The expression on Liao Qiu's face temporarily interrupted Tianhao's thoughts, he controlled his emotions and asked seriously, "What the hell is going on?" ”

It's simple.

Iloh is missing.

According to the logic of the northern barbarians, a person who has been missing for a long time is equivalent to death.

A beautiful woman without a husband is always a reminder.

As for the two children she had already born, it didn't matter, there were many solutions: cut their throats, behead them, drown them in the water, tie their hands and feet with ropes and throw them into the mountains to feed the beasts...... Of course, the easiest way to do this is to give them to the poor, and in a day at most they will disappear from this world completely, leaving only a pile of bones.

Hanzhong is Niu Weibang's younger brother and a thousand-person leader.

Not all brothers of castle lords can become nobles. It depends on what the older generation thinks. If the father gives birth to too many sons, ten or eight, or even more, except for the heir who ranks first, the rest can only be arranged according to the positions of the city lord, the head of a thousand people, and the head of a hundred people.

The emperor also had a few poor relatives, not to mention that he was only the head of a mere family.

The special identity determines that Hanzhong is completely different from other thousand heads. He has some enviable privileges. For example, in terms of women, as long as they don't go too far, Niu Weibang usually doesn't bother to ask.

The same thing, in the eyes of people of different identities and statuses, is very different in nature.

Niu Weibang knew that Hanzhong coveted Ah Ning, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so. Eloh was indeed his own confidant, and when a person died, it was necessary for him, as the patriarch, to take care of the family of the deceased. Hanzhong once swore in front of Niu Weibang that he would treat Ah Ning well, and with his identity and wealth, he could indeed do this. However, Niu Weibang ignored whether Hanzhong had true love for this woman.

That's really just the most primitive ** of male creatures.

"I tried to persuade the king, but to no avail. He didn't listen to me and thought I was thinking too much. Liao Qiu's voice was still low, full of self-deprecation: "It's not strange at all, after all, I'm not the king's younger brother." ”

"Hanzhong ......" Tianhao chewed the name slowly, and looked at Ah Ning and the two children with a deep gaze: "Don't say anything, set off with me now, go to Rock City, and I will give you a new home." ”

He completely understood Liao Qiu's intentions.

It's not a wise choice to confront Hanzhong head-on. Especially now that it is a special period, the attitude of the King of Thunderhorn largely determines the overall course of the next battle against the Pig Clan. As long as Ah Ning is taken away, even if Hanzhong has any opinions, he can only give up, and he can also have an explanation from Niu Weibang After all, Yiluo is missing for the benefit of Panshi Village and the ethnic group, and I, as the city lord, naturally have to treat his widow well.

Everything was arranged.

Liao Qiu smiled unrestrainedly, the terrible scar on his face instantly cracked, forming a huge crescent between the corners of his mouth and his earlobes, losing a little of his lips to reveal his teeth, from the whole side, he was a handsome man with a charming smile; From the broken side, it is comparable to a demon with a hideous smile.

"You're a good person, please forgive me for being rude." Liao Qiu knelt down seriously.

Tianhao didn't stretch out his hand to help, he accepted Liao Qiu's kneeling.

Being close to subordinates and being cold and serious are two different things, this is an era of paying attention to dignity and inferiority, after all, he is the lord of the city, and some rules cannot be abolished.

When Liao Qiu stood up, Tianhao smiled and held his hand: "Welcome to Rock City." ”

Liao Qiu replied very seriously: "This is my honor." ”

……

A few days later, 30,000 strong Ox warriors entered Rock City.

The number of people logging in the mountains has increased tenfold.

Huge logs are cut almost flush with the ground and pushed down the hillside draws, all the way down to the bottom of the mountain. The people who had been waiting there for a long time tied it up with strong ropes and dragged it out of the mountain by cattle and horses.

The lumber mill is a bit of a misnomer, and the biggest and most common job here is sawing logs into planks. The whole process was hurried and tense, the overseers carved numbers representing progress and dates on the clay templates, the workers took off their shirts, sweated, and shaved the bark with axes, and the two-man longsaw splattered countless wood chips in the "squeak-squeak" friction and earth-shaking trumpet, and piles of planks occupied the clearing. Like groups of armies gathered from all directions, once again tightly packed with ropes, transported to the dock located by the sea.

