Xianyang!

The salt of Yinhu and the fortress of Yangcheng constitute a new starting point of this civilization.

It's a good name!

"From now on! The city was renamed Xianyang! ”

Lin Yuan stood on the high city wall and shouted out the name.

"Xianyang! Banzai!! King Yan!! Mighty!! ”

The crowd in the audience couldn't stop cheering.

Lin Yuan was satisfied to wander on the newly built city wall, this is the work that Lin Yuan mainly supervised in recent months, he arranged a large number of slaves, built a one-and-a-half-person high city wall around Yangcheng, the main material of the city wall, is the loess that can be seen everywhere on the Gobi Desert, he mixed the yellow sand with the clay from the barbarian trade in the south, and then built a series of earth walls, on the periphery of the earth wall, and then inserted countless sharp stone chips, a sand wall was done.

Although this wall is not as complex as the solid city wall made of stone in the future, or even as complex as the composite city wall that Lin Yuan built in Huadu back then, this is indeed the most suitable city wall on this Gobi Desert.

This is because Lin Yuan knows very well in his heart that in this place where materials are scarce, there are simply not enough trees and stones for them to build, and there is not enough manpower to transport building materials from a distance, so the only way is to use local materials.

Moreover, on the beach next door, the best defensive equipment was not actually the city walls, but the scorching sun and dry and barren sand, where any large army could not hold out for a few days.

Therefore, as long as there are enough supplies in the city, just holding on to it is enough to give those who come a headache, not to mention, on this earthen city wall, it is covered with sharp barbed stones, Lin Yuan even arranged for slaves to dig a moat outside the city wall, but there is no water in the moat, but it is full of upward spiked stones, stone spears, etc., and in the middle of the trap, a large number of Gobi specialties - scorpions.

Just looking at it, this moat is creepy enough, let alone falling down.

Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the fortification construction in the past few months, but at the same time, his attention began to focus on the current situation in the city.

There were some situations that worried him.

Since he began to mine the salt of Yinhu on a large scale, he recruited a large number of slaves from Yangcheng, and in order to make up for the construction of the Yangcheng city wall, he continued to collect a large number of laborers from the surrounding barbarians to recruit the population.

The barbarian people were more than willing to trade months of labor for a little ration, and if they did well, they might even get a little bit of salt as a reward, which was a very rare benefit for them.

Therefore, the problem of labor has not become a serious situation.

It's just that there is an increasingly serious problem that is being brought to Lin Yuan's mind more and more, and that is......

"King Yan......" Kuafu's voice came up from under the city wall.

Lin Yuan smiled bitterly, he really wanted to do something.

He had just finished the completion ceremony of the city wall, and before he had time to walk down, he saw Kuafu running exaggeratedly from a distance, and after a while he ran in front of him, and said without panting at all:

"O King Yan! What did you think about what I told you last time? If you don't get some food, this granary ...... But it's empty!! ”

Lin Yuan waved his hand and said:

"Father, I told you before, your idea is not good! We must not engage in looting! This is my principle, you don't need to say it anymore......"

After that, Lin Yuan turned around and wanted to leave, but Kuafu's arrow step blocked Lin Yuan's eyes again, and said with an exaggerated expression:

"Oops! King Yan, have you forgotten that those Sabhans of yours, don't they just survive by plundering, this is their old business, you don't have to go out yourself, just hand it over to me and Scar, three days, to ensure that you find enough food......"

Lin Yuan turned his head suddenly, looked at Father Kua, and said with some anger:

"Don't you listen to what I say? Yes? How many times have I told you that the reason why we broke away from the barbarians and were able to move towards civilization is because of these principles! Don't loot! That's our principle, you know? ”

"But...... King Yan, if we don't loot again, we're going to die? You're not the Virgin......" said Kuafu, looking down and nagging.

Lin Yuan stood up and turned around slowly, Father Kua was so frightened that he regretted what he said just now......

"Hmph, you're self-righteous? I'm telling you! Joining is up to you to call the shots, what do you do? Giving the order to go out and plunder? ”

"Hmm......" Kuafu snorted quietly, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look up.

