At night, the sky is full of stars. ”

After a pause, she said, "I just made a wish, asking God to give me a son

She said: "Since I was a child, I heard my mother-in-law say that when I was pregnant, I saw the stars in the sky flashing. Make a wish at this time, and you will give birth to a boy. This child will also be the reincarnation of the star that flashed through the stars

"When the stars flashed, I made a wish

Speaking of this, Xie Xiuniang laughed happily.

Wang Dou smiled and said, "That's good." ”

The two snuggled on the city wall, Wang Dou pointed to the stars in the sky and explained to her the story of the constellations in the sky, and Xie Xiuniang looked at Wang Dou with admiration. I just feel that my husband knows everything, which is really amazing.

Xie Xiuniang said: "Brother, play a flute butterfly for me" In later generations, Wang Dou liked to play the flute, some time ago. When Wang Dou went to the state city, he had a flash of inspiration and bought a flute. When I'm idle, I'll play two songs.

The tune he played Xie Xiuniang liked to listen to the most.

Wang Dou said: "Okay. ”

He took out the flute from his bosom and blew it slowly, and the melodious sound of the song came far, far away.

June 1, the ninth year of Chongzhen.

With that place of nitrate, the nitrate of the Koujiagou Iron Works was increased a lot. Of the 300 miners, only 100 people are needed to mine, and the rest can be freed up to build new iron smelting furnaces or help transport coal and iron.

Originally, there were nearly 170 bird commanders and new-style fire sharps in the Shunxiang army, and more than 70 pairs of iron armor.

He galloped and had a throwing axe in his hand. When he rushed past, he only heard a sudden sound, a flash of cold light, and the flying axe was already accurately sharpened against the neck of a scarecrow in front of him.

Everyone applauded, and Han Chao smiled at Wang Dou: "Brother Xie has practiced very well after this period of training, and he is now the elite of our team." ”

Wang Dou was also very happy, and he smiled and said, "This is all Brother Han, you are well disciplined." ”

Han Chao hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates don't dare to take credit." It's all up to Brother Xie's own efforts. ”

Wang Dou patted him on the shoulder and shouted to Xie Yike: Boy, come here. ”

When Xie Yike heard Wang Dou's voice, he happily dismounted and ran over and shouted, "Brother-in-law." ”

Wang Douban raised his face, and Xie Yike touched his head. Said embarrassedly: "My lord." ”

Wang Dou looked at his strong body and nodded with satisfaction: "You practiced well, I will reward you today, you haven't seen your sister for a while, so I'll give you a vacation today." ”

Xie Yike shouted happily: "Thank you, sister!" ”

In mid-June, crops were harvested in various parts of Baoan Prefecture, and Wang Dou was also relieved, but fortunately, the Qing soldiers had not yet arrived at this time.

On June 27, the construction of the new fort walls of Shunxiang and Jingbian Fort was completed.

The new fort of Shunxiang Fort built is taken over from the west fort wall of the old Fort of Shunxiang, the fort wall is about one kilometer long, eight meters high, the whole body is densely rammed with loess, and it is not covered with bricks. On the west side of the fort wall, there is a city gate. Outside the fort wall, a deep moat was dug.

Not only that, but around the new castle of Shunxiangbao, there are large loess pits densely covered with potholes, each one zhang to several zhang deep. Especially in front of the West City Gate. There are not only suspension bridges, ditches, and the loess pit is numerous, and when the military households in the fort want to go out of the city, they have to take that zigzag, rugged loess road, which is very difficult to walk ().

Although the fort wall is only eight meters high, it is three meters shorter than the fort wall of the old fort, but it was due to the construction of the new fort. First build the loess high platform, this loess high platform is more than one zhang high, after the new fort wall is built, it is slightly higher than the fort wall of the old fort.

The same is true of the new fort wall of Jingbian Fort.

After the construction of the new fort in Shunxiang, the safety of the thousands of newly arrived military families was guaranteed, and everyone was extremely happy.

On this day, a grand ceremony was held in the fort. Firecrackers were set off to celebrate the inauguration of the new castle.

Whether it's on Old Fort or New Fort Street. On this day, flowing water seats were set up on the street, and the soldiers and civilians in the fort could let go of eating and drinking, and Wang Dou and other officers were also full of smiles, and they all went along the street to toast. The crowd was laughing. Suddenly, a cannon rang out, and everyone's whole body trembled.

Everyone looked in the direction of the beacon fire at the south gate, but another cannon rang out, which made everyone tremble again.

The cannon sounded five times in a row, and five beams of wolf smoke also rose straight from the city, which was really shocking.

Faintly, it seems that the surrounding area is also full of cannons.

Everyone looked at each other, and they were all pale. Wang Dou didn't say a word, but just led everyone up.

In front of him, there was already a beacon of fire, and above the castle pier that was visible, all of them were high five beams of wolf smoke rising, and the terrible sound of banging went straight into the hearts of everyone.

Lin Daofu said in a trembling voice: "Five beacons and five cannons." The slave army is above 10,000 people, and above 10,000 people

Wang Dou stood quietly, but at this time his mood was calm, the Qing soldiers finally arrived, and after two years of preparation, they finally waited for this day.