Chen Duzhu has a feeling that Nan'anhou acts in such a style, creating a unique way, the primary goal is to be able to achieve things, and then the means are not to cause backlash and confrontation as much as possible, but it will not give people the feeling of softness and rigidity, such as the matter of Qizhou, King Zhao They will definitely not allow Nan'anhou Mansion to stay in Qizhou, as a result, when the prince and marquis evacuated, a fire burned Qizhou Port to the ground, and the docks where the ships were parked were burned down.

King Zhao and others were helpless, and Xiao Zan was impeached by the patrol, and Xu Zi first defended himself, saying that the Fujian garrison was insufficient, and the sailors had not gone to sea for many days to train, and if the intact Qizhou Port was left, I was afraid that other pirates would have an opportunity.

This reason is quite high-sounding, the court has nothing to say, Xiao Zan has a disgraced face, and King Zhao can only smash the cup in the mansion to beat the maid to vent his hatred.

Qizhou Port is an important place, the mouth of the river is a key road, King Zhao originally planned to run this place, but this is completely ruined.

Chen Duzhu felt that Nan'anhou was quite complicated, with a practical side, a rigid side, and of course, a benevolent and loving people, and caring for and loving soldiers like relatives.

On the more violent side, the thieves who fought with Nan'an Hou were quite miserable, either killed on the spot, or beheaded after defeat, and were defeated repeatedly, killing thousands of people, and almost a few people were sent to the Criminal Division for interrogation and beheading.

It is also a bold side, the battle of the Beijing Division, he brazenly led his troops to break through the mansion of the Great Counselor, captured and killed the governor, and it was also the first time since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the founding of the country.

He was able to retire with his whole body, and he was promoted to a knighthood, and his military and political abilities were valued by others.

If it weren't for these things, how could Nan Anhou, with his current age and status, get such great support and be recognized by everyone?

The more than a dozen gentry and businessmen in front of him seem to be inconspicuous, but they are all big men with vitality, territory, and the economic lifeline of a party.

They may not have official positions and are not famous, but they are such inconspicuous people, but they are the backbone of the Great Wei business empire.

Their recognition is not easy.

"You've worked hard from afar." This time it was Chen Zuocai who was in charge of the reception, Chen Zuocai was not only in charge of the division from Cao, but also served as a deputy guest, Wu Shizhong has spent all his energy on the school room recently, calling this great Confucian to perform the duties of the guests, and entertaining the businessmen and princes of these families, it is really difficult for the strong, and when it spreads, the image of the Nan'an Hou Mansion will become extremely bad.

"The prince has been training with the army for the past few days, and the lower officials can only entertain you, and I ask you to forgive us for being slow and forgiving our sins." Chen Zuocai was wearing a neat official robe, and the businessmen who came to understand that the officials of the Eastern Domain were divided into three classes, and they were called collectors, officials, and officials, but the one in front of him was wearing an official robe, and his dignity was quite heavy, and he was obviously not an ordinary person.

Chen Duzhu said with a smile: "Chen Sicong is a close minister of Nan'an Hou, I heard that he is in charge of the clerical affairs in the Hou Mansion and the affairs of diplomacy, of course, there are also guards, patrols and other things, and he is in a high position, and he came to greet us and others, but we disturbed him." ”

Originally, there were many people who hoped that Xu Zixian would come in person, but seeing that it was an official who came to pick them up, many people were faintly disappointed in their hearts.

But I heard that it was the confidant and important minister of the usual attendant beside Xu Zixian, and everyone turned pale, and they all smiled and bowed to Chen Zuocai, Chen Zuocai also returned the salute and said with a smile: "It's late today, the princes go directly to the post house to rest, we have prepared wine and food, how about going to see the salt field tomorrow?" ”

Chen Duzhu's identity is enough, and he said very bluntly at the moment: "I still want to see it tonight, I always see in the letter that the salt ponds are piled up and I can't see it in person, my heart is really itchy, this time I went to the Eastern Domain, but I really couldn't help it." ”

Everyone feels the same way, and they all say at the moment: "Drinking at home every day, why rush for a while?" We all wanted to see the salt pans. ”

Since everyone insisted, Chen Zuocai was no longer polite, and summoned more than ten carriages and horses to bring these foreign guests to the southeast.

