On May 20, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Wang Zheng took more than 1,500 soldiers from the Wendeng camp and gathered more than 2,000 inspectors to inspect Yanding, set off from Ninghaizhou City, and advanced towards Penglai Mansion City.

For the first time, the sound of rumbling footsteps resounded in the north of Dengzhou Mansion.

Penglai is known as the fairyland, the legend Penglai, Yingzhou, the abbot are the three sacred mountains in the sea, is the place where the gods live, since ancient times it is the place where the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty Wu seek the immortal to visit the medicine, the widely spread "eight immortals across the sea" of the Shenzhou legend, it originates from this.

Wang Zheng also heard a lot of stories about Penglai before coming, the world called this place as a fairyland on earth, it is the most prosperous and prosperous place in Denglai and the two prefectures, the city of the political secretary, the preparation of the Japanese division, the health office and other relevant departments are readily available, the Dengzhou prefect Yamen Zhizhi is located not far away.

Under an order, the team stopped neatly at the south gate of Penglai, and then Wang Zheng looked at the corner tower on the city.

The four big characters of "mountains and seas are famous" jumped on it.

Wang Zheng's chest continued to rise and fall, and his heart couldn't help but be excited, such a huge city, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, now everything is at your fingertips.

This seems to be the best reward for my hard work in the past three years.

Legend has it that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the Shandong Peninsula many times, climbed the Danya Mountain that burst into the Bohai Sea, and sought the "Penglai Wonderland" known to the world, so the descendants called this Danya Mountain Penglai.

In order to seize the opportunity and firmly hold the Dengzhou Mansion before Liu Zeqing returns, he did not communicate with the prefect Sun Hualong and any relevant departments in the city in advance of his appointment.

In their eyes, Wang Zheng just took the Wendeng camp to assemble and set off from Ninghai Prefecture, and it took half a day to come to the city to take office.

The soldiers in the city were so frightened that they quietly stretched out half of their heads when they saw such a soldier and horse under the city, and they were relieved to see that they were under the banner of the imperial court, and even asked where the soldiers and horses were.

"Wang Zheng, the new deputy general of the local garrison in Penglai Dengzhou, is coming to take up his post!" Dong Youyin took a step forward and shouted loudly.

The soldier who guarded the door suddenly opened his mouth wide, and before he could speak, Wen Dengbing had already taken Wang Zheng's seal and road guide and put it in the basket under the corner of the city, and raised his hand to signal them to pull it up.

The soldiers who guarded the door did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly flew to report to the prefect Sun Hualong.

"Lord Prefect, Wang Zheng has taken office!"

Sun Hualong, who was listening to the music in the mansion to relieve his boredom, only then did he know that Wang Zheng had actually brought the entire Wendeng battalion to his post, and he had already arrived in the city.

Immediately, he was a little angry, this Wang Zheng didn't take his prefect seriously, how could he come to take office in such a hurry without saying hello in advance?

The civil and military officials in the city were mobilized, and they were all in a hurry.

Speaking of which, Sun Hualong still owes Wang Zheng a favor, and his position and life as the prefect can be saved because of Wang Zheng's contribution to the annihilation of the Qing army.

So although he was a little angry this time, he still took the initiative to summon civil officials to greet him.

Wu Wei received the news later than Sun Hualong, but he stood outside the mansion with his own soldiers and waited early.

At this time, there were people outside the mansion who were busy with work, replacing the original plaque of the Marshal's Mansion with the plaque of "Deputy Marshal's Mansion".

Not long after, Sun Hualong, the prefect of Dengzhou, entered the city from the other end of Shuicheng with a vote of civil officials, and glanced at Wu Weizhong, the chief soldier of Denglai, from a distance, but he held his head high and did not say anything.

When Wu Weizhong saw it, he arched his hand in advance and said with a smile:

"Why did the prefect Sun come to greet him?"

Sun Hualong glanced at Wu Weizhong, although he owed Wang Zheng a favor, but he couldn't lose face in front of other military attachés, tidied up his appearance, coughed a few times, and said:

"Vice General Wang can also be regarded as a great contribution to the imperial court, and this time he was appointed as Penglai, and the prefect of this official can't ignore it, so he summoned all his colleagues to come to comfort him."

Wu Weizhong sighed, smiled, and was noncommittal.

