On the morning of 7 December, the day the Hsinchu County Government announced its formal establishment, the Ming army's barracks had just sounded majestic music, and several carts full of mountain goods drove out of the backyard of Jin Yongxing in Zhuqian City, and Zhang Zhongxing was hiding in one of the big cars.

Jin Yongxing is a business name in Zhuqian City, specializing in intra-island trade, and he has some friendship with Zhang Zhongxing.

The convoy passed through the streets sprinkled with morning dew and made a beeline for the South City Gate.

Early in the morning, the pedestrian convoy at the city gate was bustling and endless. These were all rushed into the city to do business, and the crossing team completely canceled the gold system, and the commodity trade in Zhuqian City was more prosperous than before.

As expected, the convoy paused only briefly at the south gate, and with little inspection, it left the city and galloped south.

The big car walked out for a long time, and Zhang Zhongxing poked his head out of the compartment of a big car in the middle, "Zhang Longtan, see if there is any movement behind?" ”

Zhang Zhongxing has two family members close to him. Mr. Zhang, who was older, sat on the wheel of the car, waving his whip. The sturdy Zhang Longtan turned over and jumped onto the top of the carriage from Liyuan, and looked around, "Master, the bamboo trench city has long been invisible, and there is no movement in the four places!" ”

Zhang Zhongxing said "um" for a while, and finally left Zhuqian City, hoping that the road would be peaceful. Sitting back in the carriage, he was a little annoyed in his heart, as a second-class jinshi and the former governor of Taiwan, this Ming bandit was indifferent to himself and looked down on people too much! But that's fine, as long as I can return to the mainland safely, I will definitely work out a safe strategy for the imperial court, so that these bandits can see how powerful Lord Ben is.

The convoy went all the way to the south very smoothly, and the master of the previous tax customs card was gone, and there was a bustling and peaceful scene along the way. Although the important intersections were also guarded by the Ming army, they only interrogated them slightly, and then waved their hands to let them go, and none of them collected money indiscriminately and knocked out bamboo poles.

This made Zhang Zhongxing full of melancholy, since ancient times, the soldiers and bandits have been a family, and it is very easy to say that Qiu has not committed any crimes, such as the arm and the finger so that every soldier at the head of each battalion can do it, such a control ability is too strong! Sitting in the carriage, he pondered repeatedly how to manage the army in order to pull out an army that was stronger than the Ming bandits.

From the bamboo moat city to Dajia has ** ten miles, the ox cart walks very slowly, on the afternoon of the eighth, the convoy swayed through the town of Yuanli.

"This ox cart is really slow, can you get to Dajia at night?" Zhang Longtan, who was in a hurry, was a little impatient.

"Huh~~ drive!" Zhang Yuanping, who was driving the car, didn't look back, "After passing the grove in front, I arrived at Rinan Village on the north bank of Da'an Creek, and then crossed the river to Dajia." ”

"Great, rest for a night, cross Dajiaxi tomorrow morning, and arrive at our Daqing territory." Zhang Longtan's voice couldn't help but rise, and he disguised himself and sneaked around for several days, which made him very aggrieved.

"Shh Zhang Yuanping hurriedly reminded him that Zhang Zhongxing had been sitting in the carriage without speaking, maybe he was planning something big.

The convoy was getting closer and closer to Rinan Village, and at this time, it heard a strange roar coming from the riverside, and there was also a faint explosion in the direction of Huoyan Mountain in the east.

The convoy soon arrived at the grove in the east of Rinan Village, which was more than six miles away from the river. Under the big banyan tree outside Rinan Village, a Ming army sentry stopped them.

The soldiers guarding the checkpoint warned the convoy that it was ahead of the construction site and that it had to be passed carefully. He said that migrant workers were repairing embankments and widening roads along Da'an Creek, and the sound of construction machines was louder, telling the drivers to control their animals and not be frightened.

The convoy did not enter the village, and passed through the grove along the official road, Zhang Zhongxing looked forward, "Eh, what kind of big battle are the Ming bandits engaged in!" ”

The east side of the official road used to be a crop field, but now there are rows of grass huts, a large area of black pressing, and a large playground has been built in the easternmost part. In the open space in front of each row of straw huts were many poles, and many clothes were hung on the poles.

From the staggered arrangement of the grass shed, Zhang Zhongxing feels a bit like the army's barracks, but looking at the messy clothes in front of the grass shed, it should be the so-called migrant workers' shed that builds embankments and widens roads.

Zhang Zhongxing looked further west, and there was a brick wall on the west side of the official road. The wall is very long, stretching all the way to the Da'an River.

The fence is so long? What's in there!

Zhang Zhongxing asked Zhang Longtan to try it, the fence was very high, Zhang Longtan was standing on the ox cart, and he couldn't see the movement inside, he could only see the distance near the river, there were rows of tall sheds.

When he was about to reach the river, Zhang Zhongxing saw that a stone embankment had been built on the riverbank west of the official road. The riverbank on the east side of the official road is now also crowded with thousands of migrant workers, densely packed like ants. Some of them are busy building embankments on the riverbank, while others are busy building roads. A wide road is gradually taking shape, extending in the direction of Huoyan Mountain, which is more than ten miles away. A monster emitting black smoke crawls along a newly built road, while also making a constant roaring sound.

The convoy moved forward slowly, and the rumbling sound was getting louder and louder. Zhang Zhongxing found that there were two large round mills under the black smoke monster, constantly crushing the ground, and the ground that had been crushed was as smooth as a water mirror.

