Chongzhen's five years is really a rare and quiet year, except for Gao Yingxiang and other seventy-two battalions into Shanxi, even under Xiuwu, Daning, Zezhou, Shouyang and other lines, it is rare not to be too dry, and the Yellow River has come to a break in Mengjin, basically nothing big.

Houjin is digesting Mongolia, and there are more and more Mongolians who come to trade in the border city outside Yizhou City, and I heard that Huang Taiji set up two Mongolian banners in Shenyang, and the annexed Inner Khalkha Wubu, Zalut Department, and Bahrain Department are organized into two banners on the left and right, and it seems that under the Daling River, Houjin is still hurt, and is busy replenishing the population.

However, the continued conquest of Mongolia and the expansion of the human army, the next time you face Houjin, will be even more terrifying.

However, Mao Jue's expansion did not carry out much.

Hutian snowed in August, this is already more than October, almost November, a first snow has already fallen, in the strange weather of the Xiaoice River period, the heaven and earth are frozen into a pale, cold even the barking of dogs can not be heard, but in the middle of the stretching mountain range of Taibai Mountain, the whole road is in full swing.

Cold weather is also beneficial, the river water is poured into the ground, an ice road will come out, the horse's hooves are embossed under the imprint, stepping on it is not too slippery, the summer can not be transported so fast, but the winter is a cold ice highway, the most typical means of transportation in the Northeast climb the plow to drag coal, cement, iron, quickly down the hill slope, 20 kilometers of mountain road does not take half an hour, the human and financial resources of Tieyi Town are brought into full play here.

It's really a bully! The entire Shuozhou City was pulled out of the fine light, not to mention, the more than 1,500 guards of the town, as well as the prisoners exiled here, were all requisitioned by Mao Jue, to move stones to the small defense wall ridge for him, it is really called winter thunder, anyway, it is close to the Wa Kingdom, and there is a lot of sulfur in the Li Dynasty, and the saltpeter here is even more native, relying on the steep cliffs of the Taibai Mountains has not stopped, and countless stones have been jumped down.

The rammed earth under the city wall has also been cleaned up, with more than 10,000 Japanese miners, Tieyi's steel production has also increased greatly, at this time Mao Jue finally used the luxury of steel bars, a few meters high steel bars are like a stone from the reeds, moved down from the small wall ridge, to close the cement here, inlaid into the wall, more than 20 days of effort, the new city wall of Shuozhou with a length of 800 meters wide and 500 thick 3 meters has played more than six meters, and then two meters can be completed, when the time comes, the left side of the mountain, the right side of the river, The Sanqi River to the south of Shuozhou is a natural fortress, which cannot be opened.

The dilapidated houses in the entire inner city were all pulled out of wood and building materials, sitting in the lonely courtyard city guard mansion, Liu Fang's eyes were straight, but Mao Jue was still there disgusted.

"It's too slow!"

"Master General, this is not slow!"

Behind him, Su Changmei, the fat man, was so cold that his face was red from the cold, and he was about to cry, and he clenched his fists and arched his hands behind him sadly.

"There are 8,000 strong men here, more than 5,000 people are transported, and there are more than 20,000 loggers in the cement factory's iron workshop, and there are only 10,000 households in our Tieyi household registration, and the big guys are going to be tossed up by you! I worked day and night! ”

This is not counting the captives of the Japanese who have no human rights, and the people in the brewery, cigarette factory, and starch mill are not counted, it can be said that this year, Tie Yiren is not thinking about the cat winter, Su Changmei herself is about to be called Mei humanity, but her own general is not satisfied.

Listening to Su Changmei's complaints, Mao Jue muttered speechlessly.

"It's not like I don't give money! You can die of exhaustion if you do more work! ”

"General, you really can!"

Looking at the nod of approval, Mao Jue was completely speechless, so he could only raise his head and look north, looking at the heavy snow.

