(Thanks to the 66th new leader, Guiyang old man)

Xu Huai had long thought of inviting Shi Zhen to Chushan, but he was worried that Wang Bing would still need people, so he didn't say anything. However, he didn't expect that Shi Zhen had already achieved his goal of seeking peace in the court, and was worried that the Chihu people would invade the south again, which was the time when the city of Bianliang was trapped, so he made an excuse to leave Bianliang and headed south.

Xu Huai was delighted to sweep the bed when Shi Zhen went south.

Shi Zhen went south after Zhou Jing escorted Lu Xiong back to Bianliang. Will Zhu Han and Wang Fan think it was because of him? Xu Huai was completely unwilling to avoid taboos and immediately decided to recommend Shi Zhen as the magistrate of Chushan County.

From the rebellion of the bandits in Tongbai to the two northern expeditions to Yan, a group of military generals and officials gathered in the Chushan camp, but the number of people who are good at official affairs is still quite limited.

Su Laochang, Cheng Yi, Xu Wuliang, Xu Sheng and others can be said to have their own advantages.

If Xu Huai only governed a county according to the conventional means of the times and did not expect Chushan County to surpass the normal prefectures and counties in the times, Su Laochang and the others would certainly be able to win.

However, Xu Huai had too high expectations for Chushan (Tongbaishan).

Xu Huai not only hoped that Chushan could become a bridgehead for the Jianghuai defense line to resist the Chihu people, and establish a defense system to resist the attacks of several times stronger enemies, but also to minimize the clamps that others can exert as much as possible, and to ensure that Chushan's internal strength has strong enough military mobilization and material production potential.

To achieve this goal, the requirements for officials will be high.

Take the outer defense of Chushan as an example. At present, the blockade is built in Qingyiling, Shimenling and Zhouqiaoyi, and the Huaiyuan-Qingyiling Road across the northern ridge of Tongbai Mountain and Dafu Mountain, connecting Huaiyuan and Qingyiling camp. It can only be said that it is the framework and prototype of the outer defense. It is still very simple and cannot be said to be complete.

The Chihu people invaded the south again, and the resistance of the Hehuai River and Huai River will completely collapse. If the Chihu people drive the surrendered rebels to attack the Qingyiling camp, it will be difficult to fall suddenly.

However, the Chihu people are by no means reckless men. On the contrary, they have swept across the desert grasslands in the past thirty or forty years and accumulated rich experience in fighting.

The Chihu people were unable to get caught up. If they still wanted to pull out the nails, they could force their superior troops to come over and build camps outside the Qingyiling camp to siege. At the same time, they made large-scale siege machines, siege crossbows and other combat equipment to organize attacks.

With the scale and defense capabilities of the Qingyiling Camp at this time, how long can it really withstand it?

Not to mention that after the fall of Guangzhou, Zhouqiaoyi and Shimenling, as the eastern wing gateway of Chu Mountain, had a more simple defense than Qingyiling. Xu Huai had limited troops and horses. If he guarded the villages, he would inevitably dilute the troops significantly...

Not to mention other things, how to improve it in a short period of time, and also significantly improve the defense capabilities of Qingyiling, Zhouqiaoyi and Shimenling. This is enough for Xu Huai to have a headache.

In this regard, Su Laochang, Cheng Yi, Xu Wuliang, Xu Sheng and others still have shortcomings, and may not even give Xu Huai more constructive opinions.

Shi Zhen has vision and talent that ordinary people cannot achieve, and he is the position of county magistrate.

Everyone was also convinced by Shi Zhen.

Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang and others had never had contact with Shi Zhen, but after hearing Su Laochang, Xu Wuji, Wang Ju and others, Shi Zhen saw the situation of defeat early on when he attacked Yan in the second northern expedition, and he was also sorry.

Because Shi Zhen first arrived in Huaiyuan and had less than half a stick of incense to meet his family, Xu Huai called him to the back house of the county government. Su Laochang immediately suggested that everyone go to Shi's house to have a banquet, and would not delay Shi Zhen's reunion with his family.

"This time I went south, I also invited an old friend to accompany me, waiting for the military marquis to see him in my new house." Shi Zhen said as he bowed his hands and put on his boots.

The Chihu people moved their military focus westward, but they could not give up the blockade of the periphery of Bianliang. Shi Zhen also took a great risk when he asked Zhou Jing to send someone to escort him. Xu Huai guessed that Shi Zhen was not an ordinary person at this critical moment. He hurriedly stood up and grabbed Shi Zhen's wrist and said, "But I don't know which one is willing to come to Chu Mountain. Let's go and meet!"

"My old friend is named Yu Chengzhen. I was originally a Ducai official who used to build the Yongji Tower for the official family. He was dismissed from his post and was idle at home. His wife and children died of the epidemic and had no concerns. I invited him to Huaiyuan. There were also several old friends who were working as supervisors and the construction case of the Salt and Iron Department. They had a low status and are now in chaos in the court. No one would care about it. They were willing to come to Huaiyuan to avoid disaster. However, they all had a small family in Bianliang, and they still needed proper arrangements from the military marquis!" Shi Zhen said.

