The scale of the Suzaku Mountain camp made Mu Li, Xu Xiaogong and other people who came here for the first time open their mouths in surprise. They are not people who have never seen the world, but they never thought that someone could fight hard in a big mountain. Create a war fortress. Now all the facilities of the Suzaku Mountain Camp are complete, and the city wall built according to the mountain gives people a sense of oppression, and the city wall is not equipped with ballistas, but artillery.
It seems that at this moment, Fang Xie is no longer in the mood to hide anything.
With Huantong Tianxia's huge strength, coupled with the unity of the Black Banner Army, it took several years to build this place into a pure fortress. This is different from a big city in the ordinary sense, because it was built according to the mountain. , even more majestic, there is no doubt that this place is stronger than those big cities in the Central Plains.
"Chang'an City claims to be the only city in the world that will never be breached..."
Xu Xiaogong looked up at the towers on the hillside and said with emotion: "If you want me to say, Zhuqueshan Camp is probably more helpless than Chang'an City. Chang'an City has sixteen gates and is surrounded by plains. There is only one road to go up and down the mountain, and if this road is blocked, the siege equipment will not be able to go up at all. And if you want to take this place without siege equipment... it is difficult to enter the sky."
Liu Enjing nodded and said: "Yes, the construction of this place is very reasonable. All the buildings are built according to the mountain. It seems that this road is very wide, but if the mountain gate in front is closed, even if there are 100,000 soldiers. Returned in vain."
Mu Li rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe what he saw. His knowledge of Fang Xie actually stayed a few years ago. At that time, Fang Xie came to Yongzhou as an imperial envoy. He looked like an immature boy. Even though everyone praised him, Mu Li always felt that he was a boy. Even if it is strong, where can it be strong
Now, he finally understood how wrong he was.
"Not to mention the territory currently controlled by the Black Banner Army, but even ordinary people in ten years may not be able to build this big camp. The most difficult thing is that the Black Banner Army started the war while building the base, and won all the battles. , The big city of Suzaku Mountain has also been built, which is nothing short of a miracle."
Such flattering words, although some are suspected of flattering, but most of them are true.
Fang Jie just smiled without saying a word, and led the crowd to climb the mountain. Speaking of which, Fang Jie was also taken aback when he came back this time. He had left the Zhuque Mountain camp for a long time. When he left, this majestic fortress was still a half-finished product, but now it is amazingly perfect. It has to be said that the ability to move money through the world is shocking.
In addition, the Black Banner Army has always pursued a policy of treating the people well, so the people of Huangyang Road are willing to come here to help. A large number of craftsmen gathered in Suzaku Mountain, and the progress of the project was really fast.
"This is a cottage."
Cui Zhongzhen saw the astonishment and shock on the faces of these new generals who joined the Black Banner Army, and he couldn't help feeling proud. He pointed to the back and said, "The water village is on the north side of the mountain. Over the past few years, the water channel has been continuously widened to divert it into the lake. Originally, there was only a radius of The small lake, which was several miles away, now has a radius of thirty or forty miles. The water village was built according to Zhuque Mountain, you see..."
Cui Zhongzhen pointed to the water village and said: "General Zheng Qiu's navy has entered the lake, but it doesn't look crowded at all. The scale of the water village was deliberately enlarged when the construction was first planned, because there is still a shipyard to be built here. , has begun to take shape. Now it is capable of building ships below Huanglong, and after a while when the dock is repaired, it will be able to build white tooth ships and giant ships."
Fang Jie followed the direction he pointed and looked towards the water village. The first thing he saw was the huge Tenglong warship. It was the symbol of the Sui Emperor, and it was so conspicuous even in a sea of warships. If the other warships were sharks in the water, this large ship was a giant whale.
Seeing this boat, Fang Jie felt a little emotional.
"Not only that."
Duan Zheng said with a smile as he walked: "The shipyard has basically been completed now. If the lord orders, a batch of warships can be selected for transformation now. However, since such transformation has not been done before, the progress should not be fast."
Fang Jie hummed and said, "Don't worry too much, now we have at least a year or so."
After the fleet docked, Zheng Qiu followed Fang out of the boat, and the navy entered the water village in the lake under the command of other generals. The once nameless small lake now has a famous name.
Xuanwu Lake
Suzaku Mountain Xuanwu Lake
Only then did everyone feel a little dazed, realizing that the name was so ambitious.
"From the cottage, you can go directly to the place where the fields are farmed. Today, millions of acres of fertile land have been reclaimed. This piece of land alone can almost meet the food supply of the Zhuqueshan camp."
Cui Zhongzhen said proudly: "In addition to the regular soldiers in the big camp, there are at least 50,000 people in the field, and they are training while farming."
"General Wood."
Fang Jie called Mu Li: "You were in charge of training soldiers when you were in the left front guard, so I plan to leave the training of recruits to you in the future. If you don't feel embarrassed, go back and rest for a few days, and I will arrange people Let me take you there to get acquainted. I have already informed General Cui that you can choose a thousand veterans to take with you, and the people below will cooperate with you."
"Thank you Fang... Thank you, my lord, for your trust!"
Mu Li hurriedly clasped his fists and said.
"Where?"
