This was the first time that the Shaanxi Censor Zhu Xieyuan came to Zhenyuan Pass. Mo Rigen led a 50,000 army to Zhenyuan Pass, he had learned from Xu Xingxia that Zhu Xieyuan was always very uneasy. On the way from Heishan Camp to Zhenyuan Pass, he was always worried about what serious consequences would be if the white-clothed army could not defend Zhenyuan Pass. Until he saw Wei Ran's towering pass, his heart was a little more at ease.

Zhenyuan Pass, which appeared in front of Zhu Xieyuan, definitely subverted all his previous speculations. Before this, no matter how Zhu Xieyuan thought, he could not have imagined that Zhenyuan Pass was so majestic and so majestic. Looking from a distance, Zhenyuan Pass was like a tiger lying on the ground, and could stand up at any time and be out of control.

According to the introduction, the height of Zhenyuan Pass and the shortest part of the city wall is more than five zhang. Some more dangerous places are even more than seven zhang. The narrowest part of the city wall is ten zhang.

The widest place is even five zhang. As for the base of the city wall, the narrowest place is also three zhang. The widest place is even ten zhang. This size is almost as large as some big cities. Even the capital city is just like this.

After learning that such a majestic pass was built in less than half a year, Zhu Xieyuan had only had deep reflections besides admiring him. What he was sure of was that if he had changed himself to build Zhenyuan Pass, there would be absolutely no way. In such a short time, he had built Zhenyuan Pass to such a process. Such construction speed was really terrible.

At that time, Wang Qiong, the Minister of War, spent ten years to build the new Great Wall in Ningxia Town, and spent tens of millions. The city walls built were not of the same level as Zhenyuan Pass. The new Great Wall in Ningxia Town was already in ruins after less than twenty years of use. Now, there are only piles of ruins. However, according to Zhu Xieyuan's estimate, Zhenyuan Pass can last for at least fifty years.

When Zhu Xieyuan arrived in Zhenyuan Pass, there were still a large number of civilians who were building some subsequent auxiliary facilities, mainly forts and other things. The activeness of civilians was obviously very high. In this cold winter, they were all busy and sweaty. Zhu Xieyuan was very moved. This situation seemed to be only seen in Ningxia Town. In other places, even if they had money and food, the activeness of civilians was not so high.

"What kind of magic does Xu Xingxia have that can make the civilians so active?

What kind of charm does he have that can make the military households in Ningxia Town so devoted to him?" Along the way, Zhu Xieyuan was thinking about such a question. It must be known that Xu Xingxia is less than 20 years old. Such a rude young man can actually make so many people willing to work for him. Is it just because of his archery pervert?

Of course this is impossible. To be honest, there are not a single officer in the army of the Ming Dynasty who has produced martial arts. It seems that officers like Cao Wenzhao and Ai Wannian are actually very good at fighting. Their archery skills are actually quite good. The problem is that they are basically all rough and don’t even know a few big characters. It is absolutely impossible for them to achieve the same achievements as Xu Xingxia.

"Mr. Zhu?"

Xu Xingxia suddenly shouted softly.

He saw that Zhu Xieyuan was a little distracted, so he shouted casually.

"Oh, I'm fine."

Zhu Xieyuan woke up from his thoughts and said with a little concealment.

In a vague sense, Zhu Xieyuan felt that he was willing to give up the disadvantage in front of Xu Xingxia. This was a feeling that he, a civil servant of the third rank, had never had before. In the past, not to mention Xu Xingxia, a young young man, who was a first-rank general, was like an ant in front of Zhu Xieyuan, and it was impossible to give up the disadvantage in front of him.

Why did he feel this way? Zhu Xieyuan thought about it and finally figured it out. In fact, the reason is very simple. That is, what he understood, and Xu Xingxia almost understood. And what Xu Xingxia knew, he almost didn't understand. In front of Xu Xingxia, he was almost transparent. His thoughts were almost impossible to keep secret in front of Xu Xingxia. However, Xu Xingxia was in chaos in front of him, and he couldn't see through it.

