The appearance of Jinong's conscription order made Xiao Ye anxious, and the Ximen Stone Fort, which was not planned in the past two years, had to be built in advance.

The secret of Shiguantun, the exit of the cave of Madao Stone Fort, if he wants to hide in the dark, he can only cool his attention there, and the location of Madao Stone Fort also restricts Xiao Ye's expansion of the battle barracks, and it is difficult to clean up the eyeliner around him, not to mention that there are a large number of craftsmen inside.

In the future, the Ximen Stone Fort where he is located, which has nothing to do with Gansu Zhenche, will be built into an eye-catching tall fortress-style stone fort; Madao Stone Fort can only be used as a warehouse, except for the remaining mill, the others will gradually move to Ximen Stone Fort.

As for Shiguantun, the secrets on the mountain there, Chen Ping took care of them carefully, and all the soldiers there who had a heart, as long as they dared to walk around indiscriminately to visit, they would be simply cleaned up, and curiosity would really kill people; Anyway, the stinger of the vine grass is getting more and more powerful, and it is understandable that he accidentally died on the side of the road.

In the future, it is best to take assault vehicles and transport vehicles to enter and exit the Madao Stone Fort, which will be safer; Wang Meng's war camp will be moved to Ximen Stone Fort as soon as next autumn, leaving a team of 100 people at most.

According to Xiao Ye's plan, Ximen Stone Fort will build a double-layer fort wall, which will be divided into blocks to build military houses, workshops, shops, etc., and there will be a third layer of fort wall in the future, once the population increases to the limit, the fourth layer of fort wall is not impossible.

The castle walls are interlocked, and the big chief's mansion living in it is the command center of the entire stone fort.

The Shijia shop in Ximen Stone Fort will become a wholesale and retail trading house, and all kinds of goods in Xiao Ye's hands will be sent to various merchants from here in exchange for various materials in the mainland; The materials needed for the lives of the people in the stone castle are basically borne by the shops of the merchants.

Throwing out this big business is also one of Xiao Ye's means to tie up many merchants to his side, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy, he understands the fate of Dulele.

In order to keep the secret of the processing center, Xiao Ye did not hesitate to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, and threw out this trick, I am afraid that the eyes of any outsiders will no longer focus on Madao Stone Fort. If anyone else keeps their minds on Ma Dao Stone Castle, Xiao Ye can do it even if he raids his house.

Shiguantun there, looking at Chen Ping's hard life on the surface now, he knew that Gravel Fort had almost given up paying attention there.

Of course, Jin Sanniang's thoughts, Xiao Ye would never admit it.

Wang Dali, who was running between the Wangjiabao construction site and Gujiabao, was shocked when he heard Xiao Ye's thoughts, and happily agreed to find someone to start planning; There is only a distance of more than 30 miles between Ximen Stone Fort and Wangjiabao, so wouldn't Wangjiabao be safer in the future, and the worries of those old craftsmen can be thrown away.

No one knows the real reason why Xiao Ye is keen to build a stone fort, but the military households and craftsmen under his command are still very supportive of Xiao Ye for having an extra place to live and live on the grassland.

Xiao Ye's bottom line is to ensure everyone's salary, which is also where the confidence of the big guy lies.

Huang Hanxiang led a 500-strong logistics team, pulling two large carts of long-handled sickles, machetes, a large number of ropes, and tents, and drove into the grassland designated by Xiao Ye two days later, and began to clean up the vine grass covered with snow on the ground, first of all, to plant Coptis chinensis saplings more than a foot high.

Planting trees in winter is also a precedent, but the amazing survival rate of Coptis chinensis makes even the well-informed old craftsmen sigh at the magical means of the creator. One thing is one thing, and the jade vine is suppressed to death by the Coptis tree.

The underground rhizomes of rattan grass are very deep, and some good deeds have dug it, digging to a depth of one zhang underground, and you can still see dense interlaced roots, so no one has the idea of eradicating rattan grass anymore, and you can clean the ground.

Therefore, there must be Coptis trees planted everywhere in the Ximen Stone Fort, with an interval of about three zhang at the maximum, otherwise the vine grass will arch out from somewhere.

Not only did Wang Hu's battalion send 300 soldiers, but even Gu Yanwu mobilized the Gu family to help Huang Hanxiang not only clean up nearly 300 acres of ground, but also start the next step of excavating the foundation.