"Mr. Shi really knows me! I'm dozing off now, so I'm missing these pillows! I immediately ordered Zhou Jing to make proper arrangements!" Xu Huai laughed and took Shi Zhen's arm and walked out, "Let's go to see Yu Jia--Mr. Shi said that Yu Jia will stay in Mount Chu?"

The Yongji Tower is a brick tower built in the north of Bianliang City in the first year of Tianxuan. It took five years to build, with a total of thirteen floors. Although Xu Huai did not see the Yongji Tower in Bianliang before, he heard Zhu Xiong and Lu Xiong say it.

In the current era, a thirteen-story brick and wood building was not an easy task to build bricks and stones layer by layer; even though there were more magnificent and exquisite buildings in the previous dynasty, it cannot be denied that Yongji Tower is a masterpiece.

As a master of the capital, Yu Chengzhen may have a low position. At this time, he was dismissed from this low position. However, as the chief supervisor of Yongji Tower, he is definitely a master-level figure in the field of construction.

In addition to the construction, repair and other matters, the construction of the imperial guards' armor and combat equipment is mainly carried out by the workshop under the Salt and Iron Department's subordinate construction department.

Shi Zhen worked as an official in the Ministry of War for the first half of his life, and was responsible for the editing of "The General of Wu Jing". "The General of Wu Jing" also included the construction and use of military armor and weapons. He said that he met several friends of low status in the construction of the Salt and Iron Department. I think he must be a master-level figure who is specialized in the construction of military armor and weapons.

Xu Huai decided to add a new Youjingcheng in the workshop at Dazhai, Lutai at noon today, so that Xu Wuliang would be responsible, thinking that he would use the iron ore resources of the 18liwu area to expand the manufacturing of military armor on the basis of the casting of the five soldiers of Zhufengtang.

However, the five soldiers that Zhufengtang has started to cast and sell in the past two years are mainly weapons such as swords, spears, bows and arrows that are allowed to be made and carried by the people.

When Xu Huai was in Shuozhou before, he secretly sent a group of prisoners who had a skill in construction, craftsmanship and other matters back to Huaiyuan, which greatly improved Zhufengtang's armor casting. He also secretly tried to produce divine arm crossbows, three-bow bed crossbows, catapult machines and armor, but obviously he could not reach the world's first-class level.

If a group of master craftsmen could be introduced from Bianliang now, it would be extremely helpful to make up for the shortcomings of Zhufengtang.

The methods of craftsmanship and other methods in the world are basically passed down from father to son and brother, and Xu Huai would not think that the old friends and family members of Shi Zhen were chaotic when he was repairing the case.

Of course, the Chihu people have not lifted the blockade of Bianliang yet. We must ensure that so many people have escaped the blockade of enemy cavalry and are safely transferred out. It is definitely not enough to rely on Yueyu Tower to go to Bianliang with Zhou Jing. Xu Huai pulled Shi Zhen to meet Yu Chengzhen while Fan Zongqi said:

"You put down all other things first and immediately rushed to the Qingyiling camp. The Dushi Department needs to raise this matter to ensure that Mr. Shi's old friends and family members are safely brought to Huaiyuan!"

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There was Xu Wuji, Guo Junzong and others in charge in the camp of Qingyiling. Zhou Jing was in Bianliang again. How to send the families out of Bianliang south? They had their own plans and dispatched personnel. Xu Huai didn't need to worry about everything. He followed the established plan and rushed to the house where Su Laochang, Xu Wujiang and others to meet the house where Shi Zhen's family was placed in Huaiyangfang to meet the creation master Yu Chengzhen, and specially sent people to invite Wang Ju, Cheng Yi, Zheng Tu and others to come and have a banquet.

"Boy Xu Huai, I have met Yu everyone!"

After passing through the door and entering the Shi family's yard, Xu Huai saw Shi Zhen's two sons and husband standing in the yard with a white-bearded old man standing in the yard and talking. He guessed that this person was Yu Chengzhen, a master craftsman in charge of the capital, and went forward to bow and bow.

Although he was about to be a prisoner, even though Yu Chengzhen had already left the position, the world's powerful officials liked to build gardens. As a master of the field of construction, Yu Chengzhen was actually more valued by the powerful officials than Shi Zhen in the city of Bianliang.

Xu Huai knew very well that even though Yu Chengzhen knew the fall of Bianliang, he went south with Shi Zhen, such a person would not only avoid being in a mess in the southeastern routes, Jinghu, Yuzhou and other places, not only would he not have to worry about a meal, but he would even be safer. Xu Huai knew that if he really wanted to keep such person in Huaiyuan, he would need to treat him with kindness.

Although Shi Zhen praised the people in Chushan, Yu Chengzhen still heard some rumors about the people in Chushan, the forgery of the edicts, and the chaos of the bandits in Tongbai Mountain from other places.

Therefore, Yu Chengzhen was still hesitant when he left Bianliang with Shi Zhen, and was not sure whether he wanted to stay in Huaiyuan and continued to go south to seek refuge with relatives and friends.

However, Xu Huai was in his official robe and walked into the yard and bowed. Yu Chengzhen was still shocked and hurriedly returned the tribute: "You are polite to Junhou!"
Chapter completed!