The words of the master of the horse made us wait for a moment. When I return, I will supervise this matter, and make sure that all the skilled craftsmen of the country will come to the regular examination. One of the slightly older officials stood up and said.

  "I'll supervise this!" The other officials also said in unison. Zhou Nan said the benefits of being a prisoner in a few words, and also described to them the picture of competing with the Southern Dynasty in the future, which naturally made them very excited, and they admired Zhou Nan's unique ideas and far-reaching vision beyond measure.

  "I have summoned you to this day for something else important. It's not just about the selection of craftsmen. Zhou Nan said with a smile: "You have come all the way here, and you have also seen that the Wansheng Army has repelled the Jin people and captured this important place. The terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, on this section of six-mile-long hill between the mountains and the sea, build a section of the Guancheng that connects the mountains and the sea, you can resist the enemy outside the pass. This is a major matter of solid defense. ”

  Everyone present nodded one after another, Gao Yuan and Yang Keshi naturally knew it for a long time, although the other generals could guess, but it was also the first time they got the exact news, and they all felt that as Zhou Nan said, it was very suitable to build a Guancheng in this short distance of six miles between the mountains and the sea. As long as the Guancheng is built, only 5,000 people and horses are needed in the Guancheng to firmly defend the Guancheng.

  Zhou Nan saw that the people present were very accepting of his suggestion, so he continued: "To build the city, there is an urgent need for stonemasons, bricklayers, and carpenters, and a large number of people. I also ask all the governors and county commanders who are close to here to find a way to recruit people and come on a mission after you go back. The specific number of people to be recruited in each state and county will be calculated after the stonemasons and bricklayers for construction come. ”

  "Master Pony has an order, and we are naturally happy to serve." One of the officials admitted.

  "You will do the work of recruiting people, but I will only say two things, but you need to do it. First, the agricultural season must not be delayed, and it is necessary to wait until after the spring plowing has passed before it can be requisitioned. Zhou Nan stretched out a finger and said loudly.

  "Naturally, this can't delay the farming." These officials all said in unison, "Although the horse is the master of the army, he is very concerned about the people, which is really rare. ”

  "Second, we must pay according to the market price, and we must not expropriate it in vain! As for how to pay, you can offset it with rent, and you can pay copper and silver directly. Zhou Nan ignored these people's compliments and said in a deep voice.

  "Lord Pony loves the people, and we are willing to obey!"

  "Good! When the border passes are fixed forever, and the people in the territory are prosperous and peaceful, it will naturally attract the people to join them. At that time, you will not be the people you are now. In the future, you will all be the true governors of the governing side! Zhou Nan said with a smile, "This new Guancheng is really the throat road leading to Yanjing City outside the Guan, and it is not allowed to be sloppy, so General Shi will garrison this place." As soon as the construction of the castle should be built, General Shi will contact you. ”

  Shi Yue immediately stood up and said loudly: "The lord of the village is very kind, Shi Yue will do his best to repay it!" ”

  "Luanzhou Xinding, a large area in the southwest is open to the sea, and then there is no state and county station in the southwest, but it is ruled across the river from the Southern Dynasty, east to the sea, west to Wuqing County, the power and responsibility are heavy, and I should also find an old and stable person, I can rest assured. General Tao, would you like to? Zhou Nan looked at Tao Gu and asked with a smile.

  "The last general is willing to obey the orders of the colt!" Tao Gu didn't expect Zhou Nan to hand over such a difficult matter to him, and said out loud with gratitude. Tao Gu was excited, because the area that Zhou Nan said was too big. It spans almost half of the east-west distance between Yanjing and Pingzhou. It means that including Luanzhou, Shicheng, the southern part of Yutian County, and Wuqing County, they must be regarded as the area guarded by Taogu, which is not a long coast.

  "I also have a naval army for General Tao here, and the naval army is led by General Wang Shunzhou Wang!" Zhou Nan said with a smile.

  Wang Shunzhou sat at the bottom, stunned for a moment, Shi Yue scolded with a smile on the side: "I haven't thanked the master of the village yet!" ”

  "Thank you Dazhai for your attention! From now on, I will be the real Wang Shunzhou! Wang Shunzhou swore to follow the master of Dazhai to the death! Wang Shunzhou was reminded by Shi Yue, and hurriedly stood up and said.

  Zhou Nan smiled and continued: "In terms of defense, General Wang's naval army is under the command of General Tao, and the rest will be arranged by itself. General Tao was stationed in Lutai to defend the area from Lutai to the Fenghe boundary in Wuqing County; General Wang was stationed at Le'an Pavilion and was responsible for coastal defense from Guancheng here to Lutai. Do you two understand? ”

  "My subordinates understand!" Tao Gu and Wang Shunzhou responded in unison.

  "General Shi, General Tao, and General Wang, the three of you will each be stationed in three places in the future, and you can choose from the newly trained soldiers you have trained this time, including 5,000 people stationed in Xinguancheng, 2,000 infantry troops, and 3,000 horse troops; Lutai garrisoned 8,000 men, 3,000 infantry troops, and 5,000 horse troops; Le'an Pavilion garrisoned 2,000 people, and the horse army was 500. The rest of the soldiers were in the prefectures and counties of the three prefectures of Pingping, Ying, and Luan. "The three garrison locations were discussed by Zhou Nan, Gao Yuan, and Yang Keshi, and the arrangements for the garrison troops and horses were basically determined by comparing the strength of the passes in other places. There was no way to compare the navy, so Zhou Nan had to settle down 2,000 people first and give Wang Shunzhou a drill.

  At the beginning, Shi Yue and Tao Gu led 20,000 recruits to set off from Zunhua City, originally to practice, and then accepted the states and counties recovered by Gao Yuan and Yang Keshi, but they didn't expect Gao Yuan and Yang Keshi to take care of them, so they had to become Shi Yue and Tao Gu to recover the state and county by themselves and take over by themselves. In addition to 15,000 of the 20,000 people stationed in the three places, the remaining 5,000 people were basically arranged in various states and counties.

  However, Zhou Nan is not afraid that too many troops in various states and counties will lead to the problem of food and grass, and there are only 1,000 soldiers in each state and county, and they are responsible for guarding the city and being responsible for the security of the city on weekdays, and they go to farm and practice when they are idle. Don't worry about any mess.

  The most elite Wansheng army, Zhou Nan still uses his reassuring generals to manage and place it on the borders on all sides, mainly to deal with major events inside and outside the border. In the south, there are Jia Laoliu and the Taogu just arranged, there is Wang Shunzhou on the coastal defense, and the four passes in the north are guarded by Xiao Laoliu and Yang Keshi's subordinates, and there is their own worry-free village in the southwest. Surrounded Yanjing as impregnable.

  Zhou Nan dared to use the newly incorporated Xi Army and the Pingzhou Army to garrison the newly recovered states and counties so confidently, firstly, because there were not many garrisons in the states and counties, and it would not be a big deal; The second is that Zhou Nan has already arranged for Zuo Xiaosi, asking the Eagle Guards to train another group of people to secretly spread to the garrisons in various states and counties, and secretly grasp the movements of the garrisons everywhere, so as to prevent the garrisons from joining forces.

  In this way, even if Zhou Nan, Gao Yuan, and Yang Keshi led the army to attack Yanmen Pass, they would not have to worry about the backyard catching fire.