Chapter 257: Battle Heaven City

When Lü Bufan welcomed Lü Zhan into Yunmeng City, the whole city was already full of lights and lively, and the people poured into the streets, standing on both sides of the road, vying to see the demeanor of the youngest and most legendary generation of young heroes who came out of Yunmeng City and eventually became the youngest and most legendary generation of heroes in the Great Chu Empire.

Two years later, when he returned to Lu Mansion in the east of the city, Lu Zhan felt particularly cordial, although he had a gloomy past experience in this place in his ignorant youth, but it was also this experience that made him grow, tempered his mind, and showed his perseverance and tenacity personality, which can be said to be the source of his lifelong struggle.

After returning to the Lu Mansion, the first thing Lu Zhan did was to visit his parents' tombs. Half a year ago, when he was named the Marquis of Wen by Emperor Longtai, he issued a holy decree to repair the ancestral tomb of his parents and ancestors.

He went to the grave of his parents accompanied by Lu Bufan and other members of the Lu clan, lit Jinbao incense and candles on the grave, offered sacrifices to the three animals, and then knelt down in front of the grave with all the people of the Lu Mansion who accompanied him: "Father, mother, ancestors, the child has come to visit you!"

Lu Bufan, who was standing behind him, felt a sour nose, and had mixed feelings in his heart, Lu Tonghui and Lu Zhan's father and son were very kind to their Lu Mansion, especially Lu Tonghui made a huge sacrifice for this family, and in the end, he even took his life. Now his son has become the first martial artist of the Great Chu Empire, a great hero admired by everyone in the world;

After Lu Zhan kowtowed three times in front of the grave. Stand up and stand quietly in front of your parents' graves. He seemed to see the kind figure of his long-lost parents floating in front of the grave, looking at him with a relieved smile on his face, and Lu Zhan felt that his eyes were a little moist.

He silently recounted in his heart that he had been galloping on the battlefield in a foreign land for the past two years. The things that have made contributions to the cause are carefully told to their parents like nagging, and at the same time, they also said their confusion and confusion, as if they were still innocent: "Dad, mother, the child's current practice seems to have reached the end of the martial arts, and he can no longer move forward an inch." But the child has higher ideals. He turned his gaze to the sky, and there were clouds in the sky, and he sighed long, "but the child does not know what to do, and the sky is vast."...... But it is also so far away, as if it does not belong to these mortal people of my generation. ”

At this time, the phantom of Lu Tonghui in Lu Zhan's eyes smiled and comforted himself: "Child, the road under your feet is still long." Dad firmly believes that as long as you unswervingly follow your own heart, you will definitely be able to embark on the road to heaven. He who reached the other side of the sea of clouds. Zhan'er, promise to be your father and your mother, no matter how hasty and dangerous the future is. Don't give up on your original dreams. ”

Lu Zhan stood in front of his parents' graves for half a day until the sun set. It wasn't until the sky was full of red sunset that he reluctantly left his parents' graves. went back with Lu Bufan and others.

Today's Lu Mansion, due to the big backer of Lu Zhan, coupled with the careful management of the younger generation such as Lu Dagongzi and Lu Ergongzi, is already the largest family in the entire Yunmeng County and even the entire Hongzhou region. The number of secret workshops under its control has grown from one to five in the surrounding cities.

Lu Zhan lived in the Lu Mansion for a few days, because there was still more than half a month to do the birthday for Lu Bufan, and there were Ma Lixiong and several young masters of the Lu family in the Lu Mansion. ...,

So Lu Zhan decided to take Xi Liuzi to his fiefdom - Wen County first.

Wen County is actually not far away from Yunmeng City, and after passing the Lanshui City next to it, it is considered to enter the boundary of this county.

This area can be said to be the richest area in Hongzhou, because Wenjun is rich in mineral resources, all kinds of mines can be seen everywhere, so the people here mostly make a living from mining and metallurgy, as the new lord of this area, Lu Zhan has a lot of resources and wealth in his hands from the beginning.

Half a year ago, after Lu Zhan was named Wenhou in the capital, he invited the best team of craftsmen in the capital to come to Wenjun and build a new Wenhou Mansion on his fiefdom.

When Lu Zhan himself came to Wenjun half a year later, accompanied by Ma Lixiong, the Wenhou Mansion had been almost built, and I saw the small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions in the mansion were colorful, and the details everywhere were very exquisite. What is even more rare is that Ma Lixiong, under the special care of Lu Zhan, built the Hou Mansion in a relatively remote location in the center of Wen County, and did not seize the land reclaimed by the people.

After serving as the chief worshipper of the secret workshop for a long time, Ma Lixiong now seems much calmer and more capable, and the martial arts realm has also entered the middle stage of the condensation realm under Lu Zhan's deliberate cultivation. And he will also become the new head of the Wenhou Mansion in Wen County, responsible for all affairs inside and outside the Hou Mansion. Xi Liuzi took the initiative to take charge of Lu Zhan's business dealings in Wenjun and other places.

Speaking of Xi, Ma, the two closest subordinates of Lu Zhan in the Huyuan Hall back then, have now become Wen Hou's most trusted second generals.

