Before Zhao Feng could speak, everyone began to talk about it, and Na Mucheng even admonished: "If the son wants these slaves to work hard, he must subdue the hearts of the people, and this girl is the hero of Taiyue, marrying this girl is very beneficial to the son to win the hearts of the people." Several others agreed. The barbarians even shouted: "What are you afraid of, what is it if you look good or not." Hearing this, Zhao Feng wanted to find a knife to cut people.

However, Zhao Feng also knew that not only the barbarians, but even the Tiantai people in Mucheng had pinned their future and fate on this beacon fire plain. Whether the beacon fire is successful or not depends on whether these two canals are successful or not, so as long as Old Man Zhen can help dig the canal well, it is to let Zhao Feng marry a dominatrix, they will not mind. Zhao Feng had to lament in his heart, people's hearts are not ancient.

Everyone discussed for a long time, and Old Man Zhen walked in with a girl, and when everyone saw it, they all praised it, such a beautiful girl. Although it is still a coarse cloth dress, anyone who looks at it thinks that this is a hibiscus out of the water, melon seed face, willow leaf eyebrows, a pair of sheared water eyes, and a little beauty mole at the corner of the mouth. After all, Zhao Feng was tall and strong, looking like a giant bear, and this girl standing in front of him was definitely a little bird.

Old man Zhen looked at everyone's faces, showed an expression that he knew this earlier, and said: "What, although Yingying is not as beautiful as a fairy, it is also one in a hundred, son, you don't suffer, right?" "That's what Miss Qi.

Seeing that it was a beauty, the resistance in Zhao Feng's heart had decreased a lot, but after all, he was going to marry a beautiful woman, so he couldn't ask himself, it was too unscrupulous. The old man Zhen is really an old man, and seeing that Zhao Feng's face is tender, he took the initiative to say to Qi Yingying: "Yingying, Brother Qi asked me to take care of you that day, but it's a pity, the old man himself is in chaos, where can I find you the right person?" Now, living in the border wasteland, this son of Zhao Feng is the local master, the bachelor canonized by the temple, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the dragon and phoenix among the people, even when he was in the Taiyue Kingdom, such a good match is also difficult to find, marrying into the Zhao family, and not wronging you, are you willing? ”

The girl lowered her head and nodded softly for a long time. Old man Zhen laughed: "It's done, it's done, oops, it's really a talented woman, the old man I also know the calendar, tomorrow is the auspicious day of the zodiac, it's better to get married tomorrow, I can't wait to come to Zhao Gongzi, ah?" ”

Zhao Feng's face darkened again, this old man didn't ask his opinion, this is a forced marriage, and then looked at the subordinates next to him, they all looked happy, and they sent up to congratulate the New Year. However, Zhao Feng had an idea and thought of a move: "Cough, I, Zhao Feng, am also a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes, and I can have Old Man Zhen as a matchmaker and marry a beautiful woman like Miss Qi, Feng Ming, you go and arrange a place for Old Man Zhen and Miss Qi, and then, go outside to choose two girls who look good and right, and be a maid for Miss Qi." ”

Feng Ming didn't dare to slack off, he was busy leading the way, Miss Qi followed, and the old man Zhen saw that Zhao Feng was still there with a black face, so he said: "The old man has no children and no daughters, Yingying is like my own daughter, as long as the son treats her well, the old man will give up his life and help the son build the canal." ”

"Then there is the careful planning of the old man Lao, in addition, I think that Wang Kun is a good kung fu, it is a pity to do hard labor, let him follow me as a guard." After hearing this, Old Man Zhen's face twitched slightly. Zhao Feng said in his heart: "Sure enough, he is a treacherous and cunning, you can use a fake name, can't this Wang Kun be a fake name?" "Looking closely, this Wang Kun's appearance is somewhat similar to Old Man Zhen, this Wang Kun is the nephew of Old Man Zhen, as long as Wang Kun is pinched in his hand, this old man is held by Zhao Feng by seven inches.

Old man Zhen immediately said with a smile: "It is his blessing to be selected by Gongzi as a guard, Wang Kun, follow Gongzi, you must be motivated, and you can't lose the face of our Taiyue people." ”

The big event was decided, Zhao Feng arranged for the servants to go to Zhang Luo to marry him, and now the beacon fire plain is very chaotic, and this marriage has to be simplified, but fortunately, the old man Zhen has no objection to this. Zhao Feng discussed with everyone about digging the canal, this old man Zhen listened to it for a long time, but he didn't say a word, and finally, seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said: "This beacon fire was originally a barren land, if you want to say that this canal is opened, it is a wonderful move, but this canal opening regulations, it will be so-so, according to your method, not to mention anything else, it may not be successful in three years." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhao Feng's face darkened again, and even the subordinates next to him were also full of righteous indignation, this plan condensed their hard work for more than ten days.

"Please also ask my husband for advice." Zhao Feng held back his anger and stood up and asked.

Old man Zhen saw that Zhao Feng had promised to marry Qi Yingying, and he no longer took any shelf, but planned for Zhao Feng seriously.

