"Do you know? When we were young, we would not live the hard life like this now. Just find a puddle and take a bag of big nets. They are all big fish that are a foot long. The smell is so fresh!"

After the New Year, although the wind was still cold outside Hengshan City and ice and snow were everywhere, Chen Hai deployed a small Fengyan Tianji Ban in each corner of the city, constantly absorbing the Xuanyang Gangsha between heaven and earth. In addition, the dense population in the city makes the earth's atmosphere warmer than outside the city.

After the ice and soil melted, the streets and alleys except the main road became muddy. The civilians responsible for carrying gravel and slag came to pave the road while Xue Li was listening to an old man with white hair and frosty face sitting on a bluestone slab, telling the fertility of Yandangyuan back then.

Just as the day was about to start, the old man was gray and white-bearded and ragged in ragged clothes, wearing a pair of straw sandals that were almost worn. There were also a few equally thin old men and dozens of young men in ragged clothes, pale-faced and thin skinny listening and swallowing their saliva.

"Old Zhao, do you still remember that my father took us to hunt, and the silly roe deer didn't run away when he saw someone running. Just go over gently and waved the stick hard,"

Before the other skinny old man could finish his words, he couldn't wait to answer the incident. When he recalled the long-standing memory, he excitedly gestured with his hands:

"The silly roe deer was knocked over to the ground, and the fur was either made into leather jackets or sold. The roe deer skin was warm and had no odor. The masters of the sects were very happy. As for the roe deer meat, it smelled good. The oil could be collected and made of fire wax. How good it was then!" The old man said and burst into tears.

"But since the county musket master gave up Yuchengling, we were forced to move into Hengshan, Brother Zhao, what have we lived in the past few decades..."

The old man surnamed Zhao was also crying and said, "Brother, isn't this a good day coming soon? The God of Heavenly Memorial has driven the demon barbarian away and built a city in Tongkou. In the spring, the people will move to reclaim the land. Now the notice is posted. As long as we are willing to move north, the male person will give 15 acres of land at the age of fifteen. Or we have the strength to go to Tongkou and Yandang to participate in the construction of the city. Not only will the esophagus be full, they will also give ten cents of wages a day. If we are lucky enough to join the Longxiang Army, we will give 50 acres of land outside Hengshan City, a house, a ox or a mule and a horse... It's a pity that our old bones have no strength to toss again!"

Several old men who were over 70 years old cried in tears.

Although the young people around him were pale and thin and poor, their eyes were filled with hope.

At this time, the northern border was still frozen for thousands of miles. Although the winter defense battles were won consecutive victories, the Longxiang Army would defend the thousand-mile defense line in Yuchengling in the future and make the demon barbarians no longer violate the one inch of Yandangyuan's land, which is still a arduous task.

With the existing manpower and material resources, while continuing to build Tongkou City, Longxiang Camp will also rely on Yandang Remnant City and other remnants to build two cities on the east bank of Tonghe River. First, relying on Wanren Mountain on the northwest foot of Qintong Mountain to construct the Pinzi Line Defense Line.

Of course, Chen Hai also planned to choose some suitable land for reclamation and plant grain between Hengshan and Tongkou - in the later stage of the management of river channels such as Tonghe, Guanhe, Tianyuanhe, etc., all kinds of things require a large number of young and strong labor.

Hengshan City has long been the front line of resisting monsters and barbarians. A large number of villages were abandoned and the remaining population moved south. In order to build Tongkou, Yandang three cities, and after recruiting tens of thousands of people, the labor force in Hengshan City began to emerge in short supply, not to mention the large-scale land reclamation and water conservancy construction in Yandangyuan.

However, the winter defense war has a great influence. To the south of Hengshan Mountain, a large number of landless sluts in Tianshui County heard that Longxiang Camp had won a great victory and wanted to build a defense line in Yuchengling, and gathered together to move north to Yandangyuan to find a livelihood...

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"Senior Brother Wu, during this period, there are already 40,000 to 50,000 refugees who want to go to Hengshan. We can still stop them now, but after the beginning of spring, refugees will gather more and more, and the trouble will be great. Now we have to come up with a solution!"

