Hawk came out of the crowd a very old man who looked very old, his voice was not full of confidence, but he could still be heard clearly: "Dare to ask where the Zunjia came from, and what is the noble thing to do in this Tuchengzi." ”

Wang Rong looked at the old man, he did not reveal his identity in advance, he bowed to the old man, and the old man turned sideways and did not dare to accept it. Although he has been living in this Tuchengzi, he has lived long enough to have some knowledge. This group of people was freshly dressed and angry, everyone hung swords from their waists, and the corner of their armor was exposed in the cloth bag tied to the saddle, as well as Hu Lu with bows and arrows and a shield, these nobles he did not dare to provoke, and he could not afford to provoke them.

"We are scouts who go to the Chicken Fortress to inspect, dare to ask the old man, are you the only remaining residents of the city?" The three words "Kiln Hun City" in Wang Biao's mouth made the old man stunned, how many years, he has almost forgotten that this earthen city is called Kiln Castle.

"Dare to ask the little general, why do you want to go to the chicken, I heard that it has been abandoned." The old man asked suspiciously.

Wang Rong told him directly: "The general of Zhengbei felt that the western part of Shuofang County was in vain, so he decided to re-establish the Chicken Fortress and the Chicken Fortress to plug the gap in the western part of Shuofang County, and at the same time prepare to re-establish the city of Shuofang. ”

The old man listened to Wang Rong's words, and was obviously excited: "What the little general said is true? General Zhengbei is a good person, he finally remembered us. The old man was obviously a little overexcited, and he actually took the lead in kneeling down for Wang Rong and his party.

Wang Rong hurriedly helped the old man up: "I can't help it, I can't help it, uncle, can you find a place to talk in detail?" ”

The old man suddenly blamed himself: "Hey, look at it, I'm an old fool, the little general, please, since the city was abandoned, the old man hasn't seen any outsiders for decades, come with me." ”

Wang Rong followed the old man to a high platform covering an area of 15 acres slightly east in the middle of the city, and there were more than a dozen earthen houses of different sizes on the platform. Wang Rong followed the old man to the largest earthen house on the high platform, and he could see that this old man was the county magistrate in the city.

Walking into the earthen house, it can be said that there are four walls of the house, except for the table in the center, there is nothing in the room, and there is a straw in the corner of the wall, which is the bed. The old man said embarrassedly: "Let the little general smile, the conditions are rough, you can bear more." ”

"My husband is polite, fighting in the field, it is difficult to have a place to shelter from the rain, it is already very good here, my husband sit down, let's talk." Wang Wei gestured to the iron tower, and Yishi's personal guards naturally surrounded the earthen house.

"How many years has my husband lived here?" Wang Rong picked up the black clay bowl, and drank the water directly without looking at the dust floating on the water surface inside.

When the old man saw Wang Rong's movements, his heart warmed, and he said all his details: "Back to the words of the little general, the old man has lived here for more than 40 years, and he has stayed here since he came here with his father and brother to serve in the conscription. Most of the people here are the descendants of the group of people who served in the conscription back then, and they are lucky to live for a long time, so they barely manage these people, be a third elder, and solve disputes or something. ”

Wang Rong looked at the old man, calculated his age, almost sixty years old, his skin was rough and black and yellow, and after a few turns of his mind, he said: "The kid was appointed by the general of Zhengbei as the governor of the west, and the old man's surname is noble?" ”

When the old man heard that the young general in front of him was actually the Western Governor, his face was shocked, and he quickly got up and bowed and saluted, saying, "The old man is clumsy, I don't know that the Captain is here, forgive your sins." ”

Wang Rong hurriedly helped the old man up, and the old man continued: "The old man's surname is Li, and the single name is a word, more than 40 years ago, the old man followed his father and brother to Shuofang County, which was to build a city in the chicken plug, and the chicken plug was dilapidated at that time, and it took us two years to repair it. It's a pity that the world is impermanent, and even the imperial court has abandoned the city of Qianghun City, and the chicken and the Hip Plug have also been abandoned. ”

Wang Rong looked at the old man and asked, "Uncle, what do you live with now?" I see that the people in the city are miserable. ”

Li Qian listened to Wang Rong's words, and immediately began to pour bitter water: "Hey, Lord Duwei should have seen it when he came here, the land here is very barren, the north was originally Tu Shenze, if the water conservancy is repaired, it can irrigate the fields, but this Tu Shenze has become smaller and smaller in the past thirty years." At that time, the edge of Daze could be seen directly from the head of the city wall, but now it is no longer visible, this place has nine droughts in ten years, and the farmland does not grow food, and it cannot feed people at all. ”

Wang Rong knew that the reason why Tu Shenze became smaller was because of man-made indiscriminate logging, there were no tall trees to consolidate the soil, and the soil was desertified, and the fields became more and more unplantable.