According to Wang Dali's estimate, not counting the money and plaster, the manpower required for the three stone forts would require 1,000 craftsmen and 500 young men to be busy for a year before they could barely build the stone forts.

But seeing the people in front of him shuttling around the construction site with high spirits, Wang Dali can be sure that by this time next year, the three stone forts will be able to live in.

If nothing else, just the name of the largest stone fort, Ximen Stone Fort, has already indicated that the focus of Xiao Ye's activities in the future will be in this stone fort, and everyone will live more and more steadily in the future.

The Persian goods in Xiao Ye's hands have become a matter of public concern, and this source of goods that can lay golden eggs is close to the building, and the benefits are needless to say.

Lei Xiaoqing took five hundred fire/spearmen to the West Wedge He tribe, no matter how the Wedge He Gu and the Lishan tribe won or lost, when he came back, he would bring back five hundred West Wedge He cavalry, which was what Wedge He had promised.

In addition to the entanglement of the Li Shan tribe with the wedge bones, Xiao Ye took advantage of the fact that there were not many things at hand, and successively dispatched the craftsmen of the logistics team to start the preliminary projects of Wangjiabao, Ximen Stone Fort, and Yangjiabao.

Riding through the three construction sites, Xiao Ye led the guards to the grassland fifty miles away from Gujiabao, which was one step closer to Bailong Lake.

On the selected stone fort address, there is already a team of young Tartars cleaning up the staggered and sparse vines and grasses on the ground, followed by more than a dozen middle-aged craftsmen of the logistics team, waving military shovels to dig pits and plant trees, first sweeping the foundation around it.

"Eighteen, this stone fort won't be too big, it's only less than four miles, but the fort wall is much higher," raising the horsewhip and pointing, Xiao Ye said to Yang Eighteen beside him.

"This stone fort relies on the vines and grass fruits of the surrounding fifty miles, which basically can't feed people, but it is wedged at the intersection of Bailong Lake, West Wedge Hebu, and Galen tribes to Gujiabao, and a few larger courtyards are built in the stone fort, which is regarded as a post station,"

Xiao Ye's words didn't make much waves on Yang Shibai's face, he didn't want anything in the first place, that thing took care of it with great effort, it was better to follow the adults, eat well and dress well, and the food and salary could make his mother and sister live very well.

"In the future barracks, there will definitely be a lot of wounded soldiers who will withdraw, and the disabled will inevitably be, let them go to the mill to contribute, how can I bear it, the right is to change their way of living," This sentence from the bottom of his heart made the reluctant Yang Shiba, the green tendons on his head jump, and his eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, the adults could think of it so far, Yang Shiba's face was straight, he jumped off the war horse, and knelt down in the residual snow, "Lord Xie, my subordinates know that they are wrong," he is very happy to kowtow to the adults for many brothers, maybe one day he will be able to enjoy picking fruits outside the stone castle.

"Pretentious, get up for Lao Tzu," Xiao Ye laughed, "As long as it is my brother, even if he is disabled or paralyzed, Lao Tzu has a hot bite to eat, and he can't be given a cold food,"

"Let's go," he lifted the reins, his legs urged, Xiao Ye struggled with his war horse under his crotch, and ran towards the south with his four hooves scattered.

"Yes, my lord," Yang Eighteen jumped up, looked at Xiao Ye's back with bright eyes, jumped on his horse and waved his hand, and the guards around him chased after the big leader.

However, one day in early December, a secret letter from Wang Ziliang made Xiao Ye put aside the matter in his hand and took people back to Madao Stone Fort. At this time, at the end of the year, the sergeant competition, as well as the selection of the commander of the guard and the chief, are also time.

Jiang Jie appeared in Lu Nianshan's General Soldier's Mansion, this news made Xiao Ye deeply uneasy, and he sent people to inquire around, but he didn't expect that when the lights were dark, people would hide under their noses.

Xiao Ye left Gujiabao, Jin Sanniang wore a robe, and took Xiaomei to stand on the road of the castle wall, holding the cold stone battlements of the female wall, looking at the black spots that were gradually moving away, and felt very uncomfortable.

When Xiao Ye was there, he could take her around, even if it was a heavily guarded mill, he could go in and out at will, but Xiao Ye left, and he got off this fort wall by himself, so he couldn't come up again, Wang Hu's kid was simply a smiling tiger, he just didn't talk about business, she saw the door clearly.