Along the way, a cavalry escort was dispatched, and everyone saw more than 100 cavalry holding torches, illuminating along the way, the cavalry was strong and brave, and the official road was smooth as a mirror, Chen Duzhu said to Wei Jiuzhen, Lin Yangxian and others on the swaying carriage: "Nan'an Houzhi County should be above Lin Douyao, it's a pity." ”

It's a pity that the King of Qi was killed, if the husband was not the King of Qi was killed, now the King of Qi is the governor of the capital, Xu Zixian is the observation envoy all the way, and gradually grasps the Xiang Army, with the level of Xu Zixian's military, political and economic way, when it can be easily sorted out the Xiang Army, with the support of the King of Qi, Lin Douyao and others, the King of Zhao will be able to press the King of Zhao in Fuzhou and cannot move, and the chief officials of the military states must be helpless.

But there is nothing to say, and I can only use a sentence of "it's a pity" to express the unfinished meaning.

Wei Jiuzhen shook his head and smiled, and said: "It's not necessarily a pity, I look at the military and political way of the Eastern Domain, which is similar to the Great Wei, and it is higher everywhere." It can be seen that there are talented people in the country, or can Nan'anhou make up for the unfulfilled intention of Taizu at the beginning? ”

Great Wei Taizu reigned for more than 20 years, most of the time was spent in the war with the Northern Captives, at the beginning of the country, the Northern Captives were also the most powerful time, controlling hundreds of thousands, there were more than 20 pure Mongolian 10,000 troops alone, as well as Korea, Bohai, Khitan, Jurchen and many other servant forces.

His expedition to the Japanese kingdom lost more than 100,000 yuan, and the damage to it was not large, so we know how strong the strength of the northern captives was at the beginning of the founding of the country.

It was a pure armed force, and if you count the Han servant army in the north, the northern captives could mobilize a maximum of about 800,000 troops, which was not much better than that of Great Wei.

Later, it was still forbidden to the army, the box army, the regiment practiced all the laws, the entire Han land of the people to release the people's strength, thousands of miles of the front everywhere is the Wei army dominant, the main battlefield in Jinyang, Yunzhou area to fight, the terrain is quite favorable to the Wei army, the Beiyu lost most of the heavy cavalry in the first battle, since then the Great Wei has determined the world.

You must know that at the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, the main force of the Beiyu was more than 200,000 troops, which were tightly organized, the hierarchy was clear, and the commanders were all the fathers of a hundred battles, and the Beiyu were good at learning military technology, whether it was offensive or defensive, they were all remarkable. It was the time when it was at its most prosperous and powerful, and the cowardly Xue army was all carrying double bows, able to gallop left and right on horses, and wearing iron armor, armed with long iron spears, heavy axes, long knives, and wearing bones, which could break the formation of heavy infantry in the front.

If it is a heavy cavalry on the enemy, the cavalry of the North is not engaged head-on, looking at the gallop shooting, the enemy cavalry chases and opens the distance, and constantly turns around and shoots in front, the enemy heavy cavalry and iron cavalry can not catch up, and finally is killed by the cavalry of the North by flying kites, when the enemy cavalry is in chaos, the cavalry of the North is back in pursuit, no matter which tribe, or a certain country, it is not its opponent.

The party people, the Western Liao, and the flower thorn Zimo and other countries were all wiped out in the north, when it was the strongest, how could the territory be thousands of miles?

Great Wei Taizu raised troops with civilians, led his troops to mix a Han land, and then restored Yanyun in the Northern Expedition, and defeated it when the Northern Captivity was at its strongest, this is a great man, a strange man.

It also has a lot of wonderful ideas in national policy and politics, the Great Wei for more than 200 years, the national power has been extremely strong, if it is not for the pressure in the north has been very great, I am afraid that the South, East, and Western countries are also owned by the Great Wei.

Even now, if there is a stable monarch, the authority of the center is restored, and the relationship between the center and the local government is sorted out, the situation of the Great Wei State has not yet reached a precarious time.

From this point alone, Xu Zixian may be able to do better, in fact, people have a faint feeling in their hearts that all of Xu Zixian's actions and measures are too good, and it is not very appropriate to compare them with ordinary people, this prince is more like the founding ancestor of the year.

It's just that this idea is very vague, no one will say it, and even many people have this idea vaguely, and a flash of thought is put aside.

In any case, at the beginning of the summer of the fourteenth year of Chongde, it was said that the Great Wei was about to die, and Xu Zi, the Marquis of Nan'an, was the first to save the time.

