With Xiao Ye's approval, Wang Dali quickly found dozens of older old craftsmen, promising that their families would live a better life in Wangjiabao, and mobilizing these craftsmen to go to the stone fort that had not yet been built.

Wang Dali has a good reputation in Madao Stone Fort, plus his two sons, three of the four members of the family receive a lot of food and salary every month, and those craftsmen who see the benefits in their eyes also want to have a stable place, and the provincial ones take turns to go out in the logistics team.

The C-shaped stone mill transferred from Gujiabao was handed over by Xiao Ye to Wang Dali, a quick-tempered blacksmith who took a team of craftsmen to the southwest hills, set up a few tents, and stepped on the thick snow to start building a path to the magnetite.

The ore that was hurriedly mined was directly put into the stone mill in the tent, and as a result, the yellow plaster that was ground out made the calm Wang Dali ecstatic.

They are all high-quality stucco textures, even if the stucco blocks are started at low temperatures, they can also ensure the degree of firmness, which indicates the construction speed of Wangjiabao, and there is no need to hinder the severe cold in winter.

Xiao Ye, who got the news, was very happy, and was also happy to let Wang vigorously pick up some old people from the logistics team, and even, hundreds of logistics teams were young and strong, and they were sent to the Wangjiabao construction site with fire/guns on their backs.

Although the fight on the grassland is a fist, there are still some Ming people who are unwilling to fight and kill, they can go to the mill to find a stable livelihood, and they don't have to wait for the big boss to transfer people out at any time, which is also a kind of life.

The most attractive thing is that Wang Dali imitates taking care of the family fort, and also wants to set up a clan elder association to take care of the trivial things in the stone castle, which makes those old craftsmen quite moved.

Therefore, the two hundred craftsmen and laborers needed by Wangjiabao were quickly assembled, and a team of 100 people sent by Wang Hu's battalion could be stationed at any time.

Jin Sanniang reacted quickly, and after hearing the news of Wangjiabao, she took Xiaomei to find Wang Dali, who was still mobilizing carriages and tools in Gujiabao, and took the initiative to say with a smile that the Jin family would immediately set up tents and shops at the Wangjiabao construction site to solve the shortage of living materials for everyone.

Naturally, Wang Dali was full of response, who let Jin Sanniang play the banner of Xiao Ye, this face is to be given.

In addition to the garrison inside Wangjiabao, Xiao Ye will not care too much, if Wang Dali makes a mess of Shibao, then he can only let Wang Hu or Wang Meng send someone to come forward, and they both have personal guards; It's all the Wang family's business, and it has nothing to do with him.

Yu Shan's transport car went to the depths of the grassland, and Xiao Ye took out the small wooden box brought by Yu Shan in the small courtyard of the military house, which contained a gray elixir.

From day to night, Xiao Ye didn't eat, but drank five bowls of sheep's blood, but he was sick to his stomach and almost vomited; I don't know how those guards drank it.

In the side room, Xiao Ye, who was sitting next to the wooden barrel, glanced at the steaming pure water, and took out the potion from his arms, the power of the sixth-order sergeant, he wanted to be the first to get it.

In the dark, he could feel that if someone got the most powerful power before him, his control over the guards would be invalid.

Therefore, he could not let himself stop, the guards already knew about the existence of the potion, so they could not be disappointed.

Sixth-order elixir, no one is allowed to use it unless there is great merit, this is Xiao Ye's restriction on the exchange of potions for combat merits, the three sergeant elixirs in the future, and the terrifying adjutant elixir, Xiao Ye will not let his subordinates easily get it.

What you can't get is the most precious.

Even if he took out the stone castle to honor his exploits, Xiao Ye would not put the potion at a sloppy level.

The night's torment was long, and Jin Sanniang, who was sitting and waiting in the hall, was also waiting for Xiao Ye's hurdle, fiddling with the boiled broad beans on the plate, and inadvertently, Jin Sanniang was on the table, posing the relative positions of the three stone castles.

Coupled with the Wangjiabao that will start construction in the future, and the stone fort that was awarded to Yang Shiba, Jin Sanniang looked at the five broad beans on the table that seemed to be messy, and her thin eyelashes gently stirred, this, isn't this a five-star battle array.

