Because he knew Zhang Lu's method of asking for grain, he used salt as bait and asked merchants from all over the world to transport grain for Hedong. As long as the salt in the east of the river is inexhaustible, theoretically there will be inexhaustible grain! Without hesitation, the Prime Minister approved the plan for the use of prisoners, and 10,000 prisoners were collected from various prefectures and sent to Angeup. When the talent arrived in Anyi, Hedong showed a recruitment order, announcing that all those who wanted to move to Hedong would be exempted from crime and granted a land house. Between farming and building cities, a large number of convicts did not hesitate to choose to emigrate.

Zhang Lu reported to the court and asked to make up the shortfall in prisoners. So the second batch of convicts arrived, and most of them were also transferred to immigrants! Again and again, tens of thousands of convicts have directly chosen to emigrate.

This time, Zhang Lu reported in strict accordance with the process and formally transferred the names of each family. Only after the name is actually transferred to Anyi can he be exempted from hard labor.

Taking advantage of this time difference, Zhang Lu asked the prisoners to repair the city walls that were close to the collapse of the county towns from near and far, from Pusaka to Anyi. In terms of time, after the restoration of the city in Pusaka, the names of the first batch of prisoners had been moved, and Zhang Lu placed them in Pusaka. In the process of restoring the city of Yi, the names of prisoners were migrated one after another, and these people were placed in Yishi...... By the time Anyi was restored, the relocation of names was basically over, and the number of prisoners was reduced to 10,000. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, most of the relocated households carried the grain they had just harvested, and most of them seized the time to tidy up their houses and reclaim the allocated land, hoping for a good start in Hedong.

Zhang Lu's salt-for-grain policy played a steady role: thousands of stone grains were transported to Hedong every day, and grain was also transported from the counties of Qin Neishi, in addition to paying the daily expenses of prisoners and soldiers, and there was also wealth to enrich the granaries of the county. Originally, grain was a low-value-added commodity, and ordinary merchants were reluctant to transport it long distances, because they usually couldn't earn back their money; But now grain and salt are linked, salt is a highly profitable commodity, especially after the monopoly of the salt industry in Anyi, salt is in short supply everywhere, and the price has risen rapidly. These days, needless to say, people from Han, Wei and other surrounding places, even the Chu people have transported grain to Anyi to exchange salt.

Zhang Lu did not let the 10,000 prisoners repair Anyi, but let Pi Wan lead him and rushed directly to the mouth of the Shushui Valley to build the city that had been moving for most of the year. This castle is located in the north and west of Angeup, and when it faces Mt. Jungjo, it is on the left side of Angeup, so the officials in the east of the river call it "Zuoyi".

Since the discovery of Yidaokou, Zhang Lu set up a recruitment list at Gukou and recruited Wei people who lived in Yidao to go out of the mountain and return to Anyi. In the past few months, it has also been quite effective, and hundreds of scattered residents living in the mountains have descended to Hedong. Zhang Lu attaches great importance to this group of people, but whenever someone comes out, he must go there in person to inquire about the specific situation. In the past few months, Zhang Lu learned that there is a relatively open valley at the west entrance of Yidao, about 30 miles away from the valley mouth discovered by Zhang Lu, which is the location of the ancient country of Genguo, so it is called Yuan County. Tens of thousands of families live there, most of whom have come from Angeup. Deep in the mountains of Yuan County, the traffic with the outside world is very inconvenient. A clear stream of water in the valley is the source of water for the people of the city, and most of the people settle on both sides of the river, and there are large acres of land for farming. But this clear water flows from north to south and is said to lead to the Yellow River; The road runs from west to east, and the two are not consistent.

Zhang Lu asked Chen Si to draw a picture based on what the residents said. Chen Si couldn't draw a reason, a valley, surrounded by mountains, an east-west mountain road, a river flowing south, and acres of fields on both sides of the river. Below the river is the Yellow River.

Although it is only a sketch diagram, it really provokes different thinking when it is presented in front of everyone. Piwan drew a valley mouth on the outside of the western peak, and several small streams flowed through it. Then he also drew a castle outside the valley mouth and marked it with the word "Zuoyi".

Zhang Lu pointed to the bottom of the Yellow River and asked, "Where is the other side of the river when the clear water flows into the estuary?" ”

None of those present could answer.

Zhang Lu pointed to the westernmost mountain and asked, "Where is the tallest one?" ”

No one was able to answer either.

Zhang Lu let out a long sigh......

Pi Juan knew what Zhang Lu wanted to do, so he said: "A businessman walks the world, if he talks about geography, he is better than a businessman." ”

This sentence reminded Zhang Lu. He asked Pi Wan to keep an eye out for merchants who had entered Anyi from Zuoyi to buy salt, looking for an opportunity to enter the walled city. He returned to Anyi and looked for merchants from among the salt merchants.

Most of the merchants who entered Anyi through Zuoyi came from Xintian, Binh Duong, and even as far away as Taiyuan. And the merchants who came out of the Tao were pitiful. Mr. Xie Yan, who took Zhang Lu's annual salary to do business, made a lot of efforts to find a few businessmen from the salt merchants. These merchants all said that there were not many ways to sell salt, and most of them went down the clear water, got on the boat on the bank of the Yellow River, and went directly to Mengjin to unload the goods. Zhang Lu was very excited and asked where was the other side of Qingshui? The salt merchants shook their heads blankly. According to them, there is not much inhabitation on the other side of the clear water, and it seems to be deserted. This made Zhang Lu very disappointed, and he gave up his plan to attack Yuancheng from the south road in his heart, and wholeheartedly prepared to enter Yuancheng from Gukou. Send Mangwei to Zuoyi to assist Pi Wan in repairing the city.

