The people's hearts were established, and how to resist the attack of Xianbei Dadan Yu and Lian's army was put on the agenda in a grand manner.

In fact, the general strategy had been decided long before Qianman left the city, and the deployment of manpower had already been carried out in secret. Now that everyone in the central city has a showdown, there is no need to hide it, so on the streets of the central city, it seems that there are many more soldiers patrolling the city overnight. In addition, opposite the trading house, the yamen, which was cold in front of the door and had few cars and horses in the past, was also suddenly busy.

Like most cities in the Central Plains, this yamen, located in the center of the city, is not only the administrative center of the entire city, but also the verification and collection of various civil and criminal cases, household registration, taxes and other official duties, as well as a series of major political-related events, are all completed here.

Behind the lobby of the yamen, in addition to the independent courtyard where the lord of the city lived, there were also rowhouses where the clerks, clerks, and officials of the yamen stayed, and then there was a vast clerical storage room the size of several houses. However, these facilities belong to the first half of the yamen, and they are also the most commonly used functional buildings in the yamen in peacetime. In addition to being the political center of the city, the yamen is often also the military center of a city, and the same is naturally true of the three outer cities.

Now the northern part of the entire Yamen has become the busiest place in the city at the moment when the three cities outside the city are in danger of survival. Because this is not only the headquarters of this war, but also the location of the arsenal and granary of the war.

At this time, among the county offices, arsenals, granaries and prisons have always been standard. Like the cities of the Central Plains, the arsenal of the central city is also stacked with mountains of war materials such as swords, guns, bows, and armor. Some of the grain hoarded in the granary was transported from the Central Plains, and some of it was from last year's harvest. Because of the arsenal and granary, the yamen within the towering courtyard walls became the second line of defense after the city was broken, as was the case in most cities in the Central Plains, and in Luoyang, the capital division, this line of defense became the imperial palace.

Because the three cities outside the Saiwai were based on trade, the luxury goods transported by the Central Plains caravans were not enough, and the Xianbei tribes outside the Saiwai such as cattle, sheep, horses, felt, furs and other things were necessary strategic materials in the war. Needless to say, the role of horses is needless to say, cattle are a great helper in transporting supplies, and when food and grass are scarce, they can be used as rations for troops. Sheep can also be used as rations for troops when they go out on battle, and the people on the steppe drive their flocks to fight, largely out of consideration for the supply of grain and grass. Felt can be used for warmth, and fur can be processed into leather armor after simple tanning, making it an excellent protective gear.

Therefore, among the three cities outside the Seychelles, the reserves of war materials are extremely rich. Whether it is horses as strategic materials or livestock that can be used as rations, the amount of its reserves is full of surprises when Xi Zhicai sees it. At this time, everyone finally realized more and more the wisdom of Guo Bin in appointing Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang as the heads of the three cities outside the Saiwai. With the extremely limited support of the Central Plains, it was really unexpected that everyone could store such a family foundation after only relying on more than a year of operation, not only to build the city, but also to resettle the people. The talents of these two people in business and trade are really not to be underestimated!

However, although war is fought only about money and food, it can be used as a weapon as a means of war, but it is also absolutely indispensable. As early as the beginning of the city's construction, Guo Bin asked Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang to transport a batch of Yangzhai specialty longbows to the outside of the city, and with the increasing frequency of trade between the two places and the gradual maturity of trade routes, the number of weapons shipped has also increased greatly.

Not to mention the simple and easy-to-make spears, the ring-headed knives that are standard for officers and soldiers alone have reached nearly 5,000 handles. In addition, there are more than 10,000 longbows, 300,000 special long arrows, 500 crossbows, and 80,000 crossbow arrows. It can be said that the number of weapons stored in the arsenals of the three cities outside the Saiwai is enough to fight a foreign war of no small scale.

In addition, the reserves of dry fire-starting things, such as sulfur, saltpeter, fire oil, etc., are also considerable. Guo Bin knows that it is difficult to establish a city outside the Saiwai, and if you want to gain a firm foothold, the most important thing is security. Because the positioning of the three cities outside the Saiwai is a trade city, its huge profits and cargo throughput are very easy to attract the covetousness of powerful people on the grassland.

Due to the fact that the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have outstanding influence outside the Great Wall, the three cities outside the Saiwai could only rely on themselves on security issues. Therefore, Guo Bin emptied the arsenal of Fulong Villa and even the entire Yangzhai County, and obtained a lot of materials from Zhu Hejin, Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Yuan Shao and other well-connected people through various methods, and even won some material support from the imperial court from him when he wrote to Liu Hong, the son of heaven.

Of course, Guo Bin did not expect much war materials from the decadent and financially strained Eastern Han court, which was largely just a symbolic meaning. As long as he has the support of the imperial court, Guo Bin will either ask for or buy from others, and he will have legal legitimacy.

Looking at the huge amount of materials in his hand, Xi Zhicai had a clearer understanding of Guo Bin's long-term vision. The spear is good to say, since the longbow and special arrows are produced in Fulong Villa, they are not very rare things, but this ring head knife and crossbow are extremely unusual.