The large clearing surrounded by five stone forts still seems to be undulating grassy and shrubs, covered with thick vine grass, but if a huge stone fort is built in it?

Jin Sanniang's eyes widened suddenly, five stars and moons, could it be that Ximen Xiaoye was doing this on purpose, what did he want to do.

He didn't understand Xiao Ye's thoughts, but if this huge stone fort was built, Jin Sanniang believed that Xiao Ye would try his best to stuff the stone fort with thousands of craftsmen or a large number of sergeants.

Such a big gesture is still built in a grassland and hilly area without a water source, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Xiao Ye is bold.

However, Jin Sanniang didn't see that the five-star battle array plus the stone mill under Shiguantun, as well as the stone fort foundation west of Yangjiabao, were full of a seven-star formation around the moon, and it already had a prototype in Xiao Ye's hands.

Maybe Xiao Ye didn't realize it, maybe he thought about it, but Jin Sanniang had a different feeling about Xiao Ye, a military household from a hundred families.

This Baihu, who seems to be a little reckless, is not as rude as it looks on the surface, and his mind is delicate; Behind him, there was definitely a master to guide him, Jin Sanniang's mind turned sharply, and she soon thought of Xin Rulin in the Madao Stone Castle.

The Xiucai who has never met may be the real mastermind. Jin Sanniang, who directly wronged Xin Rulin, was quite convinced by Xiao Ye's tone, and he never mentioned it.

However, the Jin family has been a merchant for generations, and they also have connections in the officialdom, otherwise the Jin family would not have wantonly sold a large amount of grain, salt and iron and other government-controlled materials to the grassland, and sold the Jurchen Wuwei in the east, for high profits.

Now that Xiao Ye suddenly has a hand in his hand, the Jin family has saved trouble, the distance is closer, and the turnover speed of the goods will be smoother.

The world is bustling, isn't it just that businessmen are running all over the world because of the smell of copper.

"Mao Yuling, you bad guy, your mind is scary," Jin Sanniang, who had a bitter mouth at the corner, swept away the broad beans on the table in a panic, and looked at the rough desktop blankly; That's it, it's risky to do business with any company, and this man who has broken his body can rest assured by staring at him.

Perhaps, looking at the combat strength of those sergeants, does he still have the opportunity to pay homage to the marquis, Jin Sanniang thought a little stupid.

But thinking about the news from Gansu Town, Jin Sanniang couldn't help but be frustrated, this guy, his neck is hard and scary, he simply offended the merchants, the government and the guard commander of Gansu Town.

If they don't send troops to kill him, it's good for him.

Thinking chaotically in her mind, after a long time, she heard a faint muffled hum in the side room, and she woke up.

The difference between the feudal marquis and the yellow sitting high, Jin Sanniang, who is familiar with historical books and miscellaneous records, still can't distinguish it.

"Perhaps, my man is different," thinking worriedly, Jin Sanniang got up and walked to the door, looking at the small courtyard through the gap in the cotton curtain; A group of guards guarding the left and right of the wings, with rifles in their hands, stood with guns in their hands, and she was not fit to show up at this moment.

Inside and outside the small courtyard of the military house, it has been tightly sealed by thirty guards, and Yang Eighteen, who was plain inside during the day, paced gently in the courtyard, and through the light line of the window, he couldn't hide the evil aura all over his body.

"Hey," slowly turned around, Jin Sanniang pulled Xiaomei who was stunned and walked into the inner bedroom; If her man were an ordinary person, could she endure the long toss every day, she didn't want to distinguish her thoughts, she just wanted to lie on the kang and wait for the man to come back and rest.

Xiao Ye, who didn't know how many times Jin Sanniang's mind turned, survived two hours in the wing room, leaned on the edge of the barrel and opened his eyes, "Eighteen, prepare food for Lao Tzu, starve to death,"

A slightly tired voice came out, and Yang Shiba, who was as colored as ink in the small courtyard, suddenly had a glint in his eyes, and almost jumped up happily, took two steps back in response, and looked left and right, "What about people, why don't you hurry up and get food for adults, meatloaf, steamed buns, and pickles, and then an egg soup,"

Jin Sanniang, who was lying in the bedroom, heard the noise outside, and hurriedly woke up Xiaomei, and the two girls dressed and walked into the hall, and hurriedly went to the back room to have a hot meal.

