Su Ming said that the six villages outside the fort should repair the tunnels, Su Ren, Cao Chunrui and the others couldn't help but nod when they heard it, if a large number of would-be robbers arrived, they could only rely on the defense of Erweibao, and more tunnels could reduce the losses of the people.

"You do it, let the small flags and the village be responsible for the construction of the village secret road, and you can send some cement over.

Build a hidden granary for every family, and if you can't escape in danger, you can let some elderly people and children hide inside.

But Eighth Brother, there is no need to cultivate this tunnel! We have sand here and it is not easy to dig tunnels. Su Ren said.

"The tunnels can be dug slowly, as long as the main areas of the village are connected, in case the people in the village are persecuted, we can also send troops from the fort to rescue the people through the tunnels, and the tunnels are also a good way to eliminate the Japanese invaders.

Our Erwei Fort should also build a secret passage to the outside of the fort, and don't let the ordinary people in the fort know about this secret passage. In the future, Erwei Fort can't hold it, we can secretly withdraw the people in the fort from the secret passage, and then look for an escape, in short, there is nothing wrong with leaving a way back for ourselves. Su Ming said.

"Okay, then according to what you said, within three days, each village must come up with a plan to build a secret passage, and we will build the secret passage as soon as possible.

I personally took people to dig the underground passage out of the village in Erweibao, and there is a cement foundation underground tunnel, which will be much faster. The secret road plan of each village is implemented by itself, and the two of you personally inspect it by the master of Cao Qi and the old five, and then everyone should invest more energy in the dark road. Su Ren made a decision.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, it would be best to have a secret way out of the fort, now that they have the ability, they must build one, and everyone attaches great importance to Su Ming's proposal. Su Ming's series of suggestions are very crucial, but it is the key to changing Erweibao, and his opinions will be taken seriously by everyone.

Seeing that the eldest brother arranged Su Ming in this way, he was also a lot relieved, and all the people from the villages outside the city were included in Erweibao, which was also very crowded, and it would be terrible if there was any infectious disease at that time.

With these tunnels, Su Ming has a gun to shoot and kill the pirates through the tunnels, which is also another means to turn the second Wei Castle into a way to deal with the pirates, so that Wei Zhuang's ability to resist the attacks of the pirates will be greatly strengthened.

After the drill, everyone was led home by the villages, foremen, and captains, Su Ming returned to the salt factory and continued to lead everyone to make salt and build houses, and the No. 3 new salt field continued to excavate, and at the end of this month, he had to build the No. 3 new salt field, so that next month he could give up all the previous salt fields, and directly use the canal in the village courtyard to collect salt water from the three new salt fields to boil salt.

In the early morning of the 20th, Su Ming got up and saw that Tie Zhu had gone to the salt factory, and he and Su Zhe were about to follow their eldest brother to the fort for morning exercises, when suddenly a patrol came over quickly.

"The head of a hundred households, the lord of a thousand households is here, and he is already outside the fort." The patrol reported.

"What? Now that it's just dawn, what is the surname Yao going to do? Su Ren asked in surprise.

Yao Qianhu arrived so early, which made Su Ren have a bad premonition, and he couldn't help but look at Su Ming.

"How many people did Yao Qianhu bring over?" Su Ming looked at the soldiers and asked.

"More than a dozen people, all on horseback." The soldier replied.

Everyone's eyes looked at Su Ming, everyone's fear of Yao Qianhu was only under the pirates and pirates, and they also knew that Erwei Fort had been oppressed by Yao Qianhu for more than a year.

"I think it may be that our drill yesterday alarmed Yao Qianhu, and all the people of the six villages of Weizhuang fled into Erweibao, and Yao Qianhu's line eyes have already sent the news over.

Big brother, didn't more than a dozen of our people disappear yesterday? You can pay more attention to their movements. Su Ming said.

"Do you need to arrest them all?" Thinking of those people who had not been found until the evening, Su Ren couldn't help but be angry.

"No, just keep an eye on it, don't let them find out, they may be of great use to us in the future. However, the secret passage of Erweibao and the matter of the salt factory must not be known to them. Su Ming said.

"Well, I see! Eighth brother, you go to the salt field first, and leave the affairs in the castle to me, his surname Yao is at most to scare us, and our drill does not hinder him. Su Ren said.

"If Yao Qianhu asks about the drill, it's better for the eldest brother to tell him, it's a great benefit to us, and we're not afraid of others learning.

The Li family can do private salt business with our salt making office, and the relationship with Yao Qianhu is definitely not ordinary, this time Yao Qianhu will definitely not let go of this time easily, and Zha Yanbao has folded a banner owner, which must be reported to the command to make the adults do. Su Ming reminded his eldest brother.

Following the eldest brother to the door, Su Ming watched the eldest brother welcome Yao Qianhu into the castle, and when everyone left, he left Erwei Castle and headed for the salt field.

The salt factory only eats the nest head for breakfast, which is a combination of coarse and fine grains ground into powder and steamed, and it is difficult to swallow in the mouth, Su Ming can't eat it after a few bites.

He generally eats fine grains and occasionally meat at home. Seeing that the workers here each received two widows and stayed in the salt works to eat and work, Su Ming felt that the workers' rations should be improved.

As soon as he finished eating, Su Ming heard a fast horse coming, and when he came out of the manor, he saw that it was Wei Hong, Wei Hong was the eldest brother's most trusted little flag, and his force was not bad.

"Brother Wei, is it my eldest brother, do I have any orders?" Su Ming saw Wei Hong and asked.

