Building a border city is meticulous work.

It didn't happen overnight. Although Yan Ming took this matter, he was not in a hurry to do it. At this time, it is just about to start spring, and the earth atmosphere in the north has not yet dispersed, and the ground cannot be moved at all.

The finishing touches on the construction of Maolyeung-eup have not yet been completed, but the workers who built Moleung-eup are already experienced.

Yan Ming still decided to build this group of people who were recruited to build Maolingyi into a professional construction team. Let them go to the border cities to engage in infrastructure construction, and they will definitely be handy.

Yan San also had to follow. After last year's training, this guy can now easily guide many people by looking at drawings. Even he himself was able to make simple drawing corrections.

The construction of a country is not about living at home and building a house. If you have the money, hire someone. Everything has to be mobilized properly.

On the way back to Maolingyi, Yan Ming had already thought about what he wanted to do. For the first time, he carefully took a pen and paper and wrote down his thoughts one by one on the paper.

These recorded things will be turned into strips and presented to Liu Che.

Nowadays, only Yunzhong County is the most prominent in the border cities of the Northland, and if you want to build Yunzhong County, you must withstand the attack of the Huns.

The Huns will not be stupid enough to wait for you to complete the construction of Yunzhong County before they come to fight you. It is inevitable that everything will be done to destroy the construction of Yunzhong County.

In other words, when you go to the Northland, you don't want to build a city, the first thing you have to do is to fight a few tough battles with the Xiongnu first. Let the Xiongnu know that other county guards may be easily defeated and killed by them. But Yan Ming is definitely a hard bone that they can't gnaw on.

Beidi border pass, from west to east, Yunzhong, Yanmen, Daijun, Shanggu, and Youbeiping, presents a small arc to the Han Dynasty and recessed. Among them, the clouds are the most prominent, and it is also the place that was most severely attacked by the Xiongnu this time.

After so many years of war, the defenders and border people there have been reduced to the extreme. This reminded Yan Ming of what he saw when he passed through the small city of Shuofang.

Shuofang is not yet a county, just a small border town, and there are only a few hundred people stationed in it. To resist the attack from the Huns is simply a fool's dream.

If this is the case in the clouds, it will be sad.

According to the news from the border pass, the situation in Yunzhong County should be better.

Before leaving, Yan Ming went to see the Empress Dowager Dou, the first was to report the good news to the Empress Dowager Dou, the news that Yanran gave birth to a son, and she had to tell the Empress Dowager. The second is to explain to the Empress Dowager Dou that she is going to the border to build a city, and exaggerates the danger hundreds of times.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Dou still doted on him in every way. The old lady made a decision immediately, and unprecedentedly asked Liu Che to mobilize 10,000 elite soldiers to go to the border.

And the generals are all decided, Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi respectively. Each led 5,000 elite soldiers to escort Yan Ming's construction of Shuofang.

For the army, Yan Ming has only one requirement, all of them are light cavalry.

"Yan Ming, how is the old lady looking at you this time! If it happens, I will go to the Hot Spring Palace to retire in the future, and I will not care about the affairs of the imperial court. This was the last thing the Empress Dowager Dou said to Yan Ming.

Naturally, these words also reached Liu Che's ears, and he was even more energetic, just waiting to set off a storm at the border of the north.

Returning to Maolingyi, Yan Ming completely emptied his mind, that is, he accompanied Yanran and Tian Xi, watching Yan Poyu change every day, and he was happy.

It's just that at night, only Chengxin accompanies Yan Ming in his own small study, writing and painting, I don't know what he is tinkering with.

The workers and mechanics of the cement factory, the leader of the construction site of Maolingyi, and even the elder Chen of the Southwest Iron Metallurgical Village have all received letters from Yan Ming one after another these days and came to Maolingyi.

These people all have an excellent personal relationship with Yan Ming.

The head of the cement factory's mechanics is called Wu Laosi, and he has no big name. If Yan Ming hadn't asked him to work in the cement factory and be promoted a little bit, I'm afraid he would have starved to death on the streets. Yan Ming said that he would take him to the border city of Beidi to build a new cement factory and brick factory, and Wu Laosi patted his chest and promised that it would not be a pity to die at the border pass.

Not to mention Lao Xu, the foreman of Maolingyi, his son served in Yunzhong County, and this time the Xiongnu invaded the border and died in battle.

Hearing that Yan Ming was going to the border pass to build a city, his tears fell, and he said directly: "Yan Hou rest assured, our team, where you point, we will fight." Don't say it's building a city, even if you take a knife and gun and go to the battlefield, you won't blink. ”

Compared with the previous two groups, Da Lao Chen is much calmer.

"Yanmen County will build an iron-smelting plant. You Southwest Iron Village need to transfer a group of people over, and I don't care if others want to go or not. Da Lao Chen, you are indispensable. Yan Ming said without a trace of politeness.

The eldest elder Chen hugged his fists and said, "Master Hou, I am alone. But you are sent, and Elder Chen will not say a word. As for the others, if anyone dares to disobey the Hou Ye's dispatch, I will throw them into the furnace and melt them. ”

Yan Ming was so happy when he said this.

"Don't force it, go north this time. It's dangerous. Or freedom. Yan Ming said.

"Lord Hou is in danger, not for the sake of the common people." Elder Chen said: "Could it be that they are all men with two eggs, who is less than whom?" ”

"Hahaha-"

Yan Ming had nothing to say except laughing.

The ancients had the benefits of the ancients. As long as you treat each other sincerely, you can get the same sincerity, and even a return of blood.

Thinking about the future generations, those villains who went back on their word, treacherous and selfish, Yan Ming couldn't help but have some tears in his eyes.

Back to the heart of the future generations, Yan Ming has always had it.

But at this moment, Yan Ming felt for the first time that it seemed good to live in this big man without returning to the next generation.

In just three days, Wei Qing came to report with five hundred southern troops.

"Fourth brother, from today onwards, these five hundred southern troops will be organized into the army of Captain Hu Cai. For specific things, I still have to hand over to Han Yan. "Wei Qing is now a general of Xiaocai, but he is still very humble.

Seeing Wei Qing, Yan Ming's heart settled down.

Although some sour literati said, 'Wei Qing is undefeated by God', Yan Ming has always regarded this as a fart. If Wei Qing didn't have the talent of a commander, how could he have established such a great achievement?

Li Guangli, who is also the uncle of the country, is also trusted by Liu Che, how did it end? Didn't you lose the face of the Han and then take refuge in the Huns?

At this point, Yan Ming and his disdain did not admire Sima Qian. In the historical records, there are too many Sima Qian's personal feelings. However, Yan Ming can't be too picky.

After all, no one is a saint, and neither is Sima Qian. Strictly speaking, when he wrote the historical records, he was a slightly psychopathic eunuch. It is already an extremely precious thing to be able to write such a great work as historical records.

"Sima Qian, you study hard in Hongyan Hall, I will protect your life, you can write a history well, don't wear colored glasses!" Yan Ming sighed.