Yujun, Wanpingkou.

At this time, more than half a month has passed since the Xiao Zi battalion led by Heizi arrived at Wanpingkou, and unlike when they first arrived here, the coastline is now in full swing.

With the issuance of a notice to recruit workers and shipwrights to build fortifications in the local area, the local people immediately signed up.

These native fishermen can be said to have eaten enough seafood, and their thirst for food has led them to work as short-term workers.

Although many elderly people in the local area are still worried, they still can't resist the expectations of young people who are eager to go out.

With the participation of local residents and the benefits of it, things have gone smoothly.

Kuroko, who was still a little worried, saw that all the local villagers were rushing to sign up for craftsmen, and his worries were also put down a little.

Later, there were too many people who signed up, so Kuroko had no choice but to form a proletarian guild in the local area, giving priority to recruiting guild members.

For a time, the kind of guild and militia organizations in Lingshui County also began to be carried out in the small coastal county of Wanpingkou.

If there are no accidents, the port will be basically completed and put into use in less than a month.

At the same time as the port was being built, the shipbuilding work was not left behind.

Since the news of the recruitment of craftsmen spread, many of these fishermen who are proficient in shipbuilding have also enthusiastically signed up.

It's just that these people used to make small boats, and now they still need to invest a lot of energy in research if they want to work together to make a ship that can go to the sea.

Fortunately, these people have lived by the sea for generations, and they are no strangers to the principles of ships and shipbuilding.

After a brief look at the drawings, the shipbuilders among these fishermen also began to ponder in their hearts.

Among them, there are several experienced shipbuilders, who point out some irrationalities according to the drawings and come up with solutions.

In response, Kuroko rewarded all these people and encouraged these fishermen to study.

After all, the drawings drawn by Xiao Jiu are just a sketch, and if there are really some problems in the construction process, it will be up to these masters to solve them.

Now that under the preferential treatment given by Xiao Ziying, these people don't go fishing anymore, they all run to the barracks, and Heizi does not refuse to come.

During the construction process, Kuroko was able to complete the task quickly with the help of these simple people, and the local people were able to eat the grain brought from the interior.

In such a win-win situation, the trust between each other is naturally deepening, and many local people gradually set up a militia squad with the encouragement of Kuroko.

It's just that the militia squad formed in Wanpingkou is also slightly different from Lingshui County or Yangcheng County, they don't have any clear responsibilities, but are more like public welfare.

But Kuroko knew that with the passage of time, when the port was built, the local people would benefit from it, and they would naturally support their Xiao Ziying rule in the local area.

As for the rebels in Yujun, they didn't make any moves during this time, and they didn't seem to pay any attention to this side at all.

This is not to say that the rebels in Yujun are all talkative people who can tolerate others doing things under their noses.

However, when I wrote to Yuzhou before, I had already received a clear response, and if Yujun had not been captured, the rebel army in the state capital would not have sent troops.

You must know that the drought has just passed, and Yuzhou has not been able to effectively get out of the predicament of food shortage.

If the army is organized to fight at this time, then the military rations required for the army to be drawn will be an astronomical amount.

For the rebel army in Yuzhou, according to the current situation, they simply cannot afford it.

Without the backing, for these rebel armies in Yujun, their confidence instantly weakened a lot.

In the military camp of Yujun County, Cui Song gathered all his subordinates in the big tent, and all of them had serious faces.

"What did this group of officers and soldiers build?"

Listening to Cui Song's question, a thin man stepped forward to respond, and reported to Cui Song the information he had found in the past few days.

Listening to the report of his subordinates, Cui Song, who was the leader of the Yujun rebel army, felt a little incredulous.

Could it be that this group of people came all the way to Wanpingkou, a few dilapidated fishing villages, just to build a port?

Even though Cui Song was suspicious in his heart, the Xiao Zi Battalion led by Heizi of Yangcheng County really had no other actions.

Now that the form is worse than people, Cui Song didn't dare to act rashly, and he didn't pay attention to the fishing villages along the coast of Wanpingkou at all.

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Yangcheng County, the county city lord's mansion.

Xiao Jiu listened to the report of the soldier in front of him, and his frowning brows stretched slightly.

At present, the form is very good, and Heizi can be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in Wanpingkou, especially Heizi's idea of developing commercial trade in the local area has also been supported by Xiao Jiu.

On the other hand, these rebel armies in Yuzhou were obviously a little caught off guard in the face of Xiao Jiu's rapid attack.

Moreover, after this period of understanding, the rebel army did not attach importance to the dispensable coastal places of Wanpingkou.

If it is carried out according to the plan, the envisaged elite navy can be formed in less than half a year.

Of course, the premise of all this is to be able to maintain the current situation of peaceful development, and to survive in the gap between Qingzhou and Yuzhou has become the primary problem.

Now the rebel army in Yuzhou is short of food, so although Xiao Jiu occupies the rebel army in Yangcheng County, it is also dispensable.