Fang Jie smiled and said, "If it weren't for the fate between us, we wouldn't be able to get together. Now we are all like-minded brothers, so there is no need to say anything out of the ordinary."
He looked back at Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing: "The two old generals, you can go there to help when there is no war. In the future, if there is no war, the soldiers will change randomly to recuperate, so the recruits must be able to pull out to fight at any time. The two The old general is highly respected, and he needs to rely on two more."
"But at the lord's command!"
Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing clasped their fists and said.
"Um."
Fang Jie nodded: "Chen Xiaoru, take the generals to rest, and I will hold a banquet to clean up the dust for the generals in the evening."
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Fang Jie led two followers to the entrance of a small independent courtyard in the back mountain. After a slight pause, he walked into the courtyard. The site selection of this small courtyard was very particular when it was built, and the scenery is beautiful and rare. There are a few hickory trees in the yard, which have lost their leaves, but they don't look depressed. There are several persimmon trees on both sides of the door, which have already produced fruit. In less than a month, you can see yellow persimmons hanging on the branches.
At the door, there were two little maids sitting on a small bench embroidering something. When they heard footsteps, they were startled when they saw that Fang Jie was coming. They stood up subconsciously and ran inside, as if they had thought of something and then He came back blushing again, squatted down and saluted Fang Jie.
"I have seen the lord."
"Get up."
Fang Jie handed the snacks he was carrying to the two of them: "When I came back from Xinyang City, I passed by the ancient town of Party B, where the osmanthus cakes are the most famous, so I bought some, and you share and try."
"Thank you, my lord, for the gift."
The older maid said something sweet, came up to take the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ran into the house: "Miss, miss, the lord is here to see you."
"ah?"
There was a sound of surprise in the room, followed by a rush of footsteps, followed by someone lifting the curtain and looking out, revealing half of his face. When he saw Fang Xie, Qiao's face was obviously red , then suddenly snorted, turned and went back.
Fang Jie shook his head and smiled, and ordered the two attendants who came with him to wait in the yard, and he walked into the house by himself.
The window was open, and the cool mountain breeze came in from outside. Although it was already winter, Huang Yangdao was not very cold, so the clothes were still autumn clothes. The wind blew in from the outside, blowing the beautiful long dress of the woman in the room, and also blowing the hair hanging down on both sides of her cheeks.
"reading a book?"
Fang Jie rubbed his nose and found a not-so-good start.
The other party ignored it, Fang Jie smiled awkwardly, and suddenly found the snacks on the table: "Are these things still easy to eat? This place is not as good as the Sanjinhou Mansion in Chang'an City. You can eat whatever you want, so I came here If you find any delicious dim sum in one place, you will send people to invite all the masters who make dim sum to the camp."
He rubbed his nose and said, "The two outside are masters from the ancient town of Party B. They have been making osmanthus cakes for several years, and their craftsmanship is the most authentic..."
The woman with a sullen face burst out laughing, and soon became stern-faced: "I'm not like you. If you think it's delicious, just buy some, but I just bought the chef who made dim sum and sent it back. Now You can open a street of snacks in the back mountain. If you stay outside for a longer time, I'm afraid there will be no empty yards in the back mountain to house those masters!"
Fang Jie sat down opposite her: "Sanjin Hou followed me to fight in the north and south, and left you alone at home. I was worried that you would be in a bad mood, so I sent you back some novelties when I saw it... It's just that I live in the middle of the battle." There is no fixed place, and the journey is far away. If you buy some snacks, you can’t eat them when you send them back. It takes more than a month to go back and forth, so it’s better to invite all the masters back... Anyway, this cottage is big enough, and there are many masters here. There are also more delicious food."
This pretty blushing person is none other than Wu Yidao's favorite, Wu Yinyu, but in the past few years, she has become less domineering and savage than she was in Chang'an City, and she seems much quieter. However, it is impossible to change all the things in human nature, so the childish things between the eyebrows are still so cute.
Seeing that she was silent, Fang Jie leaned forward with a thick face and held her hand. Wu Yinyu twitched back, but Fang Jie just didn't let go. She blushed and turned her head to pretend to look out the window, but her hand was tightly held. Tighter than the solution.
"I thought I'd have to wait until you finished everything before coming back."
She lowered her head and murmured in a distressed tone.
Fang Jie rubbed her hair and said, "I'm coming back this time, I probably won't leave for a long time."
There was a smile on the corner of Wu Yinyu's mouth, but she didn't dare to let Fang Jie see it. The two of them sat quietly like this, and a different atmosphere began to spread. The two little maids outside pulled the two osmanthus cake masters out with a smile, and closed the courtyard door when they left the courtyard.
Wu Yinyu blushed more and more thoroughly, and in embarrassment, she had to find a topic: "I have never seen you like this. The gifts given to girls by others are either rouge or jewelry, or some strange thing about stock reform. You are good, endless. Food for delivery... today is Yongzhou's double yellow crisp, and tomorrow is Nanyan's lotus heart cake."
Fang Jie answered without any hesitation. After finishing speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and then faintly sensed a trace of murderous intent...
"Because you're hungry."
Fang Jie answered.
Sensing something was wrong, and feeling Wu Yinyu's murderous look, Fang Jie quickly explained: "Your father said that!"