Zhang Xuan had a deeper consideration when he got ashore in Gaomi County. Among the three counties of Beihai, Gaomi and Donglai, Beihai County, which he controlled the deepest, was his real base. No one from the prefect to the county magistrate was replaced. The second was Gaomi County. The prefect of Gaomi County had been replaced, but the county magistrates of each county were still the officials appointed by Zhang Xuan at the time. The biggest change was Donglai County. From the prefect to the county magistrate, almost all of them were replaced. Therefore, Zhang Xuan did not consider going to Donglai County, but also secretly entered Beihai County. △↗,.

Although the prefect of Gaomi County has been replaced by the court, the county seat of Gaomi County, Zhucheng County, is close to Langya County and two hundred miles away from Gaomi Bay. Therefore, Zhang Xuan finally decided to land in Gaomi Bay. The army passed Jiaoxi County and Gaomi County entered Beihai County, which was basically in a secret state.

The army set up a camp at the foot of Jishan, about 30 miles away from Yidu County, while Zhang Xuan led more than a hundred personal soldiers to continue traveling west. At dusk, Zhang Xuan and his party arrived in Yidu County.

There were still several miles away from the county town. Wei Yunqi, who had received the news first, came to welcome Zhang Xuan's arrival. The two hugged each other tightly. After not seeing each other for nearly a year, Wei Yunqi's temples were already gray, which shows that he was under a lot of pressure.

"How about it, have I received the letter I wrote a few days ago?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"I received it. I'm actually recruiting soldiers these two days. Today is just beginning, but I recruited two thousand people in one day."

"Two thousand people are enough. This time I brought three thousand elite troops and joined the army and bravely, and then scattered them in various counties so that they would not attract the attention of the court."

Wei Yunqi smiled and said, "The general is a little worried. Qi County has used the excuse of serving the king and recruiting 5,000 soldiers. I heard that Jiyin County and Lu County have also recruited soldiers. Our Beihai County has 5,000 more troops, and everyone knows it."

The two of them walked while talking. Zhang Xuan wanted to know too much, not only about recruiting troops, but also about people's livelihood, bandits and shipbuilding, docks, etc.

"Have you received the two Hengyang boats I sent to send before?"

"I received it. Now I am moored at the entrance of Juyang Water. There are dozens of boatmen coming from Jiangning. They are currently in Shouguang Shipyard and are preparing to build a Juyang boat. The general can go and see it."

Outside the south gate of the county town, a large carriage had been waiting for a long time. Wei Yunqi smiled and said, "If the general shows up, he will definitely attract the people in the city to welcome him. It is better to be low-key."

"Thank you, the chief minister, for your thoughtful thought, I really can't show up now."

Zhang Xuan turned around and waved, wearing a personal military uniform. Wu Niang, who was hiding in the team, walked forward quickly. Wei Yunqi then realized that there was a young woman in the team.

"This is"

Zhang Xuan smiled and introduced: "This is my second wife, the daughter of the Xie family in Jiangnan, named Wu Niang."

Wei Yunqi knew that Zhang Xuan had been married and married the daughter of the Lu family in Hebei, but he didn't know that Zhang Xuan also married the second wife. In fact, Wei Yunqi had met Wu Niang once, but he didn't remember it. In addition, Wu Niang had a little makeup, so he didn't recognize her. He thought to himself: "It turns out that he is the daughter of the Xie family. It seems that the general is also trying to win over the Jiangnan gentry."

Wei Yunqi quickly saluted, "It turns out it's the second wife, please get in the car!"

The two got on the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove into the county town. Wu Niang covered her mouth and chuckled at Zhang Xuan, "Mr. Wei Changshi didn't recognize me?"

"He never thought you would be with me, so don't say it out loud, let everyone's memory fade away."

Wu Niang nodded and looked out the window silently. She also hoped that everyone would slowly forget her past.

At this time, the night was not yet, and the streets were still quite lively, with people coming and going. The scenery in the county town did not change much from Zhang Xuan before leaving. Looking at the familiar buildings, Zhang Xuan felt quite touched, as if he had just left yesterday.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the mansion where Zhang Xuan lived. Wei Yunqi stepped forward and said, "This is the mansion of the general in the past, and it has been reserved for the general. Please rest for one night. I will arrange for the general to go to the shipyard tomorrow."

"Thank you, Chief Secretary, do you know that I'm here?"

Wei Yunqi was silent and said, "I didn't tell him."

"Why?"

Zhang Xuan was puzzled, "Is he not very reliable?"

"It's not unreliable, it's just that he has done a lot of things without me in the past few months. The relationship between us is not very harmonious. I try to give him some power, but I believe he dare not betray the general."

