These non-combatants brought by Yan Ming were easy to place.

Because most of them are craftsmen themselves, as soon as they arrive at the designated place, they will use the materials they have in their hands to build what they need as soon as possible.

Even the arrival of many women made those soldiers who had been fighting all year round look straight in the eyes.

The placement work went very well.

Along the way, Yan Ming has made a brief communication with the craftsmen. The craftsmen knew very well what they were coming for.

Even those few people who know how to fire green brick cement have begun to select sites everywhere and prepare to build brick kilns.

The arrival of these people, each performing their own duties, opened Han Yan's eyes.

When Cloud Castle was built, he had only heard about it, but he hadn't seen it.

Now that he sees those hot sites ready to be built, this efficiency makes him a little dizzy.

Tomorrow, we'll go out and clear the wasteland.

You will be responsible for widening the defense line of Donglai City.

Yan Ming said.

Han Yan patted her chest and promised.

Recently, Fusang and they have fought with them several times, but they were all embarrassed by Han Yan's killing. Even outside, there are several Jingguan built by the heads of Fuso people.

It was all built by Han Yan in imitation of Yan Ming's style. It is used to deter the people of Fuso.

The Fuso people seem to have learned to be obedient too.

On the contrary, they are not in a hurry to attack Han Yan's men and horses now.

The Fuso people believed that even if the Han army occupied the port of Donglai, it would not be able to last. After all, they are just a lone army and do not dare to go deeper.

This situation lasted for a while, and the Han army would retreat on its own.

The premise was that they held the main roads leading to the island and did not allow the Han army to enter.

The Fuso people's intentions were not wrong.

But when Yan Ming arrived, it was different.

He had all the craftsmen concentrate their time on building brick kilns and cement factories.

He took Han Yan's elite subordinates, accompanied by Geng Zhi and Yu Ao, and surveyed the terrain outside Donglai City.

This place, there is a small plain.

Even better, there is a small river in the middle of this plain.

The little river meanders into the sea.

On both sides of the river is fertile land.

Although the Fuso people are called Fusang people, they are not suitable for agriculture.

Such a good river is so barren.

Yan Ming could not allow such a river to be barren.

But he didn't rush into developing the land. Such fertile land could not allow the Fuso people to discover his intentions.

This will have to wait for the construction of cement plants and brick kilns.

Yan Ming had already looked at the surrounding terrain.

The location of Donglai City is exceptional.

Although this port town has a plain and leads to the island, there is only one road, and this road is sandwiched between two mountains.

It can be said that this is the only way to enter the island, and it is also the only way to enter the city of Donglai on the island.

Yan Ming looked at the mountains on both sides. Near the side of Donglai Castle, the mountain is gentle. It is possible to build some watchtowers on both sides of the main road into the mountain.

And what the people of Fusang took was exactly the same measure that Yan Ming thought.

On the other side of the mountain, they built a temporary defensive line.

The purpose of establishing this line of defense was to control Han Yan's Han army so that they could not enter the island. As long as it goes through an autumn and winter, the Han army can be starved away.

The people of Fuso knew how far away the Great Han was from them.

If the Han army does not retreat, it is the transportation of grain and grass, which is a big problem.

Yan Ming spent nearly a month inspecting.

When the surrounding terrain was well understood, the first finished products of the brick kiln and cement plant also came out.

Yan Ming made a bold decision.

He asked the craftsmen to accumulate all the green bricks, not fired, and build them on the road between the two mountains. It is believed that a strong wall was built.

In this way, the mountains and the city walls are connected to form a natural city. And it's oversized.

Yan Ming studied with those craftsmen according to the form of the mountains, and built small fortresses.

No matter where the Fuso people attacked, they would be intercepted by the Han army.

The rest is simple.

Those who were good at farming began to cultivate the land in the plains on both sides of the river.

The climate here, now that potatoes are planted, there is still time to harvest.

This kind of high-yield thing, coupled with the food that Yan Ming brought from Dahan, is just enough to support everyone for a year.

By this time next year, food will not be an issue.

The Fuso people never dreamed that this group of invaders from the Great Han Dynasty did not seem to have any desire to attack.

They actually cultivated this small piece of land.

What made the Fuso army even more puzzling was that they built a fortress on one side to prevent the Han army from penetrating deep into the island.

And this group of Han troops actually built a fortress outside, and even blocked the only road by the wind. It doesn't seem like he wants his own people to get in.

The two sides defended each other in this way, and they spent a winter peacefully.

For more than half a year, Yan Ming led people to familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain again, and built Donglai City into a solid city with blue bricks and cement.

More and more land on both sides of the river is being developed.

The energy produced by such fertile land is enormous. The potatoes are much larger than those in the interior of the Han Dynasty, and the only drawback is that they are not so noodles.

But nutrition doesn't seem to be bad.

The next year, as soon as spring begins, all the land is planted with corn.

As long as there is a grain production capacity, the supply problem of the Han army can be completely solved.

Of course, the people of Fuso are not stupid.

They immediately discovered the Han army's intentions.

If they don't make a move, they would be foolish.

As a result, the Fuso people launched an attack on the walls that blocked the two mountains.

The Fusang people, who were not afraid of death, left thousands of corpses under the city walls, but did not pose a single threat to the Han soldiers.

They had to find another way.

Rivers.

The Han army relied on rivers.

The Fuso people, on the other hand, occupy the upper reaches of the river.

Upstream, there are hands and feet that can move.

They began to intercept the flow. As long as there is no fresh water resources, even if there is food, they will die of thirst.

The Fuso people thought they had found a way to defeat the Han army. They worked hard to dig ditches and drain the water outside, just to prevent the upstream river water from pouring into the waters of Donglaicheng.

I have to say that this method is extremely effective.

Yan Ming taught everyone how to distill fresh water from the sea, but there was no way to get enough fresh water to water the earth.

If this continues, I have to send troops in advance to attack the Fusang people outside.

However, one of the major characteristics of the agrarian people is that they rely on the sky for food.

If God appreciates the food, it will be smooth. On the contrary, floods are continuous.

Maybe Yan Ming is too lucky, or maybe the Fusang people are too unlucky.

All in all, the weather was smooth.

Xiaohe throttling did not cause much loss to the grain on the ground, and it was still a bumper harvest year.

However, because of the throttling, people have to use their brains to extract fresh water from seawater. The by-product is sea salt.

These sea salts are specially purified to become refined salts.

(After writing it, it will be passed on, so I don't have to worry about it.) ）