About ten miles northeast of Jinyang City, there is a big mountain, the mountain is high and steep. It is called Hori Wai Mountain, and all of them are called this name because Hori Wai Mountain has a folded angle, like a city wall, and encloses Jinyang City from afar. Hence the name.

A mountain stream rushes down from the surrounding mountainside, forming a small waterfall. A small river divides the land in front of the mountain in half. It meanders southward into Fenshui. The river divides the land in half, and the one near Jinyang becomes fertile land, while the other side is wasteland due to too much rubble.

The fertile fields have long since lost their crops, the snow has melted, and the land has become loose. Tens of thousands of soldiers walked through it, which may bring some trouble to next year's spring ploughing.

Wang Gang stood by the river and pointed to a mountain field in the distance.

"You will have your army stationed here, and there is a little river here that can be used as a source of water. There are natural barriers on both sides of the northeast."

Zhang Liao and Gao Shunyou looked around and were quite satisfied with this place. This mountainous area is quite vast and has 10,000 acres. Even if there are 50,000 troops, it will not be crowded.

"This place is good, you can attack and retreat" Zhang Liao said excitedly, although there are still a lot of rocks and weeds and trees on it, but for the army, this is nothing.

"I'll have other uses for this place, but you build a camp first, and I'm going to build some workshops near the creek in a while. I will develop some weapons and iron, and the safety will be left to you."

"Big brother, don't worry"

"Then the matter here will be handed over to Captain Gaodu, Wen Yuan, you take two thousand soldiers and follow me to a place."

Wang Gang left Gao Shun behind, and asked Zhang Liao to take 2,000 soldiers and walk three miles south along the small river. From afar, I saw tens of thousands of people on a mountainous field, busy with something.

Zhang Liao was also a little curious, so he asked.

"What are those people doing, I really want to see Wu Zhao and Mr. Fan over there."

"You'll know when you get there"

The two took the soldiers up the official road and came to the front.

Wang Gang carefully observed this mountainous area several times before finally deciding to build a market here. It is close to the official road and has convenient transportation. Six or seven miles to the south is Fenshui, Fenshui bends to the south from here, and passes by Jinyang City. There is a small hill near Fenshui, and the mountain is gentle. The river is dotted with trees, the mountain road is meandering, and there is a lake at the bottom of the mountain, which is shaped like a semicircle and connected to the Fenshui.

The small hillside is connected to a branch of the Taihang Mountains. Meandering to the north for dozens of miles, forming an oblique triangle of mountains, covering an area of about 5,000 acres, Han Hao said that the mountains that can be reclaimed are referring to this place, but now it is being used by Wang Gang to build a market.

Wang Gang's arrival attracted everyone's attention, especially the two thousand soldiers who were followed by him.

Fan Chong and Wu Zhao hurriedly came to Wang Gang and asked.

"The general is here, so many people are waiting here, and there is no one to dispatch, Wu Zhao and I are not good at this, so we can only order these people to clean up the debris first"

Fan Chong is biased towards military planning, and he is a bit of a layman in construction, and Wu Zhao is even more ignorant. Not to mention the construction market, they really don't have experience in this area.

"Don't worry, I'll dispatch," Wang Gang said to Fan Chong with a smile.

"Wu Zhao, you take some people to Jingcheng Pass, transport the timber over, and inform Chu Yu casually, and ask him to find some craftsmen and carpenters from other places through merchants."

"Okay" Wu Zhao agreed, and brought thousands of people to go towards Jingcheng Pass.

"Zhang Liao, you take 5,000 people, go to the nearby mountains to mine some stones, and then send all the ox carts in the army."

Zhang Liao also obeyed the order.

Then Wang Gang divided a part of the people to build some houses on the north side of the official road, so as to arrange food and accommodation for the people.

Wang Gang didn't know how to build, but he relied on his own instinct to mobilize the people, and it was originally a barren grassland for half a day. More than ten acres have been trimmed, and the rocks have also been piled aside. And there are also bursts of aroma on the opposite side of the official road, not only corn, but also mutton.

With Wang Gang's order, Minfu put down the tools in his hand and rushed towards the opposite side. They haven't eaten meat for too long, and when they heard the state pastor say that there was meat to eat today, they didn't know how much saliva flowed. Although there are fifty sheep and more than 20,000 people eat them, one person can't share much.

In the direction of Jinyang City, another group of people walked towards this side. The person who came was the one who was engaged in the Song Book of Classics, and Han Hao, the commander of Jinyang County, the reason why the two came so late was to recruit more craftsmen in Jinyang City.

Seeing the arrival of the two, Wang Gang greeted them with a smile.

"It's been hard work for two people, and so many craftsmen have been recruited"

"It is the duty of the subordinates, and this time a total of more than 2,300 craftsmen were recruited, including more than 400 carpenters, 800 masons and some stonemasons. There are fewer blacksmiths, only one hundred and thirty-two," Han Hao saluted and said.

"It's really hard for Han County. There is another matter, please ask the county order to help," Wang Gang said.

"Get some bullock carts and horse-drawn carts, preferably with the coachmen"

"Then the subordinates will do it" Han Hao finished speaking, and returned to Jinyang County with the two.

But Song Shu was a little embarrassed, he ran for half a night, plus a morning, only about two dozen scholars were willing to come with him. This made him somewhat shocked.

With more than 20 scholars, he stepped forward to salute Wang Gang.

Wang Gang saw his embarrassment and said with a smile.

"People have their own aspirations, Song does not have to mind, it is normal for some scholars to look down on businessmen, and the concept of Shinong industry and commerce is deep-rooted. These twenty people are enough, and I will order some houses to be built for you to use first. Song took them to make records and register these people and craftsmen. There are also some wood and stone to be recorded."

"Yes" Song Shu agreed, and walked to the side with more than two dozen readers. He took out the books he brought from Jinyang City and recorded the names of the people and craftsmen.

Wang Gang also instructed the blacksmith to make tools, and the carpenter sent some of them to Jingcheng Pass to make ox carts, and some of them to help build temporary houses. As the stones arrived, the stonemasons were also busy, chiseling the stones one by one, stacking them neatly, and when the land was leveled, they could be laid on the ground or used as foundations.

For three days, Wang Gang stayed here to build the market. Eating and living with the people and craftsmen, and getting acquainted with everyone, these people and craftsmen also have more respect for Wang Gang, and there are really not many officials who can do things for the people in a down-to-earth manner.

After three days of hard work, the original wasteland has taken on the prototype of time. The land has been leveled for nearly two hundred acres, and near the official road, there are already the outlines of houses. Although there is only one floor, it still brings a huge shock to the people of Jinyang. In just three days, several houses were built.

At the same time, the economy of Jinyang has made the originally depressed county seat of Jinyang become active again. Wang Gang bought almost all the construction supplies in Jinyang County. What straw mats, felt cloth, animal skins, and even door and window seats, as long as they can be bought in Jinyang County, they were all bought by Fan Chong and sent to the newly built market. Fan Chong is in Jinyang County, and he also has the title of Fan Caishen. In just three days, more than 20 million copper coins were used.

The official road from Jinyang to the market has also been widened a lot, and ox carts go back and forth in the meantime.