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"No, don't go," Standing on the wall of Eagle Claw Fort, Xiao Ye sternly rejected Tai Tingqi's request, and threw Simon Wangfu's letter aside, which he couldn't understand. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

You really regard this leader as a mercenary, you go to fight the Tile Thorn Tribe, and you can take out the gold? Xiao Ye was very annoyed by Wangfu's thoughts.

"To the west of the Waspur tribe, over the desert Gobi, is the country of Yili, the country of Kokand, and the more powerful country of Great Xia, they have countless populations, countless fertile lands, and countless food treasures, don't you want your family to be prosperous?"

"The thorn is just a disease of scabies, and the greater reward is yet to come," he exaggerated the news he heard and told Tai Thorn Qi, Xiao Ye was a little bitter, "Without strong force, how can you get more wealth?" ”

"Go, tell your family Wangfu, you can come to trade fire/guns, and the earth-shattering thunder can also trade," for Xiao Ye's generosity, Tai Thorn Qi was grateful, and kowtowed again and again.

"In a few days, let Wangfu come over in person, this leader has something to say,"

Envy watched his master ride an iron chariot dashingly on the road to the west side of the fort wall, and Tai Thornqi, accompanied by the guards, walked out of the stone fort and boarded the transport; In order to take this car faster, he had to pay a pound of gold for his return trip from Juyan Lake to Eagle Claw Fort.

Fortunately, now Jinong's Golden Horde is located in Juyan Lake, and if it is located in the Hetao area, he will not dare to sit in the car if he kills Tai Tingqi.

On the road of the spacious fort wall, Xiao Ye rode a bicycle, swaying the bell, and rode for a while in the laughter of the sergeants, and then threw the car to the guards who were trotting behind, and stood still with the stone buttresses of the female wall, looking at the endless grassland to the north.

Ximen Wangfu suppressed it temporarily, but the situation there and the problem he faced couldn't be bypassed, that is, the problem of food.

On the other hand, food has always been Xiao Ye's heart.

The food transported by the merchants was simply not enough for the consumption of his subordinates, not to mention that the logistics team had expanded to nearly 10,000 people, and there were nearly 5,000 young and strong men and women, who were the main laborers in the construction of Ximen Stone Fort, and they must not work hungry.

The grain brought from Haixi Village was sent to the warehouse for storage, and the quantity was not much, you know, the number reported in the account room, the food consumption in various places in a day, added up to more than 60,000 catties, a month, half a year, think about Xiao Ye is a big head.

If it weren't for Xiao Ye's large amount of refined salt in his hands, I'm afraid he would have started selling rear-loading fires/guns by now, and kept digging pits for himself.

In that case, Xiao Ye looked to the west, Hami Country was the nearest grain producing area, but even if he did his best to fight the army, it would be difficult for him to eat this vast and sparsely populated Turpan in one bite.

and Ximen Wangfu joined forces to send troops to take down this kingdom with only five cities, and Wangfu, who got the sweetness, will naturally think about the Yili Kingdom and even the Yarkand region, open the passage to the Kokand Kingdom, and face the rumored Great Xia Kingdom full of gold.

As a knife collected by himself, Xiao Ye had already designated a Cotai Avenue for Ximen Wangfu, which was also a strategy by Xin Rulin's staff based on the information of Arab merchants.

Before that, he had to help Ximen Wangfu integrate the tribes on the grassland, otherwise Xiao Yezi would not have made such a effort.

Two days later, Ximen Wangfu was taken to Eagle Claw Fort by a pig chariot, and plotted with Xiao Ye for a long time, and when he walked out of the military house, his face was already full of red light, and his spirit was a little too much.

Sure enough, what Ximen Wangfu was worried about was the shortage of food in the tribe this winter, and Xiao Ye was looking for him for food.

Chijin City was the territory under the jurisdiction of Wangfu's Wanfu Commander, and when he returned, he immediately issued an order, asking Chijin City to send rangers to listen to the defense forces of Shazhou, Hami, Puchanghai and Turpan City.

