Chapter 597: The Long River

In the early morning of the second day, Yan Yin woke up early.

He didn't alarm anyone, but flew into the air to investigate, and then he hunted down nearly thirty huge beasts and brought them back to the camping place one by one.

During this period, the eldest and several of their martial kings, Su Yanying and Xia Hanqing all woke up, and under Yan Yin's orders, the five of them did not disturb the others, but took advantage of the fact that everyone was still not awake to help skin and clean the corpses of the strange beasts that Yan Yin brought back.

It wasn't until everyone was almost done that the soldiers woke up one by one.

The boss told the soldiers to get some dry wood, and then began to roast the meat for breakfast.

I have to say that eating half-cooked meat in such an environment is indeed a test of people's temperament.

Fortunately, most of Yan Yin's soldiers had followed him to fight against strange beasts in the border city. In those days, although Yang Er's logistics army was responsible for supplying the food of the whole army, the conditions were limited after all, and the food and drink were all like that, so I was used to it for a long time.

Soon, everyone had their fills and set off.

"Big head, you and the old man lead the way in front. Ah 2, Ah 3, Ah 4, the three of you sit at the back of the team. Uncle Hanqing, you, Miss Shen, and Mrs. Nangong are accompanying us above, and by the way, help us pay attention to the topography and the surrounding environment. Yan Yin commanded, "Yan Ying and I will guide the way in front, and before the army leaves, extinguish all the fires!"

"Yes, Commander!" After receiving Yan Yin's orders, the big heads immediately took action.

The unburned and dried fire was strangled with a trickle of water, and then according to Yan Yin's order, the army began to march towards the depths of the 100,000 mountains.

"I've already investigated just now, and there is no trace of General Hou Chi within a radius of three thousand miles. Standing on the White Lady, Su Yanying said to Yan Yin beside her, "However, according to my judgment, General Hou Chi entered from the west of our location. That is, the closest place to the western frontier. So, we're going to the southwest of the 100,000 mountains. In this way, it is possible to find them. ”

Nodding, Yan Yin said, "In that case, then do as you say!"

Looking down, Yan Yin said loudly, "The whole army listens to the order, takes our location as the center, and goes southwest." ”

Immediately, the army sprang into action.

This time, there is no need to open up mountains and deforestation every time as we did in Western Xinjiang. Therefore, although they were in a wild place, everyone traveled through the 100,000 mountains very quickly.

"By the way, what did you do with those two barbarians of the Winged Feather Clan yesterday?" Standing on the white lady with a few wings, Yan Yin looked around the surrounding environment, and then said to Su Yanying beside her, "With your character, you don't like blood. But yesterday you took the initiative to help them, there must be some purpose. ”

Laughing softly, Su Yanying said, "I still can't hide it from you." ”

Close to Yan Yin's ear, Su Yanying whispered, "I wrote down the language of the conversation between Lady Nangong and the barbarians of the Yiyu clan yesterday. I asked them again later, and their answers were the same as when I replied to Mrs. Nangong. I still don't understand what that means, but in general they weren't lying. When I have time, I will find an opportunity to ask Mrs. Nangong for advice, hoping to learn the language of the barbarians. In this case, you don't always need to ask Mrs. Nangong for help. Besides, it's safer for me to ask. ”

Yan Yin understood what Su Yanying meant, she was afraid that Mrs. Nangong would hide something from them. This assumption is not impossible, because at present, only Mrs. Nangong understands some barbarian languages, and whatever she says is what she says, Yan Yin and they can only listen to it.

However, if Su Yanying learns it, then it will be different. If Su Yanying asked, Yan Yin would not have to be afraid of concealing the news.

"Yeonying, you're so smart. Yan Yin was moved: "It's good to have you." ”

With a smile, a hint of beauty rose on Su Yanying's beautiful and gentle face. A pair of beautiful eyes looked at Yan Yin and whispered, "This is what I should do, isn't it?"

On the other side, Xia Hanqing looked at Mrs. Nangong and said lightly, "You have the sword qi of my Qingyun Peak in your body, you are a sword cultivator?"

Mrs. Nangong nodded, looked at Xia Hanqing and said, "Well, yes." The senior is also a disciple of Qingyun Peak, why have I never seen or discovered that you have the aura of sword qi rushing into the sky?"

"Who is your master?" Without answering Mrs. Nangong's words, Xia Hanqing continued.

Glancing at Xia Hanqing strangely, Mrs. Nangong said, "My master is the third apprentice under the Seventh Elder, and I am the second apprentice of my master." ”

"Lu Yuan?" "Xia Han Qingdao" Yes, in the sword cultivation lineage, she is the only woman among all the elders. Unexpectedly, you are her apprentice grandson. In this way, you and Tranquility are also considered to be a generation. ”

Shen Jingjing smiled at Mrs. Nangong, and then made a sign language.

In Mrs. Nangong's incomprehensible gaze, Xia Hanqing said, "Ning Jing was born unable to speak, and she just wanted to tell you that she was very happy to have you as a senior sister." ”

Nodding, Mrs. Nangong smiled at Shen Jingning and said, "It turns out that Miss Shen is also a disciple of our Qingyun Peak, but why didn't Long Jing feel the aura of the sword qi rushing into the sky?"

It turned out that Mrs. Nangong's original name was Long Jing.

Xia Han said lightly: "The sword qi rushing into the sky is only the cultivation of the first vein of sword cultivation, and the cultivation of the first vein of art cultivation is not this feat. ”

Long Jing was surprised and said, "You are all disciples of the first line of cultivation, no wonder I have never seen it when I was on Qingyun Peak before. However, as far as I know, there aren't many people in the Shushu lineage, and I've been to the Tibetan Hall several times, but why haven't I ever seen you?"