The cavalry scattered one after another, some people held torches in both hands, and in the firelight they saw their iron-cast hoods and rigid faces, this was an elite cavalry, from the posture of riding horses, the iron armor protected on both sides, and many people put slip pockets and long stalks on both sides of the horse's belly, which showed that they could gallop or stab on the horse, which was quite good.

Many cavalrymen put down the iron masks on their faces, and under the firelight, they were integrated with the iron armor on their bodies, giving people the feeling of cold and hard iron men.

The noise of the carriages and horses and the chatter and laughter of people gradually stopped, and people seemed to be infected and shocked by this cold breath.

Someone whispered and sighed: "I still remember that Nan'an Hou went to the notebook, and proposed that this dynasty must have heavy cavalry, and non-cavalry is not enough to resist the captives, it seems that here in the Eastern Domain, Nan'an Hou is also going to train a strong cavalry." ”

"I hope so." Someone whispered in response, but not many people were willing to speak, and the cavalry of this capital made a strong and deep impression, and the journey was bumpy, and the people were already tired from coming from the sea, and now people were even more reluctant to speak.

The atmosphere gradually became gloomy, until the car shook and a cavalryman turned around in front of the convoy and shouted: "The salt field has arrived, please get out of the car." ”

The carriage stopped, and Chen Duzhu, Lin Yangxian, Wei Jiuzhen, Xu Yanda and others got off one after another.

Suddenly, there was a strong salty smell between the ears and nose, much stronger than the ordinary sea breeze.

And it doesn't seem to be near the beach, as there seems to be a hill blocking the way in front of everyone's eyes.

Chen Duzhu was a little puzzled, and said with a smile: "Didn't Chen Si take us to see the salt farm, there seems to be a mountain blocking the road here?" ”

Chen Zuocai smiled but didn't answer, turned around and ordered: "Tell the salt workers to hold more torches, and hurry over to illuminate the guests." ”

Not far away, there seemed to be a cavalry answering, and then the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and after a few moments, the light lit up from the left and right sides of the hill in front of them, and then came closer and closer.

There were some doubts in everyone's eyes, and they didn't quite understand why Nan'an Hou Mansion did this, and some people faintly felt that it was necessary to keep it strictly secret, and the salt farm was located behind the mountain? But if this is the case, it is inconvenient to dry salt and take salt for transportation, and the official roads in front of you are wasted.

The light is getting brighter and brighter, and it is getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "This is Salt Mountain!" ”

Everyone was taken aback, Chen Duzhu's steps were soft, and he almost fell, but Lin Yang, who was beside him, supported him first.

At this time, the light of the torches gradually increased, and everyone saw dozens or hundreds of people with torches, most of them were topless saltworkers, their faces were as usual, and they seemed to see more people surprised, because it was very late, most of these people who were doing the work fell asleep, and many people were sleepy-eyed and yawning, and their expressions were quite dissatisfied.

Dozens of people slowly climbed up the salt mountain, and the torches finally illuminated the whole view of the salt mountain.

What a spectacular look it was, and many people were in tears.

Boiling salt along the coast is a common law for thousands of years, in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the war lasted for more than a hundred years, and the best way for the state power to obtain income was to send military cookers to the sea to boil salt in a cauldron, and the salt obtained was sold for military use.

To the Great Wei Dynasty, it is also the method of decoction to obtain salt, which is quite difficult to come by, so the monopoly of salt has always been the most important financial income of the Great Wei Imperial Court, compared with the monopoly of wine, vinegar, tea, iron, etc., salt is a hard currency that the people must not leave, in short, this is a stable source of income.

In front of everyone's eyes, a salt mountain appeared quite suddenly.

White as sugar, as high as a mountain, this is quite an impactful scene, in just a moment, everyone is speechless, half a sound is not able to come back to their senses.

"It's a miracle." Chen Duzhu felt that his chest was pounded hard, and he was out of breath for half a sound.

I see, is it really so?

It seems that the letters of Chen Duzhong, Chen Duguang and others are only detailing their affairs, although they say that the salt field is magnificent in the letter, but they are not worthy of such a look in front of them after all.

The towering salt mountain, if it is packed and shipped, I am afraid that there are hundreds of thousands of bags, that is, hundreds of thousands of stones.

In a short period of time, it is terrifying that there is such a yield by the salt drying method.