"Boom!"

The surging waves crashed against the eternal reef, splashing and rising steam, and the air was filled with a damp, cool, and slightly salty smell; The sun is rising in the east, dyeing the eastern sky into a colorful glow, and the call of waterfowl can be heard in the distance, and the seagulls flying in the sun seem to be soaring, giving people a dreamlike feeling.

As the sun rises, the port begins to get busy, with the sound of the sailor's horn, the fully loaded ship slowly raises the white sails, and leaves the port one after another under the guidance of the pilot ship, or returns to the Ming mainland to the north, or sails south to the South Sea, or goes east to Qiongzhou Island, the mast of the forest gradually spreads out, and gradually disappears in the sea and sky.

From the port to land, I looked west, and a city was rising from the ground, and hundreds of thousands of laborers were toiling for miles.

This is Anhai City.

A great city with a circumference of forty miles and eight gates.

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In early October last year, the Ming fleet suddenly appeared off the coast of the Baiteng River, and then quickly landed ashore, dispersed the local Annan army, and occupied more than 100 miles of land at the confluence of the Baiteng River and the Forbidden River.

In the face of the Celestial Empire army, in the face of the Ming army that escorted Chen Tianping back to China and called the king, especially when the Hu family recognized Chen Tianping's identity, the local Annan army was a little at a loss, and after a few recalcitrant elements were killed, most of them surrendered to the Ming army, and naturally became Chen Tianping's subordinates.

After landing, Chen Tianping immediately announced the order, with Anhai City as the line, and at the same time canonized Hu Jiyak as the protector of the country, Pingzhang military affairs, and Tai Lieutenant, and his son Hu Hancang as the protector of the country, Tongping Zhangshi, so that the Hu family father and son came to the court, and the rest of the officials also went to the line to see within a time limit, and those who violated the order were punished for resisting the order.

This order was a bit tough, and the consolation made Cao Yushu feel that there was a problem, and he thought that Chen Tianping had just arrived and had limited power around him, so he should not overstimulate the Hu family and his son, and should try it slowly.

And Chen Tianping's henchman, now Annan Minister - Pei Boqi also raised objections, he believes that now the Hu family has a deep foundation, and the issuance of such a royal decree to force the hundred officials and subjects may not be able to have the desired effect, once everyone is taken by the obscenity of the Hu family and his son, and dare not jump out to support, then this royal order will be self-defeating, but will form a heavy blow to the loyal subjects, will make them think that the Chen family has gone, and then lose the confidence to restore the Chen family.

Even Pei Boqi was worried that this would expose some of the loyal Chen Dynasty's aspirants, who were likely to die under the Hu family's butcher's knife.

However, Bai Wangru supported Chen Tianping, who believed that if the name was not right, it would not be good, and now that Chen Tianping was officially canonized by the Ming Dynasty, it was natural to issue such an order. Not only that, Bai Wangru also thought that Chen Tianping stayed in Anhai City and did not go to Thang Long City, and the Annan aspirants would be greatly disappointed, which would deepen their fear of the Hu family, so Chen Tianping must be tougher, otherwise it would be easy to be looked down upon by the subjects of Annan, which would be detrimental to the great cause of revival.

Bai Wangru's words made Chen Tianping's heart flutter, so he ignored the opposition of Cao Yushu and Pei Boqi, and sent envoys to the whole country to issue the toughest royal order.

Then, Chen Tianping lived in a makeshift palace and waited for the hundred officials to see him.

And Bai Wangru and Cao Yushu have their own things to do.

Bai Wangru is a pacification envoy, on the surface he looks tall, he should go to Qinghua to meet the Hu father and son, and urge them to come to Anhai City to meet Chen Tianping, but this fat man does not do such stupid things, according to his words: "Once the Hu father and son lose their minds and cut off my head, it will be too worthless, and I have more important things to do!" ”

Indeed, he had more important things, and that was to build a perfect city, Anhai City.

This is also the order of his sister, the current concubine Niangniang!

Building a new city is a very cumbersome matter, and there are too many issues to consider, such as the size of the city, the defense system, the planning of residential and commercial areas, as well as water, transportation, sewerage, etc., all of which must be considered holistically, especially the proximity of Anhai City to the sea, and the flooding caused by tsunami and heavy rain.