Half of the spoils of war are distributed by each family, and this kind distribution makes Ximen Wangfu very happy, what he is afraid of is to send troops to this master in vain; Of course, before that, he had to urge the tribes in the three mines to bring a large amount of copper, lead and zinc ore to Eagle Claw Fort in exchange for a thousand earth-shattering thunderbolts and 10,000 rounds of revolver short fire/gun pellets.

The projectiles of the rear-loading fire/gun, Xiao Ye was in his hands, and the five hundred long fire/guns of the Wangfu Guards had no reserve ammunition for the war at all.

All actions must wait until the arrival of winter, when the grassland tribe begins to move westward to the winter pasture, and when the Turpan people relax their vigilance, this Wangfu's brain is still very good.

"Let's go, while it's still early, let's go and see the construction site of Ximen Stone Fort, and we can move in by the end of the year," Xiao Ye, who walked out of the military house, said with a smile with a heavy horse/knife in his waist.

"Yes, please first," the polite Wangfu bowed to the side, and waited until Xiao Ye walked over, then followed behind him and climbed down the second floor.

"Master, the military uniform on your sergeant doesn't look good, it feels very thick, I wonder if you can sell some to a minion?"

"Sell? No, you can ask someone to find Wang Gui, uh, it's the shopkeeper of the Shi family's shop, and let him allocate a thousand sets of winter clothes for you,"

"This military uniform is called a field uniform, there are spring and summer, and there are two kinds of autumn and winter, all of which are transferred to you at one time, and if you have more, you will be charged, hehe,"

As they spoke, the two of them took the guards and guards out of the stone fort, a pig chariot and a mouse chariot had been waiting for a long time.

The chariot started, suspended in the air over a large area of rattan grass, and went straight to the southwest construction site, through the car window, Xiao Ye saw that on the road on the left, a group of carriages drove over from a distance, looking at the flag, it was the Jin family's caravan.

To say that Jin Baoliang can be described as a slippery businessman, not only quickly contacted the five major merchants, but even the Huang, Tian, and Wang families in Gansu Town, they also came into contact, anyway, the merchants in the world are relatives, as long as there is enough profit, let them sell their father and mother to change places to live.

At the cost of 500,000 catties of grain, Jin Baoliang found Xiao Ye and bought the three assault vehicles, as well as four earth-colored transport vehicles, which were specially responsible for smuggling grain from Laoyangkou Tunbao in the south of Shiguantun to Madao Shibao through the horse road.

Ximen Wangfu earned Xiao Ye's freight on the grassland, and after he was inspired, he also started a business of empty gloves and white wolves, and the guarantor was Jin Sanniang.

The benefits of this kind of door-to-door delivery, although the price is higher, Xiao Ye can only nod and admit it, anyway, the supplier of the battery rod is still his Shi family's shop, and a few cars can't run far.

It is precisely because of the hard work of the businessmen led by Jin Baoliang day and night that Xiao Ye has no shortage of food in warehouses in various places for the time being, but the price of grain has doubled.

As for the goods that are not prohibited from being sold by various merchants, they are still transported here from Qingfeng Valley, no, the goods brought by the Jin family are coarse and complete timber this time; There is no usable timber near the grassland, so it can only be purchased from the mainland.

After drinking hot tea in the chariot, the car had already driven to the construction site of Ximen Stone Fort, and looked out of the car window, the flow of people on the construction site, rows of wooden frames erected high, and the lively construction site, which made Ximen Wangfu envious.

There was a sergeant who was guarding outside to summon the news, Wang Dali and Li Shouxin were quickly found by the guards, and Wang Meng also hurried over.

Under the respectful gaze of the craftsmen, a group of people walked into the embryonic stone castle and walked towards the construction site on the mountain. This was originally the fort wall of the inner fort, and after building a circle of six-zhang high fort walls, there were teams of craftsmen who were mortaring the stone buttresses of the women's wall.

The stucco stones that were carried by the poles to the bottom of the fort wall were dragged by ropes and pulled up along the slope of the sand ram.

Outside the inner fort wall, in the position of a mile away, there are young men waving iron picks and shovels, breaking the foundation of the earthwork, digging out the stone and soil, and starting to build the second fort wall; Between the inner fort and the outer fort wall, there will be a prosperous market and shops in the future.