Xiao Ye, who was sitting at the dinner table, changed into a brand-new black uniform, her long hair was combed and tied up by Jin Sanniang, she took a few delicate pastries, swallowed them and ate a bowl of rice, and then waited for the food box brought by Yang Shiba.

More than a dozen meatloaf, a large plate of pickled vegetables, and the egg soup from the big bowl, and the food for the four people were eaten by Xiao Ye without difficulty.

Looking at Xiao Ye's flat stomach, Jin Sanniang pursed her lips and asked Xiaomei to bring hot tea over and couldn't eat it anymore.

Xiao Ye, who was half-full, slept beautifully with the two girls in his arms for an hour, and the exhaustion dissipated, and Dawn got up and took Yang Eighteen to the military compound, where he was familiar with the strength.

"Huhu, huhu," in the courtyard of the military house, the six-hundred-pound stucco stone lion at the door was in Xiao Ye's hands, constantly throwing up, catching, throwing up, catching, catching, Xiao Ye, who was dancing so much, burst into a roar, raised his foot and kicked on the falling stone lion.

"Click," the stone lion who was kicked in the head drew an arc and smashed heavily on the courtyard wall in the distance, directly smashing the courtyard wall, and the rumbling sound shocked the sergeants in the military building, and they rushed out of the military building, thinking it was an earthquake.

"Hahahaha, Wang Hu, you arrange for a craftsman to repair the courtyard wall," Xiao Ye, who was sweating finely, laughed and left, leaving Wang Hu, who was covered in a hairy head, looking at the collapsed courtyard wall, not knowing what he was muttering.

The stove in the blacksmith shop is day and night, and the craftsmen made a hundred refining horses/knives, and what Xiao Ye got was a two-hundred-pound sergeant knife, compared with the horse/knife in Yang Eighteen's hand, his wide body and heavy knife were like a small panel, and the guards lost their strength after dancing more than a dozen times.

With a scabbard of 213 catties of chopping horses/knives, it was specially used by sixth-order sergeants, and it was bulky for others to use it, so it was hung on a bull belt with the width of a palm around Xiao Ye's waist.

"My lord, the knife is here, and he is in the military compound next door, waiting for the summons of the adult," Yang Shibai saw Xiao Ye walking out of the courtyard gate, and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered; The knife didn't have the face to come to see the adult, but he had to do his part.

The guards all knew that although Xiao Ye drove the knife out of the Madao Stone Fort, the knife has always been Xiao Ye's favorite general, even if he went to the grassland to be a horse thief, it was for Xiao Ye to die.

"Oh, well, go meet this unlucky bastard," Xiao Ye slowed down, turned and walked towards the courtyard not far away, the sound of heavy footsteps could be heard far away in the dim morning.

The layout of the military house compound where the sergeants live is generally a huizi fire kang or a 10,000-character fire kang, and the people in the northwest region are still somewhat influenced by the grassland peoples; This kind of fire kang, which has been popular since the Yuan Dynasty, can make the greatest use of space.

It is rumored that in Genghis Khan's living room, there is a 10,000-character fire kang, and there is a not wide aisle in the bedroom, and even in the hall there is a fire kang opposite the door, which is specially used for guests.

This also shows that the winter in the great northwest grassland, the temperature is so low and cold, which is by no means imaginable for the mainlanders.

In a ten-step long and five-step-wide military house, there is a fire kang on the window, and there is a fire kang opposite, and the middle door is the corridor.

The two hundred-man teams shared a compound, and the six courtyards in Gujiabao were enough for Wang Hu's barracks, and there were other rooms such as a room, a water room, and a warehouse.

Walking along the cleaned stucco road and entering the military quarters, Xiao Ye saw a knife that was getting darker and thinner, as well as his five personal guards, each of whom not only carried fire/guns, firearms, but also a triangular army/thorn in his hand, but the ammunition was exhausted.

According to Xin Rulin's rhetoric, the Triangular Army/Assassination is really hurtful, so after Xiao Ye had a hunting knife, except for a few people to use, even the vast majority of the guards were no longer equipped with it, and the hunting knife became the saber of all the soldiers, as well as the long scimitar of the Tartars.

Sitting on the warm hot kang, Xiao Ye looked cross-legged at the knife opposite, and waved his hand to let the others out.