Zhang Xuan nodded silently. After all, he had left Beihai County for almost a year, and it was still unknown whether he could come back. Things and people changed. Of course, it was impossible to be the same as when he was in Beihai County. It was normal for officials to have ideas, but Wei Yunqi was still loyal to him, which made Zhang Xuan very moved.

The next morning, Zhang Xuan left Yidu County and headed for Shouguang Boatyard. He took a passenger ship of 500 stone slowly along the Juyang River. He saw that the riverside on both sides were full of wild peas, and he could not see the edge at first sight. The spring was in full bloom, and it was particularly colorful.

A group of cattle and sheep leisurely ate the grass by the river. Not only the Giant Ocean Water, the White Wolf Water, the Zibo Water and the Ji Water were also planted in large quantities. In just two years, wild peas appeared on a large scale in Beihai County, producing very high benefits, and the animal husbandry industry in Beihai County began to develop.

"Husband, do we still have to go back to Beihai County?" Wu Niang asked from the side.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This is our foundation, we will definitely come back, and this day is not far away."

A large town has appeared on the plain less than ten miles from the mouth of the Juyang River, called Juyang Town, and the shipyard has also been moved.

Beihai and Donglai County have a tradition of shipbuilding, especially the Ye County area, which is very prosperous. Therefore, after the shipbuilding industry in Beihai County restarted, the shipyard recovered very quickly. In just two years, the shipyard gathered more than 2,000 shipbuilding craftsmen, and their families were tens of thousands of people. The family lived around Juyang Town. In addition to fishing, animal husbandry, and newly built warehouses and docks at the mouth of Juyang River, the population of Juyang Town and surrounding villages exceeded 30,000, which seemed very prosperous.

In Zhang Xuan's memory, he came to the mouth of Juyang River in the autumn of the previous year and was still a barren saline-alkali land, but now the new town is being built, and the wharf that lasts several miles long are being built, with huge warehouses standing on the wharf and a shipyard covering an area of ​​more than ten miles.

Zhang Xuan saw two erectile storms on the dock at a glance, which were the two giant ships that came from the Yangtze River a few months ago. There was another erectile storm in the distance. In fact, the other erectile storms were slowly recovering, but it was obvious that the progress was very slow, and a bottom of the ship had just been built.

Zhou Ling, the chief manager of the shipyard, heard that Zhang Xuan was coming, and hurried to greet him. "I am not good at ease, please see the general!" Zhou Ling stepped forward and knelt down to salute.

Zhang Xuan looked at him and saw that he was still as black as charcoal as before, but he was energetic and full of energy. It was no wonder that the dilapidated Shouguang Boatyard had developed again, and he seemed to have returned to his youth.

"Manager Zhou, I will introduce you to an assistant!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, Wang Heng quickly walked forward, smiled and said, "Does Lao Zhou still remember me?"

"Who are you."

Zhou Ling immediately recognized him, "You are Brother Wang!"

The two hugged each other excitedly, and Zhang Xuan asked strangely: "Do you know each other?"

Zhou Ling hurriedly said, "Chief: I was sent by my father to the Luoyang boatyard for several years to be a boatman and learned the art of building a big ship. Brother Wang Heng was my leader and my master at that time. Later, after I returned to Shouguang, we had contact until Wang Bo rebelled."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This is the best. Wang Heng will serve as the deputy director of the shipyard in the future and will be responsible for the supervision of Hengyangzhou. I hope you can have a happy cooperation."

"This is great. It's too difficult to build a strait boat. Although dozens of Jiangning boatmen who can build a strait boat also have drawings, they lack a whole monitoring of humans, so the progress is very slow. Brother Wang's arrival is simply a rain from the sky."

Wang Heng was not good at expressing himself. He nodded silently and looked at the Hengyang boat being built in the distance. He couldn't help but feel excited, bowed to Zhang Xuan, and then walked quickly towards the big ship.

Zhang Xuan followed suit and asked Zhou Ling: "Is there any difficulty in building a shipyard now?"

"The difficulties are gone. Before, housing was difficult, but Wei Changshi has solved it for us in time. Now it takes time and there are too many tasks. It is too late to build a new ship. In the past few months, it is mainly about renovating old ships."

Zhang Xuan had previously sent dozens of large ships obtained by the Jianghuai bandit suppression to the Beihai yard for repair, which made the yard very busy and had to suspend the construction of new ships.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "There will be a batch of ships in the past two days, including two of them, which are really a bit dilapidated. It is a bit dangerous to take a boat north this time. I hope it can be repaired as soon as possible."

"Master, please rest assured, we will do our best!"

At this moment, a distance shouted: "The fleet is coming!"

The boatmen rushed to the beach one after another, and saw a fleet of ships appearing on the sea. The two huge sea ships were the fleet that detoured from Gaomi County. They walked north with the wind and arrived at the Beihai boat yard in just two days.
Chapter completed!