The high-quality ring-headed knives and crossbow arrows could only be made by the Imperial Servant's Examination Order, and were generally handed over to the Zhijingo after they were made, and then directly placed in the arsenal. The ring head knife, a sharp weapon of war that cuts the enemy's blade like cutting grass and trees, has always been one of the objects of strict supervision by the imperial court, not to mention the crossbow, which is similar to the sniper rifle of later generations, and can take the head of the enemy general at a very long distance. Come to think of it, in order to get these things, Guo Bin did not waste any effort with He Jin, Huangfu Song and others.

Looking at the scene of the yamen in full swing to count and transport war materials, Fu Luohan seemed to be in a dream all the way. He was visited by Su Shuang in the inn and accepted Guo Bin's invitation to come to the yamen to visit Guo Bin. As the second brother of Putou, the chief of the largest Xianbei tribe outside the Great Wall in the Yanmen area, Fu Luohan is very familiar with Zhang Shiping or Su Shuang.

The extremely convenient geographical location of the Po Tau department made them very profitable in the trade with Xianbei in the west. They mainly resell trade, the trade volume is large, the amount of taxes paid is huge, ranking first in the entire three cities outside the Xianbei department, such a big customer, naturally also received special attention from Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang. Therefore, Fu Luohan has always been very familiar with Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang.

However, for Guo Bin's summons, although Fu Luo Han was not without apprehension in his heart, he did not dare not come: the way Guo Bin treated the enemy was really terrifying. However, in Fu Luohan's heart, he was also very much looking forward to this meeting with Guo Bin, because of this high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty who was rumored to be miraculous in the three cities outside the Saiwai, and he was also famous among the Xianbei tribes.

Fu Luohan is also accustomed to going back and forth to the Yamen of the Central City, and at this time, Su Shuang personally leads, but along the way, his mentality is obviously different from the past. What started out as anticipation has now turned into apprehension and nervousness, with a hint of hesitation. Yes, hesitation. According to his analysis of Kebineng in the inn last night, Guo Bin solved all the Sha Hanlin departments with thunderous means yesterday, which can be said to have made a great prestige among the Xianbei departments. However, this prestige is only the fear that the three cities outside the Saiwai want to have a smooth trade with the Xianbei people in the future, and if they want to offset the fear and resistance accumulated in the Xianbei tribes due to the killing, they must find a few friendly ones among the Xianbei tribes and give them some sweetness.

The Han people have a saying, called a slap to a sweet date, blindly playing tricks will not win the hearts of the people, only soft and hard, can quickly establish prestige. And Fu Luohan and Kebineng, who did not follow Sha Hanlin to attack the city gate yesterday, became the most suitable targets.

However, just now, after Su Shuang came to the inn, as long as Luo Han went alone, Ke Bineng naturally couldn't go to join in the fun. Fu Luo Han also has an abacus in his heart, he feels that it is because of the large scale of his tribe, in the central Xianbei, the strength is second only to the Da Dan Yu and Lian Division. Therefore, it is naturally very reasonable to become the first choice in Guo Bin's heart.

It was with such a nervous and contradictory mood that Fu Luohan followed Su Shuang to sit in the flower hall in the back hall of the yamen for a cup of tea, and then saw the main master.

The so-called preemptive voice refers to the situation where people have not yet arrived, and the voice is the first to come. With a burst of young and hearty laughter outside, it was honest and honest like Fu Luo Han, and he also knew that there was no one else in the yamen except Guo Bin, so he hurriedly put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up.

I saw a tall and long figure at the main entrance of the flower hall stepping in, because it was backlit, only the outline of his body could be seen, but his facial features could not be seen clearly. However, Fu Luohan still recognized that this person was vaguely the young man he had seen in the Drunken Immortal Tower, and he was also the one who killed Sha Hanlin's troops with the power of thunder during the day.

Fu Luo Han hurriedly got up and saluted the visitors with Han etiquette: "Villain Fu Luo Han, meet the Marquis of Yangzhai County!" ”

Guo Bin's feet still did not speed up, and when he saw him salute, Fang stepped forward to support him, and said: "The second prince is polite, today I am the master, you are a guest, let the guests wait for a long time, it is really Guo's not." ”

Fu Luo Han didn't expect Guo Bin to be so polite, and hurriedly humbled a few words according to the etiquette of the Han people, and Fang sat on the couch behind Guo Bin. This kind of four-legged elongated couch is also a unique style of the three cities outside the Saiwai, which is both comfortable and convenient, if you want to move the couch to another place, you can move it with one hand, but you no longer have to need several people to carry it like the Han people's couch. And with this couch is the cement plastered floor on the ground, which does not have to be troublesome to drag shoes every time you enter the house, but it can easily keep the indoor floor clean and comfortable. Now, in the tents of the leaders of the various tribes outside the Saiwai, which one does not have such a set?