Yang Shibai and the guards of the knife had met twice, and seeing that the adults were unhappy, they directly pulled these people out, and asked the guards to take them to the gang room to have some hot meals, and they were at the door of the military house.

This military house is the room where Wang Hu lives, Xiao Ye's nose sniffed slightly, reached out and touched it in the wooden cabinet against the wall next to the kang, pulled out a kettle from the futon, shook it, and opened it directly.

The knife on the side of the low table, drooping his head, staring at the coarse cloth felt pad on the kang, knelt on the kang motionless, "My lord, my subordinates are in trouble again,"

He also felt that he was very depressed, and in less than a year, he was blocked by the Tartar twice, if it weren't for the sharp firearms in his hands and the protective clothing inside, he would have died several times.

"Bang," Xiao Ye took a sip of the ale wine in the kettle, squinting at the knife, "Come, take two sips first, Wang Hu, this guy, dare to hide the ale wine, and it will be inevitable to wait for the military stick,"

Xiao Ye spoke, the knife was not pretentious, took the kettle and raised his neck, Dong Dong was two big mouthfuls, and drank half of the ale directly, then carefully screwed the lid and put the kettle on the low table.

Wiping the wine stains on his chin, the knife was about to speak, Xiao Ye shook his head, "You don't need to say much, you can either rest here this winter, the white-haired wind on the grassland, you can't survive it,"

At the beginning of this winter, the temperature is three points colder than last year, and if there are a few more blizzards, I am afraid that the experience of the knife will not be able to deal with natural disasters.

At this time, Wang Hu came in with a large pot of hot tea and two thick tea bowls, and his eyes directly saw the kettle on the low table, and his face immediately stiffened, and he put down the teapot and bowl lightly, and retreated slipperily.

"How many men do you have left?" Ignoring Wang Hu's expression, Xiao Ye poured hot tea into the two tea bowls, pushed one to the knife, pinched the tea bowl and blew it, and drank two sips.

"Five hundred and thirty people, more than three hundred war horses, there are thousands of good hands who have run away, and those who have been brought back are resting at Bailong Lake, and most of them have arrow wounds," the knife briefly talked about his situation, but he didn't want to tell why he was beaten and scurried around in the mountains.

The news he got on the steppe was certainly not as good as that of the native Tartar.

Without a fire/gun, he is not even as good as an iron rod in his hand, and he is used to the knife of firearms, and he has repeatedly rushed back to supply the projectile, but how can he be so coincidental every time, Xiao Ye's support for him is by no means as generous as that of Wedge Hegu.

The knife's self-sufficient combat effectiveness made Xiao Ye a little disappointed, but he also saw the weakness of firearms, that is, it was inseparable from timely logistics supplies, and no matter how brave the horse team was, once the projectile was gone, even the Turpan cavalry could be bullied.

"I will ask Wang Hu to send someone to send the medicine belt, and Lang Zhong of the Gu family will also go to the two of them," Xiao Ye thought for a while, "This winter, there is no big accident, you are stationed in Bailong Lake, where there is a shortage of guards,"

"You also go back after dawn and bring these five hundred and thirty people half a year's salary, even if it is a little bit of the leader's heart, the firearm projectile is replenished," Xiao Ye's words made the knife kowtow again and again with gratitude.

However, the horse thief who did not enter the army and got the OEM will not set up a spirit card in the land temple when he dies, and Xiao Ye knows this without saying that the knife is clear, so he did not open his mouth to plead; The horse thief died on the grassland, and he couldn't change the fate of feeding wild animals.

Fortunately, Xiao Ye, who has a lot of floating wealth in his hands, even if he doesn't have this batch of seizures, he will not let his brothers suffer, and nominally the same, at this point, the knife does not have half a doubt, although these people will not have the intention of harming Xiao Ye, but food is the future of everyone's wealth.

Xiao Ye, who still wanted to say something more, saw that the knife looked tired, and there was still a dirty medicine belt wrapped around his neck, so he didn't say more.

Early in the morning, Wang Hu commanded the sergeants, loaded ten carts for the knives, and after taking a bath and eating a full meal, he asked Lang Zhong to change the medicine belt, and then took the guards to leave.

