Li Xiao saw that on a long and high slope, a pier with a circumference of no more than 150 steps (about 200 meters) had basically collapsed, and only one side of the pier gate still remained on the four horse circle walls, like a dying old man, lingering in the howling north wind. The broken stone plaque on the top of the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info the same as the pier wall, is full of black fire traces, the cracks are covered with moss, and only the three Yangwenli carvings of Longkou pier can be faintly seen.

"Liu Zeqing, who entered the dog, fucking deceived us like this, how can this bird place live!" Seeing that the Longkou Pier in front of him was so dilapidated, Tian Wei, the captain of the Xuanhu Cavalry, couldn't help but scold, but Wu Liang next to him couldn't help blushing.

Seeing that Wu Liang was embarrassed, Li Xiao hurriedly asked Tian Wei and others to settle the soldiers and An's subordinates. He talked with Wu Liang alone.

Li Xiao walked over, but didn't blame Wu Liang, but asked softly: "Sir, you have come to this remote place, but who can ask to find this?" ”

"My lord, the students have already understood that this Longkoudun is now within the jurisdiction of the Inspection Department of Mazhu Town. Therefore, as soon as we entered the realm of Huang County, we went straight to the inspection department of Mahu Town, and after seeing that Cui Zeng Cui inspected it, he arranged for two soldiers to lead the way, and we got here. ”

After Wu Liang finished speaking in a low voice, Li Xiao let out an expressionless sigh.

Li Xiao observed the terrain again, and saw that the place where the pier stood on a high slope, and there was wilderness on all sides. Only to the northwest is a steep curved coast.

Li Xiao remembered that in his previous life, this Mazhu Town had been decomposed and renamed Beima Town, Huangshanguan Town, and Lutou Town. In the previous life, China built a large port here, called Longkou Port, which is very famous.

In modern China, this Longkou Port is located in the central area of the Bohai Economic Circle, and the natural conditions of the harbor are good. There is a very long island natural sand bar as a barrier in the north, surrounded by golden sand beach in the south, which is not frozen or silted, and is known as "stable oil basin" in history. Measured from the end of the island in the north, the natural water depth is more than 15 meters, the maximum water depth is -23 meters, and the rear land area is vast, which has excellent conditions for the construction of deep-water berths. Longkou Port is one of the three core port areas and 200 million tons of port areas planned and constructed by the government in Shandong Province, and is the largest export trade port to Africa along the coast of modern China.

Li Xiao suddenly felt that there was an inexplicable passion surging in his heart, as if he had heard some kind of mysterious call.

"But I don't know what this slope is called?" Li Xiao's thoughts returned to reality and asked casually.

"Lord Yu, according to the soldier who led the way yesterday, the name of this slope is called Chifeng Slope, it is said that in the Jin Dynasty, there is a huge plane tree on this slope, and the abundant tung trees are knotted, attracting a red phoenix to eat it. During the Jiajing period of my dynasty, a Longkou pier was built on this slope, the name of this pier was obtained because of the Longkou Bay in the distance, and I wanted to rely on this pier, thinking that it was also the momentum of the high choke sea, 2 miles away from the east of this pier, there was the Beima River passing through it。。。。。。 ”

Wu Liang was still gushing to himself, and Li Xiao interrupted him: "Mr. Wu, this official wants to build a new castle in the location, what do you think?" ”

"Oh, but I don't know how big a castle the adults want to build?" Wu Liang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said.

"According to this official's opinion, the fort we are building now needs to be a large fort with a circumference of at least 2 miles." Li Xiao said calmly.

Wu Liang's face was shocked, and he said hurriedly: "Yu Qianhu, when the students were in Jinzhou that day, they knew something about this kind of pier construction. Generally speaking, it costs 300 taels of silver to build a fire pier, more than 700 taels of silver to build an ordinary building, and more than 1,500 taels of silver to build a small castle with a circumference of more than a mile, not counting the cost of bricks. ”

Wu Liang said this because he wanted Li Xiao to retreat. After all, in his opinion, Li Xiao's entire army is still small in number, and there is really no need to plan and build such a large place.

Li Xiao looked at it from a distance, as if he hadn't heard Wu Liang speak.

In fact, Li Xiao knew that in the Ming Dynasty, the current circumference of one mile was already quite large, much larger than Li Xiao's pier of no return in Jinzhou, Liaodong.