The first thing that Old Man Zhen mentioned was the problem of water use, he proposed that the reservoir near Xiyuan Port was too small, and the water was definitely not enough for tens of thousands of people, plus the use of digging rivers, and then, he used the map to mark a few channels and dams on the mountain, which was actually to block up all the more than a dozen lakes and ponds at the foot of the mountain, and lead all the water to the vicinity of the East and West Ports.

The second thing that Old Man Zhen mentioned is that the tools purchased by Zhao Feng are not good, digging the canal is technical work, and it is not enough to rely on simple tools such as drills, hammers, shovels, and pickaxes, and some tools need to be built. In front of everyone, the old man Zhen hand-painted some patterns, including overturns, pulleys, winches, and carriages used to transport soil and stones, iron furnaces and bellows used to cast tools, and blast furnaces used to burn lime, to name a few, which opened the eyes of Zhao Feng and others.

The third article mentioned by Old Man Zhen is to point out that it is not feasible to dig the canal at one time, especially the difficulty of quarrying and laying slope protection and the bottom of the river is too difficult and time-consuming, and if it is only completed by manpower, it will take at least three years. He proposed that the excavation must be carried out in sections, that is, to build an embankment outside the mouth of the canal to reduce the waves, and directly use barges to transport stones from a distance, which is much faster than manually transporting dozens of miles. Then, when you build a section, put a section of water, and always use a boat to transport the material, you can save a lot of time. When everyone heard this, they were all amazed, and sure enough, it was the means of the master craftsman, Zhao Feng was also very happy, and thought: "Although he was forced to marry, he didn't suffer a big loss in the end, this old man does have two brushes, and now, there is finally hope for the opening of this canal." ”

The fourth article mentioned by Old Man Zhen is the lack of ships and mines, this ship must be strong, not afraid of running aground, it is best to buy ten ships, this mine is mainly coal and limestone, and coal should be used to calcine lime. It is still familiar with the geography of Hongjiao, this limestone is found in the mountains in the north of the Beacon Plain, and as for the carbon, the nearest mine is on the ground of the herdsmen in northern Xinjiang, otherwise, you have to go to Jinsha Port to buy it. However, these things can be purchased slowly, and this river can be dug up first. Old man Zhen followed Zhao Feng around the Xiyuan Fortress, and he was not very satisfied with the location of the river channel chosen by Zhao Feng, so he adjusted the tone slightly.

When he returned to Xiyuan Port, Zhao Feng erased Old Man Zhen's slave seal, and appointed Old Man Zhen as the master craftsman of Fenghuo Yuan to lead all canal digging matters. However, Old Man Zhen was not polite, and recruited a few good craftsmen to arrange the preliminary preparations in an orderly manner.

After talking about these things, Zhao Feng remembered that the wedding preparations had not yet started, he collected a few small shops in the city, and the results were chatted, and Zhao Feng had to go to the fate in person, and first went to General Zhong Lao to exchange for wine syrup ingredients, which were used to buy a wine banquet, and bought some jewelry from Miss Yueling, which was used as a dowry. Even so, the wedding was still a little shabby, but fortunately, the scene was big enough, and weddings attended by thousands of people were rare. Zhao Feng ordered the slaughter of five hundred sheep to entertain all his subordinates, and even those slaves had a rare meal of meat.

Although Zhao Feng's wedding was frugal, it was still lively, and suddenly, a barbarian warrior broke in and reported that a shepherd had broken into the Beacon Fire Plain Boundary.

Zhao Feng suddenly frowned, although the herdsmen of Northern Xinjiang were closed, it was impossible not to know about the change of ownership of the Beacon Flame Plain, and it would be very strange to send people to the Beacon Plain to harass him at this time. After thinking about it for a moment or two, Zhao Feng still decided to meet the enemy, he took off his wedding clothes, and greeted him, and the more than 500 barbarian warriors present all put on armor and mounted their horses, and even Mucheng stepped on their war horses and rode away with Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng's department had only traveled more than ten miles, and he saw nearly two thousand herdsmen galloping on horses from a distance. Kudong, Wang Kun and other samurai leaders surrounded Zhao Feng's side, proposed to seize a nearby low hill, in order to obtain geographical advantages, Zhao Feng and others rode horses to climb the low hill, only to see those herdsmen getting closer and closer, came to the bottom of the hill, suddenly scattered, divided into two roads, surrounded the hill, there is a big flag in the south, on which is written the word "Wu Tu".

Hong Jiao leaned over and said, "Childe, this is the Wutu clan, a famous big tribe in northern Xinjiang, with more than 3,000 herdsmen, and the power is very strong. ”

"What is the reputation of this Wutu clan?"

"Fame? What else do the herdsmen of Northern Xinjiang have a reputation? are all bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. ”

"Childe, my subordinates will go and negotiate." Wang Kun volunteered, and with Zhao Feng's permission, he hit his horse and headed in the direction of Daqi.

From a distance, Wang Kun's negotiations with these shepherds did not seem to be smooth, and he soon rode back.

"How?"

"Childe, this Wutu clan is here to fight for land, they say that this is the land given to them by the sky, let us retreat to the north of the fortress."