However, the two fast horses galloping from outside the fort interrupted Xiao Ye's send-off, pulling the war horses, and a trace of uneasiness appeared on the face of the knife; It can't be the pursuers.

"My lord, my lord," Ah Man, who jumped off his horse outside the fort gate, shook off the reins of his horse in a sweat, and ran to Xiao Ye's approach, kneeling on one knee.

"Aman, don't worry, if you have something to say slowly," Xiao Ye frowned, stepped forward and picked up Aman, waved his hand and pointed at the knife, "Come, give you a seer to meet my subordinates, the knife, is also a good man,"

Xiao Ye's words made Daozi's eyes red, and he hurriedly stepped forward with a whole face, and bowed to Aman, "I've seen the leader of the Galen tribe,"

"Hey, Brother Daozi, I've heard of your name, let's not see you, who this leader is, you don't know yet," Ah Man grinned and said skillfully, "Your Excellency is a good brother, and you have something to say,"

Aman, who is simply straightforward, immediately gained the favor of the knife, and is not difficult to get along with people with a temper.

Speaking of this, Ah Man turned to Xiao Ye, took out a cowhide scroll from his arms, and handed it to his boss, yes, he thought that Xiao Ye was his peak leader.

"My lord, the little prince Jinong sent an order to summon the Galen tribe to send 2,000 cavalry to participate in the battle against the tile thorn this winter, and troops must be dispatched within fifteen days," Ah Man's words not only surprised Xiao Ye, but also the knife, Wang Hu, and a guard next to him all changed their faces.

After more than a year of annexation, the Galen tribe is no more than 10,000 people in terms of population, and the cavalry in the tribe is full, and all the young and strong herdsmen are all dispatched, and there will not be more than 4,000 people.

Xiao Ye has fought several times, and he will not send more than 2,000 cavalry from Aman, which is far away in Jinong, Hetao, and he will directly take 2,000 cavalry.

War horse weapons and cavalry with food, unless a long-distance decisive battle, generally looking for food on the spot in wartime, it is a job that consumes food money, the team is in the hands of Jinong, that is the scimitar in the hands of people, a winter, how much damage depends on people's mood.

If one is unhappy and is sent to be the vanguard, or the queen of the palace to block the enemy, it will cost his life.

"Where to gather?" Xiao Ye asked with a frown, flipped the cowhide scroll in his hand, didn't open it, and didn't recognize the words on it.

"Arrive at the upper reaches of the Zabhan River within fifteen days," Ah Man looked at Xiao Ye nervously, the tribe that he had managed with great difficulty had just improved a little, and he encountered this kind of thing, I was afraid that it would be a big loss of vitality; He had no choice at all, and it would be a great disaster to refuse to be drafted.

Perhaps, Jinong is just waiting for his refusal.

"My lord, it was definitely Lanelt who made the ghost at this time, let's send troops to destroy him, we can't let him watch the excitement," Ah Man, who was ruthless in his heart, shouted with his eyes wide.

Xiao Ye looked at Aman, shook his head with a smile, and then looked at the knife on the side, and suddenly had an idea, and waved his hand to stop Aman's impatience, "Shut up, follow me in,"

"Daozi, you rush back to Bailong Lake immediately, take your horse thieves to Gujiabao, and send someone to collect the people who have run away, you can find Wedge Hegu to help, and come back to see me in five days," Xiao Ye finished speaking, took out a token from his arms and handed it to Daozi, and took Ah Man into the stone castle himself.

The big boss token was made in the blacksmith shop, and Xiao Ye took it out for the first time, but the copy rubbing had already spread to the stone fort barracks, and even Ah Man and Wedge He had a copy; Seeing this token, the officers of the thousand households can send less than 100 sergeants and cavalrymen to listen to the people who hold the token, but they must not exceed their own boundaries.

The back is cast with a token of the sword and shield badge, three fingers wide and two inches long and one finger thick, lead three copper seven combinations, long and square, the front is written with the word Ximen, and a big "order" word falls.

Of course, there must be communication between the war barracks and the communication of the guards, which can make the token truly effective, which is the Ming military system imitated by Xiao Ye.

"Yes, my subordinates know, I will be back in five days," the warm copper token was in his hand, and the knife looked at Ah Man thoughtfully, answered loudly, and left Gujiabao with the convoy.

