Li Xiao saw that on a tall slope, a pier with a circumference of only 150 steps (about 200 meters) had basically collapsed. On the four-sided horse-circle wall, only one side of the pier door was still there, like an old man who was dying, breathing in the howling north wind. The broken stone plaque on it was like the wall of the pier, full of black burning marks, and the cracks were covered with moss, and only three Yangwen Li carving characters Longkoudun could be vaguely seen.

"Liu Zeqing, who is lying to us like this, how can this bird live in!" Seeing that the Longkoudun in front of him was so dilapidated, the captain of the Xuanhu Cavalry Tian Wei couldn't help but curse, but Wu Liang next to him couldn't help but blush on his face.

Seeing Wu Liang being embarrassed, Li Xiao hurriedly asked Tian Wei and others to settle the soldiers and An’s subordinates. He had a detailed discussion with Wu Liang alone.

Li Xiao came over, but did not blame Wu Liang, but asked softly: "Sir, you are waiting to come to this remote place, but who can find this?"

"Reported to the master, the student had already learned that Longkoudun is now the jurisdiction of the Mating Town Inspection Department. Therefore, as soon as we entered Huang County, we headed straight to the Mating Town Inspection Department. After seeing Cui Zengcui inspector, he arranged two soldiers to lead the way, and we got it here."

After Wu Liang finished speaking in a low voice, Li Xiao said expressionlessly.

Li Xiao observed the terrain again and saw that the pier was standing on a high slope, with wilderness everywhere, with hazels and no people. However, in the northwest, a steep coast in an arc-shaped shape could be seen faintly.

Li Xiao remembered that in his previous life, Mating Town had been decomposed and renamed three towns: Beima Town, Huangshanguan Town and Lutou Town. This remote coast, which is curved and curved, is called Longkou Bay because it is shaped like a wide open Longkou. In his previous life, a large port was built here, called Longkou Port, which is very famous.

In modern China, Longkou Port was located in the central area of ​​the Bohai Rim Economic Circle, and the harbor was in good natural conditions. There was a very long natural sand dam in Liandao as a barrier in the north and surrounded by Jinsha Beach in the south, which was neither frozen nor silted. It was known as the "steady oil basin". From the end of the Tsuda Island in the north, it was calculated that the natural water depth was more than 15 meters, the maximum water depth was -23 meters, and the land area behind it was vast, which had the superior conditions for building deep-water berths. Longkou Port is one of the three core port areas and 200 million tons of port areas in Shandong Province, and is the largest export trade port on the coast of modern China.

Li Xiao suddenly felt an inexplicable passion surging in his heart, as if he had heard some mysterious call.

"But I don't know what the name of this slope is?" Li Xiao's thoughts returned to reality and asked casually.

"Sir, according to the soldiers leading the way yesterday, the place name of this slope is Chifengpo. It is said that in the Jin Dynasty, there was a huge sycamore tree on this slope, with abundant tung seeds, which attracted a red phoenix to eat. During the Jiajing period of our reign, a Longkou Dun was built on this slope. This pier was named after the Longkou Bay in the distance. I wanted to rely on this pier, thinking that it was the power of stalking the sea. Two miles east of this pier, there was a Beima River flowing through..."

Wu Liang was still talking nonstop, and Li Xiao interrupted him: "Mr. Wu, I want to build a new castle in the location, what do you want?"

"Oh, but I don't know how big a fort I want to build?" Wu Liang was stunned for a moment and said quickly.

"According to my opinion, the fort we are building now requires a large fort with a circumference of at least 2 miles." Li Xiao said calmly.

Wu Liang was shocked and said hurriedly: "Reported to Qianhu, when students were in Jinzhou, they had some understanding of the construction of such piers. Generally speaking, building a fire road pier requires 300 taels of silver, and building an ordinary building requires more than 700 taels of silver. If a small castle with a circumference of more than one mile will require more than 1,500 taels of silver, which is not counted as the cost of wrapping bricks."

Wu Liang said this to make Li Xiao retreat. After all, in his opinion, Li Xiao's entire army is still small now, so there is no need to plan and build such a large place.

Li Xiao looked out from afar, as if he hadn't heard Wu Liang speak.

In fact, Li Xiao knew that in the Ming Dynasty, the circumference of one mile was already considered a large Dunbao, which was much larger than the Buguidun that Li Xiao was in Jinzhou, Liaodong that day.