Not only in the fort, but also in the second fort wall, there are also military compounds and stone house courtyards, rising from the ground, and the sufficient supply of yellow plaster makes the entire construction site busy from morning to night.

Further beyond is the third fort wall, where there will be a large number of military compounds, where the barracks will be stationed, and there will still be a large cleared field, with large piles of iron and hill-like yellow plaster, where stucco and stone blocks have condensed and formed.

"Our stone fort is divided into three roads, the fort wall is one mile apart, the outermost is the military compound of the war barracks, and behind the second fort wall is the logistics team residence, all of which are stone houses and courtyards, as well as shops, restaurants and other markets," Wang Dali, who led Xiao Ye forward, pointed everywhere from time to time.

"After the second fort wall, it is the inner fort, which is divided into two large parts, and ten military compounds have been built on the east side for the medical hall, school, and warehouse, and the stone house courtyard on the west side, with a total of ten rows and 100 rooms, which is for the families of officers above the centurion to live,"

"The three fort walls are separated by a mile, and they are connected by a stone bridge in the middle, which is convenient for sergeants to patrol and more convenient for dealing with foreign enemy attacks," Wang Dali, who talked eloquently, made Xiao Ye very surprised, and glanced at Li Shouxin, who was silent on the side, and smiled and didn't say much.

Ximen Wangfu, who was looking back and forth, was surprised by the size of the stone castle, and secretly had a plan; Compared with the stone castle, no matter how gorgeous the cowhide tent is, it is shabby and out of grade.

Walking to the foot of the hill, I looked up and saw that this rocky low mountain, less than ten zhang high, had been carved out of a straight slope two zhang wide on the front side, and it was still a sandy road, but it would definitely be built with stucco stone blocks in the future.

On both sides of the slope avenue, the shrubs and weeds were cleared, and rows of coptis trees were planted from the foot of the mountain to the top of the hill, and hundreds of women and elderly people were still digging pits to plant trees and clear the rubble.

"Hehe, this is a team of 100 people, all of them are old people and women eating together," Wang Dali, who sneered, hurriedly went up to attract Xiao Ye's attention.

"Your Excellency, you see, the big chief's mansion is built on the mountain, and the top of the mountain covers a large area, as much as twenty acres,"

The slope is not large, but it is very long, and it took a while to walk up, standing on the high slope top platform, the fort wall built on the left and right is more than eight zhang high, and there is another slope in front of the castle that stretches out to the fort.

"What is this?" Xiao Ye turned around and looked, these two big slopes, the people who designed them are not simple, there is no fort gate, the enemy has to climb uphill if they want to come in, and a few revolver short fires/guns can block the entrance, it has really become an iron level.

If you have a heavy machine gun on the rack, hehe, the guards also have a lightning cannon in their hands.

"My lord, once the stone fort is built, it belongs to the next war barracks, which can meet tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, even if it is an artillery siege, it will hold on for a year," Wang Meng, who followed Xiao Ye, could not hide the joy in his eyes.

Finally has a strong stone fort fortress, for a soldier like Wang Meng, the role of peace in his heart is self-evident.

"The planning of the fort wall, entrance, and waterway is the suggestion given by the painter Zhang Daowu," Li Shouxin, who had not spoken, spoke at this time, and stretched out his hand to the west and far away, under the fort wall, "There is a waterway there, which runs through the entire stone fort from the top of the mountain, and leads directly to the outside of the fort,"

"There is a row of five stucco pipes at the exit of the waterway, which is no thicker than a baby's head, and no one can get into it," Li Shouxin said, pointing to the big stone house next to the waterway at the bottom of the mountain, "That's the water room,"

"The water purification is loaded with a water truck from the water room and supplied to the stone castle below, and the bamboo tube has been ordered from the merchant,"

This is the water supply for the entire stone fort, each military compound, there will also be a special water umbrella, as long as you are willing to spend money, the Shijia shop does not restrict the sale of water umbrellas; At this time, Wang Gui sold hundreds of umbrellas to various merchants.

This thing will be scrapped in two years at most, and Xiao Yele will use it in exchange for supplies.

