After Situ and Qin Xiaobai discussed, they agreed to Qin Xiaobai's suggestion and decided to build the road first, and then build the city when the money and food were enough. At the same time, he also handed over the 20-year shipping rights of Zhoushui Lake and Zhoushui River to Qin Xiaobai, and signed a contract in exchange for Qin Xiaobai to give some of the grain needed to build the road.

Qin Xiaobai inevitably spent some effort to publicize the benefits of road construction within the Zhoushui Alliance, and mobilized players to take the initiative to ask the government to start building roads.

From Zhoushui Walled City to Jicheng, the exact total distance is 200, the error is only 10 miles, mainly in the plains, some rivers block in the middle, and it is necessary to erect bridges to facilitate passage. Otherwise, crossing the river is the biggest problem, and it is very troublesome to find fords to wade across the river, or rafts to transport people, wagons, and soldiers across the river little by little.

If the road is repaired, then the time between Zhoushui City and Jicheng can be reduced from 1.5 times to 1 day. The result is that if the horse gallops, you don't even need a day, half a day.

Qin Xiaobai took the lead in donating a slave from his tribe to participate in the road construction, and the major leaders of the Zhoushui Alliance, the legion, the chamber of commerce, and the workshop owners also took the lead in sending out a slave or a farmer, calling on the players in the organization to participate in the road construction.

The effort of one player is small, but tens of thousands of players can work together to assemble a huge team of 50,000 road builders in a very short time. The 50,000 laborers needed to build the road were quickly mobilized and were waiting to start building the road.

The Great Chief was quite satisfied. Situ was rarely highly praised for his work, which not only efficiently raised a large number of laborers, but also saved a lot of financial resources and food.

Situ Yanyan, he didn't dare to monopolize this credit, the idea was made by Xiaobai, and the people were also summoned by Xiaobai, and the only role he played was to sell Zhoushui Lake and Zhoushui River. But he was still excited. There is not much credit, but there is still hard work.

Early the next morning, Situ personally presided over the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, and then gave an order. 50,000 road builders began to build the road. They went out from the west gate of the walled area of Zhoushui City and built a 30-meter-wide paved stone road. Lay the roadbed firmly and flatten all the uneven grounds. Paved with stones, so that the wheels can run very flat on the road.

50,000 workers, more than half of whom are used to dig stones, polish stone slabs, and transport stones, pave 20 miles of stone roads every day, and pave 200 miles in about 10 days. In addition, workers were sent in advance to build bridges in places where bridges needed to be built, and senior craftsmen with bridge-building skills were specially recruited from Jicheng, the national capital. Accomplish this onerous task.

Wait for the road to be repaired. Whether it is windy or rainy, with the help of this stone road, you can directly run back and forth in Zhoushui Walled City and Jicheng in a very short time. The degree of cargo transportation has also been greatly improved.

The road is lined with player camps. It is also very convenient to use this wide road.

At the same time, there was a lot of news from the dock of Zhoushui Lake.

Lost wealth and more than 20 NPC shipbuilders studied more than a dozen canoes of different sizes. The research succeeded in developing a lightweight canoe that was extremely fast. The double sculls rowed in still water, which was 3~5 faster than the war raft, making the war raft unreachable.

Follow this model to build a plank boat, and the effect is the same. This kind of fast-moving boat has a small load capacity and is not suitable for load-bearing transportation, but it is suitable for military small assault boats used in rapid combat.

Qin Xiaobai was very happy and allocated 5 copper coins again to let them continue to study various types of boats. Stability, load capacity, degree, work hard in these three aspects. It is not only a study of "high-load and stable" transport boats for civilian use, but also a "stable and fast" assault boat for military use.

After the various types of plank boat technology matured, a higher level of cabin boat technology was studied.

The three caravans of the Zhoushui Alliance left the walled city and headed west, south, and east respectively, heading to Jicheng, Bohai Walled City, and Liaoxi Walled City. The caravan on the eastern road to the walled city of western Liaoning had to take the longest route, 400 miles, which was twice as long as the other two routes.

This trade route must first pass through the "Lingzhi State" before reaching the city of Liaoxi. Lingzhi does not belong to the Yan State, but is a more than 100,000 nbsp existing in the territory of the Yan State; Lingzhi and Yan are currently at peace, there is no war, and trade is allowed.

So they could trade goods in Lingzhi first, and then trade in the walled city of western Liao.

