng for a while; At this time, Yongcheng must be empty of troops, and it just so happens that Yongcheng will move all the grain and grass to our Chen family cottage, and our life will be much better in the future. ”

"Big brother, don't do it!" Chen Feng hurriedly stopped: "Big brother, do you know how many officers and troops there are in Yongzhou?" ”

"How many can there be, Yongzhou is barren, at most two or three thousand people!"

"Big brother, now Yongzhou has twelve official and military prefectures, 15,000 soldiers and horses, not counting the Tuntian soldiers and township soldiers."

"Fifteen thousand people, second child, you're dizzy! How many people are there in Yongzhou? ”

"The Yongzhou that the eldest brother is fighting now is not the Yongzhou of the past; Before King Yongzhou arrived, he recruited displaced people along the way, and now there are more than 100,000 people in Yongzhou, and all of these people have settled in Yongzhou, and under the organization of the government, they have cultivated land and built water conservancy; King Yong also promulgated the 'Armor Meritorious Service System', encouraging the people to farm, join the army, and award knights for their meritorious services......"

After hearing what Chen Feng said, Chen Shan was very shocked and asked, "Second brother, are you sure you are not wrong?" Is all this true? You didn't make it up to deceive the big brother! ”

"Big brother, I'm not going to do it! Of course these are true, if you don't believe it, you can see for yourself! ”

"If it's really like what you said, then we really can't take Yongcheng;" Chen Shan said with a sad face; "So how are we going to spend this winter! This year's grain harvest is poor, and the food in our Chenjia cottage is simply not enough to eat this winter, so it seems that we have to organize hunting in the mountains as soon as possible. ”

"Big brother, the food matter is actually easy to solve."

"What's your solution?" Chen Shan asked eagerly.

"Go down the mountain and return to King Yong." Chen Feng made up his mind.

"Submission?" Chen Shan looked at Chen Feng with incredible eyes and said, "Second brother, you're not wrong!" Submission? You don't know why we're hiding in the mountains, right? ”

"Of course, eldest brother, I will not forget, the reason why the ancestors of my Chen family hid in the mountains was to avoid the harsh taxes of the government, if they can survive outside, who wants to hide in the mountains!

But big brother, this time is really different, I think King Yong is different from other officials, otherwise there would not be so many people willing to follow him to Yongzhou! Now the people of Yongzhou are not singing praises to King Yong, and every household still has King Yong's immortal card! ”

"Second child! This matter is not in a hurry, after all, this is related to the lives of more than 2,000 people in our Chen family's cottage, and we have to find the big guy to discuss it well. ”

"Big brother is right, this matter has to be carefully considered."

"The destruction of the mountain eagle should have spread all over the rivers and lakes!"

"Almost, everyone in the mountains knows about it."

"Second brother, do you think we have to send a letter to the pangolins?"

"Big brother, you mean that we will advance and retreat with the pangolins."

"If we join forces, even if we break with the government in the future, we won't be alone."

"Big brother, what you said is reasonable, I just sent someone to deliver a letter to the pangolin."

In addition to the pangolin, other cottages have also received letters from the Chen family's cottage; The news that the mountain carving was exterminated by the government has spread throughout the mountain, and the cottages are very uneasy when the bandits are returned. Even bandits like a mountain eagle have been handed over by the government, and they are naturally no match for the government.

At this time, the Chen family cottage invited the owners of the village to hold an alliance to discuss this matter, which was naturally very in line with the wishes of the big guys, and the location and date of the alliance were quickly determined, which was also a great wonder and a grand event that was not encountered in a hundred years on the green collar rivers and lakes.