Hearing Cai Yan say this at this time, Zhou Yue's heart couldn't help but move.

"Could it be that this White Tiger City can choose to rebuild on the ruins of Panjin Black City?"

It is understandable for Zhou Yue to think so, because among the black cities he currently owns, only Panjin Black City can connect Anshan and Jinzhou, although it is not an iron triangle, but it can also be regarded as three points and one line, and it is the simplest and easiest to echo each other.

And there are not a few people who have similar thoughts to Zhou Yue, and for a while, many people in the lobby nodded in approval.

However, hearing Zhou Yue's speculation, Cai Yan just glanced at it lightly, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Zhou Yue, if you just want to stick to this place and don't want to make progress, it is understandable to set up this princes' royal city at the site of Panjin Heicheng, but this place is by no means a strategic place, let alone an excellent place to resist the Mongolian armyThere are a lot of mountains in the region, there are Daqing Mountain, Da Heishan, Qinglong River, Laoha River, Daxiao Ling River, the east can be connected with Jinzhou, the south is connected to Huludao Haicheng, the southwest is near Shanhaiguan, and the Rehe Heicheng, one step to the northwest, is the Chishan Heicheng, which is the throat of the entire northeast region, and has always been a place for soldiers to fight, so your princes must be located here. ”

"This is only the first step, when the Chaoyang region is controlled by you, the second step, you need to control the Chishan Black City, use this as a springboard, seek to seize the Rehe Black City, and finally achieve the third step and take the Shanhaiguan! And to do this, the entire Northeast region is also in your pocket, but, the premise is that you need to defeat the Mongolian army, but also to defeat the Tang army, this road is very difficult, so, for the time being, we have only one goal, that is, in the Chaoyang region, to build the city of the White Tiger, as long as this city is built, the Mongols will either detour to Liao, invade from the direction of Siping, or, you must first pull out the city of the White Tiger, and the Anshan Black City behind us can get the maximum Cheng dù of recuperation, in addition, I also have a building yì, Completely clean up the ruins of Panjin Black City, the best thing is to find the city lord order of Panjin Black City, this black city can be completely used to recruit refugees, to use it as our rear granary, this matter, Liu Yue, you are responsible. ”

"I understand." Liu Yue nodded slightly.

And Cai Yan looked at Zhou Yue again, "What do you think?" ”

Zhou Yue was really sweating profusely at this time, Rao is very thick-skinned, and he couldn't bear it, but this was really not what he was good at.

"No problem, I completely agree, then, this White Tiger City is built on the ruins of Chaoyang Black City, but what better is the design of this Black City?"

"I'm not good at this at all, Qin Lang, you are in charge of this." Cai Yan smiled and didn't hide it at all.

"Uh, yes, in this regard, I have indeed been preparing for a long time, of course, this has to be thanks to the three and a half million gold that Lao Zhou you sent back before, didn't you ask me to recruit a blacksmith to expand the armor workshop, I added an extra skilled craftsman when recruiting, as long as there is a skill, and the test is passed, all recruited, not only to give gold and silver, but also to distribute a small courtyard in Anshan City for free, so, you haven't seen it, the effect is really good, just two or three days, We recruited two or three thousand people in one go, including more than 1,500 low-level blacksmiths, low-level carpenters, low-level doctors, and low-level stonemasons, which can completely double the production capacity of the armor workshop, but the most valuable ones are still those middle-level blacksmiths, but you definitely can't imagine that in this recruitment, we actually caught a big fish, Luban, you should know, right? Qin Lang's eyebrows fluttered, and as soon as he said this, everyone was in an uproar! Even Cai Yan was moved!

Luban! , what are you kidding, that's a master, no, legendary, epic, mythical character, if you can invite this old immortal, tsk, the benefits, needless to say.

Seeing the longing eyes of everyone in the entire hall, Qin Lang continued triumphantly: "Everyone must know Lu Ban, so we recruited Lu Ban's seventh generation disciple this time, it is said that he is still Lu Ban's seventh generation great-grandson, cough cough, what are you guys, don't look at me with that kind of vision, I don't do it, I am loyal to Peng Yang!" ”

There was a sudden boos in the lobby, and there was almost scolding, it was Zhou Yue, and he couldn't help but beat this bastard fat.