Don't look at him silently swallowing a county, from here to the north, along the Yalu River, there are five counties of Changcheng, Bitong Zhishan, Weiyuan, and Jiangjie, and this is only to the edge of Hamgyong Road, when he takes this step, Houjin is simply running forward in stride, there are four or five hundred thousand people in southern Mongolia, and there are vast grasslands, not to mention that Huang Taiji's conquest is not over, thinking about the next time he faces the Mongolian cavalry like dense locusts, Mao Jue's scalp is numb.

is really in a hurry, even if he swallows all the Bitong in Changcheng in one winter, the people of Tieyi are no longer enough to reclaim new granges, what is the point of empty cities?

But where can I get some people?

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, Zu Dashou more than 30,000 people repaired six months of Dalinghe City was not completed, Mao Jue 20,000 people repaired two months of Shuozhou City was completed, dense battlements like sawtooth, in addition to the north city gate and the west city gate near the river also built an inward battlement, and every few meters there is a rectangular protruding ridge wall stretched outward, under the fire of the musketeers on the left and right, the besiegers will have no dead ends to hide.

The sixteen thousand households in Baimachuan who moved out were all blessed, and the houses in the city were allocated to them, although Mao Jue only provided bricks and cement, and they had to build them according to the plan, but living in the city and living outside the city in this year felt different, and the flat impact plain of Sanqi River near Shuozhou City was also divided to them.

As for the original Korean soldiers? Mine Go! Later generations found that the entire peninsula was extremely rich in minerals, and 75% of them were concentrated in the north, which was really true, so they sent people to look for a circle, and they all turned out a coal mine and an iron mine.

Of course, it is not for nothing, a miner has five hundred dollars a month, and he also supplies food to the whole family, and there are bonuses for high efficiency, which is much better than the treatment of Li Chao as a soldier.

The defense pays attention to the momentum of the corner, while repairing the city of Shuozhou, Mao Jue set up a wooden bridge similar to the West on the Xiaochuan River that can be pulled up, and built a much smaller satellite city at the three forks of the river, December 28, the new fortress was also officially completed, looking at the heavy cannon hanging up, Mao Jue was finally relieved, this time the dust has settled, even if Jin Zidian, the old man, came to lick his face and asked him not to bring it.

"Old Shen, this Shuozhou will be handed over to you first, you work hard this year, and next year when the recruits come down, the general will form a chengguan brigade, and they will be sent to replace you, okay?"

"The last general can have now, thanks to the promotion of the general! didn't say it, even if the general of the sword mountain and the sea of fire gave an order, the last general would not blink an eye, not to mention that the general was merciful, and he specially took the family of the last general over for reunion, so the general can rest assured! There was a stone missing in Shuozhou, and Shen pulled his head off to make up for it. ”

Shen Rong's oath is poisonous enough, but he is sincere, without Mao Jue, he is still hanging around in a small patrol of hundreds of households in Xidaying! How can there be more than 1,000 taels of family assets today, and the position of guard? This Shen Rong is really eager to fight for Mao Jue now.

Listening to this goods, Mao Jue also showed a smile, but before he could speak, on the carriage behind him, Su Yi shouted anxiously there, this end also told people to stick to their posts, but when they turned around, they wanted to run back for the New Year, and now, Mao Jue's face also showed a sense of embarrassment.

As a subordinate, Shen Rong immediately showed an ambiguous expression of understanding, and quickly knocked his right fist on his chest.

"Go back with confidence! Shen Rong must guard the city for the general, don't let the lady wait for a long time! It's the hardest thing to be graced by a beauty! ”

Su Yi and Adriana are inside and outside the master, and the Iron Righteous Army will seem to regard them as the general's wife, this heavy snow, a man and two women are in the same car, it is too normal for something to happen.

However, God is pitiful, Adriana doesn't know, but Suyi is completely a chick, and the two women Mao Jue haven't touched it until now, it's not that he is a decent gentleman, but he's too busy! Sometimes I don't want to eat a tired meal, let alone play something peachy!