"Eighth master, the uncle said that Yao Qianhu is coming to our salt farm, let you prepare, Yao Qianhu will come in half an hour at most." Wei Hong said.

This surnamed Yao is going to come to the salt factory, the secret of the new salt field must be known to him, and the secret of his cement may not be kept, Su Ming had expected it at this moment, but he was not in a hurry at all.

It was here, and he didn't believe anyone could snatch it from him. No one knows how to make cement, and the surname Yao definitely doesn't have the courage to take it forcibly for the sake of the new salt field.

Things in officialdom are not so simple, if he forcibly takes it, Erweibao hands over this cement firing method to some powerful families, or directly hands it over to the imperial court, then he will not be able to leave anything behind in the end, and he will offend a lot of people.

Therefore, if the surname Yao wants to get the cement production method from here, there are only three ways.

The first is to ask Erweibao to voluntarily hand over the technology, and this Su Ming will definitely not.

The second way is to find someone to steal the technology, these Su Ming has already prepared, the key to the difficulty of cement production is the formula and cooling, it is not so easy to master the skills.

In the end, it is directly suppressed by force, but if you want to suppress it by force, you must directly beat Erweibao to death, Yao Zonghan is afraid that he does not have that kind of strength now.

Su Ming asked the workers digging the salt fields to quickly evacuate, and the salt boiling cauldron that had been stopped yesterday in the courtyard was boiling again. The workers began to pick up the salt water with a flat pole, and the new snowflake salt sheds were all stopped, and as long as the finished salt was not produced here, Yao Qianhu could not see the problem when he saw it.

In less than half an hour, Su Ming was wearing tattered clothes and was cooking firewood in the salt pot stove, and he saw his eldest brother take Yao Zonghan into the courtyard.

This Yao Qianhu is about fifty years old, and his face is white and pure, and he doesn't look like he has suffered hardship. He looks kind with a smile on his face, and this kind of person knows at a glance that he is very communicative.

When Su Ming saw Yao Zonghan's appearance, the worry in his heart was put down!

It's easy to suffer when dealing with this kind of person, they always have various reasons to convince you, but this kind of person will not easily fight to the death with others, they are most life-saving and value the future.

"This new salt pan is built with a mixture of plant ash and gypsum stone, and the sand and stone underneath are paved, although it is brittle and seepage, but it still has some effect.

At the end of last month, we added three cauldrons to complete our share at the last minute. Lord Qianhu also knows that since my father died in battle, Erweibao has gradually weakened, and the northern Qiyan Fort often sends people to make trouble, and hundreds of acres of salt fields have been robbed. Su Ren was behind Yao Qianhu, complaining as he walked.

"It's not easy! However, you still have to get along with Zha Yan Fort, the contradiction between you was decades ago, and I can't face you Er Wei Castle openly, no matter what, Er Wei Bao and Qi Yan Bao belong to the salt factory, and everyone must maintain restraint and unity.

Wang Xianxiang there I will say his, I see that your village is built well, the area is several times larger than before, so I'm afraid it's not cost-effective! It would be a pity if a Japanese coward came and destroyed you. Yao Qianhu entered the courtyard, looked at the cauldron where the salt was boiling, then went to the stable, and finally looked at the newly renovated salt field and left.

As soon as he had eaten in the afternoon, Su Ming saw his eldest brother arrive on horseback.

"How? Yao Qianhu is embarrassed big brother? Su Ming asked.

"Master Yao said that the drill we did was very useful, and he also proposed some useful simplicity, and also reported our drill plan to the commander.

However, he still went to Qiyanbao, and when I said that I wanted to go back to the salt fields in the north, he only said that he wanted to have a good relationship with the salt factory. Su Ren saw Su Ming and said.

"Is that all?" Su Ming asked.

"Lord Yao specially talked about the feeding of the war horses today, looked at our stables, and carefully inquired about the cement, and brought some cement with him when he left." Su Ren said.

"He's looking for the lost horses of the Castle? It's nothing to give him some cement, but we will never say how cement is made.

In the future, if he needs cement, we can sell it to him, and we also need to make cement at a cost.

By the way, since Yao Qianhu already knows about cement, we can increase cement production, and we can sell it no matter who wants cement in the future, which can also become an income for us on the surface, and we will have a basis for the future development of Erweibao. Su Ming said.

"It's just... If Master Yao asks us for cement formula, how can we refuse? Su Ren began to be embarrassed, he didn't want to hand over the cement today, but the surnamed Yao opened his mouth and he thought about it for a long time and had no reason to refuse, so he gave the other party some.

"You just talk nonsense, and when they try to find out that it's wrong, make up a reason, so that it won't be a problem to spend him two or three years, and then Erweibao won't be his surname Yao can be taken at will."

If he can't get the correct firing method of cement two or three times, he may unite with other forces of Jinshanwei, these forces are similar to those surnamed Yao on the surface, but they may be very powerful in secret.

In the final analysis, as long as we can defend Erweibao, others will have nothing to do with us, even if they have any ability. We boiled salt for the imperial court, and we also had to defend against the attacks of pirates and pirates from the sea, which was a credit to the imperial court. Unless those in charge are crazy, they will directly send troops to attack us. Su Ming said.

"In this way, next month we will start the construction of the new fort wall, before the construction of the new wall, we can use cement to repair and raise the original fort wall, every year from June to August is the most frequent time for pirate attacks, we must be careful." Su Ren thought for a moment and said.