Zhang Xuan has a deeper consideration when he went ashore in Gaomi County, among the three counties of Beihai, Gaomi and Donglai, he controls the deepest Beihai County, which is his real root base, from Taishou to the county order has not been replaced, followed by Gaomi County, Gaomi County's Taishou has been changed, but the county orders of each county are still the officials appointed by Zhang Xuan at the beginning, and the biggest change is Donglai County, from Taishou to the county orders are almost all replaced, so Zhang Xuan does not consider going to Donglai County, but also to secretly enter Beihai County.

Although the Taishou of Gaomi County has been replaced by the imperial court, the county of Gaomi County is close to Langya County and is two hundred miles away from Gaomi Bay, so Zhang Xuan finally decided to land in Gaomi Bay, and the army passed through Jiaoxi County and Gaomi County all the way to Beihai County, basically in a state of secrecy.

The army set up a large camp at the foot of Kei Mountain, which is about 30 miles away from Yidu County, and Zhang Xuan led more than 100 personal soldiers to continue westward, and at dusk, Zhang Xuan and his party arrived in Yidu County.

There are still a few miles away from the county seat, Wei Yunqi, who got the news first, rushed to greet Zhang Xuan's arrival, the two hugged tightly, they haven't seen each other for nearly a year, Wei Yunqi's temples have turned white, which shows that he is under a lot of pressure.

"How's it going, did you receive the letter I wrote the other day?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"Got it, I've been recruiting soldiers for the past two days, and today has just started, but I recruited 2,000 people in one day."

"Two thousand people are enough, I will bring three thousand elites this time, and they will also be incorporated into the soldiers, and then they will be scattered and stationed in various counties, so that they will not attract the attention of the imperial court."

Wei Yunqi smiled and said: "The general's worries are a little too much, Qi County has recruited five thousand soldiers under the pretext of King Qin, and I heard that Jiyin County and Lu County have also recruited soldiers, and our Beihai County has five thousand more troops, and everyone knows it." ”

The two talked and walked, and Jang Hyun wanted to know too much. Not only the recruitment of soldiers, but also the people's livelihood, banditry, shipbuilding, docks, and so on.

"Have you received the two transoceanic boats I sent earlier?"

"Received, now it is moored at the mouth of the giant ocean water, and there are dozens of shipwrights from Jiangning, who are currently in the Shouguang shipyard and are preparing to build a giant ocean boat. The general can go and see. ”

Outside the south gate of the county seat, a wide carriage had been waiting for a long time, and Wei Yunqi said with a smile: "If the general shows up, it will definitely attract the people of the city to greet him, so it's better to keep a low profile." ”

"Thank you Changshi for your thoughtfulness, I really can't show up now."

Zhang Xuan turned around and beckoned, wearing a personal military uniform, the martial artist who was mixed in the team walked forward quickly, and Wei Yunqi realized that there was a young woman in the team.

"This is—"

Zhang Xuan smiled and introduced: "This is my second wife. The daughter of the Xie family in Jiangnan, named Wu Niang. ”

Wei Yunqi knew that Zhang Xuan was married and married the daughter of the Lu family in Hebei, but he didn't know that Zhang Xuan also married a second wife, in fact, Wei Yunqi had seen Wu Niang once, but he was not impressed, and Wu Niang had a little makeup, so he didn't recognize it. I secretly thought in my heart: "It turned out to be the daughter of the Xie family, and it seems that the general is also trying to win over the Jiangnan Shi clan." ’

Wei Yunqi hurriedly saluted. "It turned out to be the second lady, please get in the car!"

The two got into the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove towards the county seat, and Wu Niang covered her mouth and whispered to Zhang Xuan: "Husband, Wei Changshi didn't recognize me?" ”

"He never imagined that you would be with me, and he didn't want to tell me. Let everyone's memory fade away. ”

Wu Niang nodded, silently looking out the window, she also hoped that everyone would slowly forget her in the past.

At this time, it was not yet night, and the streets were still quite lively. People come and go, bustling, the scenery in the county has not changed much from before Zhang Xuan left, looking at the familiar buildings, Zhang Xuan felt quite touched in his heart, as if he had just left yesterday.

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of the mansion where Zhang Xuan lived, and Wei Yunqi stepped forward and said: "This is the general's former mansion, which has been reserved for the general, the general, please rest for one night, and I will arrange for the general to go to the shipyard tomorrow." ”

"Thank you for the arrangement, does Wu Taishou know that I am here?"

Wei Yunqi was silent for a moment and said, "I didn't tell him." ”

"Why?"

Zhang Xuan was puzzled, "Isn't he very reliable?" ”

"It's not unreliable, it's just that he's done a lot of things hiding from me in the past few months, and the relationship between the two of us is not very harmonious, I try to give him some power, but I believe he doesn't dare to betray the general."