This is the so-called construction machine! The strange tricks of the Ming bandits are still useful. Zhang Zhongxing stroked his beard under his chin, thoughtfully.

In autumn and winter, the water is dry, and the thin and narrow Da'an River is intercepted by two newly built dikes. Between the two dikes, which are five or six hundred meters long, the water in this section of the river has been emptied, revealing the silt at the bottom of the river.

On the beach that is close to dryness, pallets have been laid and two convenient passages have been erected. Tall cedar pillars were erected on the edge of the river crossing, with wires and electric lights hanging on top of the pillars. When the wind blows in the river beach, the wires make a loud noise.

All the way and all the way, the two river crossings are full of endless cars. Cars came from the direction of Da'an Port, sent the materials into the greenhouse inside the wall, and then took another pontoon bridge to return.

"The convoy stops on the right, stops on the right!"

The Nichinan Village Joint Defense Team, who maintained traffic order, stopped the convoy by the river.

Zhang Yuanping grew up in Zhang's family, and was Zhang Zhongxing's personal guard, and his skills in driving cars were relatively amateur, and his speed was a few beats slower than other vehicles.

Seeing that the rest of the convoy was on the right, only a big car was still in the middle of the official road, and immediately a young man wearing an "anti-Qing and Ming" cultural shirt with a belt around his waist ran over, "Say you, talk about you!" Where the car was parked. ”

Although Ba Zehai is a member of the Pingpu Nationality and the Nisan Society, he is a pure Hokkien dialect.

"Vice Master, don't be angry, we are rough people, it's not that we don't know what is left and right!" Zhang Yuanping was busy with the smiling face and adjusted the parking space.

"Don't know about it?! Then you have to study hard. Ba Zehai said very angrily, "I was originally a rough person, I went to the night school run by the imperial court for a few days, and my eyes were opened all of a sudden, I knew a lot of new things, and I felt as if I had changed into another person." ”

"That's, that's, who can compare to you, vice master!" Zhang Yuanping's face was humble.

"Vice Master, you are so good, how much does it cost to go to night school!" Zhang Longtan was instructed by Zhang Zhongxing and began to compliment this joint defense member.

"This is a night school run by the imperial court, and it is the grace of the imperial court, and we don't want to give a copper plate." Ba Zehai said proudly, "Since the Ming Dynasty came, we have been completely liberated. ”

"Liberated?"

Ba Zehai patiently explained, "It is to overthrow the cruel rule of the Manchu Tartars, and our Chinese nation can live freely." ”

Zhang Yuanping and Zhang Longtan wanted to ask something, but the young man waved his hand, "I want to stand guard, I can't tell you more." ”

He gave a few words of advice, then turned back to his post.

"The guy who is crowned by the monkey, the fox is a fake tiger!" Zhang Zhongxing pursed his lips and felt a little funny, "This mud leg also advises me to study hard." ”

Zhang Zhongxing didn't think it was funny, he felt quite terrible, a few days of night school, he transformed a very ordinary Pingpu person into a desperate bandit, if the Ming bandit continued to develop like this, then it would be okay!

Sitting in the carriage, the more Zhang Zhongxing thought about it, the more he held his breath. He simply jumped out of the car and walked to the embankment, trying to let the wind blow in the river beach to dissipate the heat of his body.

Standing on the shore, Zhang Zhongxing saw that there were several strange steel shelves at the bottom of this section of the river, and a strange machine was like a strong man, gently grabbing a long net cage woven of steel and sending it to the shelf.

The infrastructure corps of the crossing team is working on bored piles to build a concrete bridge over Da'an Creek.

Zhang Zhongxing couldn't understand it after watching it for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "The world is so big, there are no surprises." ”

Zhang Zhongxing is a second-class jinshi, and he has always boasted that he is a national soldier and has the talent to stabilize the country. The Ming army's strange skills and tricks hurt him very much, it seems that there is indeed a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world.

Seeing that a few juniors not far away were busy building embankments with stones, Zhang Longtan, who was five big and three thick, couldn't help but be idle, and walked over with a smile and asked, "Little brother, you are very energetic, there are thousands of people who are building roads and embankments." ”

A few descendants, you said a word, I said a word.

"If you work for a day, you will get a dime of silver quill, and you will be paid when you finish work, and of course everyone is very motivated."

"People from the surrounding villages have come, and how many people don't know."

"Anyway, there are more than a dozen eating sheds, and all of them are full."

One of the descendants had a particularly loud voice, and his eyebrows were full of joy, "The imperial court has let us turn over and be liberated, and it is also appropriate for us to serve the imperial court wholeheartedly." ”

"This is the country of our Han people, and everyone has to contribute." Zhang Longtan was very clever, he echoed a few words from the words of the later life, and then pretended to be casual, "The wall on the west side of the official road is four or five miles long, and the inside of the wall seems to be a warehouse, right?" ”

The voice was particularly loud and the posterior did not raise his head, "There is a wall inside the wall, and to the south is a large warehouse on the river bank, and more than a dozen large sheds are used to store materials, and to the north is a large open space. ”

His companion sighed, "The vacant land inside is really big, there are thousands of acres of land, I really don't know what to use." It took a whole day for thousands of us to put up the wall. ”

Someone suddenly remembered something, "It seems to be building some kind of factory, right?!" When I was building the wall, I heard an adult talk about it. ”