There were two Wang Hu's teams escorting the convoy, and the knife simply sent the five guards out directly, and hurried to the west of the West Wedge tribe.

Five days later, Daozi rushed back to Gujiabao with his subordinates, and there were more than a thousand fierce horse thieves who came back with him, some of them were wounded, and more than a dozen wounded people lying in the cart were directly sent to the Gu Family Hospital.

A thousand cavalry of Aman, already waiting outside the stone fort, set up a camp; This time, Aman was ready to personally lead his troops to the upper reaches of the Dazabhan River.

Xiao Ye was not idle, and took 300 short guns and 10,000 projectiles from the processing center, and sent people to Gujiabao; This time, the delivery was made by two strong horses, and the speed was also quite fast.

The trick of the horse-drawn carriage, Yu Shan had already informed his sergeants, which made Xiao Ye a lot happier.

The knives and the barbarian soldiers were in one, with more than a dozen fully loaded carts, each of them with a hundred guards, not only carrying rear-loading fires/guns, but also carrying short firearms, plus four hundred firearms/spearmen, and 1,600 horse thieves and cavalry with crossbows, scimitars and round shields, should be able to protect themselves.

In the evening, Xiao Ye talked with Ah Man and Dao Zishang very late, and the letter post from Madao Stone Fort made Xiao Ye have a different idea about sending troops out this time. In view of the combat power of the knife, Xiao Ye rewarded him with a hundred-pound horse/knife, which was regarded as seeing him off.

Why are the Tatar tribes and the Tile Thorn tribes fighting, Xiao Ye wants to know the truth, this is definitely not just the reason for the grassland territory, it can only wait for the knife to send someone back to deliver the message.

Early the next morning, 2,000 armed cavalry, led by Daozi and Aman, set out for the Shuangta Lake, where they joined up with Lanelt's cavalry, and then diagonally northwest across the hinterland of the steppe to the Dazabhan River, which was 1,700 miles away.

Xiao Ye, who was standing on the road of the fort wall, looked at the horse team in the distance, and felt a little depressed in his heart, working for the Mongols to fight for life and death, he really didn't expect it, but now he has to do this, I don't know how many people can come back alive.

Wow, Wang Hu ran up from the Yongdao, "My lord, a letter from Eagle Claw Fort, the caravan of the Jin family, the Liang family, and the Zhai family, when they got there, they brought hundreds of truckloads of minerals and some New Year's goods,"

"Oh, it's almost the New Year," looking up at the gloomy sky, Xiao Ye smiled for no reason, this year has passed really fast, Qingming is all wives and daughters in the back house, and the sacrifice case was hastily done, and he was still in the wild wolf ditch at that time.

Accumulate grain and build a high wall, Xin Xiucai gave him advice, Xiao Ye knew that it was right, but he couldn't help himself in the grassland, and the letter of help sent by Wedge Hegu was still in his arms.

"Wang Hu, you send a team of five hundred, let Lei Xiaoqing lead the team, all carry fire/guns, and support the West Wedge He tribe tomorrow, he is a little embarrassed there," Xiao Ye lowered his head and thought about it, "Let Wedge Hegu send someone to send 50,000 catties of fierce fire oil, even if it is the cost of sending troops,"

This wedge bone was busy fighting with the Lishan tribe, slowing down the business of transporting fierce fire oil to Gujiabao, which made Xiao Ye very dissatisfied, and the tired ally had to knock a few times from time to time, and what was the use of disobedience.

Although Wedge Hegu swore allegiance to him, Xiao Ye did not believe in the Mongols in his bones, and the final fate of a knife was naturally wasted and rotten; Only when the cavalry of the West Wedge tribe was completely dissolved into the barracks could he be relieved.

"Huang Hanxiang of Eagle Claw Fort, with five hundred logistics teams, ten miles south of Gujiabao, began to clean up the vine grass, taking advantage of the winter vine grass to fall leaves, and cleaned up the site covering an area of more than 100 acres," Xiao Ye glanced at Wang Hu, who was confused, with a smile in his eyes.

"There, a big stone fort will be built soon, named Ximen Stone Fort, as our base camp in the future," Xiao Ye pointed to the distant hills and mountains to the south, "Sitting south to north, feng shui should be good,"