"This is still the lord sent Wang Gui to supply iron, otherwise the plaster pipe can't be made,"

Xiao Ye raised his eyebrows and did not speak.

Looking into this hilltop stone fort, along the central avenue, there is an open space at the foot, it seems that it will be a martial arts arena; Further on, there are three military compounds on each side, and there are more than a dozen military houses in each courtyard, and the courtyard is also quite empty, and there are craftsmen building roofs.

Looking over the military compound, to the north is a three-entry compound, which occupies nearly 30% of the area of the stone fort, and is leaning against the castle wall on three sides; It seems that this is his future big boss's mansion.

"The water source of the entire stone castle is supplied by a water purification room on the north side of this stone castle, my lord, this water umbrella of one hundred and ten is not enough at all,"

Regarding Wang Dali's worries, Xiao Ye didn't say anything, and looked at the stone fort construction site before and after, if his own war barracks were stationed here, and guards were placed in the mansion, it would be a solid fortress.

"The matter of water umbrellas has its own arrangements, and at this moment, it is necessary to build warehouses everywhere firmly and moisture-proof to facilitate guarding," Xiao Ye thought for a while, "Deliver water trucks, night incense trucks, and clean up garbage, and the logistics team will arrange manpower this morning,"

He didn't want this stone fort, where the roads were full of sewage and the garbage stinked everywhere.

"Also, there must be rules for the fort gate of the three stone forts, what kind of people can enter the inner fort, there must be a rule, and the people in the outer fort should not enter if they don't have to,"

This sentence was said to Yang Eighteen behind him.

After Wang Dali and Yang Shibai bowed down, Xiao Ye and Ximen Wangfu, the two walked on the castle wall, and turned to the corner of the fort wall in the south, from here you can see that behind the stone castle, the mountains are full of green vines and grass, which have covered the back of the entire hill.

Here, you can see the backyard of the Sanjin compound, where there is a large pit in the shape of a few figures, which has been trimmed and plastered with plaster; In the open space next to the fort wall, the young men of the logistics team were leveling the ground, building a low wall with stones and erecting a sturdy wooden frame.

"This is a water room, a total of three layers of water umbrellas can be placed, there are beams on top of it, and the wind will not break it,"

"The water from the umbrella goes to the pool, and it is condescendingly carried along the bamboo pipe in the waterway to the water house at the bottom of the mountain, where there is a water wheel to deliver the water." Wang Dali, who was following behind Xiao Ye, thought about it, but still didn't say anything more.

For the sergeants and craftsmen who have started a family, the water umbrella is a welfare, and the military compounds have water umbrellas, and the merchants will also use their own water umbrellas, in fact, this waterway is of little use, at most it is to drain the pure water on the top of the mountain and irrigate the depression outside the fort.

However, there is a small stream that runs through the stone fort, and there is no fly and insect infestation to sit under the coptis tree, so there is no mention of a deck chair to spend the summer.

"On both sides of the Stone Fort Avenue, there are hidden passages for drainage," Wang Dali pointed to the stone fort under the mountain, "Your Excellency may not have noticed that the ground of the entire stone fort is inclined from south to north, even if there is heavy rain, it will not become waterlogged."

To the west of the construction site is the camp of Wang Meng's barracks, where trenches have been dug and a large area of barracks tents are guarded, and every day 300 sergeants patrol and guard the site, 300 sergeants guard the camp, and 100 sergeants roam around on horseback as scouts.

went to the barracks and went around, Xiao Ye just stayed in the room for a while, and saw that the old soldier man could skillfully use the heating stove and the supplies were sufficient, so he was not worried.

"Wangfu, since we are going to use troops against Turpan, the original tribe in Juyan Lake will give priority to the cavalry and let him be the vanguard," before leaving, Xiao Ye gave an explanation to Ximen Wangfu, and Wangfu did not know the deep meaning of his words.

Although the Bamucuo tribe has been wiped out, since there is a chance, these tribes near Juyan Lake, Xiao Ye will definitely consume most of the young and strong men, which can be regarded as giving some comfort to the souls of those Han people.