According to normal shipbuilding techniques, this freshly harvested timber from the mountains cannot be used as raw material. Shipbuilding is a very high level of technical engineering, the civilization period of the Age of Discovery, after all, the ship wood repeatedly dried, after many times waterproof and mothproof treatment, the overall hardness to meet the extremely high requirements, to determine that the material can be soaked for a long time without deformation, in order to put on the slipway, the construction of ships.

Tianhao doesn't need durable products, at least for now.

The purpose of shipbuilding is to get fish.

The reinforcements from both Mishui City and Thunderhorn City are only temporarily stationed in Rock City. From this point of view, there is no difference between a fishing vessel that can sail at sea for sixty years and a fishing vessel with a lifetime of only six months. He is now simply pursuing the catch. As long as there are boats and people, it is not difficult to do this.

As for the future, I'll leave that for later.

In just one week, more than 50 fishing boats were launched.

Shoddy and hasty things are not of much quality. But no one can deny that they are indeed ships, capable of launching and sailing, with a full load displacement of about 200 tons, and as long as they are manned by skilled sailors, these ships can sail long distances, provided that they cannot enter the deep sea, but can only move along the continental shelf.

That's enough.

There are staggering numbers of herring in shallow waters, and this economic species with fat content has historically gone through many different price periods. It was because of the "herring economy" that the tiny Netherlands became a coachman on the sea.

The taste of herring is so fatty that it is almost completely killed in civilized times. Especially when Tianhao entered a dormant period, the world's annual herring catch was less than 2,000 tons (do not associate it with reality). It is said that the current president of the United States once lamented: I rule the most powerful country in the world, but I can't see herring on the plate every breakfast.

Asteroids have destroyed civilizations and brought long periods of life to the animals that survived in the oceans.

Most of the harvest brought back by the fishing boats during this time was herring. This thing is very simple to deal with, just insert a special hook knife into the belly of the fish, pull out the internal organs, wash it with clean water, smear it with salt, and put it in a clay pot to store it for a long time.

What's more, the taste is very good, with a special flavor. It can be fished out and eaten raw immediately, or it can be fried or grilled.

The cod schools are located a little further away from Rock City, and they are located in the cooler waters of the north. In pursuit of the catch, Tianhao did not organize a fleet to go north, because the weather would soon get colder, and then the cod would go south on a large scale, and in the coming months, they would become a new source of food reserves for Rock City.

The city's warehouses were filled up at an alarming rate.

The smell of fish in the air was filled with a variety of pickled fish, and the whole city seemed to be overwhelmed with dried fish. At first, people feel very unaccustomed to it, and over time their sense of smell becomes numb, but they think that this is the most correct taste of life.

From the time the large-scale fishing boats were launched into the sea to the present, there have been six accidents, six boats have capsized, and more than 30 people have died.

Despite the presence of veteran sailors, the newcomers were still clumsy. They had no experience with it, many of them couldn't swim, and a wave hit and there were no bones.

From the time when their ancient ancestors appeared on this land, they have been fighting against this cruel world, struggling desperately to fight for a world of their own.

Death is not terrible, it is an essential loss in the process of conquering the world.

Two weeks later, follow-up reinforcements from Thunder Point arrived, and Rock City began to become crowded. Half of Tianhao's men were trained on the boat, while the rest went up to the mountains to quarry and continue the construction of houses that had been interrupted.

Liao Qiu was curious about everything in Rock City. Facts have once again proved that in the face of dazzling new things, even the most cold and serious people will be shocked, dumbfounded, and feel like a fool from the bottom of society, who has been thrown out of the way by others for several streets in terms of knowledge and experience.

Tianhao was cautious and cautious, and he learned about Liao Qiu from multiple channels. Gangdian's evaluation is more pertinent: Liao Qiu is a good person. He was loyal to the king, but he was not the foolish type who carried out any orders unconditionally. Integrity, bold temperament, like to fight unevenly.

Personal qualities are not comparable to the degree of understanding of new things.

Liao Qiu was like a crazy mouse, jumping up and down inside and outside Rock City, looking at everything with a shocked gaze.

He never imagined that the Alert Towers would be so powerful when they gathered into a swarm.

