Feng Qiquan got the business, and began to plan the production, city by city installation, and was very busy; Liu Pocheng is an important border town in Gaochang County, and it is in the forefront of the list, Li Wenxin and Feng Qicheng are old friends in Chang'an, so Feng Qicheng personally brought three apprentices and craftsmen to go, and recounted the old friendship by the way when working.

It was very happy to have friends from afar, Li Wenxin was very happy, and personally accompanied Feng Qiquan and others to work on the city wall; Originally, in addition to business travel, the border pass is rarely visited, and it is rare to have an object to talk to, Feng Qiquan is not only an old friend, but also the senior brother of the county guard Yang Chong, Li Wenxin is not stupid.

There was a small square table on the side of the city wall, a pot of tea was placed, and the outside of Liu Po City was full of greenery, Li Wenxin leaned on the city wall and said: "I am miserable for the big men in the center, what do you say about the squeezing trade, the Central Plains has no goods to come, what to do with the Western Turks?" If they didn't care, that little junior brother of yours would have sent out the Turpan Commercial Bank a long time ago. ”

Without the threat from the east, the strength of Yanqi in the south was insufficient, and Liupo City became the first garrison of Gaochang. The spring breeze is blowing, the white clouds are leisurely, Feng Qi looked at the two apprentices fixing the base of the machine, and teased: "It's okay, you just have to rest and rest, are you still looking forward to fighting, there are so many tools to defend the city, as long as you don't bury your head in sleep." ”

Mozi's three weapons for defending the city were the crossbow car, the transfer machine, and the nationality car, which had a great reputation in the battle of Handchuan, and Yang Chong also sent Li Wenxin fat water, that is, oil. Turpan proved the oil reserves in later generations, but Yang Chong did not dare to waste manpower to toss, the fat water was transported from Zhangye, Yang Chong's design was to dig the ground to make a big ditch, more than one zhang wide, horizontal in front of the war, when the enemy came, the oil was poured in, and the fire was set to block the enemy.

Li Wenxin smiled bitterly: "Actually, I feel lucky now, if I am still in the prince's guard, I don't know what will happen this time." ”

Li Wenxin played polo well, and at that time he was also a celebrity around King Yang Hui of Qi, and he had a fight with Da Xitong, wanting to reach Xi Tong to give his concubine to King Yang of Qi, but in the end, he was affected by King Qi's head, and Li Wenxin really didn't know what to say. Feng Qiquan pulled Li Wenxin to the city wall, pointed to the vast desert in the west, and said loudly: "You are the first military of the Great Sui, the only way for the Western Turks to come to the east, don't think about it, just think about it, how many fathers and elders in the Central Plains are counting on you, fame and fortune, that's just a passing moment." ”

Li Wenxin didn't expect Feng Qi to be so radical as a Taoist priest, and said abruptly: "Don't worry, I know how to measure." ”

The two were speechless for a while, standing quietly at the head of the city, watching the desert show a fantastic red yellow in the sun, the rows of poplar forests looked elegant and noble, but there were not many poplar trees in each row, and the rows of poplar forests should be a poplar tree that had fallen before, changing into a miracle of survival, and continuing to guard in the desert. There is not a wisp of wolf smoke in the distance, it seems that Liu Po City is so lonely, the only lively thing is a few small birds in the beach by the city wall, black and white, sometimes brushing over the thatch, sometimes jumping on the flower branches.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the gong at the end of the work woke up the two, the two went together to check the rotation effect of the machine, laughed and walked down the city tower, Feng Qi remembered the joke in the army, and suddenly asked: "There is not a single village near Liupo City?" ”

Li Wenxin was a little strange, and said: "There is one ten miles east of here, and there is another Orion village seventeen or eighteen miles to the north. ”

Feng Qiquan asked, "You haven't thought about moving two villages to the city, or building a village outside the city?" ”

Li Wenxin shook his head and said: "In this case, once the Western Turks call, they don't even have a chance to escape, and Yang Chong didn't urge me, which means that he is also undecided." In half a year, Li Wenxin has enough understanding of his young boss, meticulous, meticulous and bold, if he is not satisfied with any aspect of himself, he will definitely say it directly.

Feng Qiquan said indifferently: "He is not indecisive, but he has more than enough strength but is not enough, just like that, the imperial court is still worried, and sent Gao Gong to Gaochang County to inspect." ”

Gao Gong came, and Li Wenxin was stunned.

Yang Chong was in Fengle Liquor Shop to inspect Yang Yichen and Gao Gong to wash the dust, Yang Chong was very surprised, Gao Gong was nominally as a special envoy of the imperial court this time to deal with the affairs of the mill, to coordinate trade with the Western Turks; But what kind of person is Gao Gong, the provincial minister, the founding father, after the death of Yang Su, Gao Gong is the most qualified courtier. Gao Gong saw Yang Chong's caution and said with a smile: "It turns out that Su Xiang and I have been worried about you being unruly, but I didn't expect you to be cautious after you were in a high position. ”

Yang Chong smiled: "Gao Xiangjian smiled, sometimes the responsibility is heavy, and many things can't be thought of." ”

Gao Gong said: "Originally, I had estimated you very highly, but now I know that I haven't seen it through, and if you can have such an awareness, I have nothing to say." I am now a doctor of imperial history, and after this trip to the Western Regions, I will return to my hometown; I told the Son of Heaven that I wanted to take advantage of the fact that I could still walk around and see the rivers and mountains laid down by the Great Sui, so that the Son of Heaven allowed this trip. ”

Yang Guang was so happy, it turned out that Gao Gong, the old minister who had been raising his eyebrows and raising his eyes, suddenly proposed to go and see the territory laid down by Yang Guang, which was so happy for Yang Guang, and greatly satisfied his vanity, so Yang Guang not only allowed Gao Gong to go west, but also agreed that Gao Gong returned to the dynasty and returned to his hometown. Yang Chong sighed with emotion, he came from a commercial society, and it was difficult to imagine what loyalty looked like, and what he valued was integrity; Gao Gong is different, for the sake of the Great Sui, he dares to kill his head and copy his family, even if the emperor says it.

Yang Yichen didn't seem to hear the speeches of the old and the young, and looked at the menu intently. Humud City is a small place, accustomed to seeing a big city like Luoyang, Chang'an, Yang Yichen is really bored in Hunicheng, so he often spends two or three days to go to Gaochang Nanping. Yang Yichen's feeling is that Gao Chang is different from the past, and he has embarked on the track according to Yang Chong's concept, and every time he comes, there is something fresh, just like the recipe in his hand.

The population of Dongzhen City exceeded 2,000, and the city began to flourish, with many shops and liquor stores, except for the bearded girl, there was a brothel; And Nanping City is even more surprising, sitting on the second floor of Fengle Liquor Store at the moment, looking down from the window, the bustling streets are full of students and passers-by, all of them are in a good state of mind. Yang Yichen ordered and said: "Five silk humps, beef in sauce, called flower chicken, boiled fish fillet, popping kidney flower, white-cut mutton, and six vegetables." The wine is still the richness of your winery. ”

Yang Chong was in Gaochang, and asked Wang Fu to re-open a winery, specially for the governor's mansion and Fengle wine shop, named Fengle alcohol, Yang Yichen liked the sweetness of Fengle alcohol very much, every time he came, he also brought a few bottles when he left; Yang Chong's other identity is a big businessman, the Turpan Commercial Bank is making money every day on the iron factory copper mine, and Yang Yichen does not have the slightest guilt of taking advantage of his subordinates.

(End of chapter)