"Hehe, don't worry, this male wood is very rare, because he is a senior carpenter, only one step away from a master carpenter, and he contributed us a sketch of a powerful weapon to defend the city, called the Sky Interception Crossbow, as the name suggests, this is the ancient anti-aircraft gun, specially used to deal with birds in the air, with this thing, no longer afraid of the Mongols' desert wolf eagle! Of course, in order to buy this sketch of the Sky Interception Crossbow, the guy was not allowed to bargain at a fixed price, 500,000 gold, but after my unremitting efforts and the lobbying of the three-inch tongue, on the basis of not reducing the price, the guy agreed to design for us together, the launch pad of the Sky Crossbow, because according to what he said, the power of this Sky Crossbow is very large, and the volume is also very huge, and it must be specially reserved on the city wall to use a huge platform, which can fire a hundred heavy spears at a time, and what is more valuable is that This thing can actually shoot three times in three shifts, so the firing frequency is three times per minute, you can imagine how terrifying this thing is after firing a salvo, the only thing that is a little troublesome is that the cost is too high, a sky-intercepting crossbow including a launch pad, and a launch vehicle, it will cost a full 200,000 gold. ”

……

"Shhh

Everyone couldn't help but gasp,, 200,000 gold each, it's too extravagant, even if Zhou Yue's financial economy is considered wealthy, but it can't withstand such a toss!

However, this Sky Interception Battle Crossbow is really lethal, a hundred heavy spears at a time, fired three times a minute, this is almost comparable to the Katyusha rocket artillery, it is conceivable that if there are so ten Sky Interception Battle Crossbows placed on the city wall, they can shoot over a desert wolf eagle's air attack group in minutes!

"Agreed, this can be had!"

Although the pain was incomparable, Zhou Yue still made a decision directly, "Let Old Man Deng be in charge of this matter, fully cooperate with that Gongchuan wood, the current construction standard, let's talk about ten units first, in addition, you continue to talk about the other configurations of the White Tiger City." ”

"Okay, about the construction of this new city, I have also prepared a lot of plans, in my standard vision, a perfect black city with strong defense, with a strong ability to defend, must have a city wall that is not open to ten thousand people, must have the standard of being besieged by the enemy for more than half a year can be self-sufficient, on this basis, that Gong Yimu also promised, as long as we are willing to pay another 500,000 gold, then, he can find a seventh-generation disciple grandson of Mozi for us, and sell us a set of broken Mozi's defense strategy, It's just that the cost is a bit too high, so I can't make the decision, Lao Zhou, you can make the decision. ”

"Another 500,000 gold?" For a while, Zhou Yue was also as big as a fight, and couldn't help but look at Liu Yue and Cai Yan as if asking for help, because he was not a hen that could lay golden eggs, and it all depended on Liu Yue, the chief financial manager.

"Brother Zhou, I'm afraid it's very difficult, if we want to build the White Tiger City, there is too much gap in funds, even if the construction of Anshan Heicheng is stopped, it is far from enough, I roughly estimate that in the next two months, according to Qin Lang's perfect standard, we will need at least fifteen million gold to complete this qiē, and our own economic system of Anshan Heicheng, as well as maritime trade, plus the original financial income, will raise at most eight million gold for us, and the remaining seven million gold, I don't have any choice but to do it, really, I'm not lying! Liu Yue also had a headache.

Zhou Yue was sure that Liu Yue was not lying, and the eight million gold she said must be a limit, so he couldn't help but look at Cai Yan again, but before he could say anything, Cai Yan shook his head and smiled playfully: "Don't look at me, manpower is endless, I am not an immortal, I know everything, this seven million gold, you have to rely on yourself, or it really can't work, I will give you my own dowry?" ”

"Ahem, forget it!" Zhou Yue grabbed his hair in embarrassment and looked at Qin Lang with a fierce gaze again.

"Well, don't look at me, I don't agree to shrink the project, you know, you get what you pay for, it's about whether we can withstand the full attack of the Mongol army! Why don't I donate my and Peng Yang's small coffers? The two of us have saved more than 10,000 gold so far. Qin Lang also shook his head like a rattle at this time.

"Well, this can be had, how about I build yì to issue treasury bonds, it must be good!" At this time, Li Rui also stood up and said loudly.

"Don't dream, repay the national debt, why don't you say it's a second-hand mortgage! We can admit this thing, but we don't have that much in our hands at all, and the extra gold and silver are used to buy equipment and strengthen equipment, as for the major trading houses, do you think they will be so stupid? It's a different way! And that's seven million gold! Liu Yue commented.

At this time, the entire lobby fell into extreme silence, no one was helpless, gold and silver were hard currency in the black city, and it was definitely not something that someone could get if they wanted to print banknotes.

After a full minute, Claire, who had been quiet and had not spoken, suddenly said quietly, "My lord, perhaps, I can have a solution." ”

"What's the solution?"

It's like grasping a life-saving straw, Zhou Yue's heart is so happy, he actually forgot about Claire, you know, before Cai Yan didn't appear, Claire's cousin was also an absolute wise man, but after Cai Yan appeared, she was almost like air.

In fact, Claire's wisdom may only be a step behind Cai Yan.

"It's very simple, the method is still in the seafaring trade, if you have the courage to form a sea fleet, from east to west, as long as you arrive at any port in the west, this back and forth, not to mention seven million gold, that is, ten million gold, you can also get it, in addition, you, you can occasionally make a cameo as a pirate, the only trouble is that this process takes about two months, if the Mongolian army invades the east at this time, the consequences are unimaginable!"