Penglai city inside and outside three layers, the innermost city was built in the Hongwu period, the outer sand city was added and Yongle 14 years, in addition, there is also Penglai water city, by the mountains and the sea, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Speaking of which, Penglai Water City has a long history and has had a prototype since the Song Dynasty, but local officials say that there are more "Beiwei City".

Penglai Waisha City is approximately square, each side is about 1,100 meters long, in order to adapt to the topography of the hills and coasts, so the outline is not regular, although it is called Shacheng, but the city wall of Jiajing year is changed to brick.

Each side opens a gate and each has an urn city, four gate towers and corner towers are seven altogether, there is a water gate at the entrance and exit of the water city river, and the six battalions of the Dengzhou Navy are stationed and guarded.

The water city is directly connected to the north gate of the city, the street market in the city starts the square pattern, the street between the east and west gates is the north-south trunk road, and the drum tower is built across the street in the west.

The streets inside the north and south gates are also arterial roads, but they are not straight, and they are considered secondary streets, and they are basically built parallel to the main roads.

In addition to the well-known Penglai Pavilion and the Lantern Tower, there are five barracks for officers and soldiers stationed in the city, and there are more markets and temples.

Penglai Water City combines the topography and military requirements for a free layout, which is also unique in the urban style at this time.

With the opening of the south gate of Penglai Shacheng, the soldiers of the Wendeng battalion all raised the spirit of a hundred times and marched into the city.

Following Wang Zheng from Wendeng City to Ninghai Prefecture, and now he has come to Penglai, the mentality of the soldiers in the Wendeng battalion is gradually changing.

This time it is a serious big city, and it can be ranked as famous in the entire Jiaodong Peninsula, and the excitement in their hearts is actually not much compared to Wang Zhenglai.

"Boom..."

Before coming, most of the soldiers of the entire Wendeng battalion had been equipped with iron armor, tiger guns and iron shields had also been equipped with thirty percent, and the bird gun team had been expanded to two sentinels.

Neat footsteps appeared on the main road in Penglai City, and the sound of ironclad swords and soldiers resounded through the sky.

Penglai City is several times the size of Ninghaizhou City, the market is intricate and there are old and new, along the way towards the city, there are both beautifully decorated two-story restaurants, there are also low and dilapidated private houses and alleys.

Many people were yellow-skinned and dull-colored, squatting in groups on the corners of the roadside, looking at this different army, as if they saw a new hope.

In stark contrast to the feelings of the common people, the rich families walking in the city were full of red faces, but they were afraid, and their faces were jealous and afraid.

The eyes of several court guards guarding the door couldn't stop the shock, look at the tattered mandarin duck jacket on their bodies, the rusty spears and waist knives in their hands, and then look at the brand-new ironclad military uniforms on these Wendeng soldiers, they are really more popular than people, this is a heaven and an underground.

It took about half an hour for Wen Dengbing to enter the city, but this was not over, after the last Wen Dengbing entered the city, Shao Yong took the salt Ding to wear the blue coat of the unified inspection department, followed behind with a swaggering waist knife, and walked into Penglai City with his head held high.

The number of Yanding was larger, and there were at least more than 2,000 people who came with it, although the march was not as neat and imposing as the Wendeng camp, but at first glance it looked like it was well uniformed and crowded.

Shao Yong couldn't help but look at Penglai City inside and out, his eyes didn't seem to be enough, it was like a leopard entering the city.

The others were similar, after all, it was the first time they had come to such a large place, and it was as if they had never seen anything before.

According to Wang Zheng's previous instructions, Shao Yong brought this batch of salt and stationed it in Penglai City and did not leave

Wang Zheng gave him the right to choose Yanding at the headquarters of Dengzhou Mansion here, and after the selection, he only needed to notify Wang Zheng for approval, and he could take someone to raise the construction.

Shao Yong was very excited, after Wang Zheng took office, he was the deputy chief soldier, and the salt Ding led by himself would soon become a regular imperial army according to the previous rules.

When the time comes, will he be able to become a garrison, a capital division, a guard station, and even a guerrilla general!

I have stayed up in the inspection department for so long, not because it is not the day when my identity will be regularized, although they are still the identity of Yanding in the Dengzhou battalion, but they are no different from serious court officers and soldiers.

As soon as he thought of this, Shao Yong felt floating even when he walked, or his own generals were more ruthless.

Then again, he didn't know how glad he was with the right person!