Fortunately, the base is not too far from the imperial capital, and Yuan Fang's speed is very fast, and there is no delay on the way, and it only takes half a day to travel for most of the day, and they rushed to the bottom of the mountain where the base is located before dark.

Guan Xiaoyun, this kid proposed to go to the farm to repair, Yuan Fang thought about it or refused, he knew Guan Xiaoyun's careful thinking, firstly, the food in the farm was good, and secondly, this kid probably wanted to make some benefits, such as getting some chickens, ducks or cows and horses or something, but Yuan Fang couldn't, he was a little shameless to go to see the female soldiers of the farm, last time he said yes, go back and find someone to help the farm rebuild, so that those female soldiers can have a warm winter.

But Yuan Fang lost his words, there was really no way, he went back and did talk to Ye Tian about it, Ye Tian felt that this matter was too difficult, the farm is located in the mountainous area outside the city, not to mention the distance and the transportation of materials, just say that the barren mountains and mountains, the land has long been frozen hard, and it takes several times or even more effort to break the ground and start construction, this is not the key, the key is that even if the above difficulties are overcome, the ditch and so on are dug and put into use, the temperature of the heating will thaw and soften the land of the trench, According to Yuan Fang's theory of hot and cold water, it is easy to cause collapse, so the best time is to wait until the beginning of spring or summer and autumn.

Now, as the technology of the fog balloon becomes more and more mature, the defense level and secrecy around the base have been greatly improved, not only are there soldiers from several legions stationed on the periphery, but there are even people in the dark on the periphery to monitor and prevent someone from secretly leaving and leaking things here, so to speak, now the base is a place where only entry and exit are allowed, especially for outsiders, and even the convoy that usually transports supplies and required materials can only wait for the handover outside the cordon twenty miles away.

Yuan Fang and his entourage, naturally not outsiders, first of all, he himself is the big boss of the dark night, and the members of the dark night on the periphery will naturally not be stupid to stop their top boss, secondly, although the Eastern Crusade is over, but it has not been officially restored, Yuan Fang still has the title of the general of the Eastern Crusade, and he is the director of the military hospital, and the defenders outside the base will not be embarrassed, besides, Yuan Fang is also the planner and main technical adviser of the base, so Yuan Fang and his party are unimpeded all the way, Ren Chang, the commander of the garrison, came to greet him in person after receiving the news.

After some greetings, Yuan Fang left the two hundred female soldiers who accompanied him to rest at the foot of the mountain, and Ren Chang enthusiastically provided these female soldiers with everything they needed, tents, charcoal, water, and food, and also carved out an independent area at the foot of the mountain, and strictly ordered the soldiers under his command to prohibit approaching and disturbing, in fact, he was afraid that the guys under his command who had not seen women for a long time would harass these female soldiers with special status.

Tian Erniu led the team to camp, and after a few words of advice, Yuan Fang took Sang Rou and Jieyue and their eight personal guards to go up the mountain and go to the base to check the progress of the fog balloon and the production of the South Gate Brothers' air stone.

Walking on the mountain road, Yuan Fang looked curiously at the flat and spacious ground under his feet, compared with the last time, the road has widened a lot, and it is no longer potholes and difficult to walk, and there are brand new rut marks on the road, it seems that this section of the three roads has been rebuilt recently, think about it, the development of the fog balloon requires a lot of materials, plus a large amount of ore used to burn gas stones, it is more, the previous mountain road can not meet the transportation of so many materials.

Ouyang Xianxue pointed to a dirt pit on the ground that had sunk past the wheels and said, "If this place is also paved with asphalt, there will be no such situation inside." ”

Yuan Fang looked up at the somewhat steep mountain road, shook his head and said, "No, it's too steep, the friction of the asphalt road is small, the horse's hooves are easy to slip, and it is difficult for the heavy-duty carriage to go up, especially when it snows in winter." ”

Yuyue asked curiously: "According to what my brother-in-law said, can't all mountain roads be paved with asphalt?" ”

Yuan Fang shook his head: "It's not impossible, it's just that we have to open a road with a slower slope again." Next, Yuan Fang told the meaning of the winding mountain road, and the women suddenly realized, and scratched their heads when they looked at the small hill in front of them.

Halfway up the mountain, several guards stopped Yuan Fang and his party, Yuan Fang and several people dismounted and were very cooperative to accept the interrogation, when the young guards saw Yuan Fang's waist card, he was stunned, he had not seen Yuan Fang, but Yuan Fang's name was like thunder, when he looked at the waist card and was at a loss, the veteran who had just left came back, and his face changed after seeing Yuan Fang and his party, and then loudly scolded the young guards, and then apologized to Yuan Fang and said: "Lord Yuan, don't be surprised, several of them are new, I haven't seen you, Lord Yuan." ”

Yuan Fang withdrew his waist card and waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's okay, this is their duty, you do your best, so that this place can be safer." Seeing that Yuan Fang's expression was still kind and friendly, the veteran led by the leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after explaining a few words, he took Yuan Fang and his party up the mountain to the core of the base.

The young guard secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yuan Fang walk away, obviously frightened, and the other veteran who had just come back sneered when he saw this: "Boy, don't be afraid, Lord Yuan won't bother with you little soldier." ”

The young guard smiled awkwardly, and then said with a bitter face: "Brother Hu, I heard that being a soldier is very majestic before, but why don't I feel it at all after I got here?" Anyone who comes, we'll all have to nod our heads. ”

Brother Hu sighed and said: "This can't be helped, you have all seen it, there are so many troops stationed at the foot of the mountain, I heard that there are people in the dark night outside, you say, can it be ordinary people who can come to us through layers of obstacles?" Which one is not a big man of honorable status? Can we do it if we are not careful? If we accidentally offend someone, we won't be able to eat and walk away. Again, I would like to remind you that those big people are not very good-tempered, and you all have to be careful in the future. ”

The young guard recalled the scene just now, and said suspiciously: "I think Lord Yuan is quite kind, not like you said." ”

Brother Hu said righteously: "That is, how can Lord Yuan be the same as others, I think back then, I fought side by side with Lord Yuan." ”

Several young guards' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they all came around to inquire about how Yuan Fang fought bloodily back then, and Brother Hu boasted a lot of oil and vinegar, and several young guards were stunned for a while, and they admired General Yuan, who killed countless enemies with one hundred enemies, and was full of yearning.

On the way, the veterans kept introducing the changes in the base during this time, but in fact, there was no big change, that is, there was an additional cave, where the three brothers of the Nanmen family and some potters fired gas stones.