This information asymmetry naturally makes Zhu Xieyuan feel uneasy. While feeling uneasy, he also feels that he is not as good as Xu Xingxia. To be honest, in Zhu Xieyuan's mind, Xu Xingxia does have too many secrets. For example, how did his Sun and Moon regime come from.

For example, where did his archery come from? For example, how did his cultural knowledge come from? All of this is really abnormal.

"Mr. Zhu, this is a city wall made of cement concrete. The front of the city wall is made of large pieces of granite. The top and back of the city wall are all blue bricks. The inside of the city wall is all cement concrete. In some key places, the inside of the city wall is also full of large pieces of granite." Xu Xingxia introduced with a light introduction.

At the beginning, in order to speed up the construction of Zhenyuan Pass, Xu Xingxia made a decision on the spot and used a lot of stones. Anyway, there were all kinds of granites in Helan Mountain. Relatively speaking, the hardness of granite is still very good. Using granite stones to make the front of the city wall can effectively block the bombardment of siege weapons. Other places where the city walls are used have also been strengthened.

It can be said that Zhenyuan Pass is definitely the best in the world.

Xie Yuan nodded in response. In fact, when he came to Zhenyuan Pass, Zhu Xie Yuan had already felt that the quality of Zhenyuan Pass should be very good. After all, he has been an official for decades, and he still knows some basic common sense. If Xu Xingxia tried to pass the test, he would definitely be laughed at.

For example, battlements built with blue bricks and cement are very strong. Even if they are smashed hard with a big hammer, it is difficult to completely smash the battlements. As for the solid bullets fired by the Folang machine, it is probably only a small piece of them. Even if they are smashed with a red cannon, one or two cannons will probably be difficult to smash them open. The soldiers hiding behind the battlements are obviously very safe. However, Zhu Xieyuan felt that such a strong pass was a bit useless. The nomadic people outside the pass did not have any powerful siege weapons.

"I don't know how much it takes to do such a majestic pass?" Zhu Xieyuan asked with interest.

"The labor cost is about 50,000 taels of silver, material cost is about 30,000 taels of silver. The warehouse department adds up to about 80,000 taels of silver."

Xu Xingxia said casually.

"It's so frugal!" Zhu Xieyuan sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Such a majestic fortress only cost 80,000 taels of silver! If this was not said from Xu Xingxia, Zhu Xieyuan would not believe it at all. Because if it were changed to the imperial court to build it, the cost would be increased by at least ten times. Eighty-hundred thousand taels of silver are all sharp, and more than ten thousand taels of silver is almost the same. Even if Zhu Xieyuan was watching himself, it would be absolutely impossible without 500,000 taels of silver. There is no way, there are too many unspoken rules.

At that time, the project scale of the new Great Wall built by Wang Qiong was much smaller than that of Zhenyuan Pass, and it also cost more than 500,000 taels of silver. According to the cost of Xu Xingxia in building Zhenyuan Pass, the cost of the new Great Wall was at most 50,000 taels of silver. Then, where did the remaining 400,000 taels of silver go, you can think of it with your heels. Of course, it was put into someone else's pocket.

In terms of personal rest, Zhu Xieyuan and Huang Kezan are both relatively honest officials. They will charge some gifts for us as long as they are not very valuable. Sometimes it is possible to occasionally get a little bit of money. If they are not greedy for a little money, they will not be enough for the expenses. The salary that Lao Zhu set for officials at the time was probably not enough to drink porridge. However, the two of them never had a large amount of corruption.

However, Huamen are relatively honest and cannot guarantee that other officials are also honest. As the judicial inspector in charge of a province, Zhu Xieyuan knew the corruption of officials best. Among an official in the Ming Dynasty, it was already very good to have one of them not greedy. So many rats lurked in every corner of the Ming Dynasty. Whenever they see the silver of white huāhuā, they will immediately pounce on them like a hungry wolf and divide it up. If one tael of silver can be used in the end, it is good to have ten taels of silver.

