Although Zhang Xuan and Xiao Huaijing have a good relationship, Xiao Huaijing is the superintendent after all, and he does not dare to hide it for Zhang Xuan in some major matters, such as the construction of a wharf and a shipyard, which are major matters, and he will inevitably report to the Son of Heaven, which Zhang Xuan also knows.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan discussed with Wei Yunqi and Fang Xuanling in advance about the countermeasures, and basically he already had a rhetoric.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the wharf is to prepare for the attack on Langya County, mainly to facilitate Liyang Cang to transport military grain to Beihai County, although Qi County has a wharf, but Qi County and Beihai County are blocked by mountains, transportation is extremely inconvenient, if the military food can be directly unloaded in Beihai County, it is more convenient for Weichen to prepare for war, and if General Wang is unfavorable to suppress bandits in Qinghe and needs the support of Weichen, Weichen can directly lead the army to cross the river into Bohai County and attack the rear of the thieves. ”

Zhang Xuan's reason is very good and strong, Yang Guang nodded, and he recognized this reason, and he asked again: "What about building a shipyard?" ”

The nature of building a shipyard is completely different from repairing a wharf, and repairing a wharf is only for the convenience of transportation, which can be said to restore people's livelihood, and the problem is not big, but the shipyard is a substantial expansion of the army, and if the shipyard is built without the consent of the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Industry, then the problem is a bit serious.

Zhang Xuan also did a full investigation for this, and even if the imperial court or Yang Guang asked about it, he could deal with it calmly.

"Your Majesty, Beihai County and Donglai County are large fishing counties, shipbuilding is very prosperous, there are more than 20 large and small shipyards, when His Majesty went east to conquer Goguryeo, the warships used were built in Ye County, Donglai County, but since the bandits ravaged Qingzhou, all the shipyards were burned, fishermen fled, fishing boats were broken, and Weichen pacified the bandits. However, the livelihood of the people in Beihai and other counties is still withering, so Weichen and local officials have been working hard to restore the livelihood of the people in the past. ”

This is Fang Xuanling's opinion, and it must not be said that they are building a new shipyard. To emphasize restoration, new construction and restoration are two completely different concepts, one is ambitious, and the other is to restore people's livelihood.

Yang Guang frowned again, "Then has this matter been reported to the imperial court?" ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan was very grateful for Zhang Xutuo's caution, Wei Yunqi actually found an application for approval in the vast files of the Licheng official mansion, Zhang Xuan hurriedly presented a copy of the scroll to Yang Guang, "Your Majesty, the restoration of Shouguang Boat Farm is not just the beginning of Weichen. Zhang Dashuai began to implement it the year before last, because the suppression of bandits had to be suspended, and Weichen just continued to complete Zhang Dashuai's career, which was the reply given to us by the Ministry of Industry the year before last, please look at it. ”

A eunuch took the reply in Zhang Xuan's hand and forwarded it to Yang Guang, Yang Guang flipped through the reply that had been slightly yellowed, and sure enough, Zhang Xutuo applied for the reconstruction of Shouguang Shipyard. There was a big seal approved by the Ministry of Industry below, and Yang Guang suddenly remembered. He seems to have seen this application himself, but it has been too long and he has forgotten it a little.

The sharp gaze in Yang Guang's eyes gradually faded, and he eased a lot, and he nodded and said, "Since there is the approval of the Ministry of Industry, it is understandable to rebuild the shipyard." It's just that I don't quite understand, does Beihai County really need so many ships? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen also inspected the Beiping County Shipyard and found that it was completely deserted and could no longer be shipped. Wechen participated in the campaign against Goguryeo, and knew that the king of Goguryeo was a repeated villain, and if one day the king of Goguryeo was disrespectful to His Majesty, His Majesty decided to conquer him again, perhaps he still needed warships, and there must be a boat yard in the Bohai area. ”

This is a bet made by Zhang Xuan, and he must Yang Guang know that he still has a role in Beihai County.

Yang Guang looked at Zhang Xuan in surprise, and after a while, he suddenly became a little tired, and waved his hand, "General, step back first!" ”

"Wechen retires!"

Zhang Xuan slowly retreated, Yang Guang leaned on the soft couch tiredly, gently kneading his temples, Zhang Xuan's unintentional words hit his heart, do you still need to ask Goguryeo again?

After Zhang Xuan returned to the cabin, he immediately wrote a letter to Fang Xuanling, asking him to escort the gold and copper coins back again, since Yang Guang promised to give them a reward for the three armies, he would no longer be hypocritically handed over to the imperial court, and those goods were equally important to him.

It's just that Zhang Xuan himself can't leave, Yang Guang only summoned him temporarily, and he hasn't officially reported on his work, and he doesn't know when the debriefing will be arranged.

What's more important is whether Yang Guang will transfer himself to Jianghuai, there is already this hint in his words today, but it has not yet been clarified.

Zhang Xuan secretly made up his mind that no matter what, he must strive to stay in Beihai County and must not lose his foundation.

At noon, the fleet started slowly again, 80,000 slender men on both sides of the strait pulled the big ships, and more than 100,000 troops escorted them along the way, and the fleet sailed towards the north

The days on the ship were very boring, and since he saw Li Yuan on the second day of the ship, Zhang Xuan had never been able to see him again, and he didn't know if Li Yuan had moved to another ship or had quietly left.