But Xiao Jiu knew in his heart that once the harvest was completed, the rebel army would inevitably make a comeback if it obtained enough military rations, and the army would be overwhelmed.

Xiao Jiu, who had taken precautions, had sent people to Kyoto many times before, and today he finally got a response from the imperial court.

The current Great Xia Emperor Qin Yu is not as weak as the previous dynasty, and he also attaches great importance to Xiao Jiu with military power.

When Xiao Jiu's letter of request for help arrived in Kyoto, Qin Yu decided to ignore the public opinion, and only sent troops into Yuzhou to exterminate the rebel army.

Now the number of forbidden troops in Kyoto is not large, and there is still an Anhui Prefecture that has not yet been digested, so there is a certain risk in making this decision at this time.

But if Xiao Jiu is allowed to be annihilated by the Yuzhou Rebel Army and Qingzhou Lu Yaoliang, I am afraid that Qin Yu's chances of recovering the rivers and mountains will become even slimmer.

So Qin Yu's decision is also taking some risks, once it is lost, Kyoto will also become precarious, you must know that there is still a Northern Dynasty outside the Huya Pass in the north now.

Now Qin Yu's decision can be regarded as pressing the treasure on Xiao Jiu's head, and once he loses it, it is likely to cause a catastrophe.

But although Qin Yu has now cleared the court, it is indeed impossible to recover the lost territory, so he does not want to let go of this opportunity.

And the general of the forbidden army appointed by Qin Yu was Wang Meng, who was rescued by Huya Pass before.

Today's Wang Meng is no longer the little Qingzhou captain he used to be, and his many battlefield rescues make him feel down-to-earth in Qin Yu's heart.

Since he was sent alone to Huya Guan to control this important town, Wang Meng's status has also risen, and his official position has risen in a straight line like a rocket, until he is now the general of Zhenbei.

The army in the entire Zhili region, in addition to the 30,000 forbidden troops in the Imperial City of Kyoto, also has a group of 20,000 or 30,000 Wanzhou soldiers who were recruited by Yun Bi not long ago.

In addition to these 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, the 20,000 forbidden troops under Wang Meng in Huya Pass are the real elite.

Now the phenomenon of states in the territory of Great Xia not listening to the announcement has become the norm, and the reason why the crumbling Great Xia Dynasty is maintained is also because Qin Yu still has these troops in his hands.

Now Qin Yu is unable to develop people's livelihood, so he can only start preparing for war as if he was reckless.

Now Wang Meng from the Zhili region is transferred, and the new general is Zhu Cong, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Forbidden Army under Wang Meng's original subordinates.

As a general under Wang Meng, Zhu Cong can also be regarded as a first-class general of Wang Meng, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have no objections to this decision.

……

With the passage of time, it was already the summer of the harvest season, but unlike usual, Xiao Jiu did not stay in Yangcheng County, but only took a few henchmen to Wanpingkou secretly.

Today is the day when the Wanpingkou Military Port was completed, and there are already dozens of large ships with a height of more than 10 meters waiting to go to the sea to test the water.

Xiao Jiu, who was the actual planner, naturally couldn't miss this great opportunity, and quietly ran over to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the warship's entry into the port.

At this time, the newly built military port in Wanpingkou was already crowded with people, and as the big ships slowly sailed into the wharf harbor, the scene instantly became boiling.

"Big ship, big ship."

Several children waved their hands and shouted happily as they watched the huge ship in front of the crowd.

And the adults next to him didn't blame, just smiled and looked at a masterpiece they had made with their own hands.

These local fishermen contributed to the completion of Wanpingkou harbor, and now that the port is built, they also want to take a big boat to see the outside world.

Xiao Jiu smiled heartily at the sight of the spectacular scene, and the whirring wind was drowned out by the noisy shouts.

"Go find Kuroko and let him come to me."

With Xiao Jiu's order, Li Hao, who was acting as a guard on the side, nodded in response and turned around to go to the camp where the local Xiao Zi camp was stationed.

After a while, I saw Heizi trotting all the way to Xiao Jiu's side under the guidance of Li Hao.

"Lord Xiao."

Heizi hugged his fist and saluted Xiao Jiu, because he hadn't received the news that Xiao Jiu had come back before, so he was still a little panicked at this time.

As Kuroko's identity has changed from a militia to a military general with a single power, I know that all the lords are somewhat afraid of the generals who lead the troops outside.

But Xiao Jiu didn't come to Xingshi to ask for guilt this time, and felt that the hot scene at the scene was far better than he imagined.

"Well done, what reward do you want?"

Xiao Jiu looked intently at the big ship sailing into the harbor and said casually.

The sunspot next to him also felt a sense of relief when he heard Xiao Jiu's tone, and he didn't dare.

Xiao Jiu felt bored, but he also knew that the sunspot who knew a little about advance and retreat would not ask him what he wanted.

Then I heard Xiao Jiu say: "After today, the army under your command will officially establish a navy, and the number of soldiers recruited depends on your ability, and the money is not enough to ask me." ”