Maybe it's an opportunity? has long become a veteran oil, in Shen Rong's smile, Mao Jue also smiled and patted him on the shoulder, waved his hand to the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment, and then walked towards the Adriana Western carriage that had been waiting for a long time with his eyes shining.

The drawbridge creaked down, and in the middle of more than a hundred cavalry, the wheels of the carriage firmly pressed over the bridge deck with snow, but when he saw his own general cross the bridge, Shen Rong seemed to hear Mao Jue scream in surprise.

"What !!"

…………

This is the third year that Mao Jue has spent in Daming, the first year is insignificant, the second year is quite estranged, and the third year, he simply did not spend time in the General Military Mansion of Dongjiang Town, came back from Shuozhou, and rushed back to Baimachuan on the twenty-ninth day of the first month.

It only took Mao Jue two months to build a city, but this much smaller officer club located in the Foggy Night Valley of Baima River took more than half a year, and it was only completed last month, and it has not yet opened.

It seems that Mao Wenlong has arrived first, and even if Mao Jue comes, he has to get off the car first to report, at the mouth of the valley, the parking lot that Mao Jue wants has been paved with cement very humanely, and the carriage is parked there, Mao Jue is quite stupid and led his two girls out of the car and walked to the depths of the valley.

The snow covered most of the canyon, even the landscape stream was only a crack left, the gurgling water faintly came out of the sound of dingdong, and a little white smoke rose upwards, the road was not directly paved with cement roads, but quite ingenious every other step to put a large stone that was smoothed on the side, one by one to the depths, this is quite a bit of a winding path to the meaning of secluded, but next spring, weeding is estimated to be a little troublesome.

After walking about two hundred meters along here, I turned a corner, and the scenery at the bottom of the valley came into view, not to mention the plain clothes, even Adriana couldn't help but wow.

It is indeed very beautiful, the small stream deliberately dug a bend, enclosing the last part in it, the three-storey L-shaped building, next to the cliff at the bottom of the valley, there is still a big yard in front, although the grape vines and gourds are dead, but you can still see the delicacy of the garden, a red lantern is hung on the porch at the entrance of a protruding building, and there is some black smoke behind the scenery, but it is also discharged to the top by the pipe along the cliff, which does not affect the air.

"Young Master! Plain clothes! And the Red Girl, you're back!"

Wearing a leather robe, Wen Boling bent his waist, as if he had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when he saw Mao Jue coming back, he bowed slightly with a smile, and Su Yi hurriedly greeted him, but Adeleena, who had an extra name, pulled her fiery red hair a little funny.

As soon as you enter the house, you can't wear the thick robes on your body, and there is a furnace room behind you, and a special person burns coal, and the heat is transmitted to the flue of the whole building through the flue to provide heating, and the palace is used in this method, and even the grass on the windowsill is green. While taking off his coat and handing it to Su Yi, Mao Jue asked with interest.

"Wenbo, where's my father?"

"The master is reading in the study on the third floor! But young master, the master is very satisfied with your other courtyard! ”

Full of smiles, Wen Bo also gave a thumbs up and made a gesture of invitation inside.

If Mao Wenlong is not satisfied, Mao Jue is estimated to have to do it, this officer club is one of his dreams before crossing, the whole imitation of the hot spring club of later generations built, as soon as you come in, it is a splendid hall, the ground is marble polished, the walls are pasted with almost no tiles in the East in this era, although I want to use yellow decoration, but unfortunately this era of bright yellow is exclusive to the royal family, and finally it can only be made into a dull earthy yellow, but under the light of two or three meters high crystal lamps, it still looks rich and compelling.

There is a front desk in the front, a guest room in the back, and a restaurant on the second floor opposite the hall, which also occupies a height of two floors, and there is also a small crystal lamp, which is also paved with colored tiles.

However, Mao Jue is still a little weak about the architecture of this era, and the two empty halls are supported by six thick concrete columns, which slightly reduces the sense of space.