In Guanhe City, Zhou Tong walked around anxiously in Wu Cheng's meeting hall of the Duwei Mansion.

Although Guanhe City is not a county capital, it has always been a major military city for Tianshui County to defend against the southern invasion of the monsters and barbarians.

The County Duwei Mansion is located in Guanhe City, and the County Maid Mansion in Huayang Prefecture can be said to be the two poles of secular power in Tianshui County.

Before the earth recovered and the main force of the demon barbarian retreated north, Zhou Tong, Wu Cheng and others still did not dare to leave Guanhe slightly. But they did not expect that the demon barbarian soldiers did not cause them any trouble this year, and new problems arose.

Whether Chen Hai led Longxiang camp to guard Hengshan or Tongkou, as long as there was no large number of followers, he would not be able to lay a foundation in Yandangyuan. Tianshui County always belonged to the Wu, Zhou and Qu clans, but the situation is a little different now.

There are too many landless sluts in Tianshui County. If hundreds of thousands or millions of landless sluts moved north to Yandangyuan to join the Longxiang Army, then from Hengshan to the north, they would have completely separated from the Wu, Zhou and Qu tribes.

Thinking of the future situation, Zhou Tong hurried over to find Wu Cheng to discuss countermeasures.

Wu Cheng sat steadily on the chair of the Grand Master, with a pair of green lion spirits in his hand turning quickly and slowly, and his face was also frowning.

If it is said that the people in the county are completely prohibited from going north, it is not difficult to do so. It is enough to send troops to guard the passage south of Hengshan. However, after Liao Yunkui returned from Yuchengling, his reputation was no different. He strongly advocated that the people were in the border area, so that Tianshui County could not be afraid of border troubles for a hundred years. This made many disciples within Tianshui County and even within Huayang Sect opposed the control of Hengshan Mountain again.

More importantly, the battle between Hexi and Hechuan County is now over.

All the disciples and relatives of the Helan Sword Sect who were willing to move east with the Huang clans to Yehu Ridge were as they wished. The vanguard troops had entered Tianshui County and were about to enter Qintong Mountain.

This means that the Hexi Army only needs to spend a few months to fully control the situation in Hechuan County and digest the huge population and vast territory.

There is also an ancestor of the Daofei realm in the Helan Sword Sect, who has millions of combat soldiers, but he is so embarrassed by the Dong family. If the Dong family gathers a large army to threaten Tianshui, Qinshan, Huayang Sect and the three tribes will surrender or fight?

"Sun Gan, the chief of Longxiang Duwei Mansion, ask to see Duwei." At this time, the soldiers of the escort ran in from outside to report.

"Why are Sun Gan coming here?" Zhou Tong looked at Wu Cheng in confusion and asked.

Sun Gan assisted Chen Lie in his early years, and then stayed in Liquan to assist Chen Hai. He and Su Yuan, Zhou Jingyuan, Ge Tong and others were all Chen Hai's most important counselors.

"Senior Brother Qu, I hope to buy a batch of Tianji war equipment from Tianji Academy to strengthen military equipment and leave this matter to me to discuss with Chen Hai. Sun Gan might be here to discuss this matter." Wu Cheng said.

"What if Chen Hai takes the condition of moving the people?" Zhou Tong thought of something and asked Wu Cheng hesitantly.

"I'm just worried about this now." Wu Cheng said with a bitter smile.

Regardless of the end of surrender or battle, it is always fundamental to continuously strengthen the military preparations of Tianshui County soldiers and improve their own strength. Even if they surrender, they can still negotiate good conditions so that they will not be bullied by the Dong family and the old Hexi tribes.

However, the most convenient and effective way to quickly strengthen military equipment and improve strength is to equip a large number of Tianji war machines.

Huayang Sect's craftsman and weapon refiner, in terms of scale and quality, cannot be compared with Taiwei Sect or Tianji Academy. At this time, if you want to buy secret pictures and make them by yourself, you will not be able to catch up in a short time.