"Tranquility's ancestor is Qu Yan, Qu Yan later left Qingyun Peak and accepted an apprentice in the Fengyun Empire. And her apprentice finally accepted Tranquility, so it's normal that you haven't seen it. Xia Hanqing opened his mouth and said, "When you entered Qingyun Peak, I had already entered the Sword Shrine, and by the time I came out, you had already left Qingyun Peak." ”

"Sword Shrine!" Long Jing said in surprise, "Have you ever entered the Sword Shrine?" but as far as I know, except for the head and the next head of the Sword Shrine, no one else is allowed to enter it. ”

Xia Hanqing said calmly, "Your ancestor Lu Yuan is my junior brother, and the head Xiao Chenzi is my senior brother." Strictly speaking, you, like Tranquility, should call me Uncle Ancestor. As for the sword mound, in addition to the qualifications of the head of the first line of sword cultivation and the next head, the head of the first line of skill cultivation is also qualified to enter. ”

"The head of the first line of cultivation, Uncle Shi" Long Jing said in a condensed voice, "But, why are you so young? Compared to the master, it seems that there is a big difference. ”

"I broke through to the Spirit King at the age of twenty-seven, and Xiao Chenzi was the Spirit King at the age of forty. "Xia Han Qingdao" because after becoming the Spirit King, his appearance will be fixed according to his age at that time and will be maintained for a long time. Therefore, Senior Brother Xiao Chenzi looks older than me. ”

Long Jing nodded and said, "So that's the case, disciple Long Jing has seen his uncle and ancestor. ”

"Hmm" said softly, Xia Hanqing said, "Why did you leave Qingyun Peak?"

Sighing lightly, Long Jing said, "It's all just because of the family's needs." ”

Seeing that Long Jing didn't want to say more, Xia Hanqing didn't ask more.

For the next period of time, Yan Yin and the others traveled long distances every day, traveling through the 100,000 mountains.

And Su Yanying will use her spiritual sense to conduct a large-scale investigation every day.

It's just that although her spiritual sense can detect a radius of three thousand miles, she still hasn't found any trace of Hou Chi and them.

When Yan Yin's army entered the 100,000 mountains, a major event also happened in northern Xinjiang.

Although there are many rivers in northern Xinjiang, most of them are small rivers and not many big rivers.

But there is a huge lake outside the city of Wanlibian, and the area of that lake is about hundreds of miles in circumference. The water source of the giant lake comes from the thousands of converging streams in the Broken Sky Mountains. This lake is very large, and it has accumulated water for an unknown number of years.

If this lake is introduced into northern Xinjiang, it will not only alleviate the water problem in northern Xinjiang, but also create an additional waterway for northern Xinjiang.

After Ye Qingchen rode on the Fire God's junior brother to investigate, according to the development needs of Northern Xinjiang, he put forward a proposal to build a river channel to introduce the water of the giant lake into Northern Xinjiang.

Mo ruthlessly disagrees with this suggestion.

In his words, this consumes a lot of supplies. For the developing northern Xinjiang, such a huge project is like a border city of 10,000 miles, which requires a great deal of time and energy.

However, I don't know how the news got out.

Not only the people of Zhenbei City, but also the vast majority of the people in northern Xinjiang expressed their expectation that there would be such a long river across northern Xinjiang.

Moreover, One Piece and other generals also wrote to Ye Qingchen one after another, saying that they would support her.

One Piece and they are all people who followed Yan Yin all the way north to pacify the plague of alien beasts, so they naturally know that there are not many rivers in the northern Xinjiang, and the geographical span is very large.

For the army, a long march is nothing.

But if you're a businessman, it's time-consuming.

But if there is such a big river, you only need to take a boat, which not only saves time but also saves effort.

He is also a soldier, and he also has the same considerations as One Piece, so he also expressed his support.

In addition, as a qualified businessman, Su Jinghong, who was once the head of the four major business groups of the Fengyun Empire, also expressed his support for this. Moreover, he also took out a large amount of money to dig the long river.

However, the Su family is not without conditions.

The Su family hopes to build three river ports on the Yangtze River for free, and collect entry fees for passing merchant ships and passenger ships.

In response to this condition, Ye Qingchen's reply was that only one river port could be built, but he could choose any city other than Zhenbei City and the end of the Long River to build a river port.

For this, the Su family also agreed after discussion.

With the example of the Su family, other major families and caravans have also expressed that they can come up with financial support. The conditions are similar to those of the Su family, and they all hope to build a river port.

If this long river is successfully excavated, then the construction of the river port on it is bound to develop. The money invested in it will also be collected in a few years.

Businessmen seek profit, and they all think about this very clearly.

It's not just them who know it, they know it too.

After seeing this phenomenon, Mo Wuru could only agree in the end.

However, he told Ye Qingchen that there should not be too many river ports, and only one can be built in each big city. In other places, river ports are built according to the distance between them.

Ye Qingchen naturally knew about this.

After some deliberations, the major families and merchants reached an agreement with the government of Northern Xinjiang. They contribute money, and the government pays people. In return, the Northern Frontier would give a number of designated locations for families and merchants to build river ports. However, the fees for each river port will be set by the government.

After several months, finally, with the support of Mo Wuru and his mandate, with the help of One Piece's army and the people of Northern Xinjiang, and with the help of the Su family and major families and merchants, the construction of a river connecting Zhenbei City, Fenghua City, and other big cities along the line with the giant lake outside the border city of Northern Xinjiang was started.

In order to achieve speed, the construction of the river section was started in sections.

And the vast number of people in northern Xinjiang have also focused their energy on this long river that can cross the north and south of northern Xinjiang after being cultivated.

However, after the matter was finally resolved.

Ye Qingchen put his mind on another matter.