If the circumference is two miles, it can reach the scale of the normal Thousand Household Fort, and it is no problem to garrison one or two thousand. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was going to build a huge bunker with a circumference of 2 miles, which was really a waste in Wu Liang's opinion. After all, if the castle is built so big, it will be almost two-thirds the size of the current county seat of Huangxian.

"Mr. Wu, the cost is not an issue. This officer believes that the castle that our army is building now should be considered for the future expansion of troops, horses, and personnel, so the plan should be longer-term. Moreover, after our army has seized Zhang Degui's wealth, there is plenty of money, and it is precisely when it is necessary to build a large scale and build quickly, so how can we only consider the current situation. ”

Li Xiao smiled and expressed his opinion, Wu Liang saw that Li Xiao had made up his mind, thought for a while and said: "Since my lord has made up his mind, then tomorrow I will go to Mazhu Town and Huangxian County and other places, and recruit more craftsmen to come over, and strive to repair this fort as soon as possible." ”

Li Xiao nodded, and said: "Now the weather is extremely cold, the land is frozen hard, it is estimated that it will be difficult to construct for a while, you can go and recruit craftsmen, and when the spring is warm, you will start construction immediately." Moreover, in order to speed up the progress, not only in Huangxian County to recruit craftsmen, such as Zhaoyuan, Laizhou, Dengzhou and other places, you can contact craftsmen to come over, do not be afraid of spending money, and strive to build a good castle as soon as possible. ”

Wu nodded and smiled: "What the lord said is very reasonable, but now to recruit craftsmen, there is no need to worry that they have nothing to do, now that our army is new here, you can first let them build more grass huts for us to settle soldiers and their families." Moreover, in the future, whether it is to build a city wall or a house, it is necessary to prepare blue-striped stones in advance to lay the foundation, but you can pay a deposit in advance, so that the craftsmen can go to the stone quarry to buy and prepare first. ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Yes, Wu Liang will arrange it." ”

Wu Liang suddenly remembered it again, and asked Li Xiao: "But I don't know, what name do you want to give this castle?" ”

Li Xiao pondered for a moment, raised his head and replied: "This place is called Chifeng Slope, and our castle is called Chifeng Castle." ”

Wu Liang laughed: "The name of Chifeng Fort is quite the meaning of Fengming Qishan that day, but it is very good. ”

After discussing the construction of the fort with Wu Liang, Li Xiao discussed with Tian Wei and Wang Yishou about expanding the recruitment of soldiers and horses.

According to Li Xiao's plan, because there is enough money and food now, about 1,000 qualified homeless strong men will be recruited, and after recruitment, they will be added to the cavalry, infantry, and firearms units to be established.

Regarding Li Xiao's plan, Tian Wei and Wang Yishou agreed with each other. Tian Wei said impatiently that he would go to Denglai early tomorrow morning to recruit people to recruit them in order to recruit all the personnel as soon as possible to start training.

When it was almost dusk, Li Xiao's entire army finally settled down at this Longkou pier.

So far, after two days of busyness, the craftsmen have built more than 30 straw sheds. Li Xiao gave priority to horses, the elderly, and children.

The other spare room stored gold and silver goods, grain and bean feed, artillery and ammunition and other materials. These are Li Xiao's lifeblood, and he specially arranged personnel to take care of them.

All the cavalry, shield and spearmen were all arranged to take turns guarding these huts.

The other Spearmen B and the rest of their families, because the grass hut was not built, including all the sailors, stayed on the ship to rest and live, and Chen Monkey, the chief of the sailors, was in charge.

It was night, and everything was quiet.

Li Xiao arranged a separate grass room for Zu Wan'er, and watching Zu Wan'er make the bed and quilt with a calm expression, Li Xiao felt an inexplicable guilt in his heart.

"Wan'er, let a young lady like Jiangmen live in such a rough straw house, Li Xiao's heart is really uneasy."

"Li Xiao, don't say that, what is the grass board house, I said, as long as I can be with you, I feel happy."

Zu Wan'er smiled back at him.

Li Xiao also gave her a warm smile back.

"Li Xiao, I always feel that you will definitely be able to make a great career in the future."

"Oh, why?"

"I don't know, it's this girl's intuition. Don't believe me, my instincts are very good. ”

Looking at Zu Wan'er's serious expression, Li Xiao laughed, and then the two hugged each other silently.

After settling Zu Wan'er, Li Xiao walked out of the grass house, and a whistling cold wind blew, which made him shudder. Looking up, the bright moon in the sky is getting bigger and rounder.