In addition, attention should be paid to the construction of the port, not only to widen and strengthen the wharf, but also to deepen the port so that deep-water ships can dock as much as possible, to build an observation deck to prevent the island from attacking, and to set up a lighthouse on Cat Ba Island opposite the port to guide the way for ships.

In addition, in order to facilitate the trading of merchants, it was necessary to establish trading places, warehouses and financial settlement institutions - banks, and it was necessary to recruit a large number of laborers to serve the shipowners, and of course, to appease the sailors who sailed on a long voyage, brothels were also indispensable......

Cao Yushu's duties were more military, he set up four military camps around Anhai City, set up more than a dozen lookout posts, and ordered sailors to cruise on the Baiteng River, the Banjiang River, and the Taiping River to prevent the Annan army from raiding.

Moreover, he also sent a hot air balloon unit to conduct reconnaissance and early warning to ensure that nothing went wrong.

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Annan itself is not very big, the area is roughly the same as the Guangxi Buzheng Division, the shape is similar to a rectangle rotated by forty-five degrees, the diagonal distance is basically equal, about more than a thousand miles, so Chen Tianping sent a messenger to the whole territory to send an order, if nothing else, it only takes five or six days, the whole territory of Annan will know that Chen Tianping was canonized as the king of Annan by the Ming Dynasty, and now he is waiting for the news of everyone visiting the city of Anhai.

In order to ensure the timely and safe transmission of the news, Chen Tianping begged Bai Wangru to use brocade guards to escort the envoys and travel throughout the territory of Annam.

Bai Wangru naturally agreed, because this was an opportunity to gain insight into Annan's internal affairs.

It's a pity that Chen Tianping thought too simply.

The messengers did not achieve their intended purpose, because with the exception of some small towns, they had no opportunity to read the king's decree at all.

Taking Thang Long and Thanh Hoa as examples, the envoys could not enter the city at all, and the city guards refused to allow the envoys to enter the city for various reasons, for many reasons, and there was no seal of the king of Annam in the king's order, only the seal engraved by Chen Tianping, so officials at all levels refused to allow the envoy to enter the city on the grounds that they did not know the truth or falsehood, and then they would not go to the shrine.

What's more, there have been many cases of envoys being intercepted and killed halfway, but what makes people feel strange is that of the sixteen brocade guards, no one died, only two were injured, one of them was slightly injured, and among the eight teams of messengers, four pairs were intercepted and killed, and they could not complete the task at all.

Therefore, even if the envoys who successfully returned, most of them were read in small towns and even mountain villages, and their influence was far from enough.

After learning of these things, Chen Tianping was extremely angry and found Cao Yushu, who hoped that the Ming army would support him in advancing westward, occupying Thang Long City, and returning to the old capital to regain his prestige.

However, Cao Yushu flatly refused, citing the lack of troops, which made Chen Tianping very disappointed, so he had to step up the training of his more than 10,000 troops, and at the same time send people to the vicinity to catch strong men to join the army, he hoped to expand the army to 50,000 within three months, and then march west to Thang Long.

This brings up a problem: the money is like a stream, the loans he gets from the Bank of Communications are dwindling, and he himself does not have a suitable financial means.

Around the Spring Festival, Chen Tianping finally encountered something happy.

Someone came to pay his respects.

But soon, he couldn't be happier.

Because there were so many people coming, and most of them were ragged and hungry.

After understanding, I learned that the Hu family father and son did not prohibit the people and officials from defecting to Chen Tianping, but they set up multiple blockade lines, prohibiting the "traitors" from carrying money, clothing and food, which blocked the way for most people to defect.

Therefore, less than half of the people who passed through the blockade line were able to reach Anhai City.

For these important ministers, Chen Tianping could not cool their hearts, and needed to provide them with food, clothing, and work.

So he spends money faster.

Of course, he was not completely without gains, the small court around him was gradually established, and the army was gradually expanded.

Around the Spring Festival of the tenth year of Jianwen, Chen Tianping finally gave up, the Hu family father and son would not come, and there was not even a decent reason.

This made Chen Tianping very helpless and helpless, but there was no good way.

He went to the Xuanfu Yamen again, hoping that the Ming army could help him, but at this moment, the Xuanfu envoy was replaced, Zhang Fu came, and Cao Yushu left.

In the face of Chen Tianping, Zhang Fu had a very good attitude, but he did not let go of the key issues, and he still couldn't send troops.

In fact, Zhang Fu is not an excuse, he came with a mission, that is, to collect grain and grass from Annam and support the northern battlefield.