The weather is getting colder day by day, the pavilion is leaking on all sides, and the little slave is about to be born. An Yi Ling suggested that Zhang Lu withdraw one or two hundred people to repair the pavilion, but Zhang Lu disagreed and insisted on the construction of Zuoyi City.

Zhang Lu's annual salary was originally in kind, but Mr. Xie Yan made a lot of profits and interest, and all of them were exchanged for money at the most favorable price. In the end, everyone was so cold that they had to ask Zhang Lu to pay for it, find someone to repair the walls of the pavilion, and replace the broken doors and windows. Zhang Lu did not object to this idea. When An Yiling saw it, he thought that this was Zhang Lugong who forgot his selfishness and sacrificed himself for the country, and sighed for a while.

In fact, when Pi Wan was building Zuoyi City, his main mind was actually in the direction of Yuancheng. After Mang's future came, he handed over all the daily work of repairing the city to Mangwei, assigned him a few of his own jobs, and asked a person to take a few residents from Yidao every day to recruit Wei Min at Yidaokou, and the position deepened day by day.

Finally, a heavy snow covered the entire valley, and a city with a thousand steps on the side was already standing at the mouth of the valley.

All the prisoners were placed in the barracks of the city. The continuous delivery of fried millet from Anyi to this side made the prisoners a little excited: there may be a war! Building a city is just a service, which can be converted into a prison sentence, but there is food; If you want to get rid of the crime in advance, fighting a war is the most reliable way out, and as for forgiving immigrants, it can only be regarded as a way out of the way.

Sure enough, the sky cleared after the snow, and the convicts began to train in a queue outside the city; Use the sticks used to build the city as weapons and conduct sprint training. At the same time, Pi Wan asked those who came out of the road to sneak back to the walled city, and spread the word that the Qin people were coming to attack the city!

On this day, Zheng Anping and Chen Si took a hundred soldiers, only holding simple wooden sticks, and under the guidance of Wei Min, who came out of Yidao, they crossed the mountains and mountains and went to Yuancheng. This time, Chen Si was finally able to witness the mountain scenery around the walled city with his own eyes.

After turning over a pass, the walled castle unfolded in front of you. There was originally a sentry on the pass, but due to heavy wind and snow, it has been withdrawn. These 100 people descended the mountain without hindrance and appeared at the gate of the walled city.

There was no post station in Yuancheng, so Zheng Anping directly found the doorman and showed his festival charm, saying that he was a messenger sent by Hedong and wanted to see the Yuan Order. The doorman reported it, and it took a while to get an answer: Please come in.

Under the guidance of the guards, Zheng Anping and his entourage were taken to the front of the city government. Yuan Ling led his officials and personally greeted him in front of the mansion. Zheng Anping held a wax goose to offer a gift, the wall order to the courtesy, the two of them for a long time, the wall order Zheng Anping and Chen Siyi into the city mansion, a hundred soldiers rested in the palace gate.

Zheng Anping explained his intention and said: "Qin and Wei are also in alliance. The former Wei army went out of Taixing, said that he entered Anyi, but in the end he did not enter, and Anyi regretted it. Now Anyi has a county, and the county guards the friendship of Zhang Qing's alliance, and he is specially invited! “

Yuan Linglian said "how dare you" and said: "Zhang Qing guards the east of the river, and the king of Wei doesn't know." If you repay the king, you will be answered! “

Zheng Anping said: "The ministers are the only ones who enter the wall, and there is only one thing to discuss with the wall." In the past, Anyi was the capital of Wei, and the Wei people lived in Yan. Qin and Wei fought each other, fought endlessly, Anyi was ruined, but entered Qin, and the Wei people came out. Wen'an Yi Wei people are mostly in the wall, and their livelihood is difficult. Now the king of Qin has compassion for the plight of the Wei people, and the righteousness of the Qin-Wei alliance, and is willing to recruit the old Anyi and Wei people to return to their hometown, and still settle the old business. Therefore, the ministers and others announced this discussion in the order, so that they could think about it and allow it. “

Yuan Ling was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer. The captain next to him reprimanded: "The Qin people are rude. Take my land, drive my people, humiliate each other now, and bully me Wei no one? “

When Zheng Anping heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Although Anyi is Weidi, the King of Wei is dedicated to Qin. The people of Anyi and Wei are scattered, and the faults of the city are solid, and now they want to recruit their people, and each of them will return to their old business, or make up for it, can't it? What a shame? There are also people in the city of the city, and they want to send an army to Anyi, out of the river valley, and through the Hengling, in order to enter the wall. An army was stationed in Wu, out of Maojin, and entered Yan when the Qingshui River estuary. If you want to celebrate with the wall under the city, the wall order must be unrelenting! “

Yuan Ling's face changed greatly when he heard this, and said, "Do you know the mouth of the Qingshui River?" “

Yuan Cheng said: "More than twenty years ago, Qin Wu Anjun led the army into the estuary and traced the clear water upstream; Shi Chen is still young and knows a little about it. And the official record is still in the edition. “

Zheng Anping and Chen Siju were shocked in their hearts, and Bai Qi led the army to conquer Yuancheng more than 20 years ago! Then why is Yuancheng still in the hands of the Wei people? They tried their best to suppress the tremors in their hearts, and without showing a single expression on their faces, they looked at Yuan Ling with a smile on their faces. Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Yuan Ling thought that he was being said by Yuan Cheng, and he was even more frightened.