At this time, Longxiang Camp was equipped with heavy-bore crossbows, and a batch of old-style Tianji crossbows were to be sold. The power of Tianji crossbows was slightly worse, but it was the most eager thing for Tianshui County soldiers; of course, it is best to obtain the secret map of the heavy-bore crossbows at the same time...

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Several families were happy and some were sad. At this time, Chen Hai was hurried to Yandang Remnant City after supervising Tongkou City.

Whether it is the migration of refugees to the north or the exile of prisoners to the frontier, it requires a process.

But what Chen Hai lacks now is time.

If the child born can be put into delivery immediately, Chen Hai wished that all the couples in Hengshan area would be able to hold them on the bed to create a human.

The population of Hengshan City is still small. The auxiliary soldiers, civilians and brave men left to him by Wu Cheng, as well as the elderly, weak and young women and children, were counted. The total number was only 130,000 to 140,000, so that the mines in the deep mountains of the northern foothills of Qintong Mountain were mined. Su Yuan, Zhou Jingyuan and others used Fengyan airships to draw tens of thousands of young and strong people from Liquan.

Building cities, building water conservancy, roads, land reclamation, and five major battle camps of Longxiang Camp should be expanded, mining more minerals and building factories. Without a population of one or two million, don’t think about what can be done, and don’t think about building Qianli Yucheng Ridge into a solid iron city that resists the invasion of the blood demon in the south.

Chen Hai's ultimate goal of building the Yucheng Ridge defense line was not to defend against the southern invasion of the demon barbarians, but to defend against the stronger and more terrifying Rakshasa blood demon.

From Helan Mountain to Tielu Ridge to Taiwei Mountain, there are convenient terrain defense, but when Rakshasa bypasses Taiwei Mountain and goes to the north of Tianshui County, you will find that there is a huge gap here.

This gap will not be blocked, and the defense lines of Helan Mountain, Tieluling and Taiwei Mountain will not be established in the end.

However, considering the blood demon's huge body, strong attack power and despairing number, Chen Hai planned to build more than a dozen cities on the front line of Yuchengling, which must be mixed with iron juice and gravel to be solid.

But every city must be large enough to accommodate enough refugees, and the city wall must be high and thick enough. What kind of manpower and material resources do this need to be used to achieve this?

"Will Huayang Sect give in?" Su Yuan rode his horse and followed Chen Hai.

"Maybe, or maybe not. If the Wu family and other tribes are concerned about surrendering to Dong family, they are more likely to not let go of the border and let refugees come over." Zhou Jingyuan said worriedly.

"Look, after the beginning of spring, if there are enough landless sluts gathered in the northern border of Pu County, the soldiers of Tianshui County will not release the checkpoints, so I will lead the troops to pick them up." Chen Hai said.

Chen Hai's tone was very light and also had a faint murderous aura.

Su Yuan and Zhou Jingyuan were shocked. Chen Hai sometimes compromised and gave in, but sometimes he would not give in and fight against each other.

Everyone followed Chen Hai to Yandang City, which was newly built on the basis of the Yaoman Village. After the setting sun was trying hard to emit the last light and heat, they fell below the horizon unwillingly, and a crescent moon was hanging obliquely on the treetops.

The entire Yandang City was illuminated by more than a hundred campfires, and the city walls were still busy.

Chen Hai crossed the city gate of the first scale and remembered that when he came to the remnant village to sweep it, it was still broken. But the city wall, which was only more than two meters high, was black and blue. He hammered it slightly, and there was a metal texture at the tentacles, which was also solidified according to the method of Tongkou City.

He nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to greet Qi Hanjiang: "When is it now? Why haven't the work stopped here yet? The civil servants' physical strength is limited, so don't over-press..."

Qi Hanjiang grinned and said, "My master, I dare not over-explore the people's power with your instructions. However, more than 10,000 civilians were too enthusiastic and could not stop them. Then he worked day and night. Mr. Su came here to order him to divide the civilians into two shifts and take turns to join the battle..."

At this time, someone at the construction site recognized Chen Hai and instantly ignited the ocean of enthusiasm.

Chen Hai looked at the cheering people in front of him and felt that it was these ordinary people who were powerless and formed this vast world, working hard to support one high-ranking sect after another.
Chapter completed!