But Zhang Xuan no longer cares about Li Yuan's whereabouts, he only cares about his own fate, and he doesn't know when he will be able to report on his work, he can't even find anyone to talk to, the ship is very unfree, he doesn't know which boat Pei Ju lives in, even if he knows it, he can't easily visit, Yang Guang issued an edict to strictly prohibit officials from visiting each other to prevent them from discussing the court in vain.

Time passed, and in the afternoon, the fleet finally arrived in Chenliu County, where it would stay for three days and allow the officials to go into the city to relax.

Zhang Xuan was already tired of the boring life on the ship, so he immediately led his soldiers to leave the fleet and go to Chenliu County to relax.

Chenliu County is today's Kaifeng, is the most important transit station on the Tongji Canal, and is also one of the famous counties in the Central Plains, where the city is vast, the population is large, the business is very prosperous, and the wine shop Qinglou can be seen everywhere.

Since the mooring place of the dragon boat fleet of the Son of Heaven was still four or five miles away from the county seat of Chenliu, the county seat was not greatly affected, except for the officials who were very nervous, as if facing a great enemy, ordinary people still lived as usual.

Zhang Xuan led his entourage into Chenliu County, and a lively and noisy atmosphere suddenly came to his face, for Zhang Xuan, who had spent seven or eight days of boring life, this kind of lively and noisy made him feel extremely cordial, as if he had returned to the world.

At this time, a shout came from next to the city gate to attract Zhang Xuan's interest.

"My iron tire sky-shaking bow is passed down by the ancestors, it can't be pulled apart without the power of a thousand jun, I am here to meet friends with martial arts, open it once, I will give five taels of gold, if you can't pull it open, you leave, I don't want a penny, how about it, who wants to give it a try?"

This is a majestic man of similar stature to Yu Chigong, about thirty years old, with a purple face, a nose like a lion, eyes like copper bells, and an extraordinarily powerful look, he holds a big black bow in his hand, if it is cast in pig iron, it will weigh at least fifty catties.

The surroundings were full of people, most of them were Sui soldiers, perhaps because the offer was tempting, and there was no loss if they lost, the soldiers were eager to try, at this time, a burly captain officer stepped forward and said: "I'll give it a try, this man, how much gold do you have?" ”

Dahan took out a yellow and clear gold ingot, weighing at least fifty taels, and he held it in the palm of his hand and said, "Draw the bow ten times, and this gold will belong to you." ”

The captain took the big bow, his hand sank, the big bow almost fell to the ground, and the big man smiled contemptuously, "This bow weighs sixty catties, you can't pull it away!" ”

The captain ignored him, fought with his arms, and tried his best to pull the bow, but the wire bowstring did not move at all, and the captain suddenly turned red, and returned the bow to the big man, and said unconvinced: "Can you pull it yourself?" ”

The big man didn't say a word, put on a posture of bending the bow and shooting the eagle, and squeaked the bowstring away, and the soldiers around him exclaimed.

The soldiers all knew this captain, a well-known divine power archer in the army, and even he couldn't pull him away, and no one else dared to show his ugliness.

At this time, Dahan saw Zhang Xuan and laughed loudly: "That general is a talent, do you want to give it a try?" ”

The soldiers turned around one after another, and they suddenly recognized Zhang Xuan, and they all exclaimed, "It's General Tianji!" ”

Dahan was stunned for a moment, and looked Zhang Xuan up and down, "It turns out that you are Zhang Xuan, the third fierce general in the world, and you are disrespectful." ”

The soldiers shouted, "General, pull that broken bow and extinguish his prestige!" ”

Zhang Xuan urged him to step forward, glanced at the big man, and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency's divine power is amazing, why don't you go to the Heroes Club?" ”

Dahan snorted coldly, "The hidden dragon and crouching tiger in the world, what is my low-end skill, where can I be called a hero?" ”

Zhang Xuan heard the sarcasm in his words, so he stretched out his hand, "Give me the bow!" ”

Dahan handed the bow to Zhang Xuan, "If the general can pull it open, not only will the gold be given to you, but this bow will also be given to you." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, his arms scrambled, "Open!" ”

I saw that the big bow 'creaked' and pulled it away, pulling the bow like a full moon, Zhang Xuan pulled it ten times in one breath, his face did not change, and said with a smile: "It seems that this bow belongs to me." ”

There was cheering and applause all around, and hundreds of soldiers shouted excitedly: "It is worthy of the Heavenly Halberd General, it is really brave and invincible, man, do you admit defeat?" ”

Dahan gave a thumbs up, "Good divine power, I admit defeat." ”

He threw the gold in his hand to Zhang Xuan, "We'll have a meeting later!" ”

He picked up a cooked copper stick on the ground and strode out of the city, Zhang Xuan hurriedly asked, "May I ask the name of the strong man?" ”

"The general will find out soon!"

Dahan laughed, and quickly walked away, Zhang Xuan looked at the gold in his hand, it was indeed real gold, not fake gold filled with copper.

He couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, this person behaved strangely, there was no result in a street competition, and he also gave away fifty taels of gold and a good bow, what was this person's intention?

At that moment, a soldier shouted, "Oops, my waist card is missing!" ”

"Mine is gone!"

The soldiers shouted one after another, at least a dozen people were missing the waist card, Zhang Xuan suddenly understood that this big man tried the bow with a lot of money was just a means, he attracted the Sui soldiers to come over in order to steal their waist cards, someone must be planning him, and secretly started when the soldiers were attracted.

Zhang Xuan urged the horse to run towards the city gate, only to see that the big man had long since disappeared. (To be continued.) )