But so many big rats all have backstages. Even if he, the censor, wanted to capture a few typical examples and show their sights, the people here had just started to investigate and the people who pleaded with each other had arrived. In the past, except for him and Huang Kezan, the other officials were all in groups and formed gangs. The Donglin Party, the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, and the Kun Party, were in chaos, and even the Master Fu could not handle it, let alone the local officials.

I really have the will to kill the thief, but I can't help but win the will.

"Mr. Zhu, please!" Xu Xingxia reminded him intentionally or unintentionally.

He found that after Zhu Xieyuan arrived in Zhenyuan Pass, he was always distracted and didn't know what he was thinking. It was probably many new things from the White Army, which opened Zhu Xieyuan's eyes and felt fresh, and at the same time made him feel a lot of deep feelings. This is a good thing. This shows that Zhu Xieyuan still has the possibility of self-salvation. If he is numb to everything around him and ignores him, then there is no need to fight for it.

"Thank you!" Zhu Xieyuan nodded and raised the Qianli Mile Mile Mile.

It was the first time he used the Qianli Mirror. At the beginning, he felt a little uncomfortable. Later, he gradually found the way to use it and gradually got used to it. In fact, standing above Zhenyuan Pass and looking at the Gobi Desert in the north, everything inside the Qianli Mirror was very desolate. However, he soon saw the shadow of the shoe target and the whistle rider in the Qianli Mirror. This made Zhu Xieyuan's nerves suddenly become nervous.

These whistle cavalry of the slinger man were probably under Mo Rigen's command. They indeed traveled through the Tengger Desert and appeared near Zhenyuan Pass. If they had met Mo Rigen's troops suddenly in the past, Zhu Xieyuan would really have no confidence. Looking at the appearance of the slinger man, you would know that they were quite arrogant. He still had some understanding of the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command.

A Ming army worth ten thousand can block a thousand Tartars, even if it is a good achievement. If it is fighting in the wild, a Ming army worth ten thousand will probably not be able to block a thousand shoe cavalry.

Now, Mo Rigen leads his army 50,000 to the east, and the Ming army without 500,000 cannot be stopped at all.

Is there a Ming army of 500,000 in Ningxia Town? Of course it is impossible. The total number of Ming army in the four towns in the northwest is not 500,000. The Ming army of Gansu Town, just under the power of the shoes, surrendered to Chi Zi without considering resistance. But now, he feels quite at ease.

Because, next to him was Xu Xingxia's white-clothed army.

In Gansu Town, the White Army had defeated Mo Rigen, forcing him to come to fight eastward.

Since he can defeat Mo Rigen once, he can naturally continue to defeat him for the second time. Mo Rigen's reputation is actually very little left in front of Xu Xingxia. Therefore, Zhu Xieyuan is still looking forward to the victory of the battle. For him, it would be a major event of physical and mental pleasure to see Mo Rigen and Lin Danhan defeated with his own eyes at the same time.

When he arrived in Zhenyuan Pass, Xu Xingxia had already told Zhu Xieyuan the basic situation of Ningxia Town in its original form. Even some secrets of the White-Clothed Army told Zhu Xieyuan. Of course, he did this with a purpose. Zhu Xieyuan tried to win over Xu Xingxia, but Xu Xingxia also tried to win over Zhu Xieyuan over? Zhu Xieyuan hoped to turn Xu Xingxia into a member of the imperial court, but Xu Xingxia hoped to turn Zhu Xieyuan into a member of the White-Clothed Army. This secret struggle had already begun when Zhu Xieyuan arrived at the border of Ningxia Town.

Although Zhu Xieyuan's surname is Zhu and is also a third-rank Sanyuan, he is not a member of the Zhu family's royal family.

His loyalty to the court was limited. To be precise, he was not the kind of official who only knew the loyalty of fools. He was relatively rational and had his own ideas and opinions. Unlike some fools and loyal officials, Zhu Xieyuan would rather see Xu Xingxia rebelling than see the ancients going deep into the Central Plains. In terms of arranging the harm of the enemy, he definitely placed Mo Rigen and Lin Danhan in front of Xu Xingxia.
Chapter completed!