"Hehe, that's good, everything went well when I joined you and led the army out to loot, there was no sandstorm, no one resisted you, none of you lost, and brought back a batch of supplies...... But so what? No matter how much you bring back, sooner or later you will run out, and when you want to loot again, you will find that those barbarians have long since fled, and you have caused even more trouble in order to solve the problem in front of you! I ask you now, once the surrounding barbarians have migrated away, what is the meaning of Xianyang's existence? And how will we survive?? You're calling it killing chickens and taking eggs! ”

Lin Yuan's words, word by word, thunder, Kua's father was speechless.

Indeed, Lin Yuan knows better than anyone that the reason why Xianyang can prosper is because of these unknown barbarians around it, who regard Xianyang as the center of the Gobi and come to trade and trade, which is the basis of Xianyang City's existence.

"What a sentence to kill the chicken and take the eggs!"

Suddenly, a female voice came from outside the tent on one side, Lin Yuan turned his head to look, it turned out to be Tongyu, only to see that she was only wearing a white linen jacket today, and her long black hair was neatly draped on her back.

The guards guarding Lin Yuan's side, after seeing that it was Tongyu, got out of the way, Tongyu slowly approached Lin Yuan, and said with a smile:

"Lord Yanwang, I heard you reprimanding your subordinates, isn't this the Kuafu you met in the barracks...... What did you say? Make your king so angry? ”

Kuafu stuck out his tongue and took a step back in a playful manner, he was actually not reckless, on the contrary, he knew when to speak, and he would not make Lin Yuan really angry.

"Well, Miss Tongyu, it's not a big deal, it's just my friend who is a little too worried about our food situation......"

Tongyu was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said:

"That's right! That's right! It seems that this is the case, and the slaves who work in Silver Lake have recently begun to complain, saying that they have less and less food every day, and they are not as energetic as they used to be......"

Lin Yuan nodded, at present, Xianyang is under the jurisdiction of the whole country, and there is a food crisis, which is a well-known thing.

"King Yan...... Maijishan...... Still not going well? ”

Tongyu asked softly, Lin Yuan shook his head, and was reluctant to say more.

He knew that Tongyu was referring to the issue of negotiation with the Maijishan clan, Maijishan is a group of mountains in the east of Xianyang, connecting the fertile Central Plains, in Maijishan, there are four or five large mountain aborigines, they are all vassals of the Huang clan, since he defeated Xingtian, the satisfaction of that piece seems to be not very polite to Lin Yuan.

Recently, in particular, several of his envoys have not returned, which makes everyone feel a little worried.

"King Yan, in fact, there is another way, I have discussed it with General Yuzha before......" Tongyu said as he moved closer, and a trace of a feminine fragrance wafted into Lin Yuan's nose.

"That's it...... Let's attack, the cavalry of the Saba tribe, plus the infantry in the original Yangcheng, we can still succeed in capturing the barbarians in Maijishan! ”

Lin Yuan shook his head gently, this Tongyu, the idea is still too simple.

"Tongyu, have you ever thought about what we should do when we come out of the nest and have a weak internal air defense, if the Huang Clan takes the opportunity to drive straight in and capture this place? Or, when we have spent a lot of troops and attacked the barbarians, if we encounter the Huang people, how can we defeat the other party? ”

After listening to this, Tongyu silently lowered his head, it seems that some things are indeed much more complicated than he thought.

"Nayan King, your plan is ......"

Before Tongyu finished speaking, suddenly, on the newly built city gate, there was a sound of three long and two short horns.

Lin Yuan's face was overjoyed and said:

"Haha! They're back!! That's great!! It's finally here! ”

Tongyu and Kuafu looked dazed, Lin Yuan patted Tongyu's shoulder vigorously, turned around and ran towards the city gate, and said again and again:

"Come on! The problem of food solved! I have a better way!! ”

Behind him, Tongyu, who had been violently hugged by Lin Yuan just now, quietly had two blush on his cheeks, and he was shy. (To be continued.) )