I don't know what kind of ability Xiao Ye has, he can train his subordinates like this, military regulations and military discipline have become common words in the mouths of those craftsmen, not to mention those officers and sergeants.

Don't look at Xiao Ye left her five black-clothed guards, they are definitely not supervising him, Jin Sanniang can still tell this, people disdain to do this kind of thing.

However, these guards were obviously reluctant to approach her, and only guarded them in shifts from afar, and did not even enter the small courtyard at night, let alone open the way for her.

"Is the partial house so looked down upon?" Jin Sanniang, who was angry in her heart, chatted briefly with a few old craftsmen a few times, and then learned that Xiao Yezi went to Shiguantun, and he regarded military regulations and military discipline quite strictly, and his younger brother Zuo Shi was also beaten with a military stick, and his buttocks were beaten so that the skin and flesh were open, and he was by no means the kind of drama.

That's not all, Xiao Ye governed the army strictly, that was to improve the combat power of the sergeant, but the craftsmen under him didn't even have the courage to bet on a dice in their spare time, so it can be seen that there are many people who have been beaten with military sticks; The people under Xiao Ye's command have already kept the Ming military discipline in their hearts.

The military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, the guards of the Ming Dynasty seem to have forgotten it, and human relations are prevalent, but they are regarded as the golden rule on the grassland, which is reversed.

What puzzled Jin Sanniang the most was that Xiao Ye seemed to have a lot to do with the horse thieves on the grassland, although she was dissuaded from a distance when the knife came, she could inevitably take a few looks; What's more, the large number of goods sent from time to time in the warehouses of the inner fort before the snow fell were obviously not the goods of one or two caravans.

Ah Man and Daozi led the team to set off from Shuangta Lake, and when Jin Sanniang followed Xiao Ye to see him off, he saw the face of Dao at a glance, but he didn't want to go and Xiao Ye to make it clear; In case Xiao Ye is annoyed and embarrassed, she will lose more than she gains.

The Jin family maintains long-term transactions with Xiao Ye to obtain the greatest benefits, which is the focus of her concern, and it is natural to exclude other businesses, but she will not do anything to cut off her own money.

Thinking about the news he just received, more than a dozen caravans out of the grassland in the side wall were basically all looted, and the deacon guarding them died in the wilderness, can Jin Sanniang not doubt Xiao Ye's back/scene?

Fortunately, the two Jin family caravans that went to Yijinai were only robbed of their goods, and a few reckless guards died, and the others were able to survive and return to Qingfeng Valley, which was a great luck.

"What kind of person are you," Jin Sanniang, who muttered softly, reflexively got off the road, and under the gaze of Wang Hu in the corner fort in the distance, he slowly walked down the fort wall and went to his own shop.

The white and vast snowy scene outside the fort is really nothing to see.

The two guards who followed behind Jin Sanniang, their sharp eyes swept into the distance, and when they met Wang Hu's eyes, they grinned and walked down; If others had been staring at Jin Sanniang like this, they would have gone over and started fighting, and you would have been beaten with peach blossoms all over your face and crippled limbs.

The eyes that swept over like a sharp blade, although for a moment, also startled Wang Hu.

Retracting his head in a daze, Wang Hu scolded in a low voice, "Isn't it just to look at it twice, good guy, you look more nervous than adults, just a concubine," the guard's eyes swept over just now made Wang Hu's heart beat a few times, which made his face look bad.

"No, this time Dabi is going to send a few powerful players, and he must be able to enter the guards, damn, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, no acquaintance can't even look at it uncomfortably," Wang Hu, who was angry in his mouth, began to count the votes of his cadres.

The sergeant Dabi winner definitely has a chance to enter the guards, this is the gossip that Yu Shan secretly told him.

If someone in his barracks enters the guards, then the adults can also look at themselves, Wang Hu stood at the lookout in the corner fort, letting the cold wind blow on his face, squinting at the team of sergeants who were still running and practicing outside the fort.

Shiguantun, Wang Gui sat in an assault car, wandered to the foot of the stone mountain, and after trading with the merchants waiting there, he rarely took people to the stone mountain and sent some food to the displaced people there.

A blizzard made most of the thousands of displaced people who stayed under the stone mountain freeze to death overnight, if it weren't for Chen Ping on the mountain who reacted in time and took the sergeant down the mountain to check before dawn, I am afraid that all the displaced people under the mountain would have collapsed under this heavy snowfall.

