"Thank you, General." Cai Yan said again.

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After returning to Yecheng, Yuan Xi visited Cai Yan, and then couldn't wait to go to the Ministry of Industry to ask about the progress of the kamikaze battleship. Because a few months ago, Yuan Xi asked the Ministry of Industry to supply a large amount of money, and asked the Ministry of Industry to create a kamikaze.

It's a pity that Ma Jun went to Liyang Water Village and was not in the Ministry of Industry.

Yuan Xi pounced.

"The lord is here to see the Kamikaze, right?" A squire of the Ministry of Works stepped forward.

"Well, how's it going?"

"The kamikaze is already under construction, and Lord Shangshu personally went to Liyang to preside over shipbuilding matters, and he hasn't come back for half a month." He said.

"Got it."

Yuan Xi turned around and left.

It is not far from Yecheng to Liyang, and for Yuan Xi, it is only a blink of an eye.

Ride on the cool four disappearances, and soon arrives.

Ma Jun held a large number of drawings and instructed his masters to prepare the materials for the manufacture of the Kamikaze. He was very busy, he didn't even have time to drink water, and naturally he didn't see Yuan Xi.

The craftsmen around him also listened carefully to his explanation of the various principles of the construction of the Kamikaze, as well as the details of the process that he had calculated countless times.

Yuan Xi looked at it for a while, and praised Ma Jun in his heart.

In his opinion, Ma Jun is really talented.

It was absolutely the right choice for him to preside over the construction of the Kamikaze.

Yuan Xi also believes that Ma Jun will be able to complete this task.

"The lord is here..." Someone saw Yuan Xi.

Ma Jun walked over quickly and saluted: "The minister greets the lord." ”

"How's the construction of the Kamikaze going?" Yuan Xi came back to his senses and asked.

Ma Jun said: "Back to the lord, after more than a month of hard work, all kinds of materials for the Kamikaze have been prepared, and the next step is to start the manufacturing of details." The minister expects that within a year, the battleship will be formed, please rest assured. ”

"Can you go into the water in two years?"

"This..."

Ma Jun didn't dare to say that he would definitely be able to go into the water, so he said: "Do your best." ”

"Tell me and Mr. Fu what you need, I have already told Fu that everything you need about the Kamikaze battleship will be provided quickly. I just hope it's done soon. ”

"Yes."

Yuan Xi wandered around the Yellow River for half a day and found that the Ministry of Industry had built more than a dozen medium and large warships in the past six months. All the ships were equipped with steam engines, as well as an endless supply of coal.

That is, the construction of the water army has reached a stable peak.

If this development continues, within two years, it will definitely shock all the princes. Especially Jiangdong Sun Quan's water army, they are also known to be invincible in the world, and when the day of the real fight, I am afraid that the first name will have to be given up.

After inspecting the construction of river defense, Yuan Xi returned to Yecheng.

Guo Tu brought good news: "Sun Quan's youngest sister Sun Shangxiang has arrived in the waters of the Yellow River outside Donglai County, and in half a month, she will arrive in Yecheng, and the lord should be ready to marry her." ”

"So fast?"

If it weren't for Guo Tu's reminder, Yuan Xi would have forgotten about this stubble.

"It's been more than half a year since Zhuge Jin proposed marriage, didn't the lord say that he would get married in a year, it's just right now." Guo Tudao.

"Since people are here, I promised to marry Sun Xiaomei, and I can't break my promise. Besides, the marriage with Jiangdong was also to prepare for the attack on Cao Cao. Yuan Xi nodded and said, "The matter has come to this, I can only marry him." You go and tell Cui Yan of the Ministry of Rites and let him prepare everything for marriage. As for Sun Xiaomei, I don't see her for the time being. ”

"Lord, according to etiquette, you should go and greet your relatives in person." Guo Tudao.

"How can I have time?"

Yuan Xi thought about it and said, "Why don't you marry for me, just say that I will inspect the states and come back in a month." ”

"Me? No, no, no... How can a minister do this kind of thing for him? Guo Tu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's better for the lord to go in person." ”

"Why are you so annoying? Let you go, you go.... Yuan Xi said: "I have something more important than welcoming my relatives, and I must do it immediately, and I really can't spare my hand." ”

"Okay, you go get busy, it's time for me to leave Yecheng."

"The lord is leaving again?" Guo Tu said: "You just came back..." ”

Guo Tu was only halfway through his words, and Yuan Xi had already left.

It was not that he deliberately snubbed Sun Shangxiang and did not want to see her, nor did he deliberately put on a show to improve his identity, it was really the border defense of the northern border, which has always been a hidden worry for Yuan Xi, since this time the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei, in the case of extreme fear of the Hebei forces, still united and prepared to start a war, so that Yuan Xi understood that the border defense of the Great Wall was not impregnable, and it could not scare the alien races, and they should attack and have to attack. Therefore, while an armistice agreement has been reached with the aliens, he must do a comprehensive inspection and rectification of the border defense in the north. Otherwise, you won't even be able to sleep.

And the most important reason why he had to go to the north as soon as possible.

That is, after the last Central Plains War, the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the giant python were designed and burned by Cao Cao, which greatly damaged Yuan Xi's strength. He was going to go to Wuhuan and Xianbei to take a look around, recover some beast crystals, and buy giant beasts. Only when you are strong can you be truly invincible.

As for Sun Shangxiang...

If it weren't for the strong Hebei army and the threat to Jiangdong, would Sun Quan marry his sister to Hebei?

In the final analysis, it still depends on strength.

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Ten days in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Xi first went to Yanmen Pass in the north of Bingzhou and met with the senior cadres who were guarding there. For this relative who was once loyal to Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi trusted him on the surface, but he was actually a little jealous in his heart. Because the high-ranking cadres in history kept rebelling, and were finally chased and killed by Cao Cao to death.

Although the current situation is favorable to the Hebei Army, and Gao Gan has no object to turn to, Yuan Xi also has to be cautious.

Meet the senior cadres.

Gao Gan was very enthusiastic and very excited, and took Yuan Xi to inspect the defenders of Yanmen Pass.

Yuan Xi really didn't expect that the 15,000 merger army commanded by senior cadres was not elite, but after his training in the past two years, it was already very elite.

The overall military appearance is no less than the elite soldiers in Jizhou.

In addition, when the alien races knocked on the pass, Gao Gan did not defect, Yuan Xi let go of his jealousy and praised him a lot. Reward him for defending Yanmen Pass in the last battle.

Patrol to the northern section of the Great Wall.

Tian Yu and Tian Chou are both guarding here.

Not only did they have to guard the Great Wall, but they also had to manage the pastures inside it. The ranch was built a year ago and has a large number of animals of all kinds.

These were all to be sent to the Yecheng Ten Thousand Beasts Garden, but because of the alien attack, they didn't have time to send them away in a hurry.

Yuan Xi saw Tian Yu.

"Do you remember where we first met?" After Yuan Xi sat down, he chatted with him.

"Back to the lord, it is in Jixian County, Youzhou. At that time, the last general was a prisoner, embarrassed, and was valued by the lord, so that the last general could show his strengths. It's just that the last general failed to help the lord, and let the aliens violate the border again and again, which is really a capital crime. Tian Yu replied.