In the hall, not only Mao Jue, but also not many relatives of the Mao family, Wen Meng, He Siyong, Wen Yuan Pavilion, a few of Mao Jue's first poor relatives were also found, and the six Shen Shikui, father and son, and grandson looked like they had entered the city with a hillbilly, staring at the huge floor mosaic glass and studying endlessly, Wen Shao, who had been in charge of the glass workshop, was full of pride and compared his hand to the crystal lamp above.

"This thing is designed by our own hands, supervised and built, the lampshade of the lotus bag has a total of 666 crystal covers, one by one inlaid on the steel base, the small circle above, there are also 555 large and small crystal lamps, the entire Ming Dynasty, absolutely can not find the third!"

"Even if it's in our emperor's palace, I'm afraid there isn't!"

Wen Shao looked like Lu Ban was alive, and Wen Meng was quite unsightly, so he slapped him on the back of the head with a handful of them, and shouted angrily.

"Come on! If it weren't for the young master to mention you, your kid would still be a turtle in the kiln! Where do you seem to be dazzling? Master, do you say yes? ”

Dare to love this thing when she saw Mao Jue come in, and she was familiar enough to just open her mouth to refute, Wen Shao also squinted his eyes coldly, and he was stunned to hold back his words, and he also pointed directly at the head of the righteous gentleman with a face full of approval.

"That's right! That's right! All thanks to our young master!"

"Come on, you guys!"

Mao Jue shook his head speechlessly, went up and slapped Wen Meng's shoulder.

"Uncle, eldest cousin, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need to be so raw! You pick a room first, I'll see my dad in a while, I'll take you to the hot springs!"

"Thank you, young master!"

A few guys bowed, which suddenly made Mao Jue even more speechless, but it is not easy to force them in this era, and let these poor relatives continue to brag *** Jue is walk up to the third floor.

The library is on the third floor, almost more than 100 square meters of a large room without partitions, here is a bit high, there is a Western fireplace to heat, a row of tables are placed in the middle, surrounded by bookshelves, Mao Jue put the books that can be on the market, including the books copied back by the Japanese Kingdom, are also placed on it to decorate the façade, but how many of them are what he has read, just two said.

A row of large half-floor-to-ceiling windows is in front of the library, and you can see the White Horse River opposite, and at the bottom of the mountain, the new settlement of the White Horse River completed by thousands of soldiers is also lively at this time, where every household is preparing for the New Year.

Mao Wenlong was sitting on a rocking chair, the oil lamp next to him slightly illuminated his official uniform, and the book was at hand, he didn't look at it, but looked at the lights of the thousands of homes under the mountain.

"Father!"

Don't dare to be careless about this old guy who smokes himself at any time, Mao Jue went up and made a gesture respectfully, as if this woke up Mao Wenlong, and stood up with the handrail, but he didn't look back, looked at the bottom of the mountain for a while, and then sighed with emotion.

"Liaoyang back then! Tieling! It's so lively! ”

"Sooner or later, we'll take it back!"

was noncommittal to Mao Jue's words, but it seemed that from this sadness, Mao Wenlong, who was holding the book behind his back, turned around and walked in front of him, and went up and slapped a book on Mao Jue's head.

"You kid, don't study well, you are poor and luxurious! It's a little small to use all of them in this crooked way! ”

"That, Dad, do you have to live in war!"

finally showed a smile, looking at Mao Jue's appearance of scratching his head, the old guy suddenly smiled and hugged his shoulder.

"Okay, you kid, I can't take care of it! Here you are the landlord, your aunt, Shen Niang are waiting for you to come back and fire, let's go! ”

"You are the head of the family, listen to you!"

has been integrated into this role, perhaps from the subconscious of the previous Mao Jue, Mao Jue said with a natural smile, who knew that this seemed to be falling into Mao Wenlong's trap.

"Listen to me?"

"Of course! You're Lao Tzu!"

"Okay, you can take a good look at this book!"

I was really a little surprised, I looked at Mao Wenlong with his hands behind his back in amazement, walked up the stairs with a smile, and raised the title of the book, Mao Jue was confused again.

"The Art of War?"

(End of chapter)