The East Road Caravan is led by Shan Hai this time, and the leader of the player corps in charge of security is the God King. The God-King has up to 7,000 well-armed soldiers and hundreds of players accompanying him. Not to mention that the little thieves of thousands of people don't dare to make up their minds easily, even if they are Ling Zhiguo, they don't dare to send troops to provoke them, otherwise this excellent soldier can beat Ling Zhiguo very painfully.

Despite this, the God-King was very cautious, marching and encamping in a regular manner along the way, sending a large number of sentinels and reconnaissance cavalry to keep watch around the caravan, so as not to be disturbed by the idea of their caravan.

Although he is usually a little high-spirited, he is absolutely not reckless in marching and fighting.

The caravan went all day for about 200, and at seven o'clock in the evening, it was getting late.

Shanhai said with a smile: "Brother God King, it seems that we won't be able to reach Lingzhi Country tonight, let's take a rest around here." ”

The God King looked at the rudimentary map of animal skins, and more than ten miles in front of them was a narrow mountain pass less than 4 miles wide, and the pass was flanked by mountains and mountains, and only through this pass could they enter the territory of the Lingzhi Kingdom. This pass is the only way for Zhoushui Walled City to go to Lingzhiguo, Liaoxi, and Liaodong. At night, passing through such a pass is not good for the safety of the caravan. Of course, you can take a long detour, but it will add a distance of hundreds of miles, and the road conditions will be more complicated.

It is better to pass through this pass directly at dawn tomorrow.

After thinking about it for a while, the god king ordered the caravan to camp on the spot on the plain with a wide view, rest, and continue to hurry early tomorrow morning, passing through the pass ahead, and entering the territory of Lingzhi for trade.

Suddenly, a Scout Cavalry player who was exploring the path from afar rushed towards them, shouting something loudly.

The God King, Shan Hai and the others were arranging to set up camp, and when they heard the snoring of the scouts, they were shocked, and they hurriedly asked the soldiers who were about to rest to prepare for battle. Thousands of merchants and military players also quickly moved into action, organizing soldiers to prepare for battle.

The reconnaissance cavalry rushed to the God King, Shanhai and the others, and reported in a loud and urgent voice: "Report, boss, there is an infantry army of up to three or four thousand soldiers with unknown movements ten miles ahead, and it seems that they are doing fortifications such as traps and horse rejection, which will obviously be very unfavorable for our army to continue to go to Lingzhiguo." The reconnaissance captain at the front analyzed that this army had obvious malice towards us, and asked the God King Boss to give instructions. ”

Shanhai was taken aback, "Is there really anyone who dares to pluck the feathers on the tiger's head?" See who it is? ”

The scout cavalry said: "I don't know, the other side has too many troops, and we don't dare to approach." However, it could be the army of the Lingzhi country, or it could be some scattered players looting the bandit troops. It is difficult to say which side of the troops exactly, because the weapons and equipment used by both forces are similar. ”

Shanhai said: "Are there any players in the opposing army?" ”

The scout cavalry said: "I can't see it clearly, the light is too dim, and I can't tell from the distance." ”

The God King was slightly angry, and walked back and forth a few steps with his hands in his hands. How can it be unreasonable that the East Road he led would encounter such a thing. Three or four thousand people would dare to intercept their army? It's pure death! He didn't have to worry that this was a player army, and player troops were usually reluctant to fight hard, and it would be difficult to fight. What worries him most is that this is a Lingzhi army; In case this is the army of Lingzhiguo, will he go to Lingzhiguo tomorrow?

"God King, what do you think?"

Shanhai asked the God King.

The scout cavalry of the God Dynasty said: "Continue to scout, tell the outpost scout captain, and at all costs, you must find out where they came from, as well as their true strength!" If it is a player troop, it is likely to cause the deception to conceal the strength of the troops. Our troops are stationed here and are stepping up the construction of temporary camps, so we must be careful of the enemy's sneak attack tonight. ”

The scout cavalry immediately received the order and rode to the pass ahead.

The whole caravan continued to encamp, the fence enclosed the camp, the carriages were in the middle of the camp, and then the soldiers raised the campfire to cook and eat for the vigil. Hundreds of reconnaissance cavalry kept roaming around the camp for ten miles, reporting back and forth on the safety situation.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the reconnaissance cavalry in front finally brought back an accurate military information and came to the main account to report.