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, after all, he left Beihai County for almost a year, and it is still unknown whether he can come back, things are not people, of course, it is impossible to be the same as when he was in Beihai County, it is normal for officials to have ideas, but Wei Yunqi is still loyal to himself, which makes Zhang Xuan very moved

Early the next morning, Zhang Xuan left Yidu County to go to Shouguang Shipyard, he took a passenger boat of 500 stones along the Juyang River slowly northward, only to see that the riverside on both sides of the river is full of vetch, at a glance can not see the edge, the spring flowers are blooming, extraordinarily gorgeous and colorful.

A group of cattle and sheep leisurely grazing pasture grass by the river, not only the giant ocean water, but also the white wolf water, Zishui and Jishui are also planted in large quantities, in just two years, the wild pea appeared on a large scale in Beihai County, which produced high benefits, and the animal husbandry of Beihai County began to develop.

"Fulang, do we still want to go back to Beihai County?" Wu Niang asked on the side.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This is our foundation, we will definitely come back, and this day is not far off." ”

On the plain less than ten miles away from the mouth of the Juyang River, a large town called Juyang Town has appeared, and the shipyard has also been relocated.

Beihai and Donglai County have shipbuilding traditions, especially the shipbuilding industry in the area of Ye County is very prosperous, therefore, after the shipbuilding industry in Beihai County restarted, the shipyard recovered quickly, in just two years, the shipyard gathered more than 2,000 shipbuilding craftsmen, plus their families, there are tens of thousands of people, family members live around Juyang Town, plus fishing, animal husbandry and the newly built warehouses and wharves at the mouth of Juyang River, the population of Juyang Town and the surrounding villages has exceeded 30,000, which is very prosperous.

In Zhang Xuan's memory, when he came to the mouth of the Juyang River in the autumn of the previous year, it was still a barren saline-alkali land, but now new towns are being built, and the wharf that is several miles long is in full swing, huge warehouses stand on the wharf, and there are shipyards covering an area of more than ten miles.

Zhang Xuan saw at a glance the two transoceanic boats moored on the dock, which were the two giant ships that sailed from the Yangtze River a few months ago, and there was another transoceanic boat under construction in the distance.

Zhou Ling, the chief steward of the shipyard, heard that Zhang Xuan had arrived, and hurriedly came to greet him, "See the marshal!" Zhou Ling stepped forward and knelt down to salute.

Zhang Xuan looked at him, and saw that he was still as black as charcoal as before, but he was energetic and full of energy, no wonder, the dilapidated Shouguang Shipyard was redeveloped, and he seemed to have returned to his youth.

"Steward Zhou, I'll introduce you to an assistant!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, Wang Heng stepped forward quickly, smiled and saluted, "Does Lao Zhou still remember me?" ”

"You are."

Zhou Ling immediately recognized him, "You are Brother Wang!" ”

The two hugged tightly excitedly, and Jang Hyun asked strangely, "Do you know each other?" ”

Zhou Ling hurriedly said: "Qiqi Dashuai, twenty years ago, I was sent by my father to Luoyang Shipyard to work as a boatsmith for a few years, to learn the art of building big ships, Brother Wang Heng was my leader at that time, and also my master, and later after I returned to Shouguang, we have been in contact until we lost contact after Wang Bo's rebellion." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This is the best, Wang Heng will serve as the deputy manager of the shipyard in the future, and he will be responsible for the supervision of the construction of the transoceanic boat, I hope you can cooperate happily." ”

"This is great, it is too difficult to build a transverse boat, although there are dozens of Jiangning shipwrights who can build transverse boats, and there are drawings, but there is a lack of an overall supervisor, so the progress is very slow, Brother Wang's come, it is simply a rain from heaven."

Wang Heng is not good at expressing himself, he nodded silently, looked at the Hengyang boat being built in the distance, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, saluted Zhang Xuan, and walked quickly towards the big boat.

Zhang Xuan simply followed and asked Zhou Lingdao: "Are there any difficulties in the shipyard now?" ”

"The difficulties are gone, it was more difficult to live in the past, but Wei Changshi has solved it for us in time, now it takes time, there are too many tasks, it is too late to build a new ship, and the main thing in the past few months is to renovate the old ship."

Zhang Xuan had sent dozens of large ships obtained by the Jianghuai bandits to the Beihai shipyard for repairs, which made the shipyard busy and had to suspend the construction of new ships.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "There will be a batch of ships in the next two days, among which there are two transoceanic boats, which are really a bit dilapidated, and it is a bit dangerous to go north this time, I hope they can be repaired as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry, we will do our best!"

At this time, shouting in the distance: "A fleet is coming!" ”

The shipwrights rushed to the seashore, only to see a fleet appear on the sea, led by two huge ships, which were the same fleet that had made a detour from Gaomi County, and they sailed north downwind and arrived at the Beihai Dockyard in only two days.

．．．．．．． (To be continued.) )