The remaining 400 or so homeless people, Chen Ping was placed in Shiguan Waitun, anyway, there are many vacant stone houses here, and hundreds of homeless people, even if Madao Shibao no longer accepts them, they can barely survive.

Of course, Xiao Ye still has to spend a lot of grain to feed these displaced people until the beginning of spring next year, until the young leaves of the vine grass can be picked to make tea.

Picking flowers in spring, harvesting branches in summer, and picking fruits in autumn, if these displaced people are willing to contribute, Wang Gui can still give a certain amount of purchase, in exchange for enough food.

Tell the Qianhu office, thinking that the adults of the thousand households will not care, and they will not increase the food supply by half a catty anyway, Chen Ping sat on the kang in the military house, took a letter raft, lay on the low table, gritted his teeth and picked up the brush, and began to send some urgent letters crookedly.

Tonight, Ma Dao Stone Fort has to deliver some supplies, and he has to arrange for people to pick them up.

At the foot of Shiguantun Mountain, the caravan of the Wang and Huang families has been withdrawn, and it is almost the New Year's Day, and the remaining Tianjia caravan, after doing today's business, will also send some vehicles back to Gansu Town.

Silk cotton short coats mixed with white flute paper, more than 20 bags of more than 400 pieces, delivered to the deacon of the Tian family, Wang Gui looked at the sergeants, loaded a jar of vinegar and ale wine, and pulled over the deacon who accompanied him, "Lao Tian, come here to talk,"

This deacon sent by the Tian family has not been dealing with Wang Gui for a long time, but he has traded a lot, and when he saw that Wang Gui had something to say, he hurriedly followed him to the side, and by the way, he quietly stuffed the silver ticket that he wanted to give this time.

Don't look at it, Wang Gui rolled the silver ticket into his arms, the Tian family will not lose their reputation for a few silver tickets, "Lao Tian, aren't your Tian family well-informed, why are you still staying here,"

"What's wrong? Not here, where is it? Lao Tian was inexplicable, touched the jade mortar on the melon skin hat, and asked puzzledly.

"Hehe, you really don't know? Pretend, then pretend," Wang Gui pursed his lips, as if he didn't want to say any more, and turned his face to look at the crowd in the transport truck.

"Oh, good my brother Wang, you can't say half of what you say," the deacon of the Tian family, who was more than a little older than Wang Gui, hurriedly smiled and made amends, "Brother, I have a bad mouth, I should be beaten,"

Seeing Lao Tian slap his mouth twice, Wang Gui waved his hand funny, "Come on, it's okay to sue you, don't tell anyone else,"

"Yes, don't worry, my Lao Tian has no other skills, his mouth is the iron gate," Lao Tian, who swore that he got the news that Wang Gui confided, but he was shocked in his heart.

"Have you heard of the Jin family, the Liang family, and the Zhai family caravan? They came from the east of Taiyuan Mansion, and they went to Madao Stone Fort from Qingfeng Valley a few months ago to trade food and materials with my family."

Xiao Ye was in the Galen tribe, and he also received a letter from the big leader of the tribe, this news, the Tian family already knows, and other merchants should also know, but there is no way, the grassland is not under the jurisdiction of the guard.

"It's a big deal, a business of thousands of taels, how can it be like you, selling coarse salt and deducting the buckle rope,"

Looking at Lao Tian, who was leaving in a hurry, Wang Gui spat disdainfully, walked towards the transport car, passed by a Shiguantun sergeant, and said in a low voice, "At nine o'clock in the evening, the old place will receive grain, charcoal, oh, and canned meat,"

Wang Gui had already learned the word canned food from Xiao Ye's mouth, but he still couldn't say it well.

"Nine o'clock in the evening? When was that? "The sergeant who was sent by Chen Ping to take care of the scene, but in fact, was waiting for Wang Gui's message, although he was the most clever on the mountain, but Wang Gui's words made him sweat like rain, and looked at Wang Gui's back bitterly.

Wang Gui, who ignored the sergeant, took out the pocket watch hidden in his arms, half-turned, opened the cover of the watch with a snap, looked at the time calmly, and then carefully put away this precious rarity, and then slowly left; You kid can't guess anymore, you won't go up the mountain to ask, if you delay the important matter, just wait for Chen Ping to beat the military stick.