Wang Rong looked at Li Qian's old face, and was full of thought in his heart, and then said to him: "The name of Qianghun City is not good, it is lazy and muddy, and it will be called Xuancheng in the future, which is both smart and vigorous." If the old man is not too small, the boy wants to worship you as the commander of the county, and the people of this city will be under your management. ”

Li Qian listened to Wang Rong's words, and his face showed eagerness: "This can't be helped, this can't be helped, this county order is a heavy responsibility, and it is really difficult for the old man to bear it." ”

Wang Rong blocked Li Qian's words: "The kid is new to the city, he is not familiar with anything, he doesn't know anything, I can only count on you to help, as the saying goes, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, don't shirk it." ”

The reason why Wang Rong dared to appoint a county magistrate by himself was for a reason: first, the city no longer existed in Dayong's national map, and no one would notice this small city located on the Hetao Plain; Secondly, although Qin Ke knew about Wang Rong's three projects, the reconstruction of the city was extremely costly and useless in his opinion, so he replaced the project of revitalizing the three cities of Linhe, Woye, and Linrong to form a new three projects; In the end, Wang Rong knew in his heart, he rushed to the dark river under the desert, he would not give up this place, if it was really managed, it would become the new center of the Hetao Plain. Woye City is still too close to the big river, and there is a risk of being flooded at any time, the mother river of this era, the temper is a little too big, and will always punish his people along the banks of the river from time to time, Wang Rong does not want to put the notification center of the river loop in such a dangerous place.

"Lord Duwei, this high platform used to be where the county government was, but later the city was abandoned, and the county government was gradually demolished. Since Li Qian has decided to accept the appointment of the county order, he immediately entered the role, and the high platform where they are located is where the county government of the original Qihun City is located.

"It's okay to clean up again, but there is no need to rebuild the county government, the first thing now is to let the people eat, old man, you like this, divide the young and strong in the city into two branches: one to the south of the city, reclaim the barren land, don't look at the outside is the desert, we deliberately dug a place when we came, or a very deep place in the desert, where the surface sand is removed, you can expose the very damp soil below. I have some shovels here, specially used for excavation, and I will let Fertile City continue to build, and we must have our own blacksmith shop, carpenter shop and other craftsman shops, as well as our own shops, these are all things in the future, take your time. Wang Rong used tree branches to draw a map of the city and its surroundings on the ground, first used the branches to point to the desert in the south of the city, and then turned around, nodded to Tu Shenze in the north, and said to Li Qian: "Another group of young and strong men is also very important, their task is to plant trees, start with Tu Shenze, plant trees, all kinds of shrubs and trees, and then plant arbors and trees around our city and the edge of the desert, we not only have to live by ourselves, we also have to subdue the desert." ”

Li Qian looked at the young man in front of him in a daze, he felt that either this lieutenant was crazy or he was crazy, and he actually wanted to plant trees in the desert?

"Lord Duwei, there are only more than 1,000 young people in the city now, and more than 2,000 old and weak. Your idea is good, but it's too difficult. Li Qian tactfully expressed her dissent.

"It doesn't matter, in a while the grain will be transported from Guanzhong, the general has promised me, when the grain ship arrives in the fertile field, it will transport the grain I need, survive this period of time first, and then it will be fine." Wang Rong is confident.

After arranging the affairs in the city, Wang Rong took his personal guards and a guide to the chicken, and the road was all vast grasslands, lush weeds, where herds of wild horses ate and rested, as well as wild cattle and sheep. When the guide saw these large groups of animals, he hurriedly took Wang Rong and his party to hide far away, and they couldn't be provoked, and they couldn't be provoked.

After a day and a night of hurrying, Wang Rong finally saw the chicken plug built on the cliff, the city is very high, although it is abandoned, but the stone wall is still well preserved, Wang Rong followed the guide from the ramp into the city. Wang Rong walked and looked, although the city wall is a little broken, but there is no place to fall, there is only one city gate, that is, the south gate, there is an urn city outside the gate, the urn city gate is just facing the ramp in the east.

"Captain, the terrain here is really good, control the valley road, if the enemy comes, we can cut off the enemy's path of advance, and use this city to consume them until reinforcements arrive." The tower looked at the city, and admired it, admired the ancients, and admired his own captain.

"Okay, it's okay to see it, let's go back, go directly to Woye City, Lao Tzu wants to recruit soldiers, such a big stall, it's not okay if there are fewer soldiers." After Wang Rong finished inspecting the chickens, he set up Dayong's banner at the head of the city.

The group soon returned to the city, Wang Rong checked the work in the city, and after giving some guidance, he left and returned to Woye City.