If it is a circumference of two miles, it can reach the normal size of a Qianhu Fort, and it is no problem to garrison one or two thousand troops. It is really a waste to build a huge circumference of two miles in Wu Liang's opinion. After all, if the castle is built so large, it will be almost as large as two-thirds of the current Huangxian County Town.

"Mr. Wu, the cost is not a problem. I believe that the castle built by our army should be considered for the future expansion of troops and personnel, so the plan should be longer-term. Moreover, our army has taken away Zhang Degui's wealth and has sufficient money. It is precisely when large-scale construction is needed, how can we only consider the current situation?"

Li Xiao smiled and expressed his opinion. Seeing that Li Xiao had made up his mind, Wu Liang thought for a while and said, "Sir, since he has made up his mind, I will go to Mating Town and Huang County County tomorrow, and recruit more craftsmen to try to repair this fort as soon as possible."

Li Xiao nodded and said, "The weather is very cold now and the land is frozen and hard. It is estimated that it is difficult to construct in a fashion. You can recruit all the craftsmen and start construction immediately after the spring is warm. Moreover, in order to speed up the progress, not only recruit craftsmen in Huangxian, but also in Zhaoyuan, Laizhou, Dengzhou and other places, you can contact craftsmen. Don't be afraid of spending money, but try to build a castle as soon as possible."

Wu Liang nodded and smiled, "What the adults said is very reasonable. However, now we are recruiting craftsmen, there is no need to worry that they have nothing to do. Now that our army is here, we can first ask them to build more straw sheds for us to place soldiers and family members. Moreover, in the future, whether it is to build city walls or houses, we need to prepare green stones in advance to lay the foundation, but we can pay a deposit first, so that the craftsmen can go to the stoneyard to purchase and prepare."

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Yes, Wu Liang can make arrangements."

Wu Liang suddenly remembered again and asked Li Xiao, "But I don't know what name is for this castle?"

Li Xiao pondered for a moment, looked up and replied, "This place is called Chifengpo, and our castle is called Chifeng Castle."

Wu Liang laughed: "The name of Chifeng Castle is quite auspicious to Fengming Qishan that day, but it is very good."

After discussing the construction of the fort with Wu Liang, Li Xiao discussed with Tian Wei and Wang Yishou to expand recruitment of troops.

According to Li Xiao's plan, because of the sufficient money and food, the recruitment of about 1,000 qualified refugee men was expanded. After recruiting, they were replenished into the cavalry, infantry, and firearm troops to be established.

Tian Wei and Wang Yishou agreed with Li Xiao's plan. The task of expanding the recruitment of refugee men was already familiar with the two of them. Tian Wei said impatiently that he would go to the Denglai area to recruit early tomorrow morning and start training by recruiting all personnel as soon as possible.

It was almost dusk, and Li Xiao's entire army finally settled down at Longkoudun.

So far, after two days of busyness, the craftsmen have built more than 30 straw sheds. Li Xiao gave priority to the horses, the elderly and the children.

In the other spare rooms, gold, silver, wealth, grain, beans, cannons, guns, ammunition and other materials were stored. These were Li Xiao's lifeblood, and he specially arranged personnel to take care of him.

All the cavalry, shield soldiers and snooker teams were all arranged to take turns to serve next to these straw sheds.

The other raiders and other family members, because the thatched houses were not built, including all sailors, were left on the boat to rest and live, and the navy chief Chen Houzi was responsible for it.

It was night and everything was quiet.

Li Xiao arranged a thatched house for Zu Wan'er. Seeing Zu Wan'er calmly laying the bed and quilt, Li Xiao felt inexplicably guilty.

"Wan'er, Li Xiao felt really uneasy when he asked a lady like you to live in such a crude straw-board house."

"Li Xiao, don't say that. What is the straw house? I said that as long as I can be with you, I will feel happy."

Zu Wan'er smiled sweetly back to him.

Li Xiao also gave her a warm smile.

"Li Xiao, I always feel that you will definitely be able to make a big career in the future."

"Oh, why?"

"I don't know, it's my intuition. Don't believe it, my intuition is very effective."

Looking at Zu Wan'er's serious expression, Li Xiao laughed, and then the two hugged each other silently.

After settling down at Zu Wan'er, Li Xiao walked out of the thatched house. A whistling cold wind blew, causing him to shivering unconsciously. Looking up, the clear moon in the sky seemed even bigger and rounder.
Chapter completed!