He had never seen a city without the protection of facades.

He had never seen so much catch, it was meat, even in Thunderhorn City, enough to sustain everyone for an entire year.

At noon one day, Liao Qiu took the initiative to find Tianhao and made a serious request: "Can you tell me, how did you do it?" ”

During this time, Liao Qiu had heard a lot of legends about Tianhao.

What interests him most is not the promotion from a small village leader to a city lord, but Tianhao's management methods and models, as well as flexible means of governance.

Tianhao smiled heartily: "You are a person with a lot of ideas. ”

Liao Qiu did not deny it: "I won't tell you, I also want to become the city lord." ”

"Why?" Tianhao asked rhetorically.

"Because there are guys like Hanzhong in this world, and they are not one or two." Liao Qiu's eyes sharpened: "Power is a dose of poison, and it is also a good medicine, it depends on how to use it." ”

Tian Hao revealed a mysterious smile that made people guess the specific meaning: "Are you sure you can eliminate the toxicity in this medicine?" ”

"You've done it." Liao Qiu straightened his chest, turned to look at the towering guard tower in the distance, and exclaimed: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that this was true." Gangdian has been saying good things about you, saying that you are a wise city lord, a very intelligent man, and a ruler who is considerate of his subordinates and gentle to the people. I always thought he was boasting more than the truth, and now ...... I have to believe it. ”

"Since you can eliminate the toxicity in the medicine, even if I can't do it better than you, at least I can achieve your eighty percent effect." He turned around, his eyes eager, "I learned a long time ago that I have to be responsible for myself, and I have to be responsible for my family and friends. ”

Tianhao's expression was very calm: "You and Gangdian are two kinds of people. He doesn't have as many ideas as you, at least not as complex as you. ”

Liao Qiu's face revealed a hint of hesitation: "You want me to swear allegiance to you?" ”

Tianhao nodded slightly: "Of course, I won't force anyone." ”

"You're honest." Liao Qiu raised his hand and pointed at him, cracked the scarred mouth, and smiled: "You are the funniest city lord I have ever seen." If it had been someone else, I would have either had my head cut off or I would have been whipped dozens of times. I've been trying to provoke you, but you're apparently unaffected. ”

Tianhao was also smiling: "I understand." ”

"Your eyes make me feel a little scary, and several times, I feel like you're about to see through your backbone." Liao Qiu shrugged his shoulders: "Gangdian is right, you are a good person, an easy person to deal with. You don't have a shelf, unlike those guys with high status. At this point, you are qualified to be my friend. ”

"It's an honor." Tianhao smiled and took half a step back, bowing slightly with an exaggerated movement.

"I'm the one who should say that." Liao Qiu stopped laughing, and he became solemn: "I will help you win this battle." If I had been alive and you were alive at that time, I would have seriously considered our relationship...... Loyalists and Castle Lords. ”

"Thank you!" Tianhao stretched out his right hand.

Liao Qiu held it hard.

……

A month later, Zongguang led 50,000 Niu warriors to Rock City.

He was sorry for not bringing the previously agreed number of troops: "Ah Hao, the timing is really wrong. When the crops in the field are ripe, enough people must be left to harvest the wheat, as is the case in Mishui City and Huaiji City...... My father said that he would harvest the wheat as soon as possible, and as long as the grain was in storage, he would immediately send troops over, and the delay would be half a month at most. ”

Tianhao smiled and nodded.

He had expected this to happen.

It's not that Zonggu has any other ideas about the plan to jointly attack the Pig Clan, but this time period happens to be stuck in the autumn harvest season, and both Mishui City and Thunderhorn City must have enough people left to harvest the crops. The situation of the latter is better, Niu Weibang is the king of the clan after all, and Thunderhorn City is short of manpower, so he can be called from other villages. Zonggu is only a city lord, and even if he has confidence in this war, he still has to take care of his own logistics and supplies.

50,000 is not a small number. Based on Tianhao's initial psychological expectation, it would be very good that the first batch of Mishui City coalition troops could have about 30,000.

The newly added houses are barely enough to live, the stones on the mountain are still being mined, and iron ore is constantly being transported from the Shanyuan Village and other directions, and Panshi City has become a large material concentration point.