Leaving the construction site of Ximen Stone Fort, the rat chariot sent Ximen Wangfu back to Juyan Lake, and Xiao Ye took the pig chariot and went back to Madao Shibao; There, Jin Baoliang's smuggling convoy was still carrying grain to the warehouse in charge of Wang Gui.

Ma Dao Stone Fort, Xiao Ye summoned Xin Rulin, Wang Ziliang, as well as Li Yi of the medical hall, and his old father-in-law to discuss the relocation.

A just-cast copper square seal, which is engraved with three italics "Zihou Yin", placed on the wooden table in the study, this button tiger first seal letter, is Ximen Wangfu Yi to Xiao Ye, with this seal he is already a righteous Galen Zihou.

Gong, Hou, Uncle, and Son, the lowest-level marquis in the sequence of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty befriended Jinong earlier and gave the ripe Tartar tribe a Zihou seal, but it was discarded by the arrogant Jinong, and this time it was turned out and used.

In other words, Xiao Ye's Sanjin compound in Ximen Stone Fort can be called the Marquis of Galen's Mansion, and I don't know if the Ming Dynasty recognizes it, anyway, Xiao Ye recognizes it.

"I've seen Master Hou," Walking into the study, Wang Ziliang smiled and congratulated him, and the strange smiles on the faces of the others made Xiao Ye hurriedly wave his hand, "While standing, he will say strange things,"

There was anger in his mouth, but the smugness on Xiao Ye's face was seen through at a glance, and it wasn't until Old Man Yang snorted unhappily that the others sat down and put on official faces.

The meeting was held for a long time, during which Xin Rulin took out the charter, which made the meeting even more hot, and only Yang Tianshou felt very uncomfortable.

According to Xin Rulin's suggestion, under the Hou Mansion of Galen, the war barracks, guards, and communication teams were self-contained, and the military was under the direct management of Xiao Ye.

The Shijia shop is the source of money and grain for the Marquis Mansion, and is managed by the account office.

The number of logistics teams has exceeded 10,000, and there are many affairs, and it is unbearable to be managed by a dozen old craftsmen.

As a result, the official office was proposed, in order not to stimulate the Ming government, Xin Rulin's name was very speculative, in fact, it was the management function of a county government. Compared to this, the clan elders in Gujiabao are even bolder.

Under the jurisdiction of the official office, one hundred armed sergeants, drawn from the logistics team, deal with disputes between the people according to the "Da Ming Law", and manage the clan elders of each stone fort, which is the highest institution for handling the disputes of the people in each stone fort; With the consent of the Galenzi Houfu, the official office arranged the work activities of the 100 teams of the logistics team, and Xiao Ye nodded in approval.

At this point, Xiao Ye basically gave Xin Rulin a lot of authorization.

Of course, the guards set up military law rooms stationed in various stone forts, which were specially responsible for supervising military discipline, and Xiao Ye agreed very much; He started with strict military discipline.

As for Kang Hongyuan's flag team, as well as the Shadow Team and Hai Flag Team, Xin Rulin wisely did not mention it.

For Xin Rulin's caution, Xiao Ye was a little unimpressed, if it weren't for the fact that the herbal raw materials couldn't keep up, he could convert all the leaders of the logistics team above the head into his own diehards, and by the way, he could also increase his strength by hundreds of catties.

However, he appreciates the seriousness of this reader.

A rough but functioning Galenzi Waiting House, after everyone discussed all night, finally straightened out various affairs, and Xiao Ye could also concentrate on military affairs, and everyone was happy when the rest of the power was delegated to the following.

The next day, the Shenche Battalion sent the notices stamped with the Great Seal of Zihou to Madao Stone Fort, Eagle Claw Fort, and Gujia Fort, and also posted them on the three stone fort construction sites.

The office room and the military law room began to enter the state of operation.

Just when Xin Rulin sent people to search for literate scribes and raise manpower for the official office, Wang Ziliang found Xiao Ye.

"My lord, there is news from the barracks at the edge of Gansu Town, that General Lu has moved," With a piece of information, Wang Ziliang reported Lu Nianshan's intentions to Xiao Ye; Xiao Ye spent a lot of money, which can be regarded as a reward.