Lu Zhan's personal army "Fenyong Army" set up a large camp in Wen County at the same time, these 50,000 horses are not much, but it is more than enough to calm the place and deter bandits and barbarian small troops.

In this way, Lu Zhan has a large fief of his own near his hometown, and he can use his strength to manage it well.

Here he drilled his army;

He is here to protect the land and the people;

Here he expanded the town;

It was here that he took in the orphaned refugees;

Moreover, those scattered mining organizations were united here, and developed into the subordinate undertakings of the Hou Mansion, and everything was carried out in a logical and orderly manner.

Lu Zhan knew that he would create a new situation in this hot land.

There are many mines in the Wenjun area. In addition, the mountain roads are rugged and the transportation is inconvenient, so most of the people living in this area are miners engaged in mining and their families.

The conditions in the towns where the miners live are very simple, so in this vast area. It's just that there are small villages and towns scattered around that are not large in scale, but they are relatively far away, and there is no real bustling metropolis like Yunmeng City or Hongzhou City.

Lu Zhan wanted to use this area as his base in the mortal world, so he first had to prosper the local industry and commerce, so he planned to connect several small towns with a relatively concentrated layout, planning into a super-large city that can accommodate tens of millions of people, and the location was also on the edge of his Wenhou Mansion.

Of course. To realize such an ambitious idea, it is necessary to invest enough money and materials. However, in the eyes of the current Lu Zhan, these are naturally not a problem, because even if the wealth of the current Lu Wenhou is not ranked as the richest man in the Great Chu Empire, it is enough to enter the top three on the list. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rich country.

Coupled with the inexhaustible minerals and the relatively developed metallurgical industry in the Wenjun area, it is absolutely not a problem to build this area into a prosperous new metropolis as long as it is carefully managed over time. ...,

Lu Zhan named this new city planned and ordered by himself to be built - Zhantian City, and the meaning was already obvious. This young man's chest is still burning with a pride to fight the heavens and the earth

Since we want to build a new city-state, we must correspondingly form a new army to maintain the order of Zhantian City and the surrounding towns, after all, the current Dongtu Continent is still in turmoil, and the conquests are continuous. There are so many bandits, and the more military strength you have, the more you can protect the safety of the ordinary people in your territory.

Regarding this, Lu Zhan had already taken this into account when he asked Ma Lixiong to come over to build Wenhou Mansion half a year ago. And Lü Bufan was very supportive of Lü Zhan's idea of establishing a new city and escorting troops in Wenjun, so he sent Tie Song from the Lü Mansion Huyuan Hall to Zhantian City. He was responsible for assembling a paramilitary force that merged the existing militia forces in the region.

On this day, Lu Zhan came to the drill ground of the militia to watch the progress of Tie Song and others in training recruits.

The venue is located in an open area not far from the "Wenhou Mansion". The open field was enclosed with thick wooden stakes, and dozens of rows of simple wooden houses were built into it, forming a hastily created barracks.

Those newly recruited soldiers numbered about 30,000 people, all of whom were recruited by Tie Song from nearby towns and villages, and the recruits' martial arts attainments were not high, basically at the level of the early and middle stages of the refining realm, but fortunately, there were hundreds of thousands of first-level pills in a few Qiankun belts on Lu Zhan's body, and these pills were meaningless to him, so he handed over all those first-level pills to Tie Song, and he distributed them to those recruits to quickly improve their martial arts attainments.

Watching Tie Song lead a group of recruits who couldn't distinguish between the front and the back and the left and right in the middle of the venue, Lu Zhan's mind couldn't help but recall the scene when he had just taken over the "Brave Army" two years ago.

At that time, it can definitely be called a difficult period, the soldiers in the Brave Army are all from the eight princes of the various military camps improvised from the old, weak, sick and disabled, to train such a ragtag army into a brave and good fighting elite division, Lu Zhan's efforts and hardships in it can be imagined.

Just as he was still immersed in the memories of the eventful years of the past, he suddenly heard the sound of chirping and arguing behind him. When he turned his head to look, he saw that the two favorite generals under his command, Xi Liuzi and Ma Lixiong, were arguing angrily while walking towards him.

"Boss, Master Hou, report a very unfortunate news to your old man, Xi Liuzi is not serious and is going to open a large brothel in Zhantian City, you must stop him from this kind of immoral behavior that is pointed out by thousands of people. Ma Lixiong reported to Lu Zhan Lizheng. He and Xi Liuzi still maintain the habit of calling Lu Zhan the leader when they were in the Lu Mansion Nursing Hall, and Lu Zhan also likes this title, which often reminds him of the eventful years in the past.

"Really?" Lu Zhan turned his head and asked Xi Liuzi: "Sixth son, a few days ago, you told Ben Hou that you would invest a large amount of business in Zhantian City and build a seven-story mansion in the most central area of the city, is it just for a brothel? At that time, Ben Hou thought that you were going to build a restaurant and teahouse like the Seven Pavilions in the capital?"

(Follow the instructions of the big mouth flower and a few brothers in the group.,There will be a more chapter in the evening.,Anyway, the first real cave cultivator in the next chapter is about to appear.,Please guess what his true identity is--) (Welcome to your support.,It's my biggest motivation.。 )