Late at night, the moon is cold and the stars are cold.

After a busy and noisy day, the bluestone castle finally returned to silence.

In the backyard of the big stone house, the lights in the house were still on, Yang Zheng and Liu Shengyuan sat opposite each other, and Yang An waited on the side, constantly serving them hot tea.

"Have the gates been repaired?" Yang Zheng picked up the teacup and asked casually.

"It was fixed before dark." Liu Shengyuan said: "Fortunately, a lot of wood has been piled up in the city, otherwise, like those two thick city gates, in just one day, it really can't be repaired, but due to the current hurry, the city gates are also assembled at will, just emergency." A truly strong and defensive city gate cannot be formed without ten days and half a month. ”

Yang Zheng nodded, "Let's make do with it first, starting tomorrow, we must select a group of craftsmen, let them use the strongest wood and the finest nails, work day and night, and make two brand new city gates as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, Yang Zheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "How far is Chishui City from here?" ”

Liu Shengyuan lowered his head and thought for a while, "Hundreds of miles away. ”

Yang Zheng was stunned for a moment, "So far? ”

Liu Shengyuan said with a smile: "Our Bluestone Fort is located in the easternmost part of the Western Wilderness, adjacent to the Northern Liao, and the Chishui City is located in the westernmost part of the Western Wilderness, adjacent to the Western Xia Kingdom, and the distance between the two places is the farthest. ”

Hearing this, Yang Zheng couldn't help frowning and said, "In this way, from Bluestone Fort to Chishui City, it will take at least half a month to go back and forth. ”

Liu Shengyuan shook his head, "It's not more than half a month, after all, the Western Wilderness gang forces are divided, and the situation is relatively chaotic, and it is far less smooth than what we used to be in the territory of the Great Liao Kingdom." Even if it is a short distance of dozens of miles, if the road is smooth and smooth, it will only take an hour or two, but when you encounter some gang forces that are not easy to mess with, you have to take a long detour, so the time on the road has increased a lot. ”

Yang Zheng sighed deeply, "I originally planned to send someone to Chishui City, in addition to delivering a message for that Lian Bijun, I also wanted to ask Lian Zhantian for some food emergency, so it seems that the little grain and grass in our city will not survive the arrival of food in Chishui City." ”

Liu Shengyuan nodded and said: "When the grain and grass from Chishui City come, it is estimated that it will be twenty days later, and at that time, our city will already run out of food." ”

"I still have to follow the original plan, I will take someone to Panlong Town tomorrow to buy grain and grass." Thinking of the eating, drinking, and Lazar of the whole city, Yang Zheng felt a headache.

Liu Shengyuan was puzzled: "It's enough to let someone else go to this matter, why should Zhuang go in person?" ”

Yang Zheng waved his hand and said, "I don't worry about others going." Besides, if we want to buy grain, we must buy grain as soon as possible, otherwise, if it is a few days later, when those Khitans are ready, we will go out of the city to buy grain, I am afraid that we will be ambushed. ”

Liu Shengyuan nodded and didn't say anything more.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Zheng asked some about the labor of those Han people in the city, and Liu Shengyuan said for the time being, everything is as usual, let those Han people work as usual, and what should be done every day.

However, before leaving, Liu Shengyuan said that he would let Yang Zheng show up tomorrow, which means that now that Bluestone Fort has a new boss, he must let the whole city know who the new boss is. At the same time, this is also a good opportunity for Yang Zheng to buy the hearts of the people.

Regarding Liu Shengyuan's proposal, Yang Zheng readily agreed.

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When the first rays of sunlight in the early morning shone into the bluestone valley, all of a sudden, Zhao Tiequan, who was guarding the city defense, ordered someone to ring the bell at the top of the city tower.

The bell rang nine times in a row, indicating that something important was announced in the city, and everyone in the city must rush to the assembly place.

Behind the town of Bluestone Fort, there is a very open field, located on the left side of the granary, which is usually used as a playground for drills, and at the same time, any important announcements and activities in the city are also held there.

Poop! Poop! Poop!

With the loud bell, spread to every corner of the bluestone fort, the people living in the city walked out of the house one after another, and rushed to the playground not far away.

With the labor of the Han people in the city, an endless stream of people came, and suddenly, on the huge playground, a large number of Han slaves gathered.

Among these people, there are young and strong laborers, as well as old and weak women and children with yellow faces and thin muscles.

Qingshi Fort has been occupied for almost two days, and most of these Han laborers have never seen the new leader, and even if they do, they probably don't know who it is.

However, they were not worried at all, because it was a group of very powerful Han people who occupied the castle this time.

Compared with the previous Khitans who were arrogant and domineering and did nothing in the city, the new Han forces were obviously much better.

After Yangjiazhuang was stationed in Qingshi Fort, although it was not strictly disciplined, at least the people in Yangjiazhuang were very well-behaved, and they would not wantonly humiliate the Han laborers in the city like the Khitans in the past, let alone rape and adulterate the wives and daughters of the Han laborers.

For this, the Han laborers in the city were full of favor towards the new Han forces.

What makes them even more grateful is that the new Han forces, although they are not very charitable, at least they will not deduct their rations.

In the past, when the Khitans were in the past, in addition to the rations of some young and strong laborers in the city who were barely sufficient, such as the old and weak women and children in their families, the rations were halved, and they could not eat enough at all.

Now these Han forces, regardless of men, women, old and young, are all in charge of being full, and they will not let everyone go hungry.

This was a great favor for these exiled Han Chinese laborers.

"The Lord of the New Castle is here......"

Suddenly, on the left side of the playground, the crowd surged violently, and then, a group of tall and strong men in armor, fully armed and supporting a young man in white, slowly entered the playground.

The young man in white was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he looked unusually gentle, not at all like the fierce leader who wanted to kill people and satisfy hunger.

After seeing Yang Zheng appear, all the Han people present were stunned.

never thought that the head of the Han people, who was able to defeat those Khitans, would be so young.

Yang Zheng's expression was very serious, and under the escort of Yang Meng, Yang Mazi and others, he walked straight towards the front of the playground.

At the end of the playground, there is a high platform with a radius of more than ten square meters.

After escorting Yang Zheng to the high platform, Yang Meng, Yang Mazi and others guarded around the high platform one after another, beware of people with bad intentions approaching.

Yang Zheng stood on the high platform, looked at the playground with a solemn expression, and everywhere he looked, the Han laborers under the playground bowed their heads to avoid it, not daring to meet his fierce gaze.

After casually scanning around, he felt that all the people in the city had come, and at this time, Yang Zheng moistened his throat, brewed a speech, and slowly waved his hand, and suddenly, the entire playground instantly became quiet.

Seeing this scene, Yang Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "My name is Yang Zheng, I am the new castle master of Bluestone Castle, from today onwards, everything here will be decided by me!" ”

After that, Yang Zheng looked at everyone calmly, and found that the Han people were very ordinary, and there was no abnormal reaction, and he immediately continued: "As far as I know, everyone you are here are sinners who were persecuted and exiled here by the Khitans, but this doesn't matter anymore, no matter how much of the crime you were burdened with when you were in Northern Liao before, but from today on, you are free......"